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January 8:
The First Sunday after Epiphany:
The Baptism of our Lord
Celebrant:
Chalice Bearers
8:00 am:
Paul Tilman
10:00 am:
Faith Sealy, Phil Sealy
Lower Station
8:00 am:
Dolores Wiseman
10:00 am:
Marta Brace
Acolytes
8:00 am:
Bob Kneepkens
10:00 am:
Tim Peterson - Cr.
Henry Gadzik,
Julie Holly
Lectors
Mike Gadzik:
Isaiah 42:1-9
(Lect. pg. 22)
Heather McCombs:
Acts 10:34-43
(Lect. pg. 22)
Altar Guild
Joan Hendry
Ushers
8:00 am:
Chuck Morris,
Cherie Krynock-Morris
10:00 am:
Steve Gilling,
Chris Laswell
Greeters at Drew Entrance
Joanne Bozeman,
Ken Bozeman
Counters
Joanne Bozeman,
Marlene Angevine
Nursery
Iris Hertting,
Ben Wolf
Coffee Hour
Jan & Bill Reeves
January 15:
The Second Sunday after Epiphany
Celebrant:
Fr. Jim Harrison
Chalice Bearers
8:00 am:
Jim Hebbe
10:00 am:
Julie Dahl,
Suzanne Fischer
Lower Station
8:00 am:
Bob Kneepkens
10:00 am:
Mike Gadzik
Acolytes
8:00 am:
Judy Hebbe
10:00 am:
Chris Laswell - Cr.
Michael Laswell,
Alex Laswell
Lectors
Sarah Gilbert:
Isaiah 49:1-7
(L
ect. pg. 23)
Joan Hendry:
Corinthians 1:1-9
(Lect. pg. 24)
Altar Guild
Sarah Gilbert
Ushers
8:00 am:
Ken Schoenike
10:00 am:
Heather McCombs,
Mick Rutz
Greeter at Drew Entrance
Pat Tilman,
Paul Tilman
Counters
Ken Bozeman,
Julie Dahl
Nursery
Iris Hertting,
Ben Wolf
Coffee Hour
The Ring Family
January 22, 2017:
The Third Sunday after Epiphany
Celebrant:
Fr. Jim Harrison
Chalice Bearers
8:00 am:
Volunteer
10:00 am:
Stephanie Gadzik,
Emily Gilbert
Lower Station
8:00 am:
Paul Tilman
10:00 am:
Sarah Gilbert
Acolytes
8:00 am:
Barb Schoenike
10:00 am:
Michael Laswell - Cr.
Tina Wilfer,
Julie Dahl
Lectors
Tim Peterson:
Isaiah 9:1-4
(Lect. pg. 25)
Tracy Peterson:
Corinthians 1:10-18
(Lect. pg. 26)
Altar Guild
Catherine Neiswender
Ushers
8:00 am:
Mike Soffa,
Tom Erickson
10:00 am:
Henry Gadzik,
Mike Gadzik
Greeter at Drew Entrance
10:00 am:
Joanne Bozeman
Counters
Suzanne Fischer,
Gail McKay
Nursery
Iris Hertting,
Ben Wolf
Coffee Hour
Heather Mohr
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Connect With All Saints
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A Home Blessing at Epiphany
A part of church history is the custom of blessing homes at the New Year. A family would hold a short service of prayer to ask God's blessing on their dwellings and on all who live, work with, and visit them. In this way, we invite Jesus to be a "guest" in our home, a listener to each conversation, a guide for troubled times, and a blessing in times of thanksgiving.
"Chalking the door" or the door step may be used as a way to celebrate and literally "mark" the occasion. In the Old Testament the Israelites were told to mark their doors with the blood of the lamb on the night of the Passover to ensure that the angel of death would pass them by. Deuteronomy 6:9 says that we shall "write [the words of God] on your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, ... and you shall write them on the door posts of your house and on your gates."
Chalk is made of the substance of the earth and is used by teachers to instruct and by children to play. As the image of the chalk fades, we will remember the sign we have made and transfer it to our hearts and our habits.
It is in the home that the first experience of love occurs; it is there that love is nurtured and grows to maturity. The Christian home is also the ground for much of people's spiritual growth.
The ministry of Jesus occurs in many different homes. Therefore to hallow the home as an environment for nurture and renewal, is a deeply felt need by many Christian households.
The blessing of a home encourages Christians to dedicate their life at home to God and to others.
From A New Zealand Prayer Book page 762
We will be using the form of blessing below at All Saints this coming Sunday, January 08. It is also appropriate as a blessing for your own homes tomorrow, January 06 - Epiphany.
Peace and Blessings, Fr. Jim+
Epiphany is a traditional day to bless your home, inviting Jesus to be revealed in our daily lives. The prayers ask God's blessing on your home and all who live there and visit. As part of the prayers, we mark the doorways with the initials of the legendary names of the Magi: Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar. They are marked in chalk and framed by the numbers of the new year, 2017, as shown below. Because the names of the Wise Men are legendary, it has also been said that "CMB" stands for Christe, Mansionem Benedicat
which is Latin for "Christ, bless this house."
The prayers ask God's blessing on your home and all who live and visit there.
Leader
P
eace be with this house and with all who live here.
All
Blessed be God forever.
The following is said as each character is marked on the door.
20 + CMB + 17
"The three Wise Men..."C" Caspar..."M" Melchior..."B"and Balthasar followed the star of God's Son who became man..." 20 "two thousand..." 17 "and seventeen years ago."
+ "May Christ bless our home..."+"and remain with us throughout the new year."
Leader:
Gracious God, you sent your son, Jesus, to become like us, so that we might become like him. Let us now pray that Jesus will enter our home and bless it with his presence. May he always be here among us; may he nurture our love for each other, share in our joys, and comfort us in our sorrows. Inspired by his teachings and example, let us make our home a dwelling place of love, which spreads far and wide the goodness of Christ. It is in his name that we pray. Amen.
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From the Youth Director, Erin Wolf
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Happy New Year!
Winter-Spring Classes:
Sunday School & Youth Group resume at their usual times on Sunday, January 8. Sunday School meets Sunday mornings 9:00-9:50am, and Youth Group meets Sunday evenings 6:30-8:00pm.
Annual Meeting:
The All Saints Annual Meeting will take place Sunday, January 29 following one joint service at 9:00am. Due to the time of the service and meeting to follow, there will be NO Sunday School. Youth Group WILL meet as planned that evening.
Unity Night:
All students in grades 6-12 and adult leaders are encouraged to attend the annual ecumenical Fox Valley Unity Night Worship at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel on Wednesday, Feb. 1. This event is an evening of worship with youth groups and churches of many denominations from all over the Fox Valley! Doors open at 6:00pm, and the evening will wrap by 8:00pm. Please
contact me
ASAP if you and/or your student plan to attend.
New Beginnings:
This diocesan event is a single overnight designed specifically for middle school students, and All Saints is hosting! Large & small group activities, music, skits, and more are all part of this special experience! If you know a student in grades 6-8 who would be interested in attending, head
here
to register today! Cost is $25/person, and scholarship assistance is available if needed.
30 Hour Famine: All students in grades 6-12 and adult leaders are welcome to join in 30 Hour Famine Friday, Feb. 24-Saturday, Feb. 25. This is a joint event with St. Thomas, Menasha, and they will also be our hosts for the event. More details will be announced soon. If interested, contact me to save your spot.
Student News
We like to include news about current All Saints students to build support within our faith community. Please send any student updates here to be included in future newsletters!
Congratulations to Cade, Connor, and Carter Gonnering on their baptisms on New Year's Day!
Upcoming Youth Events
Jan. 8:
Celebration of Epiphany
Sunday School & Youth Group resume.
Jan. 29: Annual Meeting: One service at 9am
No Sunday School. Youth Group as scheduled.
Feb. 1:
Unity Night Radisson Paper Valley Hotel
6-8pm. Open to grades 6-12 & adult leaders.
Feb. 11-12:
New Beginnings, All Saints
Open to grades 6-8.
Feb. 24-25: 30 Hour Famine
St. Thomas, Menasha. Further details to come.
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Christmas Flowers
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The Christmas flowers
are always a joy and we thank Gina Lytle, her son, Jim Baumann & Two Special Friends for decorating the church.
On Sunday, January 8, at the close of the 10:00am service, you are invited to take home a plant. With the plant comes prayers for another year when you might know peace and joy.
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| Annual Meeting: January 29, 2017 |
There will only be
ONE service at
9:00 am.
- Brunch and meeting to follow in Kemper Hall.
Every parish member is encouraged to attend.
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| Volunteer Painter Needed |
Please contact the Parish Office
here or phone: 920.734.3656, if you would be able to assist painting the final coat on the walls in the office.
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Memorial Flowers & Sanctuary Candles
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Altar Flowers & Sanctuary Candles are one way of remembering loved ones, in thanksgiving or on special dates. Please contact the office for additional information here. 2017 is a perfect time to select dates.
If you have not paid for flowers for your loved ones during 2016, please send a check as soon as possible to complete final totals for contributions.
*We have open flower and candle dates for 2017.
Please contact the office at: 734-3656 or email.
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Christmas Flowers
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CHRISTMAS 2016 - MEMORIAL FLOWERS & GREENS
Given to the Glory of God and in loving memory of:
ROBERT C. KRYNOCK
GEORGE & MYRTLE KRYNOCK
OSCAR & DOLORES LAVINE
JOHN & PAULETTE MORRIS
PAULA DRESCHERS
SIMON & PENNY VAN STEEN
ROGER & GRACE WEGE by the Krynock Family
JOHN & PATRICIA ERICKSON
by Tom & Mary Fran Erickson,
WILLIAM & IDA ERICKSON
Tom & Lisa Aerts,
BEN & MILDRED TESSIN
Dave & Jenny Yingling
JAMES & EUNICE PELLETIER
ROBERT & HELEN SUMMERS
by Stephen & Donna Summers
NORMA KIESNOWSKI
RICHARD O. HARPER, Jr. by Diane Harper
JOYCE MARKS
STEPHEN & LILLIAN MARKS
FRANK & ANNA SOMMERFELDT SR.
FRANK SOMMERFELDT JR. by Jim Marks
SOPHIA RAVEN LONZO by The Lonzo Family
HAROLD & EILEEN ANDREWS
LAWRENCE & EVELYN FISCHER
by Suzanne
& Dennis Fischer
PETER & EDITH KETSCHEK by Nancy & Tom Boll
EARL, ALICE, PETE & TOM WIEGAND
by Philip
& Susan Stenz
BLAINE CLAYPOOL by Alice Claypool
CHARLIE & GEORGIE LINGELBACH by Anne Lingelbach
MR. & MRS. JOHN C. FALCUS by Lynn Schend
N ROUMAN
JAMES ROUMAN & CHRISULA ROUMAN
ROBERT PIERRE SR.
ROBERT PIERRE JR.
PAULA PIERRE SNYDER
HAZEL ESIDOR
LINDA BUFORD by Ezzy Rouman
MARY WHITEHEAD
HOWARD WHITEHEAD
MOIRA WHITEHEAD by All Saints
ELLA & LEW DIBBLE
AGNES & JIM LABRAKE
BILL LABRAKE
REGGIE MURRAY by Ernie & Annette La Brake
BETH MOORE
JOANNE MOORE
ETTA MOORE by Rich & Karrie Moore
FREDERICK GAINES by Judy Gaines
HAROLD & MARY LAUSMAN
CLIFFORD & LEONE HURLEY
JERRY & CINDY HURLEY
JERRY SIGL
DOROTHY LA RUE by Terry & Kathy Hurley
LEMUEL ELM
WILLIAM & MARGARET KING JR
KAYLON KING
WILLIAM & SADIE KING
TIM GERRITY by Marilyn Elm
RICHARD KAYE by Bernadine Kaye
WILLIAM & RUTH MAPES
HARRY & MARY ARONSON by David & Nancy Aronson
RAY & ROSE ANN BLEIER
SEYMOUR & ROSE GMEINER
SEYMOUR GMEINER JR.
DR. JAMES GMEINER
GEORGE GMEINER
JOHN & MINNIE BLEIER by the Bleier Family
WALTER & HELEN DIXON
WALTER & VERONA HEBBE
P. D. NELSON by Jim & Judy Hebbe
STEVE FOUNTAINE
FRANK & VIVIAN FOUNTAINE
MERLE & PURNELL GARRENTON by Lynn Fountaine
LAWRENCE D. LONGLEY
CHARLES J. & CATHERINE S. HOSTETTER
CHARLES WAYNE HOSTETTER
HENRY N. SR. & EFFIE D. LONGLEY
HENRY N. LONGLEY JR.
CAROLYN B. HODGE
OLIVER & WANDA HODGE by Tom & Judith Hodge
RICHARD LEONARD
ENID & LESLIE LEONARD
CHARLES & GLADYS POCOCK
DONALD FELIO
SALLY FELIO by Laurie Leonard
ROSEMARY L. LEYDEN by Joan Hendry
HANNAH MAY TWOMEY by Patrick, Cathy, & Allison Twomey
BILL KUEHMSTED
by Tony & Arden Kuehmsted
GRAFTON & ISABELLE SCHWERBEL
ELIZABETH SCHWERBEL
WILLIAM & FLORENCE McCORMICK
LORRAINE EVERHARDUS by David & Kathleen
Schwerbel
KAREN ECKOLA
BUD ECKOLA
AMY ECKOLA
BARBARA JERNEGAN
BERTHA & BRUNO DALLA GRANA
SAIMA & EMIL ROSENLOF by the Eckola Family
EDWIN & VIVIAN SEALY
ETTA, RUSSELL & PETER FRANCIS
DONALD GILLING by Phil & Faith Sealy
THOMAS & GRACE DALE by Gillian Dale
KATHERINE SCHUMITSCH
MARION FALLON
KEN HAGENY
LUCILLE BOWKER
ED & GERTRUDE WISEMAN
DEACON RUSS JOHNS by Dolores & Ron Wiseman
JACK STENZ by Dn. Anne Lang
ROBERT & JACQUELYN ERICKSON by the Erickson sisters
IN THANKSGIVING FOR THE ALL SAINTS FAMILY
by Fr. Jim & Missy Harrison
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From Stephen Leader,
Susan McCardell
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Bringing Christ's healing love to hurting people
The Adventure of a New Year
and
Being Our Authentic Spiritual Selves
The start of a new year - both our new church year each Advent and the new calendar year every January - can be an inspiring time of beginning new habits and shedding old ones. Yet any time during the year, each day, we have the opportunity to be more spiritually aware and accepting of God's grace to be our unique authentic spiritual selves.
From Joyce Rupp, "Open the Door: A Journey to the True Self":
When we open the door of our heart to what beckons us inward, we become adventurers of the unknown territory of our being....
Like the dawn bringing illumination to the day, the journey to our authentic self holds countless findings waiting to enlighten us. The doors we open ultimately lead to the genuine nucleus of our self, affording us the opportunity to shed the falseness to which we once tightly clung.
The more we enter our core reality, the more our true self becomes available to us. When we seek to unite with our inherent goodness (our God-ness), we often encounter obstacles to love that try to thwart our pursuit. We find a lot of inner cobwebs hiding neglected virtues. In addition, we usually uncover dusty corners of useless debris discarded from who we thought we were. Such is the adventure and challenge of uniting more intimately with what is integral to our authenticity. Some opened doors lead to shedding and some lead to embracing. All of the opened places of the heart eventually move us into oneness with radiant Love.
We need not feel weighed down by the possibility of having been overly optimistic about specific goals or resolutions for the new church year or the start of 2017. Instead, we can look forward to the peaceful simplicity of more fully entrusting our lives to God and guidance of the Holy Spirit. In doing so, we learn to gracefully embrace being truly ourselves and allow the light of Jesus to shine through us to others day to day, moment by moment.
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What is a Stephen Minister?
Could you or someone you know benefit from the Christ-defined, confidential care of a Stephen Minister? Do you feel called to be part of this caring ministry?
Contact: Susan McCardell 920.915.0288 or
Susan
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Celebrant, The Rev Jim Harrison
The First Sunday after Epiphany:
The Baptism of Our Lord
8:00 am Holy Eucharist
8:45 am Choir Rehearsal
8:50-11:00 am Nursery
9:00 am Sunday School
9:00 am Bible Study
10:00 am Holy Eucharist
Coffee: Jan & Bill Reeves
6:30 pm Youth Group
WED January 11
9:00 am Holy Eucharist/Holy Unction/Grace Chapel
SUN January 15
Celebrant, The Rev Jim Harrison
The Second Sunday after Epiphany
8:00 am Holy Eucharist
8:45 am Choir Rehearsal
8:50-11:00 am Nursery
9:00 am Sunday School
9:00 am Bible Study
10:00 am Holy Eucharist
Coffee: The Ring Family
Vestry Meeting
6:30 pm Youth Group
WED January 18
9:00 am Holy Eucharist/Holy Unction/Grace Chapel
SUN January 22
Celebrant, The Rev Jim Harrison
The Third Sunday after Epiphany
8:00 am Holy Eucharist
8:45 am Choir Rehearsal
8:50-11:00 am Nursery
9:00 am Sunday School
9:00 am Bible Study
10:00 am Holy Eucharist
Coffee: Heather Mohr
6:30 pm Youth Group
WED January 18
9:00 am Holy Eucharist/Holy Unction/Grace Chapel
SUN January 29 - Save the Date
Celebrant, The Rev Jim Harrison
The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
ONE SERVICE
9:00 am Holy Eucharist/Holy Unction
8:50 - 10:00 am Nursery
9:00 am No Sunday School
Brunch & Annual Meeting to follow
6:30 pm Youth Group
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Sincerely,
Gina Lytle & Emily Gilbert,
Parish Secretaries
All Saints Church
100 N Drew Street,
Appleton, WI 54911
920.734.3656
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