News for the Week of January 9, 2011
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Assisting in
Worship | Ushers:
9am: Elizabeth Shapiro, Helen Poot
11am: Liz Morris and Lynne Marek
Chalice Bearers:
9am: Michele Means, Norm Linde, Jeanne Wirpsa
11am: Connie Wilson, Glenn Brown, Peg Deppe
Reading(s):
9am: David Gee
11am: Nina Chinn(1st) and Peg Deppe(2nd)
Prayers:
9am: Jeanne Wirpsa
11am: Glenn Brown
Acolytes:
9am: Sophie Resse-Wirpsa, Cash Thom, Logan Means, Andrew Lester
11am: Eric Edstrom, Sam DuBose
11am Altar Guild:
Sarah Burns
Post-9am Coffee Hour:
Peggy Cushing
Counters:
Christy Drackett and Anne Ford
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Office and Staff
Contact Info | All Saints'
Episcopal Church
Parish Office Phone:
773-561-0111
Fax:
773-561-1998
The Rev. Bonnie A. Perry,
Rector:
bonnie@
allsaintschicago.org
The Rev. Fran Holliday,
Associate Rector:
fran@
allsaintschicago.org
Margaret McCamant,
Music Director and
Organist:
margaret@
allsaintschicago.org
Beau Surratt,
Parish Administrator:
beau@
allsaintschicago.org
Jack Clark,
Seminarian:
jack@
allsaintschicago.org
Gabriel Godwin,
Seminarian:
gabriel@allsaintschicago.org
Ravenswood
Community Services
Office Phone:
773-769-0282
Wendy Vasquez,
Executive Director:
wendy@
ravenswoodcommunityservices.org
The Rev. Fran Holliday,
Program Director:
fran@
ravenswoodcommunityservices.org
Liz Embler,
Volunteer Coordinator/
Julian Year Intern
liz@
ravenswoodcommunityservices.org
Jack Clark,
Intern:
jack@allsaintschicago.org
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Dear Friends,
We have plenty of opportunities for prayer and action this weekend.
Saturday evening starting with a worship service at 8:00 pm (childcare available for the service only) and going through the night we'll be thinking of and praying for our sisters and brothers in Southern Sudan as they vote to decide whether or not to form a new country. St. Peter's, Geiger and the congregations of the Diocese of Renk are located close to the border between the Northern and Southern Sudan and thus, if violence does erupt, our friends may be in harm's way. So, we who are in relationship with these good people, although we are more than 7000 miles away--we can gather and pray and call our community's attention to the precarious nature of their situation.
The worship service will be about an hour and the church will be open all night long. I invite you to change your schedule and alter your lives to lift up our sisters and brothers in Sudan in prayer.
If you want to read more about the situation in Sudan, take a look at this fabulous op-ed piece in the Chicago Tribune that our Bishop, Jeff Lee, wrote. I'm really glad I took a moment to read it. Let me know what you think. For an update on St. Peter's, our partner parish in Sudan, take a look at this piece from Connie Wilson, coordinator of All Saints' Friends of Sudan.
Saturday morning we'll gather once again at the parking lot of the Ravenswood School for our monthly Market Pantry. If you'd like to feed some hungry people come and join us. Set up starts at 8:30 and we're done by 11:00.
Lastly--Thanks to everyone who has offered a generous financial pledge for our ministry in 2011. If you and your family have not yet contemplated a pledge I ask you to please do so (you can make a pledge online here). We are figuring out what God is calling us to do and we need your support to enable this faith community to continue making a difference.
All the Best,
Bonnie
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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! |
Want to find PEACE and CALM in 2011?
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discussion and practice
Thursday, January 13 at 7:30pm
Choir area of the church
Join us for a discussion about prayer and the monastic practice of Lectio Divina. "Lectio Divina" is Latin for Divine, Holy or Spiritual reading. We will do "Lectio" as a group in combination with prayer, hoping to open further to what God is saying to each of us and responding more fully in our own lives. All are welcome! Questions? Contact Liz Morris at lizzymo@hotmail.com.
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Billiards and Bowling
Sunday, January 23 at 1pm
| |  Start off the New Year with an All Saints' group for billiards and bowling -- Sunday Jan. 23 at 1 pm at Waveland Bowl, 3700 N. Western. All family and friends are invited. (We had a great time at our first event last month.) Cost is $12 or so per person plus food and drink ordered individually. For more information, contact Mike Kozubek at mkozubek@att.net or call 773-975-7315.
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| Volunteer Opportunity: Reality Fair 2011 Needs You!! | |  Reality Fair Classic:
On January 14th, 7th and 8th graders from Ravenswood School come prepared with a job and a monthly pay check. They try to meet their monthly financial obligations without going bankrupt. Finding out how many children you have, who your spouse is (pilot or deadbeat?), and suffering a couple of "fickle fingers" of fate make the experience all the more exciting. We need volunteers to staff the different stations (bank, childcare, etc.) at the fair.
Time Commitment: 8:30am-noon on Friday, January 14th.
Premium Hounds:
To contribute to the festive aura of the Reality Fair, we need premiums and giveaways for the different stations. If you or your company has little promo items which would fit the theme of the Reality Fair, let us know. Be creative. In the past we've had Payday candy bars for the banking station, shampoos at the Personal Care table, pen lights at the Utility station, etc. This is a chance to be creative. We also need someone with an auto dealer connection who can get glossy pictures of our high end auto for the Transportation table (last year's was an Escalade).
If you would like to help, or need more information, contact:
Helen Poot: (h) 773-275-4403; (w) 312-298-3782 Helen.poot@us.pwc.com
Jen Simokaitis: (h) 773-334-1295; (c) 773-519-4625; jensimo@sbcglobal.net
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Can you provide a meal or a ride to a fellow All Saintser?
| |  Rides to Church- Nancy Brewer
Longtime parishioner Nancy Brewer is in need to a ride to and from church on Sunday mornings. She can go to either the 9 or 11am service.
If you are able to provide assistance, simply send an email to Beau in the Parish Office (beau@allsaintschicago.org) and he'll send you the login info for the Care Calendar so you can sign up to help.
Meals, etc.- the Nelson/Youngberg family
As you'll see in the blessings section of the prayer list, Laura Youngberg, Chris Nelson and their son William have a new addition to their family, Anton Charles.
Thanks to parishioner Michelle Mayes, we have a Care Calendar set up for them so friends, family and church members can help provide a meal or other assistance now that baby Anton has arrived.
If you are able to provide assistance, simply send an email to Beau in the Parish Office (beau@allsaintschicago.org) and he'll send you the login info for the Care Calendar so you can sign up to help.
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An opportunity for generosity...
Have you made your pledge to All Saints' for 2011?
| | Click here to make your 2011 pledge to All Saints'
 Every day of every week the doors of our church, All Saints' Episcopal Church, are open. They are open to countless people for worship, for outreach, for our community, for all of us. We come through the doors for different reasons. Some of us have found special meaning and relevance in our services, some of us want our children to be a part of a living and growing church school, and some of us have found our connection to social outreach.
We count on you to continue to grow in grace, spirituality, and community involvement. All of the above numbers start with one. One person making a pledge of his/her time and money. Read more...
Pledge cards available in the back of the church or pledge online by clicking here.
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The Ordination of Beth Taylor to the Priesthood
Saturday, January 29 at 2pm
Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
| | God willing and the people consenting
The Rt. Rev. Wendell N. Gibbs, Jr., Bishop of Michigan
will ordain on behalf of
The Rt. Rev. Robert J. O'Neill
Bishop of the Diocese of Colorado
Marjorie Beth Taylor
to the Sacred Order of Priests
in Christ's One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church
Saturday, the twenty-ninth day of January
in the year of Our Lord two thousand eleven
Being the Saturday in the third week of Epiphany
Two o'clock in the afternoon
Christ Church Cranbrook
470 Church Road
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Your prayers and presence are requested
Reception to follow
Clergy: Alb and white stole
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| Celebrating Margaret McCamant's 20 years of Music Ministry here at All Saints' | |  On the weekend of October 17, it was announced that Margaret McCamant, All Saints' Music Director of nearly 20 years, will be retiring in March of 2011. Over the coming months we will take every opportunity we can to celebrate Margaret's ministry at All Saints' and to give thanks to God for the incredible work that she has done with and among us. Stay tuned to this newsletter and the Sunday bulletin for more information about these opportunities.
If you missed Margaret's beautiful and touching letter announcing her retirement, you can read it here.
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Community Prayers and In Thanksgiving
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For our prayers
Pat Lester, John Ford, Jerry LaTuillippe, Ms. Camille, Cathy Gammon, Lynne Fischer, Carmen Julian, Michael Cullen, Violet, and the Repchic family, Andrew Mauro, Ms. Holliday, William J. Goins, and his sisters Jean, Becky, and Glada, Debbie and Carl, Dominic Lester, Rev. Joan McPherson, Rhys Nicholas Burke, Alice Callerman, Mickey Grossman, Bob Donovan, Stan Strickland, Jeanne Knepper & Marcia Hauer, Rae and Melanie, Nikki Seger, Doris Muramatsu, Daisy Druhl, Gene Boese, John Wojciechowski
And also
For all individuals and families in our city affected by violence
For our brothers and sisters in Southern Sudan, as the referendum on January 9th draws closer.
The people of the Middle East
The people of St. Luke's, New Orleans
The people of the Diocese of Renk, Sudan, especially St. Peter's, Geiger
The people of the Diocese of Southeast Mexico, especially Santa Maria Virgen, Xalapa
Blessings
Birthdays
1/9- Edie Stewart, Nina Wilfred
1/10- Grace Olson
1/12- David Gee, Eleanor Johnston
1/14- Suzy Brack
1/15- Fred Nagaro, Ella Shropshire
For Those Who Have Died
Our 9am Eucharist on Sunday will be offered in memory of Michelle Henderson's friend Katelyn Carlson.
We remember all of the people killed in Southern Sudan this week.
We remember all of the people killed in Iraq and Afghanistan this week.
May their soul and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
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Calendar for the Week
All people are welcome at all scheduled meetings at All Saints'.
Calendar items indicated in red refer to miscellaneous space use rather than scheduled All Saints' meetings and events. Items in blue refer to office information and deadlines |
Friday, January 7, 2011
7:00p Space Use- Meeting in Parish Hall
Saturday, January 8, 2011
8:30a RCS Market Pantry (Ravenswood School Lot, Paulina and Cullom)
11:30a Buildings and Grounds Committee Meeting (Area Outside Rector's Office)
8:00p Sudan Referendum Prayer Vigil (Church)
Sunday, January 9, 2011- Epiphany Sunday
8:00a 9 O'Clock Choir Rehearsal (Parish Hall)
8,9,11a Holy Eucharist (Church)
8:45a Childcare for children 3 and under (Nursery)
9:00a Level I Atrium Open for Children 3-6 years old (Church School)
10:00a Church School for Children Ages 3-12 (Church School)
10:00a Coffee Hour (Parish Hall)
10:15a 11 O'Clock Choir Rehearsal (Church)
12:00p Coffee Hour (Reading Room)
Monday, January 10
4:00p Space Use- Reading Room
7:30p Ravenswood Consort Rehearsal (Church)
7:30p Finance Committee (Parish Hall)
Tuesday, January 11
10:00a Staff Meeting (Parish Hall)
5:00p Community Eucharist (Church)
5:30p Community Kitchen/Pantry (Everywhere)
Wednesday, January 12
5:00p Deadline for Friday Email and Sunday Bulletin Submissions
7:00p EfM (Church School Room 4)
7:30p ECW Game Night (Parish Hall)
7:45p 11 O'Clock Choir Rehearsal (Church)
Thursday, January 13
7:15p Book Group (email bookgroup@allsaintschicago.org for location)
7:30p Exploring Prayer- Lectio Divina (Church- choir area)
Friday, January 14
8:30a Reality Fair (Ravenswood School)
7:00p Space Use- Meeting in Parish Hall
Saturday, January 15
1:00p Space Use- Church and Parish Hall
Sunday, January 16- Second Sunday after the Epiphany
8:00a 9 O'Clock Choir Rehearsal (Parish Hall)
8,9,11a Holy Eucharist (Church)
8:45a Childcare for children 3 and under (Nursery)
9:00a Level I Atrium Open for Children 3-6 years old (Church School)
10:00a Church School for Children Ages 3-12 (Church School)
10:00a Coffee Hour (Parish Hall)
10:15a 11 O'Clock Choir Rehearsal (Church)
12:00p Coffee Hour (Reading Room)
Please contact Beau in the Parish Office beau@allsaintschicago.org or 773-561-0111 to have an event or meeting added to the church's calendar. All meetings/events must be added to the calendar to ensure that the meeting/event has space reserved for it.
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