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An Update on Outreach and Gratitude from The Rev. John E. Hogg
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A Message About Pledging
We are grateful for your financial support during this difficult time. Sixty percent of the church's monthly expenses are
comprised of staff salaries and benefits and fixed expenses to maintain and operate our building. We are curtailing all
non-essential expenses and cutting back on utilities. We encourage you to continue to be faithful in fulfilling your pledge
as you are able to. You can send your check in the mail, drop it off in our lockbox (outside of the church office main
entrance), or simply click HERE
to give online. If you have
any questions, please email us, we are here to help.
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How to Watch our Live Worship Services
- We will be streaming our service this Sunday at 10:30am. You can view the service on our website by clicking HERE. Or, you can view it on our Facebook page. We will send out an email reminder Sunday morning with a copy of the bulletin to follow along. If you need help, email Winston .
- You can watch our weekly Preschool Children's Chapel on Facebook on Wednesdays at 9:30am.
- You can view our Wednesday Service of Prayers and Healing by clicking HERE. Or, you can view it on our Facebook Page. This service will be streamed on Wednesdays at 12:15pm. You can click HERE to follow along with a bulletin. We also ask if you have any prayer requests, to please email them to us so we can say them out loud during the service.
*As a reminder, you do not need a facebook account to view our page or the videos.
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Outreach Opportunities
In response to the COVID pandemic and the school closures, we began working with social workers in the area to help families in extreme need with school aged children who are dependent on school meals. We began asking the congregation for donations of grocery gift cards in $25 increments.
To date, we have provided approximately $1625 in grocery cards to these families.
This is an inspiring number, but we know this is just the beginning of our response.
To address the needs of the more vulnerable members of our community who could not go out to shop, we created a new ministry called
"Feeding the Saints."
While it's mostly for our elderly population, it is open to anyone who cannot
grocery shop- whether due to the risk to their health or due to the financial burden. The desire of this ministry is to remove the st
ress with grocery shopping and to serve those who don't have internet access. We use Instacart, an on
-line grocery delivery app, and our own volunteer shoppers who place the orders and ensure the groceries are delivered.
These ministries rely on your support and will remain viable because of your generosity. We are still accepting grocery gift cards in $25 increments to Walmart or Kroger. Please place cards in the drop boxes outside the church office doors
at the main entrance or contribute to "Feeding the Saints", you can make a payment online using this link
or send a check (made out to "All Saints Episcopal Church" with "Feeding the Saints" in the memo line) to the church office (8787 River Rd, Richmo
nd, VA 23229).
All donations go directly towards assisting those who need groceries.
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Next Virtual Happy Hour - Sunday, April 5 at 5pm
We had our first "Virtual Happy Hour" last week. It was great to see some of your faces and spend some time connecting with one another. If you missed it, we will have another one on Sunday, April 5 at 5pm. Look out for more details on how to join later in the week.
Thanks to Megan Shockley and Dan Vallandingham for organizing this fun event!
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How to Contact Us
8787 River Road, Richmond, Virginia, 23229
John Hogg, Assistant Rector / Cell: 757-635-3072
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