Annual Meeting
Annual meeting is this Sunday!
If you are able to help us save trees, please bring your tablet/ipad
to church, with your download of the annual meeting reports. This was distributed last week via Constant Contact e-mail.
Child care will be provided.
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Musical Notes 
Sunday's music returns to just us plain folk. It was a joy to have our music enriched by our Wolverhampton guests! The opening voluntary is Aria, by American composer Paul Manz (1919-2009). His most famous choral work is a choir favorite - the Advent piece, E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come." The closing voluntary is from the Neumeister Collection, which contains 31 chorale preludes by Bach that were uncatalogued until scholars rediscovered the manuscript in the 1980's. The choir's anthem is an old chestnut by 16th century English composer Richard Farrant: Hide not Thou Thy face.
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Farewell to our British friends!
As you read this, our Wolverhampton guests will be getting ready to depart. It has been a wonderful week full of music, making new friends, and making memories. It takes a HUGE VILLAGE to make this happen, and I am grateful to all who have supported our fifth British invasion. I am most grateful to all of the wonderful host families who opened their homes and hearts and took a giant leap of faith in doing so. I thank all who contributed money to help make this visit special. Thursday afternoon will be a time of many emotions, but our lives will have been made richer from this experience.
Thank you, all.
Maggie Marshall
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Godly Play
Safe Church Advocates Needed!
Looking for an easy way to live out your Baptismal covenant, "Will you who witness these vows do all in your power to support these persons in their life in Christ?" Look no further! Godly Play needs YOU! Our goal is to have EVERY parishioner serve at least once in this simple, rewarding role. As SCA, you sit and observe in our Godly Play classroom from 9:40-10:40am. Your presence is invaluable to us, and we would be honored to have you witness our beautiful Godly Play curriculum! We ask you to please consider signing up for at least one Sunday. Contact Katie LaRochelle at kathleen.larochelle23@gmail.com to find a Sunday that works for you.
Thank you in advance!Katie LaRochelle, Debbie Collins, Jen Dowd, Vicki Albright, and Laura Barry
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All Saints' Lenten Study Group
Join us this Lenten season in reading and discussing the book, Telling Secrets by Frederick Buechner. We will be meeting on four consecutive Wednesday evenings, February 24-March 16, from 6:30-8:00 pm. Plan to enjoy light refreshments for the first half-hour and we'll begin our group discussion at 7:00 pm.
Lent is a time of self-examination and reflection - on our own lives and the life of Jesus and how He is working in us. Buechner's profound and inspirational memoir will stir us to consider our own un-told stories and to recognize God's grace in all that we experience. From the Telling Secrets Introduction: "I suspect that it is by entering that deep place inside us where our secrets are kept that we come perhaps closer than we do anywhere else to the One who, whether we realize it or not, is of all our secrets the most telling and the most precious we have to tell." - Frederick Buechner
Click here to purchase the book on Amazon, available in paperback or Kindle.
Blessings,
Linda Masiello and Bill Bradbury
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My Father's House Fundraiser:
My Father's House, a home and education center for Homeless Teen Moms and their children, is having a benefit Comedy Show "Big Laughs for Little Lives" on Friday March 11 at the Chelmsford Elks Club. For tickets and information go to www.mfhouse.bpt.me
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Forum on Homelessness
"Homes for Low Income Families" Do we care enough? Twelve annual forum on Family Homelessness, Sunday March 13, 2015 at Trinity Episcopal Church, Concord, MA For more information contact www.trinityconcord.org/
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All Saints Irish Dinner
Saturday, March 19, at 6:00 PM in the Parish Hall. This is always a great time and great food. The Irish Step Dancers will be performing along with raffles and a sing-a-long. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for children aged 3-8. Please see Carol Cannistraro at coffee hour or contact her at 978-256-0929 or email her at carolmcann@hotmail.com
This event is limited to 100 tickets and has sold out early every year so don't wait.
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