Purpose
To be a Community where all persons will encounter the power and
love of the Living God, through His Son, Jesus Christ.
Vision
All Saints Episcopal Church is called by the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit to...
· Worship Jesus Christ
· Learn and Teach His Word
· Minister in His Name
· Proclaim Him and Share the Blessing of His Love
· Welcome All in His Name
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The All Saints Messenger
October 25, 2020
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On Sunday, October 25, we will kick off our Stewardship Campaign that helps to create the 2021 budget. This year our Stewardship theme “Faith Filled Generosity” is an opportunity for us to recommit our time, talent, and treasure to the mission of All Saints’ community. It is also an opportunity to reflect on how generosity is inspired by our faith; how we are formed and led into relationship with each other as we share our God-given gifts with the world.
Although we may not be meeting in person, your faithful, commitment to doing God’s work in the world has not ceased. You have always been a generous people giving your money, time and energy to sustain the ministries and programs of the church.
This is a time of anxiety and uncertainty for many of us, however, we pray as faith filled generous people that you remain good stewards by keeping up your pledge payments. You currently have the option of
• Mailing your check to the church office
• Including us on automated Bill Pay through your bank
• Using the One-Time Gift button on our website
In the coming days, you will receive your commitment card for 2021
Keep in mind that stewardship is not only about money. Stewardship is a way of being, and a way of loving God, ourselves and our neighbors.
You are encouraged to reflect upon what is important in your daily lives. What is God’s will for you for 2021? What is God calling you to “be and do” in 2021? Where is God leading All Saints in 2021? Where do you place God and this community of All Saints in your priorities?
Stewardship 2020-21 Timeline
Sunday, October 25 - Kick-Off/Message from Chairperson
Sunday, October 25, November 8, 15 and 22 - stories of members shared at 8, 10 & 10:30 am
Sunday, November 29 - Pledge cards returned
Yours in Christ,
Alicia Alexis+ Interim Rector
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Schedule of Church Events For This Week: |
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21st Sunday after Pentecost
...............Stewardship Sunday
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Stewardship Sunday & Holy Eucharist Rite II followed by Fellowship Hour
8:00 AM
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 834 1000 4841
Children's Word with Families followed by Fellowship
10:00 AM
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 834 1000 4841
Stewardship Sunday & Holy Eucharist Rite II followed by Fellowship Hour
10:30 AM
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 834 1000 4841
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Wednesday Oct 28
10:00 am
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Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 837 6182 9491
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Dial by your location
+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
Meeting ID: 834 8119 6616
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT HAVE AUDIO CAPABILITY WITH YOUR COMPUTERS, DIAL ONE OF THE NUMBERS ABOVE. ENTER THE MEETING ID. ENTER YOUR PERSONAL PASSWORD THAT WAS CREATED WHEN YOU SET UP YOUR ZOOM ACCOUNT. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TALK WITH THE GROUP AT COFFEE HOUR. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A ZOOM ACCOUNT, YOU WILL NEED TO CREATE ONE.
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STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY
Please join us this Sunday for the kick-off of our Stewardship Campaign for 2021.
You will be receiving a letter in the mail which contains your pledge card and your Time & Talent card.
Our thanks to Glenda Carpenter for being our Stewarship Chairman for 2021.
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ANGEL TREE 2020
TIME IS RUNNING OUT! OCTOBER 31st IS THE DEADLINE TO GET YOUR CHECKS INTO ALL SAINTS.
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A beloved parishioner, Mary Neil, was a volunteer for a United Way Agency, SOCKS (Serving Our Community with Kindness in Springwood). Springwood is an area between Belmont and Spencer Mountain and has a high number of families below or barely above the poverty line. Mary brought the idea of an Angel Tree to All Saints, to provide Christmas presents and food for needy families in that area of the County. Each year, the names of children, their ages and what they need/would like for Christmas are written on paper angels and placed on a Christmas Tree in the Family Life Center. Parishioners take an angel, buy presents, wrap them, and put them under the tree for transportation to SOCKS for disbursement to their families. Unfortunately, Miss Mary is no longer with us but the Angel Tree continues on. Linda Klocker oversees the Angel Tree at All Saints.
Due to Covid-19 we are having to change how we honor our commitments and continue to do ministry. With that being said we offer the following suggestions for the Angel Tree Ministry this year.
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We will ask for financial donations instead of bringing gifts into the church. Donations will be solicited during the month of October. Please make your donation in the form of a check made out to All Saints and put Angel Tree in the memo line.
- Although that seems like an early date, donations must be counted, number of children which can be purchased for identified as well as purchasing etc. during the month of November for Dec 1 delivery.
- The ministry representative ( Linda Klocker) will communicate with the parish through the Messenger and during announcements concerning the needs for money donations,
- The ministry representative will work with the business office about how much money was raised and turning in receipts for reimbursement.
- The ministry representative will communicate with SOCKs to find out the needs of the people
- Linda Klocker and a small team of volunteers from her family will purchase, wrap and deliver the gifts.
- Reports will be given to the Vestry as well as the parish.
We realize that this is a difficult time for all of us. More families then ever will be looking at ways to make a Merry and Blessed Christmas for their families. Please help us show our love for our neighbors, so needed at this time, by helping out with this ministry. Please note that no donation is too small, every dollar will go to help a family with gifts and food this Christmas.
Any questions can be addressed to Linda Klocker, leklocker@gmail.com or at 704-827-3901. Thanks again and God bless.
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CLOSEOUT OF CANCELLED OYSTER ROAST
Dear Parishioners,
On behalf of the Outreach Committee, we have decided to offer anyone who purchased a ticket to our 2nd annual Oyster Roast to receive a full refund of the purchase price. If interested in receiving a refund, please contact Jim Howard at jhowardnc@carolina.rr.com.
Otherwise your donation will go into the General Fund as was budgeted for this year.
Thank you,
Casey and Lee Allison
Outreach Co chairmen
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MEAL SCHEDULE FOR A CHURCH MEMBER |
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We are going to continue the meals to BF and Eleanor Beasley and their daughter Vivienne through the month of October. Thank you to all who have helped! |
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Monday
October 12- Vera Huntsinger
October 19 - Debbie Birk-Chicken & noodle casserole
October 26 - Glenda Carpenter
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Thursday
October 15 -Glenda Carpenter
October 22-Jerry Wertz
October 29 -Linda Klocker - Roast chicken
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Thank You from the Beasley's |
Dear All Saints Family,
We the BF Beasley's want you to know how much we appreciate the love you've expressed in providing us evening meals these past few months. We are reminded of this scripture from the book of Galatians.
" therefore if we have opportunity, let us do good to all people especially to those who belong to the family of believers"
With our love and appreciation,
BF, Eleanor & Vivienne
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CRISIS ASSISTANCE IN NEED OF FOOD |
If it would be easier for you, you could drop the food off at the Family Life Center and the office will make sure the food gets to CAM.
If you plan to drop off food at church, you could call Jerry Wertz - 704-577-9699 to make sure the church is open.
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ALL SAINTS DECALS FOR SALE |
As a way to "evangelize" and let people know about All Saints, the Membership Committee has decals to sale to place on your car window. To offset the cost, the decals are being sold for $5.00.
These are available on the table where you pick up your communion kits with an envelope for your money.
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HAVE YOU SIGNED UP YET????
All Saints is a registered nonprofit on Amazon Smile! We need your help and assistance. Amazon will give .5% to All Saints on every purchase made through Amazon Smile. This can be a significant amount when considering all the people you know who use Amazon. Simply click the link below and start shopping:
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"Cast your vote, not on a partisan basis, not based on your biases, but vote your values.
Vote the values of human dignity and equality. Vote the values of the rock on which this country was built. Vote."
-Presiding Bishop Michael Curry
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SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION KITS AVAILABLE |
Kits have been made for you which contain the Sacrament of Holy Communion which have been blessed by Rev. Dr. Alicia Alexis. If you want a kit, please email Jerry Wertz (jerrywertz@att.net) so she will be at the church to give it to you or contact Glenda Carpenter (glendacarpenter@aol.com).
Refills are available in the Family Life Center.
A big "thank you" to Glenda Carpenter for preparing the kits.
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Altar flowers for Sundays can be provided by parishioners. If you wish to provide flowers for a Sunday, please let Jerry Wertz know by contacting secretaryallsaintsgastonianc@gmail.com. Since we are doing remote services, the flowers will be delivered by the florist to Rev. Alicia's house. The church pays the florist and you would pay the church for the flowers. |
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October
4 .....Jim Martin
11.... Jim & Glenda Carpenter
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25... Pacesetters
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November
1.....Debbie Birk
8.....
15....BF Beasley
22... Inga Kish
29....Advent Greens
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December
6..... Advent Greens
13.... Advent Greens
20.... Advent Greens
27.... Forbes
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CHURCH OFFICE IS CLOSED DUE TO COVID-19 |
The church office is closed. You may contact Rev. Alicia for pastoral emergencies at 336-541-3161 or Jerry Wertz at 704-577-9699. Emails are still being read and answered but the telephone is not being checked so please do not leave a message on it.
Many of you have keys to the church buildings and are use to entering without considering setting off the alarm. We have a security system in the Family Life Center and if you open the door and do not have a code to deactivate the alarm the police will be notified.
Please do not enter the building if you do not have a code to deactivate the alarm. Any correspondence can be put in the mailbox outside the Family Life Center as this is being checked regularly.
BUILDING USAGE
No group has permission to use the building at this time except Backpack Ministry and those preparing food for the Salvation Army.
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All Saints Financial Needs |
Everyone is doing a great job of keeping up with their pledges so please keep up the good work. Offerings may be dropped off at the church if you go out and put it in the mailbox outside the Family Life Center; or, you may mail your pledge or other offerings to:
All Saints Episcopal Church
1201 South New Hope Road
Gastonia, N.C. 28054
All Saints can also accept contributions made using PayPal which can be accessed through the All Saints website (www.allsaintsgastonia.org).
Please do not send cash payments through the mail.
Just to emphasize, if there is no one at the Church, please drop your envelope into the mail box outside the Family Life Center.
During this time, please remember that the church expenses still go on.
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O God, during this time of transition at All Saints, we pray for our parish family, that we may be prayerful in our self-reflection, open to growth during our transition, patient in our discernment, loving as your Son Jesus Christ teaches us, and daring in our faith. We thank you for the gifts and experiences which have blessed us and brought us to this moment. Help us to view this period of change, not as a threat to what has been, but as an invitation to build on the foundation which has been given to us. May we, being guided by the Holy Spirit, be united to accomplish our calling; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen |
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*Millie Cocker, one of our former members, has been in the hospital and has been sent home with continuing problems with a severe leg wound that will not heal. She will have continued treatments and is in need of our prayers. Her address is P.O.Box 6159, Gastonia 28056.
* Rosie Dedrick, a former All Saints member, has had a stroke and is in the hospital. She is having difficulty with swallowing and other problems. Her address is 2133 Wildlife Road, Charlotte 28214.
*Healing Service: Due to lack of participation, the Healing Services with Rev. Alicia on Wednesday and the Talk with Deacon Martha at 7:00 PM on Wednesday have been cancelled. Any feedback on the lack of participation would be greatly appreciated.
*Library Custodian Needed: While our library, located in the Family Life Center, is in good shape, it is in need of someone who will maintain it. As new books are constantly being added, we need someone who can keep it organized. If this is something you would like to do, please let the office know at secretaryallsaintsgastonianc@gmail.com.
*Garden Custodian Needed: If the garden is something you would like to take under your wing, please let the church office know.
*Book Study Group: The group meets on Wednesday at 10:00 via Zoom. We are studying Bible Women by Lindsey Freeman. We are also reading Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. If you wish to join this group, please let Jerry Wertz know at jerrywertz@att.net so she can include you in the Zoom invite. These books can be purchased on Amazon and are available on Kindle.
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ALTAR FLOWERS DEDICATION FOR THIS SUNDAY |
The Altar Flowers Are Given To The Glory Of God By the Pacesetters
In Memory of Marian Watts.
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October 25 Autumn Jager
October 27 Robert Weeks
Please let the office know if we have missed your birthday!
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October 30 Ken & Cathy Wright
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All Saints Prayer List
Have compassion on those who suffer from any grief or trouble that they may be delivered from their distress. We pray for Linda Stanford, Joshua Scruggs, Anne Harrison, Jane Reilly, Royston Acheson, Courtney Birk, Jack Dixson, Michael Crayton, Emily Kline, Jenn Oleksa, Lindsay Swift, Shay Matthews, BF & Eleanor Beasley, Cindy Knight, Laurel Kish, Kim Freeman, Cathy Huntsinger, Paul Murdock, David McCarthy, Madison Hartsoe, Burl Pittman, Elynanne Wilkie, Sally Kline, Randall Madriz, Brenda Ashley, Teeny Johnston, Cheryl Richard, Flo McCarthy, Martha Richard, Monica Vogt and all the victims of domestic violence during these difficult times.
Give to the departed Marian Watts eternal rest. Let light perpetual shine upon her.
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The Lessons Appointed for Use on
Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
Book of Common Prayer
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17
1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
Matthew 22:34-46
The Collect
Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Old Testament
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho, and the Lord showed him the whole land: Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, the Negeb, and the Plain—that is, the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees—as far as Zoar. The Lord said to him, “This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants’; I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there.” Then Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, at the Lord’s command. He was buried in a valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor, but no one knows his burial place to this day. Moses was one hundred twenty years old when he died; his sight was unimpaired and his vigor had not abated. The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the period of mourning for Moses was ended.
Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, because Moses had laid his hands on him; and the Israelites obeyed him, doing as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Never since has there arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face. He was unequaled for all the signs and wonders that the Lord sent him to perform in the land of Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants and his entire land, and for all the mighty deeds and all the terrifying displays of power that Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.
The Response
Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17
Domine, refugium
1 Lord, you have been our refuge *
from one generation to another.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth,
or the land and the earth were born, *
from age to age you are God.
3 You turn us back to the dust and say, *
"Go back, O child of earth."
4 For a thousand years in your sight are like yesterday when it is past *
and like a watch in the night.
5 You sweep us away like a dream; *
we fade away suddenly like the grass.
6 In the morning it is green and flourishes; *
in the evening it is dried up and withered.
13 Return, O Lord; how long will you tarry? *
be gracious to your servants.
14 Satisfy us by your loving-kindness in the morning; *
so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life.
15 Make us glad by the measure of the days that you afflicted us *
and the years in which we suffered adversity.
16 Show your servants your works *
and your splendor to their children.
17 May the graciousness of the Lord our God be upon us; *
prosper the work of our hands;
prosper our handiwork.
The Epistle
1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our coming to you was not in vain, but though we had already suffered and been shamefully mistreated at Philippi, as you know, we had courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of great opposition. For our appeal does not spring from deceit or impure motives or trickery, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals, but to please God who tests our hearts. As you know and as God is our witness, we never came with words of flattery or with a pretext for greed; nor did we seek praise from mortals, whether from you or from others, though we might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children. So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you have become very dear to us.
The Gospel
Matthew 22:34-46
When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question: “What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” He said to them, “How is it then that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying,
‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet”’?
If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?” No one was able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
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READERS FOR SUNDAY REMOTE SERVICES
Note: If you are not able to read, please try to find a replacement and notify the church secretary at secretaryallsaintsgastonianc@gmail.com.
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Service
Reader 8 a.m.
Prayers of the People 8 a.m.
Reader 10:30 am
Prayers of the People 10:30 am
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Oct 25
Bruce Kiser
Ronnie Jolley
Casey Allison
Lindsey Wells
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Nov 1
Judy Cheek
Kelly Morris
Kathy McKenna
William Graham
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The Rev. Dr. Alicia Alexis
Interim Rector
phone: 704-864-7201
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