Category Archives: Worship

Services are held weekly on Sundays at 8:00 and 10:00 AM, and on Wednesdays at noon. Additional services are held on feast days (e.g.: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day) and special occasions. For service details (e.g.: readings and roles played by parishioners, please see the Service Schedule below).

Election Vigil at All Saints’ Church

From the Rector–
      On Tuesday our nation goes through the trauma of a presidential election. This election season has revealed a deepening split in our country and it seems we are no longer able to discuss our differences without slipping into an adolescent reactivity of name-calling. Because of this inability to be civil to one another, stress and anxiety are on the rise as are visits to therapists and clergy for help.
       Therefore, I support our Bishops in their call for the Church to participate in a Nov. 6-8 pre-election prayer vigil. At All Saints we will offer special prayers at the end of our services on All Saints Sunday, November 6. We will pray that we may be given the grace to be witnesses for God’s Kingdom by manifesting Jesus’ love for all people.
      The chapel will also be open for prayer and meditation on the Monday, from 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM and on election day from 8:30 to 5:00 PM.
       “Almighty God, to whom we must account for all our powers and privileges: Guide the people of the United States and of this community in the election of officials and representatives; that, by faithful administration and wise laws, the rights of all may be protected and our nation be enabled to fulfill your purposes; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.”
Prayer for an Election, from the 1979 Episcopal Book of Common Prayer.
Peace in Christ,
Bill

Pre-Election Vigil at All Saints

From the Rector–

Every four years our nation goes through the trauma of a presidential election. This election season has highlighted a deepening split in our country and it seems we are no longer able even to discuss our differences without slipping into an adolescent reactivity of name calling. Because of this inability to be civil to one another stress and anxiety are on the rise as are visits to therapists and clergy for help. The fear now is that after the election this incivility will grow and may even lead to violence. Therefore, I support our Bishops in their call for the Church to participate in a Nov. 6-8 pre-election prayer vigil. Continue reading →

Call for Acolytes!

From Bob Andrews, Acolyte Master

Basic information is available on the Information for Acolytes page.

Our first meeting and training is scheduled for September 27 after the 10 AM service, so please join us then. In the meantime, if you’d like to get more information, please get in touch with me, Rev. Bill, or Maggie Marshall. You can use the Contact Us page, and select Acolyte Master, Priest in Charge, or Choir Director for “To be contacted”.

Lent 1

This week marks the beginning of Lent, and our services will show some subtle changes. Due to our cancellation of Sunday services on 2/15, we were not able to end Epiphany with our usual big round of Alleluias. Now, we have said goodbye to our Alleluias until Easter. Our service on Sunday will begin with the Great Litany, as a penitential marker to the beginning of Lent. The cross in procession will be veiled until Easter. We will be singing the Kyrie or Lord have mercy in place of the Gloria. Also, during Lent, the candles will be extinguished and the dismissal given after a short organ voluntary. We are building in these extra few minutes of silent meditation to think about Jesus during his “forty days and forty nights” and to better prepare us to go back into the world to do God’s work.