THIS SUNDAY: March 11, 2018
The Fourth Sunday Lent (B)
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Numbers 21:4-9
Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22
Ephesians 2:1-10
John 3:14-2
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7:00AM
Cami Pascua (EM)
John Hanaoka (U)
Dee Grisby (AG)
9:30AM
Dileep G. Bal (EM)
David Murray & Mary Margaret Smith (R)
Mario Antonio & Linda Crocker (U)
Janis Wright (AG)
Reis & Tyler (A)
Nelson Secretario & Flora Rubio (Prayers)
Sunday School Team "A"
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Sunday, March 11 | 7:45AM - 8:45AM
"Loving God and Our Neighbors"
Lenten Series Session 5 (Memorial Hall)
Wednesday, March 14 | 4:00PM - 8:00PM
Slack Key Spring Festival (Church)
Sunday, March 18| 7:45AM - 8:45AM
"Loving God and Our Neighbors"
Lenten Series Session 6 (Memorial Hall)
Sunday, March 18| 8:30AM - 9:15AM
Baptism Preparation Class (Rector's Office)
Wednesday, March 21 | 5:00PM - 8:30PM
Laundry Love (Kapa'a Laundromat)
Thursday, March 22 | 7:00PM
Daughters of the King (Memorial Hall)
Saturday, March 24 | 8:00AM
Palm Cross Making (Sloggett Center)
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SABBATICAL UPDATE
Schedule shifting slightly to accommodate a new arrival
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Last week, in a letter to the congregation, Ryan and Erin Newman shared the news that they are expecting a baby girl in August. With the new addition to their family, Rev. Ryan will be adjusting his sabbatical schedule in 2018.
Rev. Ryan wrote:
"In a month, I will set out on my first sabbatical experience after 16 years of ordained ministry. It promises to be a profound pilgrimage, literally and figuratively. Initially, the plan was for my sabbatical to begin April 2nd and conclude August 18th. However, Erin and I learned on Christmas Eve that we are going to be parents to a baby girl in late August. Yes, Erin is pregnant! We have begun our pilgrimage to parenthood."
This new journey requires that I adjust my schedule in 2018 whereby I will be dividing my sabbatical time into two parts. I will begin my sabbatical as planned on April 2nd and conclude the first portion June 30th. I will serve full-time in July and most of August. It will also mean that I will be present for the start of the new preschool year, which makes Chris Wataya very happy. In late August (approximately August 25th), I will resume my sabbatical coupled with paternity leave in order to be fully present to my family. I plan to resume part-time duties November 1st including serving on Sundays and will resume my full-time duties on December 1st."
The Reverend Mary Elizabeth Tudela has graciously agreed to serve during Rev. Ryan's absence during both my sabbatical and paternity leave time.
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SCHEDULE REMINDER: EARLY SERVICE AT 8AM STARTING APRIL 8TH
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Starting April 8th, 2018, the early service on Sunday (currently at 7:00AM), will begin at 8:00AM. The later start time will position the early service to better serve a greater number of our ‘Ohana and visitors and potentially grow the service’s attendance in the long run. In the interest of safety, it will allow attendees to commute to church throughout the year during daylight hours. During the sabbatical period, the later start will best accommodate Rev. Mary’s schedule. This change will be in effect through the end of the year (2018).
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TURNING OVER THE TABLES ON SCHOOL VIOLENCE
Rev. Ryan challenges the congregation to respond prophetically
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In light of yet another tragic school shooting, last Sunday, Rev. Ryan offered a powerful and thought-provoking sermon about our call and responsibility to be modern-day prophets by proclaiming through our baptism covenant “Never Again!”
If you were unable to attend last Sunday's service, the sermon audio is available,
click here.
Below is an excerpt from the sermon:
“Never again should our children live in fear to go to school. Turn over the tables!
Never again should a leader be bound by special interest over human interest. Turn over the tables!
Never again should any organization turn a blind eye to the suffering. Turn over the tables!
Never again should our human family allow our holy places to be safe houses for the devil.
We have a moral obligation to stand up and speak out against injustice, greed, corruption, violence.
We are called to go into these sacred places and turn the tables over. To proclaim the Good News.
Turn over the tables so the world can see God’s love shine throughout the Kingdom. Turn over the tables for our children, and their children.”
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NATIONAL CHURCH NEWS
House of Bishops pledges advocacy to end gun violence, sexual violence
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The Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops said March 7 its members will support two major social movements, one to end gun violence and the other to end sexual harassment, violence and gender bias.
The bishops said they “wholeheartedly support and join” young people who survived the deadly Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in their call for an end to gun violence.
In the other statement, they said they knew the “church has fallen short of our responsibility to listen and respond” to “the reality of sexual harassment, gender-based violence, and the cultural stronghold of gender bias and inequity.” The bishops “invite the church to a deeper examination of what God intends for our relationships,” including at the July meeting of General Convention.
Both statements were “accepted” during their annual spring retreat, according to press releases issued by the church’s Office of Public Affairs. The bishops are gathered March 6-9 at
Camp Allen
, an Episcopal camp and conference center in Navasota, Texas.
The statement endorses the goals of the student organizers of the
March for Our Lives
, scheduled for March 24 in Washington, D.C. Companion marches are planned in many U.S. cities and towns, and many Episcopal bishops have voiced their support for those marches. The bishops’ statement reiterated that support.
“Many of us have experienced sexual harassment and perhaps sexual violence,” they wrote. “Bishops who are women know the ‘me-too’ experience. Some bishops who are men know it as well. We live with different experiences of the cultural endowment of power.”
The house pledged to continue what it called “our own work of reconciliation within our branch of God’s church, honoring what we have learned and accomplished, as well as acknowledging the distance we still must travel.”
They said that the work “will take courage.
“As many women and men bravely come forward to speak the truth of their experience, courageous men and women will listen, where appropriate repent, and take an active role in repairing the brokenness, working to change the culture of our church.”
For more information, see the full article
here
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HOME COMMUNION FOR SICK AND SHUT-INS
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All Saints’ Eucharistic Visitors are available each Sunday (pending availability) to bring Communion to those who are sick or shut-in. Requests for a Eucharistic visitation can be made by calling the Church Office at (808) 822-4267 or emailing
homecommunion@allsaintskauai.org
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DAILY LENTEN REFLECTIONS
Diocese clergy share video daily reflections
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During the season of Lent, The Reverend Canon Sandy Graham asked each member of the clergy to provide one video reflection on the daily readings in Lent. Members of the clergy were assigned a day and invited to provide a 1-2 minute reflection.
To view Rev. Ryan's reflection for February 20, 2018,
click here.
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Flowers for All Saints’ Easter Services are made possible by the generous donations of our ‘Ohana. This is a wonderful way to make the church look festive as we celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord and to dedicate a gift in thanksgiving or in memory of someone.
Deadline is Monday, March 26th by noon to be included in the Easter Program. Forms are available online and at the entrance of the Church.
Download Easter Flower Offering Form
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Terry Ann Moses (left) and David Murray (right) are guided by members of the Ke Akua Youth Group through the All Saints' Labyrinth.
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For the past three years, All Saints' has hosted a Beach BBQ at Lydgate Beach Park on Palm Sunday evening, 4:00PM – 6:30PM to kick-off Holy Week.
We will do it again this year: Sunday, March 25
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Beverages will be provided. If you are able, please bring a side dish (not required). It is recommended you also bring a beach chair. Come join us for food, fun, and fellowship!
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THIS WEEK IN SUNDAY SCHOOL
March 11th: Jesus' Ministry Draws to a Close; Mary Prepares Him for Burial
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John 12: Jesus goes to Bethany to the house of Mary and Martha, whose brother, Lazarus, Jesus had raised from death. At supper, Mary takes some expensive ointment and anoints Jesus’ feet with it. Judas Iscariot complains that this ointment could have been sold to give to the poor. But Jesus tenderly defends Mary. “Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial.” Then Jesus Christ says, “The poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.
Mary’s act of anointing comes as a natural, impulsive response to the extravagant love that Jesus has shown to her. As John will later write in 1 John (4:19), “We love because he first loved us.” Love begets love; extravagant love begets extravagant love.
What Mary may not know—but Jesus knows—is that her anointing of him is an early preparation for his death. He probably knows the urgency of their time together. He cherishes this time. He has raised Lazarus and has incurred the ire of the Jewish authorities. His time will end soon. As he says, “His hour has not yet come”—but it will. This brings an extra poignancy to Mary’s devotional act.
Imagine yourself in Mary’s place. Feel the abundant, lavish, unconditional, generous love that is poured upon her by her Lord Jesus. Would you respond any differently than she does—with an equally generous, lavish outpouring of love given back to the one who gives so much to her?
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2018 Lent and Holy Week Schedule
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Sundays, March 11 & 18
Loving God & Our Neighbors
7:45AM, Memorial Hall
Sunday, March 25
Palm Sunday
7:00AM & 9:30AM Church
Monday, March 26
Taize Eucharist
6:00PM, Church
Tuesday, March 27
Georgian Chant Labyrinth Walks
7:00 - 10:00PM,
Labyrinth
Wednesday, March 28
Stations of the Cross
6:00PM, Kealia Beach
Thursday, March 29
Maundy Thursday
6:30PM, Church
Watch and Pray: Overnight Prayer Vigil
Begins at 7:30PM, Church
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Friday, March 30
Stations of the Cross
11:00AM, Church Grounds
Good Friday
12:00PM, Church
Saturday, March 31
Holy Saturday
8:00AM, Church
The Great Vigil of Easter
7:00PM, Church
Sunday, April 1
Sunrise Easter Service
6:00AM, Baby Beach
Easter Eucharist
7:00AM, Church
Festive Easter Service
9:30AM, Church
Easter Festival
11:00AM, All Saints’ Lawn
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IN BRIEF . . .
These news briefs were featured in previous issues of "The Epistle"
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EMERGENCY PASTORAL CARE
There are now two new ways to request emergency pastoral care. Beginning March 1, 2018,
All Saints’ established an Emergency Pastoral Care Phone Number that is available 24 hours a day. Whenever you have a need for support, please call (650) 691-8104 and leave a voice mail. The system will immediately forward the information to the Pastoral Care Committee who will respond to each request. In order to ensure that your need gets a timely response, it is important
not to call Rev. Ryan’s or Rev. Mary’s cell, if you have those numbers. The new pastoral emergency system utilizes the entire committee not just our clergy to make sure we respond as quickly as possible even in the rare instance that a member of the clergy is not available. If you prefer, you may send an electronic pastoral care request via email to
pastoralcare@allsaintskauai.org.
PRAYER CHAIN MINISTRY
To better protect the privacy of those we are praying for and to improve the communication standards of the
Prayer Chain Ministry, All Saints' announced some changes starting March 1, 2018.
Individuals who want to participate in the Prayer Chain Ministry must re-enroll to continue receiving the email communications. To re-enroll, please visit the newly established
Pastoral Care web page or contact the Church Office at (808) 822-4267. The new process will be supported by technology and not dependent on one individual to maintain the entire flow of information. Also, the updated process will provide for greater privacy protection.
SUBMITTING A PRAYER REQUEST
Prayer requests will now be
submitted online or by contacting the Church Office at (808) 822-4267. Those submitting the prayer request will continue to be allowed to submit detailed information; however, that information will be treated as confidential and will only be shared with the Pastoral Care Committee. The Prayer Chain Ministry, will receive an abbreviated email containing only the name of the person for whom they are to pray for and the “general” nature of their need (i.e. healing, thanksgiving, etc.)
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE
As a congregation each Sunday, we pray for those in need by name during the Prayers of the People. During the discussions of the newly formed Pastoral Care Committee, it became evident that we needed to standardize and publicize a guide for including names in the Prayers of the People petitions. Names can be added to the Prayers of the People petitions by utilizing the
Prayer Chain Request form
or by contacting the Church Office at (808) 822-4267. Names will remain in the Prayers of the People for a maximum of four Sundays before a name must be resubmitted. Public petitions can always be offered during the appropriate time during the Prayers of the People when we pray for “those we name silently or aloud.”
LAUNDRY LOVE
All Saints' offers the
Laundry Love ministry the first and third Wednesdays of each month from 5:00PM - 8:30PM at the Kapaa Laundromat in the Kapaa Shopping Center.
The ministry needs more volunteers especially for Team A and Team B. Volunteers do not need to members of the Church. Volunteers wash, dry, and fold patrons' laundry. Each session, All Saints' does 70-90 loads of free laundry for the community. No laundry experience required! For more information,
visit here. If you are interested in volunteering for any of the above dates, please email the
Laundry Love Leaders. Please consider volunteering one of the following dates: March 21, April 4, April 18, May 2, May 16, June 6, and June 20.
UPCOMING BAPTISMS
The next scheduled date for Baptisms at All Saints' will be Saturday, March 31st at 7:00PM during the Easter Vigil Service. Baptisms at the Easter Vigil is one of the most ancient and sacred traditions of the Christian Church. Parents/Guardians who are interested in their child being baptized or adults seeking baptism are asked to attend a Baptism Preparation Class, Sunday, March 18
th at 8:30AM – 9:15AM in Memorial Hall. For more info, speak to
Rev. Ryan.
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TRANSPORTATION MINISTRY
In the near future, the Pastoral Care Ministries of All Saints’ would like to establish a ministry offering transportation to services and events for our ‘Ohana who cannot drive or cannot drive at night. If you would be interested in volunteering for this future ministry, please email
pastoralcare@allsaintskauai.org or call the Church Office at (808) 822-4267.
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