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Last Week's
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8:00 AM Servers
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Acolytes
Crucifer
Connor Cahill
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Litanist/Paten
Laura Geary
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10:00 AM Servers
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Pre & Post Servers
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Adrienne Spear & Andrew Orndorff
Laura Geary
Bob Camacho
Steve Sullivan
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This Week's Meetings
THURSDAY
6:00 PM
Disco Penquin Choir
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6:30 PM
B# Choir
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6:30 PM
Handbell Choir
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7:45 PM
Parish Choir
8:00 AM
Holy Eucharist
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9:15 AM J2A & Rite-13 Classes -
9:45 AM
Church School
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10:00 AM
TUESDAY 6:30 PM
Vestry
WEDNESDAY 12:00 PM Holy Eucharist - 6:30 PM Lenten Study Group
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This Week's Readings
First Lesson
Isaiah 43:16-21
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Photo Credits:
Steve Grillo
Matt Hickcox
Ed Haynes
Paul Krenitsky
Harry Taplin
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 Don't Forget To Turn Your Clocks Ahead One Hour!
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All Saints Irish Dinner
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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Musical Notes 
Music for Sunday takes us closer to Holy Week, with more allusions to the cross, suffering, and the death of Jesus. The Parish Choir will be singing Since by man came death from Handel's Messiah. The Disco Penguins will sing a piece by Helen Kemp, which alternates between major and minor keys and ends on a note of hope. The Penguins will join the B# choir to sing Edward Elgar's Ave verum, whose words are below:
Hail, true Body,
born of the Virgin Mary,
who having truly suffered,
was sacrificed on the cross for mankind,
whose pierced side
flowed with water and blood:
May it be for us a foretaste [of the Heavenly banquet]
in the trial of death.
Although the B# have been comfortable singing in Latin for a while, we have an especially mighty group of Penguins, who are also becoming adept in singing Latin, as well as singing three part music. Connie and I are very proud of them.
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 A beautiful wall of stones graces our worship. It speaks of love and commitment, of solidarity and sacrifice. It promises endurance and encourages us to approach the altar in peace. It reminds us of the world outside, the traditions of our ancestors, and the potential of future generations. Bless us, O Lord, as we work towards Your promise for our parish through the Living Stones Capital Campaign. Help us to acknowledge fear and uncertainty, step forward in faith together, and build on the success of our predecessors. Be with us Lord, as we pledge to sustain this place, increase your work within us and unite us in Your purpose for this community. Amen.
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Food, Glorious Food!
Hunger is an issue that affects many close to home, as well as far away. All Saints' has a long tradition of supporting many food-based ministries. In addition to collecting food weekly for the local food pantry, our church is involved in several different feeding programs. All Saints' and Trinity Lutheran join forces to help serve food at Chelmsford's Table of Plenty on the months where there are five Tuesdays. Table of Plenty runs out of the Unitarian church, which is the white church in the center with the clock tower. Our next time to serve is March 29. Volunteers are there from 4:30 to 6:30, and help to set up tables, serve beverages, and then serve the meal to the 50 - 75 guests who come every week. Once the meal is over, the team then assists with clean up. We could use a few more volunteers for this team, so please contact Maggie Marshall if you are able to help. We will once again be serving two meals for the B-Safe program in July. We share the week with St. Dunstan's, Dover, and I will have those dates soon, but it will be early July. We prepare the food at All Saints', bring it in, set up, serve, and clean up. In addition to cooks, we will also be soliciting donations to help purchase the food and paper goods for the 140 children and staff we will feed twice! There are also four teams that rotate through monthly preparation of the second Wednesday meal at the Eliot Presbyterian Church in Lowell. If you were interested in joining this program, please contact Linda Masiello.
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Penny Basket is Back!
As you may know, for years, a white basket has resided in the narthex to collect all of your unwanted pennies and other small change. Barbara Willman retired from this ministry after many years, and Carol Bilsbury has been kind enough to take over. Pennies add up over time, and all of this change helps to support food ministries at All Saints. Please keep the penny basket in mind whenever you find your change accumulating.
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Discernment Committee
As some of you may have heard, our fellow parishioner Valerie Cowart has embarked on the discernment process towards becoming a Deacon. The total process can take three years, but he initial step on the process, the actual discernment, will take place over the next few months and conclude by mid-June. The Discernment Committee, which is made up of members of the parish, will work with Valerie (the inquirer) to explore, examine and challenge her to call to ministry. The Diocese has a specific process of examination that the candidate must follow in order to be considered. The congregation also has a role in the process whether they know it or not; their role is to do everything they can to support the inquirer during this potentially difficult process. Although All Saints is still Valerie's main home parish, if she is approved by the discernment committee and the vestry, and accepted in the formation program of the diocese, she will be expected to find field placements in other parishes, congregations, or service locations. Even though she is away, the congregation must continue to keep Valerie in their hearts and prayers.
The diocese looks for people who are: good leaders, committed to following Jesus Christ; willing to take risks for the Gospel, reflect the racial, ethnic, cultural, and theological diversity of our diocese; communicate Christian hope; are in love with the faith; can build up the body of Christ; are reconcilers; have a sense of inner authority and a center in God; and act as God's instruments in bringing in a realm of justice and mercy. If you know someone, or are someone with these qualities, that might also be a call worth exploring.
The committee includes Camille O'Brien, Laurie Mills, Laura Marshall, Deb Forsberg and Bob Andrews. We will be working with the Reverend Sarah Kelb, Priest-in-Charge at St. Paul's Church, North Andover, as our Diocesan Liaison. Reverend Bill, while aware of this process and charged with a specific and separate role in the process, will not participate in the Discernment Committee. Please keep the committee in general and Valerie in particular, in your prayers during this exciting and challenging time.
Bob Andrews
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It's Time to Request Easter Memorials  You may order an Easter lily or donate to the Episcopal Relief & Development Fund or the Endowment Fund. These memorials are done in remembrance of loved ones whose names are listed in the Easter service bulletins. The suggested donation is $5.00 to $10 per name. Order forms will be mailed to parishioners with an Easter letter from Bill this week. You may also find forms in the Narthex or online at www.allsaintschelmsford.org. Please send your requests to the church office or drop them in the offering plate no later than March 20th.
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Egg Cartons Needed For Church School Projects
The Lower Church School groups will be creating "resurrection egg" stories during our Palm Sunday Church School event on March 20th. We have plenty of plastic eggs for this craft but we are in need of empty egg cartons. If you have any egg cartons you would like to recycle, we promise to put them to good use! There will be a basket in the Narthex to drop off empty egg cartons or you can hand them to Debbie Collins or any of the Church School teachers. Thank you for your support!
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Holy Week Schedule 
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