DINNER AT THE LODGE is the name of the All Saints ECW Dinner and Auction being held at Camp William Lawrence on Friday, September 18th at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will consist of German fare - "Brats to Strudel" and it is a BYOB event. Cost is $35 per person. Parishioners are encouraged to invite family and friends. The event will not be advertised to the general public. Reservations needed by September 7th. A sign-up sheet will be on the board in the undercroft on Sunday or you may call Carolyn Sundquist at 544-2389 or (csundquist@roadrunner.com). 

Donations of service-type items are needed for the Live Auction. These items would include items such as hosting a dinner, luncheon or afternoon tea, gardening/yardwork, use of a vacation home, 3-6 pies or cakes, portrait photography, boat ride, etc. We would like to have donations in place by September 1st. This event supports the ministries of the All Saints Episcopal Church Women. We thank everyone for their previous support and hope that you can join us for a fun evening. 

Thank You! 

Sandi Johnson and Sue Harding, Co-chairs

We Christians only give 2.43 percent of our income per capita. We gave one third more of our wealth during the Great Depression. In fact, data shows unambiguously that in the past forty years, as American Christians have grown wealthier and wealthier, our debt has grown larger and larger, and our giving smaller and smaller. As one observer writes, "For Christians in the richest nation in history to be giving only 2.43 percent of their income to their churches is not just stinginess, it is biblical disobedience."
 

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]