Spring is the perfect time to try singing with the choir. With about 7 weeks left in the choir season, you can get a little taste of the fun you can have.  Our 9 o'clock choir rehearses at 8am and sings for the 9am service each Sunday and our 11 o'clock choir rehearses on Wednesday evenings from 7:30-9pm (with a 10:15am warmup on Sunday morning) and sings for the 11am service each Sunday. 

Additionally, the All Saints' All Ages Choir sings once a month at 9:00 service and rehearses from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. on the Saturday before, and at 8:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall on Sundays the group is singing. The All Ages Choir is open to children ages 5 and up, their parents or other accompanying adults, unaccompanied young people ages 12 and up and anyone who likes the idea of a one-month-at-a-time commitment. The 9:00 service Adult Choir joins with the All Ages Choir when they sing. The next All Ages choir rehearsal will be on Saturday, May 21, singing on Youth Sunday, May 22. 

Finally, on Pentecost, June 12, the last regular choir Sunday for the season, we'll have a combined choirs Sunday. At the 9am service, the All Ages choir, 9 o'clock choir and 11 o'clock choir will sing, and at the 11am service, the 9 o'clock and 11 o'clock choirs will join together. If you're looking for a one-time opportunity to try out singing, June 12 is the day. 

For more information about any of these opportunities, give Beau Surratt a call at 773-561-0111 or send him an email at beau@allsaintschicago.org.

With news of the current flooding along the Mississippi River  --  have you considered that which is littered here might end up there? Are you aware of large deposits of plastic on the Pacific floor? Have you given thought that what you purchase today may still be on the earth when your great grandchildren come of age? 

Some?? I ask myself - do you?  Let's try to meet in May or June to see if we can help our planet.

Katie Nolan 773.589.2157    ktnolan@sbcglobal.net 

On May 25, the All Saints EfM group will host an "open house" for anyone interested in learning more about this exciting program. Come join the committed group that meets on Wednesday evenings for rich conversation and theological reflection on our lives and the world around us.  The new program year begins in September. 

For more information or to sign up to participate in the open house, please contact Ruth Frey (ruthefrey@gmail.com) or send an email to efm@allsaintschicago.org.

If you or a family member need assistance with meals, or errands during a life transition or illness please contact the All Saints' Care Ministry at care@allsaintschicago.org.  

If you would like to get involved with this ministry and volunteer to make a meal, run an occasional errand please send us your name and contact information.   We will add you to the Care Team database and then when needs arise you will be sent a email and have an opportunity to sign up for a specific date and time.   

If you have questions or would like more information please speak to the Rev. Fran Holliday fran@allsaintschicago.org.  or Elizabeth Shapiro care@allsaintschicago.org

Newell - a poet, musician, scholar and teacher -- is the former warden of Iona Abbey in Scotland and is known for his passion for peace in the world and for harmony among the great spiritual traditions.

Celtic spirituality has long held reverence for creation and the Celtic style of prayer is known for engaging imagination through visual and spatial imagery, as well as emphasizing the life of God within creation. These prayers address more than the transcendent and ultimate questions that most religions define, but also the mysteries and challenges of everyday life.  This program is sponsored in part by Seabury.  Click here for more information and to register.  Or go to www.seabury.edu and click on "events." 

Pat Lester, John Ford, Jerry LaTuillippe, Ms. Camille, 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, Mickey Grossman, Bob Donovan, Stan Strickland, Jeanne Knepper & Marcia Hauer, Rae and  Melanie, Nikki Seger, Gene Boese, John Wojciechowski, 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, Lori T., Myra, Larry, Joseph Libretti, Jr., Ed Stasik, Anna Elizabeth Stanley, Judy, Antonio, Jon Ruby, Kevin Hunt, Jesse Torrence, Joan Zaradich, Dana Zaradich, Lisa Zaradich, Arnold Markley

5/15-      Jocelyn Krause

5/16-      Nancy Lischer, Courtney Reid

5/17-      Julian Catalano, Clara Lumsden, Jorge Sanchez

5/18-      Arun Mathew, Pamela Myers

5/19-      Elisabeth Johnston

Annversaries

5/16-      Ketih Hayes and Kate Gantzer-Hayes

We remember Martha Durgin, sister of Nancy Lischer, who died unexpectedly earlier this week.

We remember all of the people killed in Southern Sudan this week.