The Herald March 28—April 11, 2010
Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter
From the Rector Of the Shameful Cross I remember my grandmother giving me a cross necklace when I was confirmed. I was in the sixth grade. I wore it to school, and one of my friends asked me that if Jesus had been killed by a gun, would I wear a gun around my neck. I thought the question ridiculous at the time; my mother said the little boy “just didn’t know any better”; but now in hindsight, I’m afraid the question is a good one. Last year at the Festival of Flowers, just before Easter, there was one exhibit consisting of displays of flowers all in the shape of crosses. I thought to myself, no matter hard we try to imagine it, there is nothing beautiful about a cross. In the ancient Near East crosses were used as instruments of torture and death for those who committed what was considered by the powers that be the ultimate crime: sedition, betrayal of the state. Death by crucifixion was the most horrible punishment conceived in the mind of Empire, designed to deter anyone else from similar conspiracy. And to make matters worse these crucifixions took place outside the walls of the city, on the highway, so all passersby could see the horror lest they harbored ill will against the state as well. To be killed and buried outside the city walls was a shameful thing. It meant that the life of the victim was of no account, out of community, lost among the stony rubble, vulnerable to scavengers, dug up by the dogs. Crucifixion was as much about shame as it was about death. And yet, still these crosses hang around our necks and adorn our churches. Ironies at best, that even amid the shameful brutality of our world, God is there in imaginative reverie begetting from the darkness, violence and shame… life and hope and dignity. It doesn’t add up, this irony, but it is in truth all we have to hope for. So in this season we embrace the ambiguity of the cross: it is a reminder of the dark brutality of our world that wounds and shuns and shames; and it is also an outward and visible sign of a fragile but certain promise that our God is in solidarity with us in our darkest hours, and with all who suffer; that God suffers with all the crucified of our world…still shunned, still broken and still shamed. The cross bids us to remember and acknowledge the injustice and violence still rife among us…and…and, lest we lose sight… it bids us to hold fast to the promise that the good will stand with dignity yet… even if on shaky ground… and there is something beautiful about that.
On the Calendar: Thursday, March 25 11:30am L’Arche (Stirling Hall) 12N Al-Anon (Smith Rm) 5:30pm AA (Smith Rm) Friday, March 26 5:30pm Food Share preparation Saturday, March 27 8am Food Share distribution 10am Palm Cross assembly (Stirling Hall) 10am Recovery 2day (Smith Rm) Palm Sunday, March 28 8am Holy Eucharist 9am Breakfast 9:20am Christian Education 10:20 am Liturgy of the Palms 10:30 am Holy Eucharist Reception following Monday in Holy Week, 3/29 7:30am Holy Eucharist (Chapel) Tuesday in Holy Week, 3/30 7:30am Holy Eucharist (Chapel) 3:30pm Training Choir Wednesday in Holy Week, 3/31 12N Holy Eucharist (Chapel) 4pm Girls’ Choir rehearsal 7:30pm Parish Choir rehearsal Maundy Thursday, 4/01 12N Al-Anon (Smith Rm) 5:30pm AA (Smith Rm) 6pm Holy Eucharist (Church) Good Friday, 4/02 12N & 6pm Good Friday Liturgy Holy Saturday/Easter Eve, 4/03 9am Holy Saturday Liturgy 9:30am Vigil rehearsal 10am Recovery 2day (Smith Rm) 7:30pm The Great Vigil of Easter Agapé meal following (Stirling Hall) Easter Sunday, 4/04 8am Holy Eucharist 9am Breakfast (courtyard) 9:30 Flowering the Cross, Egg Hunt 10:30am Holy Eucharist Reception following IHN Week begins
Help Needed for Food Share Weekend!! The March Food Share event will take place this weekend. On Friday, 3/ 26, food bags will be packed at 5:30pm in Stirling Hall, and food distribution will be on Saturday, 3/ 27. Ordinarily, the same people come to help each month. BUT: the Azalea Trail Run will also be held on that Saturday morning and many of the ‘regulars’ will be running or spectating during the same time as Food Share. We need help! If you can help, we need able bodies to arrive by 7:15am on Saturday to help take the frozen items out and bag them; the distribution will start at 8am and you’ll be finished before 9. Please note: many of the streets around the church will be blocked to traffic, so be sure to come early enough to avoid the barricades or plan an alternate route.
Calling Layweeders and Others!
Anyone who is interested, whether you are an ‘official’ layweeder or not, is invited to meet at the church this Saturday, March 27, at 9:30am to get the church grounds presentable for Easter. Bring your garden gloves and remember the Azalea Trail traffic!
Palm Crosses will be created
in the kitchen of Stirling Hall on Saturday, March 27, beginning at 10am. Everyone is invited to help, and it is not hard to learn! Please see note above concerning the Azalea Trail Run traffic.
The Christian Living Today class will discuss this week (3/28) the chapter on Palm Sunday from Marcus Borg's and Dominick Crossan's book The Last Week. Borg and Crossan provide the historical context necessary for a full understanding of Palm Sunday. They describe Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem as a carefully planned counter-demonstration to the parade of imperial Roman troops entering the city of God. Some excerpts from the chapter: …Pilate's procession embodied the power, glory and violence of the empire that ruled the world. Jesus' procession embodied an alternative vision, the kingdom of God. This contrast--between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of Caesar--is central not only to the gospel of Mark, but to the story of Jesus and early Christianity. …Two processions entered Jerusalem that day. The same question, the same alternative, faces those who would be faithful to Jesus today. Which procession are we in? Which procession do we want to be in? That is the question of Palm Sunday and the week that is about to unfold. All members of the congregation are welcome to this session, which begins at 9:30am in the Walter K. Smith room. If you want a copy of the Palm Sunday chapter, email Henry Callaway at hcallaway@handarendall.com .
Easter Day is a feast day in many ways! Breakfast will be held in the courtyard between services, and a champagne reception follows the 10:30 service. We need goodies! If you are interested and willing to bring food for either event, please call Jean Tucker (753-1984) or Charlotte Hall (473-8281).
IHN Week begins Easter Sunday! Sunday, April 4, is the beginning of All Saints’ next week to host Interfaith Hospitality Network/Family Promise. The week begins with supper on the evening of the 4th and concludes with breakfast on Sunday, April 11. If you would like to help with this important ministry, email Henry Brewster at brewster919@bellsouth.net or call him at 338-0630.
You are invited to see
Alabama Public TV's The Buddha (read about it at aptv.org) on Wednesday, April 7 (the Wed. after Easter) at the home of Gail Stilwell. It's by award-winning film maker David Grubin. It starts at 7pm so if you're interested in coming, it would be a good idea to arrive by 6:30. There'll be nibbles and coffee; please bring your own wine or whatever, if you'd like that. Gail's address is 245 S. Warren Street in the Church Street East district . Directions: going east on Government, pass Broad and go to the Ben May Library on the corner of Washinton/Gov't. Turn right onto Washington. Go one block to Church St and turn left; go two blocks to Warren and turn right. The house is in the third block on the left- a 2-story red brick house with a driveway on both sides of the house. We hope to see you there!
Prison Ministry to Begin If anyone is interested in participating in a Transition from Prison to Society Ministry or organizing committee for the same, please contact Danny Moreau at dmoreau@mobileccc.org or at 2720041.
Congratulations to Charlie and Laurie Bailey, who have become great-grandparents!! Granddaughter Anna and her husband, Caleb Clark, are the parents of Lila McDuffie Clark, born about a month ago.
Holy Week begins this Sunday with the “triumphant entry” of Jesus into Jerusalem. The journey of Palm Sunday begins at All Saints with the Liturgy of the Palms, where palm crosses are blessed and distributed to the crowd which watches Jesus ride into the city on the back of a donkey. Shouts of “Hosanna!” quickly deteriorate, however, into those of “Crucify him!” as we listen to the Passion Narrative, this year from the Gospel of Luke. At the end of the service, we leave in relative silence...no grand music, no singing, just the bell tolling as it is tolled at the end of a funeral.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy Week, the mood remains quiet. There will be Holy Eucharist in the Chapel at 7:30am Monday and Tuesday, and at 12Noon on Wednesday. The Triduum Sacrum or the “Sacred Three Days” are composed of the last three days of Holy Week: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday. The Triduum Sacrum and Easter are the yin and yang of our faith; the dark and the light. There is no Easter without first the arrest, crucifixion and death of Jesus of Nazareth. We are duly obligated as Christians to participate fully in the Holy walk of Holy Week. The joy of the Resurrection is made more poignant by also remembering the evil that we are up against in our world, the martyrdom of our Lord at the hands of corrupt power, one such outward and visible sign. Our liturgy is the means by which we pay attention to our world and the means by which we envision the way to live in it. As we live the liturgy, we are informed for living our lives with profound integrity. Make the commitment this Holy Week to walk the way of the Cross, that we may know again the gladdening light of our salvation in Christ’s resurrection.
~ The Maundy Thursday service
will begin at 6:00pm in the church. This service of Holy Eucharist is more austere than most eucharists; the sanctuary is more bare than usual; people will kneel on the cold, hard marble floor to wash each other’s feet, to remember and re-enact what Jesus did for his disciples on this night; after the Eucharist is over, the altar will be stripped bare in preparation for the day of crucifixion and the cross will be draped in black. We will leave the church in silence.
~ The Good Friday Liturgy will be held at 12Noon and repeated at 6pm. There is no Eucharist on Good Friday, no music. We will hear the Passion Gospel again, this time from St. John. We will pray the Solemn Collects. Silence is pervasive.
~ The Holy Saturday Liturgy, although quite brief, is also quite profound. It begins at 9:00am
in the choir area of the church. Again, there is no celebration of the Eucharist. An anthem from the Burial Rite is said. It’s about waiting. And hope.
The Great Vigil of Easter
is the first service of Easter Day, held at a convenient time between sunset on Holy Saturday and sunrise on Easter Morning. Our service will begin outside the Government Street doors of the church at 7:30pm on Saturday night. The service consists of four parts: ~ The Service of Light. We will light the Paschal Candle from the newly-kindled fire and process into a dark church. As we find our places, candlelight will be spread among the congregation while the Exsultet is sung. ~ The Service of Lessons. Five lessons describing God’s saving deeds in history will be read, each followed by a hymn or psalm, and a collect. ~ Christian Initiation, or the Renewal of Baptismal Vows. This year, two infants will be baptized! ~ The Holy Eucharist. ~ After the Blessing and Dismissal of the Eucharist, our processional will be led by members of The Excelsior Band, who will take us to Stirling Hall for a wonderful Agapé Feast! The church will provide roast lamb, and drinks: tea, wine and water. The rest is potluck. Please bring a dish to share (not finger-foods, but dinner food)! The Band will play, we will eat and laugh and dance, and celebrate our Lord’s return together. Alleluia!
Holy Week Service Schedule: March 28-Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday 8am-Liturgy of the Palms; Holy Eucharist 10:20am-Liturgy of the Palms; Holy Eucharist
March 29-Monday in Holy Week 7:30am-Holy Eucharist, chapel March 30-Tuesday in Holy Week 7:30am-Holy Eucharist, chapel March 31-Wednesday in Holy Week 12N-Holy Eucharist, chapel April 1-Maundy Thursday 6pm-Holy Eucharist, Washing of Feet, church April 2-Good Friday 12N-Good Friday Liturgy, church 6pm-Good Friday Liturgy, church
April 3-Holy Saturday / Easter Eve 9am-Holy Saturday Liturgy, church 7:30pm-The Great Vigil of Easter, church Agape Meal following, Stirling Hall
April 4-Easter Sunday 8am-Holy Eucharist 9am-Breakfast in the courtyard 9:30am-Flowering of the Cross & Easter Egg Hunt 10:30am-Holy Eucharist Reception following in the courtyard
The following pages contain lists of Those Who Serve for the various services of Holy Week. Please be sure to come when you are scheduled or let the office know asap that you cannot serve! Lectionary: Palm Sunday
Lectionary: Maundy Thursday
Isaiah 50:4-9a Philippians 2:5-11
Exodus 12:1-14 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
Psalm 31:9-16 Luke 22:1-23:56
Lay Ministers: Palm Sunday
Altar Guild: Suzanne Drew, Burl Ratcliffe, Johnna Rogers, Margaret Winkler Flower Guild: Suzanne Drew, Clayton Ryan Breakfast: Katharine Flowers, Kim Gray, Renea Greene Reception: Karen McDonald 8:00 Lector: Joe Basenberg Passion readers: Pete Wilson, Larry Hallett Intercessor: Bill Evatt Chalice bearer: Burl Ratcliffe Ushers: Harold Dodge, Pete Mackey Greeter: Renee Dillard 10:30 Lectors: 1) Albert Lilly 2) Valerie Mitchell Passion readers: Johnna Rogers, Rob Gray Intercessor: Hannah Williams Chalice bearers: Louie Wood, Foy Hannum Acolytes: Darrel Williams, David Burchell, Kate Kelly, Meredith Mosley, Grace Williams Ushers: Don Mosley, Curt Doyle, Henry Callaway, Cart Blackwell
Music for Palm Sunday Processional Hymn 154 Valet will ich dir geben Robert K. Kennedy S-414 Psalm 31:9-16 Sequence Hymn 435 King’s Weston Offertory Anthem Robert Graham Drop, Drop, Slow Tears Presentation Hymn 158 Herzliebster, Jesu David Hurd S-124 Sanctus and Benedictus qui venit David Hurd S-161 Agnus Dei Communion Hymn 168 Herzlich tut mich verlangen Motet G. P. Palestrina Adoramus Te Post Communion Hymn 164 Bangor
Psalm 116:1, 10-16 John 13:1-17, 31b-35
Lay Ministers: Maundy Thursday Altar Guild: Burl Ratcliffe, Melanie Petithory, Kathy McKenzie, Valerie Mitchell, Susan Meztista Lectors: 1) Lee Van Dyke 2) Molly Allison Chalice bearers: Frances Rouse, Lister Thomas Acolytes: Darrel Williams, Catherine Tucker Ushers: Louie Wood, Ricky Bradford, Michael Morrison
Music for Maundy Thursday Voluntary Olivier Messiaen Lé Banquet Céleste Processional Hymn 446 Newman Gabriel Fauré Messe Basse, Kyrie eleison Robert K. Kennedy S-414 Psalm 116:1, 10-17 Sequence Hymn 322 Tucker At the Foot Washing Hymn 576 Mandatum, 581 Cheshire Simon Lole The Father’s Love Offertory Anthem John Antes Go, Congregation Go! Presentation Hymn 315 Song 1 David Hurd S-124 New Plainsong, Sanctus and Benedictus qui venit Gabriel Fauré Messe Basse, Agnus Dei Communion Hymn 439 Wondrous Love Motet W. A. Mozart Ave Verum Corpus Post Communion Hymn 329 Pange lingua
Lectionary: Good Friday Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Hebrews 10:16-25
Psalm 22 John 18:1-19:42
Lay Ministers: Good Friday Lectors:
12Noon - Keith Winkler 6pm - Bruce Barrett
Lectionary: Easter Vigil
Lectionary: Easter Sunday
Genesis 1:1-2:4a Exodus 14:10-31; 15:20-21 Ezekiel 47:1-12
Isaiah 65:17-25 Psalm 118:14-17, 22-24 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 Luke 24:1-12
Romans 6:3-11 Luke 24:1-12
Exodus 12:1-24 Isaiah 54:5-15
Psalm 114
Lay Ministers: Easter Vigil Altar Guild: Flower Guild: Ricky Bradford, Katharine Flowers, Elizabeth Doyle, Charlotte Hall Vigil Lectors: Richard Coarsey, Elyzabeth Wilder, Brewer Ayres, Lee Van Dyke, Diana Nichols Intercessors: Joe Basenberg, Susan Meztista, Sarah Williams, Clark Kelly, Frances Rouse, Melanie Petithory, Doug Greene Eucharistic Lector: Rosemary Williams Chalice bearers: Louie Wood, Marion Elledge Acolytes: Darrel Williams, Louie Wood, Danny Moreau Ushers: Andy Mitchell, Mark Williams, Doug Greene, Henry Brewster, Pete Mackey, Burl Ratcliffe
Music for Easter Vigil The Creation, Hymn 398 Forest Green The Passover, Hymn 202 Ad cenan Agni providi Crossing the Red Sea, Hymn 905 (WLP) Brewer I will save you from all your afflictions, Hymn 597 Jerusalem The River of Life, Carl Haywood, chant A Song of the Wilderness Hymn 180 Unser Herrscher Calvin Hampton A Repeating Alleluia Offertory Anthem Charles Villiers Stanford Te Deum Laudamus Presentation Hymn 174 Salzburg Craig Phillips Festival Eucharist, Sanctus and Benedictus qui venit Craig Phillips Festival Eucharist, Christ Our Passover Communion Hymn 187 Straf mich nicht Motet Malcolm Williamson Dignus est Agnus Post Communion Hymn 210 Ellacombe Processional, The Excelsior Band Remember to bring a dish to share at the AgapĂŠ Feast after the service!
Lay Ministers: Easter Sunday Altar Guild: TBA Flower Guild: Ricky Bradford, Katharine Flowers, Elizabeth Doyle, Charlotte Hall Breakfast: call Jean Tucker or Charlotte Hall to help Reception: call Jean Tucker or Charlotte Hall to help 8:00 Lector: Serena Willcox Intercessor: Serena Willcox Chalice bearer: Mark Taylor Acolyte: Danny Moreau Ushers: Woody Hannum, Renee Dillard Greeter: Renee Dillard 10:30 Lectors: 1) Charlie Bailey 2) Laurie Bailey Intercessor: Kay Montgomery Chalice bearers: Ben Harris, Beth Hardaway Acolytes: Darrel Williams, Boone Reeves, Mark Williams, Laura Hampton Greene, William Kelly Ushers: Louie Wood, Skeeter Robertson, Bill Hines, Paul Webb, James Hamilton
Music for Easter Sunday Voluntary Herbert Howells Sarabande for the Morning of Easter Processional Hymn 183 Victimae Paschali laudes Hymn 179 Fortunatus David Hurd Easter Antiphon (Psalm 118:14-17, 22-24) Sequence Hymn 194 St. Albinus Offertory Anthem (8:00) Charles Villiers Stanford Te Deum Laudamus, (10:30) Robert Lau Christ is Risen! Alleluia! Presentation Hymn 208 Victory Craig Phillips Festival Eucharist, Sanctus and Benedictus qui venit Craig Phillips Festival Eucharist, Christ Our Passover Communion Hymn 190 Fisk of Gloucester Communion Hymn 204 Noel nouvelet Motet (8:00) Jane Marshall Easter Prayer (10:30) Malcolm Williamson Dignus est Agnus Post Communion Hymn 207 Easter Hymn Processional Marcel Lanquetuit Toccata in D Major
Easter Sunday Schedule
Lectionary: 2d Sunday of Easter
There is always a lot happening at All Saints on any given Sunday, but Easter Sunday will be really busy!
Isaiah 50:4-9a Philippians 2:5-11
8:00am - Holy Eucharist with Parish and Girls’ Choirs
Lay Ministers: 2d Sunday of Easter
9:00am - Breakfast in the courtyard (weather permitting). If you would like to bring some finger food, please call Jean Tucker (753-1984) or Charlotte Hall (473-8281) to let them know. Wear your favorite Easter hat and enjoy the beauty of the day! 9:30am - Flowering of the Cross Everyone is encouraged to bring some sort of flowers or greenery to put in the wooden cross that will be in the courtyard. After that, the Easter Egg Hunt will begin! The EYC will meet at 8:30 to stuff and hide the eggs. There is no Sunday School on Easter Day. 10:30am - Holy Eucharist with Parish, Girls’ and Training Choirs to sing 11:45am - Reception in the courtyard If you would like to bring some finger food, please call Jean Tucker (753-1984) or Charlotte Hall (473-8281) to let them know. Champagne will be served! Don’t forget your Easter bonnet! Easter Evening - A week of hosting the Interfaith Hospitality/Family Promise network begins. The EYC will cook supper and welcome the families to All Saints. Time will be announced later. If you would like to help with cooking, hosting or sleeping over, call Henry Brewster at 338-0630 or email him at brewster919@bellsouth.net .
Psalm 31:9-16 Luke 22:1-23:56
Altar Guild: Martha Harris, Jeff Clearman, Ellen Wingard, Julie Praytor Flower Guild: Carol Mackey, Jean Tucker Breakfast: Charlotte Hall, Amy Hamilton, Karen McDonald Reception: Elizabeth Doyle, Kim Kelly 8:00 Lector: Larry Hallett Intercessor: Joe Basenberg Chalice bearer: Serena Willcox Ushers: Fred & Barbara South Greeter: Renee Dillard 10:30 Lectors: 1) Amy Hunter 2) Marion Elledge Intercessor: Martha Harris Chalice bearers: Lister Thomas, Bruce Barrett Acolytes: Louie Wood, Danny Moreau, William Kelly, Emma Gray, Emily Doyle Ushers: EYC
Music for 2d Sunday of Easter Voluntary Johann Sebastian Bach Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 625 Processional Hymn 205 Gelobt sei Gott Craig Phillips, Festival Eucharist, Gloria in Excelsis Deo Peter Hallock Psalm 150 Sequence Hymn 209 St. Botolph Offertory Anthem William Harris Most Glorious Lord of Life Presentation Hymn 192 Vreuchten Craig Phillips Festival Eucharist, Sanctus and Benedictus qui venit Craig Phillips Festival Eucharist, Christ Our Passover Communion Hymn 184 Christ ist erstanden Communion Hymn Gerald Near Draw Near and Take the Body of Your Lord Post Communion Hymn 212 Richmond Processional Noel Rawsthorne Sortie: Christ the Lord Is Risen Again!
Lay Ministers for April 2010 Date
Time
Lector
Chalice
Acolytes
Ushers
Altar Guild
Breakfast
Reception
Flower Guild
F Rouse L Thomas
D Williams C Tucker
L Wood R Bradford M Morrison
B Ratcliffe M Petithory K McKenzie V Mitchell S Meztista
April 1 Maundy Thursday
6pm
April 2 Good Fri‐ day
12N K Winkler 6 pm B Barrett
April 3 Great Vigil of Easter
7:30p Vigil readers: R Coarsey E Wilder B Ayres L Van Dyke D Nichols Euch. Reader: R Williams
S Williams C Kelly S Meztista J Basenberg S Hewitt M Petithory D Greene
F Rouse M Elledge
D Williams L Wood D Moreau
A Mitchell M Williams D Greene H Brewster P Mackey B Ratcliffe
TBA
Agapé Meal: Everyone
R Bradford K Flowers E Doyle C Hall
April 4 Easter Day
8:00
S Willcox
M Taylor
D Moreau
W Hannum R Dillard
TBA
Everyone
Flowers from Easter Vigil
10:30 1 C Bailey 2 L Bailey
K Montgomery B Harris D Williams B Hardaway B Reeves M Williams LH Greene W Kelly
L Wood S Robertson B Hines P Webb J Hamilton
TBA
Everyone
April 11 2d Sunday of Easter
8:00
J Basenberg
S Wilcox
B South F South
10:30 1 A Hunter 1 M Elledge
M Harris
L Thomas B Barrett
L Wood D Moreau W Kelly E Gray E Doyle
EYC
April 18 3d Sunday of Easter
8:00
M Petithory
K Winkler
10:30 1 R Gray 2 M Nissen
H Caddell
April 25 8:00 4th Sunday of Easter
1 L Van Dyke 2 M Allison
Intercessor
S Willcox
L Hallett
B Ratcliffe
M Petithory
10:30 1 M Allison 2 B Harris
M Harris J Clearman E Wingard J Praytor
C Hall A Hamilton K McDonald
C Mackey J Tucker
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E Doyle K Kelly
The Evatts
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C Kelly C Doyle W Hester
C Ryan D Nichols
M Morrison D Williams F Hannum B Reeves A Kelly B Ayres L Ayres R Brewster
D Mosley C Doyle H Calloway C Blackwell
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Diana, Kate, & Bess Nichols
B Evatt
B Ratcliffe
C Coker M Taylor
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J Clearman M Harris S Cleveland
D Foster
L Wood D Williams B Hardaway B Reeves M Williams S Williams G Ayres W Kuot
L Wood H Roldan J Hamilton S Robertson
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April Birthdays 1 Will English 2 Anna Mary Shields 4 Connie Flowers 5 Jayne Chiepalich, Philip Roldan 8 Rob Gray 9 Chan Flowers 10 Dottie Dunnam 11 Sandra Lee, David Rahm 14 Mitch Powell
15 18 19 21 22 23 25 26 27 29
Laurie Owen, Hendrik Snow Betty Bentley, Elizabeth Slaton Caroline Mosley Chris Hume III Susan Moore Melanie Petithory, Barbara South Savanah Wesley Lucy Perkins Stephen Chiepalich Elaine Delaney, David Powers
R Greene L Williams
C Zimmerman C Hall
All Saints Window All Saints Episcopal Church
April 2010 Sun
Mon
4 8am Holy Eucharist 9am Breakfast 9:30 Flowering the Cross, Easter Egg Hunt 10:30am Holy Eucha‐ rist Reception following
8am Holy Eucharist 9am Breakfast 9:25 Christian Ed 10:30am Holy Eucharist Reception following IHN ENDS 18 3d Sunday of Easter
8am Holy Eucharist 9am Breakfast 9:25 Christian Ed 10:30am Holy Eucharist Reception following
8am Holy Eucharist 9am Breakfast 9:25 Christian Ed 10:30am Holy Eucharist Reception following
Fri
Sat
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7 12N Holy Eucharist
11:30am All Saints serves lunch at 15 Place
2 Holy Saturday / 3
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
Easter Eve
12N Al‐Anon, Smith Rm 5:30pm AA, Smith Rm 6pm Holy Eucharist & Washing of Feet, Church
12N Good Friday Liturgy, Church 6pm Good Friday Liturgy, Church
10am Recovery 2day, Smith Rm 9am Holy Saturday Liturgy, Church 9:30am Rehearsal for Vigil 7:30pm Great Vigil of Easter and Agape Meal
8 12N Al‐Anon, Smith Rm 5:30pm AA, Smith Rm
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10 10am Recovery 2day, Saad Rm
IHN WEEK 12
26
13 12N Golden Circle 3:30pm Training Choir
19 6pm Vestry Mtg
25 4th Sunday of Easter
Thu
6
5
11 2d Sunday of Easter
Wed
Easter Sunday
Tue
20 4:30pm Murray House Board Mtg
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14 12N Holy Eucharist 4pm Girls Choir 6pm 15 Place Board Mtg , Smith Rm 7:30pm Adult Choir
15 12N Al‐Anon, Smith Rm 5:30pm AA, Smith Rm
21 12N Holy Eucharist 4pm Girls Choir 7:30pm Adult Choir
22 12N Al‐Anon, Smith Rm 5:30pm AA, Smith Rm
28 12N Holy Eucharist, Chapel 3:30pm Training Choir 4pm Girls Choir 7:30pm Adult Choir
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17 10 am Recovery 2day, SAAD Rm PFLAG 10:30 Smith Rm
23 5:30pm Food Share
24 8:00am Food Share distribution 10am Recovery 2day, Smith Rm
29 12N Al‐Anon, Smith Rm 5:30pm AA, Smith Rm
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May 1 10 am Recovery 2day, Smith Rm Beckwith Parish Weekend
EYC NEWS Sunday 3.28 The EYC will be hosting a thank you lunch for the Contes and all of the work they have put into the EYC. We will meet in Stirling Hall at 11am to have lunch ready by the end of the 10:30 service. The weather is supposed to be great so we will transport our meal to Washington Square for a picnic. Sunday 4.4 Easter Sunday! We will meet at 8:30am to stuff eggs and hide them for the Easter Egg Hunt that starts at 9:30. This is also our week for the families from IHN. The EYC will be cooking out for the families and welcoming them to All Saints for the week. When we figure out the time I will let you all know. Thursday 4.8 April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Lifelines Family Counseling has some great events planned. Thursday is the ‘Take Back the Night’ Walk, which takes place on the campus of South Alabama. All ages are encouraged to attend. Ask me for more details. Saturday 4.10 Lifelines will be hosting their Kickball Tournament. A few kids have expressed some interest. The team form is due Friday, so let me know ASAP who wants to play and I can give you more details. This is for ages 16 and up. Adults are welcome too! Sunday 4.11 NO EYC. This is the weekend between St. Paul’s⁄UMS and Murphy’s Spring Break so we will take the day off. Enjoy your vacations! Contact Information: Catherine Mackey- SCatherineMackey@gmail.com- 490-6675
Would you like to help decorate the church for Easter in memory of or in thanksgiving for loved ones? If so, please turn in this form and your donation (suggested: $50) by putting it in the offering plate or by sending it to the church office, 151 S. Ann St, Mobile, AL, 36604. The deadline is Wednesday, March 31, at 4pm. Please PRINT the name(s) as you would like them to appear. Check M (Memorial) or T (Thanksgiving) M T _____________________________________________________________________ M T _____________________________________________________________________ M T _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ M T _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Please keep in your prayers: Jo Dunaway Karly Dodson Jane Blake Dorothy Evatt Martha Welborn Judy McKee Ted Kelley Louie Skipper Dick Wellington Brynn Woods Mitch Price Joel Danley Celeste Taylor Cintra Pemberton Larry Hall Tim Holston Bill & Lida Bowman Linda Irby Laura
Serving in the military:
Spencer Abbot Matt Abbot Sean Paul Naylor Joseph Willcox Steven DeWeese William Wesley Pollard Daniel Robert The policy of this church is to keep people on the prayer list for one month. After a month, they will be removed. If you want someone to be on the list longer, please call the office; the request will be updated and s/he will be kept on for another month.
The 4th Annual AQUA Community Unity Awards Banquet will be held this year on Saturday, April 10 at the Holiday Inn downtown. AQUA is an organization whose mission it is “to make a difference by bringing our community together through various fundraising events for the benefit of deserving organizations. It is also our mission to recognize individuals in our community who have worked to make a difference by the awarding of the J. Allen Pope/Reaching Out Award.” Past winners of this award include All Saints members Suzanne Cleveland, Harold Dodge, and Jim Flowers and Mary Robert. This year, the Integrity of the Gulf Coast chapter is one of the sponsoring organizations of the banquet. If you are interested in attending the banquet, contact Marion Elledge (melledge5@comcast.net). Tickets are $35 each. For more information about AQUA and the banquet speaker go to http://www.aquahelps.org/cua.htm.
An appeal for help with an Eagle Scout project I am building movable partition walls to replace the blue tarps that create the sleeping areas for the families of IHN. I will also be cleaning out and organizing the closets in Striling Hall to make room for them. Finally, I will be repairing or replacing the games in the EYC room for our IHN guests. I am required to raise donations for the materials to build the partitions. Please make donations to me; you can send them to my home, 2556 S. Delwood Dr., Mobile, AL 36606 or leave them at the church for me to pick up. Once I have enough money I can start building. Any money left over will go to the church. I have scheduled my first work day for April 17 at 10:30 at Stirling Hall, and would like to have help. Please come if you can. Thank you, Forrest Brewster
All Saints Church 151 SOUTH ANN STREET MOBILE, AL 36604 www.allsaintsmobile.org Return Service Requested
Clergy
The Rt. Rev. Philip M. Duncan II, Bishop Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast The Rev. James B. Flowers, Jr., Rector rector@allsaintsmobile.org Office: 438-2492 Home: 436-8932 The Rev. Mary C. Robert, Assistant Rector asstrector@allsaintsmobile.org Office: 438-2492 Home: 479-5084
All Saints Church Staff
Jeff Clearman, Principal Parish Musician jeff@allsaintsmobile.org Mary Holbrook, Financial Administrator mary@allsaintsmobile.org Parish Administrator office@allsaintsmobile.org Irene Raymond, Parish Sexton Lila Higdon, Jennifer Brownlee, Elizabeth Dunnam, Nursery Workers
All Saints 2010 Vestry
Jim Ayres Chris Conte Harold Dodge Rob Gray Renea Greene Charlotte Hall Martha Harris Clark Kelly, Treasurer Pete Mackey, Senior Warden Matt McDonald Susan Meztista Michael Morrison, Junior Warden Diana Nichols, Clerk Jean Tucker Darrel Williams
All Saints Committee Chairs
Acolytes: The Rev. Mary Robert Addiction & Recovery: Becky Wilson Adult Christian Education: The Rev. Jim Flowers Altar Guild: Melanie Petithory Choirs: Jeff Clearman Communications: The Rev. Mary Robert Community Ministries: Matt McDonald Constitution & By Laws: Pete Mackey Episcopal Youth (EYC): Chris & Emily Conte Finance Committee: Clark Kelly, treasurer Flower Guild: Katharine Flowers Food Share: Susan Meztista, Mark Taylor, Burl Ratcliffe Golden Circle: Laura Rutherford, Wylly Stirling Hospitality & Events: TBA IHN/Family Promise: Henry Brewster Lectors & Chalice Ministers: The Rev. Mary C. Robert Long-Range Planning: Curt Doyle Nursery: Elizabeth Doyle, Amy Hunter, Jim Ayres Parish Development: Clark Kelly Property: Curt Doyle Refugees: Martha Harris Ushers: Bill Evatt, Louie Wood Stewardship: Joe Basenberg, All Saints Vestry Youth Christian Education: Renea Greene
All Saints Episcopal Church
151 South Ann Street, Mobile, AL 36604 www.allsaintsmobile.org
Service Schedule Sundays
Wednesdays
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist 9:00 am Breakfast 9:20 a.m. Christian Education Classes (during school year) 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist 12 Noon Holy Eucharist (Chapel)