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Sunday School Kick-Off September 20
NEW Start Time - 9:50 a.m.
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Sunday School begins Sunday, September 20. We will continue with our current Sunday School Curriculum, Living the Good News. This curriculum is based on the Revised Common Lectionary readings for any given Sunday so that children and parents receive the same biblical message. Having this common lesson allows parents and children an opportunity to explore their biblical understanding together. our classes are taught by volunteer parishioners who delight in the spiritual formation of children. Classes are divided into three groups: Pre-K through Grade 2; Grades 3-5; and Grades 6-8. All meet in the Parish House. Classes begin at 9:50 a.m. and end just prior to our Eucharistic Celebration in the main church when children join their parents for communion. All children are welcome in both Sunday School and church.
This week's teachers/assistants are:
Pre-K, Grades 1,2 (T) Heather Childress (A) Christine Frontado
Grades 3 - 5 (T) Alyson Eyer-Delevett (A) Need Help!
Grades 6 - 8 (T) Michael Swift (A) Patrice Mueller
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Relive Homecoming Sunday Through Photos!
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All Saints' Food Wagon Off To A Great Start!
Additional Items Needed This Week,
Sunday, September 20
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 All Saints' Food Wagon program kicked off last Sunday with great generosity and success. Each Sunday we will collect food for the hungry along with essential hygiene products. Food and items that you bring for the hungry will be gathered each Sunday at the entrance in a green wagon and brought forward to the altar with our offerings and oblations to God. Your donations will be delivered to Cafe Picasso Food Pantry at St. Michael's University Church (St. Mike's) in Isla Vista to serve UCSB and SBCC students struggling with food insecurity.
A number of items are in demand this week. Please consider donating some of the following items:
toothpaste
toothbrushes
almonds
feminine hygiene products (tampax/pads)
peanuts
canned chicken
dried fruit
rice
crackers
soup
corn
mixed vegetables
tuna
peanut butter
jelly/jam
All Saints' Food Wagon provides us all with an opportunity to give out of our abundance. One way to do so is to try spending 10% (the biblical tithe) of your grocery bill on food that you will give away. Parents, you might invite your children weekly to choose the food that your family will bring to church to give to those who don't have enough to eat. This makes them aware of the blessings of their life and forms them at a young age to make a difference in the hurts of their world. Through this simple but loving service, both young and old can extend Christ's grace from the meal we share at the altar to our hungry neighbors' tables. |
Take a Sneak Peak Behind the Scenes With A Sanctuary Tour This Sunday, September 20!
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Mind of Faith - OS 2015 Continues Next Week
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There's still time to join our 3-week Eventide classes (after supper) taught by Pat McClure. She's given the classes an overall title that sounds like computer advertisement -The Mind of Faith - OS 2015 ...... because it turns out that our minds AND our faith depend entirely on the way we use the operating systems of our brain and heart.
She will unfold a new kind of Genesis story - using the findings of brain research combined with the spiritual discoveries they're leading us to. She'll outline the physical anatomy of thought and belief and unfold the pathway to spiritual transcendance that is embedded, but largely unused, in our 'leetle grey cells' and in our physical hearts.
- The Anatomy of Evil on Sept. 23rd
- The Frequencies of Spirit on Sept 30th
You're all invited and we hope you'll bring along some friends for what promises to be a fascinating start to our year of Eventide classes.
Sign up at the Information Table or simply come to class on Wednesday! |
Silence is God's First Language:
Prayer Groups Are Back In Full Swing
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Beyond the words and thoughts of ordinary prayer, there is another way to encounter the Presence of God. It's a deliberate intention to become still within and to simply hold ourselves open to God's Presence. Called meditation in many traditions, it's known as contemplative prayer in Christianity. All Saints offers two versions of this deep prayer
practice every week: Centering Prayer and Healing Presence, which are resuming after their summer hiatus on Sept. 6th. at 9:15 a.m.
Centering Prayer sessions are held every Thursday morning from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Youth Room of the Parish House. Centering Prayer sessions are also held every other Sunday morning at 9:15 a.m. in the Church Office Conference Room. On alternate Sunday mornings at 9:15 a.m. we add a focus on healing as the intention of sitting silently in God's Presence.
They both follow the same practice. We sit in a circle, become inwardly quiet, and open our hearts, which guide body, mind, and soul to a new level of awareness that is felt rather than thought. Here, Silence is discovered to be alive - a fathomless field of being and in-formation, the still point of truth, the source from which all our reality flows.
Newcomers are especially welcomed. Come and try it!
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Join Education for Ministry!
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The Education for Ministry group met for the first time Sunday, September 13. It's not too late to join this unique adult formation group! Contact EfM Mentor Robert Brown at [email protected]. |
All Saints Fall Avocado Mixer
Saturday, October 10
Home of Sally Green
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 The Syrian Civil War, now in its fourth year, has unleashed a humanitarian emergency. According to a recent UNHCR report, more than 4 million people (just through the end of 2014!) have fled their homes to escape the war in Syria, adding to a worldwide total of nearly 20 million refugees, half of whom are children. This is the largest and most widespread refugee crisis the world has known since World War II.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori addresses this,
The children of Abraham have ever been reminded to care for the widow and orphan and the sojourner in their midst, who were the refugees and homeless of the time. Jesus charged his followers to care for the least of these and proclaim the near presence of the Reign of God - in other words, feed the hungry, water the thirsty, house the homeless, heal the sick, and liberate the captives. We cannot ignore the massive human suffering in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, nor in Asia and the Americas. We are our brothers' and sisters' keepers, and our lives are bound up with theirs. The churchwide ministry of Episcopalians has included refugee resettlement since the refugee crisis of World War II. It continues today through the leadership of Episcopal Migration Ministries, and I urge your involvement, action, and support. Read about their work below, and share these opportunities with friends and co-workers. You will discover anew the power of good news in the face of the world's tragedies.
We are in contact with IRIS, the LA Diocese Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Services. If you would like to be involved in any way, including letter writing, social media, teacher's resources, or eventual help with refugees, please contact:
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Thank You, All Saints!
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 "On behalf of the Board of Directors of Peoples' Self-Help Housing (PSHH), I would like to thank you for your in-kind donation of 232 backpacks for K-4, 126 backpacks for Dahlia, Chapel and St. Vincent's properties.
Because of support like yours, Peoples' can provide housing for special needs groups such as people with disabilities, fragile seniors, veterans, hard-working low income families, and the formerly homeless. With your help we have assisted nearly 1,200 low-income households to build their first home and have established more than 1,500 affordable rental units in 28 communities, in the Tri-Counties." Rochelle Rose, PSHH |
Next Intergenerational Worship
Sunday, October 4 at 10:00 a.m.
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St. Francis Day Pet Blessing, Sunday, October 4, 10 a.m. (The 8 a.m. service will be a pet free zone!)
Bring your favorite furry, feathered or finned friend, and join the chorus of all creation. We believe God made all of creation and called it good. To share God's blessings, we invite our pets to join us in the sanctuary for this special (and slightly shortened) Sunday service of Holy Communion.
Parish children will help lead worship, and our Parish School children are invited to sing a special song of creation during the worship service, which they will prepare during our weekly chapel service. |
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New Date for Barbara Kucera Memorial
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The memorial service for Barbara Kucera will be held on October 4th at 2pm at All Saints.
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Stay tuned for more details as dates draw near...
- September 20 - Sunday School begins
- September 22 - Bible & Babble with Potluck at 6 p.m.
- September 23 - Adult formation begins: Wisdom Christianity
- October 3 - Celebration of New Ministry & Reception at 10 a.m.
- October 4 - St. Francis Pet Blessing at 10 a.m.
- October 10 - Parish Social at 4 p.m.
- October 23 - Newcomers Reception at 6 p.m.
- November 1 - All Saints' Day with Baptism at 10 a.m.
- November 6 - Family Dinner & Hoe-Down at 5 p.m.
- November 15 - Family Advent Workshop & Pizza at 5 p.m.
- December 6 - St. Nick Day & Christmas Market at 10 a.m.
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Each hungry person, among the first century multitude of five thousand who gathered to hear the teachings of Jesus, discovered that he and she had enough and was enough - even more than enough!
(See John 6:1-14 or Matthew 14:13-21)
How can we, in the complexity of the twenty-first century, reconcile our economic and spiritual lives? Are the two antithetical or can one enliven the other? In four sessions beginning October 11th, parishioner Cecile Lyons, clinical and financial psychologist, will facilitate personal exploration of the subjective experience of money that will offer participants the opportunity to reduce money anxiety and fears of scarcity, as well as provide the possibility for increasing spiritual abundance and personal well-being.
Oct. 11th: Relationship between faith and finance - money as a spiritual practice.
Oct. 18th: Personal Money-Bio - expansive or constrictive for soulful living.
Oct. 25th: Money scripts behind stories of fear and faith, scarcity and abundance.
Nov. 1st: The Art of Balance: Giving and Receiving, Purposeful Prosperity
Silver, Gold, and Soul will meet Sundays 11:15am-12:30pm in the Parish House.
Questions may be directed to:
Notice of your interest in participation will assist in the planning so please sign up at the Information Table or by email.
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Will You Help Deserving Low-Income, Aging and Veteran Residents?
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 Volunteers are needed On Tuesdays and Thursdays (starting Tuesday August 31) to drive Victoria Hotel Manager to the Community Kitchen to pick up hot meals for low-income, aging, and veteran residents. See David Boyd at the Information Table on the patio after Sunday worship services or call the church office if you can help! |
Celebration of New Ministry
with Rev. Aimee Eyer-Delevett: Saturday, October 3
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On Saturday, October 3 at 10 a.m. we will hold our Celebration of New Ministry (aka Installation). This service liturgically marks the merger of our lives and work as people and priest in service of Christ and his kingdom. The Rt. Rev. Mary Glasspool will preside, and a festive reception will follow.
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Looking For a Great Read? Check Out All Saints' Recycled Reading Treats
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 Our rolling book carts offer a variety of gently used (very good condition, no marking, and no highlights) fiction, non-fiction, special interest, and children's books for sale for "goodwill offerings." Think "Library Book Sale." If a book sparks your interest, donate whatever you feel is in your price range. Books will be available on second and fourth Sundays of the month during Coffee Hour after each service. Proceeds will support our campus ministries.
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Music, Fellowship, Food & Family
Join the Fun as All Saints!
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Fall brings singing, dancing, eating, and a great time at All Saints! You don't want to miss it!
Once each quarter, during the 2015-16 season, All Saints' Music Ministry will host an evening of family fellowship, food, live music and dance. All ages are welcome!
Fall Square Dance We'll begin with an old-fashioned Square Dance & BBQ. Accompanied by the sounds of American Bluegrass music, you and your family can SWING YOUR PARTNER and DO-SI-DO to your heart's content. Dance instruction will be provided that evening - so all levels of Square Dance are encouraged to pull on your cowboy boots!
Winter Sock Hop During the winter, we'll host a 50s Sock Hop. Fonzie, Richie and Joanie won't make it, but don't let that stop you! We'll celebrate the "Happy Days" of our lives together as an All Saints family.
Spring Irish Feis Next on the calendar will be an evening of Celtic food and dance. Scheduled near St. Patrick's Day, All Saints will host an Irish Feis (dance festival) complete with loud shoes, rhinestones, curly wigs and soda bread. Again, this will be an opportunity for all to learn, participate, east some great food and have a wonderful time together.
Summer Luau We'll close the season with an authentic summer Luau. Bring your grass skirts, leis and "loud" shirts. We'll learn how to dance the hula and eat roast pig, poi and shave ice.
These events will be designed to include absolutely all ages. Stay tuned for specifics on dates and times, and get ready for some fabulous family fun at All Saints this year!
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| New Date & Time for Weekly Bible & Babble |
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Bible & Babble will resume in the fall at a new time and on a new day. Beginning September 22, we will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesdays in the Parish House for Bible Study and Potluck. Please join us for this time of discussion and fellowship. We study the upcoming scripture readings for Sunday based on the Revised Common Lectionary and use Keeping Holy Time edited by Douglas E. Wingeier. Please contact Rev. Vicki at [email protected] with questions. |
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Photo of the Week
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Precious Prayers (Homecoming Sunday, photo by Fred Allen)
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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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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!
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