SUNDAY-NOVEMBER 15 8:30 am Holy Eucharist* 9:30 am Christian Formation* 9:30 am Coffee Alley 10:30 am Holy Eucharist* 5:00 pm Capital Campaign Executive Cmt. (North B-O Rm.) 5:30 pm EYC 6:30 pm AA Group MONDAY-NOVEMBER 16 7:00 am Saints’ Brew 12:00 pm Intercessory Prayer 5:30 pm Stewardship Cmt. (Conference Rm.) 6:30 pm Mill Village (Parish Hall) TUESDAY-NOVEMBER 17 6:45 am EYC Prayer B’fast 7:00 am Saints’ Brew 5:15 pm ECW* (Parish Hall) 5:30 pm AA Group WEDNESDAY-NOVEMBER 18 NEWSLETTER MAILOUT 7:00 am Saints’ Brew 12:05 pm Holy Eucharist w/Anointing (Chapel) 5:30 pm Wednesday night Supper/Program/ Children’s Choirs* 6:00 pm EfM (Conf. Rm.) 7:00 pm Adult Choir THURSDAY-NOVEMBER 19 7:00 am Saints’ Brew 9:30 am Staff Meeting FRIDAY-NOVEMBER 20 EYC Fall Outreach Trip to Sewanee, TN – 24 th ) 7:00 am Saints’ Brew 8:00 am Centering Prayer SATURDAY-NOVEMBER 21 9:00 – 10:30 am Angel Food Ministries Food Distribution www.allsaintstupelo.com E-mail: [email protected]The Rev. Paul J. Stephens Rector 608 Jefferson Street Tupelo, MS 38804 (662) 842-4386 Fax 842-0204 www.allsaintstupelo.org E-mail: [email protected]THE TWENTY-THIRD & TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST: NOVEMBER 8 & NOVEMBER 15, 2009 CALENDAR CALENDAR Registration is now underway! We know you’ll want to attend! Registration forms are available in the church office or on our website www.allsaintstupelo.org . Registration fee for members of All Saints’ and the Tombigbee Convocation is $35 (excluding clergy, delegates and alternates). See page 2 for more details! SUNDAY-NOVEMBER 8 8:30 am Holy Eucharist* (Church) 9:30 am Christian Formation* 9:30 am Coffee Alley 10:30 am Holy Eucharist* 4:00 pm Catechesis Workday 5:00 pm Capital Campaign Executive Cmt. (South B-O Rm.) 5:30 pm Jr. EYC 5:30 pm Sr. EYC 6:30 pm AA Group MONDAY-NOVEMBER 9 7:00 am Saints’ Brew 12:00 pm Intercessory Prayer 6:30 pm Vestry TUESDAY-NOVEMBER 10 6:45 am EYC Prayer B’fast 7:00 am Saints’ Brew 5:30 pm AA Group WEDNESDAY-NOVEMBER 11 7:00 am Saints’ Brew 12:05 pm Holy Eucharist w/Anointing (Chapel) 5:30 pm Wednesday Night Supper/Program/ Children’s Choirs* 6:00 pm EfM (Conf. Rm) 7:00 pm Adult Choir THURSDAY-NOVEMBER 12 NEWSLETTER DEADLINE 7:00 am Saints’ Brew 9:30 pm Staff Meeting 5:00 pm Servant Ministry FRIDAY-NOVEMBER 13 7:00 am Saints’ Brew 8:00 am Centering Prayer SATURDAY-NOVEMBER 14 10:00 am – 4:00 pm PPS-PLI Graduation *Nursery Provided
THE TWENTY-THIRD & TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST: NOVEMBER 8 & NOVEMBER 15, 2009
CALENDAR
CALENDAR
Registration is now underway! We know you’ll want to attend! Registration forms are available in the church office or on our
website www.allsaintstupelo.org. Registration fee for members of All Saints’ and the Tombigbee Convocation is $35
(excluding clergy, delegates and alternates). See page 2 for more details!
SUNDAY-NOVEMBER 8
8:30 am Holy Eucharist*
(Church)
9:30 am Christian Formation*
9:30 am Coffee Alley
10:30 am Holy Eucharist* 4:00 pm Catechesis
Workday
5:00 pm Capital Campaign
Executive Cmt. (South B-O Rm.)
5:30 pm Jr. EYC
5:30 pm Sr. EYC
6:30 pm AA Group
MONDAY-NOVEMBER 9 7:00 am Saints’ Brew
12:00 pm Intercessory Prayer
6:30 pm Vestry
TUESDAY-NOVEMBER 10
6:45 am EYC Prayer B’fast
7:00 am Saints’ Brew
5:30 pm AA Group
WEDNESDAY-NOVEMBER 11
7:00 am Saints’ Brew
12:05 pm Holy Eucharist
w/Anointing
(Chapel) 5:30 pm Wednesday Night
Supper/Program/
Children’s Choirs*
6:00 pm EfM (Conf. Rm)
7:00 pm Adult Choir
THURSDAY-NOVEMBER 12
NEWSLETTER DEADLINE 7:00 am Saints’ Brew
9:30 pm Staff Meeting
5:00 pm Servant Ministry
FRIDAY-NOVEMBER 13
7:00 am Saints’ Brew
8:00 am Centering Prayer
SATURDAY-NOVEMBER 14
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
PPS-PLI Graduation
*Nursery Provided
PHOTO DATES/TIMES:
Tuesday, November 3 3:00 – 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 4 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Thursday, November 5 3:00 – 8:00 p.m. This directory will be produced by Nathan Duncan Marketing & Professional Portrait Services. You will receive a color 8x10 photo of the pose of your choice and a pictorial directory. Additional pictures will be available for purchase and delivered by the end of November—in time for Christmas! There will be a $10 sitting fee (due at the time of your appointment), to cover the cost of
publishing the directory. There are several opportunities left to be a part of this directory. We hope everyone will participate! Call the church office at 842-4386 to schedule a time. The directory will not be complete without YOU!
All Saints’ and our friends in the Tombigbee Convocation will host the Diocese of Mississippi’s 183rd Annual Council, February 5-7, 2010 at the BancorpSouth Arena!! As we are expecting over 1,000(!) people to attend, it will take many hands to host our guests for the weekend. How can you help??
Decorations/Flowers - at the arena Council office assistance - making copies, light office work Greeters - to welcome and help our guests find their way around the arena. Hospitality - servers, set-up, clean-up and provide desserts for the Saturday night dinner. Elections - counting ballots during the voting process. Registration - assist in signing in the delegates, alternates, clergy and others. Logistics - strong arms and backs needed to help move furniture and supplies and to set-up the business space and the worship space at the arena. Ushers - to distribute bulletins and assist with communion at the Sunday morning worship service.
In addition, that same weekend, we will also host the Youth Lock-In for the diocese at All Saints’ which means we’ll need volunteers to provide snacks for our younger guests! Sign up sheets for all of these areas are located in the Parish Hall lobby. For more information, please call Vicky Vance or David Sparks, Council Co-Chairs.
We’d like to thank Tom Robinson and Robinson & Associates for sharing their time and talents to design our Annual Council logo, The Challenge of Mission. We’d also like to thank Buddy Vance and J.E. Vance & Co. for their donation of postage for the registration mailing for Council.
FROM THE OFFICE For more information visit our website at www.allsaintstupelo.org
THE PASTOR’S PAGE
Pictured above are the family and godparents of the 9 children who were baptized on All Saints’ Day, November 1. Congratulations to (in alphabetical order): Alexander Crowe, Bradley Crowe, Connor Crowe, Walsh Driskell, Wiley Reddick, Indiana Sistrunk, Austin Strickland, James Strickland and Ronald Strickland.
Kickoff Celebration Update - About 140 parishioners gathered in the Parish Hall on All Saints’ Day evening to enjoy a festive time with our parish family, to reflect on our life together and hear about campaign progress. Decorated in a harvest theme courtesy of Virginia Chambers and Carol Alvis, the Parish Hall was the perfect venue for the occasion, and Romie’s catering served up a winner for all attendees with delightful fare and plenty of libation to go around.
Following personal reflections by Deanna Alford and Albert White, Lloyd Gray highlighted our needs to meet an increased operating budget and service our building loan. Advance Gifts Chair David Sparks reported $929,320 had already been pledged to the campaign from 34 families and individuals! He stated our challenge as seeing how far beyond our need of $1,250,000 we can go.
Campaign Chair Cathy Fitzpatrick asked that members pray, volunteer and participate by giving sacrificially to All Saints’. Master of Ceremonies Wayne Slocum kept the evening rolling with his Cajun humor. Expanded coverage of the Kickoff Celebration will be included in the next Campaign Newsletter, arriving soon at a mailbox near you!
Upcoming Events - A Day of Prayer, centering on stewardship and the effort currently underway at All Saints’, is slated for Saturday, November 14 and a Commissioning Sunday is set for the following day. Campaign volunteers will be recognized and commissioned at each worship service.
ANGEL FOOD
MINISTRIES
136 boxes were
distributed in October!
PLACE YOUR ORDER
SATURDAY, November 7
10:00 a.m. – Noon
or you can place your order online
at: www.angelfoodministries.com
DISTRIBUTION DAY
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
We need volunteers to help take orders (2 Saturdays per month) and to help with distribution (one Saturday per month). A sign up sheet is located in the back of the church. A nursery will be made available to those volunteers that call ahead to either Mandy Atkins or Kasey McFate.
PARISH MINISTRIES
November 4 & 11
Sonny Mason will offer a presentation on creating sacred space
November 18
A Ton of Food for a Hungry Community Campaign concludes. Please bring non-
perishable food items or canned goods to the Parish Hall Lobby.
Children’s Choir for 3 year olds – 3rd grade.
Youth Handbell Choir – 4th grade & up A nursery is provided for younger children
We hope to collect a ton of food (literally) which will be delivered to a local charity the weekend before Thanksgiving. Please bring canned goods or non-perishable food items to the Parish Hall Lobby on Sunday mornings or Wednesday nights.
We appreciate all of our volunteers who are stepping up to help with this ministry. We really depend on YOU for donations of food items such as sugar, coffee, creamer, fruit, and Sunny D juice. Thank you, people of All Saints’, for your continued support of this ministry. Please remember Saints’ Brew for your monetary gifts, memorials and honorariums.
PARISH MINISTRIES
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 All Saints’ Day of Prayer
In the Chapel
Saturday, November 14, has been designated as All Saints’ Day of Prayer for the long range vision, mission and future of the church, as well as our stewardship and capital campaigns. Meditation materials will be provided or you may bring your own. We have openings available from 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. We’d like to have at least 2 people per time slot. Sign up sheets are available in the church on Sundays and in the office during the week.
I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to GIVE. I am afraid the only safe rule is to GIVE more than we can spare. –C.S. Lewis
The next ECW meeting will be
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 at 5:15 p.m.
in the Parish Hall. All women of the church are encouraged to attend.
The Faith Club: a Muslim, a Christian, a
Jew – Three women search for Understanding by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne
Oliver, and Priscilla Warner.
“The women voice
opinions and thoughts
that we all have or are
exposed to, but would
never consider safe to
speak about…in so
doing they demonstrate
that it is precisely in
speaking the
unspeakable with an
attitude of humility and
listening in an
undefended posture
that a way forward can
be found.” The Rt.
Rev. Catherine S.
Roskam, Bishop
Suffragan of the
Episcopal Diocese of
New York. Gift of
Kaye Cannon. (Shelved
201.5/Idl)
CHRISTIAN FORMATION
We are continuing to move toward our goal of opening a Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Level III atrium in January, 2010 for our children ages 9 – 12. As there are still many materials to be made for this
level, we have scheduled a work session in the Level III atrium for Sunday, November 8 at 4:00 p.m. You don’t have to be a master craftsman or artist to help! Even if you think you don’t have any skills to offer, we have jobs that anyone
can help with! Kamme Riddle and Mary Howard King will have all the needed materials along with detailed materials descriptions, so please join us in this effort.
Thanks to our Vestry and the savvy shopping skills of Mary Howard King, the EYC room is now home to a
wonderful, homey set of comfortable furniture. This project has been in the works since the building construction’s completion, and we’re so grateful to have such a wonderful space to be together. Thank you All Saints’!
The EYC will be taking its annual fall outreach trip November 20-24. This year, we’ll be traveling to Sewanee, TN for a weekend in God’s beautiful creation. We’re especially excited because we’ve never taken a trip of this kind before as a group, and we hope that the beauty surrounding us and the physical challenges we meet on the Mountain will bring us closer than ever before to God and each other. We’ll be hosted by the “Fire on the Mountain” EYC group there and will get the opportunity to do some hiking, rappelling, and spelunking! The deadline for commitment to this trip (by turning in permission slips) is Wednesday, November 11. Forms will be distributed in the mail, and can also be found on the EYC webpage. –Ann Marie Schott, Sr. EYC Director
GIFTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR SAINTS’ BREW
From: Martha Kessinger Ginna Parsons
ALL SAINTS’ FAMILY
(Taken from the pew cards placed in the alms
basin on Sunday.)
For: All our friends at All Saints’
The deadline for submitting information for the next newsletter is Thursday, November 12, at 12:00 p. m.
November 9 Sam Morgan November 10 Mark Whipps Richard Brown November 11 Margaret Barshaw November 13 Sally Gray Lee Parks Anna Grace Alexander November 15 Pamela Cox November 18 Joseph Whipps November 20 David Hastings
November 8 Robin & Billy Walton November 11 Kim & David Sistrunk
Our Love and Sympathy to:
Bud Nelson and his family on the death
of his father, Jim Nelson
and
Betty Champion on the death of her
brother, W. G. Barner.
“Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord, and
let Light perpetual shine upon them.”
Dear All Saints’ Family, Thank you all so very much for the lovely plant in memory of my
mother. Paul and I both have been so blessed by each of you in ways you will never know. I especially thank you for your prayers, phone calls, e-mails, cards and food. You have held me up during one of the most difficult times of my life. Bless you, one and all!
Faithfully, Martha
For: Cully Randall
From: Fran Shutiok,
Pat & George Bobo, Fred Bush,
Virginia & Bill Mathews,
Betty Lee Marshall
For: Jim Nelson
From: Pat & George Bobo
For: Pete & Angie Poland
From: Virginia & Bill Mathews
For: Angie Poland
From: Fredda & Tom Robinson
CONGRATULATIONS TO
THOSE WHO RECEIVED THE
SACRAMENT OF HOLY
BAPTISM ON
ALL SAINTS’ DAY:
Connor Reed Crowe
Bradley Wayne Crowe
Alexander James Crowe
Walsh Mitchell Driskell
Wiley Rowe Reddick
Indiana Green Sistrunk
Austin Zeek Strickland
James Douglas Strickland
Ronald Wayne Strickland
A Letter of Transfer Has been received for Cliff and Mid Brock from
Church of the Epiphany in Flagstaff, Arizona and
St. John’s in Bainbridge, Georgia.
We welcome them into the fellowship of All Saints’
For: Hettyola Harrell (in honor of her birthday)
From: Fran Shutiok
For: Karen Asbury
From: Yvette Slocum &
Amanda Westmoreland
Advent II December 6
Advent Lessons & CarolsAdvent Lessons & CarolsAdvent Lessons & CarolsAdvent Lessons & Carols The All Saints’ Choir &
The St. Paul’s Choir, Columbus at All Saints’
A reception will follow
Friday, December 11
Advent Wine & CheeseAdvent Wine & CheeseAdvent Wine & CheeseAdvent Wine & Cheese at the home of Pamela Cox
Advent II December 13
Advent Lessons & CarolAdvent Lessons & CarolAdvent Lessons & CarolAdvent Lessons & Carolssss The All Saints’ Choir &
The St. Paul’s Choir, Columbus at St. Paul’s, Columbus
ALL SAINTS’ MISSION STATEMENT:
To equip ourselves for Christ’s service by gathering for worship, fellowship, prayer, and study;
To minister to and support each other, and to welcome all who walk through our doors;
To act as responsible stewards of God’s gifts to us; And to do God’s work
in the world by seeking and serving Christ in all persons.
