Dear Cate and all the amazing members of Women's Worship Group at All Saints Church,

Thank you ever so much for the kind and generous donation gift of $430 for books for the newly incarcerated women and books for the women to read with their children at the NH State Women's Prison.

I have already started to order books and yes, most definitely Anne Lamott's new book is among them. This has been a project that I have wanted to do for a long time and I am grateful that all of you are in the midst of this ministry with me in this way.

With a grateful heart and the blessing of Christ, 

Beth

(Beth Richeson, Chaplain, New Hampshire Women's State Prison) 

Sunday March 17th will be a special day at All Saints parish...and not just for the Irish. On that day we will be joined at the 10:00 am service by Sayon Camara, an African drummer. Sayon, who is from Guinea, is an extremely talented djembefola with an intimate knowledge of the music for all the drums of the Malinke culture. He has led a number of drumming workshops in our undercroft. 

Sayon and some of his students will offer the music for the prelude and postludes, four pieces during the service, and will accompany some of the hymns.  They will also lead a workshop on African drumming open to the entire Wolfeboro community from 12:30 to 4:00 pm.  The day will be capped off by a concert that evening from 5:00 to 6:30 pm in our sanctuary where Sayon will be joined by many of his students and compatriots.  

Please mark your calendars, get the word out to your friends and neighbors.  Plan to join us.  For further information see:  http://sayoncamaradrumming.com/  

Evening Prayer Weekday Evenings in Lent 

Daily thru March 22nd, 5:15 p.m.

Evening Prayer was one of the new services designed and published in the first Anglican Prayer Book. Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (1489-1546) took ancient monastic services and combined them to form Morning and Evening Prayer services. Each parish church received a bible and the clergy were required to lead these services in a language the people could understand reading through the whole of the Old and New Testament each year. It is a service of the Word, the biblical Word, giving the people a chance to hear, be inspired, led, understand the bible for themselves without Church directed interpretation.

Lenten Suppers and Study

Monday evenings during Lent at 6:00 p.m.(soup and sandwich)

6:30 p.m. (study) beginning Monday February 25th, undercroft. 

The themes of Lent: prayer, penitence, fasting and the giving of alms are, to some large degree, foreign to our culture so many Episcopal parishes set time aside during Lent for the exploration and experiencing of them. A "lite supper" - soup and bread, cheese and fruit are ways of experiencing fasting. Study and discussion gives us a chance to explore these themes so unfamiliar to contemporary parlance. The Rev Rob Hirschfeld, our new Bishop, has asked those preparing for the annual retreat of the Commission on Ministry to read, The Mystic Way of Evangelism. Though most Episcopalians are into neither mysticism nor evangelism, this is an excellent book and the subjects are very important to our new Bishop who will be visiting and leading our parish for worship on Palm Sunday, March 24th, 2013. The book also lays out one way Episcopal parishes, members and leaders can go about discovering a new and powerful way to be Church in the future. Since none of us know the future into which we are moving but do know that there is a keen interest in spirituality, meditation and service on the part of many who are not yet members of our parishes, we thought that studying this book would be a good way to prepare for the Bishop's visit, get to know something about core issues to him and traditional Lenten themes, we hope you will join us for these discussions. Presentations summarizing the book will make it easier for those not able to read it to be part of our explorations. Please volunteer to make a pot of soup for one of the suppers if you can. All are asked to bring bread or cheese or fruit to share which makes it easier for those coming straight from work to participate. If you prefer to have a sandwich - the All Saints' tradition, bring one.

Thank you for remembering Life Ministries Food Pantry. We welcome donations of non-perishable items. Please place them in the basket in the narthex. Other items needed are supplies for babies and mothers (diapers size 3-5, wipes, toothbrushes/paste, personal hygiene items, shampoo and clothing for children).

Sunday

2:00 p.m. AA Meeting

6:00 p.m. AA Meeting

Monday

6:00 p.m. Soup/Sandwich/Study

7:00 p.m. Photo Club

Mon.- Fri.

9-12 Preschool

5:15 p.m. Evening Prayer

Mon/Wed/Fri

10-2 Wolfeboro Senior Meals & Activities

Mon. & Thurs.

4:00 p.m. All Saints Strength Training Group

Tues. & Fri.

7:45 a.m. Step Aerobics

Tuesday

6:30 a.m. Women's Worship

10:00 a.m. Meditation Class-Library

1:30 p.m. Scrabble Club

5:00 p.m. Weight Watchers

Wednesday

1:00 p.m. Knitting Club

6:00 p.m. Table Tennis

7:00 p.m. Meditation Class

Thursday

7:30 a.m. Men's Bible Study

10-3 Lord & Tailor

10-3 Lord & Tailor

5:00 p.m. Dinner Bell

7:00 p.m. Stamp Club

7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal

Fri. & Sat.

8:00 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous

Saturday

10-1:00 Lord & Tailor Shop

10:00 a.m. AA Meeting

8:00 p.m AA Meeting