All Saints' News for the Week of January 16, 2011

News for the Week of January 16, 2011

What's Inside?

De-greening the church

Reflections on MLK

Exploring Prayer

Window Plastic

Annual Meeting

Justice Circle

Billiards and Bowling

Gals Bowling Night

Make Your Pledge

Prayers and Thanksgivings

All Saints' and the Diocese of Chicago
in the News

All Saints' parishioner Tina Tchen appointed Chief of Staff for Michelle Obama

Bishop Lee's op-ed piece about the situation in Southern Sudan

Bonnie's article about the food pantry and community kitchen here at All Saints' on the website of the President of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church

Quick Links

All Saints' Calendar

All Saints' Check Request

RCS Check Request

All Saints' Sermons on the Web (now with audio!)

Assisting in
Worship

Ushers:
9am: Truda Stockenstrom, Torin Kavanaugh
11am: Glenn Brown and Melissa Townsend

Chalice Bearers:
9am: Mike Burke, Anders Benson
11am: Alexandra Martin

Reading(s):
9am: Juleigh Ruby
11am: Melissa Townsend(1st) and Alexandra Martin(2nd)

Prayers:
9am: Liza Reynolds
11am: Glenn Brown

Acolytes:
9am: Michelle Henderson, Henry Maszk, Thomas Ruby, Sophie Reese-Wirpsa
11am: Matthew Arenas, Evan Calabrese

11am Altar Guild:
Alice Wozniak

Post-9am Coffee Hour:
Michele Means

Counters:
Beth Lee and Steve Leety-Wheeler

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

Dear Friends,

Sunday is a normal, low-key Sunday. Come on out and join us for some compelling worship. I'll be preaching and looking forward to seeing all of you.

Best,
Bonnie

Wanna help de-green the church?
Join us as we do it tomorrow around 1pm. If you can help, contact Carol Reese at 773-852-8454.

Adult Faith Explorations Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sunday, January 16 Between services, in the Parish Hall Please join us in celebrating this great man's birthday by listening to parishioner Martin Deppe's insights into Dr. King's ministries from the perspective of an insider. This is certain to be a very enlightening look at Dr. King.

Adult Faith Explorations Prayer Series Continues Journal Writing as a Spiritual Practice
Thursday, January 20 at 7:30pm Choir area of the church To know thyself is to know God. Join us Thursday from 7:30-8:30 pm as we explore journal writing as spiritual practice. Christine Simokaitis will lead a writing exercise designed to spark self-reflection, so bring a notebook and pen. No experience is necessary. All are welcome. Questions? Contact Christine: casimo7@gmail.com

Are you into "green"?

The Building and Grounds Committee is looking for volunteers for a couple of hours on Saturday, January 15 between 10:00 and 1:00 to complete putting plastic over the sanctuary windows. If you can make it, even for an hour, that would be great -- and please bring a hairdrier and extension cord if you have one!

Contact Nancy Lischer at buildingsandgrounds@allsaintschicago.org for more information.

Annual Meeting Coming February 6
Annual Reports Due January 24

Annual Meeting Coming February 6!
The annual meeting is on Sunday, February 6 at 10:00am. There will be no 11:00 worship service. Instead we'll gather in our parish hall to share a meal, reflect on 2010 and move forward with our ministries for 2011! If you are interested in standing for election for vestry or for diocesan representative please speak with Bonnie or one of our co-wardens Alison Mankowski (alisonmankowski@sbcglobal.net) or Ken Jones at (kjones60625@gmail.com).

Creativity and Production
Planning Meeting Sunday after the 11am Service
Would you like to use your creativity in a way you never thought possible? If so, we could use your help to plan and produce the Annual Meeting. If you're interested in helping, contact Bonnie at bonnie@allsaintschicago.org. We'll begin our work this coming Sunday at a meeting after the 11am service.

Annual Reports Due Monday, January 24 by 5pm
One of the ways we celebrate our ministries each year is
by including information about what they have done in each year's
Annual Report. Almost all of our ministries have something in the
Annual Report.

If you'd like to have something included in the Annual Report, the
deadline is Monday, January 24 at 5pm. You can email your submission to Beau Surratt at beau@allsaintschicago.org. Submissions need not be long--just a paragraph or two of what you'd like the congregation to know about your ministry and what it has done in 2010. Any pictures you could send would also be welcome.

If you have no idea what this is about or your need a refresher
about what you might write, take a look at last year's annual report for reference.

Cleanup
We need a crew of folks to help cleanup following the Annual Meeting on Sunday, February 6. If you can help, please contact Beau in the office at 773-561-0111 or beau@allsaintschicago.org.

News from the All Saints' Justice Circle

Justice Circle Meeting
Monday, January 17th at 7pm
All are welcome to the next meeting of the Justice Circle on Monday, January 17th at 7:00pm outside of Bonnie and Beau's office. We will be discussing the Sudan Vigil, a Lenten Social Justice Film Festival, and more. If you have any questions, contact Jack at jack@allsaintschicago.org.

Thank you to Sudan Vigil planners and participants
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Sudan Vigil and Vigil Hours to pray for the people of Sudan. A special thank you to all of those who made the service possible: Chris Nelson, Karen Schrage, Joey Sylvester, Connie Wilson, Eileen Krause, Lionel Edes, Charlie Simokaitis, Nina Chinn, Colleen Mulcahy, and Matty Zaradich. The referendum has been largely peaceful with the exception of Abiyei where the oilfields are located. Final results are expected at the beginning of February.

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.

Calling all spiritual people and liturgy wonks:

Good Friday at All Saints', 2010

Wednesday, January 19 at 7:00 pm.

Please join us to begin planning for Lent, Holy Week, Easter, and Pentecost. We hope to use our time together to set the direction for the season and identify working groups for the many opportunities for prayer and worship. For more information contact Carol Reese at worship@allsaintschicago.org.

Note from the editor: names of people who respond to this announcement will be kept anonymous in case you don't want your friends to know you're a liturgy wonk. What is a liturgy wonk anyway?

4th Annual Gals Bowling Night
Sunday, January 23 at 7:30pm

It's That Time...

So pull out your bowling shirt, shoes and ball and head over to the 4th Annual Gal's Bowling Night to benefit RCS, Sunday, January 23rd at 7:30pm at Lincoln Square Lanes, 4874 N. Lincoln Ave.

Auctioned off at Hunger Rock, if you've already signed up, please look for and respond to the Evite sent. If you'd still like to come, shoot an email to Alison Mankowski at alisonmankowski@sbcglobal.net or Jen Simokaitis at Jensimo@sbcglobal.net. $50 gets you bowling, shoes, food, drinks and coveted prizes. Hope to see you there.

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.

An opportunity for generosity...
Have you made your pledge to All Saints' for 2011?

Click here to make your 2011 pledge to All Saints'

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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.

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

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.

Community Prayers and In Thanksgiving

If you'd like to have someone included in our community prayers,
please email prayerlist@allsaintschicago.org or call the Parish Office at 773-561-0111.

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, Harlan Shropshire, Art Mannon, Julie Ann Villa

And also
For all individuals and families in our city affected by violence

For our brothers and sisters in Southern Sudan

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
1/16-      Wanda Boxer Dog
1/17-      Bob Gannett, Eric Smith, Jackson Thomas
1/18-      Stephanie Eichhorst, Robert Sharoff, Win Thom
1/19-      Namon Huddleston, Suzanne Wille
1/21-      Susan Sweet
1/23-      Betty Douglas, Jackson Smith

For Those Who Have Died
We remember Josephine Mead, grandmother of Lucy Leety-Wheeler, who died on January 6.

We ask for prayers for Jeanne Wirpsa and her sisters who mourn the loss of their mother.

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.

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