News for the Week of January 23, 2011 |
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Assisting in
Worship on Sunday | Ushers:
9am: Helen Poot and Lydia Carr
11am: Mary Swanton and Mike Kozubek
Chalice Bearers:
9am: Michele Means, Courtney Reid, Karen Howe
11am: Christy Drackett, Melissa Townsend
Reading(s):
9am: Jeanne Wirpsa
11am: Julie Donalek(1st) and Lynda Hazen(2nd)
Prayers:
9am: Lydia Carr
11am: Melissa Townsend
Acolytes:
9am: Kate Ruby, Madeleine Maszk, Amelia Mroczkowski
11am: Sam Wischnewsky, Naomi Mayes
11am Altar Guild:
Barb Dufford
Post-9am Coffee Hour:
Julie Deprey
Counters:
Beth Lee and Christy Drackett
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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,
I invite you to gather for our Annual Meeting on Sunday, February 6 at 10:00. On that day we will have an 8:00 and 9:00 worship service but no 11:00 service. At the meeting we'll have brunch, thank some of our unsung heroes, review, comment and perhaps amend our proposed operating budget for 2011, elect a new co-warden, vestry members, diocesan representatives and discern our course of action for the coming year. I guarantee that it will be a lively event. Our theme--"The Future is Now" will lend itself to plenty of light saber battles, trekkie outfits, and perhaps a few orbits around the galaxy of our dreams.
Let's face it--you don't want to miss this amazing event! (Its true I don't get out much.)
See you this Sunday.
All my best,
Bonnie
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It is not too late to make a pledge of financial support 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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Missing your favorite baking dish? Maybe its at church!
| |  When you were doing your holiday cooking, did you notice that your favorite baking dish was missing? It may not be gone forever! We have an entire bin of left-behind items from potlucks and parish events, so please stop by during coffee hour to dig through the and see if yours turns up. We'll have the bin up in the Parish Hall for the next couple of Sundays. Thanks! |
4th Annual Gals Bowling Night
Sunday, January 23 at 7:30pm
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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. |
Adult Faith Explorations Prayer Series Continues
Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola
| |  Thursday, January 27 at 7:30pm
Choir Area of the Church
We will explore prayer in the context of the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order, giving particular attention to his use of imaginative contemplation. Our time together will consist of a brief overview of traditional use of the exercises, followed by a prayerful reading and meditation on some of the contemplations. |
Annual Meeting Coming February 6
Annual Reports Due January 24
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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. |
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Conversation about All Saints' Proposed 2011 Budget
Sunday, January 30 between the 9 and 11am Services
In the Parish Hall
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Join members of the finance committee and the vestry on Sunday, January 30 between the 9 and 11am services for a conversation about our proposed 2011 budget.
At the "Investing in our Future" event back in November and on the Sundays that followed, we had an opportunities to discern how we wanted to invest in All Saints' future. The finance committee has taken that information along with the financial pledge commitments we've made for 2011 and developed a proposed 2011 budget. We'll begin the work of
reviewing, commenting upon and perhaps amending it on January 30 and continue at our Annual Meeting on February 6. |
Calling All RCS Volunteers:
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Please join us for a Volunteer Steering Committee meeting on Tuesday, February 15 at 7:30pm. We will be discussing the RCS Board's recent strategic planning activities; channels for volunteer participation and feedback; and new service opportunities, including prospective literacy and nutrition programs.
We hope you will join us in thoughtful conversation about our shared vision for RCS in 2011. Email Liz at liz@ravenswoodcommunityservices.org if you plan to attend, so we can be sure to have enough snacks!
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Gumbo Stomp 3
Fundraiser for New Orleans Rebuild Work
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Salud, Gumbo Stompers, New Orleans lovers!
You've already marked your calendar for Gumbo Stomp 3, Saturday, May 14, 2011, right? Would you like to help plan this year's event? Gumbo Stomp is a Cajun/Zydeco dance fundraiser, which includes traditional New Orleans food, a great live band, dance instruction, and various creative fundraising appeals for our NOLA rebuild work. Our first planning meeting will be Thursday, February 17 at 7pm at All Saints'. Fresh input would be welcome! For more info, contact Barb Dufford or Joey Sylvester at gumbostomp@allsaintschicago.org. |
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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The Ordination of Beth Taylor to the Priesthood
Saturday, January 29 at 2pm
Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
The Rev. Bonnie A. Perry, Rector of All Saints' Chicago, Preaching
| | 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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On Friday, January 28,
Ravenswood School is hosting an Adult Dodgeball Tournament! | |  Will YOUR team be ready?
We're hoping to assemble 16 teams, 10 adult players each (5 men, 5 women), for one night of EXTREME fun--and fund raising--in support of Ravenswood School.
Don't miss your chance. Put a team together now!
Recruit your friends from work! I'm sure there is someone you've always secretly wanted to see get blasted with a dodgeball, right? Make sure they sign up.*
Convince your company, favorite bar, or favorite restaurant to sponsor your team. It's the least they could do, right?
Entry fees are tax-deductible! This means that you may be eligible for a tax write-off and get to live out your adult-dodgeball fantasies at the same time. (That's called a "Win-Win" proposition.)
The Details
When: Friday, January 28, 2011; 7:00pm tournament begins (team sign-in begins at 6:30pm)
Where: Ravenswood School gymnasium, 4332 N Paulina St., Chicago
Entry Fee: A tax-deductible donation of $300 per team (that's just $30/player...or, if you get a team sponsor, it could be FREE...for you anyway.)
Prizes: TBD and based on number of teams participating (As if you really need any more encouragement to participate, yes, prizes will be awarded to top winners.)
Uniforms and/or Costumes: Not required, but highly encouraged. Show team unity. Be creative!
How To Sign Up
Don't wait until the last minute! To sign up your team, contact Andy McSheffery at: 773.275.5197 or andymcshef@aol.com
* All players will be required to sign a waiver and release form to participate in the tournament. Please play nicely! We want everyone to have fun while supporting Ravenswood school. The dodgeball court is not the place to settle your personal differences or to work out your anger-management issues. (Save that for your next family reunion or employee picnic.) Thank you! |
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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| 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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Ravenswood Run
Sunday, May 1
| |  On Sunday, May 1, thousands of neighbors will converge on the Chicago intersection of Wilson and Hermitage Avenues for a morning of running, socializing and community-building that raises funds to help neighbors in need. Proceeds from the Ravenswood Run benefit Ravenswood Community Services' local hunger relief efforts and the student health centers at Amundsen and Lake View high schools. Register now for the 15th Ravenswood Run 5k.
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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, Harlan Shropshire, Art Mannon, Julie Ann Villa, Debbie Smart
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
1/23- Betty Douglas, Jackson Smith
1/25- Lily McOmber, Tina Tchen
1/26- Jack Waterman, Alison White
1/27- Debby Maddox
Annversaries
1/23- Lynne Perron and Karen Rosenthal
For Those Who Have Died
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
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Friday, January 21
7:00p Space Use- Meeting in Parish Hall
Saturday, January 2210:00a Space Use- Church Sunday, January 23- Third 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 until 12:15 (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)
1:00p Billiards and Bowling (Waveland Bowl, 3700 N. Western)
7:30p 4th Annual Gals' Bowling Night (Lincoln Square Lanes, 4874 N. Lincoln Ave.)
Monday, January 24
4:00p Space Use- Reading Room
Tuesday, January 25
10:00a Staff Meeting (Parish Office)
5:00p Community Eucharist (Church)
5:30p Community Kitchen/Pantry (Everywhere)
7:30p Vestry (Parish Hall)
Wednesday, January 26
5:00p Deadline for Friday Email and Sunday Bulletin Submissions
6:30p Space Use- Meeting in Parish Office
7:00p EfM (Church School Room 4)
7:45p 11 O'Clock Choir Rehearsal (Church)
Thursday, January 27
7:30p Exploring Prayer (Church, Choir Area)
Friday, January 28
7:00p Space Use- Meeting in Parish Hall
Saturday, January 29
2:00p Ordination of Beth Taylor to the Priesthood (Christ Church Cranbrook, Bloomfield Hills, MI)
Sunday, January 30- Fourth 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 until 12:15 (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 and Budget Presentation/Conversation (Parish Hall)
10:15a 11 O'Clock Choir Rehearsal (Church)
12:00p Coffee Hour (Reading Room)
3:30p ASYG- All Saints' Youth Group (Parish Hall and Kitchen)
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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