Celebrate Our Ministries!

SEPTEMBER 23,
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THE NEWSLETTER OF ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
VOLUM E X V N U M B E R 33
Celebrate Our Ministries!
Thanks!
On Saturday, Sept. 8, Parish
Clean-up Day, fifty hard-working volunteers helped embellish
our beautiful church. On their
hands and knees they scrubbed
floors and cleaned corners. Many
thanks to all who participated in
this wonderful event, from Buildings and Grounds.
Blessing the Animals
On Sunday, Sept. 30 at 9:00 a.m.,
we’ll have our annual Feast of St.
Francis Family Eucharist and
Blessing of the Animals. Please
join us with pets, pictures of
your pets, or your favorite stuffed
animal on the North Lawn for this
joyful service. At 10:15, children
and parents in preschool through
fifth grade are invited to our Sunday School Open House to visit
the classrooms, meet the teachers, and hear about our plans for
the wonderful year ahead.
Calling All College
And Grad Students!
Student Indaba is waiting to
welcome you to our wonderful
student group, which meets on
the first and third Sundays of the
month after the 11:15 a.m. service. You can find us at the stone
bench near the lawn—please
come and say hello! Also save
the date for our WELCOME
POOL PARTY, Sunday, Sept. 30
after the 11.15 a.m. service. For
more information contact Lucie
Pelleriti at africanfusion1975@
gmail.com.
To Make the Dream Come True
from susan russell, senior associate parish life
I
love Whitman’s Sampler Chocolates. They
may not be as chichi as Godiva or inspire
the same kind of local loyalty as See’s but
they have that great little map on the inside of
the cover so you can not only see what kind of
chocolate you’ve got before you bite into it but
you can also get an overview of the wonderful
diversity that goes into making a really great
box of chocolates.
With apologies to Forrest Gump, that’s kind
of how I think about Celebration of Ministries
Sunday – it’s like a big box of chocolates spread
all over the All Saints Quad Lawn where we get
to see, touch, feel and experience the wonderful
diversity of the work that goes on 24/7 on behalf
of the Gospel here at All Saints Church. GALAS
and COLORS and EDEN and Sustainable World.
Prayer Shawls and Foster Care and Ushers and
Women of Spirit. Sign a letter to Congress at the
Peace & Justice table or reach out to a homeless
woman at the Women’s Council table. Find out
more about ministry with college students at the
Indaba table or support children fighting childhood cancer at the CYF table.
It is all part and parcel of the work of turning the human race into the human family
– of bringing heaven to earth – of proclaiming
the Good News of God’s inclusive love made
available to all. That is the work we are about
at All Saints Church – each and every Sunday
and all the days in-between. And THIS Sunday
– Celebration of Ministries Sunday – is when
we intentionally celebrate every aspect of the
diverse ways we live out the mission we sing
about whenever we sing the words of this familiar hymn:
A world in need now summons us to labor, love and
give
To make our life an offering to God that all may
live
The Church of Christ is calling us to make the dream
come true
A world redeemed by Christ-like love; all life in
Christ made new.
So come – bring all that you are and all that
God is calling you to be to our Celebration of
Ministries. Give thanks for the diversity of gifts
working to make that dream come true - for the
knitters and the prayers - for the advocates and
the letter writers and the agitators. Check out
the “Whitman’s Sampler” of work and witness
spread out on the Quad Lawn - and maybe consider taking a bite out of something you haven’t
tried before. It’s going to take each and every
one of us - and then some! - to make the dream
come true. So dig in - and celebrate!
Sunday
SEPTEMBER 23, 2007
eUCHARIST at 7:30, 9:00, 11:15
a.m. and 1 p.m.
S E V E N T E E N T H S U N D AY A F T E R P E N T E C O S T
A DULTS AT 10:15
RECTOR’S FORUM
Language for the Holy Meal:
Continuity and Change
with Maggie Cunningham
Central to our understanding of God at work in the life of
Jesus is our weekly celebration of the bread and wine
made holy in the Eucharist. Over the past two years
a group has gathered with The Reverend Margaret
Cunningham to examine the theological assumptions
embedded in the liturgy and creeds of the Episcopal
Church that may obscure, distort or deny the God
revealed in the authentic words of Jesus. One of the
results of this study is a new Eucharistic prayer, which
will debut on Sunday at the 9 and 11:15 a.m. services.
Maggie and members of the committee will explain the
changes and the continuities the words of this new
prayer reflect. Maggie was a parishioner for 30 years
before All Saints sponsored her for ordination. Following her ordination to the priesthood in 1997, Maggie
served on the All Saints staff for five years before moving to Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania to become Associate
Rector of the Church of the Redeemer. She is now retired from staffing a church and free to put her creativity
to new uses. Forum
Jesus and Moral
Thought
O
n Sunday evenings at 7 p.m.
from Oct. 7 – Dec. 2, this series
of small group discussions, led
by Jim Prendergast, will meet to consider “When Jesus Came To Harvard,”
by Harvey Cox.
In the early 1980s the faculty at
Harvard College asked Professor Cox
to teach a course on Jesus in a newly
introduced Moral Reasoning division
of the undergraduate curriculum. The
class that resulted, Jesus and Moral
Thought, was structured to consider
Jesus as rabbi, through the stories in the
Gospels of and about Jesus, and how
these ancient stories give us a way to
approach moral decisions today. The
class became the largest attended class
at Harvard, attracting not only undergraduates but also students from the
law, medical and business schools.
As stated by Professor Cox, this
is an invitation to “anyone who is
equally dissatisfied with both mor-
F O R C H I L D R EN
Preschool (ages 2–4), SCOTT HALL
9:00Infant and Child Care with Bible Stories
10:30Room 3— 5: Preschool Story and Worship
Grade School (K–5), LEARNING CENTER
9:00Children’s Chapel: Children go to church
10:15
11:15
with their parents, leave after the Gospel,
and return before the offering.
Grades K—5: No Sunday School, Celebration of Ministries
Children’s Chapel: Children go to church
with their parents, leave after the Gospel,
and return before the offering.
F O R YOUTH, JR. HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL
10:15–11:00 JR. & SR. HIGH SCHOOL: Celebration of Ministries
alistic fundamentalism and do-yourown-thing relativism to take a fresh
look at a certain first-century rabbi
from an obscure corner of the Roman
Empire called Galilee…The premise of
this book is that despite all the sacred
formulas and pious bumper stickers,
and behind all the doctrines and dogmas about him, rightly understood,
the Galilean still has a powerful, even
imperative, moral significance for our
times.” To register, stop by the Small
Group Table or contact Rusty Harding
at 626.583.2735 or [email protected] for more information.
Vestry Nominations
T
he Nominating Committee
welcomes your nominations of
candidates for membership on
the Vestry, the governing board of All
Saints Church. Composed of the Rector and 24 parishioners elected to fouryear terms, the Vestry retires six of its
members and one youth representative each year.
Candidates must be faithful in worship, service and financial support
of the parish, as a pledger or giver of
record. Individuals proposed should
have a “systems” mentality, concerned
about the church as a whole, as well
The rector will preach on Using
Street Smarts For God’s Wisdom
at 7:30, 9, and 11:15 a.m. The Rev.
Abel Lopez will preach at the 1 p.m.
Spanish-English service.
At 9 and 11:15 a.m., Coventry
Choir accompanied by a string
trio offer Laudate Jehovam, omnes
gentes by Georg Philipp Telemann
and O Lord, Increase My Faith by
Orlando Gibbons.
SUNDAY’S SCRIPTURES
Amos 8:4-7
Psalm 113
1 Timothy 2:1-7
Luke 16:1-13
Join Us for the Next
Saturday Celebration at
5 p.m. this Saturday.
as any individual program or ministry area in which they are involved.
Candidates should be interested in
the functions of the Vestry: formulating policies and collaborating with the
Rector and Staff on goals and objects of
the overall ministry, as well as reviewing the performance of the Rector and
various ministries. The Vestry is also
responsible for the stewardship and financial management of the parish and
the care of the physical campus. A variety of skills and working backgrounds
is desirable for a strong Vestry, as well
as a balance among the members in
age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and length of membership.
Nominating forms will be attached
to the liturgy on Sunday, Sept. 23, and
are available in the church office. For
more information, please contact Anne
Peterson, 626.583.2713 or [email protected]. Your parish thanks you!
Got Video?
Weekly sermons are available on video via the All
Saints web site, audio podcasting via iTunes, and/or in
print. Sermons, rector’s forums, and selected other presentations are also available on CD ($7) or DVD ($10).
Go to the CD/DVD Table on the lawn on Sunday or call
the church office. If there’s something you missed, ask
about it!
Millenium Development Goals
Workshops
Workshops on The Millenium Development Goals will
be held on Thursday, Sept. 27 from 7–9 p.m. for anyone
interested, and on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 2:30–4:30
p.m. specially for young adults (twenties and thirties).
Both will be in the Guild Room. Join Wilma Jakobsen
and Petrina Pakoe, Project Co-ordinator for Hope Africa, the non-profit development organization of the
Anglican Church in Southern Africa, in this workshop
about the challenge and joy of working to end poverty
and achieving the millennium development goals in
the challenging region of Southern Africa. For more
information contact Wilma Jakobsen at wjakobsen@
allsaints-pas.org or 626.583.2762.
GALAS Book Study Group
GALAS
Thursday
night book study
group’s first meeting
will discuss Anne Lamott’s Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on
Faith. The group will
meet at the home of
Deb Ogden and Judy
Detomaso, 127 N.
Melrose Ave., Monrovia (north from Foothill
Blvd, in between Santa Anita and Myrtle
Avenues). The group starts Thursday, Sept. 27 at 7:30
p.m., and runs six weeks. Please call Deb Ogden at
626.303.3509 or Margi Austin at 909.982.7525 with any
questions. GALAS events are inclusive–all members of
the All Saints community are warmly welcomed.
Walk-of-the-Month Club: Little
Tokyo
So. Cal. slow. On foot. With food. And companionship.
On Saturday, October 6, you are invited to go for a walk
in Little Tokyo. We take one once a month to explore
different areas of Los Angeles. Then, each month, we
eat together. A diversity of neighborhoods, a diversity
of foods. The walk will be about one mile. We will meet
at the church in the north parking lot at 9:00 a.m. on
October 6 and take the Gold Line together into downtown. Walks are held on the first Saturday of the month
and participation is limited to the first fifteen people to
register. So please sign up soon. To register or for more
information, contact Rusty Harding at 626.583.2735 or
[email protected].
New Ways to
Welcome Newcomers
Two new outreach programs start Sunday, Sept. 30.
Welcome Bags
Anyone visiting All Saints for the first or second time
is invited to stop by the welcome table to pick up a
goodie bag. We’re glad you’re here, and we’d like
to show it with a special treat, parking passes and
information about our church community.
Ask Me!
Got a question about All Saints? Answers are available from anyone wearing an Ask Me button. Answer
people will be on the lawn Sundays. Let us help you
learn more about All Saints. Just ask!
Saturday in the Park
SATURDAY-IN-THE-PARK is a new, monthly event for
twenty and thirtysomethings, married or single, with kids
or not. On Saturday, Oct. 6, join Wendy Barrie, Wilma
Jakobsen and other young adults and families at Victory Park, Pasadena, from 10am-12noon, and include
a visit to the Farmer’s Market next door to the park! It’s
a great relaxing way to meet other young adults and
families of the church and do some errands! For more
information contact Wendy Barrie at [email protected] or 626.583.2733.
Our Kids Involved!
At Celebration of Ministries on Sunday, Sept. 23, see
how children at All Saints Church live into our shared
mission to make a difference in the world! Kids in kindergarten through fifth grade are invited to host ALEX’S
LEMONADE STAND! This is a national organization
dedicated to supporting pediatric cancer research. We
need families to staff the stand in 1/2-hour blocks from
8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and to bring homemade cookies and brownies. Please e-mail Wendy Claire Barrie at
[email protected] if you are able to help.
Memorial flowers are a beautiful way to remember a loved one, celebrate a special event, or to
give thanks for so-meone who has touched your
life. To donate flowers for the altars, please call
626.583.2721
Fiction Fun! Reads Kiran Desai’s The
Inheritance of Loss
On Friday, Sept.
28, Fiction Fun!
gets back to fiction,
with a discussion
of Kiran Desai’s
The Inheritance of
Loss, winner of the
2006 Man Booker
Prize. In awarding
the prize, Desai’s
novel was characterized as “a
magnificent novel
of humane breadth
and wisdom, comic tenderness and powerful political
acuteness.” Please join us for social time in the Guild
Room beginning at 7:00 p.m. The discussion starts at
7:30 and continues until 9:00. All are welcome. Call
Rusty Harding at 626.583.2735 for more information.
Portantino will discuss legislative progress in the past
year in saving the kids in the system. The Foster Care
Project’s Public Policy Committee advocates on behalf
of these children and youth especially in the areas of
education and housing.
Actions Alive!
Foster Care Project presents Assemblymember Anthony Portantino
California Assemblymember Anthony Portantino will
speak on “Legislative Changes Affecting the Lives
of Foster Children and Youth” on Sunday, Sept. 30
from 12:45 to 2:00 p.m. in Sweetland Hall. There are
approximately 20,000 children and young people in
foster care in Los Angeles County. Each of them has
suffered from various forms of abuse and neglect.
Last year the Select Committee on Foster Care made
saving kids in the foster care system a priority and
took significant first steps to improve the system. A
member of the Select Committee on Foster Care, Mr.
Thank you for your generosity at the
Action Table on July 15 and 22. $6,700
was collected for the Anglican Hospital
in Northern Gaza and sent to Episcopal
Relief and Development (ERD). ERD will
develop the recourses via the Diocese of
Jerusalem.
Over 250 people participated in supporting the State Children’s Health Insurance
Plan by calling members of Congress to
request full funding of the program and
a Congressional override of a presidential veto. This would be the first override
of an executive veto during the present
administration. Thank you for supporting
healthcare for all of our children!
shorts
COPING with DIABETES
This program provides
relief from the stress
and distress of living
with diabetes, while
helping to encourage
improved clinical outcomes.
Participants
support and help one
another implement desired lifestyle changes.
All Saints parishioner
George Byrne leads the
group, assisted by David Zableckis. Both are
diabetics. Educational
segments
emphasize
bodily aspects of diabetes, but the participants
are always reminded
that healing is a matter of mind and spirit.
The Fall 2007 series
will begin Wednesday,
Sept. 26. There will be
seven bi-weekly meet-
ings. For information
or to register, please
contact George Byrne at
818.952.9687 or at [email protected].
SAVE THE DATE: Walking to
Serve the Hungry: CROP Walk
Sunday October 28!
All Saints will again
host hundreds of people
walking to raise money
for hunger- alleviating work both here and
around the world. Last
year the walk raised a
total of $40,000, with
$6,500 of that raised by
All Saints. Let’s see if we
can beat last year’s total! For further information contact Betty Cole,
CROP Walk coordinator, at bcole@westridge.
org or 626.441.3425.
prayers
FOR THE PARISH COMMUNITY
Remember those for whom prayers have been requested: August Beucke;
Donald Cameron; Ahmed & Parvin Chamany; Steve Cheney-Rice; Ian, Aidan and
Sally Farnham; Melissa Gilbert; Jody Gunn; Patricia Gunderman; Terry Iverson;
Benjamin Kayumba; Kurt Kreeger; Rob Larsen; Patrick Lubow; Ernie Mack; Jim
Meagher; Jim Pattillo, III; Elizabeth Rivali; Miguel Angel Ruiz, Jr.; Alma Iris Torres; Kay Walker; Amanda and Melissa Walter; Sharon Weiser; Hope; Cecilia; Lisa
and Ella; Rich
In thanksgiving for: the births of Bronx Ralph Ellis Williams, son of Winter
Williams and Deon Mitchell and grandson of Hilda Boulware; and Enlai Antonio
Rooney, grandson of Tony and Robin Aquino; for the ordination to the priesthood
of Peg Bradley; and for all the wonderful volunteers who helped with the Parish
Clean-up Day
For those who have died: Anthony Day; Liz Endle; Madeline L’Engle; Mary S.
Martin; Elmer MacKinnon; Winnie Noriega; Luciano Pavarotti
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