SAINTS Alive!

THE NEWSLETTER OF THE PARISH

All Saints’ Church

Chelmsford, MA                                                               September 2005

 


 


From the Rector

The book of Acts reports that the first Christians “devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers” (Acts 2:42).  We use these same words in our Baptismal Covenant to describe our response to believing in God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  Now that September is upon us and the program year is beginning, we are reminded that our first response to the loving grace of God as revealed to us in Jesus Christ is to participate in the worship, learning and fellowship of Christ’s Body.

This issue of Saints Alive is full of opportunities for Christian growth, formation and fun.  I also know that every other organization under the sun is pleading with you to fill their ranks.  Every one of us has to balance our time, energy and values to figure out what to participate in and what must wait for some other time.

As I am doing this myself, I realize that these decisions are not about me, but about what God is up to.  Whether it is committing to another year of volleyball on Friday mornings, taking a course at the seminary in Cambridge, finding time to say the daily office, I know that I do not have time to do it all.   What I do know is that I must find the time to devote myself to:

·         the apostles’ teaching, through reading, study and discussions

·         fellowship, be it one-on-one conversations or large group events

·         the breaking of bread, through the Eucharist as well as sharing meals with others

·         the prayers of corporate Sunday worship, small gatherings and private devotions.

I pray that as you figure out what you will say yes to and what you will say no to, you will make it a priority to devote yourselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

                                Peace,

                                    Tom

 

All Saints’ Church School

First Day of School

September 11th, 9:30am

 

What

When

Who

Where

Church School Check-in and Registration

9:30am

All students and their families

Parish Hall

Upper School Social and Orientation

9:40-10:00am

All students in grade 6 and up

Parish Hall

Lower School Chapel Orientation and sing-along

9:40-10:00am

All Students from pre-k to grade 5

All Saints’ Chapel

 

Church School Tour and Orientation

9:40-10:00am

All interested parents and family members

Start in the Parish Hall

 

Church School News

Welcome to a new year for All Saints’ Church School!  There have been some changes in the church school this year.  The Upper School, made up of Rite 13, J2A and the high school classes, is currently looking for a director to help support the volunteers who will be teaching these programs.  If you have some organizational experience, we could truly use your help.

The Lower School, encompassing children from Nursery to Grade 5, is under the direction of Elizabeth Danieli, Laura Marshall and Michelle Thomas.  The classes are organized in the following way: ages infant to 3 yrs. in the Nursery, grades Pre-K to Kindergarten in the Level I Atrium, grades 1-3 in the Bridge Atrium, and grades 4-5 in the Firelight Program.

On the first day of Sunday school please check in in the Parish Hall.  There you can register your child if you haven’t already pre-registered and pick up important information about the church school year.  There will be volunteer opportunities, an orientation session and a church school year calendar.  Please use the calendar to save the dates for important events during the school year.  This year we will be have three special chapel services held in the All Saints’ Chapel.  The children will be preparing and leading the service- please come join our worship.  There will also be special opportunities during Advent, Epiphany and Lent. 

Cindy Dussault will be organizing outreach for the church school this year.  Among the projects planned for this year is a renewed commitment to the food pantry.  Please look for more information and help support our efforts.

Finally, please keep us informed with how the program is working for you and your family. We believe that Christian Formation should be engaging, creative and joyful.  If your child is concerned about something, please let us know.  We can be reached by phone, at the church email, aschurch@gis.net  attention church school, or just grab one of us at coffee hour. 

Sincerely,

Laura Marshall        

Michelle Thomas     

Elizabeth Danieli

 

Merrimack Valley Deanery News

3rd Annual Workshop

for Parish Action

Saturday, October 15th, 2005

8:30 AM to 12:30 PM

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport

The Merrimack Valley Deanery, consisting of the 14 Episcopal Churches in the valley, will be offering the following workshops designed to support the work and ministries of our congregations.  This is an opportunity to learn about and discuss with other Episcopalians how God is and might be at work in our lives and congregations.

Workshops

Christian Formation for Children

  1. Church School Teachers’ Roundtable – Share what you are doing, learn what others are doing in Church School
  2. Feeding Your Souls – Supporting the spiritual lives of Church School teachers

Adult Formation

  1. Adult Education Programs: Beyond Alpha – Learn about two new adult formation programs: Via Media and Living the Question (two sessions)
  2. Anti Racism Training – Introduction to Seeing the Face of God…program, led by members of the diocesan Anti-Racism Task Force (two sessions)

Property – For folks in charge of building and grounds

  1. Property Audits – led by members of the Diocesan property committee, learn what is involved in evaluating your property for safety, energy efficiency, and maintenance
  2. Walk About – A practical application of the audit

Worship

  1. Altar Guild Roundtable – Returned by popular demand, an opportunity for Altar Guild members to share information, and stories and generally de-mystify why we do the things the way we do.
  2. Opening Our Ear to World Music in the Liturgy - led by Patrick Michaels, Minister of Music at St. James’ Church, Cambridge. (two sessions)

Mission

  1. Being in Companionship with a Church Far Away
  2. Youth Mission Trips
  3. Presentation about Esperenza Academy: School of Hope in Lawrence

All Are Welcome.  For information contact the parish office at 978-256-5673.

 

JOINING GOD IN GOD’S MISSION

NAOMI PAREKH --  a 2005 graduate from Smith College

I am so very blessed to have received a generous Fulbright grant from the United States government to conduct research in Jamaica.  I will be working as a volunteer at Mustard Seed Communities, the only home on the island that takes in abandoned and disabled children.  While here, aside from doing basic volunteer duties, I will be studying the effects of the hurricane season on pediatric AIDS patients.  One of the hardest struggles that these children face is the risk of contracting pneumonia, due to their weakened immune systems and the drastic change in climate.  I hope to work with the local community in Kingston to find safe places for these children to go when natural disaster strikes and also prepare a medical kit for each child that they will be able to carry with them.  I am so excited to be able to work for such an incredible and loving community.  If anyone is interested in becoming a volunteer for Mustard Seed Communities, please visit www.mustardseed.com.

(I am hoping that this will be come a regular feature of Saints Alive, stories of members of All Saints who are serving Christ in various ways. If you would like to submit an article about yourself or someone else in the parish, contact the Rector, Tom Barrington or the editor Patrick Blumeris. TB)

 

 

 

 

College Student Pilgrimage to Israel/Palestine

With Bishop Thomas Shaw, SSJE

January 4-15, 2006

On this pilgrimage to Israel/Palestine, students will gain wisdom and courage for the ministry of reconciliation to which we are all called by Christ. They will hear and see the impact of violence and division and listen for signs of hope as they learn from their Palestinian and Jewish contemporaries in Bethlehem and Jerusalem.  Through home-stays, service work, conversation with families of victims, and trips to holy sites, they will gain a deeper understanding of their call to "seek peace and pursue it” (Psalm 34:14).

The Rt. Rev. Tom Shaw and the Rev. Bob and Mrs. Maurine Tobin will be our trip leaders. The trip is open to thirty students, and a few other adults will take part.

Actual costs per person are about $2000: Each student will be responsible for contributing at least $500 personally.

Applications are due by September 23, 2005.  Please see the brochure in the Narthex or contact Amy McCreath at 617-253-2993.

 

 

ARTEA 2005

Preview and Showings, arranged by St. John’s Episcopal Churchwomen:

An exhibition of parishioners’ artworks with contributions by local professional artists served up at High Tea.

SPECIAL PREVIEW with Wine and Cheese

September 23, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$20.00

REGULAR SHOWINGS with High Tea

September 24, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

September 25, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM

$8.00 Adults/$5.00 Seniors and Students

Parishioners and Friends are invited to lend their favorite art for exhibition: paintings, sculpture, pottery, woodwork, stained glass, needlework, quilts, handcrafted jewelry.

Contact: Harold Williamson, 978-459-0241, to exhibit or for questions

ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

260 Gorham Street, Lowell, MA

 

 

ESPERANZA Academy

School of Hope

ESPERANZA Academy is a tuition-free Nativity model school that will provide a quality education in the Episcopal tradition for girls in the 5th – 8th grades in Lawrence, MA.  The school is a joint venture of Grace Church, Lawrence and Christ Church, Andover, and with the help of many other individuals and organizations, it is scheduled to open in September of 2006.

This exciting mission opportunity came out of the prayers and concerns of Episcopalians in the greater Lawrence area realizing the challenges of low MCAS scores as well as the high rates of poverty, student drop-out and teen pregnancy among junior high students in Lawrence. There already exists a Nativity school for boys in Lawrence, run by the Jesuits; it seems right to offer this opportunity to girls as well.

Over the next few months there will be many opportunities to learn more about ESPERANZA Academy.  On September 29th, Bishop Thomas Shaw, SSJE will be hosting an evening program at the Brook School in North Andover to begin their publicity campaign.  There will be a workshop about the school at the Deanery workshop day on October 15th.  You can even support the school through volunteer work and through financial gifts.

For more information contact ESPERANZA Academy, PO Box 4175, Lawrence MA 01843, 978-686-HOPE or www.esperanzaAcademy.org.

 

Worship Notes

The Worship Commission met in August to work on liturgy and services for the upcoming months.  Many good ideas came out of this meeting, and you may see many subtle changes in our weekly worship throughout the church year.  Over time, we will highlight some of these changes in newsletter articles.

October 16 will be “Creation Sunday” at All Saints’.  In addition to lessons and music that celebrate all of the gifts that God has given to us, we are looking for ways to make this Sunday unique.  We will be having a brainstorming session after church on October 2 and welcome anyone interested in making this a special service.

The Worship Commission will meet on October 3 at 7 p.m. and also welcomes new members.

Maggie Marshall, for the

Worship Commission

 

Still Room on Outreach Team

The Outreach Development Team had its first meeting on August 14 and we’re still looking for a few more people to join the team.  This group is responsible for creating a vision of what Outreach should be in this parish and for running Outreach projects over the next 2 years.  We are now looking for people who feel strongly about Outreach and would consider joining this team.  We particularly need one or two youths to be on the team and to act as liaisons to the Youth Group.  If you’re interested, please contact Dave Kuzara know (978-256-5484 or djkuzara@mail.com).

 

DING-A-LINGS?  DING-DONGS?

Call us what you will – we are a group that has a lot of fun ringing handbells.  We would welcome new members to our Bell Choir and hope you will give some thought to joining us.

You don’t need to know how to read music.

What you DO need is:

a decent sense of rhythm

and a commitment to be faithful about attending rehearsals.

We rehearse on Thursdays from 6:30 to 7:30.  We chose that time because we have always drawn on junior choir parents to ring and when we need a sub, we can ask some of the senior choir members to come a little early (they start at 7:45).

Questions?  Give me a call or see me on Sunday.

Liz Marshall

 

Finally: A Bearable Lightness of Being, only 76 years After the Wall Street Crash: Cabaret Night

Keep October 29 open for our gala Cabaret Night for the adults. Our parish hall will be transformed into a nightclub of the 1930s/1940s with the wonderful music of George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, and other songwriters and composers of the genre, performed by the outstanding talented vocalists and musicians of our parish. It will be an evening of food, drink, and music. More information will follow later in the summer. 

We will need card tables for that evening to create intimate seating arrangements. If you have a card table that the committee can borrow, please contact Ron or Carol Cannistraro at 978-256-0929 or carolron@comcast.net.

 

The Christmas Fair is Coming

We Need Your Help!

Now that we are all back from summer vacation, things are going to get busy!  That includes thinking ahead to Christmas.  This year we are bringing back an old tradition of the Christmas Fair.  Preliminary meetings have come up with the following “booths” for this year’s fair:

Food for eating at the fair (both AM and PM)

Food for selling at the fair (cookies, appetizers, etc.)

Hand made items & kits (knitting, quilting, crafts)

Kids’ activity table (so parents can shop)

Stocking making

Choir Christmas CD

Photos with Tonka the Christmas Dog

Ornament & Christmas Decoration making/selling

We also need help with decorations and advertising!

There will be a meeting for people interested in helping out with the fair on Sunday, September 18th, after the 10AM service.  If you are unable to attend, or if you have any questions, please contact Aline Davis at either alinedavis@yahoo.com or 978-742-9707.  Thanks in advance for all of your help to make this a successful event for the church.

 

 

Sarah’s Long Walk

A Presentation by Stephen Kendrick: October 18

On Tuesday evening, October 18, the Chelmsford Alliance for Racial Justice and the Chelmsford Library will be co-sponsoring a presentation by Stephen Kendrick, who with his son Paul authored the recently published book, "Sarah's Long Walk". It tells the story of the black community living on the north slope of Beacon Hill, which rallied around an 1848 lawsuit to overturn legal segregation in Boston. The case of Roberts v. City of Boston remains a little-known landmark in the civil rights movement.

Stephen Kendrick is the senior minister of the First and Second Church on Marlborough St. in Boston, a Unitarian-Universalist congregation. He came to Boston four years ago and became intrigued by the case of Roberts v. City of Boston -- about a five-year old girl who had to pass five white schools on her way to her segregated school.

This case started a hundred year march to Brown v. Board of Education.

 

Calling All Choir Members!

Our fall choir season is fast approaching and I hope to see many old faces and would love to see some new faces as well.  Although I am beginning my 21st year as Minister of Music at All Saints’, my goal is to always keep things growing and changing in positive ways.

In addition to the Handbell Choir, described elsewhere by director Liz Marshall, we have three vocal choirs that all meet on Thursday evenings.

Our CHILDREN’S CHOIR is for those in grades 1 or 2 through grades 4 or 5.  The only pre-requisite is the ability to read words well. The Children’s Choir does mostly unison singing, but this music is often from different cultures and can be in different languages!  This group meets on Thursdays from 5:30-6:15p.m. and sings several times monthly.  This year, I welcome as my volunteer accompanist, my daughter Leah Cole.  The first rehearsal for this group is on September 15.

The JUNIOR CHOIR is for unchanged voices and is for those who are too old for Children’s Choir and not yet ready for Senior Choir.  There is no upper grade limit on this group.  The Junior Choir does two and three part music, often in different languages, sings several times monthly, and meets Thursdays from 6:30-7:30p.m.  Connie Pawelczak continues as my faithful volunteer accompanist for this choir.  This group will meet for the first time on September 15.

The SENIOR CHOIR is an all volunteer choir that sings a broad spectrum of music and meets on Thursdays from 7:45-9:15 p.m.  This group also has a short rehearsal Sunday mornings at 9:10a.m. and sings weekly.  The ability to read music is helpful, but not necessary.  New recruits of all voice parts are welcome, but most needed at this time are sopranos and tenors.  The Senior Choir resumes rehearsals on September 8.

 

Other Music Notes

Thanks to the hard work of Matt Castle and his band of volunteers, our choir room has undergone a major renovation.  Matt used this project to complete his Eagle Scout rank.

Since the choir room had undergone some water damage in the ceiling, I decided that this was a chance to liven up a very dead acoustical space by removing the suspended ceiling.  Although this idea was met with many doubts, the consensus now is that the project worked.  Feel free to stop in and take a peek.  A BIG thanks also goes to Rich Jerome, who installed all of the new lighting.

Since the choir room was in a state of disarray, I also took this opportunity to purge, re-organize, and catalog the collection for the first time in my tenure.  This would not have been possible without very able assistance from Josh Christian and Leah Cole.

In June, I attended the annual conference of the Association of Anglican Musicians which was held in Baltimore.  This is a wonderful week of immersion in great liturgy and music, and a chance to visit with some of the best Episcopal musicians in the United States.  It is a small conference, of 200-250 people, so there is ample opportunity to meet many people.  One highlight was a morning recital at the chapel of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis – sublime music in a fascinating and beautiful venue!

In August, I served for the 5th year on the music staff at Diocesan choir camp.  This camp for young musicians is held at the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, NH.  Forty children, ages 9 and up, spent a week with six of us as we immersed ourselves in learning music from many different times and places.  The week culminated with a church service for the parents that incorporated all of the music learned.  I am proud to say that for many years, All Saints’ has had the strongest representation of any church in the diocese.  In addition to myself, Meredith Bempkins, Leah Cole, Matt Cole, Jocelyn Hickcox, and Chantelle Somers attended.

Maggie Marshall

Minister of Music

 

What is “Raising the Roof” All About?!

This summer: the vestry charged a “Learning Team” to spearhead an effort to:

·            Gather historical and spiritual perspective about All Saints’ identity and community, its sense of God’s call, and its attitudes about ministry/ mission, size and growth

·            Make a statement about All Saints’ calling today

·            Propose next steps for learning, decision or action

No small task… yet a vital and exciting one!  Tom Barrington, Derick Gates, Melanie Hickcox, Amy Hunter, Lynne McSheehy, and Anne Whitaker have begun this process and are our Learning Team.

Many threads have come together to energize this project, including the positive energy after the success of the building project, the shared sense articulated by many parishioners that it is time to look at how All Saints’ is called to look beyond itself to serve as Christ in the world, and the wonderful work done by individuals and groups around Stewardship, Outreach, and Newcomer Ministries.

The Learning Team is using the model that church development consultant Alice Mann proposes in her book Raising the Roof.  Mann and others working in church development believe that parishes the size of All Saints’ are facing particular challenges.  They are torn between operating more as a single-celled organism, focusing on the priest as central and valuing a sense of connection among members and operating more as a multi-celled organization, able to do more effective ministry because of number of people involved and complexity of structure.  All Saints’, Mann’s book suggests, falls into the tension of desiring complexity and deeper mission while continuing to operate with more simple structures.

Parishioners will be hearing much, much more between now and Bishop Shaw’s visit in May 2006.  All will have multiple opportunities to talk and hear about the core questions such as: Who are we here at All Saints’?, Who are we here to serve?, and What is God’s call to us at this time?  The Learning Team looks forward to the exciting and vital work ahead of all of us.

 

via media:

The Basics about Christianity

 in the Anglican Tradition

Mark your calendars!  Wednesday evenings in October, All Saints’ will offer the first installment of via media, a wonderful program that covers the Episcopal Church’s understanding and expression of the Christian faith.  via media goes way beyond being a class on church tradition.  Participants gather for a time of fellowship and food.  Each session covers an aspect of the Christian life, such as the persons of the Trinity, the Bible, or Christian hope in a 20 minute video that features Episcopal leaders, both clergy and lay, gathered at a table for conversation.  The group then breaks into smaller groups, each with a discussion leader, who follow the video presentation with their own conversation.  The group then re-gathers to close the evening with worship.

Those who participated in the spring pilot of this program were enthusiastic about their experiences.  For those new to the church, via media provided an introduction to key ideas and images in the Christian faith.  For those who have been part of the church for years, the program gave them vocabulary for beliefs they’ve held but struggled to put into words.  All who participated valued the invitation to express their own stories and faith and to hear the stories and faith of others.

I hope that parishioners will make participating in via media a goal, as a chance to build our community here and as an opportunity for each of us to deepen in our knowledge and faith.  If you want to learn more about the program and what it is like, please speak with Edwin or Janet Redman, Steve Grillo, or Amy Hunter.

 

Intentions for September 2005

Churches and institutions we are asked to consider especially during the month of September are listed in this section. 

Sunday, September 4, 2005   The 16th Sunday after Pentecost

St. Luke's Church, Scituate
St. John's Church, Sharon
Trinity Church, Shirley
Diocesan Youth Council
Youth Leadership Academy

Sunday, September 11, 2005   The 17th Sunday after Pentecost

Church of Our Saviour, Somerset
Christ Church, Somerville
St. James' Church, Somerville
Congregations: Lectors, Lay Readers, and Lay Eucharistic Ministers
Brotherhood of St. Gregory

Sunday, September 18, 2005   The 18th Sunday after Pentecost

St. Mark's Church, Southborough
All Saints' Church, Stoneham
Trinity Church, Stoughton
St. Mark's Chapel, St. Mark's School, Southborough
Hospitality Homes

Sunday, September 25, 2005   The 19th Sunday after Pentecost

St. Elizabeth's Church, Sudbury
Church of the Holy Name, Swampscott
Christ Church, Swansea
Congregations: Secretaries and Administrators
Trustees of Donations

 

 

Intentions for October 2–18, 2005

Sunday, October 2, 2005   The 20th Sunday after Pentecost

St. John's Church, Taunton
St. Thomas' Church, Taunton
Trinity Church, Topsfield
Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
South Shore Deanery

 

Intentions for October 2–18, 2005 continued

Sunday, October 9, 2005   The 21st Sunday after Pentecost

Grace Church, Vineyard Haven
Emmanuel Church, Wakefield
Parish of the Epiphany, Walpole
Congregations: Acolytes
Order of St. Anne, Arlington

Sunday, October 16, 2005   The 22nd Sunday after Pentecost

Church of the Holy Spirit, Wayland
St. Andrew's Church, Wellesley
All Saints' Church, West Newbury
The Diocesan Convention
Brotherhood of St. Andrew

Creation Sunday at All Saints’, Chelmsford, MA

Tuesday October 18, 2005  The Feast of St Luke the Evangelist

Luke, the author of the third Gospel in the Bible, wrote the Acts of the Apostles, too.  His Gospel is full of substantiating detail concerning Jesus’ life and times: he included details of who was in charge in Rome, Syria, and Jerusalem, both at Jesus’ birth and at his death.  Luke recorded Jesus’ statement that women with no children would, at a time of great destruction, be considered blessed; he is believed to have written his Gospel 10 or 15 years after the fall of Jerusalem, when this prophecy was demonstrably true.  A noted historian, Luke was known in his own time as a doctor, giving us details of Jesus’ death that physicians can now use to substantiate the death; Luke was also mentioned by Paul, who noted Luke’s companionship in letters to Colossians and to Timothy.  Luke added his greetings to Paul’s letter to Philemon.

 

Adult Christian Formation

Upcoming Events

Sept 11       Adult Sunday School resumes

9:00 am in the Blue Room

Sept 13       Silent Night

7:00- 8:30 pm in Blue Room

Oct 5          via media program begins  

7:00- 9:00 Cranberry Room

Welcome to the 2005- 2006 Program year at All Saints’!  As I put together the list of Upcoming Events, I realize that it doesn’t begin to reflect the energy and opportunities that are happening.  Not listed, but signs nevertheless of vitality in the parish are the Monday evening gatherings of the EFM group for study, the planning going on for the via media program we’ll be offering Wednesday evenings in October and November, and the work being done by the Learning Team that is working with the vestry to help this parish use Alice Mann’s book Raising the Roof as a way to examine our story and our call as a community.  Christian Formation is much bigger than educational programs; it is the broad enterprise of shaping ourselves as individuals and a parish as Christians, Episcopalians, and Church.  As this parish looks at how it can live its mission more faithfully and how it can better serve God and others through Stewardship, Outreach and Newcomer Ministries, it is deeply engaged in strategic planning and in formation

Meanwhile, Bible study and contemplative practice continue at All Saints’.  Consider trying out one of these ongoing events:

·         Every Sunday morning we offer a discussion of the gospel reading for the day at 9:00 in the Blue Room.  Over the years, more folks have discovered this low-stress way of approaching Scripture and applying it to our daily lives.

·         The second Tuesday evening of each month, 7:00- 8:30 in the Blue Room, is Silent Night, an opportunity to gather with others for reflection, prayer and contemplative practice.

·         This fall the Book Discussion Group will read God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It by Jim Wallis.  I can order books for around $16 a copy.  Let me know if you want to read along with others.  Later this fall we will gather for discussion, hopefully not just commenting on the book but finding ways to talk about how it challenges us to take action.

I always welcome conversations about these formation events and look forward, as well, to any questions or suggestions you may have.

           in peace,

Amy Hunter

Associate for Adult Christian Formation

 

Vestry Members

Scott Bempkins                   Robb Dussault          

Beth Anne Economou          Lois Freeman   

Steve Grillo                         Karine Marino

Joe Sala      Sally Warren     Anne Whitaker

Adrienne Spear, Senior Warden

Ron Cannistraro, Junior Warden

Kevin Davis, Treasurer

Jeremy Ahouse, Clerk

 

About next month...

Announcements for September in this issue of Saints Alive have been combined with reminders concerning items that we know will be coming up in October.  This is in part to keep this September issue current while allowing for the editor’s anticipated absence at the usual deadline period.  I will be out for about 10 days visiting family in Cape Town, South Africa (both the Anglican province and the country!) at the end of September.  As a result, the deadlines shown are for the fourth (not third) Sunday in the month.

In the meantime, repeated here is a reminder from the parish office concerning The Master Calendar:

Calendar details are recorded, for now, on the master calendar outside the parish office.  If you have a meeting to announce (or change) please note that requests should be made in writing, either on Space Reservation Forms found on the standing bulletin board outside the church office, or on the church’s web site under Site Tools, Site Map at www.allsaintschelmsford.org.  All requests should be given to the church office.

If you cancel a scheduled event you should also let the church office know to help facilitate room allocation for other meetings and events.

You can check out the master calendar online.  There is link on All Saints’ web site, at the above address, under News & Events, Parish Calendar.  Please call Darlene at the church office if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you!

Patrick Blumeris (editor)

saintsalive@yahoo.com

 

Parish Contact List

Church Office...................................... 978-256-5673

Senior Warden....... Adrienne Spear

Junior Warden........ Ron Cannistraro

Treasurer............... Kevin Davis

Clerk..................... Jeremy Ahouse

Acolyte Director.... Clem Cole

Adult Education...... Amy Hunter

Altar Guild............. Liz Landers

Buildings and Grounds …….................. Rich Jerome

Christian School..... Laura Marshall

                              Michelle Thomas

                              Elizabeth Danieli

Coffee Hour.......... Cindy Dussault

Endowment ........... Jean McCaffery

Environmental Stewardship Committee.. Liz Marshall

Fellowship.............. Meredith McElroy

Finance.................. Clem Cole

Music Minister....... Maggie Marshall

Outreach............... Dave Kuzara

Pastoral Care......... Joy Chadwick

Saints Alive............ Patrick Blumeris

Stewardship........... Steve Grillo

Thrift Shop............. Carol Cannistraro

Youth Group.......... to be filled

Webmaster............ Richard Coles

Web site................ www.allsaintschelmsford.org

 

Submission 

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September 25th, 2005  

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