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Baptism Opportunity, Pentecost May 24
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 Pentecost is a primary feast of the church and is marked with a festive liturgical celebration. It's also the next opportunity for baptisms at All Saints. If you or someone you love wishes to be baptized on Pentecost, May 24, please contact the office to let us know. This is a great way to enhance our celebration of the birth of the church and the coming of the Holy Spirit. Please plan to join in the celebration!
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Save the Date: Pentecost Picnic, May 31
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 Summer begins at All Saints with an end-of-the-year picnic on Pentecost. This year because the Feast of Pentecost (5/24) falls on Memorial Day weekend, All Saints will hold our annual Pentecost BBQ on Sunday, May 31 after the 10:00 a.m. service. Please plan to join in on this spirit-filled celebration. Let's remember that our baptism equals ministry; many volunteers are needed - in planning activities, cooking and serving the meal - as we celebrate God's gift of the Holy Spirit. Feel free to dress casually for church on this special Sunday! If you want to help in anyway, please contact the church office at 969-4771 or email [email protected].
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3rd Annual Summer Film Festival at All Saints
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 Once again this year, All Saints will sponsor a 6 week film festival. Beginning Wednesday June 17, everyone is invited to gather in the Parish Hall where we will present a variety of movies selected by the congregation following our Eventide services and dinners. We currently are in the movie selection process and need your input. Do you have a favorite film that you'd recommend for this year's festival? We're looking for movies that are fun, romantic, humorous, dramatic, etc. that can be enjoyed by everyone. Send your suggestions to Steve O'Connor - [email protected] no later than May 30th and our panel of "experts" will make the final schedule. Also keep an eye on your Read All About It, we'll post the itinerary in early June. |
Outreach Tournament a Great Success!
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The final numbers are still coming in, but this year's Outreach Golf Tournament raised at least $50,000 for All Saints' outreach ministries! This huge success is due thanks to the generous volunteers, donors and participants. The Silent Auction was quite successful (6 items) and 32 other raffle prizes were given away, as well as 5 men and women awards for longest drive on two different holes and for closest to the pin on three different holes! It was a fun yet slightly blustery day. Congratulations to the tournament winners and congratulations to the Outreach Committee for another successful year!
First Place Women's: Emily Dempster ,Gail Harling,
Roz Amorteguy, Sheri Benninghoven
First Place Men's Flight A: Aaron Gilles, Chris Burns, Ed Grubb, Rich Barker
First Place Mixed Flight B: Rob Duva, Diana Duva, Shelly Miller, Nick Miller
First Place Mixed Flight A: Doug Norberg, Nancy Norberg, Dana Kent, Dave Kent
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Listening Around Children & Family Ministry
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As we continue to grow in Christ's ministry together, All Saints has a wonderful opportunity to develop our vision for children & family ministry. This month, Rev. Aim�e invites all parishioners, parents, grandparents, teachers - everyone interested in this vital formational ministry is invited to share their thoughts and hopes as we come together in community to listen and begin to discern God's call for the future of this growing ministry at All Saints. In our recent parish profile, we articulated our heartfelt desire to grow ministry to children and families; now we can begin to act on that vision.
If you believe that ministry to children and their families is an important missional goal for our parish ministry, please attend one of the following listening sessions. Sign-up sheets are available on the Information Table after church on Sunday, or email [email protected]. If you are not able to attend any of the planned sessions, but desire to be a part of the conversation, please indicate this in the area provided on the sign-up sheets and we will provide more listening sessions.
Sunday, May 17, 11:30, with lunch and childcare, Parish Hall (limited to 30 people. More Sunday sessions will be scheduled as need is indicated.)
Thursday, May 21, 10-11:30 a.m. Parish House
Wednesday, May 27, 7:15 - 8:45 p.m. Parish House |
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Upcoming Important Dates; Thank You
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Friday, May 15 - Spring Fiesta BBQ in the school yard. All are invited! $25/adults, $15/children. Catered by Los Agaves.
Come celebrate Bear graduation! Tuesday, June 9 at 11:00 a.m. in the church! Congratulations, graduates!
We have had a wonderful year at school and it is hard to believe there are just a few weeks remaining in the 2014-2015 school year!
The entire school staff would like to give a huge thank you to our Parent Council for all they have done this school year to enrich the school. We thank you for your time and talent and thank you to all the school parents who have helped with the many wonderful events this year!
...The September Welcome Tea at the Hermann's home, the Fall BBQ, the Axxess Sale, Thanksgiving Food Drive, the Christmas Giving Tree, Christmas Puppet Show, Teacher's Christmas Gift, January Ice Sculptor, Chinese New Year Treats, Lego Transportation Party, Irish Dancer, Chaucer's Book Fair, In-Service Day Teacher's lunch and speaker, Zoo to You visit, Spring BBQ (on May 15), the Teacher Appreciation Luncheon at the Wolf's home (on May 28) and the Bear Camp Out...a VERY special thank you for our fabulous March fundraiser - Bollywood Nights, and the generosity of the families supporting school events throughout the year...we are blessed!
This year's fundraising will make the following possible next year:
- new umbrellas and stands for the school yard
- Mr. Jon, our wonderful Music Teacher for the 2015-16 school year
- funds for each classroom to be used for the teacher's wishlist for special classroom supplies throughout the year
- large swing-umbrella for the swing area
- scholarships for 2015-16 totally $20,000!
- CAEYC Conference 2015
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Save the Date - June 7 Town Hall Meeting
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 A Town Hall meeting is planned for Sunday, June 7 following the 10:00 a.m. service. All are encouraged to attend to receive the latest updates about our "How Firm Our Foundation" Sanctuary Preservation & Readiness Project. This will be a wonderful opportunity for the whole church community to ask questions and offer feedback.
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It's Not Too Late to Join ASBTS BOOK CLUB!
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 All Saints Book Club will meet on Monday, May 11 at 6pm in the Parish House for a potluck dinner to discuss the May selection Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters at the End by Atul Gawande. In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its ending. Full of eye-opening research and riveting storytelling, Being Mortal asserts that medicine can comfort and enhance our experience even to the end, providing not only a good life but also a good end. Everyone is invited. Contact Rev. Vicki at [email protected] with any questions.
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Mount Calvary Retreat & Workshop:
"There's a Wideness in God's Mercy"
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June 19 - 21, 2015
Mount Calvary Monastery and Retreat House
Santa Barbara, CA
Many of us were raised with an image of God as the just judge who would throw the book at us if we didn't behave. In this retreat, Br. Bob Pierson will share his reflections on the hymn text "There's a Wideness in God's Mercy," and will show through the parables of Jesus and several events in Jesus' life that he shared a
much different image of God with his followers.
 Br. Bob Pierson is a monk in The Order of the Holy Cross at Mount
Calvary Monastery and Retreat House in Santa Barbara, CA.
www.mount-calvary.org
$275 per person includes room and meals. All major credit cards are accepted.
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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.
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Education for Ministry (EfM) Updates:
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The current Education for Ministry seminar group is on Week 30 out of 36 weeks. David Telleen-Lawton will be finishing his Year Four work and will graduate in June. Congratulations, David! The theme for this year is "Living Faithfully in a Multicultural World," and the group is currently focusing on hearing the call to ministry, vocation, and the effect of globalization on the mission of the church.
The group decided to donate as a group to Direct Relief International for aid to the earthquake victims and responders in Nepal. Each member contributed $20, and $180 was sent to DRI.
Each year the Diocese of Los Angeles has a Graduation Liturgy for EfM graduates, with family and guests from the diocese. The service, held at the Cathedral Center, is constructed by EfM groups from around the diocese, contributing to all aspects of the service, including musical selections, readings, homily, ushering and altar party. Santa Barbara EfM group mentor Robert Brown is involved in music leadership for this liturgy.
For information regarding EfM, please contact Robert Brown at
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Photo of the Week
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Thank you to all who helped make this year's Outreach golf tournament a huge success!!
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Sanctuary Tour Program Update;
Have You Taken A Tour?
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"Why do I need to take a tour of the Sanctuary? I sit in Church every Sunday!" If this thought has crossed your mind, well, please think again. More than 120 parishioners have taken a Sanctuary tour to receive an update on the plans to preserve our beautiful and historic Sanctuary and to ready it for its next 100 years of worship. The tour provides an update since the Town Hall meeting held last May: a lot has happened since then and you'll get all the details.
Rest assured that this is not a fundraising activity, just a chance to get an update on the Sanctuary readiness plans. You can sign up in advance by emailing [email protected] - or you may just stay after service to join any tour. You do not need to sign up in advance! The next tour dates are:
Wednesday, May 13 - 4:45 p.m.
Sunday, May 17 - after both the 8 and 10 a.m. service
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Looking Ahead...
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- May 10 - Mother's Day Dinner at Transition House
- May 11 - ASBTS Book Club in Parish House
- May 13 - Sanctuary Tour at 4:45 p.m.
- May 13 - Spiritual Writing Practices
- May 17 - Listening Around Children & Family Ministry
- May 20 - Spiritual Writing Practices
- May 21 - Listening Around Children & Family Ministry
- May 27 - Listening Around Children & Family Ministry
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Because we all deserve a chuckle now and then...
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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!
Four Nominated for Presiding Bishop - The Joint Nominating Committee for the Election of the Presiding Bishop May 1 announced the names of the bishops it will nominate this summer to succeed Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori.
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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