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This Sunday's Readings:
Acts 4:32-35, Psalm 133 
(8am only),
1 John 1:1-2:2 (8am only), 
John 20:19-31
April 10, 2015
Greetings!

Thank you friends for a transformational Holy Week and Easter. Thank you for showing up, going deep, touching pain, and bearing joy. Thank you for the many, many hearts and hands and bodies that helped make it all so meaningful. What a privilege to journey the Way with you.

In the peace of Christ,

Rev. Aim�e

Relive Holy Week & Easter - 

Photos on Flickr Page

During Holy Week we experienced the life-saving mysteries of Christ's death and resurrection anew. The services of Holy Week are the most meaningful and life-changing services of the year for many. During Holy Week, we not only remembered Christ's saving acts for us, but we entered into the Paschal Mystery. We participated in the very acts of Christ's passion, so that on Easter we could become God's Resurrection people, agents of God's transforming love to this broken world. Relive the week here and our Flickr page!
Ready to Tee Off? 11th Annual Jim Bower Community Outreach Golf Tournament Just Around the Corner!
Final preparations are underway for the 11th Annual Jim Bower Community Outreach Golf Tournament on Monday, May 4, 2015. Players are still welcome to register and volunteers, auction items for the day are also sought. Contact Sally Messerlian at [email protected]
Parish School News:
Help Celebrate 50 Years This Sunday!
All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Parish Preschool has served the Santa Barbara community for 50 years! We will rejoice in this landmark anniversary
THIS SUNDAY, April 12. Please help celebrate by attending a special 10 a.m. worship service followed by a carnival-style picnic from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. $1 hot dogs, lemonade & popcorn, games, face painting and 60s DJ! Click here to learn more!

Chaucer's Night Sunday, April 19th - 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. 

Shop at Chuacer's Books during the hours of 4-6pm and a portion of your purchase will be returned to All Saints Parish School! This includes ALL genres! What an easy way to support our school! 
Walk-of-Fame Tiles
April 6th-April 30th, "walk-of-fame tiles" will be sold for $600 per tile for the school entrance. Each tile holds up to 5 family names. Tiles will be engraved by graduation in June. Please take a look at the walkway for ideas for your tile. Contact Padric by April 30th for more information: [email protected].
Online Giving
All Saints-by-the-Sea now offers online giving.

Convenient. Easy. Secure.

Give out of God's love and gifts in your life that others may feel Christ's love and grace. 


Transition House Mad Hatter Luncheon April 23
 

All are invited to the 18th Annual Mad Hatter Luncheon, The Magic of Mardi Gras, at Bacara benefiting our community and outreach partner, Transition House. The event will include a delicious luncheon and the piano stylings of Santa Barbara's own Gil Rosas and the lively renditions by the Montecito Jazz Project. This year's grand prizes include: fine dining certificates, a Nordstrom shopping spree, a lucxury local getaway, and a Holland America Cruise for two. Visit the Information Table to purchase your tickets and learn about how you can help support this community resource. Info also available at www.transitionhouse.org. Click here to download the flyer.
Sunday School News:
Field Trip to the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach
Saturday, May 2nd!

Parents: Sunday School Field Trip to Long Beach Aquarium, May 2nd
We have 46 spaces available on the Air Bus for Sunday School Families and their friends plus teachers for the fieldtrip to the Aquarium of the Pacific on Saturday, May 2nd. Spots are first come, first serve; All Saints will provide the bus, the only cost to the parent is the admission ticket.

Tickets include a Behind the Scenes Tour: We have 40 reservations for the Behind the Scenes Tour. The tours are for groups of 10 each at 1:00, 1:30, 2:30, and 3:00 p.m. We will divide into groups. Unfortunately, children under 7 may not go on this tour but families with younger children can entrust their children 7 and older to teachers and Rev. Vicki for their tour. The tours are about 30 minutes.
Adults - $42.95; Children (7-11) - $28.95; Seniors (62+) - $39.95

Tickets for Adults and Children under 7 not taking the tour:
Adults - $28.95, Children (3-6) - $14.95, Children (under 3) - free,
Senior (62+) - $25.95

Please sign-up by April 15, so we can help the aquarium make the proper arrangements for our group.

That day, please bring a picnic lunch for your family. We will eat together at a designated picnic area with tables upon our arrival. We will depart All Saints at 8:45 a.m. and return at 6:30 p.m. (departing the aquarium at 3:45 p.m.) Sign-ups are on the Information Table on the patio. Contact The Rev. Vicki for more information: [email protected] or 969-4771. Friends are welcome! 
 Photo of the Week

Miguel ringing the bell for four minutes to mark the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. All Saints joined churches, temples, schools, city halls, and more across the nation to signify the four years of the conflict.

On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Lee met with Union General Grant to set the terms of the Confederacy's surrender, effectively ending the Civil War. 

Are You a Cleveland Elementary School Volunteer?

Are you a volunteer at Cleveland Elementary School? If so, please send an email to [email protected] with your name and volunteer capacity. The Outreach Committee is always in need of extra helping hands at Cleveland Elementary School, this year's focus project. From classroom or administration aids to lunch buddies to gardeners, there is an opportunity for everyone! If your heart is called to volunteer at Cleveland - or to know more about the many opportunities - please contact [email protected]

Flower Deliveries Begin Again This Sunday
Volunteers Needed After 10AM Service

After the 10 a.m. service our beautiful floral arrangements are made into bouquets to be delivered by willing volunteers to sick or senior members of the parish, or those celebrating special occasions. Deliveries are based on your route home, so volunteers don't even need to go out of their way to brighten someone's day. Look for the destinations in the Read All About It this Sunday and how you can help!


Make Camp Stevens Part of Your Summer Plans!

Looking for more than a vacation? Our diocesan camp and retreat center, Camp Stevens does much more than summer camp. Join one of their adult trips this summer or fall. The Adult & Family Basecamp Backpacking Trip (July 10-18) takes beginning and more experienced backpackers on a breathtaking trip in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, with mules to carry the gear. And their Fall Baja Trek in October is a relaxing camping trip on the shore of the Sea of Cortez. Contact [email protected] for more information.

Family Camps with Camp Stevens The whole family can get in on the fun at Camp Stevens. Their community-focused family camps include two weekend Family Camps: Sprout: Spring Family Weekend and Memorial Day Family Camp. Both are great for grandparents and grandkids, or extended families. Find out more at
www.campstevens.org/family

It's summer camp season! Camp Stevens, our diocesan summer camp in the mountains of San Diego, offers 6-day summer camp sessions for 8-16 year olds (plus one 2-week session just for 12-15 year olds), and wilderness adventure trips for teens. Send a child in your life on an empowering, faith-based, and fun adventure this summer. Find out more at www. campstevens.org/summer

Did you know that 1/3 of the campers who attend Camp Stevens do so with the assistance of a campership? Contribute to the campership fund at www.campstevens.org/donate

 

Transition House Dinner This Sunday - Help Needed

This Sunday evening All Saints will serve dinner to 59 parents and children at Transition House. All are welcome and many hands are needed. We will serve dinner and are in need of volunteers. If you can help prepare the meal, please arrive at 5:00 p.m. Transition House is located at 425 E. Ortega Street. Please visit the Information Table on the patio after Sunday service or contact: Pat Murdy at [email protected] or David Boyd at [email protected] for more information. 

Transition House is dedicated to the solution of family homelessness in the Santa Barbara community. All Saints has been blessed to be able to support this vital community organization for more than 20 years and you are invited to join in this critical ministry.
All Saints Google Virtual Tour
Courtesy of Brittany Myles
Photographer Brittany Myles stopped by All Saints last month to shoot a virtual tour of our sanctuary and campus. Brittany works with Google to upload these to Google Maps and offers this service free of charge to one church a month. All Saints is honored to have been chosen by Brittany, thank you! Check out the tour for yourself by clicking here.You can also scroll through the other fabulous shots she took of the Parish Hall and our Sunday School rooms in the Parish House and nursery (Bubble Bee room). 

Please take a moment to learn more about Brittany, including other business views, by visiting her website.
More Behind-the-Scenes Sanctuary Tours
Planned for April!
Behind-the-scenes sanctuary tours have been a great success and more are planned for April. You can ask anyone who has participated, or you can see for yourself! The next tours are scheduled for the following dates and times:
  • Sunday, April 12 at 9:10 a.m. or 11:15 a.m.
  • Wednesday, April 22 at 4:45 p.m.
  • Sunday, April 26 at 9:10 a.m. or 11:15 a.m.
Everyone is invited, but RSVPs are required due to limited group size. Sign up for your preferred date and time at the Information Table or click here to RSVP by email ([email protected]). Once you sign up, you will receive an email confirmation. 
A Continued Sign of Our Baptism



The filled font in the westward baptistry stands as a continual sign of our baptism. We enter church through the waters of baptism, and we enter back into the world through the waters of baptism. Wherever we go, we are the Body of Christ, called to carry out the promises we make at our baptism. 

Feel free to touch the water and mark your head as you enter the church, and enter back into the world.

Wise Women Schedule Update

The Wise Women schedule has been updated. Please mark your calendars with these dates! Stay tuned for more information on upcoming programs!

April 19- TBD
May 31 - TEDTalk led by Linda Chapman

June 28 - Biblical Archaeology led by Judy Mack

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From the All Saints Archive



Easter bulletin, 1939
Looking Ahead...

  • April 12 - All Saints Parish School 50th Anniversary Service (at 10am) and Picnic (at 11:30am)
  • April 12 - No Sunday School
  • April 12 - Sanctuary Tour (RSVP required)
  • April 12 - Transition House
  • April 14 - Finance Committee
  • April 14 - Vestry Meeting
  • April 19 - Wise Women
  • April 22 - Carpinteria Food Distribution
  • April 22 - Casa Dorinda
  • April 22 - Sanctuary Tour (RSVP required)
  • May 2 - Sunday School Family Field Trip to Laguna Beach
  • May 4 - Jim Bower Outreach Golf Tournament

Meme of the Week

Because we all deserve a chuckle now and then... 

 

From Around the Web
There are many more items for your attention than we can comfortably fit in the email each week. Please click on the headlines below to view some of the stories from the All Saints website and from around the country and the world! 
 
Sanctuary Readiness Update - An overview of All Saints' Sanctuary Readiness Project 

Standing in solidarity with the world's persecuted minoritiesDisplaced Iraqi Christians who fled from Islamic State militants in Mosul, pray at a school acting as a refugee camp in Erbil. 

Pilgrims continue to #ShareTheJourney, become refugee advocatesThe Episcopal Church has been resettling refugees for 75 years

Idowu-Fearon 'committed to God's mission of reconciliation' - Nigerian bishop's appointment as Anglican Communion secretary general celebrated

Western North Carolina Bishop Taylor will resign in September 2016Taylor, 65, was consecrated as the sixth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina on Sept. 18, 2004.

Dioceses add twists to Holy Tuesday traditional renewal of vowsEpiscopal Church clergy in two dioceses joined with their neighbors for unique variations on the Holy Tuesday tradition of renewing their ordination vows.

Central New York: Bishop Adams will resign in 2016Adams, 62, was ordained and consecrated in October 2001 as the diocese's tenth bishop.

In Egypt, CARAVAN art exhibition opens as a path to grassroots peaceSheikh Abdel Aziz El Nagar of Al Azhar and Bishop Mouneer Anis attended the CARAVAN art exhibition in Cairo.

Anglican UN delegation urges bold steps to gender equalityThe Anglican Communion delegation to a recent U.N. meeting has lifted up the full inclusion of women at all levels of decision-making and leadership in the church as an issue for action.

Panorama: Blogs of the Episcopal Church - Various opinions and viewpoints of Episcopalians, as well as discussions of personal faith journeys, and conversations about the mission and ministry of the Episcopal Church.

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