All Saints' Episcopal Church Newsletter
April 18, 2021
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Our Vision: A community living and growing in unity with God and all people through Christ.
Our Mission: To seek God in reverent worship, service to neighbors, gracious hospitality, and the pursuit of wisdom.
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Trouble Finding Our Services Online?
Join us Sundays at 10:30 am for Holy Eucharist and Wednesdays at 6 pm for Evening Prayer. Each service will be streamed or uploaded to our YouTube page with a link posted every Sunday morning to our Facebook page and website.
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Note from Teri Daily: Help Needed
We continue to need help with two things: ushers for the services and setting up/taking down Sutherland Hall before and after Neighbors Table. Thank you to those who have reached out and volunteered to help!
Please contact us if you are willing to help in these ways to make "inside worship" possible. You will be shown everything you need to do.
Thank you,
Teri (revteridaily@gmail.com)
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Indoor Worship This Sunday 8 am and 10:30 am Services
We began worshiping in our building on April 11th. Both the 8 am and the 10:30 am services have resumed inside. Physical-distancing and masks remain as precautions to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Here is the plan to date...
Blue tape or cording is used to delineate areas in the pews that should remain empty during worship to ensure proper distancing. Overflow seating is available in Sutherland Hall during the 10:30 am, where the service will be streamed on the large screen. Communion is served in both seating areas.
Masks need to be worn at all times, and we ask that no food or drink be brought into the building. For now, we will not have congregational singing, and services will be kept short.
We are asking that people sign in as they enter the worship space (in case the need to trace contacts arises) and that "clumping" be avoided as we enter and exit the building. You may wish to arrive a few minutes early.
For now, we will continue Christian Formation classes on Sunday morning via Zoom. In addition, the 10:30 am service will continue to be streamed online as well as being open for in-person worship. Looking forward to seeing more faces!
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Change to Wednesday Services
Wednesday 12:30 pm Eucharists began at a time when we were just beginning to gather again. It was an attempt to maximize the opportunities for sharing Eucharist. Now that we are meeting inside again and wet weather will not keep us from receiving Eucharist on Sundays, 12:30 pm Eucharist on Wednesdays will no longer take place.
However, Evening Prayer will continue to take place on Wednesdays at 6 pm, now both in-person and online.
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Immunizations
Pope County Fairgrounds
May 10, 2021
2 to 7 pm
(or until run out)
Second shot: Monday May 10
Ages: 16 years or older
All are welcome! Documentation not required
Have insurance card? Bring it. Have drivers license? Bring it.
If not, come anyway.
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Reminder: All Saints’ T-shirts are here!
If you have not already done so, pick up your order on Sunday, 4/18, at All Saints’ in Sutherland Hall.
Cost to the church is $10 for short sleeved, $15 for long sleeves. Checks may be made out to All Saints’; if you prefer to pay in cash, exact change is helpful.
Extra shirts are available; call or text Carolyn McLellan (479 264-5969) or Diane Yarbrough (479 857-1015) with questions or to reserve an Extra.
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Maternity Leave for Melissa Simpson
Melissa Simpson remains on maternity leave and will return the beginning of May.
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Inquirer Classes Begin THIS Sunday
Whether you are new to the Episcopal Church or have been an Episcopalian for fifty years, we invite you to learn more about the Episcopal Church by attending (online) Inquirer Classes. The classes will take place at 9 am on the following Sunday mornings:
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April 18th – The History of the Episcopal Church, Teri Daily
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April 25th – The Bible and the Episcopal Church, Dave Daily
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May 9th – Episcopal Worship & the Sacraments, Bob Brown
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May 16th – The Polity of the Episcopal Church, Teri Daily
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May 23rd – The Book of Common Prayer, Bob Brown
- June 6th – Prayer & Ministry, Kaye Staggs
The Zoom link to attend these classes can be found here.
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Green Team
I've signed us up to be a host and clean up on Phoenix Avenue and the Church grounds. If you know anyone that wants to help we need to get them to sign up on the link provide so we get logged community hours for Keep Arkansas Beautiful.
On April 24, we will have a youth helping outside on our church grounds. I would enjoy having a few more youth to help him, as well as some of the green team. We will work 8am to 1pm that day, weather permitting.
We are in need of:
- Rakes
- Yard Gloves
- A couple of small tarps ( to pull leaves and branches on to pile up)
Brandon Etzkorn
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Celebrating Our Graduates
If you or someone in your family is graduating this year (from high school, college, or graduate school), please contact the church office so we will know! (allsaints@allsaintsrussellville.net)
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Garden Spots Available in the Edible Churchyard! |
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First Thursday Book Talks
This group meets via ZOOM on the first Thursday of each month from 12-1. All are welcome. Upcoming books are Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (May 6), and Troop 6000 by Nikita Stewart (June 3). For more information visit our Facebook group at:
or contact Elizabeth Franks.
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Faith and Reason Sunday School
Join the Faith and Reason class every Sunday at 9 am via Zoom. Leaders are Bill Parton and Paul Gray. Meeting opens around 8:50 am.
Passcode: 1234
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Neighbors Table
Last week we served 235 meals to 96 families via drive thru and delivery. Thanks to everyone who helps make this ministry possible!
This Saturday, which may be our last cool weekend weather for a while, we are serving chili, coleslaw, fresh fruit, cornbread and assorted desserts. We have received donations from friends of Neighbors Table in and out of Arkansas; these much appreciated donations make serving fresh vegetables and fruit possible while we are applying to continue receiving food from the Arkansas Food Bank. Carol Lee is working on completing the necessary applications and requirements.
Please remember Neighbors Table in your prayers. We give grateful thanks for the abundant support that our church and our community provide this ministry. If you’d like to join our team of joyful workers, just text or call Catherine at 479-264-4346. We still follow safety precautions from start to finish. We’ll find a time and task that suits you, and show you how we do it now.
Neighbors Table needs dessert bakers for April 17. Any number of cookies, brownies, etc. is welcome. You don’t have to bake 100 desserts! If you can help, please contact Catherine at catherine.crews@icloud.com or 479-264-4346. We can supply ingredients.
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Loaves and Fishes
Loaves and Fishes, a part of the Neighbors Table ministry, needs to restock its cupboard.
Here are items needed now for our guests:
- Small containers of shelf stable milk
- Wrapped packages of peanut butter crackers, cookies, granola bars, etc.
- Feminine hygiene products – pads and tampons
- Bath soap
- Shampoo
- Toothpaste and floss
- Laundry detergent
- Dish detergent
- Baby wipes
- Adult underwear – men and women’s medium
Neighbors Table asks that you bring your donations to All Saints’ Episcopal Church on Saturdays between 9:00 AM and 12:30 PM. Please place your gifts in the Loaves and Fishes Wagon at the door outside Sutherland Hall. Also, you can place your donations on Sunday in the wagon that will be in the narthex. As a reminder, you can support Neighbors Table with a donation to Food Ministries in the Giving tab at the All Saints’ webpage.
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Practicing Prayer
We’ll begin with 20 minutes of silent prayer, and continue with Richard Rohr, What Do We Do with Evil?: The World, the Flesh, and the Devil. This week we’ll discuss, “How
to Survive and Even Thrive,” beginning on page 77.
To receive a Zoom invitation, please email Catherine Crews,
catherine.crews@icloud.com, with your contact information. All are welcome!
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Enneagram on Zoom
Topic: Parables and the Enneagram Time: Every week on Thursday from 7pm to 8:30pm. Sheila Jacobs will lead discussion.
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Please celebrate the following birthdays this week with us: Jacob
Franks, Cynthia Lenk, and Aldona Standridge.
O God, our times are in your hand: Look with favor, we pray, on
your servants as they begin another year. Grant that they may grow
in wisdom and grace, and strengthen their trust in your goodness
all the days of their lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
For those celebrating an anniversary this week:
O gracious and everliving God, look mercifully upon your servants who come to renew the promises they have made to each other. Grant them your blessing, and assist them with your grace, that with true fidelity and steadfast love they may honor and keep their promises and vows; through Jesus Christ our Savior, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Please let the office know if your birthday or anniversary has been missed, so that we may add the date to our records
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Remembering in your Prayers
Weekly Prayers:
For Miguel, Jon & Pam, Donna, Arcelia, Carina, Bernice, Eduardo, Barbara, and those who have lost loved ones in the pandemic..
Long Term Prayers:
Jack & Carol Lee, Jan Clair, Harold Davis, Water Hudson, Barbara Johnson, Barbara Stoltz, William Gillum, Charlie Busch, the Busch Family, Susan Durham Shelton, Bernice & Carina, Tom Munson, Don Cave, Tom Tyler, Arthur Hastings, Isaac, Sarah Lee, the Kellner Family, Rodolpho, Bob, Robby, Israel Delabra, Wyatt Sherman, Ann McCorkle, Jeffrey & Jennifer Whitehead, Jordan Hein & family, and Kenny.
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Readings for Sunday, April 11th
Please click on the purple scripture to link to the readings
The First Lesson
The Response
The Epistle
The Gospel
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All Saints' Staff
The Rt. Rev. Larry Benfield - Bishop of Arkansas
The Rev. Teri Daily - Rector
Tim and Kristin Smith - Music Ministers
Melissa Simpson - Family Ministry and Special Projects Coordinator
Trevor Coats - Technical Director
KaDee McCormick - Parish Administrator
Sherrie Cotton - Administrative Assistant
Marcia Van Horn, Ron Anderson - Office Assistants
All Saints' Vestry & Officers
Mary Ellen Patton - Senior Warden
Brandon Etzkorn - Junior Warden
Ron Anderson
Diane Yarbrough
Elaine Tise
Rudy Delabra
Carol Lee
Htee Hsee
Tracy Cole
Lori Price - Treasurer
Sherrie Cotton - Secretary
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Giving at All Saints'
During this time of social distancing and staying home, it is important that we are still able to support our parish and our community through our financial gifts. Contributions may be mailed to the church office or to give online, go to allsaintsrussellville.org and click on GIVE located on the bottom of the web page. You can designate your donation toward a specific ministry or our general fund.
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Submitting Announcements
If you would like to have an announcement appear in the bulletin and/or in our church email, please submit your announcement to allsaints@allsaintsrussellville.net no later than Noon on the Wednesday before the Sunday you would like it to appear.
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