Dear All Saints Family,
As of this morning we have 31 children registered for Vacation Bible School and 30 attended yesterday. It was a terrific first two days, largely due to our impressive staff and those who helped us prepare. Kudos to IWC saints Blair Engelken & Tim McKeithan, who prepared yard signs & secured radio promotions, respectively. I can not thank you all enough for the spectacular way everyone at our services last Sunday set up our needed tables and chairs and well prepared us for a great week. Please enjoy the pictures below.
Our staff includes Awesome Co-chair Katie Blanchard, Dancing storyteller Nancy Atkinson, Science teacher and grand experimenter Lloyd Brinson, Idea generator Ruthie Charlton, Creative craft supporters Eleni Kiousis, Maureen McGrath; Snack preparer, incredible decorator & puppeteer extraordinaire Etta Lanuti; Construction expert Kenny Murrill, Assisting decorator, treats provider & stupendous supporter Evelyne Ottavio, Snack purchaser & super advance planner Betsy Robbins, Assisting registrar & super supporter Natalie Simpson, Drop-dead dramatist Barbara White, Marvelous crafts teacher Mary Jo Windley & Water play wizard Stuart Windley. It has taken every one of us to be ready for these children and their families, and I'm wildly grateful for each of them, as well as for your tremendous support in this enterprise.
I'm most grateful to The Rev. David Feyrer for his pastoral care oversight whilst I am away, as well as for his preaching and celebrating this coming Sunday. I'm also thrilled that David made it possible for us to project videos in sight & sound throughout VBS and for many seasons and occasions ahead. I look forward to the joys and fellowship to be shared with our other guest clergy, The Rev. Tom Wilson, beloved retired Rector of All Saints for many years; and our dear pastor-in-residence The Rev. Keith Dey, for his leadership the last two Sundays of the month.
Our super Senior Warden Dawn Kiousis is available as needed this month as, always, and continues to help shape our ministries for good. Jack Myers, Jr. Warden, is leading us every day in his oversight of our buildings, grounds, and many ministries.
Our parish emails will enter a streamlined, "skinny" phase this month as preparations are underway for some improvements ahead. All of the announcements that appear in our weekly worship bulletins will not be reproduced in the email. This includes birthdays and anniversaries. The worship bulletin and related Sunday links will, of course, continue. Please use the list in this email of "standing" monthly group meetings as a reference for the rest of the month.
Every blessing to you in this season of tourists, warm sun, and growth in faith and fellowship as God's people.
with love and gratitude for you,
Cindy
