Midweek News January 6, 2011
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Vigil for the People of Sudan
Saturday Night at 8pm
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| Please join us for a V igil for the People of Sudan at 8:00pm on Saturday night, the eve of the referendum for Southern Sudanese independence, to stand in prayerful solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Southern Sudan. Child care will be provided! The South is very likely to vote for independence, and the North may respond with violence. We will pray for the people of Sudan and, with our presence, call attention to their struggle. The vigil will feature Dr. Paul's Story, an additional video produced by Renk Media Team, which Bishop Lee will introduce. Afterward, Peter Nhial, one of the Lost Boys, will share his story of fleeing from his home.
All are also welcome to sign up to keep vigil for an hour in the church. To sign up for an hour, contact Jack at jack@allsaintschicago.org.
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All Saints' ECW Ladies' Game Night
Wednesday, January 12 at 7:30pm
| |  The holidays are over and the cold has set in, so chase the winter blues away with an All Saints' ECW Ladies' Game Night! Feel free (but not pressured) to bring along your favorite game and/or your favorite guilty pleasure food. Rousing games of Pictionary while noshing on Doritos and chocolate will ensue. Laughing warms even the chilliest of Chicago winter nights, so come on down to the church hall on Wednesday, January 12 at 7:30pm! |
All Saints' Parishioner Tina Tchen named Chief of Staff for Michelle Obama
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 | Tina with her son, Patrick, and Bonnie at the
2008 All Saints' Christmas Pageant
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Dear Friends,
Big congratulations to parishioner Tina Tchen on her new job as Chief of Staff for Michelle Obama. Click here to read more.
Best,
Bonnie
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"Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons?"
All Saints' Rector, Bonnie Perry, tells a bit of the All Saints' story on the website of Bonnie Anderson, President of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church
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 | A December Tuesday Night
here at All Saints'
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"The bread broken and the stories told on Tuesday evening are every bit as sacred as the bread broken and stories told on Sunday morning."
That's how I describe our congregation's community kitchen and food pantry. Eighteen years ago, All Saints' Chicago was on the verge of closing. We had about 35 people attending our Sunday morning worship service. Our four buildings were peeling, leaking and sagging. How would we move forward?
We decided to stop fixating on ourselves...on how we were going to pay the electric bill, heat the building, or fix the roof. Instead, we elected to embody the Gospel and reach out to our neighbors: our neighbors in need and our neighbors of means. Two months later we started a food pantry. On that first night back in 1993, after advertising our hours and address, we gave away two bags of groceries to the two people who walked through our doors. Last week, 350 people snaked around the block, waiting for the food and friendship they know are waiting in our parish hall.
They are among the more than 600 people who pass through our doors each week. Some 240 attend Sunday morning worship. Another 60 come to volunteer at our weekly community kitchen and food pantry. About half of those volunteers and a number of our Tuesday night neighbors also come together as part of our worshipping community on Sunday morning.
Click here to read more...
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