From the Rector

WANTED: SPIRITUAL LEADERS TO DISCERN WHAT IS GOD’S WILL

What is God’s will? It is an audacious question, because it assumes that we can know God’s will and that we can follow it. I recently read an essay about a church that changed the wording of every motion that was voted on by their Session (the equivalent of our Vestry). When faced with a vote, the members were asked, “All who sense this is God’s will, say ‘Yes;’ those who don’t say ‘No.’” When faced with some skepticism by his members that God would even care about their little church, the pastor replied, “I thought God was not only interested, but invested in how we run our meetings, because God wants us to seek and do God’s will.” When challenged on the difficulty in knowing what God wanted, he stated “I don’t know what God wants either, but I’m convinced that it’s better not to know what God wants after seeking what God wants, than not to know what God wants after disregarding what God wants.”

Calvin Presbyterian Church in Zelienople, Pennsylvania, north of Pittsburgh, was identified as vital and thriving mainline Protestant congregation by researcher Diana Butler Bass.* Their pastor, N. Graham Standish, writes that what turned their congregation around was when they began to focus their life on the practice of discernment – paying attention to God’s presence. One aspect of this was to introduce the question, “Is it God’s will?” to their decision-making process. This has intrigued me.

We are in an exciting time in the life of All Saints’ Church. This past year, under the direction of the Vestry, various groups have engaged in prayerful strategic planning. The Learning Team developed a plan that the Vestry approved last May. The Outreach/Mission Team has been exploring how we might be more mission-focused in our corporate life. The Stewardship Team has continued to push us to be fuller stewards of all that we have. In the coming year, the All Saints’ Vestry will be working on implementing these plans. This is where seeking God’s will is important.

To be a spiritual leader does not require years of theological study. Rather it is made up of the desire to grow in faith and practice by seeking, with others, what might be God’s will for us. In the Episcopal Church, the Vestry is the elected body that works with the priest to lead the congregation. If you, or someone you know, are excited by the opportunity to be a spiritual leader, I invite you to speak to me, to a member of the vestry or to the nominating committee about serving on Vestry. Together, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, I believe that we can continue to move All Saints’ Church into an exciting future.

Peace,

Tom

* From Nomads to Pilgrims: Stories from Practicing Congregations, edited by Diana Butler Bass & Joseph Stewart-Sicking, The Alban Institute, 2006

Chelmsford Interfaith Thanksgiving Service

Sunday November 19th, 7:00 PM at Aldersgate Methodist Church

ELECTION DAY IS NOVEMBER 7^TH

Please remember that it is part of our Christian life and duty to vote.

Seriously Seeking Seasonal Singers!

As you’re reading this, it’s around Halloween, and the stores are chockfull of Christmas stuff and are getting their Christmas muzak lined up for your shopping pleasure. What could be better than Bing Crosby, Tony Bennett, the Chipmunks, or the Carpenters, you might ask? Well, singing in the All Saints’ seasonal choir, of course!

For over 20 years, the choirs of All Saints’ have observed the coming of Christmas with a Service of Lessons and Carols. This year’s service will be on December 17 at 4p.m. and we welcome singers who would like to join us for this service and/or the 10 p.m. Christmas Eve service. Rehearsals for the Christmas season are on Thursdays from 7:45-8:45 beginning on November 16. There will be a final rehearsal on Saturday, December 16th.

If you would like to know more, please contact me at (978)251-1296 or maggie@ccc.com.

Maggie Marshall,

Minister of Music

Parish Prayer List

Beginning this November we will be introducing some changes in the Prayers of the People printed in the Sunday Bulletin. The Pastoral Care Committee has initiated these changes.

First, we will be listing those who have long term prayer requests in Saints’ Alive, along with information on how you might send cards or visit them. In the Sunday Bulletin under the section on “those in our parish in need of healing,” we will list those with more acute needs. We will also be adding descriptions for those in our parish in need of healing. (We will make the description as general or specific as the individual desires. Please let us know what you would like included.) We will continue to name individuals during our Sunday services, but not every week. We encourage you to clip out these names and keep them in your prayers.

If you would like your name to be added or removed from any of the prayers lists, please contact Darlene in the Church Office.

PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN NURSING HOMES OR AT HOME

· Gladys Stephens, Palm Manor Nursing Home

· Eleanor Ferreira at home

· Millie Adams at home

· Mary Buote at home, celebrating her 99th Birthday in November

· Grace Wardel, Sunny Acres Nursing and Rehab Center

· Dora Smith, Betsy Eiseman’s Mother

· Priscilla Smith at home

· Doug Grant at home, chronic back pain

· Chaz Freeman, waiting for placement

· Debbie Anderton, Dora Carr’s daughter

· Alistair Redman, son of Edwin and Janet Redman, missing

Our Prison Neighbors

We invite you on a great adventure without leaving your area. Many, many prisoners near you wait for long periods to be admitted to volunteer-led programs. Do you have some time and compassion to share?

The mission of Our Prison Neighbors is to recruit, support and expand the role of volunteers in Massachusetts prisons. We seek to deepen the understanding that we are all part of the same community. In addition, we seek to be a voice to all about the power of this work and the great need for it.

We seek and support volunteers for such programs as:

· Alternatives to Violence

· Emotional Awareness/Emotional Healing

· Parenting classes

· Job skills development

· Substance abuse/addiction groups

· Spiritual studies

Please visit our website. http://www.ourprisonneighbors.org/

Contact Nancy Shippen at: Nancy@OurPrisonNeighbors.org or 978 264 0385

Farewell to All Saints’

Jesus said, “Love one another, as I have loved you.” All Saints’ people live His words every day. We have felt blessed to have been members of this Congregation and to have served in some measure with your love and support while enjoying our lives together.

We know we do not have to say “Thank you” to each of you, our brothers and sisters in Christ. Any thanks we can offer go to Jesus, along with prayers that He continue to lead, sustain, and inspire this Holy Place, this All Saints’ Church, Chelmsford.

Yes, we are moving to Sunset Beach, North Carolina, but we are not completely abandoning New England. We plan to spend a couple of months each summer at our camp in Kennebunkport, Maine and expect to hop on down to Chelmsford and Westford occasionally to visit.

So, we will stay in touch. Please accept our sincere invitation for you to call or stop by whenever you may come near southeastern North Carolina, just south of Wilmington and north of Myrtle Beach. Our address information is given below.

“May the Peace of the Lord be with you, always.”

With Christ’s love,

Kay and John Roberts

John and Kay Roberts

142 Crooked Gulley Circle

Sunset Beach, NC 28468

(910) 575-6928

Please e-mail to jr.roberts@computer.org or kaygram@earthlink.net

Angel Tree is Coming!

In November, you will be invited to select names of and gift requests for Angel Tree children. Each year All Saints’ participates in this national program that matches churches with the families of men and women from our area who are in prison, working through their chaplains. The children of prisoners are innocent victims of crime, and we seek to express God’s love and to strengthen the bond between the children and the incarcerated parent by purchasing and delivering gifts in the name of the absent parent. Often this program is a big help also to the parent, grandparent or other relative who is the children’s caregiver. For more information, please contact Stephanie Ackert at 978-663-5188 or sackert1@comcast.net.

Outreach Events

The Outreach Team has resumed meeting on its regular schedule after meeting less frequently during the summer.

Nov 12 Habitat for Humanity recovenanting
Someone from Greater Lowell Habitat will be here to bring us up to date on their progress and to renew our covenant relationship with them.

Dec 1 Christmas Fair
There will be a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity at the Christmas Fair centered around the creation and auctioning off of gingerbread houses.

If you are interested in more details, contact Dave Kuzara at 978-256-5484 or djkuzara@mail.com.

Christmas Boutique

A Christmas Boutique, to benefit All Saints' Church, will be held on Saturday, December 2 from 9 to 4 o'clock and on Sunday, December 3 from Noon to 4 o'clock. The Boutique will also be open on Friday evening from 8 to 9:30PM during the Gingerbread House Preview.

If you have a craft or handmade item(s) you would like to donate to the Boutique please call Carol Cannistraro, 978-256-0929. I also need volunteers to help with setting up and selling of the items, if you would like to help out please give me a call or speak to me in Church.

Worship Assistants Needed

Have you ever thought of being part of the dedicated team that assists in our weekly worship services? Opportunities available at both services include reading the lessons, leading the prayers of the people and other parts of the service, and assisting with the distribution of wine and bread. Training is available for all of these areas. Please speak to Maggie Marshall or Tom Barrington if you feel called to serve in any of these capacities.

Buildings & Grounds: A Whirlwind, Inside-and-Out Preview

As you read this, your B&G will have submitted the 2007 Budget request to the Vestry. Informally, I have been asking folks what they thought that we should be doing over the next year. As you may have expected, the range and scope of the various ideas was enormous, but, in a broad brush kind of way, the ideas seem to distill into a discussion about Energy. Two other popular topics were acoustics and landscaping.

On the topic of landscaping, the only 'official' item that B&G will recommend in the budget request is dirt and grass. There are many expert people and many potential specific donors for various plantings and beautification activities. I'm viewing the B&G role in this as only funding (from the general fund) the basic 'substrate' on which these ideas can grow. B&G really has only two concerns in this area: where does water runoff go? and how easy is the proposed landscaping improvement to take care of permanently? Some have called this the 'Pave it and paint it green' school of thought, but I can heartily assure you that I LOVE trees and flowers and think we really need more of them! There was (is?) a Landscaping Committee, which I submit should be formalized by the Vestry, empowered to solicit and expend funds toward the plans proposed.

On acoustics (of the Parish Hall), we currently have far more opinions than facts. All of our wonderful musicians know that this subject is really more art than science, and that it is very easy to make costly mistakes. This 2007 budget will propose that we contract expert opinion to determine how we may reduce the reverberation that makes our Hall seem so loud.

On energy; we were not able to get the Keyspan folks out for an audit (primarily because we are already gas powered, and they are focused on converting homes from oil); but we already know the best areas to direct our focus.

The biggest 'payoff' comes from a project that I'll call "Chapel Ambient.” Basically, there is one water pipe in the Chapel basement that goes to a bathroom and sink in the Thrift Shop. This requires us to keep the entire uninsulated building above 50 degrees 24/7/365. Simply put, the savings would be HUGE if we heated just the pipe and put a small electric heater in the bathroom, rather than heat the whole building! (In other words, let the building 'come to ambient' when not in use, which is about 140 hours in a 168 hour week!)

The next big deal really is a two 'birds with one stone' kind of idea. In this case, we really wouldn't be killing birds, but bugs. We really need to seal windows, exterior moldings etc. This keeps bees, wasps, bugs, bats and water out and the heat in. There is a lot of surface area (much in high places) that needs caulk, foam, etc. Some of this was done this past year with the “High Trim project.”

We will recommend that we get a professional contracted to get a better use out of the somewhat awkward heating/cooling system in the Office/ Foyer/Cranberry/Blue area.

And there is certainly a lot more we can discuss about water heaters, various refrigerator/ compressors, circulating ceiling fans in the Main Church, the windows in the Meeting Room, but, hey, you're going to need something to read about in the next Saints Alive and the Annual Report!

Rich Jerome

Barbara Harris Camp Fund

The Barbara Harris Camp in Greenfield, NH is run by the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts and offers many different kinds of camping experiences from art and music to soccer and family camp programs.

Last fall with the proceeds of the Cabaret Night, we established a scholarship fund to help with the expenses for our parish youth to attend the Barbara Harris Camp. This effort was repeated this fall with a Cabaret evening on October 21, 2006, and again, the proceeds (of approximately $1,000) went to benefit the scholarship fund.

At present the fund is small, but scholarships are also available from the diocese. If you are interested in a parish and/or a diocesan scholarship, please contact either of the wardens: Adrienne Spear at 978-251-4199 or Ron Cannistraro at 978-256-0929.

A Message from a Fellow Parishioner – Bill Moreau

My fellow members on the Stewardship Committee asked me to write about my spiritual life journey of the last four years as it is germane to God's GIFTS and the grace of God. We hope this story will inspire you to quiet your mind down and listen and think about what GIFTS you have, and how those particular GIFTS could be utilized for All Saints.

The last time gifts was a hot topic was about five years ago. At the time I didn't know it but I was riding high: Near the top of my chosen field; I had a new wife and son; and Robert was going away to college after years of wondering if that day would ever come.

I looked for God's GIFTS in a cursory manner, but I couldn't see deeply enough inside to see clearly. Or I wasn't listening to the little voice we all have inside of us.

Let's see: Maybe my musical training?....and what else?.....

Then four years ago, my life hit bottom. I woke up after a week's coma inside a hospital and realized that I didn't know who I was. The stroke had erased the old 'me' and replaced it with somebody else. I didn't know this person. It was kind of like being born straight into adulthood. Now when I'm asked what age I am I answer that I'm 48 and 4.

I had no choice but to learn the new 'me' because the older version of my 'self' didn't exist any more. I searched endlessly for the 'me' I knew so well, but he never came back; he was dead.

Then about a year ago I accepted that the rest of my life was going to be different than I had previously thought. From that time God manifested His GIFTS to me.

It happened in this way:

I thought and prayed, wondering all the time what I was going to do.

Then, through a series of events and revelations, I knew that God wanted me to work in the environment. When I saw the trash piled four feet deep on the Pawtucket Canal in Lowell, it hit me like a bolt of lightning: That's where my future lay.

So now I had a new focus, though not a career because I still couldn't see my GIFTS. After all, I knew absolutely nothing about the environment and I was unsure of my ability to learn new information when I only had half my brain still working, to say nothing of the difficulty of starting and learning a non profit corporation. Where was I going to find the knowledge to manage people; lead meetings; write grants; recruit partners, Volunteers, and sponsors; marketing the message; form the rules and best practices; create the operational plan; and more. I had quite a daunting list to learn, made more so because I wasn't sure I could learn.

But what I didn't know was that God had provided me with all the GIFTS I needed to do exactly that. You see, God knew me better than I knew myself. He knew what GIFTS I had and showed me how and where to use them. God remade me to suit His purpose and made sure I was provided with the GIFTS that would allow me to do a bit of His work. I saw that I didn't have one outstanding GIFT, but instead was provided with a varied skill set (GIFTS!) to achieve some success.

So I founded the Lowell Canalwaters Cleaners, and despite some continuing roadblocks, it has gone on to become a success. Even the Boston and foreign media have picked up on it.

One of the reasons for its success is that I value every Volunteer and their GIFTS. By doing that, I consider what role each has to play in the non profit.

Do you know that 90% of employed people question whether they are in the right job? That's why looking at your profession is only one aspect of the GIFT exploration. I can tell you that I am now in exactly the right job. The ultimate payoff came when I was told that we were the National Parks' award winner among 390 non profits entered across the country. By the grace of God, I had come full circle: From a driven executive, to a stroke victim fighting for his life, to a founder of an award winner. God had to tell me about my GIFTS and their place in the world, but I listened and found my way.

I was far too busy before to hear anything about GIFTS, so God slowed me down and rebuilt me from the ground up.

During the awards ceremony in Washington DC, I was given the opportunity to go up to the rostrum and say a few words. I started out by saying that 'I want to thank God for putting me in exactly the right place at the right time'. Every time I said 'right' I banged on the rostrum to provide emphasis. It wasn't exactly the politically correct thing to say in Washington, but I'm from Massachusetts so I figured I'd have the liberty. I looked out at the audience and I could see heads bobbing up and down and big smiles as the audience recognized the truth of my statement. The only thing I could have added was that God also gave me the GIFTS that allowed me to successfully change careers late (early?) in life.

I call my Volunteers 'the Stewards of the Canals', each one giving their GIFTS for the canals.

Won't you give your GIFTS for our Church, our God based Community?

We'll work on helping each of you determine what those GIFTS are in case you have any trouble focusing on them, just as I once did.

By the grace of God, I remain, old and new, Bill Moreau, a fellow parishioner at All Saints.

Lives to Remember:

We note the passing of:

Dorothy Joly, mother of Denise Sullivan, on September 30.

Salvatore Cannistraro, father of Ron Cannistraro, onOctober 1, 2006.

The Unjunked E-Mail Message

Read only if you have time for God. This title introduced an e-mail I recently received. It pointed out how awkward we feel about reading long personal e-mail messages while at work, or sharing Godly thoughts with the entirety of one’s mailing list.

The author opined that this was ... Exactly the kind of thinking that had caused a lot of the problems in our world today. The message continued…

We try to keep God in church on Sunday morning. And maybe, Sunday night. And the unlikely event of a midweek service. We do like to have Him around during sickness, and, of course, at funerals.

However, we don't have time, or room, for Him during work or play.

Because that's the part of our lives we think that we can, and should, handle on our own. May God forgive me for ever thinking that there is a time or place where He is not to be FIRST in my life.

We should always have time to remember all He has done for us.

The message reminded the reader to try not to be ashamed of Jesus, who had stated that of him who had been ashamed of Jesus, Jesus himself would be ashamed, before His Father. The message then suggested that it should be sent to at least ten, but preferably all, of the people on the recipient’s mailing list: and back to the sender, to let them know that the message was going out.

Some tough questions and observations followed:

Why is it so hard to tell the truth, yet so easy to tell a lie?

Why are we so sleepy in church but right when the sermon is over we suddenly wake up? Why is it so easy to delete a Godly e-mail, but yet we forward all of the nasty ones?

Of all the free gifts we may receive, Prayer is the very best one: There are no costs, but wonderful rewards... GOD BLESS!

Notes: Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell?

Isn't it funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow Satan (who, by the way, also "believes" in God).

Isn't it funny how you can send a thousand jokes through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing?

Isn't it funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it to them.

Isn't it funny how I can be more worried about what other people think of me than what God thinks of me?

This e-mail message provided considerable food for thought!

Patrick Blumeris

Pie Workshop

If you would like to contribute to the pie workshop baking effort, we need aluminum pie plates (9 inch), frozen blueberries, flour, sugar, shortening, and/or money to defray the cost of buying the above.

Put this event on your calendar for November 4th at 9:00 a.m.

If you have any questions call Esther Davenport at 978-256-0638.

Play Nicely with Others

In high school chapel, I sat through a few sermons which began with words to the effect “I had a dream the other night…” And, disturbing though the sermon’s “dream” might be, we could feel comfortable in the knowledge that the sermon, and service, would lead to a welcome Sunday supper, and the weekly routine would soon engulf us again. In the more unpredictable world outside boarding school, however, one sometimes sees or hears things that make one wish one could pinch oneself and escape the all-too-real signs of God’s broken creation. Perhaps I am just naïve enough not to notice these signs more often: in any case, the task of setting aside the obstacles to “loving one’s neighbor as oneself” is HUGE.

Being good does not allow for put-downs of people of “other groups” who happen to have their own facial features, color tone, language or traditions. It is too easy to make jokes at the expense of those whose language we do not share, whose family history sets them apart. The differences are not always as clear as these racial thumbnail sketches. Cliques in school might use slang and snobbery; outside school, gangs might use code words or graffiti, tattoos or clothes-colors, to set one group apart from another. The “other” could be “other” for many reasons, as well as because of race.

When we belittle the outsider, we should remember God’s admonition to be good to the alien: just as the Jews were reminded that they had once been slaves in a foreign land, (Deut 10:18-19;15:15; 27:19) so we should remember that Jesus died for us all (even the Gentiles we mostly are!): died with forgiveness on his lips. Who are we, then, to condemn?

The Anti-Racism Task Force asks the people and congregations of the Diocese to join with us in God's transforming mission as we seek to live into our Baptismal promises in seeking and serving Christ in all persons, loving our neighbors as ourselves, and by working for justice and peace, respecting the dignity of every human being. In particular, we ask the people and congregations to join in ongoing work to eliminate racism in the Church and the world.

It may be an easy joke. It may be an unconscious slur. It may, however, be a deliberate insult, and it may not come from our lips but from little acts of exclusion or denial, or of building up impossible procedural obstacles, of emblazoning hatred where “their kind” will read the clear signs. That injurious quip should be checked as it leaves our lips, and preferably prior to its departure. The actions will be easier to notice and keep in check if we don’t allow the words to begin.

It really is a constant battle to keep the planks from growing in our own eyes while we try to rip out the motes in those of our neighbors: but we all need to keep trying. We’ll be more proud of ourselves for having engaged the true enemy in the true battle.

Keep in mind the All Saints’ Parish Statement of Inclusion: we welcome all people who seek the love of God without regard to ability, age, color, economic circumstance, ethnic background, family configuration, gender, nationality, or sexual orientation. We promise to “seek to serve Christ in all persons, … strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being.”

If we can get to truly respecting others’ dignity, we may even start to prize it. After all, look Who made “them”!

Patrick Blumeris

Editor

Greetings!

Please keep wearing your nametags!!! There are always lots of new faces at this time of year, and it really is helpful to have your name clearly displayed when getting to know new members. If you don't have a nametag, please email me (kate2323@aol.com) or sign up in the Narthex and I'll make you one.

Thanks so much!

Katie LaRochelle

Greeters Coordinator

From the Associate for Adult Christian Formation

Upcoming Formation Events

Nov 1 Feast of All Saints

Worship service at 7:00 pm

Nov 1 “Kenya and Mission,” session 3 7:45 Cranberry Room

Nov 7 Election Day – remember to vote!

Nov 10-11: Veterans’ Day observed on Friday for Saturday.

Nov 14 Silent Night 7:30 Blue Room

Nov 17- 18 Education Convocation (“Our Story, God’s Story at All Times and in All Places”, Wyndham Westborough Hotel, Westborough.

Nov 24 Thanksgiving Day

Dec 1- 2 “Build a House to Help Build a House” Gingerbread Event for Habitat

Dec 3 Season of Advent begins

Dec 5 Bishop Tom Shaw meets with vestry and other leaders 7:30 Blue Room

Dec 9 Advent Quiet Day 9:00- 2:00 Blue Room

There is a lot going on in this place! My mind is busy, digesting and reflecting upon what I’ve experienced these past couple of weeks during Bishop Shaw’s first visit with the vestry and other parish leaders, workshops on Centering Prayer and on drumming at the Deanery Resource Day, watching the movie Leap of Faith with the Confirmation Class, and taking in pictures and stories from Tom’s time in Kenya. This parish knows such abundance of resources and images and opportunities.

How do we respond to this bounty that God has given us? I think that the Learning Team in its strategic plan has offered some ways for us to shape our reflection – Mission Focus, Leadership Development and Parish Infrastructure, exploring God’s call to us to be part of God’s mission in this world and looking at how we can see ourselves as leaders and as church. A gift of being a parish is that we respond to God as a community, not trying to carry the world (or ignore it) by our individual selves, but by seeking and serving Christ with God and with one another.

I hope you take advantage of the benefits of our life together by looking past your personal experience of God to see how we are community, whether gathered for worship or building gingerbread houses or considering partnering with a parish in Kenya. How are you part of All Saints’, part of the Christian Church, part of the Body of Christ?

in peace,

Amy Hunter

Associate for Adult Christian Formation

Pantomime Play-Reading November 5, 2006

The first reading of the Kurt and Cherry play will take place on Sunday November 5, after the after-the-10-am-service coffee hour, sustained in part (large part?) by the Pie Workshop offerings of the day before!

The pantomime itself will be on Saturday January 6, 2007 in the parish hall.

Please contact me if you would like to take part in this world premiere play (No pressure: lines not learned can be read instead!) Contact Patrick Blumeris at 978-256-9638 or by e-mail at blumeris@comcast.net.

So: keep the date free for Kurt and Cherry at the parish hall on January 6, 2007. But for cast members and potential cast members, plan on being at the parish hall for a play reading on Sunday November 5.

Intentions for November 2006

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

Wednesday, November 1, 2006 All Saints

All Saints’ Church, Belmont

All Saints’ Church, Brookline

All Saints’ Church, Chelmsford

“Kenya and Mission”: What could ASC Chelmsford do to help mission in Kenya?

All Saints’ Church, Dorchester

All Saints’ Church, West Newbury

All Saints’ Church, Stoneham

All Saints’ Church, Whitman

Saturday, November 4, 2006

Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori’s installation as Presiding Bishop, replacing Bishop Frank Griswold. The service will be at the Washington National Cathedral.

(Pie Workshop at 9:00 a.m. at All Saints’ Church, Chelmsford)

Sunday, November 5, 2006 Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost

St. Mark’s Church, Westford

St. Peter’s Church, Weston

St. John’s Church, Westwood

Trinity Church, Weymouth

The Diocesan Staff

Taunton River Deanery

Fri-Sat November 10-11, 2006 Veterans’ Day

Sunday, November 12, 2006 Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost

All Saints’ Church, Whitman

St. Elizabeth’s Church, Wilmington

Parish of the Epiphany, Winchester

St. John’s Church, Winthrop

Postulants and Candidates for Holy Orders

Nov 12 Habitat for Humanity recovenanting
Someone from Greater Lowell Habitat will be here to bring us up to date on their progress and to renew our covenant relationship with them.

Sunday, November 19, 2006 Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost

Trinity Church, Woburn

St. Chrysostom’s Church, Wollaston (Quincy)

Church of the Messiah, Wood’s Hole (Falmouth)

Deputies to Provincial Synod

Canonical and Administrative Ministry Area

Sunday, November 26, 2006 Last Sunday after Pentecost

Trinity Church, Wrentham

Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston

Ecclesia Ministries & Common Cathedral

The Cathedral Chapter

Deputies to Provincial Synod

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 St. Andrew’s Day

Current Vestry Members

David Cahill Beth Anne Economou Lois Freeman

Derick Gates Steve Grillo Doug Hausler

Deb Dutton (note-vestry is filling two openings)

Adrienne Spear, Senior Warden

Ron Cannistraro, Junior Warden

Melanie Hickcox, Treasurer

Meredith McElroy, Clerk

Parish Contact List

Church Office – 978-256-5673

Senior Warden....... Adrienne Spear

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

Treasurer............... Melanie Hickcox

Clerk..................... Meredith McElroy

Acolyte Director.... Clem Cole

Adult Education...... Amy Hunter

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

Buildings and…….. Rich Jerome

Grounds

Christian School..... Laura Marshall

Michelle Thomas

Elizabeth Danieli

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

Endowment ........... to be filled

Environmental Stewardship

Committee............. Liz Marshall

Fellowship.............. to be filled

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

Music Minister....... Maggie Marshall

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

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

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

SaintsAlive e-mail:.. ... saintsalive@yahoo.com

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

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

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

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

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

Submission

… for the December 2006 Saints Alive! is

November 19^th, 2006

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