What's up at All Saints'- Week of February 13, 2011

News for the Week of February 13, 2011

What's Inside?

Solemn Communion

Buildings and Grounds

RCS Volunteers

Gumbo Stomp

Coffee Hour Hosts

Hunger Rock! 2011

Bake Auction

Lenten Suppers

Art and Spirituality

Ravenswood Run

Darwin Day Celebration

Margaret McCamant

Prayers and Thanksgivings

Calendar

Assisting in
Worship on Sunday

Ushers:
9am: Jim Hanna, Dave Howe
11am: Gail Colman, Bill McHugh

Chalice Bearers:
9am: Karen Howe, Jeanne Wirpsa, Michele Means
11am: Peg Deppe, Lucy Leety-Wheeler, Christy Drackett

Reading:
9am: Nina Wilfred
11am: Lucy Leety-Wheeler(1st) and Chris Nelson (2nd)

Prayers:
9am: Jeanne Wirpsa
11am: Gail Colman

Acolytes:
9am: Kate Ruby, Amelia Mroczkowski, Maryjayne Allen, Isabel Conde
11am: Sam Wischnewsky, Matthew Arenas

11am Altar Guild:
Connie Wilson

Counters:
Christy Drackett and Anne Ford

Quick Links

All Saints' Calendar

All Saints' Check Request

RCS Check Request

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

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,

This weekend there is supposed to be a heat wave - Sunday it may even reach 40 degrees! It'll be a good day to get outside and come to church visit with friends at All Saints'.

Please mark your calendar for our upcoming bake auction which is happening on Sunday February 27 between the 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. services. This is our major fundraiser for our ministries in Africa. Don't miss this awesome fun event!

If you are looking for more fun and connection in the mean time, stop by our food pantry and community kitchen any Tuesday night from 5:00-7:00 p.m. to help out. You can contact our volunteer coordinator, Liz Embler, for more information at Liz@ravenswoodcommuntyservices.org.

This Saturday morning from 8:30-11:30 you can also stop by our Market Pantry at the Ravenswood School parking lot (4332 N. Paulina). Volunteers of all ages are welcome to come and set up and hand out groceries to our neighbors.

See you on Sunday, if not before,

Rev. Fran Holliday

Solemn Communion Parents' Discussion
Sunday at 10:30am in Church School Room 4

Parents of the children who are 8 or older and interested in participating in Solemn Communion this year are invited to meet Sunday morning, February 13th from 10:30am to 11am in Church School Room 4 (across from the level II atrium) to discuss the meeting schedule for the children and learn more about the Solemn Communion process. All are welcome to join the discussion whether or not you have a child involved. For more information, contact Polly Tangora at polly@allsaintschicago.org.

Solemn Communion is a program for children aged 8 or older in which children spend time reflecting on and learning about the meaning of the Eucharist in preparation for making a "Solemn Communion." For some children, this is their first communion, for others this is a deepening of the experience of receiving communion.

Buildings and Grounds Committee Meeting
Tomorrow at 11am

It's a new year and the B&G gang is looking for fresh ideas and energy and new members for the Building & Grounds Committee. If you don't have time to be a regular member, you can focus on specific project. For example, one member, Stephen Christy, is a landscape architect, so anyone interested in starting plans for the garden or just learning about gardening should come to our meetings as we move into spring. The meeting is at 11:00 this Saturday, February 12 in Bonnie and Beau's office (the B&B) at the church. Come one, come all! Questions? Contact Nancy Lischer at buildingsandgrounds@allsaintschicago.org.

Calling All RCS Volunteers:

Whether you volunteer at the Tuesday Night Food Pantry, Community Kitchen, Thursday morning deliveries, The Clinic, Market Pantry, focus:future, All Saints' Cafe, Reality Fair, Hunger Rock, Hunger Walk or anything else we've failed to mention here - we want your input!

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!

Gumbo Stomp 3
Fundraiser for New Orleans Rebuild Work

2010 NOLA Rebuid Team

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.

Coffee Hour Hosts Needed
It's that time again. We need volunteers to host Coffee Hour from March - June. Check your calendars to see when you can help. You can e-mail Karen (coffeehour9@allsaintschicago.org) now to reserve a date, or sign up on Sunday.

It is time to plan Hunger Rock! 2011!

Sunnyside Up at Hunger Rock! 2010

Please join us for our first planning meeting on Thursday February 24th at 6:30 p.m. in the parish hall.

Hunger Rock!, an annual concert to end hunger, is a night of music, food and fun to benefit Ravenswood Community Services' hunger relief programs.

if you would like to more information, please contact fran@ravenswoodcommunityservices.org.

The All Saints' Spectacular Bake Auction is Coming!
Sunday, Feburary 27 at 10am

Brought to you by the All Saints' Youth Group and Church School.

Delicious, Delectable Baked Goods
Both live and silent auction
The major fundraiser for our ministries in Africa

Please help by donating your favorite baked item and then bidding and buying from 10:00-11:00 am on the 27th.

Sign up NOW to donate for the live and or silent auctions so we know what's coming.

The "Klip-board Kids" will be taking sign-ups Sunday in the Parish Hall or at the door of the sanctuary during the 10 o'clock hour
Sign up with them or email to Polly or Hilary (see emails below).

All donations should be brought to the Parish Hall on the day of the auction - February 27th before 9:00am service

Questions??? Didn't get a chance to sign up during coffee hour??

Contact -
Polly Tangora at polly@allsaintschicago.org or 773-878-7118.
Hilary Waldron at asyg@allsaintschicago.org or 773-583-9538

"Not the Last Supper" Suppers 2011

All Saints' is again organizing weekly Lenten dinners, which are an opportunity for getting together during the Lenten season and a great way to get to know people beyond coffee hour. In the past, groups have gathered at parishioners' homes or at neighborhood restaurants one night a week (usually no earlier than 6pm) for food and discussion during the season Lent. Click here to sign up online or fill out a paper form at church.

Please complete a written or on-line form by February 28.

You will be contacted by March 7th with your group information and dinners will start the week of March 13. There will be five weeks of dinners during weeks of March 13, March 20, March 27, April 3 and April 10. We will do our best to match you with a desired group and day of the week but depending on others' choices we may not be able to honor your first choice.

Questions? Email Barb Giloth (773-262.0639) and Peggy Cushing (773-218-7061) at lentendinners@allsaintschicago.org.

ADULT FAITH EXPLORATIONS: "Art and Spirituality"
February 20 and March 6 at 10am in the Parish Hall

Two community artists will share their work and lead us in a discussion about the spiritual dimension of their creative process and on the power of art to transform ourselves and our world.

February 20th: Bill Buchholtz, Native flute player
Please join Bill for music and conversation from the heart. This is a rich chance to meet Bill, ask questions, and explore how art deepens our spiritual connections. Bill's goal is to educate people about the traditions and spiritual significance of the Native flute. He is widely known and respected in the inter-faith community in Chicago and frequently performs at community events throughout the Midwest.

"Music is in my blood and being a musician is who I am. Since I have Native blood, being able to play Native music honors the gift the Creator has given me. My first flute was a gift from a Lakota Sioux elder who told me it is my medicine, it is a gift from the creator. I am told by many elders that if you don't share your gift the creator will take it back."

March 6th: Dan Crowley, Artist and Character Designer

Dan is a member of All Saints" and has made his living as an artist for over 20 years. He's sculpted characters for award winning window displays for Tiffany & CO, as well windows for Hermes and the Stuart Weitsman shoe stores. His semi-autobiographical cartoon strip ran in the Chicago Free Press for over three years. He's taught cartooning to adults and kids. Photo-cards of his sculpted characters have sold at the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Chicago Cultural Center.

"What I love the most about what I do, is watching something come from nothing. With just a few odd supplies, I can watch a character appear before my eyes. With a pen and paper, I can create a character that can help someone understand my point of view. I see the creation process as a lesson on being open to the process and the Holy Spirit. Like a dancer in mid-dance, it's best when you "let go" and let it fly. I'm grateful to God, every time I see something I've been lucky enough to help come to be, but I know I couldn't do it alone. "

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.

Upcoming events at St. John's Episcopal Church
in Old Irving Park

Darwin Day Celebration

A Staged reading of Tierra Del Fuego by Richard Corley

Darwin Day is an international celebration of science and humanity commemorating the 102nd birthday of Charles Darwin and the 152 anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of the Species.

Please join us for a staged reading of Tierra del Fuego Richard Corley on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church at 3857 North Kostner Avenue, Chicago, IL 60641

Thought provoking and dramatic, Tierra del Fuego follows two interwoven strands of time in the life of Charles Darwin: his voyage around the world in the H.M.S. Beagle and twenty years later as he struggles over the question of whether to publish his controversial discoveries. While exploring the battle between religious beliefs and scientific advances that still rages on today, at the heart of the play is Darwin's relationship with his bright young daughter, Annie. The play will be performed by the St. John's Players, directed by Karen Hoyer.

A winter supper of PRIMORDIAL SOUP follows in the Parish Hall. Events take place in the sanctuary of St. John's Episcopal Church and in the building's dining room.

The event is free and open to the public. Suggested donation for dinner is $5.
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Film Screening: Prisoner of her Past

Saturday, February 19, 2011, 5:00 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church at 3857 North Kostner Avenue, Chicago, IL 60641

A film screening of Prisoner of her Past, Q&A with Howard Reich and Gordon Quinn

Prisoner of Her Past, directed by Gordon Quinn, tells the haunting story of a secret childhood trauma resurfacing, sixty years later, to unravel the life of Holocaust survivor Sonia Reich. The film follows her son, Chicago Tribune jazz critic Howard Reich, as he journeys across the United States and Eastern Europe to uncover why his mother believes the world is conspiring to kill her. Along the way, he finds a family he never knew he had. Join us for St. John's Speaker Series presentation of Prisoner of Her Past, meet Howard and Quinn, and stay for the reception.

The event is free and open to the public.

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.

*Birthday and annviersary data gathered in the 2011 pledge process is currently being entered into our database. We appreciate your patience with this matter.

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, Carolyn Cooney, Charles Simokaitis, Sr., Connie Wilson

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
2/15-      Kevin Goodman, Aaron Olson, Jack Preston
2/17-      Anne Stewart
2/18-      Izzy Harlow Perry, Sparky Roberts
2/19-      Courtney Mankowski

Anniversaries
2/14-      Tracey Lemon and Suzanne Wille
2/17-      Edie and Jay Stewart

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.

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