Jesus Movement


All Saints' Church E-Newsletter
  We gather to know Christ and make him known. 

Friday, January 20, 2017
In this issue:
Calendar
Life Explored
Should we pray for the President?
Charlie is getting baptized!
Women's Fellowship
Nominations for 2017
Quick Reminders

Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Parish will take place on Sunday, January 29 after the 10:00 am service.

Childcare will be provided!

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 C alendar
All Saints' Window
This Sunday
Epiphany 3
Life Explored:
Session Two

  

8:00 AM 
Holy Eucharist

9:00 AM
Confirmation

9:15 AM
Choir

10:00 AM
Holy Eucharist
Combined Godly Play

11:30 AM
Coffee Hour

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Coming up!


Fri., January 27
7-9 pm
Women's Fellowship
Deb Gobetz's House

Sun., January 29
11:30 am
Annual Meeting




Epiphany series in place of the sermon ~
Life Explored 

What is your current view of God and how did you reach that viewpoint?

As we enter week two of our Epiphany series, "Life Explored" we will wrestle with the question: "What is your current view of God and how did you reach that view point? In place of the sermon, we will view a video and discuss this question.

In preparation we recommend reading Genesis 3:1-6 and Romans 1:18-25. 

 
Should we pray for the President?
~ A Statement by the Michael Curry, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church

This past week, Barack H. Obama, the 44th President of the United States, in the tradition of Presidents dating back to George Washington, gave his farewell address to the nation. Next week Donald J. Trump, in the same tradition of this country, will take the oath of office and be inaugurated as the 45th President.  

We recognize that this election has been contentious, and the Episcopal Church, like our nation, has expressed a diversity of views, some of which have been born in deep pain.

There has been much discussion, and some controversy, about the appropriateness of the Washington National Cathedral hosting the Inaugural Prayer Service this year, and of church choirs singing at inaugural events.

Underneath the variety of questions and concerns are some basic Christian questions about prayer: when I pray for our leaders, why am I doing so?  Should I pray for a leader I disagree with? When I pray what do I think I am accomplishing? 

On one level these questions seem inconsequential and innocuous. But real prayer is not innocuous. It is powerful. That question can become poignant and even painful as it is for many in this moment, given that some of the values that many of us heard expressed over the past year have seemed to be in contradiction to deeply-held Christian convictions of love, compassion, and human dignity.

So, should we pray for the President?

Follow this link to read the rest of the Presiding Bishop's Statement regarding prayer for the President.
 
 
Charlie is getting baptized!

This Saturday at 3:00 pm we will celebrate the baptism of Charlie Spencer Carson! All are invited. 

In order to make it possible for a family friend to participate in this service (a priest at St. Luke's & St. Joesph's in Belmont) we scheduled this for a Saturday. However, we will also welcome Charlie as a baptized member on Sunday at the 10 am service  - and of course have the all-important cake at Coffee Hour!  
 
Women's Fellowship Gathering
Friday, January 27, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
women's fellowship

All the women of the parish are invited to the home of Deb Gobetz (4 Becket Rd., Belmont) for a gathering of the Women's Fellowship. We will begin with some social time at 7:00 pm, followed a time of study and 
prayer  around the theme of Epiphany led by Deb.  
 
 
Nominations for 2017 
To be elected at the Annual Meeting of the Parish
January 29, 2017

Officers - 1 year terms
Laurence P. Macdonald, Senior Warden (1st term)
Dwayne Aljets, Junior Warden (2nd term)
David Doneski, Esq., Treasurer (2nd term)
Audrey E. Martin, Clerk (3rd term)

For Vestry - 3 year term:
Kathleen Haacke
Dinu Jacob

Diocesan Convention Delegates - 1 year term
Gregory Harrison (3rd term)
Mike Blasik (2nd term)

Alternate to Convention - 1 year term
Amy L. Slade, Esq. (second term)

Deanery Delegates - 1 year term
Deborah Caruso (3rd term)
Janet Macdonald (6th term)  

Submitted by the 2017 Nominating Committee:

Wardens: Nancy Morrison, Dwayne Aljets
Co-Rectors: Cheryl and Paul Minor
Tina Kayal (eligible through 2018)*
Elizabeth Smith-Hamilton (eligible through 2017)*
Regina Raz (eligible through 2017)* 

*appointed by the Vestry
 
We are a community gathered to find our story in God's story and the courage to talk about it.

Our purpose is to know Jesus Christ and to make him known.

Our vision is to be a center of Anglicanism within the Episcopal Church.

Our mission is to communicate the universal church's witness to Jesus within the congregation and to the world thereby making disciples of Jesus Christ who personally know Jesus and strive to make him known.