Jeannine Zwoboda

Poor Jonah. The guy never could get comfortable. He was uncomfortable with his God-given call to preach to Nineveh; he was uncomfortable in the arms of the sailors as they hoisted him over the boat's edge and tossed him into the sea; he was uncomfortable as the ocean's raging waves flung him about like flotsam; he was-undoubtedly-uncomfortable in the fish's belly; and he was uncomfortable and downright angry with God's mercy on the people of Nineveh. Jonah had a hard time getting comfortable with himself, and, even more so, Jonah was uneasy embracing the wideness of God's grace.

The same can be said about the laborers in Jesus' parable here in Matthew 20. The laborers who came in the early morning hours grumbled against the landowner because they were paid the same as others who started later and worked fewer hours. These laborers are ill-at-ease with the landowner's choice "to give to this last the same as I give to you." Like Jonah, they are uncomfortable with the unchecked mercy offered by the landowner/God. God doesn't play by our rules, and that can be very discomforting for us all.

Our discomfort with grace manifests itself in all sorts of ways. It can be discomforting for us to engage the poor and the outcast of our society. It can be discomforting for us to welcome immigrants into our communities. It can be discomforting to address the pervasive racism that still surrounds us. And it can be very discomforting for us to open our lives to the transforming power of the cross of Christ, whereby "the last will be first, and the first will be last" (Matt. 20:16). [Sundays and Seasons, 2017]

Could it be that the more uncomfortable we become with the reckless love of God, the closer we are to understanding the meaning of grace?

Grace and peace, Bill +

Hurricane Harvey Relief

Thank you to all who have answered the call for help in Houston by sending donations through Episcopal Relief and Development. Another shout out for help has been received and there is now a critical need for Hygiene Kits.

As you can imagine, after finding yourself suddenly homeless, in a shelter, and someone hands you a bag containing the basic items necessary to get cleaned up you might feel like you have just been given a pot of gold. A Hygiene Kit contains items we all take for granted on a daily basis. Our interfaith youth group will gather on September 17th to assemble kits (see article on new youth group). Please drop off any of the following items off to the church office or box in the parish hall by Sunday, September 17th:

One HAND towel (no fingertip, bath, dish towel or micro-fiber)
One washcloth
One wide-tooth comb removed from the package
One fingernail or toenail clipper removed from the package
One bath-size bar of soap in the wrapper
One toothbrush in the package
Ten standard size Band-Aids

We will box these items. If you would like to help with shipping costs, write a check to All Saints with Hurricane Shipping in the memo line (shipping cost is $2.00 per kit). Thank you!

New Interfaith Youth Group - Wolfeboro Serves

This year All Saints and First Congregational Church Wolfeboro, UCC will co-sponsor an interfaith youth group for 8th through 12th graders. We are extending an invitation to Brewster students and will have a focus on justice and service. We will meet one Sunday afternoon a month and our first gathering will be on Sunday, September 17th 2:00-4:00 pm at First Congregational Church where we will package hygiene kits for hurricane relief (see article on hurricane relief). Hope to see you and your friends there!

Wolfeboro Reads: An Ecumenical Book Club

Pastors Bill Petersen from All Saints and Gina Finocchiaro from First Congregational Church Wolfeboro, UCC facilitate a lively book discussion group Tuesday afternoons 4:00-5:30 pm in the narthex gathering space at First Congregational Church.

Join us Tuesdays, September 19th, 26th, and October 3rd as we discuss The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu with Douglas Abrams (Non-fiction, Religion, 2016 ). This book chronicles a friendship, significant conversation and thought from two renowned scholars and spiritual leaders of our time about life and the challenges for modern people of faith.

Autumn Retreat

Join Pastor Bill at Camp Calumet October 10-13, 2017 as he serves as Chaplain and Bible Study Leader for this exciting program.

Featured is William "Ty" Perry from the New Hampshire Humanities Council who will present Chartres Cathedral: Philosophy and Theology as Art. Using Chartres Cathedral as a guide Ty Perry leads a discovery tour of several examples of the philosophical and theological thought behind cathedral art, in particular stained glass windows and sculpture.

Featured Day Trip: Two trips are in the planning stages: one local and one possibly near the Mt Washington Hotel to visit various church and worship spaces.

Holy Hospitality: Conversations and reflection times with Pastor Bill, singing with Judy, pontoon boat rides, napping, walking by the pretty lake with autumn colors, rocking in our wooden rocking chairs on the porch, playing games at night with a BIG bowl of popcorn will round out our retreat at beautiful Calumet. The food is fantastic....with no dishes to wash at all! In addition, the staff at Calumet will make you feel at home and treat you like family.

Contact Pastor Bill for more information or to make your reservation contact Alice Custard at: (603) 539-3223 ext. 220 alice@calumet.org

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 17, 2017

Photo taken by Ralph Simons

Thank you, Ralph and Christy

Last week Dianne and I visited the Grand Canyon, and in our absence Ralph Simons edited and produced the E-News, and Christy Parker provided photographs.

Ralph added new links that enable those reading the E-News to instantly see and hear specific parts of the service without having to peruse the timeline that Ralph adds to each service. An explanation of using the timeline is found in the Sept. 8th edition of the E-News. In the future, I am looking forward to using links to the service timeline.

Christy's photos of the church picnic at Don and Gail Holm's home added much to the edition. The artist in Christy surfaced with the photo of the life jackets. Christy's photo of the youth enjoying the hot tub reflected the joy of youth.

It was fun to anticipate and access the E-News from the Grand Canyon last week, and I am grateful for the combined efforts of Ralph and Christy that gave our Parishioners a terrific edition.

Sincerely,

Phil Wasmuth, Editor

E-News

Name Badges

Name Badges are being redone.

Please be patient during this transition. If you have a badge in your possession and would like a new one, please drop your old badge in the box at the greeter station.

Thanks.

Deb Hoyt

Jeannine Zwoboda

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The above photo was taken on June 18, 2017

Jeannine spends the winter in Catskill, NY which is located on the Hudson River about 30 miles south of Albany, NY.

Jeannine has been spending summers in Wolfeboro since she was an infant. Her great grandfather built the cabin on Duncan Lake in 1904 where she now lives. Jeannine has the original guest register for the cabin that was started in 1906.

Jeannine grew up in the Episcopal Church and began attending All Saints regularly about eight to ten years ago. Lee and Terri White had reached out to Jeannine and invited her to church. Soon after that Terri recruited Jeannine to help her with the bakery booth in the summer fair, and Jeannine enjoys working at our fair and has continued each year helping with the bakery booth.

Jeannine is blessed with a grown daughter and son-in-law and a two year old granddaughter

who live in Batavia, NY.

Jeannine's cabin is not winterized, and she will soon be returning to New York. We look forward to again having her with us, and worshipping with her again at All Saints next summer.

The above photo of Jeannine Zwoboda and Terri White was taken at the Bakery Booth of the summer fair in 2016.

Episcopal Church Women Communion on Sept. 27th

EPISCOPAL CHURCH WOMEN(ECW) CORPORATE COMMUNION

All women of the church are invited to meet in the Sanctuary to receive communion on Wednesday September 27 th at 9:30 followed by refreshments and a meeting in the library. Please join us.

Respectfully submitted,

Dianne Wasmuth & Gail Holm

Lord and Tailor Switch to Fall & Winter Clothing

The above photo was taken Sept. 9th. Left to right: Wilma Greymont, Dianne Wasmuth, Jeannie Muir, Candice Tordonato, Gail Holm, and Chris Christensen

"The Switch" (as the Lord and Tailor volunteers call it) was a four day event that was supported by many church and non-church helpers! We started on Saturday, 9/9, with 18 volunteers clearing out tons of summer clothing, and off it went to the Salvation Army with the help of several strong men who took the bags out of the shop.

Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday we continued the effort by filling the shop with our new "fall collection" so we could reopen for our awaiting customers on Thursday, 9/14! It is always a big effort, but with so many volunteers pitching in, it went smoothly and everyone actually had FUN!

Respectfully submitted,

Cathy Why

In the photo below taken on Sept. 9th, Ralph Cornwell, Art Slocum, and Phil Wasmuth load the clothing to be given away into a pickup truck. The clothing is stored in the storage shed until picked up by the Salvation Army.

Lord and Tailor Fall Display

The above photo was taken by Kathy Why and submitted on Sept. 19th.

Mission Outreach for Hurricanes Harvey & Irma

Mission Outreach Team Update

The response to Pastor Bill's request for support for the victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma was outstanding. Between the parish collections and monies appropriated from the Mission Fund, All Saints' Church sent $2500 to Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) to aid flood victims.

ERD's services are ecumenical and efficient, with few overhead costs. Thank you all for your generosity! The Mission Outreach Team is working on a policy for general national disaster relief as floods, fires, earthquakes, etc. become more common all over our country. Giving on a national level is part of our fourfold goal.

Working on the international level, with consideration for future generations, brings us to our student in Kenya, Mercy Kagonya Amiani. For the 3rd consecutive semester, Mercy has placed first in her class; she is now a mid-term sophomore. In her letter to her All Saints' correspondent, Penny Meyer, Mercy thanks us for supporting her and promises to continue to work hard to achieve her dream of becoming a doctor. The Mission Outreach Team is pleased to be sponsoring Mercy's high school education.

Respectfully submitted,

Gerry DeGeorge

Profiles of Parishioners

A couple of weeks ago a parishioner commented on how much he enjoyed reading the profiles of our Parishioners. He mentioned that it was interesting to read where people previously lived and what attracted them to worship at All Saints. He wondered if a list with dates of those profiles could be printed in the E-News?

This week Jeannine Zwoboda is the 102nd All Saints Parishioner profile that started last November 4th with profiles of Jack and Pat McLaughlin. The profiles began as a way to introduce and highlight the members of the Vestry, but quickly evolved into a random selection of all of our Parishioners. All of us are Saints.

The list of Parishioners has barely been scratched, and I'm looking forward to continue randomly highlighting additional Saints.

To read the profiles listed below click on the All Saints Web Site found at the bottom of the Quick Links section on the left side of each E-News edition. Click on the News section of the Web Site. Each issue is listed by date for 2016 and 2017. Click on the year and date of the issue that you would like to reread.

Profiles on All Saints Parishioners

11/4/2016 Jack & Pat McLaughlin

11/18 Jim & Nancy Thomas

11/25 Linda Pacheco

12/2 Ron & Lorraine Holley

12/9 Don & Gail Holm New to All Saints: Linda & Clint Brown

Connie Mitchell

Long History: Carla Bickford

12/16 Cate McMahon, Joanne Crowe & Jay Wyman

New to All Saints: Ian Whitmore, Phyllis Tessler, Bill Woddard

12/23 Don & Sandi Johnson New to All Saints: Mike Scadron

12/30 Bill & Penny Meyer New to All Saints: Ritva Torma

1/6/2017 Dave & Mary Haeger

1/13 Anne Hunt, Sarah Day

1/20 Gerry DeGeorge New to All Saints: Bree Schuette

1/27 Lee & Terri White New to All Saints: Paul & Maxine Dostie

2/3 Karin & Don Hargy Long History: Pat Rankin

2/10 Wayne & Nancy Ghirardini New to All Saints: Joe & Donna Lehman

Long History: Bob & Ann Champagne

2/17 Art & Lynne Slocum New to All Saints: Bob Cain

Long History: Mary Williams

2/24 Louise Graham Long History: Dorothy Tufts

Elizabeth McLaughlin

4/14 Carolyn Hoffmann

4/21 Pat & Marge Morris

4/28 Arlene Salzgeber

5/5 Stan & Charlene Anderson Long History: Shirley Bentley

5/12 Bob & Christy Parker Long History: Ron & Louise Locke

5/19 Gail Dietzer Long History: Larry & Jane Carville

5/26 Brock & Joy Jones

6/2 Bob & Danielle Pierpont

6/9 John & Kit Peterson

6/16 Mallory & Dodie Stephens

6/23 Danny & Carole Pearson

Bob & Jane Stover

6/30 Chris Christiansen & Ralph Cornwell

7/7 Long History: Polly Smith & Grant Haley

7/14 New to All Saints: Bill & Marny Peabody

7/28 Long History: Sue McDonald

8/4 Gayle Gurney

8/11 Linda Snowdon

8/18 New to All Saints: Will Shay & Jean Baldwin

8/25 Pete and Susie Walker New to All Saints: Pat Hodder, Paul & Vicki Vivian

9/1 Deborah Bunting, Sam & Rebecca Coache

Joan Newell & Lucy Hancock

9/8 Steve, Sarah, & Carolyn Day Long History: Jane Newcomb

9/22 Jeannine Zwoboda

Profile Totals from 11/4/2016 thru 9/22/2017

Parishioners 66

Parishioners with a long history at All Saints 15

Parishioners New to All Saints 21

Total Number of Profiles 102

"Only God Could Create Something This Magnificent"

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The photos of the Grand Canyon were taken on September 14th & 15th.

Last week we visited the Grand Canyon.

We were told that viewing the Grand Canyon would be inspirational. We noticed that at each viewing area people spoke quietly if at all.

When we stepped off the tour bus for our first view of the canyon we were followed by an elderly gentleman who proudly wore a hat that signified that he had served in the Navy during the Korean War. Not a word was spoken as the three of us looked out at the vast grandeur of the canyon. After several moments the Navy Veteran turned to me, and with tears running down his cheeks quietly spoke the words that are the headline for these photos.

Blessing of the Animals

On Sunday, October 1 at both 8:00 and 10:00 am service we will celebrate animals with a special Blessing of the Animals.

This is the Sunday closest to October 4, the day we officially remember St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. Please come and bring your pets, or pictures of departed pets and invite your friends and neighbors and their pets. All are welcome!

Truck Needed

I am looking for an older 4 wheel drive pickup truck, with or without a plow, that will be used to plow the church parking lot and my driveway.

I am willing to pay cash or barter or both. I am also available for snow plowing, spring and fall leaf cleanups, or anything else that you may need to get done around your home.

My phone number is: (603) 651-8302

Sincerely,

Mark McLaughlin

Dream Group

DREAM GROUP

WE WILL MEET THE FIRST SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH BEGINNING IN September, AT 11:30- 1:00 OR 1:30.

BRING A LUNCH OR HAVE A SNACK AT COFFEE HOUR.

Have you ever had a dream that puzzled you, whose images could not be forgotten. A dream group is a great way to begin to understand how we speak to ourselves in our dreams. I hope you will join us in this sacred journey to the self. "A dream unexamined is like a letter unopened." Facilitation offered by Linda Brown MSW.

FIT Run

There is a team from All Saints being organized to participate in the Wicked FITRun on September 30th at Abenaki Ski Area. This event will benefit Families in Transition's Hope House in Wolfeboro.

Hope House will provide temporary housing and services to homeless families in the local School District. It will be able to provide a home for over 120 people per year. If you would like to participate, there are two ways of doing so. First, you can sign up to run or walk and raise funds. You can register online at this link.

The second way of participating is to sponsor one of the runners/walkers with your donation to them. You can either donate directly to the runner/walker or on line at the this link. Our team name is All Saints. If you have any questions, feel free to call or email Lynne Slocum, 569-6438, lynne46@metrocast.net.There will be someone manning a card table with information and contribution forms after each service on Sept. 17th and 24th.

There is a team from All Saints being organized to participate in the Wicked FITRun on September 30th at Abenaki Ski Area. This event will benefit Families in Transition's Hope House in Wolfeboro. Hope House will provide temporary housing and services to homeless families in the local School District. It will be able to provide a home for over 120 people per year. If you would like to participate, there are two ways of doing so. First, you can sign up to run or walk and raise funds. You can register online at this link.

L.I.F.E. Ministries Help Needed!!

HELP NEEDED!!

The food pantry is still looking for people with a standard SUV or full size pickup truck with trailer skills to pick up food each week on Tuesday mornings at the NH Food Bank in Manchester. Also, pick up food every other month on Thursday mornings at the Tri-County Facility on Rt. 16 in Tamworth. Mileage reimbursement paid.

Contact VP Dana Robertson at robertson2900@roadrunner.com.

FOOD PANTRY - w elcomes and is extremely thankful for any and all donations. Items that are costly and cannot usually be purchased from the Food Bank are especially needed. These items are: Beef Stew, Soup, Canned Fruit, Hash, Spam, Cereal. Thank you for all your donations!

September 2017 Calendar

Lord & Tailor Thurs. & Fri. 10 AM - 4 PM Sat. 10-1 PM

Food Pantry Wed 10a-1 PM ~ 5 PM-7 PM

Friday, September 22nd

10 AM - 2 PM - Senior Meals and Activities - Parish Hall

8 PM - AA - Parish Hall

Saturday, September 23rd

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM - AA - Library

8 - 9:30 PM - AA - Parish Hall

SUNDAY, September 24th

8 & 10 AM Holy Eucharist

6:00 PM AA Meeting - Parish Hall

MONDAY, September 25th

10 AM - 2 PM- Senior Meal and Activities

1:00 PM Senior Bridge - Library

TUESDAY, September 26th

6:30 AM - 7:30 AM - Women's Worship - Parish Hall

9;30 AM - Lord and Tailor Annual Meeting

1:30 PM -4:00 PM - Scrabble Club - Library

WEDNESDAY, September 27th

9:30 AM - ECW Corporate Communion - Sanctuary

10:00 AM - 2 PM - Senior Meals and Activitie

1:30 PM Knitting Club -Library

6 PM - 8:30 PM - Choir Rehearsal Begins

6:00 PM - 9:30 PM - Table Tennis - Parish Hall

THURSDAY, September 28th

7:30 AM Men's Bible Study -Parish Hall

12 PM - Outreach Luncheon

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM - Bible Study & Holy Eucharist - Library

5:00 PM - Dinner Bell

7 PM - CVTC - Library

FRIDAY, September 29th

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM - Senior Meals & Activities

8:00 PM AA Meeting - Parish Hall

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