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The Episcopal Church Welcomes You!
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Birthdays September
| 09/07 Beverly Hume
09/08 Bob Champagne
09/08 Russell Ellis
09/11 Blair Farley
09/12 Peter Bertsch
09/12 J. Victor Cloutier
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Anniversaries September
| 09/01 Danielle & Bob Pierpont
09/09 Sarah & Adrian Pelletier
09/09 Sandi & Don Johnson
09/10 Dick & Sylvia Rollins
09/11 Tom & Donna Cote
09/13 David & Kathleen Bentley
09/13 Thomas & Cheryl McCarriston |
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Jesus says, "For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them" (Matt. 18:20). In these Sundays after Pentecost, we are repeatedly reminded that God has not abandoned us and that Christ's resurrection and ascension are a beginning for us, not an end. The readings this week focus on the practical work of the gathered Christian community: turning from sin to repentance, from conflict to reconciliation. The question is as relevant today as it was for the disciples and the first Christians: how do we live together, work together, as the body of Christ? We have been saved by grace, liberated by God's love to love one another. What does it mean for us and for our community to "put on the Lord Jesus Christ" (Rom. 13:14) and to clothe ourselves in love?
We keep asking these questions because the way we gather as Christians continues to be profoundly countercultural. We do not gather as a social club, drawn and kept together only by shared demographics and interests. If church is only a social club, there is no reason to continue to gather if conflict arises, if uncomfortable issues are raised, or if "the way it's always been" begins to change. If church is only a social club, there is no reason to do the hard work of reconciliation and forgiveness. [Sundays and Seasons, 2020]
Beloveds, God calls us into community knowing that being in community is difficult, especially during time of pandemic. Thankfully scripture offers practical guidance for gathering (even virtually) through good times and in challenging times. Thankfully the Holy Spirit is present and always at work (in, through and among us) to gather and regather us as the body of Christ, the Church again and again. This week we worship and gather as Christ's body in new ways, live streamed from our worship space and with music (for the first time since March) to feed and sustain us to be Christ's body for the sake of the world.
Grace and peace,
Bill+
Readings:
Click on the following links:
Worship (including bulletin for Sunday worship live stream)
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THE WOUNDED CHRIST
Prayers For Our Human family
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This prayer for our one human family at this time of crisis is from the World Council of Churches and adopts the words of sisters and brothers from different parts of the world. You are invited to pray with Elizabeth Padillo Olesen to the Wounded Christ, rejected, despised, whipped, nailed down, betrayed, crucified: You bear the world's pain and sorrow and understand our own wounds too... To find additional prayers and resources for this time of crisis, please visit: Prayers
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STEWARDSHIP, GENEROSITY, AND GIVING ARE NOT SYNONYMOUS
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The terms stewardship, generosity and giving are often used interchangeably and confuse people. Stewardship is simply the act of being a steward. In biblical times a steward was a respected person of high integrity entrusted with their master's possessions. They were expected to manage the possessions following the master's wishes. Since God created and still owns all we have, stewardship is recognizing God as the owner, and we as God's managers. As managers, we are responsible for using God's possessions to please God.
Giving is an act, and generosity is an attitude. Generosity involves a willingness to sacrifice for the benefit of others personally out of love-love of God, and loving one's neighbor as one's self. Giving is merely the act of abandoning something of value. Giving can be done without being generous (the Pharisees are an example), but you cannot be generous and not give.
- God is a giver. Our willingness to give reveals our relationship to God.
- God is generous. Our willingness to sacrifice reveals our relationship to God.
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Mark Your Calendars - Lord and Tailor Sidewalk Sale
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The Lord and Tailor Thrift Shop will hold a sidewalk sale with great clothing bargains over two weekends! The first weekend will be 10-12 September 2020 and the second weekend will be on the following week 17-19 September 2020! The sale will be from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each day in the parking lot next to the Lord and Tailor Thrift Store. One of the objectives of the sidewalk sale is to clear out Lord and Tailor's spring and summer inventory in preparation for the fall. Starting 1 October 2020, Lord and Tailor will once again accept clothing donations. It is requested that clothing donations starting 1 October be for autumn or winter clothing. Please plan to come to the Lord and Tailor Sidewalk Sale and bring a friend!
Note: Masks are mandatory
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Remembering Baptismal Anniversaries
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Do you know the date of your baptism? Do you celebrate it? We remember baptism in our daily life and in our worship life. Remembering your baptism honors the promises you, and/or parents/guardians and sponsors made when you were claimed in the water and the Word. Please share your baptism date (our church records only have dates for 1/3 of us on file) with our Parish Administrator allsaints@metrocast.net.
You are encouraged to remember God's grace on your baptismal anniversary and whenever you are having a bad day because you are claimed and loved by God-no exceptions! Try remembering your baptism when you wash your face in the morning, swim or boat on the lake, when you spend time playing or rejoicing in the wonder of creation. For you have been "sealed by the Holy Spirit and marked as Christ's own forever" (BCP, 308). Thanks be to God!
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Wolfeboro Reads Fall 2020 Schedule
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You are invited to our community read, a joint ministry of All Saints' and First Congregational Church Wolfeboro via Zoom. Pastors Bill and Gina facilitate lively discussions three Tuesday afternoons a month 4:00-5:00 pm. To join the discussion via computer click: READS
Meeting ID: 982 3048 8609 and Passcode: 012281 To join via telephone call: (929) 205-6099 *note long distance charges may apply Meeting ID: 982 3048 8609 September Book A Sin By Any Other Name: Reckoning with Racism and the Heritage of the South, by Robert W. Lee to be discussed on 9/15, 22, 29 October Book The Weight of Ink, a novel by Rachel Kadish to be discussed on 10/13,20,27 November Book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer to be discussed 11/10,17,24
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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 SIGHTINGS
Please continue to share your God sightings with us!
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Elissa Paquette saw God reflected in Shannon Pond at Castle in the Clouds.
Carolyn Hoffman saw God in zinnias shared from her garden...
To a cloudless blue sky highlighting the cross of Christ on our steeple...
And the reminder that all God's creatures got a place in the choir!
The word of God is always "in the beginning."
And this means that it is always in the process of being born and is
already born.
Now, it is the nature of the word to reveal what is hidden.
The Word that is hidden still sparkles in the darkness and whispers in the silence.
It entices us to pursue it, to yearn and sigh after it.
For it wishes to reveal to me something about God.
-Meister Eckhart (1260-1329)
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Community Meals Resume Thursday, September 10th
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Wolfeboro's Dinner Bell program will resume its community meal weekly on Thursdays beginning September 10, 2020. To Go meals must be reserved ahead of time and will be distributed in the parking lot. Reserve your meal(s) by calling the church office 569-3453 Mondays 10am to 4pm or Tuesdays 2pm- 4pm and indicate pickup time for Thursday between 4 and 6 pm. When picking up your meal(s) please remain in your vehicle, wear a mask and a volunteer will check you in and place your meals in your vehicle's trunk or backseat. A donation for your meal(s) may be left with the volunteer.
Monthly Menu: September 10th - Baked Lasagna & Minestrone Soup; September 17th - Corn Chowder & Meatloaf with gravy, mashed potato and mixed vegetables; September 24th - Cabbage Soup & Roast Pork with oven roasted potato and mixed vegetables.
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MEMORIAL GARDEN PROJECT
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The work on the Memorial Garden continues. The paving stones have been ordered and have been delivered to Set 'N Stone storage location. The time for the installation continues to be this fall.
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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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
Mark Luken Shirley Bentley Rodney Morgan Stephanie Schroeder
Carolyn Toshney Gina Vivian Penny Meyer Jan Sauda
Faye Juul Penelope Bennis Mary McAuley Gwendolyn Deneau Mary Ellen Davis Prue Fitts Judy Hess
Michael Dowd Zell Kellogg Joe Blackett
Jacqueline McLaughlin
Winona Blake
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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
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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
9:00 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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