All Saints' Episcopal Church

Programs at All Saints'

Acolytes

ACOLYTES play a very important role during the worship service. They are responsible for lighting and extinguishing the candles, bearing the cross, and serving the celebrant in preparation for Holy Eucharist.
IF YOU ARE 10 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, please consider becoming an Acolyte. In only takes a couple of hours of initial training and then you are on your way. Please speak to Stan or Segar, or give the parish office a call, 481-0577.

movie All Saints’ Movie Ministry
Lights! Camera! Action!

You can pick up a complete list of upcoming movies in the Narthex. Please keep in mind the following:

Movie Night is the first Friday of each month, 7 p.m.,
in Baines Hall.

Please put your name on the sign-up sheet in the Narthex.
This helps us plan. If you forget, call Jane no later than the day
before at 412-4540 or 478-6080.

Suggested donation is $3 per person.

Wine, soft drinks and popcorn will be provided.

You are welcome to bring hors d'oeuvres, soft drinks or wine
to share.

Short discussion of the film will follow each presentation.
Due to wine being served and some film content, adults
only please.

Short discussion of the film will follow each presentation.

Bible Studies
Jan’s Adult Bible Study Group Photo	We meet Wednesdays at 10 AM, in the Library. Everyone is welcome to join us.

Wednesday Mornings 7:00-8:00 AM
Rite-13 Room with The Rev. Dr. Stan Sawyer
Coffee & Donuts provided.

BUNCO
Please check back for more information.

Have YOU Hosted Coffee Hour?

Coffee Hour

All Saints’ traditionally offers a coffee “hour” following the 10:00 a.m. service each Sunday. This period of informal socialization provides us with a time to connect with friends, meet newcomers, network for activities, and generally enjoy the cross-generational company of all in attendance. Our coffee hours are hosted by members of our parish family, and you may sign up to host a coffee hour on the poster in Baines Hall. Pair up with another family for a safety in numbers feeling of security. You don’t even need to know how to cook or make coffee! Donut holes and some grapes are welcome, and our “coffee angel” makes sure the coffee is ready. Give it a try!

Families With Young Children Group

Please check back soon for information.

First Communion Class
Instruction is offered for children who have reached the first grade, and are not yet confirmed, in preparation for making their first communion on Christmas Eve. If you feel your child is ready to join in the joyful celebration of the Lord’s gifts to us, join us. One parent must attend. We Celebrate the Eucharist, Alleluia! Amen, and lessons from our atrium, help our children to grow in their understanding of the presence of Jesus in a deeper way and show how we celebrate and comport ourselves during the Eucharist. If you feel your child is ready to join in the celebration of the Lord's gifts, sign-up on the sheet located in the Narthex, call the office, or email the rector at stansawyer1@verizon.net
Food Pantry
Shopping List
Sugar (1 lb)	Bisquick	Tuna Fish	Cooking Oil (16 oz.)
Cereal	Coffee (small jar)	Spaghetti	Spaghetti Sauce
Mayonnaise (small)	Macaroni and Cheese

Paper Towels	Toilet Paper	Shampoo	Soap

Toothpaste	Laundry Detergent (small)

Foyer Group Sign-ups

Check the narthex for the opportunity to sign up to host one of our Spring Foyer Groups. Once our hosts are determined, we will devote the second part of February to participant sign-ups. The groups will run March, April, and May. We hope to continue with our mid-day group, and add at least three others. Please consider the opportunity to host a foyer group for the spring cycle. It involves opening your home to 6-8 fellow parishioners once a month for three consecutive months for the purpose of sharing a meal and getting to know one another better. Each participant contributes to each meal, so the host bears only a modicum of responsibility.

H. U. G. G.S.

Again this year the Outreach Commission will be collecting warm clothing for the upcoming Winter Watch program that assists the homeless individuals of Virginia Beach. Thanks for your donations that you brought last year.

During October, new Hats, Underwear, Gloves, Socks and Scarfs can be donated in the HUGS receptacles that will be placed in the Narthex. Don’t worry too much about the sizes - there is a sufficient population to use all sizes and trading will make it work well ! These will be distributed to the men and women at the Lighthouse Center at the Beach and when we feed them in December. Thank you for hugging and supporting them at this time.

Currently the Outreach Commission is actively engaged in many wonderful services that include:

Alliance for the Mentally Ill, where we participate in an annual march and contribute funds.

Children First, where we provide ditty bags for children entering Foster Care and other emergency needs where children are involved.

Food Pantry, where Virginia Beach Department of Social Services refers families to All Saints' for supplemental food.

Full Circle meal preparation, where groups get together each month to cook up to 80 meals to freeze and be delivered to Full Circle Aids Hospice.

Winter Watch/Lighthouse program for the homeless, where we cook meals at a nearby church and collect clothing and blankets for distribution.

Holiday Projects which include our Christmas and Thanksgiving baskets and gifts and the Mental Retardation Angel Tree.

Pennies from Heaven to help pay for prescriptions for needy people in our community (there is a jar located on the Outreach Table in the old Narthex).

Hurricane Katrina Project

Mission of the Holy Spirit

And many more, such as Habitat for Humanity, Seton House for runaway kids, the Seaman's Friends Society, Tucker House for low income elderly, ODU Canterbury House, Jackson-Field Home for Girls, Chanco on the James, and the Episcopal Relief and Development Millennium Goals.

The Outreach Commission is a community. We enjoy serving and having a good time doing good things. We welcome new members and new ideas. If you are interested, contact Bert Bennett at 496-5147 or Caryl Felty at 496-7007.

Finally, the Outreach Commission extends its appreciation to all who supported the Giving Tree. We made many people very happy this year as a result of your generosity. The wrapped gifts, monetary donations, and sorting/distributing efforts made this a very special church family experience.

Seton House Semi-Annual Paper Drive
The Outreach Commission sponsors a semi-annual paper product drive for Seton House Girl's Home. Paper products such as toilet paper and paper towels are always needed. In addition, they have requested construction paper for craft projects and cleaning supplies, i.e. bleach, detergent, etc. Try to pick up donations whenever you shop. Use those coupons.
Seton House is a temporary home for girls while counseling is ongoing for their return home. When we have an abumdant donation, they share with The Boy's Seton House.

The Episcopal Girls' Home in Panama City
This Outreach project is sponsored by our Sunday School children. the Episcopal Orphanage for Girls in Panama called Fundacion de Hogar de Ninas de la Capital. The project is close and personal for our children, with personal letters and pictures going back and forth in correspondence under the guidance of teacher Vicki Fisher and the personal connection of teacher Gilda Goldner, who is from Panama. For the past 3 years, All Saints' children have sponsored a sub sale with all proceeds going to the Girls' Home. They have raised over $1000 for the orphanage. There are about 26 girls at the home who are either orphaned or have families who cannot keep them. The home is Episcopalian, and there is an Episcopal Missionary named Sue who oversees and assists the Panamanian director, a woman named Elba. The money we send in February arrives just in time for the girls to begin their school year. It purchases uniforms, books, medical needs, and sometimes even pays bills for necessities like water.
	Pennies for Prescriptions
It’s our own fault, we have left the Pennies for Prescriptions collection jar gather some dust (and not too many pennies) sitting there, but lost right on the Outreach table. We are now going to move the jar around and make it more visible! You may remember that this program of Virginia Beach Social Services was established to help pay for prescriptions for some Beach residents who need medication, but for one reason or another, are in between the qualifying dates or do not meet other rules about receiving assistance. So, the pennies that we collect supplement what Social Services raises through their own flea markets and bake sales specifically held to help those in the city needing, but not being financially able to regularly fill their required prescriptions. Just last week, Misty Lee appealed for some help saying that the need now is greater than ever. So, thanks for your donations. Find where we’ve moved the jar and look at the bottom of your pocketbooks and desk drawers and get those pennies back in circulation (and maybe the U.S. government will consider saving some of the costs of minting new pennies).
Segar’s Book Group	Segar’s Book Group Wednesday Evenings, 6:30 p.m., Library All are welcome. Contact Segar for more info Here is what we will be reading A New Kind of Christianity by Brian D. McLaren The Tenth Parallel by Eliza Griswold Made for Goodness by Desmond Tutu & Mpho Tutu What Good is God by Philip Yancey

Shawl Ministry
All Saints' has a ministry of Prayer Shawls and I (Segar) am the one blessed with delivery to those who may be undergoing a medical procedure; or as comfort after the death of a loved one; in times of stress or during an illness. Prayer Shawls can also be given in times of celebration such as a birth, graduation, marriage or anything else anyone would like to offer a unique word of support. Janet Bristow said:
"Shawls are embracing and symbolic of an inclusive, unconditionally loving God. They wrap, enfold, comfort, cover, give solace, mother, hug, shelter, and beautify. Those who receive these shawls have been uplifted and affirmed, as if given wings to fly above their troubles ... "” All Saint's always needs more Prayer Shawls so I would like to invite anyone interested in this unique ministry to just knit one and drop it/them off at my office or contact me for more information. I think you will find your life changed, blessed and strengthen by this very act of service. Each stitch is a prayer and connection to this community we call All Saints’ ... More Information and Pattern
We need more knitters than ever as our prayer shawl ministry takes off in several directions. In addition to the traditional prayer shawls, we are knitting lap robes for those who are chair-bound and pocket prayer squares for those who wish to have a convenient and constant reminder of the prayers being offered on their behalf. We are also knitting wool helmet-liners for our men and women who are deployed to areas where the weather demands more protection than the government-issued helmet. If you missed the display on Lay Ministry Sunday and would like to join our efforts, please pick up a flyer in the narthex or contact one of our knitters for more information.

	Tired of the view from the pew?
Try seeing it from a different perspective become an Usher. If you are over the age of 16 and attend services on a regular basis, then we are what you’re looking for. Contact the church office (481-0577). If you need a substutute or you would like to become a substitute, please call (481-0577) or email the Church Office.

Vroom-vroom

It has come to our attention that some among you are reluctant to indicate the need for a ride to a medical appointment or a church-sponsored event because you “don’t’ want to bother anyone.” Please let us assure you that when you permit us to provide the gift of transportation, you are permitting us to carry out a ministry. We have fifteen individuals who have volunteered their services as drivers, and so far only two have been called upon! In its 10 months of operation, only 3 people have used the program for 6 instances of medical transportation and 1 person has used the program for a church-sponsored activity. We urge you to give us a call. Re-think your willingness to be involved in church activities, and don’t let an inability or unwillingness to drive be your reason for staying home! Call Caryl Felty at 839-1813 or check the “need a ride” box when signing up for church-sponsored activities.

Youth Commission

Are you are young at heart? Do you care about our All Saints' young people? Do you have children attending All Saints? Do you have questions, suggestions or concerns about the youth program at All Saints? If you answered "YES" to even one of these questions, please consider becoming a member of our youth commission.

Youth Confirmation

Young people who have completed the J2A class, have been on pilgrimage or are 15-16 years of age and would like to be confirmed, should contact Jan Kibler (481-2690) to begin a mentored course.