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May 25, 2018- Vol 11, Issue 21
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Sunday Ministry Assignments
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Lectors
8 AM
Bob Parker
10 AM
Linda Pacheco
Presenters
Georgia & Dick Mosher
Eucharistic
Mini
sters
8 AM
Christy Parker
10 AM Susan Fuller
Dianne Wasmuth
Greeters
Sarah Day & Trainee
Flower Guild
Linda Siracusa
Flower Delivery
Christy Parker
Coffee
8 AM Linda Siracusa
10 AM
Ritva, Danielle,
Sanndi J.
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Birthdays - May/June
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27 Bhupendra Khetani
Megan Rourke
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Stacie Pope
30 Betsy Woodard
01 Jean Flint
Alexis Olkkola
02 Kathleen Bentley
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Rector's Reflections
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Our Amazing Life through Fearsome Death
Holy. Glory. These words in the first reading and psalm testify to awe at God's transcendent sovereignty, fearsome majesty, and infinite mystery. No mortal can see God's face or hear God's voice and live. The fear expressed in these readings is personal-a living mortal in awe of the living God. In our age, awe at transcendent mystery tends toward the impersonal-at the invisibly small (in physics, quarks and strings) and the unimaginably large (space and time). Does anyone in our age still cultivate the fear of an unmanageable transcendent God, or is the notion too connected to images of a heavenly bully to be useful? Besides, Paul and Jesus each offer a picture of God's immanence. Paul invites us to revel in God's approachability, affirming that we can cry, "Abba! Father!" Jesus proclaims the most famous Bible verse of all, telling of God's great love and desire to save.
But both Jesus and Paul testify that any presumption of easy friendship and comfortable intimacy with the triune God is as out of place now as ever. The immanent God is still the transcendent God! And it is still true: no mortal can see God's face or hear God's voice and live-even if the face and voice belong to Jesus through the Holy Spirit. The life God desires for us is accomplished through Jesus' death-and through our own through baptism. Those deaths are as utterly terrifying as death always is, but with this grace: the death leads to our holy birth from above into a life where "we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him" (Rom. 8:17). [Sundays and Seasons, 2018]
Walking Together in the Name of the Trinity,
Bill+
Readings for Sunday:
Psalm 29
- Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness
John 3:1-17
- Entering the reign of God through water and the Spirit
P.S. Paul and Vicky Vivian wrote this week to say they have not deserted All Saints. They had expected to return in early May but it now looks like they won't make it back until early July. Their delay is due to their son's pending marriage and their efforts to sell a house here in Alexandria. They are anxious to return and send their best to everyone at All Saints.
Note:
Audio recordings of the current sermons are now available on our website under the "Worship" tab, or by
clicking here
. Current sermon/services are not available on YouTube at this time.
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Pentecost Sunday
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Memorial Service for Amy Dowd
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Beannacht by John O'Donahue
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At last Sunday's Vestry Meeting, the Devotion Leader offered a reading entitled Bennacht, which translated means Blessing. Ireland's John O'Donohue, poet, theologian, and social activist was the author. The imagery is vivid, the language lyrical and the feelings and emotions raised are profound. It was the Vestry's wish to share this Blessing with the entire congregation.
On the day when
The weight deadens
On your shoulders
And you stumble,
May the clay dance
To balance you.
And when your eyes
Freeze behind
The grey window
And the ghost of loss
Gets into you,
May a flock of colours,
Indigo, red, green
And azure blue,
Come to awaken in you
A meadow of delight.
When the canvas frays
In the currach* of thought
And a stain of ocean
Blackens beneath you,
May there come across the waters
A path of yellow moonlight
To bring you safely home.
May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
May the clarity of light be yours,
May the fluency of the ocean be yours,
May the protection of the ancestors be yours.
And so may a slow
Wind work these words
Of love around you,
An invisible cloak
To mind your life.
*currach: An Irish boat with a wooden frame originally covered with skins and more recently with canvas.
Respectfully submitted,
Gerry DeGeorge, Clerk of the Vestry
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Circus Smirkus Homestays Update
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Thank you to all who have signed up to host the Circus Smirkus children. We are looking for just
four more families to host.
Contact Sarah Day with any questions, sarahday66@hotmail.com or 515-1889.
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Potluck Wednesday June 6th
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Wolfeboro Serves
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We'll Feed 10,000 Kids and Families This Summer!
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
,
Brewster Academy
, and
First Congregational Church, UCC
sponsored a food packaging event Sunday, May 20, 2018. Partnering with
The Outreach Program
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End Hunger NE
, Wolfeboro Serves and
Kingswood Regional High School
Knights Against Hunger macaroni and cheese meals will be distributed through
LIFE Ministries Food Pantry
to hungry children throughout
Wolfeboro
and the surrounding area.
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Welcome Wolfeboro Nursery School!
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We are pleased to announce that after a year of praying for God to send us a ministry partner to utilize our former preschool space, we will welcome the Wolfeboro Nursery School in August. The Nursery School which is currently located in the Train Station downtown, has been serving children and young families in the greater Wolfeboro Area for 65 years. The organization grew out of a local need for early childhood education in postwar Wolfeboro and a generation's commitment to meeting the needs of children in the community. Today, The Wolfeboro Nursery School continues its cooperative tradition, with parents and community members working together to run the school.
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Thinking About All Saints As Your Home?
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We will gather an inquirer's group together this summer in preparation for Bishop Rob's visit on Sunday,
September 9th. We will meet twice and gather for a casual reception with members of our leadership team (vestry). Please contact Pastor Bill at:
pastorbillpetersen@gmail.com
if you are interested or have any questions not covered below:
Q: What does being a member of All Saints' Church require?
A: Simply put, all membership rests finally on a public affirmation of membership by you, or, in the case of small children, by godparents, and incorporation into the church through the sacrament of Baptism.
Q: What if I am already baptized?
A: The Episcopal Church recognizes your baptism to be a valid and joyous event of entry into the life of the Church and the Body of Christ if you were baptized with water in the name of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. You are welcome to register with us to be counted as a baptized member of All Saints Church. Again, all baptized Christians are welcome to partake of Holy Communion.
Q: What if I am presently a member of another Episcopal parish?
A: If you are presently a member of another Episcopal parish, you can transfer your membership. Please provide our 'church office with the name and location of the church and the approximate dates of your membership. If you were confirmed there, provide the approximate date of your confirmation. We will then send for a letter of transfer, or you may wish to contact your previous parish yourself.
Q: What if I am coming from another denomination or church?
A: If you are seeking to join the Episcopal Church from another Christian church or denomination, and if you have been baptized with water and in the name of the Trinity, you may become a baptized member of the Episcopal Church by having your birth date and place, and baptismal date and place duly recorded in the register of All Saints Church.
Q: What if I have not been baptized?
A: If you have not been baptized, contact the church office or speak with the Rector to arrange a baptism.
Q: What about Confirmation?
A: It is expected that all adult members of the Episcopal Church will be confirmed at some point. Confirmation is when we express a mature commitment to Christ, and receive strength from the Holy Spirit through prayer and the laying on of hands by a bishop. Any baptized person aged 12 and older is eligible.
Q: What about being "Received" into the Episcopal Church, also known as "Reception?"
A: Persons who have been confirmed in another denomination by a bishop in the apostolic succession (most often Roman Catholic or Orthodox) are received by the bishop rather than confirmed. Persons are also received from churches in "full communion" (most often Lutheran) with the Episcopal Church.
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Wolfeboro Reads: All are welcome!
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oin Pastor Bill and Pastor Gina Tuesdays for discussion and sharing around a common read. We will meet each week (with some exceptions), from 4:00-5:30 pm in the Gathering Space at First Congregational Church Wolfeboro, 115 S. Main St. The book for June will be
Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng with discussions on 6/12, 6/19 and 6/26.
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Open House at Hope House
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SAVE THE DATE! JUNE 26 2 PM OPEN HOUSE
HOPE HOUSE 16/18 LEHNER ST. WOLFEBORO
We finally get to see what has been happening inside Hope House! We will be providing more details about donations and volunteering in the coming weeks. Hope House, Wolfeboro will provide short term housing for up to seven families at a time during a difficult period of their lives - homelessness. During a temporary stay at Hope House, families will receive supportive services and access to job training to assist them in becoming independent once again. Their children will continue to attend the elementary, middle and high school(s) of the Gov. Wentworth Regional School District providing much needed stability in their lives.
Don Holm, Sr. Warden
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Office Hours
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Monday - 9 AM - 5PM
Tuesday - 1 PM - 5 PM
Wednesday - 9 AM- Noon
Thursday - 9 AM - Noon
Friday - Closed
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May 27 - June 2, 2018
Calendar
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Schedule for Lord & Tailor; Food Pantry
Lord & Tailor
Thursday & Friday 10 AM - 3 PM; Saturday 10 AM - 1 PM
Food Pantry
10 AM - 1 PM; 5 PM - 7 PM
SUNDAY May 27
8 & 10 AM Holy Eucharist
6-7:30 PM AA Meeting (PH)
MONDAY May 28
Memorial Day
1 PM Bridge (L)
7 AM Women's
Worship (PH)
1:30 PM-4 PM Scrabble Club (L)
WEDNESDAY May 30
1-3:30 PM Knitting Club (L)
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Choir Rehearsal
THURSDAY May 31
7:30 AM - Men's Bible Study (PH)
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM - Bible Study & Holy Eucharist (L)
5-7:00 PM - Dinner Bell (PH)
FRIDAY June 1
8-9:30 PM AA Meeting (PH)
SATURDAY June 2
10-11:30 AM AA Meeting (L)
8-9:30 PM AA (PH)
Vestry Retreat at La Boca
Parish Hall available for Fair items
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All Saints e-News
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