All Things, All Saints'
January 19, 2023
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The Light of Epiphany
A candid shot of the Front Desk
in the Church Office this morning.
If you have any candid shots you've taken around All Saints',
We'd love to include them in our communications.
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Our HVAC System is fixed. YAY!
No need for your polar parkas this week.
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WATCH OUR SERVICES & OFFERINGS ON FACEBOOK & YOUTUBE
Just click on the icon for our Facebook Page or our YouTube Channel
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NEXT LIVESTREAM SUNDAY, JANUARY 22
10AM Holy Eucharist ONLINE
LIVESTREAM on Facebook & YouTube
Premieres at 10am, but you can watch anytime after
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Sunday, January 29, 2023
Join us at 9am for the Annual Meeting, which includes the election of 4 new Vestry Members, Convention Delegates, and the Junior Warden. Fr. Dan Burner will share the State of the Parish in his sermon at all services on January 28-29 (Saturday 5pm, Sunday 8am, and 10am).
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A Reflection from Deacon Patrice Taylor |
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Our atmosphere is forming rivers that wash whole communities away while drought threatens Arizona farmers. Governments appear to be in disarray and a new contagious disease is weaving itself into the fabric of American daily life. Over all these events, as if they weren’t enough, we hear the dissonant music of the broken information superhighway.
“Do you think someone invented Covid in a lab?” a friend asked me the other day. “What?” “I don’t know. I just saw it online.”
Life seems to be getting unnecessarily and unhelpfully complex or maybe I’m just tired. I bet, like me, you are billed for things you stopped subscribing to long ago, were the victim of some kind of scam you’re trying to unravel, and can’t get through the bank’s voicemail system in under ten minutes. I have, in some attempt to modulate the noise, sworn off the news simply because I can’t handle all that dire and contradictory intel. I’m a firm believer in recognizing that my sphere of concern is way bigger than my sphere of influence and that I’ll be a much healthier person if I focus on the second.
Into this stress walks Joan Chittister’s beautiful book, “The Monastic Heart”. I heartily recommend it to you. Written during the most frightening moments of the pandemic, it urges each of us to remember that at heart, we are spiritual beings seeking a spiritual life. She reminds us that every spiritual tradition has a monastic stream of influence that feeds it and that these ideas are rich and wonderful possibilities for us to live a sane life in a confusing and scary time. In the book, she explores fifty different monastic practices and adapts them for 21st century life so that “we can begin to live an ordinary life extraordinarily well.”
Monastics do not sleep in the same space, for instance. Members of a community each have their own room. Translated for our lives, where and when do you have quiet and privacy? Everyone needs to “have a door between herself and the rest of the world” at least once a day.
In my personal daily rhythm, I have tried to make a few changes with the coming of the new year and am beginning to reap the rewards of this effort in a greater calmness and clarity of mind. I write from my soul for two pages first thing in the morning and practice centering prayer at the end of a day. Altogether, it takes less than an hour. What can help you, I wonder, to withdraw a little from the chaos? As the poet Rumi once said, “A little while alone in your room will prove more valuable than anything else that could be given you.” We cannot leave society and move to a mountaintop abbey, but we can live differently in the world, in a way that survives the shifts and turns of modern life, because we are grounded in something ageless.
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Pray. Learn. Serve. Connect. |
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Adult Formation 2023
Sundays 9am in St. Barbara
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Sunday, January 22: Annual Budget Review
Sunday, January 29: Annual Parish Meeting
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In-Person Rosary Prayer
at 9:15am
in the Chapel
All Saints' Rosary Prayer Online
Every Sunday on Facebook & YouTube Premieres at 9:15am
but you can view anytime after.
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Coming soon, in Lent 2023:
Plan to join Deacon Patrice for Sacred Rest, in an Hour or Less this coming Lenten season. Every Monday evening from February 27 to April 3 we will gather on Zoom at 6:30pm for 20 minutes of centering prayer and 30 minutes spent exploring ways to simplify our homes, priorities, schedules, and information intake so that we can think, pray, rest and just be. Plan to start your week in contemplation and community this coming Lent. No registration required. Watch for the zoom link as Lent approaches and share it with your friends and family!
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Children & Youth Formation |
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SUNDAYS at 9am:
SUNDAY SCHOOL
for Children through Grade 5
in the Urbano Library
in the Church Office
CLASP & Youth grades 4-12
NEXT GATHERING: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19 at 9am
in the Youth Room
in the Church Office.
Youth Confirmation 2023
Youth Confirmation preparation begins January 22! If you are a student in grades 7-8 (or above), or if you know someone who is, it is not too early to sign up for Confirmation class! This year, the youth Confirmation class will meet on Sunday mornings during the 9am education hour.
As students prepare to make their own mature commitment to their Christian faith and to the Episcopal Church, we will read and discuss the Gospel of Mark together, learn about the baptismal covenant and different practices of prayer, discuss with All Saints' clergy and adult mentors how our faith influences our daily lives and actions, and participate in service projects, both within the church and in the wider community. Students and their families are encouraged to attend the Eucharistic service after class on Sunday mornings.
Students will be confirmed by Bishop Jennifer Reddall at All Saints' Episcopal Church in May, 2023. The registration fee is $100 (scholarships are available). For more information or to sign up, contact Chesirae Valentine at cvalentine@allsaintsoncentral.org.
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SAVE THE DATE FOR PANCAKES!
The Shrove Tuesday dinner will be on Tuesday, February 21.
Join us for games, palm leaf burning, and some sweet treats!
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VIRTUAL WOMEN'S BREAKFAST WEEKLY ON ZOOM
All women are invited every Friday at 9:30am on Zoom. BYOC (bring your own coffee)! Click here and follow the instructions on your screen to join.
Meeting ID: 899 7988 3593
Passcode: 411001
Questions: contact Joyce Moderow
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VIRTUAL MEN'S BREAKFAST
WEEKLY ON ZOOM
All men are invited every Thursday at 8am on Zoom. BYOC (bring your own coffee)!, Click here and follow the instructions on your screen to join.
Meeting ID: 814 7721 6264
Password: 416506
Questions: contact Tom Walker at
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In-Person Women’s Breakfasts at 9am
Wednesday, February 8, Scott's Generation’s Deli, 742 East Glendale Avenue (northeast corner of 7th Street and Glendale).
Thursday, March 9: Moon Valley Diner, 502 East Thunderbird Road (northwest corner of 7th Street and Thunderbird).
Tuesday, April 11: First Watch / Park Central, 3110 North Central Avenue
Caring Crafters will be meeting at Panera Bread (20th St. south of Camelback) on the 3rd Thursday each month, we will meet a 4:00PM. Next gathering THIS Thursday, January 19. For more information contact SharronLuther@yahoo.com
20s and 30s Group
For anyone in their young adulting life, join other twenty- and thirty-somethings for fellowship, ministry, and evening services. The group meets the second Tuesday of every month. For questions, please email Chesirae Valentine at cvalentine@allsaintsoncentral.org
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Opportunities to Reach Out |
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All Saints' Episcopal Day School Blood Drive
All Saints’ Episcopal Day School is proud to host our sixth annual blood drive with Vitalant (formerly United Blood Services) on Wednesday, February 2.
Drive Details:
Wednesday, February 2
1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Manning Hall
Primary contact: Ms. Karen Pack
An estimated 38 percent of Americans are eligible to give blood, but of those, less than 10 percent actually donate each year. If you are healthy and eligible, please come out to donate. Most donations take about an hour, so book your appointment, roll up your sleeve, and become a part of the lifesaving mission of Vitalant and All Saints’. If you don’t know if you’re eligible, please click here to read the blood donor qualifications.
Because space is limited, we ask that you make your lifesaving appointment TODAY! Let’s make an impact on February 2!
Donate to Nourish Phoenix (formerly ICM)
Nourish Phoenix serves the working poor with food, clothing, and other basic necessities. Nourish Phoenix has seen a sharp increase in the number of clients reaching out for support, and there is a particular shortage of personal hygiene products (soap, body wash, shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste) and cleaning products like laundry detergent. They also always need non-perishable, protein-rich food, nutritious children's snacks, clothes and shoes (particularly men's and children's), and baby care products. If you can help, bring your donations to church at any time, and place them inside the NourishPhoenix cupboard inside the front door of the sanctuary. (Where we used to put ICM donations) Donation items need to be in a bag or a box. They cannot accept anything that is ripped, stained, or dirty, or is larger than a microwave.
MEALS OF MERCY
If you or a family member are struggling with a short term health crisis, are welcoming a new baby, or have faced a serious loss, the Meals of Mercy feeding ministry is here with a hot meal to give you the strength to get through. If short term meals support would be a blessing in your life, please contact Deacon Patrice Taylor at 623 242-4692 or palshatti@allsaintsoncentral.org. If you’d like to join us in feeding the body of Christ here at All Saints’ please contact Lois Francis at lm.francis@hotmail.com or call her at 602 214-0675. Contact Deacon Patrice for more info about the program at palshatti@allsaintsoncentral.org.
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Need Prayers? Use the DOK Request Cards!
Do you have a need for prayers that will be anonymous? These can be for concerns, illness, celebrations or whatever your heart carries. Fill out the blue card on the Welcome Table. One of the Daughters of the King will retrieve it and a message will be sent out to the chapter about your request, so each member can pray for you. The Order of the Daughters of the King’s pray daily and include those prayers that are requested. If you have any questions about the prayer cards or the Order of the Daughters of the King, please call Pit Lucking at 602-481-1674, or email pit.lucking@gmail.com.
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THANK YOU to the 176
who have made their pledge:
$573,930
Thank you for your prayerful consideration
to support All Saints’ for 2023.
Our goal is 100% participation.
No amount is too small.
For those of you who are still discerning,
we join with you in prayer and thanksgiving.
We hope you will join your friends by participating
in the financial support of our community
and its ministry in Christ.
Just as all are welcome at God’s table,
all are needed to do His work.
Pledge Cards are available in the narthex/lobby,
YOUR PLEDGE MAKES POSSIBLE:
+ beautiful Episcopal liturgy
+ glorious music
+ livestream & online services
+ on-going pastoral care
+ educational & formational programs
+ mission-driven service
to local agencies & organizations & individuals
+ fellowship connections
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OUR PARISH FAMILY
This week, we pray for our beloved friends and family who have died.
MARYCAY ARMER
Funeral service
Feb 18 at 2pm
TOM PRESTON
Funeral service
Jan 28 at 2pm
May their souls and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
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A HUGE THANK YOU
to everyone who has sent in their pledge. It really means so much, especially now.
Three Ways to Keep Current:
1. Sending your personal check to: All Saints' Church, 6300 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85012
2. Use your bank's
online bill-pay
3. Through our secure, online system, REALM.
Call the Church Office and we can walk you through the process easily.
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PREPARE FOR SUNDAY
to view this week's readings and commentaries from Church Publishing.
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FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
JANUARY 8, 2023
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FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
JANUARY 8, 2023
FR. DAN BURNER, SERMON
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SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
JANUARY 15, 2023
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SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY
JANUARY 15, 2023
FR. DAVID SHEETZ, SERMON
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CONTRIBUTIONS
Contribution Statement for income tax purposes will be mailed to you by January 31, 2023. If you requested envelopes, they are available in the narthex/lobby.
Take the [Tuition Tax] Credit! You get the tax credit. They get an education.
Arizona taxpayers can receive a dollar for dollar tax credit up to the maximum listed below for contributions made to a qualified School Tuition Organization (STO), such as Arizona Episcopal Schools Foundation (AESF). A contribution to AESF is a simple way to help provide an exceptional education for deserving students with demonstrated financial need. Send your contribution to AESF and designate All Saints’ Episcopal Day School to ensure your tax dollars come back to our community. For more information, please visit https://www.allsaints.org/giving/tax-credit
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ALTAR FLOWERS UPDATE
A big thank you to all our members who have celebrated memorials and special occasions through altar flower dedications with a donation of $100 or more. It is one more way we enhance our worship to the glory of God.
TO HONOR YOUR LOVED ONES:
Please provide ample time for the request, with a minimum of 2 weeks before the date you want to commemorate. Send your dedication information to Nanette Towsley at ntowsley@allsaintsoncentral.org and either mail the check made out to All Saints’ with “altar flowers” on the memo line, or put in the offering basket at services.
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All Saints’ Legacy Circle
We can always thank God for the many blessings God has given us. And it is a gift to our family and friends when we ensure that our wills are up-to-date, and our affairs are in order. We encourage you to consider remembering All Saints’ Church in your Estate plans, by joining our Legacy Circle. The process is simple and there are information packets in the narthex. Please call Gary Quamme in the Church Office for more information.
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Planning on purchasing ANYTHING on Amazon?
AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support All Saints' every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you'll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to All Saints’ Episcopal Church. Bookmark the link: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/86-0133389 to support us every time you shop.
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So far, those of you who have used AmazonSmile have contributed $2,023 to All Saints', at no additional cost to you. |
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CHECK OUT THE
2021 ANNUAL REPORT
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To view or print
this full-color 56-page
review of All Saints' in 2021,
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CURRENT COVID-19 PROTOCOLS
Your comfort, safety, and health are most important.
Our Current Protocol is MASK OPTIONAL.
If you have reason to wear a mask, please feel free to do so.
Otherwise, we look forward to seeing your smile.
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Just working at my desk, trying to get the Annual Report done. Thank you all who made submissions of any type. You'll see it very soon hopefully -- at the time of the Annual Meeting. It's just that time of year where we all turn our heads towards Annual Reports, Income Taxes, Financial & Estate Planning, and cookies. Why cookies now? Always cookies.
Thank you for allowing us to be your source for meaningful worship and an ever-present light of Christ in the world -- wherever you may be. May God bless you.
Faithfully yours,
Nanette Kryske Towsley
Your Director of Communications
P.S. The likeness of me at my desk was the "White Elephant" gift I received at our Staff Christmas Party. It really fits the decor in my office.
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