TIDINGS -
Week of February 11, 2021
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Sunday Morning Worship Services
Holy Communion will be offered at both the 8:00 am and 10:00 service.
Seating is available on a first come first serve basis.
Masks are required indoors - please wear the mask over your mouth and nose.
The service will be about 45 minutes.
Communion bread will be offered outdoors.
Drive-in Church - drive up, tune your radio to 107.5 FM
Walk-up Church - bring a chair/bike/beach blanket, stay six feet from your neighbor in our garden and grassy area, and listen to the service live.
Live-stream - go to AllAngelsLBK.org, click on the "All Angels Enter Here" picture and you will be routed to our YouTube channel.
Zoom - go to https://zoom.us/j/5955701807 and watch and listen live. Be sure to stick around after the service for our coffee hour chat-with-your-neighbor time.
The 10 am service will begin with the lighting of the altar candles. If you are participating at home, you are invited to light a candle with us to create a sacred space of worship at home.
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Art Sale
Our Art Sale is still going on in the gallery. Make sure you don't miss your chance to buy your favorite artwork!
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Stewardship Campaign
There are five ways to participate in worship at All Angels (in-person, radio, outdoor church, Zoom, or YouTube); as such, there are five ways to make a pledge too.
One way is to click on the pledge card, fill it out, and either email it to treasurer@allangelslbk.org, or print it and mail it to the church,
563 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key, FL 34209.
You can call the office and we will fill it out for you. 941-383-8161
You can go to All Angels on-line giving portal,
Or, you can bring the card on Sunday, or stop by the office, Monday through Thursday, or put it into the mail slot in the office door on Fridays or Saturdays.
As always, your gift amount is between you and God. The only people who have access to it are the three of us who are in the office, Fr. Dave, Sandy, or Linn. Our Stewardship Team, Cathie Wilt and Jerry Bowles, and the rest of the Vestry, assist in communication and support.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call Fr. Dave at the church, 941-383-8161 or on his cell 941-704-2131, or call Sandy or Linn at the church office number.
Thank you for supporting the ministry of bringing the living Christ to those inside and outside the church. May the Peace of the Lord be with you.
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Ash Wednesday is on Wednesday,
February 17.
Our service will be at 10:00.
We will refrain from imposing ashes this year.
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Lenten Studies
Fr. Dave will be offering two different studies — a weekly meditation on the stations of the cross based on the book, Walking the Way of Sorrows by Katerina Whitley and a weekly Zoom book study of Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander, M.D.
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All Angels Annual Meeting
All Angels Annual meeting will be on Sunday, February 21, 11:30 a.m. We will be doing a Zoom-plus meeting which means the meeting will happen live in the church, with limited seating available, and it will be on Zoom at the same time. More details to follow.
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Music in the Park
In case you missed it, the Music in the Park program this week featured favorite hymns of U.S. presidents. Narrated by Anne Roberts, organist Dale Hooey takes us from the first president through the 46th, accompanied by Beverly Lorie who sings the hymns.
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Discussion Group Readings
Next week we enter into the season of Lent. The primary focus of Lent is self-examination. What do you believe to be true? Why do you believe what you believe? How does one find salvation and peace? These are important questions that the Church calls epistemology (how do we know what we know) and soteriology (what brings salvation). And for that, there is an argument going on in the universal Church. Before the Reformation, salvation was found in the Church itself and what we know comes from that institution. Post-reformation, for the past 500 years, salvation has been found in Biblical authority. We are in a new reformation and, as such, we are searching for what is true and what saves/gives us peace. One side of the Church argument says that we know what is true on the inside. The other side says we know what is true because it's in the Bible. Entering into this argument is today's reading. It is a book review from Christanity Today. The book being reviewed is Justin Bailey’s Reimagining Apologetics. I don't expect you to read it. Frankly, it is near the top of my education level and it is a rather difficult read. However, Ted Turnau's review of it is easier to grasp.
If you don't have much time, please just read the last paragraph. That section alone has enough material for our discussion groups - why does one pray, how does prayer make one feel, and what resonates with someone about connecting with God. Those are important Lenten questions. I hope you will have time to discuss it.
The zoom link is as follows
- Dave
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Tidewell Linen Drive
Junior League Sustainers in partnership with the Tidewell Foundation and Leadership Sarasota is hosting a linen donation drive from January 17 to February 14. For more information and drop-off locations, please refer to the attached flyer (All Angels is not a drop-off location).
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Online Giving
If you would like to give to the offering plate electronically, you can find the online giving link on our All Angels website by clicking the link below:
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Centering Prayer
Centering Prayer invites you to pray with them, every day,
at 8 am, wherever you are. When you enter into prayer at 8 am (Eastern), you will know that others are praying at the same time.
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Prayers for our People
Renew and strengthen all those we love and especially those we name: Downs IV, Holden, Brian, Joan and Robert. Grant healing and recovery for all who have gone through surgery. Give peace and strength for those going through cancer treatments, especially Victoria, Andres, Alex, Colleen, Jack, John, Douglas and Tom. Visit and comfort all who are under the care of skilled nursing, especially Bob, Timothy, Don, Barbara and Mike. Be near to all who are in hospice care.
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All previous services, discussion group readings, Bible study classes and organ concerts may be found on our website:
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Reflection
New to You
I have learned that churches, like people, have their own set of gifts; and, when God is speaking through those gifts, it’s best to listen.
We didn’t know if the New to You Art Sale would work. We didn’t know if we would get any art donated, if anyone would be interested in looking at pre-owned art, or, if we would sell any. As it turned out, we have had more than 60 pieces of art donated, we have had a steady stream of people from the community coming to look, and, people are purchasing it! Yesterday, we had a Longboat resident donate a beautiful piece of art. It was the first time Linn or I had met her. She liked what we were doing and wanted to be a part of it. That act seemed like something I could have only have dreamed or imagined. Nevertheless, God is speaking.
Last year, the original-to-the-church Rogers organ started to fail. To many people, inside and outside the church, our music program has become central to finding peace. Losing the organ for any period of time was not acceptable. As such, the Vestry made the decision to replace it with an Allen. We chose Allen, in part, because we received a substantial discount which was based on the Pennsylvania organ company’s desire to have an organ on Longboat (to help sell them more organs on the barrier islands). Our agreement is that we would have a loaner organ until our new one was installed and we would be willing to allow other churches, or individuals, to come by and hear our new organ. If you have been watching our services and organ concerts, you’ll hear that Dale loves the loaner organ and makes it absolutely sing. And then God spoke again.
A couple of weeks ago, our Allen representative asked if a small Lutheran church from Naples could come by to listen to the loaner organ. We whole heartedly agreed. As it turns out, their small congregation has an even smaller, quickly aging organ. One of their dearest parishioners has a terminal condition. He wanted to gift an organ to the church in his memory. Our loaner Allen, a 20-year old organ, was priced just under their budget. When they saw and heard the organ, they fell in love with it. They were told that when our new one is installed, they can buy the loaner and have it installed; probably the week after Easter. The donor said that it would be in place for his funeral and seemed pleased with it. But, God was speaking… Having the organ installed in time for his funeral was not good enough for Dale and me. It is our wish that they have the organ as soon as possible so the whole church, and the donor, could enjoy it prior to his funeral. Soon our loaner will be on its way to its forever home and we will get another loaner that Dale will have to learn. It may not be quite as fancy as this one, but, as Dale pointed out, when God speaks, it’s a good idea to respond.
Whether it is used art, or a used organ, one of the many gifts of All Angels is to bring new life to previously owned/forgotten about/discarded things. The prayer used at my installation as Rector is this,
Look favorably on your whole Church and let the whole world see and know that things which were cast down are being raised up, and things which had grown old are being made new, and that all things are being brought to their perfection by him through whom all things were made.
It appears God is speaking and God is making that prayer a reality for us, and for the whole world, to see.
- Fr. Dave
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