Prayer during “Covid respite” for our staff and lay leaders:
Pray that those seeking respite will receive holy rest. Not just physical rest, but the kind that comes from abiding and trusting in You. As the staff and laity depart for their Covid respite, send them forth with your blessing, fill them with your Spirit, and bring them again into our presence with renewed life. Pray also that those who are “covering” our worship, administrative and building essential services will be embraced by the arms of the mystery of Your love, and supported by all those worshiping, using our building and seeking administrative assistance. We ask this through Jesus Christ, our Brother and Savior. Amen.
Marya+
FYI Respite
Please note: there will be NO FYI published on June 17 or June 24, during the staff and laity Covid respite period. Publication will resume July 1.
During the Covid respite, we will be offering the service of Morning Prayer, led by an officiant and preacher. Worship will be offered via Zoom only, which means you are welcome to view worship on the Zoom screen from your home, or a Zoom screen on a tablet, phone or laptop in church. There will be no music on these Sundays, since we are giving our Music Director a break also!
Thank you to all of you who have kept current with your pledges. If you are behind on your pledge commitments, it would be greatly appreciated if you could make every effort to bring your pledges up-to-date during the summer months!
Your very grateful Vestry
Housing Need
A Honduran family of three, living in a church in Peabody and gainfully employed, is experiencing a housing crisis, and is looking for a month's stay somewhere near Peabody that would buy them some more time to search for permanent housing. If you know of any housing that would be open for the month of June, please let me know.
Thank you for considering this holy work of walking with this family through life's biggest challenges. Marya+
Scholarship Opportunity for High School Seniors
The Sarah G. McCarthy Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce applications for the scholarship are now being accepted. All Saints' high school seniors who are active in the church, and who will be attending a school of higher learning in the fall of 2022, are invited to apply. Please submit applications by Monday, June 13.
Download an application here, or call/email the office to have an application sent to you.
Stay Connected to All Saints via Computer or Phone
The Danvers People to People Food Pantry
Please consider adding a few items to your shopping cart and dropping them off at church on Thursdays between 8:30 and 1:30 pm, or on Sunday mornings, or at the pantry itself.
The food pantry is asking specifically for name-brand cereals for their shelves.
Thank you for your generosity!
Diocesan News
Diocesan Memorial Service in Celebration of the Life of The Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris
Sunday, June 12 at 5 p.m.
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont Street, Boston
PORTRAIT IN OIL, 2002, BY SIMMIE KNOX / EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF MASSACHUSETTS
The Rt. Rev. Barbara C. Harris
June 12, 1930-March 13, 2020
The Rev. Canon Edward W. Rodman preaching
Reception following
Vesting: Service participants only
Livestream:
The service will be available for public viewing by livestream via the cathedral church's website at www.stpaulboston.org and YouTube channel.
Because seating is limited, in-person attendance at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul is designated for members of our diocesan community. All in the wider church community are warmly invited to join via the livestream.
Additional gatherings for participation on June 12
Plans are in the works for several churches to host simultaneous gatherings on June 12 at 5 p.m. for those who are not able to be at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, but who would like to gather with others to participate in the service via livestream, on-site celebration of Holy Eucharist, and fellowship. North Shore residents can participate at St. Peter's/San Pedro, Salem
Once registered, you will receive a confirmation e-mail. In order to be seated, it will be important to print and bring the confirmation e-mail with you, or have it available on your phone.
Doors open at 4:15 p.m. First come, first seated, in the cathedral sanctuary, with overflow seating downstairs in Sproat Hall
Please expect to wear masks.
Memorial gifts
Memorial gifts and the June 12 service offering have been designated for the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, which Bishop Harris held dear, and for the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center that bears her name.
Click here to make an online gift. Choose "Bishop Barbara Memorial Gift" in the "Select a designation" drop-down menu on the giving page.
