Dorothy Tufts; All Saints Church e-News

We often speak of mountaintop experiences as those joyous times we look forward to with excitement and look back upon fondly, such as summer camp or an annual hiking trip. The mountaintop moments in today's readings were different: awe-inspiring, yes, but also full of devouring fires, clouds, and fear. Vision is obscured, the familiar becomes unknown, and nothing is the same. People get lost in fires, clouds, and fear, unable to find their way, but God's presence is where we get both lost and found. Many biblical encounters with God involved fear, pointing to the awesome reality of God that is much more than the gentle shepherd we often imagine (though God is that, too). God is, as C. S. Lewis famously said, "not a tame lion" (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, London: HarperCollins Children's Books, 2001, p. 197). The truth is, we can no more plan our mountaintop times with God than we can stay there forever, as much as we think we would like to. God's place is to invite, ours to respond, faces bowed to the ground.

Eventually, of course, the time comes to leave that mountain, walking with Jesus down to the valley and getting dusty with the ashes of daily life. Many churches symbolically "roll up the Alleluias" on Sunday, recognizing that this is the end of a glorious season celebrating Christ's light and the entrance to a no-less-real season of Jesus' and our own lives, the "valley" season of Lent. But that doesn't mean there is nothing to do down in the valley. On the contrary, the traditional disciplines of Lent-fasting, prayer, and gifts to the poor-all help us maintain the eyes, ears, and heart to see and hear God whenever and however God appears. [Sundays and Seasons, 2017]

This Last Sunday after Epiphany we are reminded that "what goes up must come down." The mountaintop is not the destination; it is only one stop on the journey. So whether we are in the mountains or the valleys of life (and anywhere in between), Jesus is there, reaching out to raise us to new life again.

See you in worship!

Bill+

God Comforts All Who Mourn

Allan Freund died peacefully with Felicity by his side in New Jersey just before midnight on Tuesday. A Memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 17, 2017 here at All Saints.

Almighty God, source of all mercy and giver of comfort, graciously tend to Felicity and her family, that, casting all their sorrow on you, they may know the consolation of your love as they commend Allan to your merciful care; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.

Ash Wednesday Worship at 12:00 noon at All Saints

Ashes to Go Wednesday 10:00-11:30 am and 2:00-3:00 pm downtown Wolfeboro

Hold the Date for an Intergenerational Coloring event

On Saturday, March 11th 11:00 am to 12:00 noon we will gather in the parish hall to color large Stations of the Cross posters that we will display for Holy Week and Eastertide. All ages are welcome to experience the journey following the footsteps of Christ, and immerse yourself in the biblical account of the last hours and days of Jesus' life as we color the images together. This is a BYOC event--bring your own coloring tools (crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc.) or use those provided.

Hold the Date for Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper

We will gather the evening before Ash Wednesday, February 28th in the parish hall for our traditional pancake supper. A freewill offering will be collected to benefit our fall youth mission

Join us as we more deeply into God's Word. We will walk through Romans to bring contemporary application of Scripture to life. Discover how you can participate more fully in God's kingdom as we read through Paul's letter to the Romans. We gather Thursday afternoons 3:00-4:00 pm followed by a brief Eucharist in the Beck Memorial Library.

Wolfeboro Reads

This Tuesday will be the last gathering of Wolfeboro Reads at 4:00-5:30 pm at First Congregational Church Wolfeboro to discuss the book Just Mercy. Starting March 7th we will gather here in the Beck Memorial Library at All Saints during Lent for a film and discussion series called Discover Islam.

Services for Feb. 12, 2017

Services at 8 AM, and 10 AM

Office Hours

Mon. 9 am - 5 pm

Tues. 1 pm - 5 pm

Wed. 9 am - noon

Thurs. 9 am - noon

Fri. - closed

Sat. - closed

Publishing the e-News

Dianne and I will be on Pine Island in Florida for the month of March. Carolyn Sundquist will serve as editor of the e-News for the 5 Friday editions in March and the first edition in April.

Ralph Simons will provide technical assistance, and Christy Parker will be adding photographs.

Words fall short of expressing my gratitude to Carolyn, Ralph, and Christy for their willingness to take over for the next six weeks. Please send announcements for the e-News to Carolyn. Her email address is: csundquist@roadrunner.com

We are looking forward to the arrival of the e-News each Friday, and keeping up on events at All Saints thanks to Carolyn, Ralph, and Christy.

Sincerely,

Phil Wasmuth

Mark & Elizabeth McLaughlin

photo taken at summer fair on July 16, 2011

This photo of Elizabeth McLaughin and her father, Mark, was taken at the summer fair when Elizabeth had just completed the 6th grade. Scroll down to see the terrific achievement that Elizabeth has earned as a senior on the Kingswood Knights girls basketball team.

Refugees

photo taken on Feb. 19th

Bree Schuette shares her pet rabbit, Amalie, with a refugee sponsored by the International Institute of New England. The refugees from Africa and the Ukraine worshipped and enjoyed coffee hour with our congregation. After the coffee hour, the Food Pantry and Lord and Tailor donated food and clothing to the group.

Dorothy Tufts

photo taken Feb. 20, 2017

The series highlighting those individuals who have a long history with our church focuses this week on Dorothy Tufts.

Dottie and her husband Lawrence purchased a summer home in 1969 on Pine River Pond in Wakefield. Dottie & Lawrence moved to Wolfeboro in 1984, and joined All Saints that year.

Dottie almost immediately became involved with Lord and Tailor. Dottie also contributed food items for all church meals and the coffee hour.

Dottie gave the keyboard to All Saints as a memorial to her husband Lawrence and their son, Lawrence Jr.

Dottie's granddaughter, Andrea Eaton's two son's were baptized in our church. Andrea's youngest son, Samuel was baptized by Rev. Petersen, and her daughter, Vivian, will be baptized later this spring.

The photo below of the Riley family was taken in 1950, when Dottie, who is in the lower left in the photo, was 18 years old. Dottie's father, Edward was a Federal Marshall. Also in the family photo is Dottie's mother, Gladdis, and her two brothers John on the left and James.

The photo below was supplied by Dorthy Tufts and was taken in 1950.

Elizabeth McLaughlin

photo taken on Feb. 8th by Josh Spaulding, Sports Editor of Granite State News

Kingswood Knight senior Elizabeth McLaughlin became only the second Lady Knight in the history of the school to score 1000 career points. In the above photo Elizabeth is congratulated, moments after her 1000 point, by her Hall of Fame coach, Dan Chick. Coach Chick stated that, "Elizabeth was very deserving of the prestigious accomplishment." Coach Chick further stated that, "Elizabeth was a complete team player who has worked very hard during her four years on the varsity. She is a team leader and has been a team captain the last two years. Elizabeth has participated in elementary school basketball clinics every Sat. morning during the season." Coach Chick placed emphasis on the difficulty to reach the 1000 point total. "She has played through minor injuries, and has only missed one game in her four years on the Kingswood varsity. She is a dedicated and talented athlete."

All of us are proud of Elizabeth for the outstanding individual she has become, and for her terrific athletic achievements in basketball and volleyball. Next fall Elizabeth will attend Plymouth State University, and will play volleyball and basketball at the collegiate level. Congratulations, Elizabeth, and best wishes for a successful tournament.

This photo taken on Feb. 8th by Josh Spaulding, shows Elizabeth scoring her 1000 point with a minute to go in the 3rd quarter against Plymouth High School.

Vestry

photo taken on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017

In the above photo new selected Vestry members pose for a photo prior to the Vestry meeting. The new members are: Bob Parker, Carolyn Sundquist, and Michael Scadron.

In the photo below, 2017 Vestry members pose for photo prior to the meeting. The members of the 2017 Vestry are: Bill Meyer, Don Holm, Sarah Day, Bob Parker, Jim Thomas, Rev. Bill Petersen, Gerry DeGeorge, Carolyn Sundquist, Anne Hunt, and Michael Scadron.

photo taken on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017

Louise Graham

photo taken on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017

This week the camera found Louise Graham. Louise moved to Wolfeboro in 1975, and joined All Saints the following year. She and her daughter Sarah joined the choir in 1979. A few years later Louise co-chaired the summer fair. She has continued her involvement with the fair as chair and co-chair of the books booth. Louise was a member of the Vestry in the mid 80's. She has been a member of the Altar Guild, and has co-chaired the Flower Guild for several years. She has been a past member of the All Saints Preschool Board, and presently spends several hours each week working at Lord and Tailor. She is on the board for senior meals, and is a fixture washing dishes for the senior meals. Louise stated that several years ago Dave Haeger taught her how to operate the industrial dish washer, and she feels comfortable and enjoys performing that needed service.

We thank Louise for her for the many ministries she does for All Saints. Our church is richer for her long and varied service.

photo below taken at Lord and Tailor Style Show on Nov. 15, 2013.

Can U Spare a Pair

In a time of great global uncertainty, we are all looking for ways to reach out and help

those who are in need. Sometimes, however, the problems seem so overwhelmingly

huge that it is difficult to know where we can start. But, there are ways that we can all

help.

One way is by contributing pairs of socks - men's, women's, and children's - to our "Can

U Spare a Pair" campaign. A large pink cardboard box with this slogan can be found on

a table at the back of the undercroft. Please put your clean socks of any size in this

box. Each of these sturdy pairs of socks will then be sent to the No More Deaths

organization in Arizona.

No More Deaths is a humanitarian group that distributes aid to individuals and families

who have already crossed the U.S. border and are continuing their hazardous journey

across the Arizona desert. Each year, more than 200 individuals die on this journey -

many falling victim to blisters and a lack of appropriate footwear.

The socks that we are shipping help people, many of them vulnerable women and

children, maintain their health and safety in challenging desert conditions. These socks

are not a part of immigration policy - we all have different values and opinions on this

question. These socks do not change the decisions that people make to cross or not

cross the border. Rather these socks are about human dignity and health, and the

challenging journeys, literal and figurative, that we all make.

Thank you for sparing a pair ...

Bree Schuette

Offertory Meditation

photo taken January 19, 2017

The beautiful Offertory Meditation, "How Great is our God," by C. Tomlin was sung by Ralph Simons. He was accompanied by Michelle Coffey on the guitar, and Holly Simons on the keyboard.

Donate Computers or Tablets

Donate Laptop, Tablet, or Desktop Computers for Use by Refugee Families

Internet providers in Southern New Hampshire offer very low cost Internet access to families with children eligible for free school lunches. Most recent refugees to NH qualify, but many do not have a computer to take advantage of the offer.

To help refugee children with their studies and their whole family to become productive members of the community, The International Institute of New England (IINE) is accepting donated computers in good working order and will get them setup for refugee families who have settled in NH.

IINE will happily accept desktop, laptop, and tablet computers (Mac or Microsoft). System requirements:

System must be clear of personal data

System must be in working condition (bootable system)

System must be a flat screen vintage or newer

Southern New Hampshire University student-volunteers will assist IINE with configuring and installing required software to access the Internet. They are not responsible for cleaning personal data from the system drive.

Data Cleanup Recommendations.

It is recommended that all individuals donating computers remove all personal data from their systems, which requires more than the deletion of files. It is recommended that donors run tools to remove and overwrite data on the system drive.

Free download application for Microsoft systems.

http://download.cnet.com/Eraser

Eraser

Eraser is a secure data removal tool for Windows. It completely removes sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.

There are many other cleanup tools available.

Apple Systems

There are tools available on Apple Systems to restore the donated system to a clean state. Access is available via:

Launchpad -> Other-> Disk Utilities-> Erase functionality.

Once a system is clean and ready for delivery to IINE, contact Warren Muir ( HYPERLINK "mailto:wrmuir@gmail.com" wrmuir@gmail.com) or Joanne Crowe.(joannecrowe317@gmail.com).

Lighting for Narthex and Vestibule

photo taken Feb. 20, 2017

The new lights in the vestibule, above photo, and Narthex, add a welcoming glow to those entrances.

photo taken on Feb. 20, 2017

Online Education Ministry

A new online Education for Ministry (EfM) course is in the making with students from All Saints' and St. Andrew in the Valley, Tamworth as well as Jewish student from Massachusetts with Bill Cruse as the mentor. A description of the program is found here:

Online Education Ministry, How it Works

webpage for EFM

If you are interested in learning more, please contact Susan Fuller, sfuller5277@yahoo.com or Bill Cruse at bcruse61@gmail.com

End 68 Hours of Hunger

END 68 HOURS OF HUNGER thanks you for your contributions to their box at the entrance of the Sanctuary. Now that school has started the items that are particularly needed are those geared to children like peanut butter and mac n'cheese. Please take a pamphlet which provides helpful suggestions for items to donate.

L.I.F.E. Ministries

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!

Calendar

February 2017 Calendar

Lord &Tailor Shop Thurs. & Fri. 10 A.M. - 3P.M. ~ Sat 10A.M. - 1 PM.

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

SUNDAY

2:00 - 3:30 P.M. AA Meeting - Parish Hall

6:00 - 7:30 P.M. AA Meeting - Parish Hall

26th - Last Sunday after Epiphany

MONDAY

11:00 AM Senior Activities and Meals

1 PM Adult Bridge - Library

3:00 - 4 P.M. All Saints' Strength Training Group

Groups Scheduled

TUESDAY

6:30 - 7:30 A.M. Women's Worship - Parish Hall

1:30 P.M. - 4 P.M. Scrabble Club - Library

Groups Scheduled

28th - 6 PM - Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper - Parish Hall

WEDNESDAY

11:00 A.M. - 2 P.M. Senior Activities & Meal

1:30 P.M. - 3:30 P.M. Knitting Club -Library

5:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. Table Tennis - Parish Hall

6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. Choir-Stevens Room

Ash Wednesday Service - noon

THURSDAY

7:30 A.M. - 8:30 A.M. Men's Bible Study -Parish Hall

3:00 P.M. - 4 P.M. Bible Study - Library

3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. All Saints' Strength Training Group

5:00 P.M. - 7 P.M. Dinner Bell - Parish Hall

Groups Scheduled

FRIDAY

11:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. Senior Meal & Activities - Parish Hall

8 PM AA Meeting - Parish Hall

Groups Scheduled

SATURDAY

10:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. AA Meeting - Library

8:00 P.M. - 9:30 P.M. AA Meeting - Parish Hall

Groups Scheduled

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