Dear Friends,
I asked last week but I’ll ask again today: Are you All in at All Saints!?!
As always during the start of our program year, there is A LOT going on at church. That means the newsletter is LONG but please take time to scroll down to make sure you’re not missing anything!
Some highlights of what’s coming up:
- Next weekend is the All In / All Saints weekend with lots of activities on Saturday and the all-parish photo on Sunday. PLEASE RSVP so we have enough games, drinks, and food!
- Church school returns THIS Sunday; there is a gentle entry for NEW Atrium I students next weekend.
- This Wednesday Annie Logue and I will discuss how she brings her faith, life and work together. We had over 60 folks at our August discussion with Tina Tchen. You don’t want to miss our discussion and the chance to ask questions and have your own discussion afterward!
- It’s the beginning of September, but October has lots to recommend it, including beginning Wednesday night Centering Prayer and loads of five-week Small Groups to deepen our relationship with God and one another.
You can read more about all of these things in the newsletter below but PLEASE RSVP NOW for our All In / All Saints weekend and get your peach fuzz (or complementary color) to wear for the parish photo.
Friends, there is real division and fear and loneliness in the world. This past week we faced, again, the scourge and terror of gun violence, here in our own city on the Blue Line and a school shooting in Georgia. We can feel hopeless in the face of such tragedies, wondering if there are any solutions.
The only bulwark I know against hopelessness and isolation and fear is connection: strong, faithful, resilient, and loving communities that support one another and work for good in the world. I think that describes who we are and who we want to be. I’m all in here, and I know you are, too.
See you in church!
Faithfully, Suzanne