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TONIGHT @ 6PM: Shabbat Dinner
WEDNESDAY @ 6PM: M4 Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service
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 Friday, November 13th at 6 p.m. - Shabbat Dinner: Please join us in the Parish House for a Shabbat Dinner. This family friendly interfaith Shabbat Dinner will be a chance for people to learn the history, order, symbolism, and Jewish traditions of Kabbalat Shabbat (the Friday evening service that welcomes/receives the Sabbath), which precedes the dinner.
 Wednesday, November 18th at 6 p.m. - M4 Ecumenical Service of Thanksgiving at All Saints: Each year, during the week before Thanksgiving, the congregations of the four Churches of Montecito - the M4 - gather in a service of Thanksgiving worship. This year, All Saints will host the service again. We'll have a full choir, to which all are welcome! We'll rehearse at 6:00 p.m. in the church. The service will last approximately an hour. This is a definite "must not miss", to kick off the holiday season. |
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THIS SUNDAY: Christmas: Family Advent Workshop
It's upon us once again - the most magical, stressful, pressure-filled time of the year. No other holiday comes with the activity, expectations and potential quite like the Christmas season. The bittersweet truth is we will never have this Christmas again; so it's a worthwhile investment to build a strategy that doesn't leave you face down in a plate of sugar cookies and tears by Christmas Eve.
Please join us for an Advent Family Workshop: Authentic Christmas to help inspire and give you the tools for a meaningful, fun and real Christmas.
Topics covered will include:
- Why Christmas and Advent matter and why it doesn't need to be perfect.
- Taming the Christmas Machine of excess and materialism
- Making memories with your family by doing less and making it mean more.
- Prepping your heart, mind and schedule to make good choices as a family
When: Sunday, November 15th from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. (with a family pizza dinner after)
Where: All Saints-by-the-Sea, Parish Hall Led by Parishioners Mark and Leah Watson All are invited, please feel free to invite friends. Email leahelizabethwatson@gmail.com with any questions. Childcare will be available and there will be a family pizza dinner following the workshop. This is a free event, but we do ask you to RSVP so we can plan for materials, childcare and dinner.
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Liturgy 101 This Sunday, Nov. 15
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 Do you ever wonder about the prayers and hymns that inform our liturgy? Do you feel inspired by something new, wanting for the familiar, or a bit of both? Come to a conversation about liturgy at All Saints. On Sunday, November 15, following both the 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. services, Rev. Aimee and Steve O'Connor will share with you insight about how liturgy is created, information about the liturgical resources available within the Episcopal Church, and answer your questions. Our conversation will take place in the Parish House. |
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Don't Forget Your Frozen Turkeys/Chickens This Sunday!! Drop Off at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church - Easy Peasey
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Don't forget to dropfor the M-4 Turkey Drive! On Sunday, November 15 from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. a collection box will be set up in the Our Lady of Mount Carmel School parking lot. All you have to do is drop your frozen poultry off in the collection box - you don't even have to get out of your car if you don't want to. Someone will be on site to assist in collecting the frozen poultry.
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Wednesday Night Centering Prayer Begins Again
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There is a place of deep peace within us all, and most of us long for quiet place where we can get in touch with it. Centering Prayer, Father Thomas Keating's form of meditation, is now being held on Wednesday evenings from 5:00pm-6:00pm in the Parish House youth room. It will include readings from Robert Sardello's book, "Silence, the Mystery of Wholeness", a 20-minute sit, and a brief discussion, as time allows. A perfect way to close out a busy day! For more information, contact Jaque Reed, 969-4409.
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From St. Nicholas to Santa
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 How did St. Nicholas become a North Pole-dwelling bringer of Christmas gifts? The original saint was a Greek born 280 years after Christ who became bishop of Myra, a small Roman town in modern Turkey. Nicholas was neither fat nor jolly but developed a reputation as a fiery, wiry, and defiant defender of church doctrine during the "Great Persecution," when Bibles were put to the torch and priests made to renounce Christianity or face execution. Nicholas defied these edicts and spent years in prison before Constantine brought Christianity to prominence in his empire. Nicholas's fame lived long after his death (on December 6 of some unknown year in the mid-fourth century) because he was associated with many miracles, and reverence for him continues to this day independent of his Santa Claus connection. Read more about the history of St. Nicholas in a fascinating National Geographic article -just click here!
You can celebrate this celebrated saint at All Saints on Dec. 6 after the 10 a.m. service at the inaugural St. Nicholas Market. The All Saints campus will be transformed into a marketplace where everything we buy will support our growing ministries to children and youth. Parishioners are invited to help by donating beautiful and desirable treasures from you or your home, or items you would like to donate. Items already secured include original pieces of art from parish artists Margaret Nadeau, Chip Nichols, Tony Askew, and Ken Jewesson. Gift items include a wine luncheon for six at the Rusack Vineyard; an airplane flight to Catalina Island for lunch with parishioner Ben Short; a catered dinner for six by parishioners Connie and Carl Lindberg; local wine tastings; books from All Saints authors; decorative door wreaths by parishioner Maureen Anderson; and much more. Keep checking back for an update of the exciting items for purchase. Email Rev. Vicki at vicki@asbts.org or call the Church Office at 969-4771 to donate or find out how to get involved! |
2nd Annual ASBTS Christmas Card Contest Winners Announced!
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While this year's Christmas Card contest was a little quiet, the entries were beautiful! This year, there will be three Official ASBTS Christmas Cards featuring the artwork of Jim Dow, Sophie Graham and Christian Walter.
When you see them, please congratulate them! Cards will be available for purchase starting on S
unday, December 6th at the St. Nicholas Market.
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Sanctuary Tour THIS Sunday, November 15
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 Have you had a behind-the-scenes tour of the church?
Ever wondered what is behind the Rerados?
Now is your chance to learn about All Saints Church building! Just meet at the Bell Tower at either 9:15 a.m. or 11:15 a.m. on Sunday, November 15th
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Happenings at St. Mike's Episcopal Campus Ministry at UCSB
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The Rev. Scott Claassen has been on the job for the past month and a half as Nicole Janelle's successor as Vicar of St. Michael's University Church and Chaplain of the St. Michael's Episcopal Campus Ministry at UCSB. Father Scott is young, high-energy and ready to take on the challenges of leading the Episcopal presence at UCSB. For instance, St. Mike's has been repeatedly vandalized over the past month in reaction to posting Black Lives Matter signs at the chapel. The glass doors to the sanctuary were shot out, and signs have been repeatedly stolen and damaged. In response to this vandalism, on Tuesday, November 10, St. Mike's, partnering with local churches and ecumenical groups, hosted a free soup and pizza supper open to everyone in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. There was a good turnout, and after a welcome, Father Scott opened the mike to anyone who wanted to speak about racial tensions at UCSB. Most of the speakers were young black women students, and they were articulate and passionate on the subject. Alyce and I learned much from their personal accounts. The contact for more information is David Boyd, dboydinc@aol.com.
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Capital Campaign Assistant News
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Capital Campaign Assistant Stephanie Helper's last day at All Saints is today. Stephanie is on to her next adventure and moving back to the LA area. We wish her all the best during this transition. Our new Campaign Assistant is Alyson Eyer-Delevett. All Saints' staff, the co-chairs, and our Campaign Consultant Jeff Conway are looking forward to working with Alyson and are excited about the wealth of skills that she is bringing to this position. This part-time position will help support the capital campaign and facilities work through next summer. Her first day is Monday, November 16th.
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Thanksgiving Day Service & Lunch
Thursday, November 26th
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The service begins at 10:30 a.m. and the lunch follows. All are welcome! Sign up to bring a side dish at the Information Table; All Saints provides the main dish.
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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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So far we have received 161 pledge cards. 68 of these have made an increase over last year and 17 of these pledges are from brand new pledgers. The dollar total so far is $641,867 toward our preliminary 2016 pledge budget of $1,070,000. If you haven't turned in your pledge card yet, please feel free to drop it in the offering plate or mail/bring it to the church office.
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 The nominating committee invites you to make recommendations of people to serve on vestry. The vestry is a body of non- ordained people in the Episcopal Church, duly elected by the members of the church to provide oversight with the rector of the spiritual and material concerns of the parish. Vestry members should have been active in the life and ministry of All Saints-by-the-Sea for one year. The nominating committee will enter into a period of discernment once names are received. Please submit names for vestry recommendations to David Telleen-Lawton at DTL@TMP.ucsb.edu by November 22nd.  Also - updated language for pledge total - So far we have received 150 Pledge Cards. 59 of these have made an increase over last year and 17 of these pledges are from brand new pledgers. The dollar total so far is $605,639 toward our preliminary 2016 pledge budget of $1,070,000.00. If you haven't turned in your pledge card yet, please feel free to drop it in the offering plate or mail/bring it to the church office. |
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.
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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. Click here for more details. |
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. |
Eventide Will Resume Dec. 2nd; Soup Needed
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 Our Eventide service and supper will resume on December 2nd, and once again we will be serving soup and salad for Eventide dinner each week. Your homemade soup donations will enable us to provide a lovely, yet simple meal after service each Wednesday evening. Here's how it works: Large food storage containers are available from Anne Hopkinson and in the Parish Hall kitchen. Pick one of these up, fill it up with your favorite soup, then put it in the stand along freezer just inside the Parish House Kitchen.
We look forward to a wonderful menu of tummy warming soups this winter.
Reminder: No Eventide until Wednesday, December 2nd
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Photo of the Week
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All Saints' parishioners having a swinging good time at the first All Saints Hoe-Down
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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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Looking Ahead...
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- November 13 - Shabbat Dinner at 6pm in Parish House
- November 15 - Family Advent Workshop & Pizza at 5pm
- November 15 - Sanctuary tours after each service
- November 15 - Frozen turkey drop off at Mt. Carmel Church
- November 18 - Carpinteria Food Distribution
- November 21 - All Saints Trip to the Getty
- November 21 - Joseph Ignatius memorial service
- December 6 - St. Nick Day & Christmas Market at 10am
- December 13 - All Saints School ice skating trip to Goleta
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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: Jefferts Schori reflects on nine-year term as Presiding Bishop
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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