As the grains of wheat once scattered on the hill were gathered into one to become our bread; so may all your people from all the ends of earth be gathered into one in you. As this cup of blessing is shared within our midst, may we share the presence of your love. Let this be a foretaste of all that is to come when all creation shares this feast with you.

Did you know that we have a church committee actively looking into using solar panels to meet most of the church's electric energy needs? We also have many church members who already producing electricity at their homes from solar energy.

If you have a solar array at your house we would like to invite you to be a "solar shepherd". Please bring in a picture of your house with its solar panels. It would be great to have your family in the picture also. We would like to post your picture on our Creation Care display during coffee hours in late July. Beware, if you give us a picture for our display, people will want to talk to you about it and you will automatically become a Solar Shepherd.

Please give your picture to either Andy Milligan at the 8:00 service or Don Holm at the 10:00 service.

If you saw the huge and beautiful mums offered by the Eastern Lakes Region Housing Coalition the past two years, then you will want to order some for your own garden this Fall. These are New Hampshire grown and will be ready for pick up right here at All Saints' on the morning of Saturday, September 5. These gorgeous plants are the same price as last year and come in four beautiful Fall colors. Proceeds from the sale support the educational and advocacy programs of ELRHC.  To order your plants, contact Carolyn Sundquist, Louise Graham, or Jane Milligan.  Order forms are also available on the bulletin board in the undercroft. This year if you live in Wolfeboro or Tuftonboro, your mums can be delivered right to your door.

Your vestry has four ministry teams it is looking for you as a saint of All Saints' to consider serving on:

* Hospitality Team - The group that welcomes, invites and coordinates fellowship opportunities to welcome one another and build community through coffee hours and events across the congregation.

* Missions Team - The group that educates, informs, advocates for and motivates the congregation about mission outreach projects, including recommendations to the vestry about disbursements from our mission fund.

* Worship Team - The group that serves in an advisory capacity to the rector and minister of music to provide meaningful worship opportunities for the congregation and community from the scheduling and style of worship, worship space, to recruitment and training of special ministers of worship and the assistance of Christian education regarding worship.

* Altar Guild - This group prepares the altar for services, cleans altar pieces and linens.

If you have gifts and interest in these vital support ministries, God just might be calling you to share them. The vestry will approve new* participation in these teams, so if you are interested please speak to any vestry member. 

*[Hospitality has a number of current people serving, but would love to add more]

We are looking for 1-2 people to train as backup or co-editor for our weekly eNews. Our faithful Editor Phoebe Giessler has handled this job solely for years now and time has come to expand this team. Please contact Donna in the office if you are interested.

Editor's note: If you can email and do Facebook, you can do this. I am more than happy to train a willing volunteer. Most weeks the entire effort takes about 30-45 minutes. A little longer if you are trying to think of ways to entice co-editors into the process.....