Dear Parish Family, · 2015. 10. 29. · November 2015 Dear Parish Family, As most of you know, Donna and I just returned from a wonderful pilgrimage to the Holy Land sponsored by

November 2015

Dear Parish Family,

As most of you know, Donna and I just returned from a wonderful pilgrimage to the Holy Land sponsored by

the Diocese of East Tennessee. Returning from another country makes one thankful to live in America. Israel

looks like a very modern and prosperous country on the surface, but after a few days one realizes that all is

not well even though everything looks shiny and bright on the outside. Freedoms that we take for granted,

like which roads we wish to drive on, or where we wish to travel or even where one worships, is greatly

restricted for our Palestinian brothers and sisters. We have a lot to be thankful for in this country and often

perhaps we never really think about our freedom until we live in or visit other countries and see, first hand,

how others live.

November is a time when we think a lot about thanksgiving. In the past, Thanksgiving was a busy time

preparing for the big feast and being together as a family. For most, it was time joy and celebration. These

days we have the family and we have the feast, but we have to schedule activities around the football games

and shopping for the Black Friday specials. Unfortunately, Thanksgiving is less about giving thanks than it is

about taking on the worldly and commercial patterns of other holidays like Memorial Day and Labor Day.

But forgetting to give thanks is not a modern problem. Remember the story about Jesus curing 10 lepers and

only one returned to give thanks? As we begin this holiday season and we become so very busy, let us not

forget to give thanks each day for all that God has given us. It just takes a few moments in the morning or the

evening to thank God for each day. We take so much for granted in this country, so in this time of

thanksgiving, let us take time to give thanks for our freedoms, our health, our families and even our church.

As we give thanks during this month of November, let us not forget that

Sunday, November 1, is All Saints’ Day. It is also Commitment Sunday, the

day when we ask that you bring your completed pledge card to church and

offer it to God in joyful thanksgiving for all that God gives us each day.

Faithfully,

Fr. Ken+

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As I write this, the Barbeque is underway and I've been

thinking back on the 45 years we've been involved in this

undertaking. It was the summer of 1970 and Hamblen

County was celebrating its Centennial. Folks coming into

town would need something to eat. We, All Saints’, set up a

tent on ground now occupied by the ASCS parking lot

and behind where Burger King now sits. The "crazy

Episcopalians" prepared, all chopped by hand, and sold

sandwiches downtown for an entire week. It was publicity or

evangelism or, perhaps, sheer lunacy but a new tradition was

born!

The proceeds from the BBQ have helped us pay for the

parish hall and church buildings, donate over $100,000. to

community outreach and to pay our commitment to the

diocese.

Probably, from my standpoint, the greatest blessing gained

from the BBQs has been the "getting to know" each

other. The act of working shoulder-to-shoulder with one

another for a common good builds community and fosters

friendships.

We are presented with another opportunity to work

together for a common good. By pooling our God-given

resources through the Stewardship Campaign, we can build a

proper nest-egg to attract and bring a new priest to All Saints’.

The Search Committee is hard at work checking off those

goals prescribed in the search process. Now that the parish

study has been done, they will be publishing those results on

our church web-site. Any prospective candidates will be

looking at our web-site to determine what we are about. They

will also be looking to see if we are financially stable. In order

for our place in Gods kingdom to grow, we need to grow in

stewardship. Consider very prayerfully your gift back to the

Lord through All Saints. Join with your brothers and sisters to

move our congregation forward in the Lord.

Your servant in His work,

Sarah

And speaking of the BBQ…

Mathematics of Freeing

the All Saints’ General Budget

from Dependency on BBQ Income

In its best years the All Saints ‘BBQ has netted $25,000 annually. For one hundred pledging families or individuals this equates to $250 each. Which further equates to an additional $125 each twice a year in May and October. The same funds could be achieved by an increase of $5 per week per 100 pledges. $5 x 52 weeks x 100 pledges = $26,000

DDDickens

10/21/15

November 2015 Page 3

The first Sunday in November you will find new

UTO boxes available in a basket in the Parish Hall.

The last one you have may be full again, falling to

pieces, or missing. Mine is missing and I think

there is change in it!

For those of you who are new to All Saints’, the

United thank Offering is a ministry of the Episcopal

Church for the mission of the entire church. It was

begun by the ECW over one hundred years ago to

support missionaries abroad and has grown ever

since. The nickels, dimes and quarters that each of

us and our family members drop in the box daily

are an outward sign of thanksgiving. There is

always at least one thing I can find to be grateful

to God for, even on bad days. The monies donated

Episcopal churches all around the world are

collected by the national UTO organization and

distributed annually in the form of grants to

Episcopal missions and churches, and their minis-

tries in developing world, as well as here at home.

Put your UTO box in a readily accessible place so

each person in your home can give daily thanks in

a way that will help others less fortunate.

Judy Bartholomew, Chair

The week after Sunday, November 15, we will deliver the foods to Central Services that have been collected during the Thanksgiving food drive. Even though Central Services does not provide Thanksgiving food baskets, we thought this would be a time of greater need. Plus during this time of giving thanks, it is a good opportunity for each of us to share with those less fortunate.

For Christmas, we will again be collecting children's pajam-as for Food on Foot. I will deliver these to the Organization on Wednesday, December 16, for distribution to the chil-dren on Saturday, December 19. This is the day the children will pick up their last food bag before Christmas. Each child gets to come inside without a parent and pick their own pair of pajamas with the help of volunteers who man the tables of new pajamas stacked for boys and girls by size. Just after Thanksgiving, I will put boxes is the Narthex for the pajamas which do not need be wrapped.

Carolyn, at Food on Foot, says one of their biggest requests is for sleep pants in Men's sizes Small, Medium and Large. There is also a need for both boys' and girls' pajamas in sizes 8 -10 and 14-16 as well as pajamas for girls who wear Ladies' sizes Small, Medium and Large.

Lend a Hand has another project in the beginning stages. If you are aware of a need, please contact Larry McGowan or me.

We continue to fill food bags for Food on Foot and help with the distribution of food bags on the fourth Saturday of each month. Please join us some Saturday morning at 1030 and participate in Outreach in action.

I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to each of you for your continued support of our various projects.

Respectfully submitted,

Ginger Goolsby

Outreach Liaison to the Vestry


Repairs this month haven’t been extensive but have been expensive. Our dish washer wasn’t working properly and required some major repairs costing over $900. Then the repairman had to be called back for another problem to tell

us of a solution. No one seemed to know we were supposed to do a simple procedure on a regular basis. Now we know! Other minor problems involved replacing several sections of base board and treating an outside drain with some root killer. As usual, weeds and shrubs continue to grow and need to be kept un-der control. Applying a little round-up has helped with the weed control, and many thanks to Glenn Thompson. George Giles, Jr. Warden

WORSHIP MINISTRY CORNER

Parish family, November 1 is All Saints’ Day which is the name day of our church. This day is also the day we remember our loved ones that have passed to be with our Lord. There is a tribute of floral arrangements that is placed at each of the columbarium in their honor and each name is read and a bell is rung. This brings me to Thanksgiving and how all of us should give thanks for what we have and who we are, because there is no promise of tomorrow. This is why we must trust in our Lord to put us on the right paths in our lives by having faith and with this you can not go wrong. Good things will come. David Burnette, Vestry Liaison for Worship

Project Canterbury Family Dinner

(with Advent Liturgy and

Filling Bags for Food on Foot)

Wed. December 2 at 5:30pm

Project Canterbury members will bring their

families for a Family Dinner so we can get to know

them! Then they will present an Advent Liturgy to

prepare us all for the birth of the Christ Child.


In the beginning...

Burning off the Pit.

Capt. Bob and crew getting butts to Pit.

Fully loaded...

County workers vital to our success.

Wayne Pigmon & crew have front lawn ready! Turning the butts with Jim Fuhr.

Slaw Sauce brewin’ Marinating before packing

Bean bakin’ with Brooke, Marylou & Taryn

Ruth & Ronnie voted best sauce bottlers!

Virginia, Marylou, Tracy & Louise pack & play! Shirley, Susie, Holley, Jamia & friend having good time! Miss Ruth &

Dan the Man

Fall BBQ 2015


November 2015

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Dear ASEC Congregation,

Thank you so much for inviting us to come and share our family story

about joining Christian Veterinary Mission’s work in Mongolia. It was nice

to be back in a place that was a second home to me growing up! We

appreciate your interest and excitement. We look forward to keeping you

updated in the coming months.

We pray blessings on your ASEC family.

Thanks again for allowing us to come.

Love & Blessings,

Helen Anderson Woolsey & Family

“OUT AND ABOUT” UPCOMING EVENTS

DATE EVENT DETAILS

Saturday,

10/24

Lasagna Dinner,

Parish Hall

Cooked by our very own Mark Joyce!

Sunday,

11/1

Installation of the

Rt. Rev. Michael

Curry

Bring a dish to share and Stay after church for a pot luck

lunch and join us to watch the installation of the Rt. Rev.

Michael Curry as our next Presiding Bishop.

Sunday,

11/ 22

Advent Wreath

Making

Join us in the Parish Hall for this annual and much loved

event!

Sunday,

12/6

“A Christmas Story” We will go to see Encore Theatre’s production of “A Christ-

mas Story” at Walter State. We will have a box lunch, as

before. Cost is expected to be $35 and money must be in by

Nov. 23. An adjustment will be made for folks with season

tickets.

Wednesday,

12/9

Gingerbread House

Making

Who doesn’t enjoy this event? Lots of fun and laughter as

we get into the “Christmas Spirit.”


ENGAGING GOD'S MISSION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: FINAL REPORT OF THE TASK FORCE FOR

REIMAGINING THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH INTRODUCTION

The members of the Task Force for Reimagining The Episcopal Church (TREC) believe that the Holy Spirit is

calling our Church to participate in God’s mission in a faithful and life-giving way in a changing world.

All of our work is grounded in three basic practices that we believe we must renew in our Church, and thus

we start with an invitation to the Church for renewal and reimagination around these transformational prac-

tices that the Church at every level must embrace today.

Follow Jesus together. The Episcopal Church’s identity is rooted in Jesus and his Way. The renewal of our

Church will come only through discerning the shape of that Way and practicing it together in the power

of the Spirit. Christianity is an embodied way of life, not just an institution or set of ideas. The Episcopal

Church has a distinct and rich heritage of interpreting and expressing Jesus’ Way. Every local church and

every Episcopalian must be called to follow Jesus more deeply.

Into the neighborhood. Jesus sends us together into the places where ordinary life unfolds. We are sent

to testify to God’s reign as we form and restore community by sharing in God’s peacemaking and healing.

This begins with deep listening to neighbors, relying upon their hospitality rather than expecting them to

find us on our terms. In today’s increasingly diverse world, we must learn how to bear witness to, and

receive from, those of different cultures, faiths, and beliefs, “eating what is set before us.” For many

churches now disconnected from neighbors, this will mean attempting small experiments in sharing

God’s peace as we learn how to form Christian community and witness with those neighbors.

Travel lightly. Jesus sends us out empty-handed so that we might rely upon God’s abundance, which

sometimes comes to us through the hospitality of our neighbors. We must hold inherited structures

loosely as we make space for alternative patterns of organizing our life together. We must discern what

of our traditions is life-giving and what unduly weighs us down. Traveling lightly means going in vulnera-

bility, risking being changed by God and our neighbors.

We invite local congregations, dioceses, and the wider Church structures to enter into a season of sustained

focus on what it means for us in this moment, in our various local contexts, to follow Jesus, together, into

the neighborhood, and to travel lightly.

We must learn how to form Christian community and practice Christian witness in environments where the

culture no longer supports Christian identity, practice, and belonging as it once did. This work of learning and

discovery must take place at all levels of the Church, although it is primarily local work.

“Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out

and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.” – Matthew 9:17


November Birthdays & Anniversaries

01 Jack Fishman, Bill Bennett

02 Cindy Selby

03 Sonya Pigmon-Beene

04 Steven Torres

05 Carolyn Dean, Katie Haun

07 Suzy Lowry

10 Matthew Sawyer, Kathy Haun,

Jay Gose

12 Jean & Skeet Jones*

14 Al Herzog, Ian Neilson

16 Joe Bennett

18 Barbara Thompson, Jim Simerl

19 Ginger Goolsby

20 Norma Hall

22 Ruth Frederick, Joey Chiappetta

24 Taryn Herzog

25 Nancy & Jack Fishman*

26 Shirley & Irv DeGroff*

28 Richard Dixon, Sharon Oats

29 Wanda Kirby

30 Connie & Joe Bennett*

Our Youth are having fun with the Re:Form curriculum and Middle School “Rite 13” lead by Dana Rice. They also helped with Food on Foot food bag distribution, BBQ setup and had their Doggie Bone fundraiser in October.

Youth Schedule for November:

Nov. 8 Youth Sunday Service at 10:30

Nov. 8 Walk-a-Thon Youth Fundraiser after 10:30 Youth Service

Nov. 15 5pm-9pm KEY Dinner at Tyson House

Nov. 22 Advent Wreath Making after

10:30 service

Nov. 28 10:30-1pm Food on Foot

bag distribution

John Hutchins, Vestry Liaison for Youth

Nancy Jernigan; Joe Bacon; John Hawkins; Nikki Wills; Ray Leu; Frani Bickart, sister-in-law of Carol-Jean & David Webster; Fran Carroll, sister of Larry McGowan; Nancy Haggard; Esther Dunning, sister-in-law of Mary Zabrosky; Ernie Livesay; Linda Nash; Saundra Smith;Jamia Blazer; Terry Hamilton; Jennifer Stephen-son; Ashley Taylor, daughter of Dave Auton; Bill Adams, son of Tykie & Jerry Feldmann; Diane Fox; Dick Rice; Doug Burke; Patty Kennedy; Jack Melton, son-in-law of Cathy Varner; David Brooks; Madison Carey; Dave Silvers; Debbie Young; Ian Bond; Jackie Gerding & Joyce Terry, sisters of Susan Fuhr; Melissa Weaver; John White; Rob Holiway, son-in-law of Pat Clevenger; Bill Marshall; Elaine Bennett; Jack Hutchins, father of John Hutchins; Jerry Rogers; Jack Yates

Birthdays & Anniversaries: Susie Carter; Robert Young; Michelle Cardone; Brooke Plum; Linda Massengill; Den-ver Rhodes; The Rev. Donna Brown

Diocese: St. John the Baptist, Battle Creek, TN; St. Julia Station, Porcupine, SD; our sister missions in South Dakota: St. Elizabeth’s, Wakpala; St. James’, Mobridge; St. John’s, Bullhead; St. Paul’s, Little Eagle

Those in the Armed Forces: Joseph Carson; Dakota Faw; Ryan Oliver; Daniel Thomas; John Minarik; Jacob Frederick; Timothy Ellison; Rebecca Holman; Mitchell Craver

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ALTAR GUILD

Team 3 Team 4 Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4

Brooke White Kathy Haun Judy Anglin Judy Bartholomew Brooke White Kathy Haun

Diane Fox Lena Giles Pat Pigmon Carolyn Dean Diane Fox Lena Giles

Taryn Herzog Sheri Chiapetta Toni Dosil Virginia Carey Taryn Herzog Sheri Chiapetta

S. Stambaugh Alyssa Chiapetta Shirley DeGroff Janis Dixon S. Stambaugh Alyssa Chiapetta

BREAD MINISTRY Mark Joyce Larry McGowan Martha Simerl Mary Zabrosky Jamea Blazer Lena Giles

ACOLYTES 8 Larry McGowan Kim Torres Dave Auton Kim Torres Earl Hall Kim Torres

Larry Knighten Earl Hall Kathy Jones-Terry Larry Knighten NA Larry McGowan

CHAL/INTER 8 Cheryl Jones Larry McGowan Sam Yeary Larry McGowan Kathy Jones-Terry Glenn Thompson

2ND CHAL 8 Cindi Husk Glenn Thompson Cindi Husk Cheryl Jones LarryMcGowan Sam Yeary

GREETER 8 Howard Mauney William Rooney Kim Torres Marylou Mauney Larry Knighten Howard Mauney

HOSPITALITY 8 MaryLou Mauney Larry McGowan Martha Simerl Carol-Jean Web-ster Virginia Carey Tykie Feldman

LECTOR 8 Kim Torres Kenny Zitt Cheryl Jones Sam Yeary Kim Torres Martha Simerl

LECTOR 8 Melissa Weaver Hobart Smith Kathy Jones-Terry Cindi Husk Sam Yeary Sam Yeary

USHERS 8 William Rooney Larry Knighten Larry McGowan Kim Torres Larry Knighten Howard Mauney

Skeet Jernigan Kathy Jones-Terry Roland Zitt Skeet Jernigan William Rooney Marylou Mauney

VPR 8 Cindy Selby Marylou Mauney David Burnette Cindy Selby TBA Marylou Mauney

ACOLYTES 10:30

Jay Gose Jim Fuhr Jimmy Gose Earl Hall Jay Gose Jim Fuhr

Celeste Sexton Jose Sanchez John Garber Mallory Sawyer Celeste Sexton Jose Sanchez

Dillon Wines Julielle Hamblen Rebekah Garber Charlie Neill Dillon Wines Julielle Hamblen

CHAL/INTER 10:30 Kathy Jones-Terry Mark Joyce Sarai Wender Carolyn Dean Jack Fishman Susan Fuhr

2ND CHAL 10:30 Lauren Cordle Susan Fuhr Cookie Larkin Lauren Cordle Dan Dickens Cindi Husk

FLOWER CARRIERS Jill Bruce Virginia Carey Tykie Feldman Lena & George Giles Marylou Mauney Pat Pigmon

GREETERS 10:30

Shamron Stam-baugh Jack Yates David Briggs Sheri Chiapetta Ruth Frederick Nancy Fishman

Norma Hall Judy Yates Maudie Briggs Tommy Justis Jose Sanchez Louise Joyce

HOSPITALITY 10:30 Stambaugh/Neill (All Saints' Celebration)

Justis/Zabrosky/ Fred-erick Dickens/Joyce Briggs/Dockery Chiapetta/Dosil White/Taylor

LECTOR 10:30 Mark Joyce Cindi Husk Jill Bruce Elizabeth Cloyd Lauren Cordle Jack Fishman

LECTOR 10:30 David Briggs Martie Anderson Sheila Carton Alex Cunningham Carolyn Dean Ginger Goolsby

PRESENTERS 10:30 Sue & Tommy Justis

Sarai & Udo Wender Jack & Judy Yates

Jose Sanchez & Dillon Wines

Judy Bartholo-mew& Mary Za-brosky

Jason & Mary Dockery

SOUND 10:30 Dan Dickens Jackson Hutchins John Hutchins Tommy Justis Udo Wender Jack Yates

USHERS 10:30

David Briggs Jim Gose Jackson Hutchins Jack Yates John Hutchins Sarai Wender

Maudie Briggs Jimy Gose Janis Dixon Judy Yates David Briggs Udo Wender

George Giles David Gose Shamron Stam-baugh Dan Dickens Maudie Briggs Kathy Jones-Terry

Ginger Goolsby Louise Joyce Robert Vick Deanna Bagley Ronnie Bledsoe Judy Bartholo-mew

VPR 10:30 Cindy Selby Louise Joyce David Burnette Cindy Selby TBA Louise Joyce


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

All Saints Day 8:00 AM HE I 8:45 AM Parish Breakfast 9:15 AM Adult & Youth SS 9:15 AM Children's Choir 9:30 AM Children's SS 10:30 AM HE Rite II 11:45 AM Covered Dish Lunch-

eon & Simulcast of Ordination

of Bishop Curry 8:00 PM NA

2 4:00 PM Purkey Music

Lessons 6:00 PM Cub Scout

Troop 197 7:00 PM Boy Scout

Troop 197

3 4:00 PM Purkey

Music Lessons 8:00 PM AA

4

10:00 AM Bible Study 4:00 PM Purkey Music

Lessons 5:30 PM Wed PM

"Setting Our Sights On

The Future" 7:00 PM Parish Choir

Rehearsal

5 9:00 AM Adminis

tration Committee 12:00 PM ALANO

N 4:00 PM Purkey

Music Lessons 7:30 PM NARAN

ON

6 6:00 PM Purkey

Music Lessons 8:00 PM AA 8:00 PM ALAN

ON

7 10:00 AM Purkey

Music Lessons 8:00 PM NA

8 Youth Sunday & Walk-A-

Thon 8:00 AM HE I 9:15 AM Adult & Youth SS 9:15 AM Children's Choir 9:30 AM Children's SS 10:30 AM HE Rite II 11:45 AM Out & About Planning

Meeting 5:30 PM KEY @ Tyson House 8:00 PM NA




Troop 197

10 4:00 PM Purkey

Music Lessons 5:30 PM Finance

Committee 8:00 PM AA

11

10:00 AM Bible Study 4:00 PM Purkey Music

Lessons 5:30 PM Agape in Ac-

tion 7:00 PM Parish Choir

Rehearsal

12 12:00 PM ALANO

N 4:00 PM Purkey

Music Lessons 6:00 PM VESTRY 7:30 PM NARAN

ON

13 Happening 6:00 PM Purkey


ON

14 Happening 10:00 AM Purkey


15 Happening 8:00 AM HE I 9:15 AM Adult & Youth SS 9:15 AM Children's Choir 9:30 AM Children's SS 10:30 AM HE Rite II 6:00 PM Vestry 8:00 PM NA




Troop 197

17 12:00 PM ASES

Board 4:00 PM Purkey


18 10:00 AM Bible Study 4:00 PM Purkey Music




Rehearsal

19 12:00 PM ALANO

N 4:00 PM Purkey

Music Lessons 5:30 PM ADK 7:30 PM NARAN

ON

20 6:00 PM Purkey


ON

21 10:00 AM Christmas

Bazaar - Fundraiser

for Youth 10:00 AM Purkey


22 Grandparents Day 8:00 AM HE I 9:15 AM Children's Choir 10:30 AM HE Rite II 11:45 AM Making Advent

Wreath 8:00 PM NA




Troop 197

24 4:00 PM Purkey

Music Lessons 7:00 PM Communit

y Thanksgiving

Service 8:00 PM AA

25 MATS Smoking Turkeys

at PIT 4:00 PM Purkey Music

Lessons 7:00 PM Parish Choir

Rehearsal

26

12:00 PM ALANO

N 7:30 PM NARAN

ON

27 Church Office

Closed 8:00 PM AA 8:00 PM ALAN

ON

28 10:00 AM Food on

Foot Distribution-

All Saints' Service

Day 10:00 AM Purkey


29 8:00 AM HE I 9:15 AM Adult & Youth SS 9:15 AM Children's Choir 9:30 AM Children's SS 10:30 AM HE Rite II 8:00 PM NA




Troop 197

1 4:00 PM Purkey


2 10:00 AM Bible Study 4:00 PM Purkey Music




Rehearsal

3 12:00 PM ALANO

N 4:00 PM Purkey

Music Lessons 7:30 PM NARAN

ON

4 6:00 PM Purkey


ON

5 10:00 AM Purkey


RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

Standard Mail Non-Profit Org.

U.S. Postage Paid Morristown, TN

Permit 219

All Saints' Episcopal Church

601 W. Main Street

Morristown, TN 37814 Phone: 423.586.6201

Fax: 423.585.5551

Email: [email protected]

“committed to love, worship, proclaim, learn and serve Our Lord”

With the holidays coming up, we understand

that many people will be traveling and may

be unable to serve on the ROTA for late

December and early January. If you will be

unable to serve on Sunday, December 13

through and including Sunday, January 2,

please send an email by November 10 to

Gigi Sharp at [email protected].

Thank you!

Commitment Sunday

(Please bring your 2016 Commitment Card)

HE I 8:00AM

Parish Breakfast 8:30AM

Sunday School 9:30AM

HE II 10:30AM

Covered Dish Luncheon 11:45AM

Simulcast of the Ordination of Bishop

Curry to the office of Presiding Bishop

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Dear Parish Family, · 2015. 10. 29. · November 2015 Dear Parish Family, As most of you know, Donna and I just returned from a wonderful pilgrimage to the Holy Land sponsored by