All Saints' Episcopal Church Newsletter
August 9, 2020
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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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Weekly Calendar August 9-16
Sunday, August 9
9 am -- Faith & Reason Class on Zoom
10:30 am -- Holy Eucharist on YouTube
4 pm -- Practicing Prayer on Zoom
Monday, August 10
Noon -- AA
Tuesday, August 11
Noon -- AA
7 pm -- Enneagram Group on Zoom
Wednesday, August 12
Noon -- ACA
6 pm -- Evening Prayer Online
Thursday, August 13
Noon -- AA
Friday, August 14
Noon -- AA
Saturday, August 15
11 am -- Neighbors Table Drive Thru
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Here are the latest opportunities to strengthen
your faith and connect with the community
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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, but sometimes the video is not easy to find.
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From our church website, www.allsaintsrussellville.org you can click on the graphic at the bottom of the page that links to YouTube. There you will also find the service bulletins.
- If you're late to the service, don't worry! We have it enabled for you to rewind the service while we're live so you can start from the beginning.
- If you miss the service completely, we will post the links on Facebook and our website once the video is done processing on YouTube.
- If you would like to request a DVD of the previous services please let our office know.
- Please feel free to interact during the broadcast in the comment section.
If you are having trouble finding the video, go to the All Saints' YouTube page, click on videos tab under the All Saints' page. Then you should see the Live video. If the time of the service arrives and the video is not active, simply refresh the page. Make sure to subscribe to our channel, where you'll receive alerts when we go live or have new videos. We look forward to seeing you online!
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BAKE SALE FOR
NEIGHBORS TABLE!!!
August 9 -- All Saints Portico
Alex Resnick is hosting a safe bake sale for Neighbors Table.
Sunday, August 9, noon to 7, his delicious baked goods will be available in our Portico.
Come by, choose your goodies, and pay what you wish.
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Neighbors Table Update
Neighbors Table at 200!
Bake Sale August 9 (See Above)
New Clean-up Volunteer
Yessica Garcia has volunteered to help us clean up every Saturday. Yessica and her son, Wilson, have been Neighbors Table volunteers in the past, and Yessica has stepped up to meet our new need. Thank you Yessica.
Since we have moved to drive-thru, our volunteers work 2 to 3 hours at a time in four main areas: cooking, filling to-go containers, packing meals into bags for distribution, and cleaning up. Safety precautions are followed from start to finish. We are socially distanced. Masks and gloves are provided if you need.
Would you like to help? Please call or text Catherine at 479-264-4346. We will find a time and task that suits you, and show you how we do it now.
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Small Groups at All Saints’
This particular time in our history requires some creativity and flexibility in our life at All Saints’. We are placing all members and those who attend All Saints’ on a regular basis into groups of 10-15 persons. As we continue with significant restrictions on in-person gathering due to high
levels of Covid-19, small groups will help us remain connected with one another and to share any important information. In addition, when we do begin worshipping together, small groups may provide a safe avenue by which to do so.
I realize that many people are tired of online meetings, so please know that these small groups are not meant to take tremendous energy or time. But they will, hopefully, enable us to be in touch with one another and to function more effectively. You should be hearing from the facilitator of your group in the next week or so. We also hope that the facilitator position on the team may be passed along every few months to another member of the group. Thanks!
Rev. Teri Daily
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Faith & Friends and Sermon Talk on Break
Faith & Friends and Sermon Talk, both of which have been meeting on Sunday evenings, will be taking a break. When we begin meeting again, we may do so at a new time or in a new form. Stay tuned for future plans!
Rev. Teri Daily
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Education for Ministry at All Saints' Episcopal Church
Casey Anderson-Molina and Ricki Duffie are recent EfM, Education for Ministry, graduates. They completed a four-year course of study through
the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. EfM students study the Old Testament and New Testament, church history, and Christian
theology. The also participated in study and discussion of other common texts and in theological reflections.
Casey had this to say about his EfM experience:
“The strongest description I can give about EfM is that it changed my life. EfM helped me know who I am as an Episcopalian and as a Christian. I
decided to enroll in EfM primarily because Julie Hodges invited me to explore my ministry. At the time, I was still defining ‘ministry’ with the
definition I was raised with in my fundamentalist, Pentecostal upbringing. I thought it would mean something like being a Sunday School
teacher and/or a preacher. Interestingly enough, I eventually became Sunday School teacher, and (as you all know) I am exploring the call to
the priesthood. I wouldn’t be doing my experience in EfM justice if I didn’t acknowledge its effect on my aforementioned role and call.
However, what I believe was the most important occurrence of EfM was learning how to take the wonderful things that is part of our church
and apply them to the world around me. I read a Facebook post this week from someone saying, “the church has left the building.” I believe
EfM teaches us to do just that! Also, shameless plug: Charlie is wonderful mentor!”
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Ricki shared her EfM experience: |
“EfM this year has been one of the best experiences of my life. It deepened my faith in so many ways! In this 4th year,
I explored modern theological writings in a wonderful group of other seekers. Mentored by Charlie, our group was exciting, inspiring, often
hilarious, and deeply spiritual. I learned that my conception of God was too small, and that God IS! - no quibbling! I began EfM about 15 years
ago in Upper New York State, but did not get the 4th year. I am now looking forward to doing the first three years over, and hope to become a
mentor myself.”
EfM will be enrolling new and returning students for the 2020-2021 class year soon. More information will be provided in the weekly
newsletter. You may also text or email Charles Tyrone at (479) 857-0480 or ctyrone_49@hotmail.com for more information.
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Forward Day by Day Available
The new edition (August/September/October 2020) of Forward Day by Day, a daily devotional guide, is now available in the church office. On the cover this month is a picture of a stained glass window at Saint George's Epsicopal Church in Dayton, Ohio. This window is dedicated to the memory of Absalom Jones, the first African-American person ordained an Episcopal priest. Did you know that Absalom Jones is also depicted in the All Saints' window above our altar? He is located on the left side, about half-way down following the left-side curve of the window. These works of witness remind us of the truths told by Absalom Jones and the struggles still faced by the church in coming to terms with racism, slavery, and marginalization. If you would like a copy of Forward Day by Day mailed to your home, please contact the church office. Large print copies are also available.
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Out of the Office
Melissa Simpson remains out of the office until August 9. If you need any assistance or info in the newsletter, please contact Sherrie Cotton or Rev. Teri Daily.
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New Tree in honor of Deacon Kaye Staggs
A Gray dogwood tree (Cornus racemosa), planted in honor of Deacon Kaye Staggs, now stands near the stone altar in the All Saints’ churchyard. This dogwood, an Arkansas native tree, was added recently to our grounds near the new watering faucet in the outdoor altar area; it serves to replace a maple tree that went into the ground at the time of Deacon Kaye’s retirement. The maple received much TLC from members of the Green Team but didn’t make it. The new tree will have clusters white flowers in the early spring and came from the Native Plant nursery of Parishioner Mary Ann King, who says that if it is happy in its new home this Gray dogwood could produce shoots for more trees. In future years we might enjoy a small grove of dogwoods forming a backdrop for our stone altar.
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Urgent Request for Loaves and Fishes
Food for Kids, another Russellville food ministry, had to close temporarily because a volunteer tested Covid positive. Also, last Saturday, Neighbors Table saw more families with young children and teens. Neighbors Table anticipates more requests for support for families with children. We have an urgent need for cereal and for containers of shelf stable milk or small packages of powdered milk. Due to Covid precautions, Neighbors Table asks that you bring your donations to All Saints’ Episcopal Church this Friday, 8/7, from 3 PM to 5 PM or on Saturday between 9:00 AM and 12:30 PM. Please place your gifts in the Loaves and Fishes Wagon at the door outside Sutherland Hall.
Masks for Neighbors Table Guests
To help our Neighbors Table guests protect themselves and those around them, masks are being offered to our drive-thru guests. Over half of these guests are over sixty years old, and the masks are appreciated. Donations of masks, homemade or commercial, are suggested to the Loaves and Fishes ministry.
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Memorial Garden Water System Update
The roses in the Memorial Garden are beautiful and continue to thrive under the care of several volunteers, who've relieved Hugh Silkensen and other members of the Green Team in caring for that part of the All Saints’ grounds. Years ago an automatic drip watering system was installed in that area by Dennis Applebaum and Del Danielson. More recently, the task of setting up and monitoring the timers for that watering system was handled by Sandy McGregor.
Professional Landscaping companies can be hired to maintain our watering system, but maybe there is a member or friend of All Saints’ who would like to take on that task? Diagrams of the system and guidance are available; if you are interested in knowing more about how to contribute in this way to All Saints’, please contact Carolyn McLellan at 479 264-5969.
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Join us every Wednesday for Evening Prayer at 6pm on YouTube or Facebook. Please enjoy this video from August 5th with Rev. Teri. |
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Please celebrate the following birthdays this week with us:
Patricia Delabra, Laird Duran, Mark Hlass, Kristin Smith, Sandy Wright, and Diane Yarbrough.
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.
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Enneagram on Zoom
Our weekly Enneagram class is moving to the next book, "The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth" by Christopher L. Heuertz. The class will be lead by Rhonda Wolf, Sheila Jacobs and Suzanne Hodges. We will continue with Chapter 7 on August 4th. It's never too late to join.
Tuesdays at 7pm.
Zoom Meeting ID -697-974-768
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All Saints’ Guidelines During The COVID-19 Pandemic
All Saints’ is committed to the safety of our members and the community. Therefore, we are asking that all abide by the following guidelines when on our premises, inside and outside the building.
1) Gatherings will be limited to ten persons or less, inside or outside the building.
2) Masks will be worn upon entering the building, and a six-foot distance will be observed between people whenever possible.
3) Upon entering the church, hands will be sanitized (preferably using the hand sanitizer pumps installed at each major entrance).
4) Tables, computers, and other equipment to be used will be cleaned thoroughly before use, as well as door handles and light switches if possible.
5) The same will be cleaned upon preparing to leave the building.
6) Gloves and masks will be worn while preparing food in the kitchen.
7) As with Neighbors Table, care should be taken to reduce the number of people who must share any given room.
8) Meetings and classes will be conducted online. (Twelve-step groups will make their own decisions in regard to this. Those attending the meetings will enter the classroom through the door which leads directly from the outside, and participants will limit their use of the building to the bathroom and the classroom.)
9) Those streaming worship services from the church will also take care to have no more than ten people in the building and to maintain six feet between persons.
10) The church is closed to casual drop-in visits.
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Remembering in your Prayers
Weekly Prayers:
Jon & Pam Lundquist, Maree Paw and Ka Hsaw Wah, the McGregor family, Tom Tyler, Barbara Stoltz, Rhonda Wolf, Kathie, The Tyson family, The Sanchez family, Bob Dickie, Suzy Yost, Donna & Clay Simpson, Megan, Devin, those who struggle for racial equality, all who have contracted the Covid-19 virus, and those who have lost loved ones in the pandemic.
Long Term Prayers:
Sandy Britt, Susan Durham Shelton, Bernice & Carina, Tom Munson, Don Cave, Caleb Judd, Arthur Hastings, Isaac, Sarah Lee, the Kellner Family, Rodolpho, Marilyn Tischhauser, Israel Delabra, Jack & Carol Lee, James and Loretta Tyson, Nyssa and Athena Menchacha, Wyatt Sherman, Ann McCorkle, Jeffrey & Jennifer Whitehead, Jordan Hein & family, and Kenny.
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Readings for Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
Please click on the blue 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 - Director of Christian Formation for Children, Youth, and Young Adults
KaDee McCormick - Parish Administrator
Sherrie Cotton - Administrative Assistant
Marcia Van Horn, Ron Anderson, Lori Price - Office Assistants
Jessie Cave and Bethany Wilder - Early Childhood Teachers
All Saints' Vestry & Officers
Carolyn McLellan - Senior Warden
Don Hill – Junior Warden
Ron Anderson – Junior Warden
Mary Ellen Patton
Thomas Parton
Diane Yarbrough
Elaine Tise
Brandon Etzkorn
Rudy Delabra
- Treasurer
Sherrie Cotton - Secretary
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Be sure to check out our Groups for All Saints', EYC, Sunday School and more.
- Instagram - All Saints' Episcopal Church https://www.instagram.com/allsaintsrussellville/
- Instagram - Episcopal Youth Community
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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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