A memorial service for Amy Dowd, Carolyn Sundquist's daughter, will be held here at All Saints on Saturday May 19, 1 to 2 PM. Please continue to keep the family in prayer.

Almighty God, Father of mercies and giver of comfort: Deal graciously, we pray, with all who mourn Amy; that, casting all their care on you, they may know the consolation of your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

We need 16 homes to house the circus kids this summer.  If you have signed up- thank you!  If you are thinking about signing up, please do so this week, as I need to get the info to Circus Smirkus.  As of right now, we have only half the homes we need.  Please consider hosting two circus troupers.  It is only for three nights and most of their stay they will be busy at the circus.  If you are unsure, call Sarah Day with any questions.  The kids will arrive in Wolfeboro on Sat., August 11 and leave on Monday, Aug. 13.  You provide two meals a day and transportation to and from the Nick here in Wolfeboro.  You do not need a separate room to host.  The kids can share a pull-out couch.  You do not need to have kids or grandkids in your home in order to host.  We need just 8 more hosts to sign up.  Please think about taking part in this fun event.  Once names are in place, I will be in touch with a short application which will include a spot for personal references.  Circus Smirkus will do a background check on every host at no cost to you or All Saints.  Thank you, Sarah Day, 515-1889, sarahday66@hotmail.com

 

All Saints Prayer Ministry Team has been faithfully led by Penny Meyer since its inception. Penny is stepping down from coordinating the team, but will continue her ministry as one of the prayer intercessors and sender of cards to those parishioners and friends of All Saints we hold in prayer. The Prayer Team, Pastor Bill, and our entire faith community give thanks to Penny for sharing her gifts through prayer!

 

Danielle Pierpont will serve as the new coordinator for the Prayer Ministry Team. Please contact any Prayer Team Member (kathleen codyrachel, Prue Fitts, Nancy Ghirardini, Sandi Johnson, Penny Meyer, Lynn Slocum) or Danielle ( skincare.danielle@gmail.com or 569-4779) with any prayer requests.  

This  link to our last Sunday service video features random service pics and guest soloist Stacey Kelleher. Stacey just completed her Junior year at Berkeley College and will spend the summer interning in the music industry in Los Angeles. The audio in the video is Stacey singing Kindle the Flame during communion, and she is accompanied by Holly Simons.

 Remember audio of the sermon is available under the worship tab at www.wolfesaints.com.

Three Students

Chance's Family

Over the last 18 months, the All Saints community expanded its efforts to support those displaced from their homes owing to war and violence with a special emphasis on those migrating to New Hampshire. Working with the International Institute of New England (IINE), which is the non-profit agency designated by the State Department to help settle official refugees in Manchester, our community has been generous in helping to supply household goods, used computers, clothing, food, appliances, and some furniture to refugee families in need.

Amadou Hamady, the former program director for IINE and now the lead social worker in the Manchester School District supporting immigrants and non-native English speakers across the District, has been bringing to All Saints groups of migrants representing a wide range of families who have recently arrived in the US. These visits have not only given us a chance to meet some of the folks whom we have been supporting, but also for them to feel the warmth and to witness in-person the generosity of our community.

On Sunday April 22, Amadou brought high school students representing three large families who lived for decades in refugee camps in Africa until less than a years ago when they were given the chance to come to New Hampshire. All three of the girls are on the honor role of their high school, despite being part of large needy families (e.g., none have not been able to afford to go to a Walmart). They were thrilled with the warm reception that they received and were overwhelmed with the generous gifts of hygiene kits, of clothes from Lord & Tailor, and of goods from the Food Pantry. The pictures show the three girls in front of one of the two cars by the Outreach Building loaded with the gifts that they were given and and some of the brothers and sisters of one of the girls outside of their apartment in Manchester.

Thanks to all of you for your generous support of these new Americans! We are working with Amadou and others to set up a simple email system to identify specific needs of immigrant students and their families in Manchester and share them with those, such as us, who may be able to help. We'll let you know when we have been able to get it set up. Amadou will come to pick up items that do not sell at the Summer Fair and hopes to bring a bus full of immigrants to Circus Smirkus. In the meantime, if you have a used computer (laptop or flat screen desktop) or special items to donate to immigrant families please let Warren Muir (wrmuir@gmail.com 202-495-1128) or Joanne Crowe (for computers) (Joannecrowe317@gmail.com 603-930-2607) know.

 

Pastors Bill & Gina (from First Congregational UCC Wolfeboro) and Maria Found from Brewster Academy advise a service-focused, social-justice centered youth group for students in grades 7 through 12. We are determined to be ecumenical (and happy to be interfaith, if you bring friends from other traditions!), welcoming, useful and inspired. 

   

 

All Ages are Invited to Join us Sunday Afternoon 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

A staggering 49 million in America, including 1 in 5 children, are food-insecure. To support those who are hungry in our area, Wolfeboro Serves, the interfaith community service oriented youth group collaboration of All Saints Episcopal Church, Brewster Academy, and First Congregational Church UCC Wolfeboro is sponsoring a food packaging event on May 20, 2018. Partnering with The Outreach Program's Ending Hunger New England team, Wolfeboro Serves will package meals that will be distributed locally through L.I.F.E. Ministries Food Pantry. For every dollar raised* a family of 4 will be fed a meal of macaroni and cheese or pasta with tomato and basil sauce.

 

*Donations may be directed through any Wolfeboro Serves youth or checks dropped off to either church office with "Ending Hunger" on the memo line.

 

 

Annual ECW and Lord and Tailor Luncheon will be held Monday, May 21, at 12:00 noon, at the Skylight Dining Room.  The cost is $10.00.  More information is posted in the undercroft and in the L & T shop.  Please join us!  --Chris Christiansen