Dear Friends,

Thank you for “getting out the vote” for our fabulous Pledge Campaign: your witty and generous slogans to “vote for All Saints,” your awesome yard signs (how great are they on our lawn?), and your faithful pledges! You can read more below about our results. Stay tuned as the Vestry crafts the 2025 budget! 

We turn our attention next, of course, to the best day in our church calendar: All Saints’ Day! We will celebrate THIS Sunday with a brass band, a litany of the saints, lots of joy (especially at the 9 am service when there will be NINE baptisms!), and the great cloud of witnesses represented by the names of our beloved departed flying in the colorful flags overhead.

This is OUR feast day, our name day, and a wonderful reminder that our lives after death are changed, not ended, and that those we love but see no longer are still with us. 

All Saints’ Day, which here at All Saints blends All Saints, All Souls, and the Day of the Dead, is a day when we blend joy and sorrow as we remember and grieve, rejoice and celebrate. It is one of those times when the complexity of life is crystallized: that we often hold sorrow and joy in one hand. Come feel it all this Sunday.

See you in church!

Faithfully, Suzanne+

P. S. Still need to make flags or want to help decorate for Sunday? Join us tonight between 6-8 pm in the sanctuary!

VOTE FOR ALL SAINTS

The results of the 2025 VOTE FOR ALL SAINTS Pledge Campaign are in!

We are so grateful for everyone’s generosity and for voting for all we do here.

Number of pledges: 161

Total pledge amount: $508,327

Number of new pledges: 35

Total amount if everyone renews who pledged last year: $606,757

Total amount we need to do all we hoped in 2025: $632,000

On Pledge Sunday (last Sunday) we invited you to fill out a Pledge/Campaign card, asking you to tell us what you are voting for at All Saints.

Here are just some of your faithful responses:

• FOR AUTHENTIC SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUED CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER.

• SPACE THAT HOLDS ALL THE COMPLEXITIES OF LIFE – JOY, SORROW, LOVE, HEARTACHE, PRAISE, LAMENTATION, PRAYER, WEEPING.

• SENSE OF COMMUNITY, SHARING CELEBRATIONS, SUPPORT IN THE HARD TIMES.

• I VOTE FOR BABIES, TODDLERS, CHILDREN, AND TEENS! FOR JUSTICE AND JOY!

• WE LOVE COFFEE HOUR SNACKS! SPECIFICALLY DONUTS!

• REFUGIA COMMUNITY, FEEDING PEOPLE, HOUSING PEOPLE, CARING FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE, JUSTICE, MERCY, JOY, SINGING, PRAYING, LAUGHING.

Your financial gifts are a blessing to our church community and because of you, we can continue to make our votes count right here at the corner of Wilson and Hermitage! Your pledges support our neighbors in need, help us build our community and faith lives so that they can be shared with all we encounter, and fuel the fight for justice in our city, country, and beyond. Thank you again for sharing your gifts!

And If you haven’t pledged yet, you still can!

Today: Friday, November 1

6:00 - 8:00pm

Short, gathered prayer at the end of the evening.

Hang Flags. Drop off Flags.

Eat Pizza. 

Make Candle Ofrendas.

Bring photos / images of your dearly departed 

to make candle ofrendas to take home.

We’ll have all the supplies!

ALL SAINTS' SUNDAY

All Saints’ Day is celebrated with Day of the Dead traditions, a New Orleans style brass band, and a sanctuary full of prayer flags inscribed with names and remembrances of those loved and lost by members of our community.

Remember to check your clocks (Fall Back) and get to church on time

with an extra hour of sleep!

Daylight Saving ends after midnight on Sunday.

Election Day at All Saints

Tuesday, November 5

The church will be open from 8 am – 4 pm for quiet prayer.

At 8:00 pm we will offer a contemplative and peaceful evening service.

We come together to know that we have a place, a community, and a God of strength and calm even in the midst of swirling emotions and social discord.

Baptism at All Saints!

Are you an Adult Interested in being Baptized?

Come to an Inquirer’s Meeting!

Sunday, November 10 at 12:30pm

For Adults: If you are interested in being baptized, please plan to attend an Inquirer's Meeting on Sunday, November 10 at 12:30 and let Suzanne know of your interest at suzanne@allsaintschicago.org.

Traditionally, we baptize children in January on the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, in late spring on the Feast of Pentecost, and in the fall on the Feast of All Saints. Adults are usually baptized at the Easter Vigil (the night before Easter Sunday).

Liturgical Ministry Training for All Saints Lectors and Intercessors

Sunday, November 10 after the 9am service.

Sunday, November 17 after the 11am service.

Whether you are inquiring, fairly new, or experienced as a lector or intercessor at Sunday Eucharist, you are invited to attend a 45 minute training in these liturgical ministries. The training will provide you with practical information and resources, as well as performance tips intended to help build competence and confidence for the proclamation of scripture and/or leading of the prayers. 

 If you plan to attend either of these sessions, please sign up here. If you would like to become a lector or intercessor but cannot make a training session, please contact Terry DeLisio (tdelisio@bexleyseabury.edu) or Caroline Moore (Cmoore273@att.net) for information about how to get started.

Centering Prayer at All Saints

Wednesdays at 7:00 pm in the Reading Room

Silence is God's first language" (St. John of the Cross)

Join practitioners of centering prayer on Wednesdays in the Reading Room at 7 pm for 20 minutes of centering prayer, followed by an optional time of discussion. Interested in learning more? Doors open at 6:45 for those who would like instruction in and more information about silent prayer.



"Centering Prayer is a receptive method of Christian silent prayer which deepens our relationship with God, the Indwelling Presence … a prayer in which we can experience God’s presence within us, closer than breathing, closer than thinking, closer than consciousness itself" (Contemplative Outreach).

All Saints Book Club

Thursday, November 14 at 7:30 pm on Zoom

Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice

“A magnificent, compulsively readable thriller . . . Rice begins where Bram Stoker and the Hollywood versions leave off and penetrates directly to the true fascination of the myth—the education of the vampire.”—Chicago Tribune

The All Saints Book Club meets on the second Thursday of the month at 7:30pm on Zoom. If you are not a regular attendee, email Mike Burke at mebcat@gmail.com for a meeting invite.

Join hosts Jenan Mohajir and All Saints parishioner Adam Phillips as they speak with Interfaith America Faith in Elections grantees about how faith convictions motivate their civic engagement and service. 

In an election season marked by chaos and division, Interfaith America’s Faith in Elections podcast cuts through the noise and deepens the conversation, highlighting the remarkable stories of everyday faith leaders who are working to build bridges and uphold democracy.

The Faith in Elections Podcast is part of the Voices of Interfaith America Podcast network. Episodes will be released each Thursday leading up to the 2024 presidential election. 

LISTEN HERE

All Saints volunteers at the Mobile Pantry

Saturday, November 9, 8 -11:30 AM

Join us as we volunteer as a group for RCS Mobile Pantry on Saturday, November 9. The volunteer time is from 8:15-11:30am, and in that time volunteers unload pallets of groceries from the Greater Chicago Food Depository, set up the pantry, and distribute groceries. This pantry operates rain or shine, so please come prepared for the weather. 

Volunteers of all ages are welcome (volunteers who are 17 y/o and under must be accompanied by an adult.) It’s a terrific way to connect with other All Saints members and to support our neighbors in need. Contact Courtney if you want to know more.

You can sign up here. 



We can only bring 12 volunteers so please sign up early. 

VOLUNTEER AT RAVENSWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES (RCS)

TUESDAYS:

Click to Volunteer Hub! 

RCS is also looking for volunteers who would like to join

the Tuesday Delivery Crew. 

Every Tuesday between 12:30-2pm volunteers unload A LOT OF FOOD from pallets on the sidewalk to the Parish Hall for distribution. You should feel comfortable lifting 30-50 lbs and going up and down stairs. Those interested should reach out to Parker at parker@ravenswoodcommunityservices.org.

Screening of The Philadelphia Eleven

Sunday, November 17 at 5:00pm

St. Chrysostoms’ (1424 N Dearborn)

To honor the 50th anniversary of the ordination of women in the Episcopal Church, join The Rev. Ian Burch of St. Chrysostom's and The Rev. Daphne Cody of St. Peter's on Belmont Sunday for a screening of The Philadelphia Eleven. This documentary follows the journey of eleven women fighting for the ordination of women in the Episcopal Church in the early 1970s. Light refreshments provided. If you are interested in the movement that kickstarted the inclusion of women at the head of the church, this event is for you!

Watch the trailer and learn more at https://www.philadelphiaelevenfilm.com/trailer.html.

Questions? Contact ian@saintc.org or daphnecode121@gmail.com. We will pass a hat to help defray some of the costs of the screening, and if you're interested in helping with refreshments, let us know. 

THIS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2

The Investiture of Presiding Bishop-elect Sean Rowe

Join the church-wide virtual celebration

The church-wide virtual celebration of new ministry and investiture of Bishop Sean Rowe as Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church will take place on Saturday, November 2, beginning with a virtual "roll call" of dioceses at 8:30 am Central and a livestreamed Service of Holy Eucharist at 10 am Central.

The service will livestream on the event webpage as well as The Episcopal Church’s Facebook page.

EARLY VOTING HAS BEGUN IN CHICAGO

Any voter in Chicago can vote at any Early Voting site, no matter where they live in the city. Voters can choose whatever voting site is most convenient for them, including on Election Day.

All Early Voting locations are ADA-compliant and fully accessible to voters with disabilities. 

Same Day Registration is available at all Early Voting sites, including 51 sites open as Vote Centers on Election Day. You will need two forms of ID, one with your current address - click here for acceptable forms of ID.

LEARN MORE AND FIND VOTING SITES

If you do not know whether or not you are registered, go to the very east to follow website:

www.chicagoelections.gov

The next vestry meeting will be on Tuesday, November 19 at 7:00pm. Vestry meetings are open to parishioners. To see the most current Vestry Minutes click here.

Facebook Livestream Team at the 11:00am Service

Audio: Kuo Tye

Camera: Lelia Fry

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