The Parish office will be closed from Thursday June 4th through Thursday June 11th

while the Parish Administrator is on vacation.

If you need assistance please contact Pastor Bill at  pastorbillpetersen@gmail.com

or  Warden, Carolyn Sundquist at  csundquist@roadrunner.com or 544-2389

Given the recent violence on Black and Brown bodies, many of us feel compelled to act. We cannot stand by while this injustice tears us apart. Please join us for a vigil this Friday, June 5th at 5pm at Pickering Corner in Wolfeboro (across from Carpenter School).

Please wear black, the color of mourning, along with masks. We will practice social distancing by standing 6ft apart from the person next to you. We will stretch the line down the sidewalk in both directions, toward town and toward the library. Please do not block driveways or streets.

 

We encourage you to bring a sign created on poster board or whatever you have. We ask that you consider writing the name of a Black person who, like George Floyd, has died in white on black violence, with a hashtag underneath: #nojusticenopeace or #blacklivesmatter. Sadly, there is a list below of more than sixty.

 

We will stand peacefully (and socially distanced!!) on the sidewalk on Friday from 5:00-5:30. At 5:30 we will process to DeWolfe Field to stand 6ft apart in lines across the field. We will tilt the signs skyward so a drone can fly over and we can capture all the names and honor them, and we can keep the demonstration going on social media.

 

Now is the time to make our collective voices heard! Feel free to forward this email and spread the word to anyone who might be interested.

 

All Saints' Bell Tolled 100 Times Monday in Mourning for 100,000 Dead

 

During this time, we are not only lamenting the loss of our neighbors, but also lamenting the inequities and brokenness that COVID-19 has revealed. We lament the overwhelming impact of the virus on our elders. We lament the disproportionate rate of infection and death among the black community, which has been compounded by the trauma of George Floyd's recent tragic killing due to police brutality and racism. We lament the loss of our Native brothers and sisters who have been hit particularly hard. We lament the racism directed at the Asian American community.

As people of faith, we are called to mourn and lament the loss of these 100,000 people, each beloved and made in God's image. We must take the time to grieve so we can help to heal as we move forward in facing these challenges together.