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 On All Saints Day, we will build an altar in the chapel in honor of the saints of our lives who have gone before us. Everyone is invited to bring a photo or a memento of a loved one who has joined the communion of saints to be displayed on the altar. Please bring your photo or memento of the deceased to church on Sunday, October 18 and 25 to be collected at the Information Table, or deliver it to the church office by Wednesday, October 28. (Please put your name on the back of your photo to facilitate getting photos back to the right owner.) You can reclaim your photo or memento after the 10 a.m. service on November 1.
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A Celebration of the Life of Suzanne Brock
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A Celebration of the Life of Suzanne Bock in the Music Room of Casa Dorinda, Saturday, October 24th at 4pm. All are welcome.
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Newcomers Reception This Evening!
Friday, October 23rd
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
All Saints
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A wine and cheese reception is planned for Friday, October 23 from 5-7 pm at church. All are welcome! Contact the church office with questions: 969-4771 |
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New Blog! Parishioner David Boyd: God the Giver
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Praise God from whom all blessing flow, and I first thank God for giving me a long and active life. I have used my life in both wise and unwise ways and in different relationships with God during different phases. In my present old age phase, I experience God The Giver as I try to extend God's life-giving grace by being able to show his love for outcasts living on the margins of our community here in Santa Barbara. These human beings, made in God's image just like you are I are, are the homeless, the hungry and those living with additions and mental and physical afflictions. I celebrate this gift to me by helping some of these lost souls on a personal level. They are also helped by those who serve on non-profit boards, raise and grant funds and manage programs for unfortunates, but I choose to do this work of the Lord on an individual lever to celebrate God's gifts to me.
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It's That Time Again - All Saints 2nd Annual Christmas Card Contest - With a Twist!
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Back by popular demand...The All Saints Christmas Card Contest! This year there will be a little twist - we will have TWO categories that will result in TWO editions of 2015 ASBTS Christmas cards: a children's category and an adult category. Cards will be for sale at the St. Nicholas Christmas Market on December 6.
Everyone is encouraged to submit an image of original artwork for a chance to have your artwork featured on one of the two 2015 All Saints Christmas Card Contest by November 1. All media (paint, photography, sketch, etc.) are accepted, and all parishioners are invited to enter. Titles and/or brief descriptions are optional, but please no greetings.
Inspired by the national Episcopal Church's Christmas Card contest, All Saints launched the First Annual Christmas Card Contest last year to much fanfare and we are thrilled to bring it back again this year!
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Don't forget to bring your pledge cards to church on All Saints Day, Nov. 1.
On November 1, we will celebrate All Saints' Day with the culmination of our exploration of God the Giver, when pledges will be completed and offered as an act of worship and in response to all that God has provided. If you are not able to attend worship on All Saints' Day, please send your Ministry Pledge card to the church office. |
Book Group's November Selection:
The Road to Character
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 The Book Group will be reading The Road to Character by David Brooks for our next meeting on Monday, November 9, at 6:00 p.m. We will gather in the Parish House for potluck dinner and discussion. All are welcome! For more information, please contact Rev. Vicki Mouradian at the church: [email protected].
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Our St. Francis Pet Blessing & Intergenerational Worship was so much fun! Click here to view our photo album! (Special thank you to parishioner Sheri Benninghoven for capturing the day!)
Photos from Celebration of New Ministry service are available to view as well! Click here. |
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Why is it important that All Saints hires a Children & Youth Minister? - Parishioner Alex Williams shares her thoughts...
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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)
This coming Sunday, October 25 on the patio, we will be creating together, as students of Jesus, a school of fish as a visual representation of the many gifts God gives us. You can fold your origami fish at coffee hour or if you have folded your fish at home, please return it to church this Sunday.
Before you fold, consider how you experience God the Giver in your life and write a short note of thanksgiving or prayer on the white side of your origami paper. Contained within the folds of your origami will be your prayers in gratitude for how you experience God the Giver in your life.
Silver, Gold and Soul!
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? 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 wellbeing.
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 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. in the Parish House.
Notice of your interest in participation will assist in planning so please signup at the Info Table or by email.
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Remember Items for All Saints' Food Wagon
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 All Saints' Food Wagon program is off to a great start thanks to your generosity. This program will continue each Sunday, as we 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.
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.
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All Saints is Off to Ireland!
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October 16 - 25, 2016
Discover St. Patrick's Ireland with a Faith Tour designed by Collette.
Join parishioners, families, and friends for inspirational travel and fellowship while exploring world-famous spiritual sites in Ireland. Highlights of this trip will include Dublin, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Clonmacnoise, Westport, Knock Shrine, Galway, Croagh Patrick, Kylemore Abbey, Tobernalt Holy Well, Belleek, Belfast, Downpatirick, Armagh, and more. Our tour includes roundtrip air-fare from Los Angeles, complimentary transportation to the airport, hotel accommodations, daily breakfasts, four dinners, and gratuities for tour manager and bus driver.
A deposit of $250.00 per person is due upon reservation and reservations are made on a first come, first served basis. Reservations and deposits are due by April 11, 2016 and after that date reservations are subject to rate increase and availability. Final payment is due by August 16, 2016. The tour price is $3,299 for double accommodation, $3,649 for single, and $3,269 for triple. Upgrades can be made for in-flight accommodations. A special travel presentation has been planned for Sunday, March 6, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall. Our tour representative, Tyler Reardon, will present a slideshow of the tour, St. Patrick's Ireland, and answer any questions you might have. In the meantime, please pick up your travel brochure/application on the information table after worship services and consider taking this wonderful journey! The Rev. Vicki Mouradian will accompany our tour as tour organizer and all reservations will be made through her at the church office. Please feel free to contact her with additional questions: [email protected] or (805)969-4771.
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields and,
Until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
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All Saints Goes to the Getty Center!
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A fall trip to the Getty Center is being planned for Saturday, November 21st. Please join us for a wonderful day experiencing art, architecture, gardens, food, and fellowship. Our trip will include traveling to the Getty by coach with Airbus, a private docent tour of the architecture and gardens of the Getty, self-guided tours of the new art exhibits for the holidays (Eat, Drink and Be Merry: Food in the Middle Ages and The Edible Moment: The Art of Food for Festivals), and of course time for lunch (with beautiful views) and shopping in the gift shop. The ticket price for the day is $60.00 per person and lunches will be paid individually. Our bus will depart All Saints at 8:00 a.m. and return around 5:30 p.m. Reservations for the Getty trip can be made by completing forms available on our patio Info Table after worship services. An envelope will be available for your forms and payment at the table or you may return your forms and payment to the church office, attention Rev. Vicki Mouradian. Please contact Rev. Vicki with any questions: [email protected] |
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Gobble, Gobble! The M-4 Turkey Drive is Around the Corner!
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All Saints is pleased to share that we will participate in the M-4 Turkey Drive again this Thanksgiving season to help feed our hungry brothers and sisters. Please stay tuned for more details!
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Save the Date: November 5th - Theology on Tap!
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Adult Formation Continues
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 Episcopalians in the 21st Century continues. Explore the meaning and expression of personal faith through the lens of the Episcopal Church, a faith tradition where ancient wisdom meets modern practice. How are we challenged and upheld by God in the context of this day and age? How can the Holy Spirit bring us to fresh vision and deeper understanding through what we know to be church?
Classes will be led by Rev. Vicki Mouradian in the Parish House from 7:15 - 8:45 p.m. on the following Wednesday evenings:
October 28 and November 4.
As a guide to the class we will follow the text, My Church Is Not Dying: Episcopalians in the 21st Century by Greg Garrett. The book will be available in class or you may purchase it online for an electronic version.
Please sign up for class at the information table after services. For more information, please contact Rev. Vicki at church [email protected]. |
Swing Your Partner, Do Sa Do!
November 6 at 5pm
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 You and your entire family have the opportunity to join other families in singing, dancing, eating, and generally having a great time, right here at All Saints! We'll begin with an old-fashioned Square Dance and Bar-B-Que on Friday, November 6th at 5 p.m. Accompanied by the sounds of Americna Bluegrass music, you and your family can SWING YOUR PARTNER, PROMENADE and DO SA DO to your heart's content. If you're new to square dance, don't worry - we will teach you! We will gather at 5 p.m., dinner at 5:30 p.m. with dancing from 6:15 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. All Saints will provide the main dish and a $10 donation per family is suggested. Side dishes are also needed and you can sign up at the Info Table. |
Photos for 2016 All Saints Parish Directory
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It's hard to believe that it is time to put together an updated Parish Photo Directory! If you would like to be included in the 2016 Photo Directory, please have your picture taken after either the 8AM or 10AM services on Sunday, October 25th and/or Sunday, November 1st. If you already have your photo in the current directory there is no need to have it taken again unless you want a new photo. The opportunity to update your mailing address, phone numbers, and email address(es) will also be available.
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Newcomers Class: Setting Our Hearts
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 Setting Our Hearts will meet Sundays, 5:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. November 1-22 in the Parish House. This 4-week course is a unique and contemporary small group experience for adults offered to newcomers to All Saints-by-the-Sea and open to all people interested in taking a deeper look at their faith. Led by Rev. Aimee, Setting Our Hearts will explore basic Christian themes and symbols such as belonging, baptism, and communion, as understood in this Episcopal community of faith. Sign up now at the Info Table on the patio. |
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Photo of the Week
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All Saints at the Movies! The All Saints parking area is serving as the "back lot" for filming taking place along the beach at the foot of Eucalyptus Lane. The movie "20th Century Women" is set in Santa Barbara during the summer of 1979; it's being made by Mike Mills and stars Annette Bening. Mills wrote and will direct the new film -- and Mills is a graduate of All Saints' Parish School!
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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!
Video: 'What if it were you?' Responding to the refugee crisis in Italy
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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