For All the Saints Newsletter-October 20, 2022

Our All Saints EYC group has been invited by Fr. John Palarine and St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Fruit Cove to join them on an amazing pilgrimage adventure to Ireland next summer!

Fr. John is the Interim Rector of St. Patricks and also operates YP Ministries, which takes adults and youth on pilgrimages and youth adventures in Ireland and around the country. Our youth pilgrimage to Ireland with St. Patrick's and YP Ministries is set for late July-early August 2023 and will have a limited number of slots for youth and for a few adults. The deadline for registration is set for December 1st! Right now the price for the trip has been set at $2,887, which includes AIRFARE, TRANSPORTATION, ACCOMMODATIONS, & ALL BREAKFASTS & DINNERS!! Additional spending money, some lunches (not all), and travel insurance is the only additional money that will be required. All Saints plans on doing our best, through fund raising and sponsorships, to make this trip available to at least 12 youth who’d like to go.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE, THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL INFO SESSION, WITH FR. JOHN, FR. DONAVAN, MS. HILLARY CITRANO, & YP MINISTRIES STAFF, THIS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, AT 5PM IN THE PARISH HALL! Supper will be provided! Don't miss it!

ALL SAINTS ANNUAL FALL FOOD DRIVE FOR UCOM KICKS OFF THIS SUNDAY!

All Saints Annual Fall Food Drive for UCOM begins THIS SUNDAY! Grocery bags with a list of all the items needed this year at the UCOM Food Pantry will be handed out at both the 8am & the 10:30am Holy Eucharist. Every family can pick up a bag (...or two or three or four...) to take home and fill up. As usual, you be invited to keep your bags at home until the official "Collection Sunday" on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, November 20th. On that Sunday, all the bags will be placed around the altar to be blessed and then taken straight to UCOM following the 10:30am Eucharist. So pick up some bags for our Fall Food Drive THIS SUNDAY, and start filling them up for families in need here in our community!

'SUNDAY FUNDAY' CONTINUES THIS SUNDAY! ALL YOUTH 10 & UP ARE INVITED TO THE CEB AFTER THE 10:30 EUCHARIST!

On your mark...get set... GROW!

As we move forward in this new school year, cultivating an atmosphere for all our youth that is Christ-centered, fun, and full of service opportunities on and off campus is needed! With that need in mind, every Sunday through December 18th, from 12:00pm -1:00pm, all youth, ages 10 years and up, are invited to participate in some much needed S & S (social and service) activities at All Saints! Youth will meet in the CEB each Sunday, immediately following worship, for a quick lunch followed by a fun activity, lead by Ms. Hillary. For our high school & middle school kids, they will be given the opportunity to help our younger youth and can receive service hours for school on certain activities and projects. Pick up each week will be at 1pm in front of the Parish Hall. Dates and details for our on and off campus projects for October are in the works and will be available soon. If your child is interested, please RSVP Hillary Citrano with your child's name (lunch headcount) by the Friday of each week at Hcitrano@asejax.org.

DONATION ENVELOPES FOR MEMORIAL MUMS ARE IN THE PEWS THROUGH OCTOBER 30TH!

You are invited to again offer special flowers and memorial mums in memory of your loved ones for All Saints Sunday, coming up this year on Sunday, November 6th! As always, all the beautiful flowers will be placed inside the church around the altar for our All Saints services and in the All Saints Columbarium. The names of those for which the flowers were given in memory of will be listed in the worship bulletin and online.

Please use the envelopes available in the pews and at the "Welcome Station" located at both entrances to the church. You can also call or stop by the church office to drop off a donation and give Molly your names. If you make a donation with an envelope, please write the names for whom you are offering the flower donations LEGIBLY. Donations must be placed in the baskets, collection plates, or the church office by Sunday, October 30th.

Upcoming

ALL SAINTS SUNDAY IS COMING NOV 6TH WITH ONE SERVICE AT 10AM! JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL JAZZ EUCHARIST, A "CHICKEN BURN" LUNCH & FUN FALL FESTIVAL!

Sunday, November 6th, is our church's patronal feast day, All Saints Sunday! This special All Saints Sunday Fall Festival will include a special "Jazz Mass," at 10am (one service only!) followed by a New Orleans style Jazz led procession to the Columbarium for the reading of the names of those who have died this past year. After that, we will shift to a special Fall version of the All Saints "Chicken Burn" Parish Luncheon, with lots of inflatable slides and activities for the youth to do around the campus! Finally, the names of all those who had mums and autumn flowers purchased in their memory for this All Saints Sunday will be printed in the bulletin and posted on posters around campus. And if you purchased a mum, you are free to take one home with you after the Fall Festival.

DON'T MISS OUR ALL SAINTS SUNDAY FALL FESTIVAL & CHICKEN BURN LUNCH ON ALL SAINTS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, BEGINNING AT 10AM!

WE'RE INVITED, ALL SAINTS: UCOM GALA IS NOVEMBER 4TH! PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS ONLINE NOW!

Our outreach partners at UCOM invite All Saints to come join the fun, food, and festivities at the United Community Outreach Ministry's (UCOM) 2022 Annual 'Neighbor Helping Neighbor' Gala, at the San Jose Country Club on Friday, November 4th, at 6pm. Live Music with Bold City Classics Featuring: Paris Winningham, season 21 & The Voice; Cortnie Frazier, American Idol & Post Modern Jukebox; and Linzy Lauren, musical theatre & model. There will also be a Silent Auction, Wine Pull Game, and many other ways for you to support your passion to help neighbors in need. Tickets start at a donation of $50 per person and can be purchased from UCOM HERE.

UCOM has been working since 1979 to make sure no one faces hunger or crisis alone. UCOM is a passionate advocate for our clients and partners. UCOM serves thousands of individuals each year by providing access to healthy food and paths for income growth. All UCOM programs and services are at NO COST to the families we serve.

Ongoing

Adult Christian Formation & Youth Sunday School Classes continue every Sunday!

Morning Sunday School classes are back every Sunday from 9:30am-10:15am, for children, youth, and adults!

Adults are invited to join Fr. Donavan in the Parish Hall, for his class Twelve Steps to Inner Freedom: Christian Humility in the Rule of St. Benedict. This class is taking a deep look at Chapter 7 in The Rule of St. Benedict, exploring how Benedict's teachings draw from the Bible and from Jesus' teachings on Humility, and how it can be applied today in our lives!

Children & Youth Sunday School classes meet at the same time in Christian Education Building. Sign your children in after breakfast, and their Sunday School teacher will take them to their class.

Morning Prayer on Zoom continues! EVERY MONDAY at 8am! NEW ZOOM LINK HERE!

In many times and places, daybreak has been a time of prayer. Jews prayed in their synagogues at sunrise as well as at other times each day. This Jewish pattern of prayer formed the basis of the Christian monastic Daily Office, with its prayers or “hours” at seven times in each day. Thomas Cranmer’s revision of the Daily Office for the first English Prayer Book (1549) reduced the number of services to two - one for morning (Matins) and one for evening (Evensong or vespers). In the Second English Prayer Book (1552), the morning service was given its present name, Morning Prayer.

All Saints would love for you to join us on Monday mornings at 8 AM via Zoom to pray the service of Morning Prayer from the Daily Office. What better way to start your week than a sweet reminder that your days belong to God and that you are never alone? Just open up your computer or smart phone, and click HERE to join. The meeting ID is 845 0325 3205 and the passcode to enter the Zoom meeting is 244071 Or just email Julia Suddath HERE for the Zoom invitation. You can also use Forward Movement's Daily Prayer resource HERE to see the liturgy and to read the assigned Bible readings for Morning Prayer.

Come and be nourished with the Word of God and prayer!

COFFEE HOUR IS EVERY SUNDAY FOLLOWING THE 10:30AM EUCHARIST!

Prior to the Pandemic in 2020, Coffee Hour at All Saints following the 10:30am Holy Eucharist was a very important time each week to catch up with friends and finish out our Sunday morning in fellowship. Well, Coffee Hour is back! Come to the Parish Hall immediately following the dismissal at the end of the 10:30am service EVERY SUNDAY THIS FALL for hot coffee, cool drinks, sweet cookies, salty snacks and good conversation!

And if Coffee Hour brings back wonderful memories from All Saints' past, perhaps you'd like to sign up and host a simple coffee hour yourself sometime this Fall! If so, Kim Fishback will help you sign you up in the Parish Hall and point out where all our coffee hour supplies are now located. She can also make some sensible and easy suggestions for how you can "personalize" an upcoming Coffee Hour Sunday!

So this Sunday morning, if you attend the 10:30am Holy Eucharist, don't rush away after church. Stay a little longer for coffee, snacks, and, more importantly, fellowship in the Parish Hall! Right on, All Saints!

COME JOIN KAREN McDONALD FOR YOGA EVERY THURSDAY MORNING AT ALL SAINTS!

All people, all levels, including those new to yoga, are welcome and invited to experience the benefits of yoga with Yoga Instructor & All Saints member, Karen McDonald!

Classes currently meet every Thursday morning in the CEB:

Gentle Yoga, 8:30-9:30 am, consists of breathing exercises and stretching. Students bring their mats. Mats and blocks are also available at All Saints.
Chair Yoga, 9:30-10:10 am, is done on chairs and with chairs as props. This relatively new and powerful approach to yoga makes yoga stretching and breathing available to everyone, regardless of age, experience, body type, and physical condition.

Karen became a certified and registered yoga teacher through the national association of yoga teachers Yoga Alliance (RYT 200) and the Asheville, NC Yoga Center in 2002. She is certified as an Advanced Yoga Teacher (2003) and has done special yoga training and certification at the Sivananda Yoga Retreat Center in the Bahamas (2005). Eclectic in style, her teaching of yoga reflects what she has learned in the decades she has been studying yoga.

COME JOIN KAREN EVERY THURSDAY MORNING AT ALL SAINTS!

All our sermons are available

on the All Saints SoundCloud Channel

Want to hear or listen again to one of Fr. Donavan or Mtr. Sarah's sermons again? If so, ALL of our All Saints sermons are always available online! Check them out here now, and subscribe to 'Sunday Sermons at All Saints' on your favorite Podcast app! Right on!

All Saints Episcopal Church

4171 Hendricks Avenue,

Jacksonville, FL 32207

904-737-8488