February 13, 2025

SUNDAY SERVICES

8:00 and 10:00 am

The flowers for Sunday, February 16th

are given to the glory of God.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Last Sunday's Service

Sunday Sermon



If you would like to read Rev. Dave's recent sermon,

please click the link below:

Sermon: The Net of Peter

PRAYERS

We Pray for our People

Shed the light of your healing love on all who are sick in body, mind, or spirit. We pray for those with chronic illnesses, especially Downs IV, Holden, Victoria, Kim, Barbara, Maria Christine, Caitlin, Dennis, Angie, Amy Jo, Carling, Michael, Joan, John and Diana. 

For the victims of wildfire, flood and wind, especially Denise and Joe.

Send your healing light and joy on those who receive the care of skilled nursing, especially Timothy, Barbara, Kim, and Lou.

Send healing and peace to those going through cancer treatments, and those in remission, especially, Margaret, Downs III, Victoria, Alex, Connie, Douglas, Frank, Gerta, Lauren, TJ, Cara, Todd, Valerie, Violet, Joan, Nancy and Julie. 

Be near to all who are in Hospice care, especially Jeanne and Anne.

A BRIDGE BETWEEN ALEX AND DAVE

Podcast: A Bridge Between



Episode 113: Christ Has Been Raised

Also available on Spotify:

Spotify: A Bridge Between

PARISH ACTIVITIES

All Angels in the News

To read the article from The Observer:

"Community finds ways to 'bounce forward' from hurricanes"

click here.

Confirmation Classes

Confirmation Classes are starting on Sunday, February 23rd. If you are interested in seeking confirmation in the Episcopal Church, please let Fr. Dave know. All are welcome.

Turning Points Visit  

We have the honor of having Margie Dawson, Director of Development from Turning Points, with us on February 23 to speak about Turning Points.

New to You Art Sale

New to You ART Sale! 

Hours:

Mondays - Thursdays 9-1 (through February 27th)

Sunday 12-3

Saturday Feb. 22 10-4

Sunday Feb. 23 12-4

100% of sales will be donated to Turning Points in Bradenton, an amazing organization that helps people not become homeless. Drop off items to Linn or Nancy in the office.

Choir News

Chancel Choir rehearsals are on Thursdays at 10 am.

Handbell Choir rehearsals on Thursdays 11:15 am.

New members are always welcome! Please feel free to join us!

Men's and Women's Discussion Groups

Don't judge a book by its cover; the same might apply to judging this article by its title, "How I Lost My Faith in Atheism." In the author's words: I’ve entirely lost what faith I once had in the plausibility and durability of atheism.

What comes post-atheism - found in the last paragraph of page two - might surprise you. I'd like to know what you think.

For those in person, I'll have the coffee ready. For those on Zoom, here's the link: https://zoom.us/j/5955701807

To read the article, click the link below:

How I Lost My Faith in Atheism

Coffee Hour Hosts Needed

One of the most important things we do is gather after the service for coffee hour. If you are interested in hosting, the sign up sheet is on the Gallery table. If you would like help, sign up and we will find someone to show you how it is done. 

Online Giving

If you would like to give to the offering plate electronically, you can find the online giving link on our All Angels website by clicking the link below:

AllAngelsLBK.org

Centering Prayer

Centering Prayer invites you to pray with them, every day, at 8 am, wherever you are. When you enter into prayer at 8 am (Eastern), you will know that others are praying at the same time. 

REFLECTION

Self-inquiry Prayer

How do you know what you know? 

I pray, a lot. I believe that God hears prayers; all of them – from devoted believers to unbelievers; the joyful and those who mourn, the faint and overborne, sin-sick and sorrow-worn – God hears all prayers. 

I believe this without proof. 

I believe there are three major categories of prayer: thanks, help, wow. 

What I’ve been experiencing, however, is a fourth category that I call self-inquiry prayer. 

Deep inside me there are two voices: one is self-serving, self-protecting, and acts for the well-being of myself. The other voice is empathetic, caring, and acts for the well-being of others. They are in a tug-of-war for my attention. God is the moderator between these two voices. The Moderator listens to my private, quiet internal voice and makes inquiries about what is not being said. This self-inquiry prayer is how the Moderator helps me discern. In other words, the Moderator helps me know what I know. 

I knew when it was time for me to get a driver’s license and where to go to college. I believe self-inquiry prayer will show me when it is time to give it up. My dad knew when it was time to begin oncology treatment and when it was time to discontinue it. 

This is how I experience self-inquiry prayer: It begins in a place where I will not be interrupted (which nowadays is sitting in traffic on my way home). I recite internally a passage of Scripture like, “For everything there is a season and a time under heaven.” Or, “With God, all things are possible.” I then hold in my mind a question and allow the self-inquiry process – the tug-of-war – to take place. From that wrestling match, my mind will wander off on a tangent. From my experience, that tangent is when the Moderator is speaking and it’s time for both sides of my mind to listen and explore. 

There is no proof that God hears our prayers. But I do know the push and pull of my inner thoughts; I imagine you experience that too. If I offer those thoughts in prayer, I find that I already know the answer. One thing I have come to know is that there is a time and season for everything under heaven and that, with God-the-Moderator, all things are possible. 

- Fr. Dave