Fr. Christopher will be out of town for a clergy conference Tues. May 13-Thurs. May 15. The regular weekday services and Faith Talk will not be held that week.

This magnetic phone holder was found outside the Palmer Room after church on April 27. If it's yours, please contact the office or stop by to pick it up. Thank you!

The coffee hour schedule is wide open for the rest of May and June! Please contact the office if you'd like to sign up to provide treats after the 10:30 service.

On Saturday, May 10 from 9am-12pm, come help clean up our lawn and flowerbeds for spring! Bring gloves and any tools you want to use.

Come join us and bring a friend to learn and play!  We'll meet in person on Tuesday, May 13 at 6:30pm in the Palmer Room. Questions? Contact Stephanie Gadzik or Catherine Neiswender.

Mark your calendars for the Parish Picnic on Sunday, June 1! We'll gather on the north lawn after the 10:30 am service. A sign-up sheet for the potluck will be posted soon.

Thank you so much to those who have supported ASEC fundraising efforts through purchasing gift cards from RaiseRight/Scrip.

To make it easier to purchase gift cards, three options are now open to you for making your purchase(s):

1. In person, verbal order…Suzanne at the 10:30AM service and Cherie at the 8:30AM service
2. You can get a paper order form at church. Forms are available in the office and/or in the Palmer Room. Fill out the form and return it to the marked, designated envelope.
3. There is also a digital order form available by clicking the link below. Please refer to and click the merchant list below to view the many available gift cards.  

Link to the Merchant List

Order Form List

Should you have any questions, feel free to contact either Suzanne Fischer or Cherie Krynock-Morris.  

REMINDER: If you'd like to have your birthday or anniversary recognized, please contact the office.

May Birthdays

5/2 - Henry Gadzik

5/2 - Ezzy Rouman

5/12 - Ken Bozeman

5/12 - Bill Reeves

5/18 - Craig Jackels

5/30 - Suzanne Fischer

5/31 - Anne Lingelbach

May Anniversaries

5/9 - Suzanne & Dennis Fischer 

5/19 - Fr. Christopher & Anne Wilkerson

My dear All Saints family,

As we continue to explore new ways to revitalize, re-energize, and eventually to grow our parish, it is important to remember that our God is relentless in love, always yearning after us, calling to us, reaching out to us at all times and in all places. So we should, for our part, always be seeking God, listening for the voice of the Spirit for new ideas, fresh inspiration, and exciting new ways of seeing, thinking, and being.

Whence this lofty and poetical introduction to this week’s column, you ask? Well, I’ve been finding some inspiration is a place that is not personally familiar to me, and I want to share that with y’all.

Many of you know that for some time now All Saints has been providing space one night a week for a local chapter of Narcotics Anonymous, an addiction recovery program and support group founded in 1953 and modeled on the 12-step program pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous. The Twelve Steps to recovery have been around since the 1930s, and the individual steps may well be at least passingly familiar to a lot of us. If you’ve never read through all twelve steps, or if it’s been a while since you looked at them, I highly recommend your looking them up. They constitute a powerful spiritual journey, and completing them is far from easy.

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Mission of Congregational Care Ministry: To give solace, understanding and spiritual support to parishioners through a three-pronged approach:

• Eucharistic Ministers deliver the Sacraments to individuals who cannot attend church. Eucharistic ministers receive training from the rector relating to prayers and presentation of the bread and wine in an individual's home or current living situation.

• Service Ministers help those who need assistance with rides to church, grocery shopping, doctors appointments, and similar events they are not able to provide for themselves. Service Ministers may also connect parishioners with community resources that can meet their needs. Service Ministers may also spend time visiting, writing cards/notes or making phone calls to those who are isolated, lonely or ill.  

• Stephen Ministers provide emotional and spiritual support as people deal with illness, dying, grief/loss, divorce, or other difficult life situations. Stephen Ministers receive 50+ hours of training before becoming caregivers.

As the primary contact for Congregational Care, especially in the instance of an immediate or critical need such as a death, hospitalization, serious health issue, or emotional need, Fr. Christopher Wilkerson is the point person. For other needs, Fr C will contact a member of the CCM team who can best provide assistance to the concerned individual and provide the team member with the parishioner’s contact information and a brief statement of his or her need(s).

Stephen Ministers and Eucharistic Ministers may be matched with someone for a minimum of one year or more, or as appropriate. Service Ministers may be matched and serve on an as-needed basis. The Coordinator of the Service Ministry (Paul Van Duser) will recruit members of this ministry from among parish members, matching ministers with parishioners in need.



Please note that all congregational care is confidential! Your CCM Team will never divulge information to anyone outside the team unless specifically requested by a care receiver. For instance, you may want to add your name to the prayer list, or share with the parish any circumstances you'd want our community to know, e.g. prayers for healing and recovery from surgery, support managing a new medical diagnosis, caring for someone ill or dying. The sharing of any information (what, with whom) is invariably the care receiver’s choice.

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The Congregational Care Ministry team consists of Paul Van Duser, Julie Holly and Father Christopher. Paul is the CCM Coordinator and Julie Holly is the Stephen Ministry Coordinator. Parishioners are invited to contact any of the three team members for more information, to volunteer for the ministry, or to ask for ministry assistance.

Contact Information: 

Fr Christopher

920.266.9262 (care line)

fatherchristopherallsaints@gmail.com

Paul Van Duser

847.287.2321 (c)

paul.vanduser@gmail.com

Julie Holly 

920.809.2416 (c)

jmholly76@gmail.com