Contact Information
If you are on our current mailing list, but have changed your phone number, email address or residential address, please contact the church office to let us know. We want to make sure that you receive all our church communications, e-newsletters and info sent via the United States Postal Service.
Daily Lenten Meditations by Email
Click here for the 2019 Lenten email series from Episcopal Relief & Development. Each day during Lent, you can receive a daily reflection, co-authored by a group of faith leaders from across the church.
A Eucharistic Minister is a lay person authorized to administer the consecrated elements at a Celebration of Holy Eucharist, and acts under the direction of a clergy leader exercising oversight of a congregation or other community of faith. This lay person is authorized to take the consecrated elements in a timely manner following a Celebration of Holy Eucharist, to members of the congregation who, by reason of illness or infirmity, were unable to be present at the Celebration of the Eucharist. Communion kits are distributed to visitors the third Sunday of each month at the end of our worship. Completion of an online Safe Church Training is also required for this ministry. If you are currently a confirmed communicant in good standing with your parish (contributing time, talent and treasure and attending at least 3 times each year), and would like to bring communion to people in special circumstances, please contact the parish office. (978-774-1150)
Treasurer’s Year to Date Report
All Saints Episcopal Church of the North Shore
Year-to-Date Financial Status January 1, 2019 through January 31, 2019
Pledge Remittances and Giving were $3,322 below expectations in January * … while Actual Expenses are running just slightly better than expectations.
Our YTD Deficit is $6,183 which is $3,421 worse than expected … about the same amount as our Giving shortfall.
Note:
We appreciate your generosity in giving to All Saints. * Timely pledge remittances will help us better manage our cash flow to meet on-going expenses.
Do you work for the Federal Government? Are you on furlough without a paycheck?
All Saints wants to help. We can connect you with resources in the community, such as People to People, Council on Aging and the town emergency fund. We have folks on our pastoral care team who are able to offer homemade cooked meals. In some cases, we may even be able to offer direct help for groceries and transportation. Please identify yourself to Rev. Marya and Rev. Jim, if you are not receiving a paycheck from your employment with the federal government. We wish to bring hope to those who are fearful, and include you in our personal and parish prayers.
Adult Inquirers
For anyone seeking to be baptized as an adult, looking to join the Episcopal Church, or simply needing a "refresher course," the Adult Inquirers' Class is an opportunity for all these things. This 5-week class has been designed to stimulate conversation, and raise and embrace provocative questions, rather than provide answers only, and to empower folks to dive deeper into their Christian lives. Sessions include fellowship and presentations by your clergy, as well as small group discussion, and closing worship. Bishop Alan Gates will visit All Saints on Sunday, March 31, and will receive those interested in becoming members of the Episcopal Church, reaffirm vows of those already members, and confirm those who are new members! Sundays, February 3 - March 3, 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Because Ash Wednesday is later this year, there are a few openings for altar flowers.
The open dates are February 24 and March 3.
Contact Barbara Hooper to make arrangements.
Community News
It’s not too late to join our lively book group: Climate Church, Climate World will meet March 6 - April 3, from 11-12:30, in the Chaplain's office at Brooksby Village! Call the office to let us know when you are available on Wednesdays (morning or afternoon).
Here are a few quotes from a section in Chapter One entitled "Are we Choosing Extinction?"
“We find ourselves born into a time when human activity and aspiration—if they simply continue without profound repurposing—will sentence our children to lives of struggle, not promise; skies of extreme weather, not rainbows; and landscapes of deprivation, not abundance.”
“God set before them (not before this individual or that individual but before them together) the choice of life or death, blessing or curse.” (Deuteronomy 29-30)
Collectively, they needed to make a decision. The Paris Climate Accord embraces this same recognition: We’re all in this together! However, for the agreement to take effect, 55 countries that produce at least 55% of the world’s green house gas emissions must ratify, accept, approve or accede to the agreement. Both China and the US (the two biggest emitters of greenhouse gas emissions) signed on in November 2016. The withdrawal by President Trump in June 2017, will not take effect until November 2020.
Walking through the Psalms
All are invited to join artist and deacon, the Rev. Gay Cox, for an evening of creative contemplation at Christ Church (149 Asbury St, South Hamilton, MA), Friday, February 15, 6:30-8:30 pm. Rev. Cox has previously exhibited her stunning Psalm-inspired paintings at St. Peter's, Beverly. "Leave the busyness of your life for a while and come for a refreshing and peaceful evening." See this flier for more information.
Diocesan News
Pastoral Letter
On January 17, 2019, Bishop Alan M. Gates and Bishop Gayle E. Harris issued this pastoral letter to the people of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts regarding the church's response to sexual misconduct, particularly the General Convention's three-year suspension of the statute of limitations on initiating clergy disciplinary cases involving sexual misconduct against adults. You can download the letter here.
