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SAINTS Alive! THE NEWSLETTER OF THE PARISH All Saints’ Church Chelmsford, MA November 2008
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SAINTS Alive! THE NEWSLETTER OF THE PARISH All Saints’ Church Chelmsford, MA November 2008
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November is traditionally the month that we hold our annual pledge drive. This is when we ask the members of the congregation to make a financial pledge to support the ministries of All Saints’ Church for the coming year.
As I have been thinking about different ways of asking for support I am reminded of some of the fund raising events I witnessed in while in Kenya. At one church at which I preached it looked like the service was going to be over in a short 2 hours. They sang the final hymn but instead of everyone leaving they stayed in their seats while some of the men brought out a table and set it up in the front of the church. We sang a few more songs and then the pastor gave another 30 minute sermon about the needs of the church. (Actually, I only think this is what was being said since it was all in Swahili.) The clerk of the parish then began calling every group in the parish. Each Sunday School class, the various women’s groups, the choir, the men’s groups and so on. After he called their name, they would come forward and place an offering in the basket on the table and the treasurer or the priest would announce to the congregation how much they gave. Everyone would then applaud. Eventually, after a number of songs and a few more encouraging words they would work up to the leaders of the parish, and honored guests. This is where I came in. Unfortunately, the first few times this happened, I did not realize that as the most honored guest of the day, my role was to make the largest contribution. (I did contribute, but I am sure that they were disappointed in how much.) This is simply not the way I like to be asked for money.
I was surprised that virtually every church I visited had a fundraiser. It was only later when I was talking to Elphas Wambani, my friend from Kenya, that I realized that they were having the fundraisers because I was there. My style of giving is very New England, to give discreetly. But once, when I did quietly slip a donation to the pastor of a church, he explained that he had to announce it to the congregation so that everyone would know and so he would not be accused of hiding the money. In a land were corruption is widespread, transparency and openness is essential.
I learned that the Swahili word for this kind of fundraiser is Harambee. It means "pulling together to accomplish a greater goal than can be accomplished individually." The needs of their churches were great. Their resources were slim. Even so, the asking for support was seen as a combination of a celebration, a party, a worship service as well as asking for money. They explicitly know that they could not do it alone. I like the spirit of a harambee, even if I am not about to institute the practice. It does remind me that in pulling together we can accomplish a greater goal.
Peace,
Tom
As I write this, chestnuts are not yet roasting on an open fire, but Jack Frost is nipping at our noses! Every year, the Senior Choir issues an invitation to all who wish to sing with us for the Christmas season, specifically the 12/14 service of Lessons and Carols and/or the Christmas Eve services. Seasonal rehearsals are on Thursdays 11/20, 12/4, 12/11 and Saturday 12/13. We’d love to swell our ranks for the season, so please let any one of us or myself know if you are able to join us!
In Christ,
Maggie Marshall
Minister of Music
On Saturday, October 18, 2008, I had the opportunity to attend this conference sponsored by the Episcopal diocese of Massachusetts and hosted by Bishop Bud Cederholm. The conference was held at the studios of WGBH-2 in Boston. Some points that immediately struck me are:
“Per capita, per hour of use, houses of worship are the biggest wasters of energy in the country.” Tom Nutt-Powell, Mass. Interfaith Power & Light.
“The most sustainable kWhr/therm/gallon of water or oil is the one NOT used” Darcy Immerman, VP, AECON energy.
“This is exactly the moment for which the church was created” Author Bill McKibben (quoted at the event).
Followed by my own thought: Houses of worship, given their tendency toward exposed stone walls, single pane stained glass, decorative and ornamental incandescent lighting, and (at best) state-of-the-art 1950’s or 1960’s construction, are probably the MOST difficult buildings in which to make energy savings improvements.
However, all is not lost; there are many opportunities and strategies available to reduce energy use and carbon footprint, with a little thought and effort. There are rebates and financing available, and the benefits are important both globally and locally. On a global sense, it is important for the US to reduce dependence on oil, and waste of energy, and emissions of carbon into the atmosphere. On a local sense, we all know that houses of worship operate on shoestring budgets, and cost reductions are welcome and needed. However, there was and is more information that is applicable not only to the church building operations, but to parishioners’ homes as well.
I will be working with the Building and Grounds Committee, and doing more research and investigation into ways to make the buildings and operations more sustainable. When I come across information that can also be used by homeowners, I will share that with the parish. In this season of stewardship review, it is important to remember that our stewardship does NOT extend only to the church, but it also extends to our families, our homes, our communities, and our planet.
A final thought: Bishop Cederholm will be inviting parishes to participate in 350 Rings. This event will be held between November 23 and November 30, 2008, and all churches are requested to ring their bells 350 times at some point during this time. The 350 number is significant because it refers to the normal carbon dioxide level (350 PPM, or parts per million) in our atmosphere necessary to sustain life; if the number varies greatly from this level, life on earth is threatened. The number has risen to 385 and is climbing. Look elsewhere in the Saints Alive for more information on how to participate, and also go to 350.org for more.
Wishing you “comfort,”
Bob Andrews
We invite all members of our parish family to the celebration of our name day on November 1! This very special evening begins with a family potluck at 5:30p.m., followed at 6:30 p.m. by a Festival Eucharist celebrated by Bishop Gayle Harris!
In addition to celebrating the lives of the saints who have gone before us, we will be celebrating the life we have as the community of saints at All Saints’. Not only are we blessed to have Bishop Harris with us as preacher and celebrant, but the evening also will include music by all four choirs – Handbell, Children’s, Junior, and Senior. If that’s not exciting enough for you, the evening will also mark the debut of our fifth choir – our Brass Ensemble.
On display in both the parish hall and later in the sanctuary will be the shrines created on October 18. The individuals honored in the shrines will also be remembered during the service itself. If you were unable to attend the Wake the Dead workshop but have a photo of someone you wish to have acknowledged, please bring this photo in to also be displayed during the service.
We are aware that All Saints’ Day is also Day after Halloween, which can be a spooky thought for families with young children. Since our name day fell on a Saturday this year, we decided to forge ahead with these plans and to start the evening early.
Please save the date and help us to fill the pews with our saints from All Saints’!
This year’s Gingerbread Village Display to support Greater Lowell Habitat for Humanity will be on Dec. 6th and 7th here at All Saints’ Episcopal Church. This is the third annual Gingerbread Village Display to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell. It is a community celebration of creativity and joy with the commitment to supporting fair and just housing for all.
This year’s theme is inspired by Illumination Opera’s performance of Hansel and Gretel the same weekend. We will be building a replica of the Witch’s cottage that children can walk through. We invite others to choose a fairy tale that inspires them and to have fun with it. We of course welcome ALL entries whatever your inspiration. Consider how you might get involved:
§ Build a house for the display with friends and family
§ Encourage your business to enter a house or sponsor a team to build a house
§ Invite your community group, (book club, scout troop, etc.) to build a house
§ Organize a house building party for your school, house of worship, or sports team.
So—How Do Gingerbread Houses Raise Money for Habitat for Humanity? When all of the houses are gathered in one place it makes for an amazing display. We ask for a $5 donation per family to visit the display. Builders also have the option of donating their house for sale via silent auction.
Nov. 28th Registrations Due (late entries are accepted, up until Dec. 4, but please try to register so that we can plan a beautiful display)
Dec. 4th House Drop Off Drop off times are 10am until 6pm. If you cannot drop off during these times please make arrangements in advance with event organizer.
Dec. 5th Builders’ Preview Friday night 7:30-9pm. All builders and contributors to the event are invited to a preview of the display. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP if you will be attending.
Dec. 6th Gingerbread Village Display Display open from 9am until 4pm
Dec. 7th Gingerbread Village Display Display open from noon until 6pm
The Silent Auction will start at 9am on Dec. 6th and end at 5pm on Dec. 7th. The highest bid at that time wins. All houses must be picked up between 6-7pm on Sunday night. All proceeds from the Silent Auction go to benefit Habitat for Humanity.
Event Organizer: Laura Marshall laura.marshall@comcast.net
The All Saints’ Church School is Hosting
An Evening of Indian Food,
Fun and Dance!!
The Church School invites everyone—young and old, couples, families and singles—to an Indian Dinner on Saturday, November 22.
The evening will begin at 5:30 PM and will be filled with entertainment, fine Indian cuisine, Indian dance performances, music, and Indian décor and set-up. This event is geared to welcome all ages of guests into an experience of Indian culture.
Please join the festivities!
To get tickets ($7 for ages
5 and up) for the evening - contact Rohini Pola at 978-392-8429 or visit
the Church School table during coffee hour on
Sunday.
Thank you,
Rohini Pola
Not quite in time for inclusion in the October issue came the news on September 25, 2008 that Nathan Frederick had been born that morning to proud parents Kevin and Aline Davis.
Congratulations to the whole Davis family!
Saturday Nov 1 (All Saints): Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
Friday and Saturday November 7 and 8 Diocesan Convention: Almighty and everlasting Father, you have given the Holy Spirit to abide with us for ever: Bless, we pray, with his grace and presence, the bishops and other clergy and laity to be assembled in Hyannis in your Name, that your Church, being preserved in true faith and godly discipline, may fulfill all the mind of him who loved it and gave himself for it, your Son Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Nov 23 RIM “Witness of Hope” (Collect for Social Justice): Almighty God, who created us in your own image: Grant us grace fearlessly to contend against evil and to make no peace with oppression; and, that we may reverently use our freedom, help us to employ it in the maintenance of justice in our communities and among the nations, to the glory of your holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Thanksgiving Day Thurs Nov 27: Almighty and gracious Father, we give you thanks for the fruits of the earth in their season and for the labors of those who harvest them. Make us, we pray, faithful stewards of your great bounty, for the provision of our necessities and the relief of all who are in need, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Feast of St Andrew Nov 30: Almighty God, who gave such grace to your apostle Andrew that he readily obeyed the call of your Son Jesus Christ, and brought his brother with him: give us, who are called by your Holy Word, grace to follow him without delay, and to bring those near to us into his gracious presence; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
At the time in New England when it becomes clear that golf is no longer practical, owing to the onset of frigid temperatures and snow, comes the feast day of Saint Andrew, patron saint of Scotland, where golf began.
Don’t know much about him?
Well, somebody had to make that outrageous suggestion that a young boy with a handful of provisions might be able to help feed the 5,000. Just as importantly, somebody had to take the news to Simon (Peter) that Jesus was looking for followers. Andrew’s was a role of being at the very start of the wildfire that rushed through civilization as Christianity was just beginning; and on our church calendar, Andrew’s feast occurs around the time that Advent itself, is just beginning.
Jesus calls us! O’er the tumult
Of our life’s wild restless sea
Day by day his sweet voice soundeth,
Saying, ‘Christian, follow me’:
As of old Saint Andrew heard it
By the Galilean lake,
Turned from home, and toil, and kindred,
Leaving all for his dear sake.
Jesus calls us from the worship
Of the vain world’s golden store,
From each idol that would keep us,
Saying, ‘Christian, love me more.’
In our joys and in our sorrows,
Days of toil and hours of ease,
Still he calls, in cares and pleasures,
“Christian, love me more than these.’
Jesus calls us! By thy mercies
Saviour may we hear thy call,
Give our hearts to thy obedience,
Serve and love thee best of all.
Mrs. C.F. Alexander
The Mission/Outreach Team is at an exciting point: we are considering involvement in international mission opportunities as well as renewing our hands-on involvement with Habitat for Humanity. We do not lack for ideas or people that need our help. What we lack, at the moment, are parishioners willing to join us to help All Saints’ do God’s work in the world.
Look at the programs listed below: Ask yourself whether God is calling you to make a difference by participating in one of them. Please contact the church office or Dave Kuzara at 978-256-5484 if you want to help with any of these programs or would like to join the Mission/Outreach Team.
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Mission trip to Nyahela Sub-parish in Kenya |
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Relief for the Mustard Seed Orphanage in Jamaica |
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Greater Lowell Habitat for Humanity |
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Refugee Immigration Ministry |
Dave Kuzara
for the Mission/Outreach Team
We easily grow comfortable with what we have, or with where we find ourselves. After all, when things were difficult, we made adjustments, and find ourselves comfortable now.
So where do we find God sprinkling us, the Salt of the Earth? … Or do we see ourselves as so comfortable that nobody seems to know we are around? It may not be something that we frequently need to take literally, but on occasion, the shirt off our back is what missionary service calls for.
In his book “Horizons of Mission,” Titus Presler retells the story of a funeral conducted by a well-regarded (even to this day) priest who left Britain for missionary work in Zimbabwe. Arthur Shearly Cripps, widely known in Zimbabwe as simply Shearly Cripps, “reached around to the family for the folded blanket that it was customary to place in the grave as a pillow for the head of the departed one. The family was so poor that they had no blanket to give, so Cripps quietly took off his cassock, folded it up, gave it to be used as a pillow in the grave, and went on to take the service in his shirt sleeves.”
With this example in mind, we should remember
Patrick Blumeris
Editor
For the last 10 months the Chelmsford cluster of RIM, of which we are a part have been sponsoring a young woman named Mariatu from Sierra Leone. She was granted asylum status last spring and is now working and living on her own. Below is an excerpt from a letter by Becky and Vern Thornton with whom Mariatu had been living. Becky and Vern are members of Christ Church United in Lowell.
“Mariatu now lives in a room at the home of ________ in Lowell. The landlord, who is an immigrant from Sierra Leone, Africa and is now a U.S. citizen, is employed locally and occupies the lower level of the home. Mariatu has her own room and shares the kitchen, bathroom, and laundry facilities with him and, eventually, one or two additional tenants. ….
“Mariatu continues to be employed at the Radisson in Nashua and utilizes the same transportation company to commute to her job. She is also attending ESL courses at Lowell Adult Education three evenings a week (she is within walking distance of those classes). ….
“We both believe that this move into her home in Lowell is a good step in Mariatu’s acclimation, education, and socialization. …..
“Mariatu is paying …rent which includes utilities. In addition she is now paying for her own food, clothing, phone, health insurance, transportation and her personal spending money. Her budget is very tight.”
To learn more about RIM, all are invited to the following Dinner. For more information about our work with RIM, please speak to Tom Barrington.
REFUGEE IMMIGRATION MINISTRY
ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DINNER
“WITNESSES OF HOPE”
Hear Clients Share Their Experiences with RIM
November 23, 2008
Anthony’s of Malden
105 Canal Street
4:30 PM-7:00 PM
$35 per person
$350 per table
Come to Celebrate!
Music
African Dancing
Silent Auction
“Building Community With Uprooted People to Serve the Common Good”
Tickets Available online: www.r-i-m.net
Or send your check to RIM at 142 Pleasant St. Suite 302, Malden, MA 02148
by November 20th
The Handbell Choir is in need of substitute ringers to put on a list. To be a sub, send your name, email address, and daytime phone number to Ellen Jewart at erjewart@hotmail.com. Subs stand in for ringers who can't be there on a Sunday we are scheduled to play. You will be notified by the director of when you will be needed. In general, a sub should expect to attend one or two rehearsals, plus a Sunday run-through and play during the service. If you enjoy ringing occasionally but can't commit to rehearsal weekly for the year, this would be an ideal situation for you.
Please take notice of the new bush planted just to the left of the entrance to the Thrift Shop. This plant, a Beauty Bush, is in memory of Herb and David Willman, husband and son of Barbara Willman. Both Herb and David were very active members of All Saints' for many years.
The Garden Committee
Upcoming Formation Dates and Events
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Nov 1 |
Festive Celebration of ALL SAINTS on our parish’s “name feast’ |
5:30 potluck 6:30 service |
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Nov 2 |
Annual Pledge Drive begins |
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Nov 7-8 |
Diocesan Convention |
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Nov 11 |
Prayer as First Resort Service as Christian Spiritual Practice |
7:30- 9:00pm Blue Room |
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Nov 15 |
Pie Workshop Fun and Fellowship! |
9:00am- 2:00pm Kitchen |
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Nov 16 |
Ingathering for Annual Pledge Drive |
Please pray about & return your pledge |
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Elphas Wambani teaches class about community and spirituality |
11:45am- 1:30pm light lunch included |
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Nov 22 |
Indian Dinner— Fellowship Event sponsored by Church School |
5:30pm in Parish Hall |
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Nov 23 |
WITNESSES OF HOPE Hear Clients Share Their Experiences With RIM
$35 per person $350 per table Tickets Available online: www.r-i-m.net
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Anthony’s of Malden
105 Canal St, Malden
4:30 -7:00 pm |
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Nov 27 |
Thanksgiving Day |
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Nov 30 |
First Sunday in Advent |
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Dec 5-6 |
Gingerbread Village |
Parish Hall |
From the Associate:
September and October have been busy and, for me at least, fun—with many opportunities for worship, education and fellowship. A few events stand out for me—our rector Tom’s leading a discussion of Tony Robinson’s Transforming Congregations, doing some Mutual Ministry Review work with the Vestry, and having Elphas Wambani, a pastor and educator from Kenya, come and work with us around community and spirituality. All of these events touch on the question of—what is the primary purpose of All Saints’ Church? How are we doing at living out that purpose?
The anxieties of our times make knowing God, trusting Jesus Christ and living out our faith more important than ever. Over and over in classes and book discussions and conversations, many of us have acknowledged the challenge to ask ourselves where our trust lies—in our successes, our financial achievements, our countless activities, or in the grace of God, which we neither earn nor control.
I hope you will bring your questions and your worries with you to All Saints’, to worship and prayer, to classes, to conversations with fellow Christians. We have a faith that can speak to times like these and that asks us to be part of God’s light in the darkness. I invite you to come and practice prayer, trust and community.
I especially recommend two opportunities this month. Prayer as First Resort on November 11 will look at the Christian practice of service, particularly at the question of how we in this culture respond to the idea that we are God’s “unworthy servants.” That conversation promises to be interesting! Please join us. Second, we will have Elphas Wambani with us again on November 16 to lead us in conversation about community, small groups and transformational spirituality. Elphas shared some of his story and faith with a group of us at the October class. I urge you to take advantage of the chance to talk with and learn from Elphas.
And then there is Food and Fellowship—pie-baking on November 15, a parish Indian Dinner on November 22, and GINGERBREAD at the end of the month as we once again build a gingerbread village to raise awareness and money for Habitat for Humanity. Come and celebrate with your parish!
In peace,
Amy Hunter
Associate for Adult Christian Formation and Education
All Saints’ Episcopal Church and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell invite you to join in the ….
Gingerbread House Display 2008
RFG
(Request for Gingerbread)
Please join us by making a Gingerbread House to Display
All ages and experience levels encouraged to join in!
Houses will be on display Dec. 6th and 7th
(This is the weekend of the tree lighting and the Opera performance of Hansel and Gretel)
The display is hosted at
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
10 Billerica Rd., Chelmsford
MA 01824
978-256-5673
All proceeds from the display and sale of houses goes to Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell to promote just and
affordable housing for all
-All levels of “builders” are invited to submit a house for display- from the elaborate professional house to the sincere graham cracker cottage - we would love to have you join us. There is no cost for participating.
-All builders are invited to the “Builders’ Preview Party” on Friday night.
-Please register your entry online by Nov. 28th to assist our planning of the display
-To learn the full details and “specs” for building, please visit www.allsaintschelmsford.org
This year’s Theme and Builders' Challenge
This year, we are inspired by the performance of Hansel and Gretel. We are attempting to build the Witch’s cottage to scale for children to walk in. In this spirit, we suggest the theme of Fairy Tales…. Maybe you want to pick your favorite fairy tale and depict it in gingerbread….We love all the entries, so feel free to make anything you like. We will display it joyfully!
For more information on the builder’s challenge, please email the co-coordinator, Laura Marshall at laura.marshall@comcast.net
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
· Bea Iams, in rehab at Sunny Acres
· 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, Lois Freeman’s son
· Debbie Anderton, Dora Carr’s daughter
Ministering at Nyahela Sub-Parish in Kenya:
Rev. Paul Onyoyo, 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
It is that time again. Feels like it was only yesterday that we gathered to make all of those pies last November. Now that the days are getting shorter and the nights cooler we have to believe that fall is here and it is indeed time to think of the wonderful aromas that pies baking in our own ovens can bring to our homes.
We will be making blueberry and apple pies on November 15 starting at 9 a.m. I hope many of you will join us for a morning of good fellowship and the creation of pies to sell to help with the general fund of the church. Coffee and sticky buns will be available throughout the morning. We usually finish by 2 p.m. A light lunch of soup and crackers will also be available. If you would like to learn how to make pie crust and get it to roll out in one piece we can help to teach you the techniques for doing this. We need lots of people to peel and slice apples; we also need people to get fillings ready, crimp crusts, and bag the pies for the freezer.
We are looking for donations of
flour, shortening, sugar, and frozen blueberries or the money to help to buy
all of the ingredients. Donations ensure we have greater profits for the
church.
Won't you join us? It is a fun time and a great way to meet people you
might not know. Even if you can only come for a short while your help
will be greatly appreciated.
Esther Davenport
Vi Flumerfelt
November 11 is a day to celebrate the gallantry of troops of battles in history. Or at least, to recall the uniformed men and women who have fought for their country. Our Veterans’ Day creates the opportunity to reflect on the sacrifices made by a host of people who never lived to see the outcome of those sacrifices.
We are a nation at war, although that war does not mean, for most of us, that we scurry from one safe building to the next. The war we are in is conveniently so far away that our experience of it is through the television cameras on a distant continent. None of us is forced to fight: we are a very lucky nation to be able to wage war in this way.
War can be much less convenient.
A November 11 declaration of independence in 1965 created hardships untold for millions in Zimbabwe, and led not only to sanctions but also to a civil war that, at its height, had people moving between towns in armed and guarded convoys, with massive forced home resettlements, and more than 50 war-related deaths per day. Every able-bodied man up to age 35, later 40, was called up (not just the career soldiers). The country never fully recovered, even after the “Peace Settlement”.
Unsurprisingly, the peace of 1980 was embraced by all sides, and being Zimbabwean became a thing of pride. Half-remembered wrongs still rankled some, however, and those scars remain. Zimbabwe remains an unsettled place, after all.
May it never happen to us.
Elsewhere, November 11 is Armistice Day. In armistice, that is, in lasting peace agreements, we should place our most fervent hopes.
Patrick Blumeris
Vestry Members
Vestry Members
Carl Clark Diane Coles Deb Dutton
Tom Decker Derick Gates Liz Landers
Harry Taplin Edith Parekh
Lois Freeman, Senior Warden
David Cahill, Junior Warden
Melanie Hickcox, Treasurer
Scott Bempkins, Clerk
(All phone numbers are area code 978 unless indicated)
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…….. Deb Dutton
Grounds
Christian School..... Laura Marshall
Michelle Thomas
Elizabeth Danieli
Coffee Hour.......... Matt Hickcox
Endowment ........... to be filled.
Environmental Stewardship
Committee............. to be filled
Fellowship.............. to be filled
Finance.................. Mike Brodeur
Handbell Choir……Ellen Jewart
Music Minister....... Maggie Marshall
Outreach............... Dave Kuzara
Pastoral Care......... Joy Chadwick
Saints Alive............ Patrick Blumeris
SaintsAlive e-mail:.. ........ saintsalive@yahoo.com
Stewardship........... to be filled
Thrift Shop............. Carol Cannistraro
Youth Group.......... Nancy March
Webmaster............ Richard Coles
Web site................ www.allsaintschelmsford.org
… for the December 2008 Saints Alive! is
November 17th, 2008
Please leave your articles in the Saints Alive! mailbox in the church office, or send them via email to SaintsAlive@yahoo.com. Thanks.
