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The Episcopal Church Welcomes You!
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Birthdays August
| 08/22 Gail Dietzer
08/22 Teresa Wyman
08/24 Prue Fitts
08/24 Bill Petersen
08/24 Sharon Karpinski
08/26 Tyler Runnals
08/27 Lynne Slocum
08/28 Larry Carville |
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Anniversaries August
| 08/22 Phil Deitsch & Susan Bunting
08/25 Dan & Joyce Lake
08/29 Pat & Marge Morris |
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Confessing Christ, Formed in Faith
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In late August as we are trying to figure out what back-to-school and fall church program preparation looks like during pandemic, it is good to be reminded of the heart of Christian formation: conformation and transformation (Rom. 12:2).
Disciples are formed over time-shaped by learning, worship, and all aspects of Christian life in community. As it was for Peter, part of our formation is learning to confess Jesus as the Messiah, not only with the right words but also through an experience of the Living God in Christ. And along with Peter, through such formation we also discover who we are in relation to God: After Peter "confesses" Jesus' identity of Messiah, Jesus "confesses" Peter's identity by calling out his name and vocation.
Traditional worship contains two confessions which keep forming us: a confession of sin and a confession of faith. In the first, we acknowledge who we are as sinner and saint, and in the second, we acknowledge who God is in the mystery of the Trinity. Like Peter's, our own identity is revealed in those truths. And, we might say, we are continually formed by and through them.
Peter's confession is not a precondition for following Jesus; it comes in the middle of his journey of discipleship. Our formation too is a long process-lifelong, in fact-which begins at baptism (or even before!) and is guided by those who travel before and with us. At this time of year, as we explore our own formation, identity, and vocation as disciples of Jesus, Isaiah entreats us, "Look to the rock from which you were hewn." Envisioning Peter "the rock," we might also consider how our shape is a "chip off the old block" of our forebears in faith. [Sundays and Seasons, 2020]
I invite you to consider how this fall, through virtual or physically distanced means, your faith will be formed. If you do not already include them, consider adding one of our online formation or connection gatherings to walk with one another as part of your journey this fall.
Grace and peace,
Bill+
Readings:
Psalm 138 - O Lord, your steadfast love endures forever
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Bulletin Direct Link: Unavailable* see below
Worship (Bulletin also available through this link)
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Dinner Bell will be ameals-to-go program due to the pandemic starting September 10th. Guests are invited to make reservations by calling the church office Monday (Call in reservation time 10am to 4pm) or Tuesday (Call in reservation time 2pm- 4pm) to place orders and indicate pickup time (Thursday 4-6 pm).
We are in need of two volunteers 3-6 pm each week to help distribute meals. Please contact Pastor Bill pastorbillpetersen@gmail.com if you would like to help, or have any questions.
If you have been a previous kitchen volunteer, please contact Chef Phil pgambale@live.com if you would like help.
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What Does This Have to Do with Me?: God Calls us to Persist to be Anti-Racist
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"I used to love the idea of "colorblindness," imagining everyone equal and not letting race get in the way. Unfortunately, it turns out that race is in the way and pretending it isn't is both offensive to people of color who understand firsthand how differently lives play out along racial lines. Ignoring or denying racial difference also guarantees not understanding it enough to join in challenging it. Trying to be nice and kind to everyone is a great start, and it's not enough. Ignoring race actually maintains the very cycle of silence, ignorance, and denial that needs to be broken for racism to be dismantled. It's a classic case of good intentions backfiring."
- Debby Irving
The initial and most important step in being anti-racist is to acknowledge racism is real and white privilege exists. This past week All Saints' and First Congregational Church's shared Wolfeboro Reads along with the Wolfeboro Public Library and Country Booksellers co-sponsored a community read event with Debby Irving, author of Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race. More than eighty of us engaged the author and our individual and community's racism and white privilege.
One of the best ways to learn about how white privilege works in America is to read Peggy McIntosh's article, Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack as she describes the unearned advantages conferred by her whiteness. Anti-racism work is not just about more education, or a reformation of attitude, but a revolutionary shift in each of us and institutional and societal systems in order to create justice for all.
The Episcopal Church's Beloved Community initiative includes:
- Telling the Truth - Reflect and confess who we are, privilege, those things that we have done and left undone regarding racial justice and healing.
- Healing and Repairing the Breach - Work on institutions and systems that are broken. Participate in repairing, restoring, and healing of people, institutions, and systems.
- Justice through Practicing the Way of Love - Publicly acknowledge things done and left undone. Practice the Way of Love with behaviors and commitments that foster reconciliation, justice, and healing.
The next step, after being fully convinced that racism and white privilege is real, is to acquiesce that there is only one way to permanently stop systemic racism. It is for white folks, of good will, to become actively anti-racist, choosing to use their privilege to tear down systems of repression and rebuild them in the image and likeness of God. Visit the resource page on our website for additional resources: Racism Resources
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Wolfeboro Reads Fall 2020 Schedule
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You are invited to our community read, a joint ministry of All Saints' and First Congregational Church Wolfeboro via Zoom. Pastors Bill and Gina facilitate lively discussions three Tuesday afternoons a month 4:00-5:00 pm. To join the discussion via computer click: READS
Meeting ID: 982 3048 8609 and Passcode: 012281 To join via telephone call: (929) 205-6099 *note long distance charges may apply Meeting ID: 982 3048 8609 September Book A Sin By Any Other Name: Reckoning with Racism and the Heritage of the South, by Robert W. Lee to be discussed on 9/15, 22, 29 October Book The Weight of Ink, a novel by Rachel Kadish to be discussed on 10/13,20,27 November Book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer to be discussed 11/10,17,24
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LISTENING AND LOOKING FOR GOD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
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God is up to something new. As the Holy Spirit is moving ahead of the Church, calling the Church into a new future in a time of disruptive social and cultural change, you are invited to love God and neighbor by listening and looking for what God is already doing in our community.
We listen and look to better discern what God is calling us to be a part of during this time. We listen and look to our neighborhood, those places you frequent including: where you work, where you live, where you worship, and where you play-physically and virtually during Covidtide. So as you walk and drive in your neighborhood and spaces online make note of how you see God in these spaces and share them via phone call, text, e-mail or mailed note with Pastor Bill. Be intentionally on the look-out for "God sightings" and take photos of them so they can be shared with one another here...
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Dan & Joyce Lake: This is how we start our summer days, everyday. The morning mist over Copps Pond, looking to the Ossipee Mt. Range. It is spiritual, ethereal, mystical and magical.
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help? My help cometh from the Lord, maker of heaven and earth. Psalm 121: 1, 2
Dan & Joyce Lake:Then one evening in May, our God reminded us once again of His faithful promise: Genesis 9: 11-17. The Rainbow Covenant. So God said to Noah, This is the sign of the covenant I have established between Me and all life on the earth.
We are doubly blessed here on Copps Pond, NH
Bill & Penny Meyer: She had three open heart surgeries and a stroke by the time she was five months old
Connie Mitchell: Just wandering thru...bobcat in Wolfeboro
Pastor Bill: A tiny visitor nestled among the leaves.
The word of God is always "in the beginning."
And this means that it is always in the process of being born and is
already born.
Now, it is the nature of the word to reveal what is hidden.
The Word that is hidden still sparkles in the darkness and whispers in the silence.
It entices us to pursue it, to yearn and sigh after it.
For it wishes to reveal to me something about God.
-Meister Eckhart (1260-1329)
Please continue to share your God sightings with us!
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MEMORIAL GARDEN PROJECT Update
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The work on the Memorial Garden continues. The paving stones have been ordered and have been delivered to Set 'N Stone storage location. The time for the installation continues to be this fall. The picture below is a sample of the wrought iron railing design to be installed along with the memorial garden pathway.
We will utilize existing memorial garden and designated memorial funds to begin the project and are exploring funding options including *engraved bricks to honor or memorialize family and friends of All Saints'. Watch future e-news for project progress and giving opportunities as they are available. If you would like to serve as a Memorial Garden Angel and make a gift to help with start-up costs, please write "Memorial Garden Angel" on your check and mail or drop it off to the church office. Thank you
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ANY N.H. VOTER CAN CAST ABSENTEE BALLOT, DUE TO COVID-19
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As the result of the Secretary of State's Committee on Emergency 2020 Election Process and bill which the legislature passed and the governor signed, NH voters now can use Covid-19 concerns as the reason to vote absentee, a major change for this year's elections. You can use one application form to request absentee ballots for the primary and general elections this fall. The form from the Secretary of State are available on the church office door, or on at: Absentee
Voters will be safer and poll workers and officials as well as those who vote in person will be safer if there is significant absentee voting.
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ALL SAINTS PRAYER LIST
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PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THOSE ON OUR PRAYER LIST
Bob Champagne Bob Pierpont Ruth Gray Dylan Allwine
Mark Luken Shirley Bentley Rodney Morgan Stephanie Schroeder
Carolyn Toshney Gina Vivian Penny Meyer Jan Sauda
Faye Juul Penelope Bennis Mary McAuley Gwendolyn Deneault
Vange Sandeen Mary Ellen Davis Prue Fitts Judy Hess
Michael Dowd Zell Kellogg Joe Blackett
Jacqueline McLaughlin
Kott-Cornwell Families
Stanley Wilk Jr.
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Books are Available to Borrow
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Author Ibram X. Kendi challenges us: "History is calling the future from the streets of protest. What choice will we make? What world will we create? What will we be? There are only two choices: racist or anti-racist." A couple of copies of his book How to Be an Antiracist have been returned to the Church Office and are available for you to borrow.
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How Are Feeling?
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Please let us know by emailing allsaints@metrocast.net
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Love Looks Like All of Us
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Wine & Whine on Friday Evenings
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Join us Friday Evenings at 5:00 pm with a glass of your favorite beverage on Zoom at WINE
Meeting ID: 938 3255 5628 Password: 592973 By Phone: (929) 205-6099 Meeting ID: 938 3255 5628
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Monday Morning Check-In
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Grab a cup of coffee and join Pastor Bill at 10:00 am for a Monday Morning Check-in. No topic, just a chance to be together and share via Zoom. Join by computer at*: Click here: Monday Check-In
*If you've already downloaded Zoom, click on the icon on your device and enter the following:
Meeting ID: 296 849 095 Password: 027471
Join by phone at: (929) 205-6099 Meeting ID: 296 849 095
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Connect With God & With Others
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"...have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God." -Alice Walker
The church is where God's people-YOU-are. While we are in exile in our homes, we don't need to go to church to find God, because when we are church together on-line we share God. There are many ways to connect, to see, hear and share God online at All Saints'...
Sundays
10:00 am - Virtual Coffee Hour via Zoom
Meeting ID: 625 293 985 Password: 686500
By phone: (929) 205-6099 Meeting ID: 625 293 985
Tuesdays
9:00 am - Women's Worship via Zoom (*Note: new Meeting ID and Password)
Join by computer at*: Women's Worship
Meeting ID: 998 0107 3469 Password: 003176
By Phone: (929) 205-6099 US Meeting ID: 998 0107 3469
Thursdays
9:00 am - Men's Bible Study of the readings for Sunday via Zoom
By phone at: (929) 205-6099 Meeting ID: 377 746 725
3:00 pm - Midweek Bible Study on the Gospel of Matthew via Zoom
By phone at: (929) 205-6099 Meeting ID: 546 551 506
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Thank You for Giving During This Time of Pandemic
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Thank you for all who have continued to support the work of All Saints during this time. You may make contributions by mail, using your financial institution's automated check writing service, or secure online giving via Donate Creator of all we enjoy, we give you thanks for the countless people you have gathered to do your work as All Saints' Wolfeboro. We thank you for your Holy Spirit inspiring some as they longed for this church, others as they built this church and still others as they lovingly and boldly led this church through times of abundance and times of scarcity. Help us to be bold as we model giving of time and money during this time. Make our generous giving a symbol of both our faith and our gratitude. We pray in the name of your son, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
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You Make A Difference
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Is there an exceptional All Saints' volunteer we should recognize? Please share any recognition recommendations with our Senior Warden Carolyn Sundquist or Pastor Bill to bring to the Vestry for consideration. Who can we give thanks for the blessings they have shared with our congregation?
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Office Hours
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Monday - 9 AM - 4 PM
Tuesday - 1 PM - 5 PM
Wednesday - 9 AM- Noon
Thursday - 9 AM - Noon
Friday - Closed
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July, 2020 Calendar
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Food Pantry: 1st & 3rd Wednesdays 10 am - 1 pm and 4-6 pm
Wolfeboro Nursery School: Closed
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All Saints e-News
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We hope you have enjoyed reading our e-News and we encourage your feedback to help us make it even better. We publish an issue weekly on Friday afternoon, to help keep you up to date and in touch with our current news and activities. We think this may be especially helpful to those that are unable to attend our Sunday worship services, are out of town and away for the season. Please let us know if you have some information you would like us to share in future issues of this newsletter.
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Rev. Bill Petersen
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Carolyn Sundquist
Editor, All Saints E-News
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Associate Editors, All Saints e-News
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