Sunday, March 27, 10:15-11 in Parish Hall:  

"Violence and Healing: In Scripture and In Our World"

Rev. Carol Reese will reflect on Jesus' healing narratives in light of her experience as a chaplain at Stroger Hospital's Trauma Department working with patients who are victims of violence.

 

Sunday, April 3 at St. James Cathedral

"A Life-Affirming, This-Worldly Christianity, Hidden in Plain Sight"

with Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Parker
Evensong, "God as Beauty:" 4 pm
Lecture: 5 to 6 pm; Book Signing and Reception: 6 to 6:30 pm
St. James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron Street, Chicago.     

For the first millennium of the faith, no images of Jesus dead existed in Christian art. Instead, churches filled their spaces with images of the risen Christ who hosted the Eucharist feast of abundant life and paradise in this world. Join Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Parker to explore how early Christian communities understood salvation and shaped themselves as the body of Christ that fed the hungry, healed the sick, and resisted imperial violence and oppression. More information about this event here: http://www.seabury.edu/events/parker-brock-lecture-chicago.html

 

Read more about future sessions here.

What's your favorite part of community life at All Saints?  Children's programs?  Lenten suppers?  Pastoral care? Meaningful worship?  

Help keep this amazing faith community strong by sharing your ideas to close the operations budget gap.  The newly formed Fundraising Committee will have its next meeting on Tuesday, March 29, at 7:30 outside Bonnie and Beau's office.  Please join us!

For more information or to share ideas if you are unable to come to the meeting, please email Laura Youngberg at fundraising@allsaintschicago.org.

Does your family have a new addition? Are you looking for fellowship with other new All Saints' parents/ information about navigating Chicago with children/ a sympathetic ear?

Come to the new All Saints' New Parents' Playdate! Hosted by mom Elizabeth Shapiro, we'll snack and chat about all things baby in the Parish Hall at 10 am on Friday, April 1^st!

To RSVP, email care@allsaintschicago.org!

Reading the story of the Passion of Christ aloud is an integral part of the Palm Sunday service.  Like we did last year, All Saints will have a "cast" of readers telling the story.  If you are interested in participating in this year's reading on Sunday, April 17, please email Juleigh Ruby at jmruby23@aol.com.  Be sure to type PALM SUNDAY READING in the Subject Line.  

Be florally creative

Are you feeling creative? Do you want to make a statement on Easter morning?  We are looking for one or two people to do our flowers for the Easter Vigil and Easter morning.  We reimburse for the flowers--usually in the range of $200 to $400.  Please speak to Bonnie if you are feeling florally creative.

 

Donate

If you'd like to make a contribution toward our Easter flowers there are several ways to do so:

 

1. Donate online here.

2. Write a check, put "Easter Flowers" in the memo line and put it in the offering plate on a Sunday morning or mail it to the church at 4550 N. Hermitage Ave., Chicago, IL 60640.

3. Put your contribution, cash or check, in one of the envelopes that will be able to be found in the pews beginning on Sunday, March 27 and put the envelope in the offering plate. 

 

If you'd like to make your contribution in honor or memory of loved ones and to have that information included in the Easter bulletins, send Beau an email at beau@allsaintschicago.org with the information. Information must be received by Wednesday, April 13 in order to be included in the Easter bulletins.

Dear fellow All Saints' parishioners,

 

I'm still replaying in my memory the wonderful day that March 6 was for me. Thank you to everyone for all you did to make that retirement Sunday so memorable. I am grateful to all of the singers who worked on the anthem that I chose and then cooked up two wonderful musical surprises for me. Thank you for organizing and attending the after-church party with its All Saints' version of high tea. All your moving and kind words will be with me forever. I treasure the All Saints gifts from all of you: the mounted square of late-but-not-lamented sanctuary carpet and the amazing book of photos of my tenure made so precious with all your loving notes. My knitter's heart is proud to have fiber-providing animals donated in my name through the Heifer Project, and I look forward to using your gift of a combined prayer book/hymnal when I'm back singing with you all on Sunday mornings. Choir or congregation? Nine or eleven o'clock service? Those are decisions still to be made as I figure out how to be retired and how to structure my weeks in a new way. With just one not-at-All-Saints Sunday under my belt, I can tell you that it felt odd to not be where I've been most weeks for 20 years and I missed you all. As you can imagine, though, it was a distinct pleasure to ignore the change to daylight saving time on March 13 and to simply get up when I woke up!

 

Margaret McCamant

March 15, 2011

Are you new to All Saints' and/or the Episcopal Church? Or do you just want to find out more about our faith tradition? 

Join Bonnie and others for a whirlwind tour of the Anglican/Episcopal tradition, and what it might mean to be people of faith in our own time.

We'll gather on Wednesdays at 7pm for a simple soup supper and our weekly session, ending promptly at 8:30.

ALL are welcome. Please RSVP, so we know how many people to plan for. Questions and RSVPs can be sent to Beau in the Parish Office at beau@allsaintschicago.org or 773-561-0111.

The All Saints' Newcomer Committee is hosting  a Newcomer brunch for those new to the church and others who are interested in meeting newcomers.  The brunch will be held on Sunday, April 10th from 10am-1pm at Peggy Cushing's house, 1822 West Leland, just a short walk from the church.  Members of the committee will be on hand to walk over with folks after the 9 and 11 o'clock services.  For additional information contact Peggy Cushing at cushingpeggy@gmail.com or Barbara Giloth at bgiloth@gmail.com.

Come One, Come All-Big and Small! Looking for a way to spend time with your family while making a difference in someone's life?  Bring them along to the Family Night in the kitchen!

 

Join us with your kids on the fifth Tuesdays of the month to help  serve up a delicious meal.  The menu will be designed with tasks  perfect for little hands (ages five and up with adult supervision, of course)-it's a guaranteed fun time!

 

The next one is coming up- Tuesday, March 29!

 

Email Liz at liz@ravenswoodcommunityservices.org for more information or to let us know you're coming.

 

Volunteers are needed to help with all aspects of this event- shopping, cooking, serving, decorating, and clean up, etc. To volunteer, fill out the form here or contact Liz at liz@ravenswoodcommunityservices.org. Opportunities are available the week leading up to the event, on the day before the event and for the event itself.

volunteer work on our next trip, September 30-October 8, 2011. Gumbo Stomp tickets are available online here! For more information or to volunteer, email gumbostomp@allsaintschicago.org

Level I:  9:00-11:30am -- Learn how to keep our children safe from sexual abuse in the church and in our community.   Parents  of children and teens in our congregation are especially encouraged to attend.  This session is mandatory for anyone working with our children or youth (or hoping to in the future!), clergy, staff, vestry, and persons providing care to home bound members of our community.

Level II:  12-2:30pm - How can we sustain healthy boundaries among adults in our community?  How do we prevent the misuse of power as we minister to one another?  How can we work together to safeguard the more vulnerable members of our community from emotional and sexual abuse?  This session is open to all members of our community who are seeking to live into the fullness of our baptismal vow to "respect the dignity of all persons."  Those working with Tuesday night guests would especially benefit from this workshop.  It is mandatory for leaders of programs that minister to adults, clergy, staff, vestry, and persons providing care to home bound members of our community.   Levels I & II will both be facilitated by Jeanne Wirpsa, vestry member and certified "trainer" of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago.  

Please register by Monday, March 28, 2011 so we can have adequate materials available.  

For further information & to sign up contact Jeanne at : adultformation@allsaintschicago.org  or 773-316-6936 (cell).

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, Daisy Druhl, Gene Boese, John Wojciechowski, Harlan Shropshire, Art Mannon, Julie Ann Villa, Debbie Smart, Carolyn Cooney, Charles Simokaitis, Sr., Connie Wilson, Margaret McHugh, Tom Pope, Shawn, Susan and Finneus Wicks, Marissa Heirich, Cynthia Reynolds, Sean Wicks and his son John Massan, Amy Orr, Bonnie Owens, Donald, James and Randy, Michael Krause

And also
We remember Beau, Judy Traverso's dog, and Milo, Charlie, Jen and Faye Simokaitis' dog, both of whom died this week and we give thanks for the many ways that our pets enrich our lives.

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 
We rejoice with Margaret McHugh, Bill McHugh's mother, who celebrates her 100th birthday today.

We rejoice with George Thiruvathuakal, who was promoted to the rank of Professor of Computer Science at Loyola University, Chicago.

Birthdays

3/27-      Valerie Cavin, Jenee Lucas 

3/28-      Cameron Barry, Mike Maszk 

3/29-      Clara Maddox, Quinn Mankowski

3/30-      Tom Stuenkel, Connor Swanson-Tkacz, Zachary Swanson-Tkacz

3/31-      Jordan Allen, Logan Means, Anne Zender 

4/1-        Anders Benson, Morgan Mankowski, Mark Thomas 

4/2-        Kristie Vuocolo

 

Anniversaries

3/27-      Russell and Sandra DeAngelus

 
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.