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. 

The bulletin can be found on the All Angels Website: AllAngelsLBK.org
or at the following link: Bulletin for Sunday, January 17
We Need Your Artwork
All Angels is having an
ART Sale
February
In the Gallery

Please search your CLOSETS
Did you change your DÉCOR?
All those old things cluttering up your House?
Hate to just throw them away?
Bring them to the Office right away  
  100% proceeds goes to All Angels
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. 
Discussion Group Readings

This topic has come up quite a bit so I think it is time for us to talk about it. There are some social difficulties and tensions with who should be vaccinated and when. Some are wondering if following Jesus means to give up one's place in line and let someone else get vaccinated, or, is following Jesus getting a vaccination when it is available for you. 

Also, I am concerned about what may happen this weekend in the country in regards to the possibility of violence in our state capitals. In college, I internshipped with folks in and near Washington's capital in Olympia. The capital is shutting down as they have already received threats. I can only imagine this is happening elsewhere. I pray - literally - that we won't need to talk about any of this next week. May God bless you and may God watch over our nation and that the promise of peace come quickly upon all. 
- Dave

Here is the website address for the discussion group:


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:
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. 
Prayers for our People

We ask that you continue to knit together the healing and restoration of all who call upon you for help, especially those we name, Downs IV, Holden, Nikolai, Brian and Joan. Grant healing and recovery for all who have gone through surgery, especially Terry and Tim. Give peace and strength for those going through cancer treatments, especially Victoria, Andres, Ginny, Alex, Colleen, Jack, Breanna, John, Douglas and Joseph. 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.
Gallery Artist

The artist for December and January is Linda Larisch. Please stop by and enjoy the work of this talented artist. 

All checks should be written to "All Angels by the Sea."
All previous services, discussion group readings, Bible study classes and organ concerts may be found on our website:
Reflection
Likewise

The discussion group topic this week focused on an article by Peter Wehner that highlighted how Jesus listened to the outcast and the excluded in a way that would teach the privileged about humility and justice. An example of this is found in the parable of the Good Samaritan, which, in short, is a story of a man who was robbed, beaten and left for dead. Two privileged men, a Temple priest and a Levite, saw the man but did not help; but, an outcast, a Samaritan, did. He applied first aid, paid for his room and board so he could recover, and promised to return to pay any additional costs. As a result of this story we now have hospitals, churches, and even laws named for the Good Samaritan. But, like everything Jesus did and said, there is more to it. 

This story from Luke, chapter 10, originated from a situation where a legal expert interrupted Jesus with this question, “What must I do to gain eternal life?” Jesus replied, “You’re the expert, what does the law say?” He replied, “Love God with your whole being and love your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus said, “Correct! Do that and you’ll live.” The legal expert rebutted, “But who is my neighbor?” The Good Samaritan story is a result of the question. At the conclusion of the story, Jesus asked the expert, “What do you think – which of these three people was a neighbor to the man in need?” He replied, “The one who showed mercy.” Jesus looked him straight in the eye and said, “Go and do likewise.” 

This story exemplifies that the excluded – the beaten man and the Samaritan – taught the privileged; in this case, the legal expert. My question to you is this: how did it teach the privileged. There is a pedagogical thought that adults learn out of need or identification. If an adult can identify with something in his/her past in what is being taught, it will be learned. Or, if an adult has a need to learn something, then it will be learned. Bearing that in mind, how did the legal expert learn – was it need or by identity. I’m going to suggest it was both. His question, what must I do to gain eternal life, shows a need – life eternal. Yet, I think the legal expert also identified with the story – specifically, the beaten-man, who was passed by, or un-helped by, religious leaders. Maybe he felt excluded by religion. If so, his deeper question is this, how do I become included. Jesus gave him what his heart needed to hear, “Go show mercy.” Another way to look at it is this – go, identify with the unheard and outcast, show them mercy.

Sociologists have pointed out that individuals or groups who feel excluded, left out, or unheard, may harm others out of, or because of, their own exclusionary pain. This is believed to be a cause of school or work place shootings. Could it also be a cause for riots? Although I have never been mistreated by the police, maybe Jesus is calling me to identify with those have been. Likewise, I do not have grievances against our government, but what if Jesus is calling me to identify; to listen to; those who do. Certainly for those who have broken the law, they need to be punished. But what about the non-violent demonstrators. What if he is calling me to show mercy by listening to someone who feels unheard or excluded. There is mercy in that; especially considering God listens to me when I feel unwelcomed or unheard. 

Jesus felt drawn to outcasts. He listened to and cared for the excluded. What if the being a Good Samaritan today is to listen to those who feel excluded, left out and unheard. What if Jesus, through his words and deeds recorded in the Gospel, is telling us to “Go and do likewise.” 

- Fr. Dave