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All Saints' Episcopal Church
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| News for the Week of September 2, 2012 |
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Dear Friends,
The "Summer of Awesome" is winding down and we are now
getting ready to kick off the program year. Please mark your calendar for Sunday September 9th. We will hold our annual
Backpack Blessing and bless our teachers and students as a new
school year beings. Students should bring their backpacks for a
blessing at the 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. services. Gary Norcross, the
Assistant Principal at Disney Magnet school will be our guest preacher. See more information below.
We are also kicking off our Sunday school with an open house, so please plan on visiting our Sunday school classrooms. If you would like to find out more about the All Saints' Sunday school program feel free to contact Poly Tangora at polly@allsaintschicago.org
This Tuesday night we are very much in need of volunteers at our meal and pantry program. We don not have any groups scheduled and we could surely use your help. Volunteers of all ages are welcome. We need volunteers from 5-7:30 p.m. Please come by or contact Nick Curry for more information at Nick@ravenswoodcommunityservices.org
This Sunday I will be preaching and Bonnie will be back in the office after the Labor Day weekend.
See you Sunday,
Rev. Fran Holliday
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Backpack Blessing: Save the Date!
Sunday, September 9
Join us to kick off the school year by participating in our jam-packed fifth annual education celebration. Bring your backpacks to be blessed at the 9 am and 11 am services. Our Guest Preacher will be Gary Norcross, Assistant Principal at Walt Disney Magnet School, Chicago's first magnet school and one of the city's largest elementary schools with over 1,650 students. Gary and his partner of 25 years, The Rev. John David van Dooren (Rector of Chirch of the Atonement), moved to Chicago seven years ago. Come to a Special Coffee hour at 10 am to learn about Chicago public and private school options from our very own panel of All Saints parents and educators who have been through the process.
Support our awesome All Saints Youth Group's school supply drive for Ravenswood Schoolbydonating needed supplies listed below. Copy Paper  Dry Erase Markers Sharpies Pencils Pens White Glue Glue Sticks Crayons Markers Fiskers Safety Scissors Post-its Post-its tabs Ribbon retractable tape measures
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Slow-Moving Isaac & Our Partner Parishes
Prayers Requested for St. Luke's and Bayou Grace
Elvia James, Senior Warden of St. Luke's our partner parish in New Orleans, asks for our continued prayers on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and as Isaac comes and goes. She is at home and reports rain, strong winds, and no power. She expressed gratitude for our prayerful and physical presence since our first rebuild trip in April 2006 and her faith in God remains stronger than ever. Diane Huhn, volunteer coordinator for Bayou Grace in Terrebonne Parish, evacuated to Thibodaux and also reported high winds and no power. She hasn't heard of flooding in Chauvin, where we stayed during last year's work trip, but levees overtopped in Plaquemines Parish just to the east. Her weekly Bayou Grace message below says it all! -Joey Sylvester
Why Should We Save Coastal Louisiana?
On a day like today, we can't think of a better reason why we must continue to work harder than ever to restore and protect coastal Louisiana.
Stay safe y'all!
-Diane Huhn of Bayou Grace
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Level I Catechesis Course
Beginning in October
All Saints' Youth and Children's Formation Committee is pleased to announce that a course for the first level of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, focusing on the program for children 3 to 6 years old, will begin on October 5th. This course is offered in collaboration with St Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Hyde Park. Course meetings will alternate between the two sites. The course is open to anyone who is interested in learning more about the religious nature of young children and the methodology used by the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd to meet these needs.
The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, grounded in scriptural and liturgical study, is framed by Maria Montessori's principles of education. Children hear the Gospel by working with simple, sensorial materials, keyed to scriptural and liturgical moments.
Beginning in 1954, Sofia Cavalletti, a Hebrew and scripture scholar and member of the Vatican commission for Jewish-Christian relations, and her colleague, Professor Gianna Gobbi, a Montessori trained educator, developed the Catechesis by observing and working with children at the Children's Centre in Rome, Italy.
To learn more about this program and the course being offered please contact Polly Tangora, polly@allsaintschicago.com, or Andrea Garland, agarland@ameritech.net.
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Liturgical Ministers Wanted!
The Liturgical Ministers are the group of folks at All Saints' who enrich our worship services by serving as Ushers, Scripture readers, Prayers of the People leaders and Chalice bearers. If you are interested in helping with this important ministry to our parish, please contact Lynn Bowers, our Liturgical Ministry Coordinator at liturgicalministers@allsaintschicago.org.
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RCS Item of the Month: Diapers
Donations Needed
Ravenswood Community Services is receiving more and more requests for diapers sizes 3-6 and the supplies have run out. If you have extra whole packages of diapers or if you would like to purchase them for RCS, please contact Fran here or call 773-769-0282 to schedule a time to drop them off.
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Office and Staff Contact Info
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All Saints'
Episcopal Church Parish Office Phone: 773-561-0111 Fax: 773-561-1998 Email Addresses: firstname@ allsaintschicago.org The Rev. Bonnie A. Perry, Rector The Rev. Fran Holliday, Associate Rector Andrew Freeman, Director of Operations Jack Clark, Associate for Awesome/CROSSwalk Coordinator Ravenswood Community Services Office Phone: 773-769-0282 Email Addresses: firstname@ ravenswood communityservices.org Lori Gee, Executive Director: The Rev. Fran Holliday, Program Director: Nick Currie, Volunteer Coordinator/ Julian Year Intern
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Community Prayers and In Thanksgiving
please email info@allsaintschicago.org or call the Parish Office at 773-561-0111. For our prayers Margaret McHugh, Randy Davis, William J. Goins and his sisters Jean, Becki, and Glada, Judy Traverso, Pam Carter, Ahn, Dennis Hanks, Chuck Freeman, Anne Keller, Ann Frick, Reed Coles, Neal, Mark, Lydia, the Foley/Dutta families, the Rice family, John Logue, Norma Rodriguez, Mark, Neal, Anne, Bruce Robson, Mike Vuocolo, Sadie Mysen, the Juneau family, Joyce Mauro, Steve and Ann Walk, Clayton, Carol Smith, the family of Liana Fitzgerald, Chris Colburn, Steve Brick, Anne Frey, Rowan Smith, Marge Ives, the Deppe family, the Pike family, Deb Mell, Elijah and the Burns family, Dan and Kara. Birthdays 9/2- Julie Deprey, Clarissa Hoesley 9/3- Michael Corey, Steve Pike 9/4- Eileen Krause 9/5- Nina Chinn, Andrew Goldhor, Jerald Stiedaman 9/6- Matt Barry, Linnea Jones 9/7- Michelle Lester 9/8- Nancy Brewer Anniversaries 9/3- Colby and Debby Maddox, Bill and Harlan Shropshire 9/4- David and Lori Gee, Brooke and Michelle Lester For Those Who Have Died |
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Check out our online calendar for the most up-to-date list of events and happenings at All Saints': http://allsaintschicago.org/connect/calendar.php
Please contact the Parish Office at info@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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