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  All Saints' Church e-bulletin for July 17, 2016

 
   

Week Ahead
Last Week's
Audio
Sermon
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Table of Contents
From the Rector
Living Stones
Penney Basket
Fin Com
Thanks!
8:00 AM Servers
Servers
Acolytes
Crucifer
Katie Danieli
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Litanist/Paten
Donald Van Dyne

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9:30 AM Servers

Acolytes
Crucifer
Sarah Meinhardt
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Server
William Meinhardt
 

Pre & Post Servers
All Saints' Cross
Altar Guild
Melanie Hickcox
Liz Landers
Valerie Anderson
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Greeters
Craig & Tracey Blanchet

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Counters
Jean McCaffrey
Camille O'Brien
Karen Kowalski

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
Amos 8:1-12
 
Psalm
52
 
Second Lesson
Colossians 1:15-28
 
Gospel
Luke 10:38-42
Meeting 

 

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Ed Haynes
Paul Krenitsky
Harry Taplin

 

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From the Rector

Friends in Christ,
 
Below is a message from our bishop, Alan Gates, about the national trauma of last week. I hope you will take the time to read it. I also hope you will read my sermon from this past Sunday, which is on our website at http://www.allsaintschelmsford.org/  as I look at two central questions: "Who is my neighbor?" and "Who is my God?"
 
God's Peace in a time of violence,
Bill
 
Following is a letter issued July 12 to the people of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts from Bishop Alan M. Gates regarding the violent tragedies of the last week.
 
Dear people of the Diocese of Massachusetts,
 
Last weekend I made a two-day silent retreat at the Trappist Abbey in Western Massachusetts.  It came as we were all still reeling from two more senseless deaths of black men at the hand of law enforcement officers, and the horrific deadly assault on police officers in Dallas.
 
In the first hours of my time at the Abbey, I picked up Jean Vanier's book Becoming Human, and happened upon this paragraph:
 
I once visited a psychiatric hospital that was a kind of warehouse of human misery.  Hundreds of children with severe disabilities were lying, neglected, on their cots.  There was a deadly silence.  Not one of them was crying.  When they realize that nobody cares, that nobody will answer them, children no longer cry.  It takes too much energy.  We cry out only when there is hope that someone may hear us.   [NYC: Paulist Press, 1998; p. 9]
 
The image is devastating.  In moments of deep despair, when all hope is lost, silence ensues.
 
The seemingly intractable cycle of violence which has taken hold of our nation has caused our despair to grow yet deeper in the past month.  Multiple tribulations intersect in varying toxic combinations:  the violence of religious extremism; continuing vulnerability of the LGBTQ community; deeply ingrained, systemic racism; the dual need for accountability from and support for our police forces; and unconscionably easy availability of deadly weapons.
 
We might well feel weary of crying out, or become convinced that no one will hear us.  We could fall silent, like those hopeless children.  But we must not.  We must not cease lamenting, not cease striving, not cease praying, not cease reconciling, not cease demanding of ourselves an honest self-examination, not cease demanding that those who govern on our behalf would do so with clarity of vision and courage of conviction.  We must not cease hoping, and not give up acting as agents of that hope.
 
The Cross of Christ bears witness that hatred and brutality are to be met with neither fight nor flight, but with a compassionate clarity of purpose that demands only love, and effects only reconciliation.
 
Faithfully,
The Rt. Rev. Alan M. Gates
 
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.

Penny Basket
Please remember to save your pennies during the summer months and put them in the white basket in the narthex.  All the pennies (as well as any other change) help defray the cost of buying food that is served for our Outreach Program, "Food for Friends" which we serve once a month Lowell.

Thank you to everyone for contributing your pennies this year and have a safe summer.

Peace,
Carol Bilsbury

Financial Committee Meeting
On Sunday July 24th there will be an informational meeting at 10:30 after coffee hour on re-establishing All Saints "Financial Committee"- (AKA Fin-Com). Individuals interested in joining this committee as a member or possible alternate are invited to attend.
This will be an informational meeting only. Attendance does not commit anyone to being a part of the committee. We will be discussing the functions and duties of the committee, and discerning existing talents/skills and interest levels.  No special experience or education is required; team players and those with a strong desire to help All Saints function more efficiently are welcome!
This committee will be responsible for assisting with development of All Saints yearly operating budget, and possible other projects including outreach, ministry work, etc. Please remember, attendance does not commit you to anything, so please save the date. If you have any questions, please email Bob Camacho, Camachorf@msn.com.

A BIG THANKS
to all who made our yearly service to B-SAFE a BIG success! If you cooked, shopped, made cookies, gave money, came to Dorchester and served - it all added up to two days of good food and appreciative campers. It takes a village to feed a village, and I am so grateful to all who rally to this very special cause. Thanks!
Maggie
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