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Big Day in the Parish! Combined Worship Set for Sunday, Oct. 23 at 9 a.m.
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 Ringing of the bell in the new Bell Tower
Single, combined worship service
Immediately After Combined Service
Town Hall meeting after the 9 a.m. worship service
A single combined worship service is planned for Sunday, Oct. 23 at 9 a.m. The new Bell Tower will be dedicated at the beginning of the service and a special Town Hall gathering will take place after the service.
Please plan to arrive by 9 a.m so that all in the parish can hear the ringing of the bell in its new tower to begin worship. Following the service you will have a chance to grab a cup of coffee and return to the Sanctuary for an update on the Sanctuary Preservation and Readiness Project.
NOTE: We will only have a 9 a.m. service on Oct. 23: there will be no 8 a.m. service and no 10 a.m. service: ONLY a 9 a.m. combined worship service.
Sunday School will begin at
8:45 a.m. on the 23rd!
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Youth Group Meets Sat. Oct 29th
Dinner & Hike
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Youth Group will meet Saturday, October 29th at 5:00pm at The Habit Burger Grill, 3890 La Cumbre Plaza. Following dinner, carpool to Lizard's Mouth for a high. All Junior High youth (6th-8th grades) and Senior High youth are welcome.
Upcoming Youth Group Dates:
Saturday, December 10th, 6pm
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Last Sunday, we begin our 2017 Annual Giving Campaign: Living Generously. This past week, you received a packet in the mail which will include a Narrative Budget and a 2017 Pledge Commitment Card. (If you did not receive this packet, please contact the church office - 969-4771,) Please read the Narrative Budget to discover more about All Saints-by-the-Sea's life-sustaining ministries. Over the four weeks, we invite you to consider how you might participate in giving generously to support All Saints' ministries.
Please bring your Pledge Commitment Card with you to church on Sunday, November 6, when completed pledge cards will be offered as an act of worship in grateful response to all that God has provided.
Creating Our Giving Basket
As part of our Annual Giving Campaign, we are building a Giving Basket as a meditation on how All Saints' ministries inspire us to live generously. During Coffee Hour, you are encouraged to festoon our Giving Basket with ribbons, while contemplating how All Saints' Sanctuary Preservation & Readiness Project inspire you to live more generously. The All Saints' Giving Basket will be used in worship on November 6.
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It's Almost November...
Turkeys & M-4 Ecumenical Service
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Each year, during the week before Thanksgiving, the congregations of the four churches of Montecito - the M4 Churches - gather in a service of Thanksgiving worship. This year
El Montecito Presbyterian Church will be hosting. The service will be on
Sunday, November 13th at 7:00 p.m. and will last approximately an hour. All are welcome, and encouraged, to attend.
 All Saints is also participating in the M4 Turkey Drive challenge. Our goal is to donate 500 Turkeys & Chickens (remember that many people's home refrigerators and ovens cannot accommodate a large turkey), and we'll need everyone's help. Please plan to participate.
Click here for details.
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All Saints Book Group will meet next on
Monday, November 14th at 6:00 p.m. in the Parish House for discussion and potluck. We will be discussing the New York Times bestseller
A Man Called Ove: A Novel by Fredrik Backman.
Click here to continue reading. All are welcome! Please contact Rev. Vicki at the church with questions, vicki@asbts.org.
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Parish Social Set for Friday, Nov. 4th
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 The Vestry is once again sponsoring a Parish Social - the entire congregation is invited! These have been well attended and regularly attract more than 100 parishioners and friends. The Parish Socials are an opportunity to get to know fellow parishioners who attend other services and a chance to invite friends who might have an interest in the Episcopal Church and All Saints.
Our next Friday Night Parish Social is set for Friday, Nov. 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the home of Dick Thielscher (550 Picacho Lane, Montecito). Past socials have shown us amazing hospitality at a variety of homes where we experienced firsthand God's blessings.
Valet parking will be provided, along with heavy appetizers and an array of beverages.
Note we'll be outside so bring a jacket. Please be sure to sign up by calling the Church Office at 969-4771 or email Kathleen@asbts.org.
If you'd like to assist, please contact Charlotte (Chuck) DiTirro, All Saints' coordinating Vestry member, at 248-842-835 or email her at ceditirro@att.net.
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All Saints Photo Directories Are Here!
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The 2016-2017 All Saints photo directories have arrived fresh off the presses! Pick up your copy at the Information Table this Sunday after the service. (Suggested donation of $10.)
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Sacred America Sacred World
Thursday Evening Adult Formation Classes
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Everyone is invited to another Read-along and Dialogue that continues our good work with
Healing The Heart of Democracy
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In an amazing bit of synchronicity this summer, a book was published that seems designed to continue our engagement with politics as a sacred path.
Join us as we explore
Sacred America - Sacred World: Fulfilling Our Mission in Service to All
by Stephen Dinan. Class will meet Thursday evening, November 3rd in the Parish House as 7pm. Click here for full details.
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Vestry Nominations Still Accepted
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The nominating committee invites you to make recommendations of people to serve on the 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
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The Book Cart Ministry Update!
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Thanks to your generosity, the All Saint's book cart ministry is thriving. And thanks to your donations, this ministry is helping to fund our new "Godly Play" Sunday school program. Bring your donations to the book cart area on Sunday or to the office during the week.
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Help All Saints Food Wagon Ministry
By Adding Just Few Items To Your
Grocery Cart This Week
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Donations Still Needed! We collect food for the hungry each Sunday. Food & items that you bring for the hungry will be gathered each Sunday at the entrance in our green food wagon and brought forward to the altar with our offerings and oblations to God. The food will be donated to Cafe Picasso Food Pantry at St. Michael's University Church (aka St. Mike's) in Isla Vista to serve UCSB and SBCC students struggling with issues of food insecurity.
Please, no open containers - new, unopened food only.
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Belief in God in an Age of Science
Wednesday Evening Adult Formation Classes
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Science underlies every aspect of the world around us, and faith is the foundation of our lives. These two very different ways of knowing are both essential, but science and religion have a history of conflict: from Galileo to Dawkins, from creationism to the big bang. Yet many have sought to bridge the gap.
Please join us as parishioner and physicist Michael Swift takes us through "Belief in God in an Age of Science", a six-week class on science and religion. Classes continue October 12. Click here for full details.
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Stillpoint: The Center for Christian Spirituality
Retreat to be Held at All Saints
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Stillpoint will offer "The Body's Role in Spiritual Transformation: Rediscovering the Lost Body-Connection within Christian Spirituality," an expieriential day retreat, on Saturday, October 22, 9 a.m. - 4p.m., facilitated by the Rev. Elizabeth Rechter, Stillpoint's Executive Director. "You are invited to experience a process of inner exploration into your own body's wisdom called 'BioSpiritual Focusing." The retreat will be held at All Saints. Cost is $48 per person ($58 with lunch). Visit stillpointca.org/bsf-october2016 to register.
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SAVE THE DATE: FRIDAY, OCT 21
Parish School Fall BBQ
ALL ARE WELCOME
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Photo of the Week
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Even stuffies need blessing. Thank you, Father Don.
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As Christians we are called to care for our brothers & sisters in need. There are a variety of feeding ministry opportunities to live out this calling.
Contact David Boyd at dboydinc@aol.com for more information about any of these meaningful ministries.
Transition House: Every 2nd Sunday of the month at 5 p.m.; prepare & serve a simple meal to emergency shelter residents. Volunteers & food donations needed.
Carpinteria Food Distribution:
Volunteers needed to organize and give free fruit and veggies to some of our less-fortunate brothers and sisters in Carpinteria.
Community Kitchen: Every 1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.; serve a simple lunch at Casa Esperanza Homeless Shelter.
Victoria Hotel: Every Tuesday & Thursday evenings; drive Victoria Hotel manager to Community Kitchen to pick up hot meals to veteran, disabled, and low-income residents.
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Christian Formation is open to everyone at every stage of the faith journey!
Centering Prayer & Healing Presence:
Every Sunday Fall through Spring, alternating Sundays, at 9:15 a.m. in the church office conference room. Contact Pat McClure for more information, 969-1426
Bible & Babble:
Every Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Contact The Rev. Vicki for more information, vicki@asbts.org
NEW DATE & TIME
Sunday School, Sept-May:
Meets during the 10 a.m. service in the Parish House. Children pre-K to 8th grades.
Starts at 9:45 a.m.
Youth Group: Grades 6th-12th are welcome. Meets on Saturday evenings, monthly. Contact Rev. Vicki Mouradian at vicki@asbts.org
Education for Ministry (EfM):
Theological education at a distance. Local seminar group meets weekly Sept to June at Trinity Library. Contact Robert Brown for more information, 895-3620.
Centering Prayer:
Every Wed at 5 p.m. and Thurs at 10:30 a.m. in Parish House youth room. For Wednesday group contact Jaque Reed 969-4409, for Thursday Group contact Jane Murray 684-4405.
Men's Bible Study:
Every Wednesday at 8:15 a.m. in Parish House youth room. Contact Ken Jewesson for more information, kfjewesson@cox.net or 687-1683
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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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- October 16 - Pastoral Visitors Meeting @ 9:15 a.m.
- October 16 - Eleanor Decret Memorial Service @ 3pm
- October 19 - Centering Prayer @5pm
- October 19 - Belief in God in an Age of Science
- October 20 - Outreach Meeting @ 4pm
- October 21 - Parish School Fall BBQ at 5pm
- October 22 - Stillpoint Retreat at 9am
- October 22 - Healing Touch at 1pm
- October 23 - Sunday School begins at 8:45am
- October 23 - Combined Worship at 9am
- October 23 - Town Hall following 9am service
- October 29 - Youth Group at 5pm
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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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