Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Tomorrow
December 13, 2011
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
7:00 PM
A special service of Christmas music and Scripture
Giving Books for Christmas Gifts? Check out the All Saints Bookstore
December 12, 2011
Christmas is not about presents or food or family or fun.
Christmas is about Jesus, and we practice that at All Saints.
As we each celebrate the birth of Christ, however, we also enjoy cherished traditions, including giving gifts to our loved ones.
Books, especially Christian books, make wonderful Christmas gifts. The Bible tells us in 2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV):
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
If you plan to give books to someone on your Christmas list, check out the All Saints Bookstore. Everything in the store is appropriate for Christians and consistent with our faith tradition.
The Featured Page lists books used in All Saints classes and books recommended by clergy and members. Other categories include Bibles; Prayer Books; Church Fathers, Biography, & History; Discipleship/Devotionals/Christian Life/Bible Study; C.S. Lewis; Beth Moore; Kay Arthur Precepts Studies; Fiction: Biblical; Fiction: Christian; Fiction: Other; Children and Youth; and Kindle. Member Recommendations are Amazon Listmania lists created by parishioners.
All Saints earns a small commission on all books sold through the store, so if you plan to buy books for Christmas—or any time—you can help All Saints by ordering through the bookstore.
What if the book you want to give isn’t listed in the bookstore? You can order anything you want from Amazon.com (even electronics, household or automotive items, or anything Amazon offers) as long as you enter Amazon through the All Saints bookstore. Click on the page for any book in the store, then click on the link to view all the formats in the bookstore. Once you are in Amazon, everything you order will earn a commission for All Saints.
For great suggestions, take a look at the featured books and those listed on members’ recommended lists, and read the reviews here on the website.
And if you have read some great books you would like to recommend, submit a recommendation or a review. Or create a list on Amazon.com and email webmaster@allsaintsanglican.net to have the list added to the website.
And don’t forget to order your own books through the All Saints store.
Liturgy Lesson for the Third Sunday in Advent: A List and a Prayer
December 11, 2011
Because Advent is a time of longing for redemption, we should use the season to help us find places in our lives that need to be redeemed—identifying whatever seems to be holding us in its power: In our devotions, invite the Holy Ghost to come, then, make a list entitled, “Powers that hold me in their grip.” Then, jot down everything from which you’d like to be set free: bad habits, ungodly relationships, a repressive job environment, anger, jealousy, envy, or dishonesty—any blockage to living in the Fruits of the Spirit. Commit whatever is on the list to prayer, asking our Lord—who sets prisoners free—to come into your life to take this problem up into Himself. Purpose this earnestly in your heart—and pray it in the power of the Holy Ghost, then watch how God changes your life in this season.
Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, December 14
December 5, 2011
Join us for the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
7:00 p.m.
Hear the nine lessons telling the story of man from the Fall to the coming of the Redeemer.
Sing your favorite Christmas carols.
Enjoy special music from our fabulous choir.
Focus on the true meaning of Christmas: the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!
Fellowship and a dessert potluck will follow the service.
Liturgy Lesson for the Second Sunday in Advent: Liturgies
December 4, 2011
Over the centuries, the liturgy of the Church has developed spirituality particularly for Christians during Advent. Both the Sunday liturgies and the daily Scripture readings direct our journey into the Advent experience of the mystery of Christ. Our parents in the faith have chosen Scriptures to accent three Advents: the Advent of Christ coming into our lives, the Advent of Christ’s physical birth, and the Advent of his second coming at the history’s end. In all these Advent devotions, we’re called to a vital, personal encounter with Christ through the Holy Ghost—not just “filling our squares” for God. To achieve this, we should, then, call on the Holy Ghost to empower our growth in the same manner…moving past just the bare essentials of simply accepting Christ as Savior, to being actually reborn in victorious lives, as the new creatures He was born to make us, and finally, growing in the Spirit and making His Kingdom purpose first in our lives, so, at the Day of His Second Coming, we may be found to be faithful servants about our Master’s business. That is real Adventus —the coming of our new lives, past the first works of repentance, to lives changed by, then dedicated to His Kingdom. If we really seek lives changed and lived this way, we need not fear what our Lord will tell us on the Great Day of Judgment—He will say, “Well done, good and faithful servant!”
Report on Food Pantry Thanksgiving Turkeys from Bill Wimp
December 1, 2011
I wanted to report that we ended up giving away 59 turkeys to people who came to our food pantry on Saturday, 11/19/11. Thank you to everyone who donated to this outreach effort. We initially purchased 46 turkeys and had 4 turkeys generously donated by Chuck Cavanaugh. We had a record crowd that day of 59 families. So, rather than have any family who came not get a turkey, we went out and purchased another 9 turkeys and delivered these turkeys Saturday evening to the families that did not receive them at the distribution on Saturday afternoon.
The people that received turkeys were very surprised and very thankful to receive the turkeys. We had several ladies tell us that they wouldn’t have had turkey for Thanksgiving, if not for receiving turkeys from our food pantry. One lady gave me a big hug and said our church’s gift had blessed their family more than we could ever imagine.
As always, giving Thanks and Praise to God for His many Blessings.
For more information about outreach activities, contact Bill Wimp at outreach@allsaintsanglican.net.
