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SAINTS Alive! THE NEWSLETTER OF THE PARISH All Saints’ Church Chelmsford, MA November 2009
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SAINTS Alive! THE NEWSLETTER OF THE PARISH All Saints’ Church Chelmsford, MA November 2009
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2010 Pledge Drive
Every fall we ask the members of All Saints’ to make a pledge of financial support to the Church for the coming year. These direct offerings are far and away our largest source of income. In 2009 our pledge income represented 76% of our $316,000 budget. Because of the continued generous support of our members and the strong fiscal discipline of our vestry, we have been able to sustain ourselves through good times and bad.
Now, I will admit that I do not like asking others for money. I do not even like writing about asking for money, as Patrick, the editor of this newsletter, can attest. (I am writing this five days past the deadline.) But I know that without the financial support of our members, we could not be doing many of the wonderful things going on in and through All Saints’ Church. As I have been reflecting upon asking for money I have realized two things. First, it is sometimes hard for me to equate giving to the Church as the same thing as offering up my money to God. The second is that while I do not enjoy asking for money, I often enjoy being able to give money away.
As a child of the 60’s and 70’s, I grew up with a serious suspicion of institutions, including the Church. My faith came out of a personal encounter with Jesus as my Savior. It was only later that I found that I could live out this faith within the community of a Church. As I began to seek ordination, I grew in the knowledge that even an institution such as the Episcopal Church could be a place of grace, love and community. Moreover, the traditions of the Church, its liturgies, teachings, buildings and organizational structures, were able to hold and share the love of Christ. Yes, sometimes those traditions can get in the way, but they also have provided me a way to ground my faith.
I give to the Church because it is one of the ways that I can join God in God’s mission. God has called us and uses us as God’s own agents of reconciliation and love. I give not to an institution but to God’s self as lived out in this place.
I also give because I find joy in giving. It feels counter cultural, possibly irrational, to give money away. This is also a part of being anti-institutional. As our society keeps saying me and mine, it is fun to say you and yours. A wise person once said that our need to give is greater than God’s need to receive. Even so, I know that God delights in our letting go and trusting in God. When I think of the pledge drive in this way it becomes a delight and a joy; even when it comes to asking others for money.
I invite you to prayerfully and generously support our Church with a financial pledge for the coming year.
Peace,
Tom
It’s that most wonderful time of the year – the time when we look forward, vocally, to the “real reason for the season.” The Senior Choir welcomes seasonal singers for Lessons and Carols (December 13, 4p.m., snow date December 20) and/or for 10p.m. Christmas eve. Rehearsals will be on Thursdays: November 19, December 3, and December 10 from 7:45 – 8:45 p.m. and on Saturday, December 12 at 12:30p.m. All vocal parts are welcome, and the ability to read music is a plus since we’ll be learning a lot of music in a short time. Please contact me at maggie@ccc.com if you have any questions.
We’d love to have you!
Maggie Marshall, Minister of Music
Upcoming Formation Dates and Events
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Service of Evensong with St Mark’s, Westford |
Chapel |
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Nov 4 |
Final Session: Faith and Money |
Blue Room |
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Nov 6-7 |
Diocesan Convention |
Trinity Church, Copley |
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Nov 8 |
Stewardship Drive Kick-off |
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Nov 10 |
Prayer as 1st Resort |
Blue Room |
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Nov 22 |
Stewardship Ingathering |
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Nov 26 |
Thanksgiving Day |
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Nov 29 |
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Nov 30 |
Worship Commission Meeting |
Parish Office |
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Dec 4-6 |
International Gingerbread Village Display |
Parish Hall |
I am wonderfully aware of music as I write this. On October 13, my husband Brian and I heard Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls and her father Don Saliers, retired professor of liturgics at Candler School of Theology at Yale University. In conversation and song, Emily and Don told of and demonstrated the power of music — Emily’s songs moved us to clap and sing along; Don’s liturgical music moved us to prayer. They led us in a version of Dona Nobis Pacem that left us in reverent silence.
A few days later I felt that power of music at the service celebrating the life of Liz Marshall. Liz’s love of music was palpable in the organ music, the congregational singing and the bell choir. That experience brought home to me in a deep way the Saliers’ message that music can be an invitation and a gateway to draw closer to God and God’s people.
It is November, the month of giving thanks. I am grateful for music in the many places it finds me, especially here as such an integral part of the life of our parish. I give special thanks as I realize that it was a year ago now that our younger son Sean fell gravely ill with kidney failure. These days he is completely recovered and back at school finishing his final year.
Opportunities for deepening in gratitude here at All Saints’ include celebrating our Name Day, the Feast of All Saints, on November 1 (with music, of course!), finishing up the course about Faith and Money, expressing our gratitude to God for God’s gifts through stewardship, and beginning the new church year with the season of Advent. And Gingerbread is coming early next month!
I hope that you find much this month that fills you with gratitude and moves you to song.
in peace,
Amy B Hunter
Associate for Adult Christian Formation
November 14, 2009
Fall is definitely in the air. This always makes me think of ripening apples and all the wonderful smells of fall cookery. There will be another Pie Workshop on November 14. We would love to have you join us for a morning of fellowship and good fun while we accomplish the work of making apple and blueberry pies to help augment the budget of All Saints' Church.
We will need people to peel apples, prepare apple and blueberry fillings, crimp crusts, bag the pies for freezing, etc. No expertise is needed. If you would like to take the mystery out of pie-making come for a lesson.
Coffee and sticky buns will be available for all volunteers. Also a pot of soup will be simmering on the stove for anyone who is hungry as lunch time approaches.
Donations are always welcomed especially money for the purchase of supplies so that our profits are enhanced.
Esther Davenport and Vi Flumerfelt
Our “penny people” deserve a wonderful vote of thanks for remembering to bring their pennies in to the Penny Basket in the Narthex. This fall has been wonderful, almost every week there are pennies to collect, wrap and turn in for the St. Paul’s Ministry of feeding the “working poor.” Recently the Lowell Sun had an article about the working poor and how difficult it is to maintain a home, children and food on the minimum wages and reduced hours that some of them are fortunate to earn. Our pennies, gathered together and added to other funds, allow the Shelter Teams to serve nutritious, hearty meals once a month to these folks. Recently, instead of the 80 count or so we were feeding, we fed 102 people. That’s a lot, so you can see how your pennies supplementing this fund, help with this project. Please keep them coming. It is wonderful to come in on Sunday and find a full basket.
With many thanks.
Barbara Willman
All Saints Church, Chelmsford is hosting its 4th Annual Gingerbread Fair with the theme of:
Houses Around the World.
All Saints’ Church in Chelmsford wants you to travel the world through Gingerbread. They are calling on all youth groups, community groups, church groups, individuals, bakers, schools and anyone else who would like to build a home – out of gingerbread, that is – or out of anything else which is edible. This year’s Gingerbread Village display to support Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell will be Dec 5th and 6th at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Chelmsford.
The theme is inspired by Habitat’s commitment to building homes around the world. There are so many very different houses in the world. Build one of your choices or join us in the Builders Challenge and choose a Habitat home and display your creation in the Habitat Global Gingerbread Village. HFHGL has a list of countries along with pictures of homes to help inspire your creativity as well as learn about the work Habitat is doing in those regions. Last year over 90 houses were on displayed and raffled off. All types of houses and skill levels are welcome.
For additional information on this event and/or to register go online www.allsaintschelmsford.org or contact Habitat at 978-692-0927 or email info@lowellhabitat.org.
All Saints' Episcopal Church and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell are non-profit organizations. All donations to this event are tax deductible. We ask for a donation of $5.00 per family to visit the display.
About Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization which seeks to eliminate substandard housing and provide deserving, low income families, with decent affordable shelter. Habitat’s success is through volunteer labor, donations and the help of the partner family. Habitat of Greater Lowell has built or rehabilitated 22 homes for families in need in our community as well as 27 homes in South America.
About Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity International is an ecumenical Christian ministry that welcomes to its work all people dedicated to the cause of eliminating poverty housing. Since its founding in 1976, Habitat has built more than 300,000 houses worldwide, providing simple, decent and affordable shelter for more than 1.5 million people. For more information, visit www.habitat.org.
On October 3rd we held our very first Animal Adoption/Environmental Awareness Faire in our parish hall. The participating vendors were Wignall Animal Hospital, Best Friends Pet Care, Canine Magic, Lowell Humane Society, Chelmsford Animal Control, Friends of the Chelmsford Dog Park, Chelmsford Open Space Stewardship, Heifer International, Pets In Need and Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society. It was a great opportunity to learn about the variety of services and opportunities within our community in relation to caring for our pets and our environment. The best news of the day was that a family that attended has made arrangements to adopt a 3 month old Shiatsu puppy (Bailey) that the Lowell Human Society had brought to the event. There was also an inquiry about other dogs they had available from another family interested in adoption. While our Faire did not have an overwhelming attendance of patrons, the attendance, support and enthusiasm of the vendors was truly appreciated.
On October 4th we held our 2nd Creation Sunday/Blessing of the Animals service. The day began at 9:30 AM with several parishioners stationed as greeters, both in the narthex and at the doors of the parish hall, directing folks that arrived to proceed to our registration tables. There they could receive a certificate for their animal being blessed. As a group we then processed from the parish hall through the church grounds and entered the sanctuary. Everyone enjoyed the readings, scripture, music, and gave thanks for the opportunity and responsibility to act as stewards for all living things in creation. The children from the Lower Church School participated in reciting the Psalm and The Prayers of the People. During communion the congregation brought forth their animals for a laying-on of hands/blessing from Reverend Tom. I’m happy to report that the service was very well attended, the animals were on their best behavior, we accepted many donations of pet supplies and food for our local animal shelter and the service was enjoyed by all.
A big, big THANK YOU to the group that made these two events possible – Reverend Tom and Amy for the engaging Eucharistic Liturgy; Maggie and her wonderful choirs for the music and song; Amy, Brian, Stephanie and Mike for the flyers, press releases, sandwich board signs and getting the word out; Dee for assistance with contacting vendors and distributing flyers, Lois and Linda for providing and organizing the delicious treats for the congregation and pets at coffee hour, our greeters and certificate writers and most importantly, to Heather for co-chairing this event with me and for her unending and tireless enthusiasm in making this a success!!
Melissa Flewelling
Is it possible to worship and praise God… while sitting with a toddler or infant? Yes!
This fall All Saints’ has begun offering a monthly gathering geared towards families with very young children on third Sundays afternoons at 4:30. Children with their parents and siblings begin in the sanctuary with worship, telling the gospel story, and receiving the Eucharist in a friendly, safe atmosphere. Afterwards all are invited to stay for supper and playtime. Please bring a dish to share if you are able.
Our next service-and-supper will be November 15.
Want to know more? Please contact Katie LaRochelle at Kate2323@aol.com or talk with Rev Tom.
We are offering a confirmation class for youth in the 8th grade or higher. There is still time to join. The next class is on Sunday, November 8th from 4:00PM to 6:00 PM. The class meets about every other week until the Deanery Confirmation Service on Saturday, April 24, 2010 at All Saints’ with Bishop Shaw as the celebrant. Please speak to Rev. Tom if you would like to join the class.
What is confirmation? On page 860 of the Book of Common Prayer it states:
· Confirmation is the rite in which we express a mature commitment to Christ and receive strength from the Holy Spirit through prayer and the laying on of hands by a bishop.
· It is required of those to be confirmed that they
· have been baptized,
· are sufficiently instructed in the Christian Faith,
· are penitent for their sins, and
· are ready to affirm their confession of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
For any adults who would like to be confirmed or received into the Episcopal Church, please contact Rev. Tom. We will be establishing a separate program for adults.
CONFIRMATION 2009, October 15th in Peterhouse Chapel.
Two years ago, All Saints’ Church in Marondera Zimbabwe became inaccessible to its parishioners. The former bishop held on to many of the church’s buildings and bank accounts, after he was excommunicated for attempting an uncanonical secession. Prior to this, his actions had included a cancellation of services one Sunday so that his wedding anniversary could be celebrated at a large gathering in Harare, where parish leaders from all over the diocese had to declare publicly the monetary size of the gift their parish had collected for the “joyous” occasion.
The parishioners of All Saints’ in Marondera are therefore obliged to find alternative places to worship. One of these is the chapel at Peterhouse, an Anglican high school 5 miles out of town. This year, Chad Gandiya was chosen as the new Bishop of Harare. What follows is an account of one of Chad’s first Confirmation services, told by George Martin, a priest who teaches at the school:
Praise the Lord. In more ways than one, I feel 'confirmed' and I know that the Holy Spirit has been poured out on those candidates, boys and girls at Peterhouse, who spent two hot days in Gosho Park listening to talks having fun and fellowship with the Zambesi Holidays Team and members of staff, on a pre-confirmation retreat. And then most got baptised in the chapel on two nights (there were so many of them)!
THEN, this morning, Bishop Chad Gandiya (of Harare) just came across as such a loving Spirit-filled leader and preached such a personal and challenging message to those young people!
"It is no good just going through the motions of getting confirmed; you have to answer the question that Jesus asked his disciples 'Who do YOU say that I am?' and make a personal commitment to Jesus!!!!!!” (I am just quoting my new Bishop, who has given me more hope for the Anglican Church in
Zim than I have had in a long, long time.) It has been worth all the extra work and getting things ready for the service, and organising those days in Gosho Park. We passed the PEACE all round the chapel, and Chad went to the candidates to pass the peace (even the Headmaster looked pleased).
When Chad left he gave Rev. Robert Tandi and me a big hug and said, 'keep up the good work'.
Chad thinks that things are on the mend in the Diocese… Congregations in Harare are growing and in some churches they overflow outside for services.
I HAD to share with you, any Christian friends on my address list, my excitement and renewed confidence in the Anglican Church and thank you for praying for us. I feel that we are on the move. For once I feel really positive about attending the Diocesan retreat in the new year, to be addressed by a visiting speaker from overseas.
Yours in the fellowship of Jesus Christ our Saviour and Lord, and may his peace be with you all.
George.
Every year, we are called to periods of especially introspective endeavors. For example, there is a six-week period of Lent, where fasting is optional. Commercially, there are similar calls every year to spend money: on candies at Halloween, turkeys at Thanksgiving, presents at Christmas, cards and chocolates at Valentine’s Day and Mothers’ Day.
Even bigger are those calls to spend what the jewelry industry tactfully suggests should be a month’s salary (or two) on engagement rings.
In Nigeria, there are pastors who claim they can tell when children are possessed, only the term they use is that the children are witches. Witches, the Bible tells us, should not be allowed to live. These children are then attacked with blunt blades, or acid, forced to eat cement, or drink poison. They are children, being set upon by gangs of impressionable adults.
Banishment from home would be a bad enough punishment for a subjective crime, but being attacked in this way means that the attacks are usually fatal. Those that survive enter orphanages, often with scars they will never lose.
Their true offense is typically that they are an extra mouth to feed in a household where food is scarce, because wages are around US$2 per day, and an exorcism is likely to cost US$60: quite a deal at only one month’s salary… especially if the extra mouth to feed ends up not needing to be fed, or becomes the concern of an orphanage. This is a huge problem: people are paying to have their children removed from their society, in the name of misguided Christianity. Worse, there are churches that provide these “services” and extract these fees.
Jesus railed against religious authorities whose expectations of fees ran counter to the Commandment to honor our parents; children were His example of how we need to be. The cost of being introduced formally to the synagogues was set by Moses at just a couple of doves: essentially one meal, not thirty days’ sweat. God apparently never wanted His officers to be a burden to His people. So who do these “pastors” think they are?
We might want to take a month (possibly two) to think creatively of ways we can curb this violence.
Patrick Blumeris, editor.
This ministry was started about nine years ago by Rose Bronk and her husband Walter who were members of Saint Paul’s Methodist Church in Lowell. At that time their idea was that a couple of meals a week on Monday and Wednesday nights would be very helpful for those struggling on limited budgets. Saint Paul’s had a very small membership so outside help from other area churches was needed. All Saints’ Church became involved right at the beginning providing one meal each month on the second Wednesday. We are organized into four teams that meet in All Saints’ kitchen to prepare a nourishing meal and then leave at about 4:30 to serve the meal in Lowell. Since we have enough volunteers to have 4 teams, each team only serves three times each year.
Sadly, Saint Paul’s Church had to close its doors after this ministry had been in operation for about four years. We now are serving these meals at Eliot Presbyterian Church. There is a Board of Directors to oversee the work on the many groups who participate in this ministry. Each church and the one school that provide and serve meals contributes financially to the rental of Eliot Church and toward the purchase of supplies needed in the kitchen and dining room.
Recently the Hunger and Homeless Commission of Greater Lowell requested that more nights be added to this program. Starting in November, Tuesday and Thursday nights will also be covered.
The Thrift Shop contributes $1200 each year to help with the cost of the ministry. The Penny Basket in the narthex and individual contributions are also used to augment the funds needed to buy the food and to help with the expenses at Eliot.
If you are interested in helping with this ministry, please contact Esther Davenport at 978-256-0638.
SaintsAlive! routinely includes a column with prayers, including prayers for those "ministering at Nyahela Sub-Parish in Kenya."
We also need to think prayerfully about those preparing for Ministry in Kenya:
• Lois Freeman
• Carl Clark
• Edie Parekh
• Tom Barrington
O God, You have made of one blood all peoples, to live in creation, and sent your blessed son Jesus Christ to preach peace to people both near and far: Help all your people to seek your will and find you; and hasten, O Lord, the fulfillment of your promise, to pour out your Spirit upon all flesh; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Kenya trip is scheduled for January 2010.
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.
· Eleanor Ferreira at home
· Al Gorham, at home
· Bea Iams, Sunny Acres
· Lillian Doris Johnson, Loisann Grant’s mother, at D’Youville Manor
· Chaz Freeman, Lois Freeman’s son
· Doug Grant at home, chronic back pain
· Bob Moorehouse at Nashoba Park#2 in Ayer
· Edwin Redman at home
· Dora Smith, Betsy Eisenmann’s mother
· Priscilla Smith at Willow Manor in Lowell
· Phyllis Page, at Chelmsford Crossing (from Amherst, MA)
· Gladys Stephens, Palm Manor Nursing Home
Ministering at Nyahela Sub-Parish in Kenya:
James Mwaura, Pastor, graduating from School on October 24, 2009. Rev. Mwaura has asked us to pray for political stability in Kenya.
Rural Dean Rev. Jacob Mbunjiro, 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
Pneumoccoccal vaccine will also be available for those not previously vaccinated, if you are over age 65, or if you are under age 65 and have a chronic illness or smoke cigarettes.
We were deeply saddened to report the death of Liz Marshall on Wednesday, October 14th.
Liz, mother of Maggie Marshall, served faithfully at All Saints Church as Director of Music, and more recently Bell Choir Director. She served as a vestry member and was a past warden in the parish. She was also a moving force in raising awareness of environmental stewardship in our parish and community. She was a founder and leader of the Chelmsford chapter of the League of Women Voters and active in town and state politics.
A service of celebration for her life and entrusting her into God's care was held on Saturday, October 17.
In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to All Saints Episcopal Church.
Peace,
Tom
Dear All Saints' Family,
Thank you for all of your prayers, support, cards, flowers, and food during the time of my mother's illness and death. We have felt very loved and supported. Thanks to all who worked so hard to make her memorial service a beautiful celebration of life for a wonderful woman and servant of God.
In Christ,
Maggie Marshall
The Junior Choir, bridging the gap between the Children’s Choir and the Senior Choir, has at its age extremes some seasoned people completing high school, and younger people in middle school.
A few years back, I worked in Boston, where I was deployed, along with other young degree-holders, keeping two huge clients as happy as we could. The daily commute was by train on the commuter rail. For years a morning paper and coffee on the train was my routine; when the new double-decker trains were introduced, I missed being on the first one, because my routine was to catch not the first, but the second, train into Boston in the morning.
Oddly, the news I most remember was from the radio, not from the newspapers. At one time, I noted that some guy with an odd name was editing a students’ law journal at Harvard University. He seemed to be about my age and, despite his being the first non-white editor in the position, he upheld editorial standards over any sudden racial realignment in the journal staff.
A few years later, he turned up again, as a young Illinois candidate to the Senate. Soon afterwards, he was a candidate to lead the White House. In a weekly newspaper column just before the election, an octogenarian wrote that this was the more promising of two candidates, because he was the younger. Age was a factor in voters’ consideration, but there were issues of taxes and wars and health and budgets and banks and science and trust: but it seems, “hope” won the day and Barack Obama, only one year older than me, took his historic two oaths of office in January. This was clearly (?) youth vanquishing decrepitude!
Soon afterwards, in the run-up to Mother’s Day, I found myself in the Pheasant Lane Mall, with my daughter, and we noticed another member of the Junior Choir.
So Patricia Blumeris (new youth? -- apologies to cousin Catherine) and Nicole Sullivan (new age? Apologies to sister Michelle) might have noticed, over the mall din, the first time that I’ve received a senior citizen’s discount: and I didn’t even ask!
With all my preference for routines, I guess I must pass the “stodgy” test!
Patrick Blumeris
Thank you to Margaret Geanisis for providing the following list of resources. Margaret is a librarian, teacher, and Christian educator with a wealth of faith, knowledge and leadership to share. She offered—and I quickly took her up on her offer! — to provide a list of resources each month for Saints Alive. I hope that Margaret will help lead some adult classes here at All Saints’ later this program year. She also plans to mentor an EfM (Education for Ministry) group here beginning fall 2010.
Website of the month:
The daily Forward Day by Day, which is available at almost all Episcopal churches, comes from this organization. You can get your daily readings, in English as well as Spanish, and via podcast on this site. There are wonderful links to all kinds of Anglican sites, a bookstore, and their prayer chapel. The Prayer Chapel has a place to post your prayer request; you may like a "prayer candle" and there are prayers for everything in their Prayer Library. You may want to add it to your favorites and start your prayers with the daily reading.
Book of the Month:
Finding God in Unexpected Places by Phillip Yancy
An Atlanta slum. A pod of whales off the coast of Alaska. The prisons of Peru and Chile. The plays of Shakespeare. A health club in Chicago. For those with eyes to see, traces of God can be found in the most unexpected
places. Yet many Christians have not only missed seeing God, they’ve
overlooked opportunities to make him visible to those most in need of hope.
In this enlightening book author Philip Yancey serves as an insightful tour
guide for those willing to look beyond the obvious, pointing out glimpses of
the eternal where few might think to look. Whether finding God among the
newspaper headlines, within the church, or on the job, Yancey delves deeply into
the commonplace and surfaces with rich spiritual insight.
Finding God in Unexpected Places reveals footprints of God, touches of
God's truth and grace that prompt readers to search deeper within their own
lives for glimpses of transcendence.
CD of the month:
Best Loved Hymns, sung by King's College, Cambridge
A collection of classic and much loved Anglican Hymns including: Be Thou My Vision, A Mighty Fortress is our God, When I Survey the Wondrous Cross. A wonderful collection sung by voices that always gives me a glimpse of heaven.
Links for Paper copy are below:
Website: www.forwardmovement.org
Book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1400074703/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link
We have two gaps in our Parish Contact List. These are the contact names for Fellowship and for Environmental Stewardship.
Fellowship does spontaneously happen without a designated person in that title role, but if you think you have ideas for a “direction” for fellowship, well, there’s a whole parish waiting for your direction!
We recently lost an environmental stalwart in Liz Marshall, who had resigned some time back but was still keen to see our parish doing responsible environmental things, even attending the Creation Sunday service last month. Sadly, Liz never saw who would replace her in that position: could you be the one?
Patrick Blumeris
Editor
Vestry Members
Vestry Members
Bob Bishop Andrea Bray Carl Clark
Liz Landers Edith Parekh Sean Seyffert
Harry Taplin Mike Thompson open position
Lois Freeman, Senior Warden
Scott Bempkins, Junior Warden
Cynthia Bennett, Treasurer
Derick Gates, Clerk
Church Office........ 978-256-5673
Senior Warden....... Lois Freeman
Junior Warden........ Scott Bempkins
Treasurer............... Cynthia Bennett
Clerk..................... Derick Gates
Acolyte Director.... Clem Cole
Adult Education...... Amy Hunter
Altar Guild............. Liz Landers
Buildings and…….. Scott Bempkins
Grounds Dave Cahill
Christian School..... Laura Marshall
Elizabeth Danieli
Melissa Flewelling
Coffee Hour.......... Matt Hickcox
Endowment ........... Derick Gates
Environmental Stewardship
Committee............. to be filled
Fellowship.............. to be filled
Finance Interim...... Derick Gates
Handbell Choir …. Debbie Psilopoulos
Music Minister....... Maggie Marshall
Outreach............... Dave Kuzara
Pastoral Care......... Ann Kirk
Saints Alive............ Patrick Blumeris
SaintsAlive e-mail:.. ........ saintsalive@yahoo.com
Stewardship Interim Derick Gates
Thrift Shop............. Carol Cannistraro
Youth Group.......... Nancy March
Webmaster............ Richard Coles
Web site................ www.allsaintschelmsford.org
… for the December 2009 Saints Alive! is
November 15th, 2009
Please leave your articles in the Saints Alive! mailbox in the church office, or send them via email to SaintsAlive@yahoo.com. Thanks.
