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Birthdays August
| 08/11 Karin Hargy
08/15 Jane Carville
08/15 Katherine Sislane
08/16 Ron Sundquist
08/17 Thomas Kelliher
08/17 Mary Haeger
08/18 Eleanor Cone
08/20 Lorraine Crocker
08/21 Tammy Rogers
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
| 08/16 Gerry & Larry DeGeorge
08/20 Richard & Karen Hayman
08/22 Phil Deitsch & Susan Bunting
08/25 Dan & Joyce Lake
08/29 Pat & Marge Morris |
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In a world filled with noise and empty words, God comes to us as stillness and silence, even to the point that wind ceases (Matt. 14:32). Jesus walks over stormy waters to his disciples, entering their boat and being present with them despite their fears and doubts. Today's readings encourage us to keep our words spare and meaningful, lay aside our little faith with its wordy worries, and listen for God, who comes to us as quieting comfort. The wind blows us powerfully, frighteningly, making even familiar places seem strange, stirring up the water to obscure our vision and make our journey fearful and slow. Today Jesus comes to us in our drowning panic, responding to our "Lord, save me" with a quick response. The little faith of Peter (and our little faith) is not only a chiding to "do better" in our faith lives and respond with discipline, but it offers forgiveness: even when we risk and screw up anyway, God's hand is there to reach out and catch us. To command even the wind to be still is a powerful thing. If a very strong wind suddenly stopped near one of us, we would probably panic, wondering who did it, whether it was the calm eye of a storm, or whether a still bigger tornado is coming. There are giant turbines now that capture the wind to convert it to energy, but Jesus walked out upon the water and helped Peter in his fear to return to the boat's safety and security. Jesus gives powerful reassurance and the gift of presence. God is not distant from our fears, but close to keep us safe. [Sundays and Seasons, 2020] Grace and peace, Bill+ Readings:
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NEW PARISH DIRECTORY AVAILABLE
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A new directory has been published for August 2020. It is available in the office in paper form or you can request a PDF Directory from Deb in the office: allsaints@metrocast.net
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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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| God Sighting_ Elissa Paquette said seeing this fellow was a moment of wonder.
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MEMORIAL GARDEN PROJECT
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Memorial Garden Walkway and Wheel Chair Platform
Progress is being made with the Memorial Garden Project. The paving stones (see picture below) have been ordered. The work will be completed in the fall. The tones for the pavers will be all grey. This will be a great cosmetic and functional improvement! to the garden. We will continue to make pictures available in E-news as the project continues.
The vestry has approved moving forward with a project to provide better access to the All Saints' Memorial Garden. The project includes the installation of a 4' x 64' concrete paver pathway from the parking lot along the left side of the building with a 6' x 8' patio platform with a custom wrought iron railing. The patio area will be slanted away from the path to meet safety concerns for wheel chairs and there will be an additional 3' x 18' pathway along the side of the garden. Once the pavers and railings have been installed, we will explore additional seating (there is an existing granite bench), the addition of engraved brick* to edge the entrance, pathway or garden, and install a lattice fence to screen the HVAC units against the building. 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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CHURCH GARDENS NEED SOME WATERING
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The Church Gardens are beautiful this year with many flowers blooming. There is still a need for some assistance with watering. The four weeks listed below require someone to go every couple days and water the Memorial Garden and the two gardens in the back of the church. Hoses are all set up. The task is pretty easy. It is peaceful watering the gardens.
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2020 UTO GRANTS
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The United Thank Offering in 2019 raised $1,548,013.66. Of this $30,000
went to support six Young Adult Seminarian grants. The balance in the amount of $1,484,693,66 was used to fund 27 grants in the United States and abroad. The focus
of the grants this year was on Bless, Share the Faith, practice generosity and compassion and share the Good News of Christ in hope and humility.
Every penny or more you place in your UTO box is given away the following year. Since the official founding of UTO in 1889, UTO has awarded 5,334 grants for a total $149,177,904.73. However, numbers in large amounts mean nothing unless we know a specific place, the amount of the grant and how the funds are to be used. Having that
knowledge makes it much more meaningful when you place your offering in your UTO box, as you give thanks for your many blessings.
A grant of $51,580.00 was awarded to Muyinga Hope Center in Burundi. Burundi is located in east central Africa south of the equator. The money will be used to build a community center for people of different backgrounds. There will be Bible study, but
also people living under difficult conditions can hear the Good News of God and learn to care for each other.
Another grant was awarded to the Diocese of South Florida, Companion with Haiti providing Water and Sanitation for Bondeau, Haiti. This will provide clean drinking water by piping water from a spring two km. away. Part of the $75,541.54 grant will be used to construct a school bathroom and to also,, meet the primary needs for the people living in the community of Bondeau.
An ingathering of your UTO offerings will take place in October. The total of our offering will be presented at the General Convention in November. Of course, all of this is contingent on the status of the pandemic.
Janie Newcomb
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WOLFEBORO READS SUMMER READING LIST
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 Pastors Bill and Gina encourage you to select a few books from our summer reading list to enjoy over these next months: Braiding Sweetgrass, The Person You Mean to Be, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, The Book of Longings, The Dutch House, The Tradition, The Nickel Boys, Afterlife, The Weight of Ink, The Alchemist, The Uninhabitable Earth, Talking to Strangers, All Adults Here, As Bright As Heaven, Boy Wallows Universe, Disappearing Earth, For all Who Hunger, Here For It: Or, How to Save your Soul in America, Patron Saints of Nothing. We plan to reconvene via Zoom in September-details to come in a future e-news.
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RUN FOR HOPE HOUSE
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You can, at that time, make an additional donation in any amount. Even if you cannot participate, consider donating to our team as a sponsor. Click: All Saints Team
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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
Mick and Judy 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 Marilyn Kay
Jacqueline McLaughlin
Kott-Cornwell Families
Note: The names on the prayer list have been updated to remove names that were added over a year ago. If you would like a name placed back on the list, please send the request to Debra at the office email address allsaints@metrocast.net. Thank you
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Online Discussion with Author Debby Irving
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The Wolfeboro Library, in partnership with The Country Bookseller and Wolfeboro Reads, is hosting an online discussion of Debby Irving's memoir, "Waking Up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race" on Wednesday, August 19 at 7 pm. The author will join the group for a live question and answer session. All interested community members are invited to join in via Zoom.
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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 - CORRECTED LINK
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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
7:30 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
Rector, All Saints Church
Carolyn Sundquist
Editor, All Saints E-News
Christy Parker, and Ralph Simons
Associate Editors, All Saints e-News
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