All Saints' Episcopal Church Newsletter
June 16, 2019
Our Vision Statement: A community living and growing in unity with God and all people through Christ.
 
Our Mission Statement: To seek God in reverent worship, service to neighbors, gracious hospitality, and the pursuit of wisdom.
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Father's Day at All Saints'

All during the month of June Parishioners are invited to share pictures and stories about their fathers. Beginning on Sunday, June 16, a bulletin Board in Shoemaker Hall will display pictures of our fathers; postings should include your father's name, your name, and can include mention of an event, or of a happy memory, the picture evokes.  
Bring your father's picture (labeled for return of an original, or post a copy) and pin it on the special "Dad's Display" Bulletin Board-cards will be provided for labeling and posting pictures, names, and memories.
The Christ Haunted South in Three Flannery O'Conner Short Stories

Flannery O'Connor was a renowned writer of often dark southern short stories. However, O'Connor was a devout Roman Catholic, and her stories can be read through a religious lens.
 
Deborah Wilson and Charles Tyrone, who teach English at Arkansas Tech, will complete their "pop up" Sunday School classes, looking at O'Connor as a religious writer. On Sunday, June 16, Deborah will lead a discussion of "Greenleaf." Then on Sunday, June 23, she will look at "The Displaced Person." Finally, on June 30, Charles discuss with the Faith and Reason class "Revelation."
 
The classes meet starting at 9:15 AM in the library. Copies of the stories will be available at the church office, or you can send an email to [email protected] , and a scanned copy of the stories will be sent to you.
 
Here's a link to the complete O'Connor stories:
Summer Camps at Camp Mitchell

For almost 70 years, children ages 6-18 have spent part of their summer at Camp Mitchell, learning new skills, making new friends, and learning about the love God has for each of them. Camp Mitchell's programming is grounded in the belief that children grow when given opportunities to explore, play, and engage in meaningful friendships. Each year summer camp has a theme and each week the leaders of the week incorporate that theme into Christian-focused programming. Along with this intentional faith-based component, children are offered multiple opportunities each day to play, explore, and create. At the end of each week, kids will head home, taking with them craft projects, new friendships, and a more deeply grounded faith.

2019 CAMP SCHEDULE

June 9-14 Senior High (completed 9th-12th)

June 16-21 Junior High (completed 6th-8th)

June 23-27 Robert R. Brown I

July 7-12 Primary (completed 1st-3rd)

July 14-19 Middler (completed 4th-5th)

July 21-26 Dick Johnston Camp 

July 28-Aug. 1 Robert R. Brown II

Aug. 4-9 Arts/Adventure Week

You will see on the registration link https://www.campmitchell.org/summer-camp-registrationthat a $100 deposit is required at registration to secure your camper's spot. The rest of payment is due by June 1st or at the time of drop off.  Please let Rev. Michaelene know if your child or youth hopes to attend a session of summer camp at Camp Mitchell and if any financial assistance is needed. There are some scholarship funds available through the church.

Commissioning Ministry Teams

On Sundays throughout the month of June, at both the 8:00am and 10:30am service, the All Saints' congregation will commission each Ministry Team that hosts and serves during worship. If you are on a Ministry Team, please be present on your assigned Sunday even if you don't have a set role this month. Thank you all so much for your ministry and dedication to worship at All Saints'.

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Caring for Creation: A What, Why and How

Starting on Sunday, June 9th at 6:00pm, you are invited to join others at All Saints' Episcopal Church to explore a five-week curriculum entitled "Caring for Creation: A What, Why, and How." This class was developed by Jolyon Larson, a native of Conway who grew up attending St. Peter's Episcopal Church. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Natural Resources from the University of Vermont. He has developed this curriculum to be an interdisciplinary dialogue about the scientific basis for human impacts on the planet, the ethical basis for action, the role of faith, and the personal and policy choices for change. The Rev. Michaelene Miller and Jolyon Larson will offer this five-week class at All Saints' at 6:00pm on Sunday evenings beginning on June 9th. Please join us.

Mission Trip Fundraiser and Commissioning

Both Eva Cole and Leigh Cochran are attending the Hearts of Palm Mission Trip this June. They will be traveling with other youth from around the Central Arkansas Convocation of the Episcopal Church to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida where they will work with a variety of nonprofit organizations. Eva and Leigh have been traveling around the Diocese selling homemade Anglican prayer beads, Jesus Life bracelets, and lanyards to cover the cost of their registration. They will be selling these items during Coffee Hour at All Saints' on Sunday, June 16th, when they will also be commissioned by the congregation to go out as missioners. Please join us for the commissioning at both the 8:00am and 10:30am services and at the Coffee Hour to support these young women.
Sunday Morning Snacks

We are looking for a few volunteers to provide Sunday snacks at Coffee Hour for the months of July and August. Fresh fruit, breakfast pastries or cookies, and eggs are all good options, but anything you bring will be appreciated! If you are interested in supporting this ministry, please contact the Marcia Van Horn or the office.

Practicing Prayer:  Exploring and Expanding our Friendship with God

Practicing Prayer is a gathering for those interested in deepening their friendship with God.   Our next meeting is June 16 at 4:30 to 5:30 in the Youth Room. We will pray in silence for 20 minutes and then continue our discussion of Richard Rohr's new book The Universal Christ, with Chapter 10, "The Feminine Incarnation."   Please come even if you have not yet read this. All are welcome.
VBS Volunteers

All Saints' Episcopal Church is again partnering with Central Presbyterian Church for Vacation Bible School. This summer, VBS will be hosted at CPC and it will be a one day event on Saturday, June 22nd from 9:00am to 3:00pm. The 2019 theme reflects the storybook, "Who is My Neighbor?" and the gospel story of the Good Samaritan. Volunteers are needed in many capacities, such as setting up, registration, chaperoning and shuffling groups from activity to activity, support in the kitchen during meal preparation, and cleaning up. Whatever your gift, we have a role for you! Contact [email protected] to express interest!
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VBS Cereal Drive

To support the "Who is My Neighbor?" Vacation Bible School on June 22nd, All Saints' has been asked to collect shelf stable milk and boxes of low-sugar cereal, like Honey-Nut Cheerios, Brown Sugar Oat Squares, and Special K with Strawberries. All children in attendance will receive breakfast immediately following registration. A collection box will be labeled and located in the Narthex (by the big red doors). Thank you for supporting this ministry!
First Thursday Book Talks

Since the first Thursday in July is our national holiday, readers will gather on Thursday, July 11,  from 12-1 in the library to discuss  Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson. For more information please see First Thursday Book Talks at All Saints' on Facebook or call Elizabeth Franks at 479-264-0336.
Neighbor's Table

Join us on Sat. June 22 for weekly meal served from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. Thanks to those whose generosity helps us serve delicious, nutritious meals every Saturday.  We continue to welcome newcomers to Neighbors Table nearly every week.  Please remember Neighbors Table in your prayers.
 
Volunteers are welcome to join the teams on Saturdays  from 9:00 AM until 2:00 PM or for a couple hours during this time to help prepare food, serve or clean up after lunch.  Schedules and dates are listed on the sign-up white boards in Sutherland Hall.  Anyone with questions or would like to serve in other ways contact Catherine Crews at 479-264-4346 who will be coordinating the bulletin and team volunteers while Sue Hastings-Bishop is out of town June 9-August 12.
 
June 22  Catherine Crews and Suzanne Alford Hodges (AS Lead)  with Community Involvement Project (Crystal Ruiz and Leah) (Full) Menu: Tuna Noodle casserole, corn vegetable, and biscuits. Dessert: peach crisp  
 
June 29  4th of July meal Carolyn McLellan AS Lead  with Diane Roach, Karla Powell, Ricki Duffee, Tom Patton and David Williams.  Menu: Smoked Pork on bun, coleslaw, potato chips. Dessert: cake and ice cream
 
July 6  Catherine Crews (AS Lead)  with Community Involvement Project (Crystal Ruiz and Leah) (Full).  Menu: Turkey Veg. Stir fry, rice, and Peach Crisp
 
July 13 Need All Saint's Lead  and with Diane Roach, Ricki Duffee, Jeannie Stone, David Williams and 1 more volunteer. Menu: Sloppy Joes on buns, pasta salad with veg., Dessert:  TBA
Loaves and Fish
 
Worshipers at the All Saints' 10:30 service on June 2 witnessed a joyful Zachary Franks pull a little red wagon and deliver to the altar, on behalf of the people, a few boxes of cereal; it was a holy moment. Parishioner's donations of cereal, toilet paper, detergent, and personal hygiene items are re-gifted to our guests at Neighbors Table. Some of our friends in the "Neighbors Table Congregation" of All Saints' live in Yell County; these items will be especially helpful during the coming weeks of flood recovery.
 
Donations can be placed in the red wagon parked in the hall behind the Nave, or delivered to the church office. Phala Anderson (479 886-0116) coordinates this program and can answer any questions.
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Common Grounds
 
Join us on June 28th at All Saints' for frappuccino and cheesecake, along with a short film and discussion. Coffee and dessert will be served in the parish hall beginning at 6:30 pm; a short film on interfaith spirituality will be shown at 7pm, with a discussion following. All are welcome! Thanks to Rudy Delabra for hosting.  
Remember In Your Prayers  
Weekly Prayers:
Don Price, Jeni Green, Pam Van Horn, Charlie Bradford, Kathy Booth, Debra West, Susan Powell, Tony Pusey, Tony Lee, Jack and Carol Lee, Belen Hernandez, Alberto Rosado, Diane Tollison, Mercedes Mos, and Katie Owen.
 
Long Term Prayers:
Sandy Britt, Gib Bewley, Tom Munson, Caleb Judd, William Gillum, Lillian Tweed, Aaron Tackett, Mike Miller, Michelle, Barbara Johnson, Jeannie McCabe, Arthur Hastings, Isaac, Sarah Lee, The Kellner Family, Christine Ivy, Donna Van Horn, Rudy Jr., Israel, Bernice Delabra and Family, Espinosa Family, Pam Lundquist, Henry Wilkinson, Susan Shelton, Maxima Vargas, Don Hudson, Joy Anderson, Robert Woods, Jim and Marilyn Tischhauser, Nancy Kersh.
 
Readings For the First Sunday after Pentecost

The First Reading                                   Proverbs 8:1-4,22-31

Does not wisdom call,
and does not understanding raise her voice?
On the heights, beside the way,
at the crossroads she takes her stand;
beside the gates in front of the town,
at the entrance of the portals she cries out:
"To you, O people, I call,
and my cry is to all that live.
The Lord created me at the beginning of his work,
the first of his acts of long ago.
Ages ago I was set up,
at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
When there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no springs abounding with water.
Before the mountains had been shaped,
before the hills, I was brought forth--
when he had not yet made earth and fields,
or the world's first bits of soil.
When he established the heavens, I was there,
when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
when he made firm the skies above,
when he established the fountains of the deep,
when he assigned to the sea its limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
then I was beside him, like a master worker;
and I was daily his delight,
rejoicing before him always,
rejoicing in his inhabited world
and delighting in the human race."

Psalm 8

O  Lord our Governor, *
how exalted is your Name in all the world!
2 Out of the mouths of infants and children *
your majesty is praised above the heavens.
3 You have set up a stronghold against your adversaries, *
to quell the enemy and the avenger.
4 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, *
the moon and the stars you have set in their courses,
5 What is man that you should be mindful of him? *
the son of man that you should seek him out?
6 You have made him but little lower than the angels; *
you adorn him with glory and honor;
7 You give him mastery over the works of your hands; *
you put all things under his feet:
8 All sheep and oxen, *
even the wild beasts of the field,
9 The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, *
and whatsoever walks in the paths of the sea.
10 O Lord our Governor, *
how exalted is your Name in all the world!

The Second Reading                                         Romans 5:1-5
 
Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

The Gospel: John 16:12-15

Jesus said to the disciples, "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you."
Weekly Service Times

Sundays: Holy Eucharist 8 & 10:30 am
Sunday School for Adults 9:15am
Kids Sunday School and Kid's Connection - summer break
Wednesdays: Holy Eucharist 6:30 pm
 
Activities During the Week
 
Sunday:
Practicing Prayer 4:30-5:30pm
@TheTable - summer break
 
Monday:
AA Meeting 12:00 noon
 
Tuesday:
Healing Prayer by appointment
ACOA Meeting 8:00 am
Yoga 5:30 pm
 
Wednesday:
Fit Girls 5:30 am
Bible Study - summer break
Diabetes Support: 11:00 am (2nd Wed.)
ACOA Meeting 12:00 noon
Daughters of the King 4:30 pm. (1st. Wed.)
Episcopal Youth Community - summer break
Old Hymn Sing 5:45 pm (3rd Wed.)
Choir Practice 7:15 pm
 
Thursday:
Book Talk 12:00 noon (1st Thursday)
Vestry 6-8pm (3rd Thursday)
 
Friday:
Fit Girls 5:30 am
AA Meeting 12:00 noon
 
Saturday:
Neighbors Table: 12:00 noon

Phone Numbers for Pastoral Emergencies

The priests of All Saints' want to provide their personal phone numbers so that, in case of a pastoral emergency, you can easily reach them. Please save these in your personal records. This information is also available on Realm, All Saints' online directory.   
 
The Rev. Teri Daily: 479-774-2722
 
The Rev. Michaelene Miller: 501-944-0673

Contributions Statements: Please Check


Your contribution statements are now available online anytime you want to check on the fulfillment of your pledges or contributions. Click on the MEMBERS tab at the bottom to login to your account. You will find all your gifts separated by designations on the giving tab.
 
 
Everything that All Saints' does is supported by your gifts.
We welcome pledges and contributions in any amount.
Pledge online at allsaintsrussellville.org, Click Give.
Or text allsaintsgift to 73256
Scheduling and Submitting Announcements 

Scheduling for the Church Calendar
If you would like to schedule an event or book a room for a meeting, please contact Sherrie Cotton at the church office (479-968-3622, during office hours) or send an email request to [email protected] to secure your appointment in the church calendar and to avoid double booking with another group.

Submitting an Announcement for the Newsletter
If you would like to have an announcement appear in the bulletin and/or in our church email, please submit your announcement to [email protected] no later than 10am on the Tuesday before the Sunday you would like it to appear.
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