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SAINTS Alive! THE NEWSLETTER OF THE PARISH All Saints’ Church Chelmsford, MA April 2008
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SAINTS Alive! THE NEWSLETTER OF THE PARISH All Saints’ Church Chelmsford, MA April 2008
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During the flurry of Holy Week activity, Tom Barrington wanted to ensure that the All Saints’ congregation be made aware of the following:
The Foyer Dinners program-- which will have numerous dates and places – by design. This program provides a way to meet your fellow-parishioners outside the catch-as-catch-can schedules of Sunday mornings.
Echoing his Maundy Thursday sermon, Tom might have pointed out that foyer dinners provide a way for smaller groups to share in a less formal meal (about once a month) at which we might cater to one another’s timetables and eating preferences, while possibly remembering the Passover and Maundy Thursday precedents we would be following.
A Foyer Dinners sign-up sheet
is included in this issue.
Other announcements from the Rector:
· The Music of Terezin Holocaust Memorial Concert at Congregation Shalom on April 6;
· Chelmsford’s Earth Day Litter Clean-up on April 19;
· The Spirit Fiddle Concert on May 17.
Editor’s note: expect Tom’s usual column next month! Patrick Blumeris.
Humor is one of those powerful tools in the right hands, and a great source of consternation when unwisely applied. It is no pleasure to have to explain a joke you’ve told, or to have an audience groan at the punchline you’ve just delivered inexpertly. What is worse still, is to realize as the words leave your lips that the funny line you just delivered has multiple meanings, and the one you intended may not be the meaning taken.
In a need to bind Christ’s followers Paul prepared the letter to the Ephesians. He outlined how easily swayed we all are, as humans in a worldly world, and how the Cross (Jesus’ Crucifixion) was a part of God’s plan to bring together Jews and Gentiles.
Paul warned against foul language (and behavior) that could divide us. In his words:
“…indecency of any kind or ruthless greed must not be so much as mentioned among you, as befits the people of God. No coarse, stupid, or flippant talk: these things are out of place; you should rather be thanking God. For be sure of this: no one given to fornication or indecency, or the greed which makes an idol of gain, has any share in the kingdom of Christ and of God.”
April 6th from 3:00-5:00
Sponsored by Members of the Inter-faith Community of the Merrimack Valley.
To be held at
Congregation Shalom
87 Richardson Rd.
Chelmsford, MA
For more information contact Rabbi Shoshana M. Perry, Congregation Shalom, 978-251-8515
A four-week series began on Wednesday, March 26, 7:30 – 9:00 PM to view and discuss the PBS documentary that examines our myths about race and the effect it has on our day-to-day lives. This series is a joint presentation with All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, Central Congregational Church, and the Boston Fair Housing Alliance. All are welcome and the series is open to the public. All Saints’ is hosting the series in the Cranberry Room
Session 2: The Story We Tell April 2, 2008
It's true that race has always been with us, right? Wrong. Ancient peoples stigmatized "others" on the grounds of language, custom, class, and especially religion, but they did not sort people according to physical differences. The concept of race is a recent invention, only a few hundred years old, and the history and evolution of the idea are deeply tied to the development of the U.S. "The Story We Tell" is an eye-opening tale of how deep social inequalities came to be rationalized as natural - deflecting attention from the social practices and public policies that benefited whites at the expense of others.
Related meeting at Congregation Shalom:
April 6th from 3:00-5:00: Music of Terezin: A Holocaust Memorial Concert
87 Richardson Road, Chelmsford.
The Power of an Illusion
Session 3: The House We Live In
April 9, 2008
If race doesn't exist biologically, what is it? And why should it matter? "The House We Live In," is the first film about race to focus not on individual attitudes and behavior but on the ways our institutions and policies advantage some groups at the expense of others. Its subject is the "unmarked" race: white people. We see how benefits quietly and often invisibly accrue to white people, not necessarily because of merit or hard work, but because of the racialized nature of our laws, courts, customs, and perhaps most pertinently, housing.
"Colorblind" policies which ignore race only perpetuate these inequities. As Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun wrote, "To get beyond racism we must first take account of race. There is no other way." As “The House We Live In” shows us, until we address the legacy of past discrimination and confront the historical meanings of race, the dream of equality will remain out of reach.
Session 4: How Shall We in Chelmsford Respond?
April 16, 2008
Our last session will sum up our conversations and talking about ways in which we as individuals, congregations and members of this community may respond to issues of race and social justice.
For more information about the documentary please see:
http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-about-01.htm.
The descriptions above of the three episodes came from this web site.
Please contact the Rev. Tom Barrington for more information.
SATURDAY, MAY 17TH AT 7:00 PM
Mark your Calendars!! Saturday, May 17, 2008
RIM Benefit Concert featuring Spirit Fiddle at All Saints’ Church at 7:00 PM.
At All Saints’ Church
Ticket: $12.00 for adults
$10.00 Teens and seniors
Under 12 free
Please contact Tom Barrington or the Church Office 978-256-5673 for tickets.
Testimonials
"One of the best musical groups I've ever had at the festival. Evaluation comments were excellent, and people talked about you for months afterwards. Absolutely wonderful, hot, clean fiddle music."
Wayne Henderson, Chairman
Wayne Henderson Festival
Grayson Highlands National Park, Virginia
"Fantastische Geigerin!* Spirit Fiddle is a wonderfully entertaining blend of excellent fiddle and guitar playing. Their enthusiasm for the music is so delightfully shared with their audiences. We truly enjoy watching them perform and admire their skills.” (* fantastic violin/fiddle player!)
Jens Krüger, Uwe Krüger, Joel Landsberg
The Krüger Brothers, Switzerland and North Carolina
The quilting group that gathers the first and third Mondays of the month has decided to make a quilt to help with the acoustics in the parish hall. We need your help. Our idea is to make a “signature” quilt with people’s names written on a fabric square.
The squares will be sold for $10 each. These squares may be designed by an individual or a family or whatever you want to sign within the designated space, e.g., the John Smith Family or Mary Jones or Bob & Sue White. The quilters will take these squares and piece them together with colorful fabric to make a beautiful quilt.
All Monies realized from the sale of the squares, after expenses, will be donated to the Parish Hall Acoustics Fund. This quilt will also serve as a historical reminder of who belonged to All Saints’ Church in 2008 when the quilt was assembled.
We will be in the Narthex two Sundays a month and hope that you will support us in this endeavor.
Carol Cannistraro
Esther Davenport
Barbara Willman
The spring Deanery Assembly will be a festival Ascension Day service
at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in West Newbury. The Rt. Rev. Bud Cederholm will
preside.
The gathering will include a dinner and service. All are welcome.
Saint Paul, in his epistle to the Romans, wrote: “Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and prison companions; they are notable Apostles, and they were in Christ before me” (Romans 16:7) … which makes Junia the only woman that the Bible actually calls an Apostle. The Episcopal Diocese is now in the second of two trial years to commemorate these two Saints, before recommending to the national Episcopal Church that we do so more widely.
Prayer as a First Resort: Second Tuesdays Report
What is “Prayer as First Resort?” What do they really do in the Blue Room on the second Tuesdays at 7:30?
Here’s a little of how I see it.
Our society often sees prayer as the thing you do as a last resort – when all else has failed. What if we considered prayer as really important? What if we thought of prayer as not just something to do at the last, but what about Prayer as the “First” resort?
This has been a kick-off point to help us come together and explore different topics and ideas around prayer: how we pray; ways of praying; ideas about the practice of prayer.
Last month in February, we talked about Compassion and how it relates to Lent. Where gratitude is such a foundation to building compassion, we spent this March evening considering gratitude. Did we pray? Did we hear a poem? Did we think about things for which we are grateful? Did we talk about the difference between receiving and taking? Yes! And more. We did have a lively conversation and people were able to uncover their own wisdom about gratitude as we went along the evening. I dare say – we had fun!
There is always something exciting on the second Tuesdays! In fact, in April, we will be celebrating part of the fifty days of Easter with a special prayer service. It’ll be a little different and we will meet in the sanctuary this time, so come and join us!
I am happy to make a friendly reminder call when we get closer. So let me know if you’d like me to do so. (lynne@odic.com; 978 448 2746) Hey, I can be your really personal PDA!
If you would like to know more about the second Tuesdays, contact Lynne Grillo or Amy Hunter.
Lynne Grillo
We are around the mid-point in our yearlong work to establish a youth ministry program at All Saints’ Chelmsford, and things are going well. Our first five-week youth program, based on the movie Godspell, was a success, and we are now working hard rehearsing for the Good Friday Stations of the Cross service. Our next session will be a bible study. As our Task Force meetings progress, we are looking at arranging possible activities in three categories: outreach, inreach (activities led by youth for the whole parish) and fun, both before the end of the year, and into the next academic year. These include mission trips to West Virginia and Lubec, Maine in the summer, glow in the dark laser tag, a supper and sing-along from an intergenerational hymnal (for more information see the separate notice) and maybe a trip to Nightwatch, an overnight event at St John the Divine in New York, next fall.
This week’s meeting will be given over to our local experts, Amy Hunter, and Laura Marshall, who will talk about the identity of this parish, and the forming of the Church School respectively, and we will welcome Amy Cook, Diocesan Resource Person, to talk about curriculum at our following meeting.
I’m delighted to announce that Nancy March and Brian Hunter have been invited to take on the role of co-chairs for the Youth Ministry Task Force as it moves into planning for the next academic year, and have accepted. I hope that you will keep them in your prayers, and do everything you can to support them in this ministry.
Our Task force consists of:
Brian Hunter and Nancy March, Co-Chairs.
Diane Coles, Marlene Hillman, Laura Marshall, Maggie Marshall, Debbie Psilopoulos, Adrienne Spear, Denise Sullivan, Nicole Sullivan, Joan Thomas and Mike Thompson.
Please talk with these folks if you have any questions, or want to get involved - as we begin to arrange events we hope to call in the offers of support that various parishioners have made us. Please continue to pray for us, and for the youth of this parish.
Fiona Vidal-White
Youth Missioner
It's not too soon to sign up for camp at the Barbara Harris Summer Camp!
Tired of sloshing through April's mud and bluster? Take heart! While many of us can only dream of summer, the folk at the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center in Greenfield, N.H., are actively working on it.
Summer camp registration is now open, with specialty art, horseback riding and mountain adventure programs added to the schedule of traditional week-long and day camp sessions that run between June 29 and Aug. 9. Plus, families of all shapes and sizes will head to camp June 27-29 for the diocesan Family Weekend Experience, while young singers will gather to make music and new friends at Choir Camp (now in its 16th year!) Aug. 3-9.
With a reputation for outstanding staff, excellent facilities and a fun, challenging program, the camp offers numerous opportunities for young people to experience summer camp at its best. For more information see http://www.bchcenter.org/
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Join folks from throughout Chelmsford in an effort to clean up the litter that has accumulated during the long, snowy winter. To register on line go to www.townofchelmsford.us/recycling-Department.cfm
After the Cleanup, all are welcome to EARTH DAY FAIR on the Common from 12:00 – 2:00. Bring a picnic (but please try for “zero waste”) Learn what creative local people and groups are doing to reduce their impact on the environment.
For more information call 978-250-5203
In January Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell announced that they have secured land in Westford at 18 Williams Avenue where they will begin building their first “Green” home. This is great news and an opportunity for members of All Saints’ Church to get directly involved in a building project. To do so, we need one or two individuals who will contact the Lowell Chapter of Habitat and recruit workers from the parish. If you’re interested in volunteering, please sign up on the sheet in the Narthex in the back of the church. The Habitat web site is http://www.lowellhabitat.org. Please speak to Tom Barrington or David Kuzara for more information.
“Will you who witness these vows do all in your power to support these persons in their life and ministry?” – From BCP Baptismal Service
Please help All Saints’ answer with a loud “We will!” The programs for our older youth have suffered low attendance and low adult support for the past couple years. We’ve been told by the youth that they want a program that supports different age groups, that includes bible study, that includes activities, that includes worship participation and that includes fun. The Youth Task Force has started a program for this year while making plans for next.
We need your help!
We have leaders to run 4 week blocks for the rest of this year, but our safe church policies require 2 adults. Please consider being that second adult for a block.
We have one combined class, but would love to offer 2 classes based on grade. Please consider signing up to run a 4 week block this year or next. Materials can be provided – or perhaps you may have something in mind to share?
We will need other kinds of support, from prayers to transportation. Please help by signing up to be asked for here-and-there support. We hope this group of youth-supporting adults will be the foundation that holds up our youth programs going forward.
At annual meeting we shared ways we could all help:
“Sign up as a second adult”
“Pray for youth and youth events”
“Help lead a class, or study, or craft, or skill”
“Encourage youth’s regular church attendance”
“Help with a youth-led service”
“Get to know our youth, support their interests”
“Be a transportation provider”
There is a signup for 2nd adults on specific dates and general Youth Supporters that will be in the Narthex or Parish Hall. Please say “I will” with your name!
Many thanks from the Youth Task Force! If you have any questions, please ask:
Fiona Vidal-White, Denise Sullivan, Maggie Marshall, Marlene Hillman, Joan Thomas, Adrienne Spear, Nicole Sullivan, Laura Marshall, Nancy March, Debbie Psilopoulos, Mike Thompson, Brian Hunter.
The Memorial Garden at All Saints is a sacred place for many of us. In addition to being a final resting place for former parishioners, it is dedicated to the memory of all those who have died.
Each spring, donations are accepted in memory of loved ones and used for the maintenance and support of the garden. If you would like to contribute, please write a check to All Saints' Church and mark the memo space "Memorial Garden"
The Garden Committee
Come one, come all to our spring Potluck Dinner and Hymn Sing on Saturday, April 12 at 5 p.m. All parishioners – families, singles, old, young, tall, and short, are invited to gather for our first fellowship opportunity in a while. Please bring a main dish, salad, or dessert to share. Drinks will be provided. After our meal, we will segue into a hymn sing, led by our own Fiona Vidal-White. Fiona has compiled a hymn book for young singers, and she will be introducing us to much of this wonderful material. The evening should be over by 7p.m., so it won’t be a late night for families with young children. Please contact Minister of Music Maggie Marshall (978-251-1296, maggie@ccc.com) if you have any questions.
When I think about April I think about blooming flowers, warming weather and sunshine. Unfortunately, I also think about filing my tax forms and paying my taxes. As most of us learned in school, though, churches are exempt from paying taxes, right? Well, not quite.
All Saints' is exempt from paying taxes on most things, but in addition to being a church it is also an employer. That means that like all employers the parish needs to submit forms to the IRS to account for its payroll and pay the employer payroll taxes for its employees. All of this accounting and payment is deftly handled by our Parish Administrator and our Treasurer. Like anything having to do with the IRS and taxes, this stuff is fairly complicated and takes some time to get right.
There is another tax of sorts that the parish pays: its Diocesan Assessment. Strictly speaking this is not a tax, but it serves much the same purpose. Each parish in the diocese contributes a portion of its budget to the diocese to enable the diocese to function. The amount the parish pays is determined by formula that takes into account a parish's income and expenses and is calculated from information provided by the parish as a part of its Parochial Report. In a lot of ways it's not too different from what you and I do to pay our own taxes.
The Finance Committee meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30 pm in the Lower Meeting Room. Anyone who is interested in anything to do with parish finances is invited to attend. During the April meeting we will be meeting with a representative of our insurance company to review our insurance.
Mike Brodeur
In the Sunday Bulletin under the section on “those in our parish in need of healing,” we list those with more acute needs. Saints Alive carries a list of more “on-going” concerns to bring to God in prayer.
We will keep the description you provide as general or specific as you indicate. Please let us know what you would like included. We also 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 prayer lists, please contact Darlene in the Church Office.
· Gladys Stephens, Palm Manor Nursing Home
· Eleanor Ferreira at home
· Millie Adams at home
· Mary Buote at home
· Grace Wardell, Sunny Acres Nursing and Rehab Center
· Dora Smith, Betsy Eisenmann’s mother
· Priscilla Smith at home
· Doug Grant at home, chronic back pain
· Chaz Freeman, settling into a new home
· Debbie Anderton, Dora Carr’s daughter
· Dorothy Eaton, Willow Manor
Ministering at Nyahela Sub-Parish in Kenya:
Paul Onyoyo, Betty Mundia, Dorcus Esilaba, Shem Bwonya, Elizabeth Osiolo.
Nyahela sub-parish currently receives SaintsAlive. If you would like to write directly to them, please note their address:
ACK: Anglican Church of Kenya
ACK NYAHELA PARISH
P.O. BOX 201
LUANDA - KENYA
CODE : 50307
Upcoming Formation Dates and Events
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Apr 2 |
Anti-Racism Program |
7:30- 9:00PM Cranberry Room |
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Apr 5 |
Deanery Confirmation |
10:00 AM St John’s Church, Lowell |
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Apr 5 |
Workshop on Transformational Leadership Leading Reconciling Communities |
9:00AM- 2:00PM EDS, Cambridge |
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Apr 6 |
Parish Recognition of Confirmands |
10:00 AM service |
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Apr 8 |
Prayer as First Resort Prayer Service for the 50 Days of Easter Contemplative Prayer with Laying on Hands for Healing |
7:30 PM Sanctuary |
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Apr 9 |
Anti-Racism Program |
7:30- 9:00PM Cranberry Room |
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Apr 12 |
Intergenerational Potluck and Sing-a-Long |
5:00 PM supper 6:00 PM singing Parish Hall |
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Apr 16 |
Anti-Racism Program |
7:30- 9:00PM Cranberry Room |
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Apr 30 |
Easter Bible Study of Healing in the Gospel of Mark |
10:30- 11:45AM Blue Room |
Welcome to the Season of Easter! Every year I come to love these 50 days more and more. Years ago, I tended to be restless. I understood the hullabaloo of Easter Sunday… but what to do with the other 49 days? I wanted to skip over them and get to the action part, to Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit and the Very Important Business of Being the Church. Then year by year as I’ve reread the stories, as I’ve worshiped and prayed, as Brian and I stood in the Resurrection Chapel in the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, I have come to appreciate the unfolding of those days. I understand the doubts of the disciples. I am warmed by the down-to-earth quality of Jesus’ appearances to his friends, his conversations with them, his sharing of meals. I have come to see my restlessness as an echo of the disciples’ restlessness; they too did not know what to do with the Resurrection. They hid. They went fishing. It took them a long time before they simply settled into the Upper Room to be community, praying and waiting for the Holy Spirit.
With Easter so early this year, we have the gift of a long springtime. Settle into the mystery and journey of Easter at All Saints’. Join us for a 4-part series about Race and Racism on Wednesday evenings. Support our young people with your presence and prayers as they are confirmed on Saturday April 5 and as our community celebrates them the next day.
I invite you to two formation events:
My prayer for each of us and for our parish is that we may open our hearts and our lives to the power of Jesus’ Resurrection, letting go of our spiritual restlessness and coming to wait for the enlivening breath of the Holy Spirit.
in peace,
Amy Hunter
Associate for Adult Christian Formation
Final Workshop on Transformational Leadership at Episcopal Divinity School (EDS)
EDS will offer the final workshop in its series for building up parishes. Several of us-- Tom Barrington, Lois Freeman, Lynne Grillo, Edith Parekh, Fiona Vidal-White, and Amy Hunter have attended the previous sessions and found them rewarding. Pre-registration is required. If you wish to attend, please contact Amy (who will not be able to attend the April 5th session) and she will provide you with information for registration. If three or more folks register together, the group receives a discount. There are formation funds available if folks wish to attend and need financial aid.
Leading Reconciling Communities
Facilitated by Judith Oleson and Tulaine Shabazz Marshall
April 5, 2008 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Leading Reconciling Communities engages participants in the nature of
conflict and healing in organizational systems. Participants are encouraged to
learn specific facilitation skills for healing historical wounds and embedding
reconciling practices in parish and other organizational settings.
Spring Mission Opportunities
This month’s Mission Focus highlights a host of upcoming or ongoing Mission and Environmental Stewardship opportunities. Spring is here and the chances to do God’s work are all around us all. Our challenge, as always, is to make time to take advantage of them. Please consider prayerfully if any of these opportunities is right for you.
Apr 11 |
Chernobyl Children Project’s Festival of Hope |
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May 4 |
Project Bread Walk for Hunger |
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Jun 7-8 |
Take a Hike for Humanity |
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On-going |
Habitat for Humanity Volunteering |
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On-going |
Refugee Immigration Ministry |
Dave Kuzara
for the Mission/Outreach Team
Spring Yard Sale
It’s time to plan for our Annual Yard Sale again- a sure sign of spring! This year’s yard sale will be held on May 31st and June 1st. We will be setting up in the Parish Hall on Friday, May 30th from noon until we are done. I am asking for volunteers to help set up on the 30th and to work on the 31st and the 1st . Last year was the first time that I worked at the sale and it was a lot of fun. Come and join us; any time that you can give will be most appreciated. On Friday, we will be providing pizza for the volunteers at supper time. If you would like to join the fun , please contact Carl Clark at either (978) 256-0058 or ccl17@comcast.net.
The Yard Sale happens just at the time when we are doing Spring Cleaning, so please check to see what you can donate to the sale. We are looking for items in saleable condition, but please no electronics (television sets, computers or monitors, phones and the like), athletic equipment, sporting goods, or clothing. Donated items can be left in the church atrium during the week of May27th through May30th. I will try to be at the church as much as possible during this time to help. Looking forward to seeing you at the sale!
As many of you know, All Saints' has been partnering with Central Congregational Church for the past few years with a mission trip to West Virginia for youth ages 16 and up. Thanks to the bond we have forged with this church and to Dave Kuzara's initiative, we have been invited to join Central Congregational's youth mission trip to Lubec Maine, geared to 7-8 graders.
This year's trip is from August 17-23 and is for ages 10-13 with a parent, and 14 and up with the group as a whole. Lubec is at the easternmost part of Maine, in Washington County, which is the poorest county in all of New England. The organization that coordinates work is called “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” and we would stay in their campground, in bunk houses, cook our own meals, and use it as a base camp. The people being helped are elderly, disabled, or low income residents, all without the means or ability to keep up their own homes. This area is also a summer home for over 9000 migrant workers who come to pick blueberries.
Types of projects done by volunteers include painting, insulating, simple carpentry, and building things like porches and handicapped ramps.
The skill most needed is the desire to serve.
We are hoping that there is interest within our parish. Cindy Dussault and I are committed to keeping this line of communication open with Central Congo, and time is of the essence since some fundraising has to be done. We would like to meet briefly after church on March 9 to show a brief video on the trip and to answer any questions you may have. Please contact me at maggie@ccc.com if you have questions now.
In Christ,
Maggie Marshall
This report should have been included as the “Mission Focus” for the March issue. But your editor (still in training, obviously!) neglected to check the contributions that came in on paper, as opposed to by e-mail. My apologies to Liz Marshall, the Outreach Team, and the Mission Team.
Patrick Blumeris
All Saints’ Thrift Shop
In the 2007 Annual Report, the Thrift Shop describes its mission this way: “to support Christian education and youth programs within the parish.” That program has expanded its vision to include community outreach and capital improvements to church property.
In 2007, after expenses were paid from the $10,544 received from sales, it was possible to donate $4,909 to Outreach.
It is good to have a handy and useful place to donate or sell on consignment those clothes we no longer find that we use ourselves.
The Thrift Shop, staffed by volunteers, is open from 10:00 to 3:00 on Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday. It is well worth a visit!!
Liz Marshall
Outreach Team
It is Leap Year, and February 29, 2008 gave All Saints’ an opportunity to mark the “first” anniversary of Wayne Ashford’s death.
In New England this year, clocks were set to summer’s daylight savings time earlier in the year than has been customary in recent years. Easter came about as early in the year as is possible, leaving the Church in the interesting position of having recognized Passover and, through Easter, the inclusion of the Gentiles in God’s plans for salvation … before the Jewish faith itself commemorates Passover.
In Holy Week came the news that the Rev. Paul Onyoyo had passed his final exams and would soon be moving from Nyahela Parish, to be replaced by Rev. Betty Mundia. Paul Onyoyo outlined his plans for the Good Friday service with “Tomorrow as usual we shall have our service of Good Friday…” So things are looking up in Nyahela.
A character in a C.S. Lewis novel told how “the same wave never comes twice”: there may be similarities, but each repetition of seemingly the same thing has its own possibilities. So we wish the Reverend Paul well, wherever his next Good Friday might be, and welcome the Rev. Betty Mundia, who will be assuming his duties.
May we all be open to see and seize the new opportunities that each step forward might bring.
Patrick Blumeris
Carl Clark Diane Coles
Tom Decker Deb Dutton
Derick Gates Liz Landers
Edith Parekh Harry Taplin
(One vacancy to be filled)
Lois Freeman, Senior Warden
Melanie Hickcox, Treasurer
Scott Bempkins, Clerk
Church Office..................... 978-256-5673
Senior Warden....... Lois Freeman
Junior Warden........ Dave Cahill
Treasurer............... Melanie Hickcox
Clerk..................... Scott Bempkins
Acolyte Director.... Clem Cole
Adult Education...... Amy Hunter
Altar Guild............. Liz Landers
Buildings and…….. to be filled
Grounds
Christian School..... Laura Marshall
Michelle Thomas
Elizabeth Danieli
Coffee Hour.......... Matt Hickcox
Endowment ........... Oliver Chamberlain
Environmental Stewardship
Committee............. Liz Marshall
Fellowship.............. to be filled
Finance.................. Mike Brodeur
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.......... Nancy March
Webmaster............ Richard Coles
Web site................ www.allsaintschelmsford.org
… for the May 2008 Saints Alive! is
April 20th, 2008
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