ALL ANGELS BY THE SEA
WEEKLY TIDINGS
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Reminder:
Daylight Savings Time ends
at 2:00 am
on Sunday, November 7th
Turn your clocks back one hour.
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SUNDAY SERVICES
8:00 and 10:00 am
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To 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 10am 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.
The bulletin can be found on the All Angels Website:
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Bishop Smith has decided that masks once again should be worn by all individuals for all indoor gatherings. |
Altar Flowers for Sunday, November 7
are given by Eve Wickwire, Pat Maxson, and Holly Braun
to the Glory of God and in loving memory of Dr. Henry Simmons,
a long time member of All Angels
who passed away on July 15, 2021.
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Scripture Readings, November 7
1 Kings 17:8-16
Psalm 146
Hebrews 9:24-28
Mark 12:38-44
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1 Mike Resanovich
4 Elenor Maxheim
7 Brooke Dixon
7 Kim Bradshaw
8 C.J. Nager
13 Mary Ortiz
14 B.J. Bishop
14 Cathie Wilt
16 Brian Rushton
17 Marge Stapleton
20 Christi Marshall
21 Beverly Sinclair
29 Ginny Upshaw
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5 Bob & June Granger
25 Don & Lou Getz
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PICTURE OF THE WEEK
ARTIST'S RECEPTION
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Our artist's reception this afternoon was a big hit. We well exceeded out hopes for attendance. Many thanks to Linn Torres who coordinated the event, to Don Judd who was our wine host, and to all who helped clean up. In addition to welcoming many from the community to All Angels,
we also sold several pieces.
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Organ Concert in the Park
10-28-21
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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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We Pray for our People
Comfort and heal all those who suffer in body, mind, or spirit, especially Downs IV, Holden, Brian and Stan. Strengthen Debi for her upcoming surgery. Grant healing and recovery for Carling, Beverly, Adam and Bill. Give peace and strength for those going through cancer treatments, especially Jane, Downs III, Victoria, Andres, Alex, Colleen, and Douglas. Visit and comfort all who are under the care of skilled nursing, especially Timothy and Barbara. Be near to all who are in hospice care especially John.
For the repose of the soul of Bob Kopeck.
May light perpetual shine on him.
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Coffee Hour Hosts Needed
One of the most important things we do is gather after the service for coffee hour. If you are interested in hosting, the sign up sheet is on the Gallery table. If you would like help, sign up and we will find someone to show you how it is done.
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Choir Rehearsals, Hand Bell Rehearsals
and Music in the Park
Please note the changes for Thursday morning Music rehearsals and Music in the Park, beginning December 2nd.
10 a.m. Choir Rehearsal
11 a.m. Hand Bell Choir Rehearsal for Christmas Eve
12:30 Music in the Park
New members are needed in each choir.
Contact Dale for more information: 941 896 5541, or dhooey@verizon.net. This schedule will change after the new year begins.
There will be no choir rehearsals or Music in the Park until December 2.
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Art Gallery
New to YOU Art Sale 2022 Update:
We are now accepting art that is no longer being used for our BIG event in February 2022. Please drop off your art to the church office starting now. Accepting: Framed Art, Statues, Fiber, Clay, Pottery, Mixed Media.
Have a friend who has unwanted art? Please donate it to our sale.
Let's make this a Great Event!
Not sure if we will accept it? Call Linn at 941-383-8161
Our Artist for November is Pamela Olin.
Please stop by and enjoy the work of this talented artist. Checks should be written to All Angels by the Sea.
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Discussion Groups
We had two good discussions about why we fear others. As a follow up to that conversation, this next week we have an article that suggests we should talk to strangers to improve our happiness and mental health.
As I write this, we have over 30 people in the Angel Fountain Courtyard talking with our artist of the month. I'd have to say there is a lot of good mental health going on out there!
I look forward to talking with you about the conflict between stranger danger and the happiness that talking to a stranger can bring.
Men's discussion on Tuesday at 10 am and the Women's discussion on Thursday at 10 am; both in person and on-line. I'll have the coffee ready.
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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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Stranger Danger
The discussion groups this week tackled the subject of xenophobia (xeno means “others”; phobia means “fear of”). Is it a natural thing to fear others or is it a learned behavior? Some blame our caveman ancestors who feared rival tribes or families because they were competing for scarce resources. Yet others say that is simply not true and anthropological archeology shows sharing of goods and even cross-marrying to avoid what many would consider xenophobia.
Journalist Walter Lippmann published a piece in 1922 about how public opinion is made. Borrowing a term from the printing press, he wrote that we develop ready-made ideas that facilitate snap judgements about people; coined as “stereotypes”. He suggested the lead-up to U.S. involvement in WWI could be viewed as propaganda weaponizing stereotypes. Whether or not xenophobia was passed to us by caveman, or is preprogramed in our brains, or is created by social circumstance, or is born out of propaganda, fearing others remains a part of our modern life.
We taught our kids about “stranger danger”. In fact, we are still teaching our kids about that. Stranger danger now applies to all of us when we receive an email saying that our Norton Anti-virus is out of date, or there is a package waiting for us but we have to pay a shipping fee. It feels like we have had to become jaded about others in order to survive in our fast-paced culture.
Perhaps equally confusing as to how/when/why we fear others, the Bible seems to speak out of both sides of its mouth, if you will, about “others”. On one hand, the third book of the Bible, Leviticus, says that we are to remember the stranger in our community and to love one’s neighbor as oneself. On the other hand, the same book says that one should marry from one’s own tribe (which is later echoed in Numbers and Deuteronomy). Does that marriage rule mean that we should fear others, I think not. Does it mean that we should stereotype others and weaponize our snap judgements? Definitely not. Additionally, I imagine there was a very good reason why the inter-tribe marriage part was written. … but I do not think it was to harm, shun, or shame others.
The discussion topic for this coming week asserts that it is good for our mental health to have a conversation with a stranger; even once a day! Something happens when we talk with the other, even if it is a short greeting in the grocery line at Publix. Jesus takes this a leap forward and affirms that we are to love God and love our neighbor as ourselves.
Jesus doesn’t tell us how loving our neighbor as ourselves is supposed to look. He trusts that in our place, in our time, and within our context and circumstances, we will be able to figure that out. I imagine that when we love God and love others, it’s good for them and good for us too.
-Rev. Dave
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