Summer Break for Children’s Church
May 17, 2012
In an effort to give our children’s teachers time to recharge, regroup, and reorganize for the fall, Summer Break will start June 1st.
There will be no Children’s Church during the 11:15 service from June 1st through August 31st.
If you have any questions regarding special needs arrangements during this time, please contact Mrs Christie or Miss Robyn.
Important Note: We will still have Sunday School for adults and children of all ages at 10:30 each Sunday. We look forward to seeing you and your kids there!
If you are interested in volunteering or assisting with Children’s Church in the Fall, please contact the parish office at admin@allsaintsanglican.net or via phone at (210) 344-1920.
Thanks for a great year and have a fun, safe, and blessed summer!
Freedom Class on Wednesday Nights Has a Facebook Page
April 27, 2012
The Freedom Class meets on Wednesday evenings at 6:30pm. Join us at 6:15pm for a potluck and finish the evening with Evensong starting at 7:15pm.
Download a flyer for more information about the class.
The goal of the class is not information, but transformation.
Now you can also find slides and homework from the class on Facebook. The All Saints Freedom Class page is a place to chat and form fellowship and prayer partnerships! If you are not already a member of the Facebook group and would like to participate, visit the Facebook page and submit a request to be added to the group.
Vacation Bible School
April 26, 2012
If you’re ages 3-10 and tired of doing the same old thing every summer, come get down with us this June at Vacation Bible School!
WHERE: All Saints Anglican Church
WHEN: June 26-29, 6pm-8:30pm
Register at church or online.
We need volunteers! To volunteer, email Elaine Enloe at vbs@allsaintsanglican.net!
Food Pantry Needs Mac and Cheese
April 25, 2012
Our last All Saints Food Pantry Donation Sunday on April 1st was a blessing for our food pantry. Praise the Lord! Thank you to everyone who donated to support our food pantry needs.
Our next Food Pantry Donation Sunday will be on Sunday, May 6, 2012. Our All Saints Food Pantry is asking for donations of macaroni and cheese.
The Food Pantry still needs drivers with trucks, vans, or SUVs to pick up food from Daily Bread downtown and deliver to Elisha House on Thursday and Saturday mornings.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Carter Dreesman, outreach@allsaintsanglican.net.
Easter Services
April 6, 2012
Join us to celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord!
EASTER SUNDAY, April 8th:
7:15 AM Sunrise Holy Communion (with breakfast following)
8:30 AM Morning Prayer
11:15 AM Holy Communion
The Kramers at Koinonia
March 30, 2012
Our missionaries Fr Jerry and Stacy Kramer will minister at Koinonia this coming Sunday, April 1st at 6:00 p.m.
We are blessed that the Kramers have returned to visit us at All Saints. Their ministry at Koinonia on April 1st promises to be a wonderful Spirit-filled time of ministry. Please come worship our Lord and celebrate what He does as we gather together.
Fr Jerry and Stacy will join us at Holy Week services also.
Please mark your calendars for the second Sunday after Easter, April 22nd, at 6:00 p.m., when the Kramers will return for teaching and ministry at Koinonia.
Holy Week and Easter 2012
March 28, 2012
PALM SUNDAY, April 1st:
9:00 AM Holy Communion/Blessing of the Palms 11:15 AM Holy Communion/Blessing of the Palms
6:00 PM Koinonia: dessert potluck, praise, teaching, fellowship
HOLY MONDAY, April 2nd:
6:30 AM Morning Prayer
6:30 PM Evening Prayer
HOLY TUESDAY, April 3rd:
6:30 AM Morning Prayer
6:30 PM Evening Prayer
HOLY WEDNESDAY, April 4th:
6:30 AM Morning Prayer
6:15 PM Supper Club and Freedom Class
7:15 PM Compline/Tenebrae
8:00 PM Choir practice
MAUNDY THURSDAY, April 5th:
6:30 AM Morning Prayer
5:00 PM Evening Prayer
7:00 PM Holy Communion/Foot Washing/Altar Stripping/Altar of Repose
GOOD FRIDAY, April 6th:
6:30 AM Morning Prayer
12:00 PM Noon Stations of the Cross
5:00 PM Evening Prayer/Litany
6:00 PM Stations of the Cross followed by screening of The Gospel of
John movie
HOLY SATURDAY, April 7th:
8:30 AM Morning Prayer
6:00 PM Blessing of Font/Evening Prayer/Litany
EASTER SUNDAY, April 8th:
7:15 AM Sunrise Holy Communion (with breakfast following);
8:30 AM Morning Prayer
11:15 AM Holy Communion
Easter Video
March 21, 2012
Come to Koinonia
March 17, 2012
All Saints fam…consider coming to Koinonia. It’s like sitting in the surf of the Holy Ghost–wave after wave, a vigorous soaking. If you haven’t been there lately, I recommend you clear out some time for this, if not every week, at least a couple times a month.
Maybe you’d like to repair and rebuild your Christian life, or deepen your worship and freedom in Christ. Could be that you’re a seeker, wanting to taste to see the Lord is good. Check out how Nehemiah speaks to this.
Nehemiah’s all about rebuilding lives and finding depth, peace, and joy, remembering where we came from, while reveling in God’s security, Word, and provision to us.
He obeyed God and extended himself and his community to overcome unlikely odds to rebuild Jerusalem, God’s city, a term that means “the foundation of peace.” The foundation of peace rebuilt. Powerful. Tell me that doesn’t speak volumes to every one of us today.
This guy convinced the Persians to release him and his countrymen, who had survived a lost war with the Persians and then recruited them as workers to rebuild the holy city. After traveling home, he reunited them with a few refugees still in the area and assigned them each a section of the city’s wall. Their task: rebuild the wall and be prepared for combat at any moment. They worked with their weapons at hand. Vigilant. Focused. Building the city of faith again. Hard work. Discouraging circumstances, too.
The indigenous people around the city scoffed and told them it wasn’t going to happen. However, God blessed the work…and it was completed in only 52 days. At this point, Nehemiah secured the perimeter and began to enroll the people, placing them back in their Scriptural roles within Israeli society. They began to go where the Word had placed them and their people. And they began to really take their lives in God seriously, despite the fact the city was mostly defined by its walls and had few houses. In short, they had safety, but little comfort. Still, they were very concerned about how to best serve God. Then something even more significant happened.
In the course of this project, the Word of God–the Mosaic Law–that was found in the ruins of the city was brought forward and read aloud to the people from early morning until noon, as they listened attentively. Their reaction, documented in Nehemiah 8:
“5 Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up. 6 Then Ezra blessed the LORD the great God. And all the people answered, “Amen, Amen!” while lifting up their hands; then they bowed low and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.”
Notice what they did:
“The people stood up.” The people, survivors of military conquest, ruin of their lives, and in many cases, captivity, had been listening attentively to God’s Word all morning. They had every opportunity to be angry at God, but, instead, allowed their brokenness to be filled with God’s Word. The reacted when Ezra opened the book of the law in their sight by rising to their feet. They positioned themselves to do something.
“Then Ezra blessed the LORD the great God. And all the people answered, “Amen, Amen!” while lifting up their hands. They pronounced blessings on the God that gave them His Word, even in difficult circumstances, while offering God their hands in surrender and supplication. They make themselves available for Him, His worship, and His work.
“…Then they bowed low and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.” They went the extra mile to worship with all they could. Beyond comfort. Sacrificing dignity. The Word convicted and humbled them.
At this point, the teachers explained the meaning of the Scriptures to the people rebuilding the city. Right about then, Nehemiah made a startling pronouncement:
“This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law. 10 Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” 11 So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved.” 12 All the people went away to eat, to drink, to send portions and to celebrate a great festival, because they understood the words which had been made known to them.
As a result, Israel established a day to remember the Feast of Booths, celebrating their freedom from long slavery in Egypt–a celebration that continues to this day. And they celebrated with joy!
And joy is how we receive the Word at Koinonia. Exuberance, in fact. And the Holy Ghost rolls. Healing. Deliverance. Encouragement. Transformation. The full Gospel.
If you haven’t been part of Koinonia, consider adding it as a regular and unique part of your worship time. Bring an unsaved friend or someone who has been out of church for some time. It’s the perfect punctuation for a Lord’s Day begun in the mass and Sunday School in the morning! And let the joy of the Lord be your strength as the walls of the holy city are rebuilt!
Holy Week 2012
March 9, 2012
- April 1, Palm Sunday: Holy Communion/Blessing of the Palms 9 & 11:15 am; Koinonia 6 pm
- April 2, Holy Monday: Morning Prayer 6:30 am; Evening Prayer 6:30 pm
- April 3, Holy Tuesday: Morning Prayer 6:30 am; Evening Prayer 6:30 pm
- April 4, Holy Wednesday: Morning Prayer 6:30 am; Compline/Tenebrae 7:00 pm
- April 5, Maundy Thursday: Morning Prayer 6:30 am; Evening Prayer 5:00 pm; Holy Communion/Foot Washing/Altar Stripping 7:00 pm; Altar of Repose begins 8:30 pm
- April 6, Good Friday: Morning Prayer 6:30 am; Stations of the Cross Noon; Evening Prayer/Litany 5:00 pm; Stations of the Cross 6:00 pm followed by screening of The Gospel of John movie
- April 7, Holy Saturday: Morning Prayer 8:30 am; Blessing of Font/Evening Prayer/Litany 6:00 pm
- April 8, Easter Sunday: Sunrise Holy Communion 7:15 am (with breakfast following); Morning Prayer 8:30 am; Holy Communion 11:15 am; No Koinonia
