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  All Saints' Church e-bulletin for June 26, 2016

 
   

Week Ahead
Last Week's
Audio
Sermon
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Table of Contents
From the Rector
Music
Fried Dough Booth
Living Stones
Volunteer!
8:00 AM Servers
Servers
Acolytes
Crucifer
Katie Danieli
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Litanist/Paten
Liz Hryniewich

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9:30 AM Servers

Acolytes
Crucifer
Elizabeth Meinhardt
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Server
Heather Anderson
 

Pre & Post Servers
All Saints' Cross
Altar Guild
Sally, Abby & Emily Warren
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Greeters
Margie Lane
Larisa Ducharme
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Counters
Darren Collins
Richard Coles
Laura Barry

Meeting 
This Week's Meetings

SUNDAY
8:00 AM
Holy Eucharist
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9:30 AM
Holy Eucharist

WEDNESDAY
12:00 PM
Holy Eucharist 
 
Meeting 
This Week's Readings

First Lesson
2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14
 
Psalm
77:1-2, 11-20
 
Second Lesson
Galatians 5:1, 13-25
 
Gospel
Luke 9:51-62
Meeting 

 

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Steve Grillo
Matt Hickcox
Ed Haynes
Paul Krenitsky
Harry Taplin

 

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From the Rector  
Last Sunday we kicked off summer with our regular 8 o'clock faithful in the chapel and a nice crowd at the 9:30 service. The nursery was staffed and there were several families with young children in attendance! There was also a wonderful coffee hour following.
My sermon looked at the Orlando shooting through the lens of the gospel reading in which Jesus heals a man possessed by destructive spirits. Though it was not recorded as usual, the text has been posted on our website at http://www.allsaintschelmsford.org/. I hope you'll check it out since the media does not look at what the gospel says to us and what Jesus is calling us to do in the face of such tragedy, fear, and sadness. 
Lastly, Ron and Carol Cannistraro saw this church sign in Connecticut that reminds us in this political season where true hope is to be found: 
Hope to see you Sunday as we offer ourselves, our souls, and bodies, to Jesus Christ who loved us and gave himself for us.   
Peace in Christ,
Bill


Music for this Sunday 
features organ voluntaries by American composer William Horatio Clarke (1840-1913). He was born in Newton, MA, played in Boston and Woburn churches, and spent his later years in Reading as a teacher and consultant. We will be treated at the offertory by Emma Seyffert's playing a Tscahikowsky violin piece. In lieu of the opening hymn and hymn of praise, we will welcome back our West Virginia work camp crew, and hear their personal testaments of faith. I will be away from the organ bench on 7/3 and 7/10, but faithful sub, Cyndi Bliss, will be with us again.
 
I had the privilege and pleasure of attending my fourteenth AAM (Association of Anglican Musicians) conference this past week. Though based in Stamford, CT, our travels also took us to Greenwich, New Haven, and Bronxville , NY. The week included 1 Morning Prayer service, 2 Choral Evensongs, 2 Eucharists, 1 concert with the St. Thomas (Fifth Avenue) Choir of Men and Boys, and a Bach service featuring two of his earliest cantatas, which were penitential in nature. This service was also designed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of AAM, and to give thanksgiving for the intercommunion of the Lutheran and Episcopal churches. The occasion was also an appropriate time to remember those whose lives were lost in the Orlando tragedy. Many of Bach's chorales have texts by Martin Luther, and the service was co-celebrated by Episcopal and Lutheran clergy. There were several sessions on professional concerns, as well as lectures by an expert on church architecture (Terry Eason), as well as by a renowned Bach historian - Robin Leaver. Our New Haven day also included a trip to Yale, where their Woolsey Hall organ was demonstrated. The All Saints' organ has 42 ranks and over 2000 pipes. In contrast, the Yale organ has 197 ranks and 12,617 pipes. I always return from this conference feeling renewed, but also exhausted. I was exposed to a lot of music, and it will take time to digest all that I heard. I am fairly sure that you will be learning some new hymns in the fall!
Maggie Marshall, Minister of Music

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All Saint's Fourth of July Fried Dough!
 
Yes, the 4th of July is just around the corner and the fried dough booth plans are underway! We need help setting up the booth on Sunday (the 3rd) in the afternoon, and people to work the booth on Sunday and Monday. Please let Madeline or Beth Anderson-Balmer know your availability during the coffee hour, or at one of the Email addresses listed below. Gonna be away on the 4th? That's okay. There's other ways to help! We're "selling" shares in cases of fried dough, and taking donations of bottled water and soda. This will cut down on the overall cost of the booth! Cases of bottled water or canned soda can be dropped off over the next few weeks. "Fried Dough Share" will be available for $25. Make checks payable to All Saint's Church and mark "fried dough" in the memo area, or give cash to Beth or Madeline! We'll mark your name on our flag! Limited shares are available. We'll be providing more information as the date approaches.
Contact Info:
Madeline - madelineab1@verizon.net
Father Above, make each of us a sanctuary for Christ in the world.  Direct the works of our hands, the words from our lips, and the prayers that we pray.  Bless our Living Stones campaign as we repair our roof, install new lighting, and re-point our bell tower.  May these physical repairs inspire our own spiritual renewal so that with thankful hearts we'll be a living sanctuary for you, Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.     Amen.

Volunteer !
Opportunities abound at this time of year! If fried dough is your cup of tea, you are welcomed on July 3 and/or 4, and more information is available elsewhere in the e-bulletin. 

We have our annual feeding program at the B-Safe program in Dorchester on July 5 and 6, so many heaven credits can be earned in just four short days! I finally finished menu planning yesterday, as well as reading the fine print. Although we will be feeding 160 people, we need to budget for 200, since many of those individuals are adults or have adult sized appetites. 

HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HELP:  
  1. volunteer to come at 8am to do food prep on either/both days 
  2. volunteer to come in to Dorchester to help set up, serve, and clean up 
  3. bake chocolate chip cookies (no nuts) for 7/5 (can be dropped off before 10a.m. that day or at church on Sunday), or 
  4. donate funds to help defray the cost of these meals. 
You can sign up for as many of these options as you want! It is a hectic, but rewarding experience. The B-Safe program is a diocesan run free day camp for at risk youth that is held at multiple locations throughout Boston. It takes a village, and we can be part of this major effort through our two days of feeding. Please let me know if you can help! Maggie Marshall (maggie@ccc.com).
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