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SAINTS Alive! THE NEWSLETTER OF THE PARISH All Saints’ Church Chelmsford, MA February 2009
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SAINTS Alive! THE NEWSLETTER OF THE PARISH All Saints’ Church Chelmsford, MA February 2009
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Being the Hands of Christ
Last June I was privileged to participate in the youth mission trip to West Virginia. It was a week-long trip to help renovate and repair homes. I traveled with about 20 youth and adults from All Saints’ and Central Congregational Church of Chelmsford to Caleb County, West Virginia, near Huntington and the Tennessee and Ohio state lines. We were joined by about 200 others from youth groups all over the east coast. Once we arrived we were assigned to groups of about 8 and given a specific project to work on. I was in a group with one other adult and six teens. We had to get to know each other as well as figure out how to get the work done. Our tasks were to replace a ceiling that was falling down due to a water leak, scrape and paint the outside of the house, as well as fix a couple of doors.
The first scary discovery was that I realized that I probably had the most knowledge about house repairs. As we began to tear down the old ceiling we had a few other revelations about the scope of the project. We discovered that the outside clapboard above the ceiling was so splintered that rain would continue to get in and damage the ceiling unless they were replaced as well. At least it was one wall we would not have to scrape before it was painted.
During the week the crew I was on got to know each other as well as Lillie, the owner of the house. She was grateful and gracious to us and all of our efforts. She was legally blind and living on a small fixed income. It must not have been easy for her to have eight of us invade her small home and make quite a mess in the process of fixing things up.
I would like to say that the team I was on bonded perfectly, but we did not. We had personality differences, ability differences, and enthusiasm differences that tended to be amplified in direct proportion to our levels of discomfort. It was tiring, dirty and hot work. In the end we did manage to finish the jobs, with some extra help on the last day from some of the other crews.
Through the week, I was reflecting on being the hands of Christ. We had been given the opportunities to do something tangible and physical. However, it was equally important to engage in the spiritual work of being the Body of Christ. Both the physical and spiritual work required effort as well as humility. Those who had technical abilities were to be teachers as much as doers. Sometimes, those who had the least experience had keen insights about the task at hand. We learned that the times we spent taking breaks were often as important as the times we were working. Listening to each other, joking around and telling stories were critical. Taking the time to learn about Lillie’s life was especially important.
Being the hands of Christ is not just about doing. It is also not just about becoming buddies. It is about loving and accepting each other as well at getting things done. It is about listening and sometimes letting go. It is about asking for help and living with limitation. As we are called to be Christ’s Body, his hands, feet, mouth and heart, we are called to be so with each other. Last June, as our team said our goodbyes, we knew that something important had grown between us. We had learned to rely on each other, trust each other and care for each other. In our labor, we had become more than the hands of Christ. We had found in each other the image of Christ.
Peace,
Tom
Rosine Uwabeza has asylum status!
Pot Luck Dinner, Sunday February 15th at 5:00 PM
In the All Saints’ Meeting Room
Celebration of Rosine Uwabeza being granted asylum
All are Welcome
Please join with Rosine and members of the Chelmsford Cluster of RIM for a dinner and celebration. Rosine came to the United States from Rwanda seeking asylum. She has been sponsored by the Chelmsford Cluster since last summer. She has been living with Pastor David and Doreen Rinas of Trinity Lutheran Church. Being granted asylum means that she can now stay in the United States as well as work.
“Asylum-seekers” refers to those who come to the United States and then request asylum because of fear of persecution in their home country. If an asylum seeker does not have someone to sponsor them, they are most often placed in detention centers (a polite word for jail) until their cases can be adjudicated. This can take months and even years. RIM works to advocate for asylum seekers. The clusters are groups of congregations that offer to house and care for asylees while they wait for their cases to be heard.
For more information about RIM or the Pot Luck Dinner, please speak to the Rev. Tom Barrington
The Rev. E. Tom Barrington, Jr.
Hi!
My name is Christen Mills. Many of you know me, but some of you might not and I wanted to introduce myself to you. All Saints’ has been my home parish since I was born. Before I went off to college, I was very active in Sunday school, Junior Choir and Youth Group. When I went off to Boston University, I began to feel the possibility of a call to ordained ministry, which has brought me back to All Saints’. I am so honored to be going through the discernment process here. I chose All Saints’ for my discernment because I know and trust the people in this congregation and I knew that you would be there to support me throughout this entire process.
So what have I been up to since I graduated from High School? Well, I went off to BU where I majored in Religion and minored in Art History. I was active in the Marching and Pep bands and also in Tau Beta Sigma, the Marching Band Sorority. I was very involved in the BU Episcopal chaplaincy where I went on pilgrimages to Kenya, Israel and Palestine. I was a student leader of the chaplaincy for two years.
I graduated this past May 2008 and now live in Cambridge. I balance working full time in a café and serving as the Kellogg Fellow with the Harvard University Chaplaincy. I am also a part of the Relational Evangelist pilot project - a new initiative in our diocese. I am so grateful that the congregation here at All Saints’ and especially my discernment committee has agreed to support me through the long and thoughtful journey of discernment. I pray that through this process we will all come to learn a little bit more about God and how God is working through our community at All Saints’.
Thank you,
Christen Mills
Imagine yourself unexpectedly caring for children whose mom or dad is in prison, a situation surrounded by shame, hurt and often financial difficulty. Over the years, All Saints’ has been able to help many families in these circumstances through Angel Tree, a program that matches churches with families of incarcerated parents who have applied to participate through their prison chaplains. Parishioners purchase and deliver gifts to these families to support these caregivers, who are often grandparents, aunts and uncles, and especially to renew or strengthen the bond between the child and the absent parent. We write to the prisoners to offer our prayers and to let them know how we have or have not been able to serve their families.
This is a project that often ends up needing some flexibility and ingenuity at our end. Sometimes my files from previous years help us find someone whose registration form has come to us with inaccurate information. Some families, beset by daily crises or embarrassed at their situations, only decide to participate at the last minute. Special thanks to parishioners who responded to the late requests this year. All Saints’ successful service to 18 children for Christmas 2008 was made possible by the incredible generosity of many parishioners, beginning with those who contacted families for gift suggestions, continuing with others who fulfilled the gift requests and volunteers who sorted, wrapped and tagged gifts with personalized messages from the absent parent and finally those who made home deliveries to the families. I really appreciate all the effort that parishioners put into this, especially at this very busy time of year.
It might be easier to provide gifts for children at a shelter, but the special meaning behind helping families in these sad circumstances makes it all worthwhile, I believe. I hope that you will remember these families in your prayers throughout the year, but will also reflect with joy on the contributions of all church members who support this and all the other outreach projects of All Saints’.
In peace,
Stephanie Ackert, Angel Tree Coordinator
978-663-5188 sackert1@comcast.net
Please save the date of Saturday, March 21st for All Saints’ St. Patrick’s Day Dinner with entertainment by the Heavey-Quinn Irish Step Dancers. We will be serving a dinner of corned beef and cabbage with all the trimmings including homemade Irish Bread. The cost is $8 per person, children age 3 to 10 years $4, under age 3 free. For food planning purposes this is a reservation only event.
For reservations please contact Carol or Ron Cannistraro at 978-256-0929 or by e-mail at carolron@comcast.net
A Pre-Lenten Celebration
Susan Gates and Maggie Marshall invite everyone to join the Illumination Opera Company in an evening of Venetian inspired song from Monteverdi to Rossini to Gilbert & Sullivan.
The audience is invited to come in masque to add to the festivities.
Saturday, February 21, 7:00 pm
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
A free event, however donations gratefully accepted to support Illumination Opera, a Chelmsford-based 501(c) 3 Organization.
Susan Gates
(For Illumination Opera Company)
It’s a funny thing to be asked by a mere toddler, when you’re all of five years old, whether the correct word is Which or Who (to settle a dispute with another toddler). You know, in the Lord’s Prayer. “Which art in Heaven…” or “Who…”? And do we forgive those, or them? (Either way, do we really?)
Or to ponder, in your teens, whether “Hallowed” be two syllables or three! … and whether “and” is a mere contrivance in that non-Catholic doxology “…and the power…” So, when “Our Father in Heaven” came along, ending with “now and forever”, the shock wasn’t too severe! AMEN!
Many thanks to Mrs. Westcott, who ran Downhouse Nursery School in a converted house, starting every day with a palms-together “Our Father”!
Patrick Blumeris, Downhouse Class of 1967
Gerry and Nancy Hardison, Missionaries, Serving in Maseno, Kenya
In our partnership with Nyahela Parish in Kenya, we have often referred to Nancy and Gerry Hardison. They are the Episcopal Church Missionaries who are our major link to the Diocese of Maseno North and the Mothers Union. They visited All Saints’ in the spring of 2006. The following description of their work was written by Howard Webber. He is a member of St. Paul’s Church in Bedford and serves on the Jubilee Ministries of the Diocese of Massachusetts. If you would like to meet the Hardisons, they will be visiting the Diocese of Massachusetts in mid-April. We will publicize more about their visit when we know the details.
Gerry Hardison, M.D., who retired as professor of medicine at University of California, San Diego, in 1999, agreed at the invitation of Bishop Simon Oketch to become medical director of the failing Anglican hospital in the Diocese of Maseno North, Kenya, as an appointed missioner from ECUSA. His wife Nancy, retiring as professor of business at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego and also an ECUSA appointed missioner, was also invited to Maseno to become Principal of St. Philip's Theological College in Maseno. They soon will have been serving there for a full eight years.
In the intervening time, Gerry and Nan, with the essential participation of the people and clergy of Maseno, especially of the Mothers' Union, and with support, financial and otherwise, from the Diocese of San Diego, the Diocese of Massachusetts, and other sources, have created an extraordinary center for hospital care, medical outreach, orphan feeding and home-based care, microeconomic development, and theological education (now accredited by St. Paul's University) in Kenya. During a recent quarter, the Maseno North Mother's Union Orphan Feeding program served 57,492 meals to 4,791 children at 15 parishes (more parishes have been added since). The Maseno Hospital Comprehensive Care Center continues to provide care for two thousand HIV positive people, with one thousand on anti-retroviral medication. Recently the hospital was full of boys (40-60 at a time for three weeks) who were having the traditional circumcision but in a sanitary environment. An innovative program is beginning to cycle hospitalists (M.D.'s based in the Children's Hospital in Boston) through Maseno, bringing with them specialized medical skills and taking away precious learning about Africa and about delivery of medical care in low-resource areas.
But the Maseno achievements, however striking, are very fragile. The hospital plant, despite improvements, is old and decrepit. Operating expenses grow as the programs grow. The Maseno region has no industry and massive unemployment. Most families subsist on what little they grow on the depleted soil of little plots that typically shrink even more with each generation as existing family land is shared among children. The population density exceeds 1000 persons per sq km in many places. Malnutrition is commonplace, and starvation not unheard of. Some surveys indicate that in the area 20 percent of the children 5 years old are underweight, and 30% of all children are stunted. Life expectancy at birth is something like 38 years. Under-five mortality is about 227/1000 live births. HIV prevalence rates are estimated to be about 11% for men aged 13-34 and 21% for women in the same cohort.
The services I note above continue to be provided in Maseno North, even though 2008 began tragically for Kenya and during the worst of the troubles the Hardisons had to be extracted to Nairobi for several days. Overall, Maseno has in spite of everything worked its way to being a model for integrated services on a local church base that presents critically important lessons for building viable relief programs in many parts of Africa-including income-generating microeconomic businesses (in Maseno these center so far on machine sewing and embroidering).
For more about the Hardison and their work in Kenya please visit
http://www.masenomissions.org.
For information about the work of Jubilee Ministries of the Diocese of Massachusetts can be found at http://www.diomass.org/mission/AIDS_in_Africa. You can also subscribe to the Jubilee Ministry’s quarterly e-new report of the web site.
What the Sr. ASC-Y has been up to
ASC-Y (or All Saints Church Youth – aka “youth group”) has two classes running this year. There is the Jr. ASC-Y class for those in grades 7-8 and the Sr. ASC-Y for those in high school, or grades 9 – 12.
While we are still trying to figure out which curriculum works best with our youth, we have been meeting most Sundays from just after receiving communion until 12 noon. While it has been a bit challenging since we have to deal with sports schedules and some of the teens working, we are at least there to hold a class for those that show up.
A few of the things we have done this fall are: sponsored a spaghetti supper to help raise funds to go to NYC (along with the Jr. ASC-Y class); a trip to New York City to visit the Cathedral of St. Paul the Divine; for Thanksgiving, the youth each donated a non-perishable food item and cash, so that we were able to provide the Chelmsford Food Pantry with a “Meal in a Basket” – enough food to provide a family with a complete dinner, from a gift certificate for a turkey, many vegetables, stuffing, juice, and dessert; and we purchased a box through the Salvation Army which supplies many of the same things we put into the basket, to help people in need.
On February 15, Adrienne Spear and Denise Sullivan plan on leading a fun trip for the Sr. class into Boston to Emerson College to experience an event called “X-Dance” (you can find info on this by visiting emersonstage.com).
Also, on February 24th, with the help of the Junior Class, we plan to host the (previously) annual SHROVE TUESDAY PANCAKE SUPPER! Please keep your eyes open for further details on this event as they become available – tickets will be sold in advance.
Adrienne Spear, Denise Sullivan, Brian Hunter
Thanks to all of you who have contributed your bottles and cans, we were able to raise $143.75. I have been doing this for 11 years during which we have raised a total of $2414.15! While $143 doesn't sound like much in this day and age, remember that the cost of the effort is $0. Please keep those bottles and cans coming! It's found money for the Church.
Just drop off any returnable bottles and cans in the closet off the Parish Hall next to the kitchen. I pick them up once a week.
Carol Douglas
An evening of good food and entertainment will be held on Saturday, February 7th, at All Saints’ Church starting at 6:00 p.m. The purpose of the dinner is to recount the experiences of those who attended Workcamp this past summer, thank those who supported the mission, and introduce this unique experience to those who may be interested in attending in June 2009.
Dinner will be followed by a slide presentation. Everyone is invited to the dinner. Those who invested in WV Workcamp 2008 shares of $25 (or more) will be our special guests and will not require tickets. Tickets will be available for $6 ($10 maximum per family) during coffee hour and at the door as well. For planning purposes, shareholder guests are asked to RSVP at the ticket sales table. See you there!
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Last month I was asked by Dave Shochat, Vestry Member, for information on the Thrift Shop’s beginnings. Dave was writing an article for Saints’ Alive on Mission and Outreach. I called a few people and researched a few ideas and Dave put together a very nice article. Now for the rest of the story! After the article was published, I received a note from Jean Mansfield McCaffery, filling in the blanks regarding the beginnings of the Thrift Shop.
The Shop was started in 1958. Paul Twelves was the rector at that time. Ginny Burkinshaw, Shirley George and Jean Mansfield had the idea to start a Shop. Ginny and Shirley visited a Thrift Shop in Concord, MA to see how it was organized and Jean visited a Thrift Shop in Needham at her former parish to discuss payment plans, etc. Ginny, Shirley and Jean were all members of All Saints’ and they all lived on the same street, so it was easy for them to work together.
Carol Cannistraro
The Shop is operated by a team of volunteers, currently 46, including 6 non-parishioners, who keep the Shop operating 15 hours per week (10 AM to 3 PM Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday), from September to June. The Shop is always in need of more volunteers. If you are interested, speak to one of the eight Board Members. The Board currently consists of Carol Cannistraro, Cynthia Bennett, Carol Douglas, Vi Flumerfelt, Margie Lane, Laura Marshall, Barbara Willman, and Midge Wilson.
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
· Mary Buote at home, celebrating her 102nd birthday on January 29th
· Bea Iams, in rehab at Sunny Acres
· Dora Smith, Betsy Eisenmann’s mother
· Priscilla Smith at Willow Manor in Lowell
· Doug Grant at home, chronic back pain
· Chaz Freeman, Lois Freeman’s son
· Debbie Anderton, Dora Carr’s daughter
· Bob Moorehouse at Nashoba Park#2 in Ayer
Ministering at Nyahela Sub-Parish in Kenya:
Rural Dean Rev. Jacob Mbunjiro, Rev. Betty Mundia, Dorcus Esilaba, Shem Bwonya, Elizabeth Osiolo, and Phanice Otenyi, Chairlady of the orphan feeding program.
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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From the Associate for Adult Christian Formation:
These days as I read and write and pray and have conversations, I hear over and over again an invitation to stillness. Part of what I am hearing is the idea that the human impulse to confront and challenge rarely brings about lasting healing and change—and yet our culture prizes confrontation and challenge. Parker Palmer, an educator and nurturer of community writes in A Hidden Wholeness:
What sort of space gives us the best chance to hear soul truth and follow it? …the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient… Yet despite its toughness, the soul is also shy. …Unfortunately, community in our culture too often means a group of people who go crashing through the woods together, scaring the soul away. In spaces ranging from congregations to classrooms, we preach and teach, assert and argue, claim and proclaim, admonish and advise, and generally behave in ways that drive everything original and wild into hiding. Under these conditions, the intellect, emotions, will, and ego may emerge, but not the soul: we scare off all the soulful things, like respectful relationships, goodwill, and hope.
This invitation to foster respectful relationships, goodwill, and hope rather than promoting personal agendas or fixing things feels particularly relevant as we live in the light of Epiphany and as we approach the wilderness of Lent. I invite you to come to All Saints’ first and foremost to worship God in community and then, as you are led, to take part in learning events or a social event like Winter Weekend or lending your hand to serving, whether as part of something like the Feeding Program on second Wednesdays or helping with the various Building & Grounds projects that offer themselves. May these opportunities be part of the light of Christ that we seek and celebrate in Epiphany, a light that warms and guides us into love of God and love of one another. May these opportunities invite us into a Lent that is not about being harsh to ourselves and one another, but a Lent that is about the restoration of God’s community in and through Jesus Christ. May our events and times together foster a sense of coming together as Christ’s body, cherished and redeemed by God.
I like to call myself a “recovering Pharisee.” I adore structures and analysis and doing things well and in the right way. So I am caught short and yet encouraged by the invitation to let go of criticism, control, and seeking to be in the right. I invite you as well to look for the ways God is inviting all of us, individually and as community, into stillness and peace.
in peace,
Amy Hunter
Prayer as First Resort February 10
You are invited to join Prayer as First Resort on Tuesday, February 10 and on any second Tuesday of the month, 7:30- 8:45 in the Blue Room. This group offers support, safety and sanity to folks who are seeking to live their Christian faith in their day to day lives—at home, in the community and at work. Each month we explore an aspect of Christian spiritual practice and then discuss how we are doing that practice or might try to do that practice as individuals and as a parish. Our conversations are always rich and rewarding, and the group welcomes newcomers—whether those coming one time for solace or checking us out longer term. For more information, please talk with Lynne Grillo or Amy Hunter
Conversations with Scripture and with One Another: Winter Book Discussion
Take time this winter to gather with fellow parishioners to learn about Christian community as described in our scriptures and as we experience it here and now.
What: Discussion about Conversations with Scripture and with Each Other by Bishop Tom Shaw
When: Wednesday evenings, 7:30- 9:00pm
February 4: Joining God in God’s Mission, Evangelism and Outreach (ch. 10 & 11)
February 11: The Meaning of the Resurrection (ch 4)
Where: The Blue Room
Who: Parishioners interested in exploring their faith and experiencing community with others; discussions facilitated by rector Tom Barrington and associate Amy Hunter
Bishop Shaw writes, "...Christian community formed as people talked, listened, and ate together. Christian community came into being as people reflected on who this Jesus of Nazareth was for them and how he had affected their lives. As they talked about Jesus in their communities, they began to change the world. So, too, do our Christian communities take on shape as we reflect together on who Jesus Christ is for us today and how he changes our lives."
Come and be part of our community's conversation about Jesus. Come and join the conversation—whether or not you have attended previous sessions and whether or not you have read the book. Contact Amy Hunter to learn more.
Elphas Wambani Returns in February:
All Saints’ is blessed to have Elphas Wambani, a pastor and educator from Kenyan who is working towards a doctorate at Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, return on February 8 to teach another class. Last fall, several of us were blessed to hear Elphas amazing story and to learn from him about Christian spirituality in community. Elphas shares generously from his own experience and from his doctoral studies.
On February 8, Elphas will lead a class about Christian meditation. We will gather from 11:45- 12:15 in the Meeting Room downstairs for a light lunch, with Elphas’ presentation following. It is a real privilege to have Elphas present with us. Please take advantage of this opportunity!
Brian McLaren to Keynote Diocesan Spring Learning Event
March 7 2009 - 8:00am- 4:00pm at George Sherman Union, Boston University, 775 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
Brian McLaren, author of A Generous Orthodoxy and The Secret Message of Jesus, will be the featured speaker at the spring diocesan learning event on Saturday, March 7 at Boston University. McLaren is a noted international speaker and a leading voice in the emergent church movement, listed by Time as one of America’s 25 most influential evangelicals. By special invitation of the archbishop of Canterbury, he addressed the assembled bishops at the most recent Lambeth Conference on the gifts of Anglicanism to meet the challenge of evangelism in the world today. McLaren has an avid following and this event will be open to the public, so members of the diocese will want to be ready to register at www.diomass.org early in the new year.
All Saints’ Discussion about Brian McLaren
Interested in attending the Spring Diocesan event? Interested in learning more about Brian McLaren and his growing influence not only in the Evangelical church but in the mainline denominations as well? Join us at 11:45am (grab a cup of coffee at Fellowship Hour!) in the Meeting Room downstairs on March 1 and March 8 for discussion. We will look at some of McLaren’s writings for the first session as a preparation for hearing him speak on March 7. At the second session, we will discuss the Diocesan Spring Learning Event and our responses to hearing McLaren. Excerpts from some of McLaren’s books are available either in the narthex or from Amy Hunter.
Personal Practice during Lent
Lent often is a time when people take up a practice, such as giving up a treat or a behavior, or take on doing some spiritual reading. Please talk with Amy Hunter or check out the table in the Blue Room later in February for resources to inspire and support you on your Lenten journey.
At the ending of the Epiphany season, we recall the steps we should take to make success out of turbulence. Joseph and Mary learned through dreams of hard times ahead, as well as of Jesus’ importance. The Gospel readings tell of danger to the family, and of early recognitions of Messiah-ship in Jesus’ ministry. “God’s holy one, God’s Son”, embraced as such, early, by the truly brave.
On January 19 we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr., whose dream so informed the nation’s conscience that laws changed; on January 20 we installed our first president of a different hue after decades of brave steps taken in schoolrooms and buses, courts and congresses, executive offices, and voting booths.
We need now to pray for dreams that refine our own consciences today and for the strength to take brave steps to act on those new dreams, too.
Patrick Blumeris
Vestry Members
Vestry Members
Cynthia Bennett Bob Bishop Andrea Bray
Carl Clark Liz Landers Edith Parekh
Sean Seyffert Harry Taplin Mike Thompson
Lois Freeman, Senior Warden
Scott Bempkins, Junior Warden
Melanie Hickcox, Treasurer
Derick Gates, Clerk
Church Office.................... 978-256-5673
Senior Warden....... Lois Freeman
Junior Warden........ Scott Bempkins
Treasurer............... Melanie Hickcox
Clerk..................... Derick Gates
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.................. to be filled
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 March 2009 Saints Alive! is
February 19th, 2009
Please leave your articles in the Saints Alive! mailbox in the church office, or send them via email to SaintsAlive@yahoo.com. Thanks.
