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The Patter is the monthly newsletter of All Saints' Parish in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.
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All SAintS’ EpiScopAl pAriShNinth & Dolores, Carmel-by-the-Sea
EPISCOPAL P
ARISH
ALL SAINTS’
Centennial
Carmel-by-the-Sea
thePatter
January 2012 Disciples
Glorifying Christ & Serving Others
ContentsourRector’sMessage ..................2
theVestryMessage ....................3
ourWorship ..............................4
ourCommunity ........................5
ourDiscipleship ........................6
ourStewardship .......................7
ourOutreach ..........................10
ourCommunity Events at All Saints’ ........12
theBusiness of The Vestry .....13
anInvitation from our Bishop .......................14
ourMission and Vision ..........14
All Saints’ Parish Meeting Thanking — Planning — Listening
Sunday, January 29, at Noon Enjoy Potluck Lunch—Ratify Investment Plan—Listen Thank Members—Review Objectives—Elect Leaders
Children’s Activities and Nursery Provided
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ourRector’sMessageThere is a religious overtone to observing New Year’s Day; it has to do with giving thanks to God for the past year and anticipating God’s continuing grace in the future. When we pause at the beginning of the year to look backward or forward, we tend to see the bigger picture, and in doing so we can glimpse God’s presence in our lives.
I invite you to lift your eyes to the horizons of past and future, and to look for sightings of God. Just like the whale spouts we observe from Carmel Beach, most frequently in January, our sightings of God might look faint, blurred by the haze, leaving us wondering whether our eyes are playing tricks on us. However, it is precisely in times of uncertainty that we enter more fully into the realm of faith. For as the author of Hebrews reminds us, “faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (11:1).
I also invite us to gaze at the collective horizon of All Saints’ this centennial year. By looking back we can discover God inspiring those who have gone before us. The repeating patterns in our history are striking, and point toward God’s purpose for this parish. For instance, we have been a congregation that starts missions, including St. Matthias (Seaside), St. Dunstan’s (Carmel Valley), Bishop Kip’s School (now All Saints’ Episcopal Day School), Santa Lucia Chapel and Campgrounds (in Big Sur), and Epiphany Lutheran and Episcopal Church (Marina).
So it might come as no surprise to discover a new mission on the horizon of our future. Our newest mission is a Center for Christian Transformation, designed to host Festivals of Christian Spirituality.
Each festival will focus participants on a topic critically relevant to society, and will bring to bear the answers provided by the Gospel. We hope that those who attend will be inspired and equipped to address concrete needs in their local circumstances, most likely in small but spiritually significant ways. We envision that the rich spiritual traditions of the Church that are part of each festival will help people participate in God’s continuous transformation, thereby empowering them to serve as Christ’s agent for transforming the world. Between festivals the center will provide means for participants to stay connected and to receive ongoing support.
This center will have the same focus on education and formation that prompted us to start All Saints’ Day School and to help start York School. In a very real way, All Saints’ Parish has served as a center for Christian growth and service for decades, maybe even from its inception. As we begin our next one hundred years, let us claim this heritage and ask how All Saints’ can more effectively serve as such a center through our five areas of ministry. I believe that God is calling us to become, in ever-more-relevant ways, a center where individuals are transformed by the love of Christ to serve others.
Clearly there are other signature patterns that recurred in our first one hundred years and that we can sight even today. Excellence in liturgy, beauty of music, energetic compassion, attentive care for others, and ministries for youth might come into focus as you gaze with gratitude on the horizon of All Saints’ future.
In Christ, Fr. Rick
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theVestry MessageInvestment Plan and Policy
As you have been reading each month, the vestry and foundation board have been working on a comprehensive plan for oversight of the investments for which the vestry is responsible. The foundation board oversees the parish’s Foundation Trust Fund, which is separately incorporated under its own bylaws. For many years the vestry has had responsibility for several designated funds that are beyond the scope of the foundation. A number of parish leaders have worked very hard to develop a policy and comprehensive plan for parish investments, in order to increase the range of endowment options for members and establish better coordination between the vestry and the foundation board.
The two documents will be made available soon, so that all interested members may study them. If you have any questions, you are encouraged to attend the special forum held on Sunday, January 22, at 9:30 a.m. You may also speak to vestry or foundation board members. The parish will be asked to ratify the investment policy at the annual parish meeting on January 29.
Please join the vestry and foundation board in thanking the leaders who worked so assiduously on these documents: Al Alvarez, Ed Childs, Ed Fincke, and Allan Groves.
Nominations for Vestry
The following five people have agreed to stand for election to the vestry: Ed Childs, Bill Mattmiller, Dave McClendon, Anne Powell, and Harrison Shields. We are still receiving nominations. You may volunteer yourself or nominate someone who has agreed to stand for election. Candidates must be members in good standing who have a record of financial giving to the parish and are willing to serve.
Elections will be held on January 29 during the annaul parish meeting. Contact Marcia McCleary, LeAnn Keaton, or the office with any names or questions.
Vestry Forum
Join the two special forums held at the 9:30 a.m. Sunday adult education. On January 15, senior warden, Ed Fincke will lead a conversation on the rector’s pastoral message, which Fr. Rick will give at the conclusion of the January 8 morning services and will also be available in printed form.
On January 22 vestry member, Allan Groves, and new president of the foundation trust fund, Al Alvarez, will lead a discussion on the new investment plan and policy adopted by the vestry, and which will also be available by January 8.
Sunday Schedule8:00 a.m. Eucharist, Rite I9:00 a.m. – noon Nursery9:30 a.m. Adult Education10:30 a.m. Eucharist/Children's Sunday School5:30 p.m. Eucharist (Evensong on the first Sunday of the month)
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ourWorship
Music At All Saints'
We are proud to welcome Nathanael Pangrazio and Friends on Saturday, January 28th at 8:00 p.m. This is the second concert in the Music At All Saints' series, developed in recognition of the centennial anniversary of the parish. Mr. Pangrazio has worked extensively as a musician in a wide range of capacities. He has classical training as a pianist, conductor, singer, and composer. He has studied with many fine mentors, including Carmel's own Barbara Ruzicka, and also attended the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Mr. Pangrazio has been a serious composer since the beginning of his musical interests, and has had the honor of being commissioned by many respected music groups such as the Carmel Bach Festival and Hidden Valley Music. His work has caught the attention of many professional choruses because of his particular interest in choral writing. Mr. Pangrazio has directed his efforts in recent years to include many musical styles of the past and present, so that his work can integrate a number of various techniques and appeal to a wide range of audiences. He has turned his attention in recent years to the world of film music, due to his belief that all of the arts culminate within the single medium of films. Based in Los Angeles, Mr. Pangrazio will present a program of original works at All Saints' with the assistance of several musical friends, who will perform his music on instruments such as the piano, violin, cello, and also a chamber choir. Tickets are available through the church office or online at http://goo.gl/Ru9fy. General and premium seating are available.
Acolytes
Join the parish in giving all of our acolytes a great big thank-you for their service. Please speak to Fr. Rick or Robin Denney if you have any questions or suggestions, or would like to help.
Are You Serving this Week?
Ushers, greeters, eucharistic ministers, coffee hour hosts and lectors can see what dates they are scheduled by going on our website, clicking "events" and then clicking "schedule" in the left-hand column or simply enter this link into your browser: http://ht.ly/6dh7m
Evensong, January 8, 2012
The First Sunday of Christmas - January 1 - Service of Lessons & Carols with Holy Eucharist at 8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., and 5:30 p.m. All three services will feature music.
The Second Sunday of Christmas - January 8 - Holy Eucharist at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., with Choral Evensong at 5:30 p.m.
All Saints' Organ
Over the last couple of months, All Saints' parishioner Clay Couri has been painstakingly making adjustments to our organ to improve the quality of the sound. Everyone, but particularly Todd and Richard, owe him a debt of thanks for his efforts: THANKS CLAY - AWESOME WORK! Below is a letter from Clay about his recent work here at All Saints':
My love affair with the All Saints' organ dates back to the mid 1990s, when I was the associate organist. Richard Wilson and I had discussed the organ's voicing and decided to recommend that the Allen Organ Company come to the church and revoice the organ, which then also resulted in several of the stops being changed to better suit the size and acoustics of our building. Since I was available, I supervised this work, and got to know the technician well who performed the work. In the course of the revoicing, which is done using the organ computer system, this technician showed me exactly how to alter the stops for general sound volume, relative intensity across the reach of the manuals, and the tonal characteristics of each stop. In a digital organ,
Worship: We glorify Christ by enacting liturgies steeped in beauty,
mystery, and creativity that refresh like
springs of living water.
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ourCoMMunity
Join the conversation on Facebook
Beyond our own Facebook page, you can "like" the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real’s new Facebook Page. All are invited to post news and events. Enter this link into your web browser and join the conversation: http://ht.ly/6d2Lw
Dickensian Dinner
On Friday, January 6th, the parish will host the Dickensian Dinner at 6:00 p.m. in Seccombe Hall. Tickets are available only by reservation and the cost is $25 per adult and $10 for children. Entertainment will include the talents of many church members. Do not miss out on this great social event - get your tickets before they sell out!
Book Club
I can’t believe another year of books, good company and lively discussion has passed for the All Saints’ Book Club. We have again reached our annual meeting where we choose our lineup of books for the year.
At the January 10, 2012 meeting, members bring three book selections they believe the Book Club would be interested in reading for the New Year. After a short synopsis of each book, we democratically vote on the 11 selections for coming year.
For those of you who have not had the pleasure to visit the monthly All Saints’ Book club meeting, this might be a good time to attend. There is no pressure to have read any books; just a time to get to know the other members and interject your opinion, if you wish. I’ve been a member of the All Saints’ Book Club for four years now. I love books but thought, “what do I have to contribute?” Well, everyone’s opinion is valued, and I’ve had an opportunity to discover literary genres I would never think to explore. This experience has opened my horizons and will
yours, also.
Come in January and join the fun, while you experience intellectual companionship and a deep, enriching experience.
The All Saints’ Book Club regularly meets in the church library the second Tuesday of each month
at 6:00 p.m. The review leader/presenter brings lettuce for a salad, and the other participants bring something to place in the salad or food to share.
Author Talk & Book Signing
Elizabeth Barratt recently published her book on the history of All Saints’ Parish. On Saturday, January 21, at 2:00 p.m. we will host an Author Talk and Book Signing in Seccombe Hall. Please join us and bring a friend.
Centennial 1892 BCP in Review
The older book of common prayer (BCP) used by the first generation of All Saints’ parishioners contained the same beautiful language as our current Rite I liturgies, but the prayers were longer and much more of the service was spoken by the priest alone. Evidently the ministry of the laity was not a pressing issue one hundred years ago. The service required those worshipping to spend more time on their knees, and we noted a greater emphasis on our sinfulness and God’s consequent wrath, but also the clear message of the saving grace of Jesus Christ. There was less music and no Old Testament lesson or psalm. No one seemed to mind that Fr. Rick did not make the service more authentic by preaching for an hour. Happy anniversary!
Community: We rejoice as a
community that drinks from the chalice
of Christ’s love.
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ourDisCipleship
Adult Discipleship
Join our adult class each Sunday from 9:30–10:15 a.m. in Grant Hall. Nursery care is provided.
• January 1: No class
• January 8: Bible study • Living Our Baptism Beyond the Splash
• January 15: Vestry forum • Reflecting on Fr. Rick’s Pastoral Message to the Parish
• January 22: Forum • Investment Policy Q & A to be Presented at the Parish Meeting
• January 29: Bible study • Living in Freedom between a Rock and a Hard Spot
Prepare for Sunday
This Sundays scripture lessons are on the "Worship" page of our website you can also enter this URL into your browser: http://ht.ly/64Ftf
Report on Conversatio Dialog
The Discipleship Commission and Festival discernment team held their second conversatio dialogue in December. They will meet again on January 20 in a process of experience and reflection. They are eager to offer this spiritually-based method of dialogue and spiritual discovery to the parish and beyond, but are striving to be patient as the method emerges.
Christian Yoga
Christian Yoga sessions will resume in February. Please look for new date and time in upcoming Sunday bulletins
Youth Ministry
by Robin Denney
I'm very excited to join the team here at All Saints'! I look forward to getting to know the parish and the people better. We have a great team of four volunteer youth leaders who
have wonderful skills and enthusiasm. We are organizing ourselves for the year ahead, and I will be getting in touch with the parents and youth of the parish to get your ideas and input as we plan for events and structure our program.
The youth group (grades 6-12) meets the first and third Sunday of the month for a time of worship, fellowship, and teaching. The meetings this month will be after the 10:30 service on January 8th and 22nd, in the youth room. IF you have any questions, suggestions or would like to help our youth ministry in 2012 please contact me. You may send an email to: [email protected] or call me on my cell phone (805) 835-8538.
Discipleship: We follow Jesus Christ and lead
others into the deep waters of faith.
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oursteWarDship
2012 Pledge Campaign
The Stewardship-Pledge team is very encouraged by the momentum of the 2012 pledge campaign. In 2011 there were other needs that arose including the kitchen and reaching out beyond the parish to support the needy in our community. It is wonderful to be part of a commuinty that chips in with time, talent and treasure to sustain all our opperations, ministries and outreach at All Saints'.
At the time of the December vestry meeting 74 families had pledged $186,316. The $33,800
shortfall from our goal is significant but it is still possible that we may reach the goal as there were another 10 families who indicated they may pledge. Meanwhile, the vestry is considering how we will make up the
difference between out total opperating budget and projected income.
If you have ideas, or perhaps have not pledged, we invite you to speak to the rector or vestry to offer your ideas and assistance.
Stewardship: We offer our all so that
Christ may change water into wine.
each stop or voice has been sampled from a real set of pipes installed in an existing organ using extremely fine recording equipment. The notes thus recorded are then transcribed into a digital format. The sound of each note of one voice is then represented by a series of ones and zeros, and encoded on a "prom." Each of the voices of the All Saints' organ is thus encoded on a separate "prom" in the computer. Each of these voices can be adjusted to work well with our building's acoustics. The organ has 55 separate voices, which represent a 55-rank pipe organ. Ideally voiced, this organ is capable of handling all of the same organ literature as if it contained 55 ranks of acoustic pipes. It's true that computer technology has advanced light-years beyond that which is represented in our organ, of 1989 vintage; however, the capability to make mighty-fine music is really there, with careful voicing.
Fast-forward to 2011. I have retired (12-2010) from my position, held for thirteen years, as Music Director-Organist at Saint John's, where it was a job requirement that I be a church member. I have now been privileged to rejoin All Saints, although, Jim and I spend most of our time at our home in San Francisco. About two months ago, Richard invited me to try the organ and "see what I thought." I was appalled! On going through the organ carefully, stop by stop, it became quickly apparent to me that the voicing of most of the stops had been altered so as to render the organ nearly expressionless, tonally - certainly nothing close to what it had once been able to produce, musically. With the blessing of Fr. Rick, Todd, and Richard, I embarked on
a total-organ revoicing project, the majority of which has been completed just in time for the upcoming Christmas services. I have spent approximately thirty hours adjusting the organ's computer system to restore the proper voicing characteristics to each of the 55 ranks. Much of the work required careful listening - out in the nave - to a number of individual notes of each voice, to be sure the tonal and volume adjustments were compatible with the building's acoustics. My years of association with pipe organs, and lessons I have had regarding tuning and voicing of pipe organs has been invaluable, since the principles and theory of voicing a digital organ are similar. Definitely, the end product of a careful revoicing job should render our organ nearly indistinguishable from a fine pipe organ with a palette of stops. Whilst the majority of the work has been completed, there is still some "fussy", subtle work remaining to bring the very best music from each of the stops, and this work will continue for some weeks. As you listen to the organ this Christmas I hope the glorious music it now produces will be a spiritual support for your personal worship experience. It is a great honor and privilege to have been entrusted with this project, and an even greater honor to be welcomed back to the All Saints' family with such enthusiasm! I'm delighted to be able to make this contribution to All Saints' and to the Greater Glory of God.
Merry Christmas!
Clay C. Couri
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JANUARY 2012 ALL SAINTS’ EPISCOPAL PARISH – CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, CA
LITURGICAL READINGS Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
January 1Holy Name
Christmas Lessons and Carols
8:00am Holy Communion (Rite I)
10:30am Children’s Sunday School
10:30am Holy Communion
12:00pm Band Rehearsal
5:30pm Holy Eucharist Rite II
Church Offi ce Closed
4:00pm Strategic Long-Range Planning Committee
1:00pm Music at All Saints’
3:00pm Executive Staff Meeting
10:30am Bible Study
5:00pm Centennial Planning Team
5:00pm Finance Committee
7:00pm Choir Rehearsal
8:00pm Dickensian music rehearsal
9:00am Staff - Morning Prayer
12:00pm Eucharist celebrating the event of the Epiphany
6:00pm Dickensian Dinner
4:00pm Liturgy Planning
January 8Baptism of our Lord
Genesis 1:1-5Psalm 29Acts 19:1-7Mark 1:4-11
8:00am Holy Communion (Rite I)9:30am Adult Sunday School10:30am Children’s Sunday School10:30am Holy Communion
Rector’s Pastoral Message11:45am All Saints’ Drama Troupe
Rehearsal12:00pm Choir Rehearsal4:15pm Choir Rehearsal5:30pm Evensong
4:00pm Strategic Long-Range Planning Committee
10:00am Buildings & Grounds Committee
10:00am Executive Staff Meeting
4:00pm Festival of Christian Spirituality (Task Force)
6:00pm Book Club
9:30am Vestry Meeting
10:30am Bible Study
7:00pm Choir Rehearsal 9:00am Staff - Morning Prayer
10:00am G+ Hangout for All Saints’
12:00pm Discipleship Commission
10:30am Worship Commission
4:00pm Liturgy Planning
9:30am Diocesan Conference “Sharing our Story”
January 152nd Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Samuel 3:1-20) Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 John 1:43-51
8:00am Holy Communion (Rite I)
9:30am Vestry Forum on the Rector’s Pastoral Message
10:30am Children’s Sunday School
10:30am Holy Communion
12:00pm Choir Rehearsal
12:15pm Santa Lucia commission
5:30pm Holy Communion
10:00am Executive Staff Meeting 10:30am Bible Study
12:00pm Prayer service and Christian Unity Celebration
4:00pm Friends of St. Benedict
7:00pm Choir Rehearsal 9:00am Staff - Morning Prayer
10:00am G+ Hangout for All Saints’
4:00pm Conversatio Dialogue
2:00pm Author Talk and Book Signing with Elizabeth Barratt
4:00pm Liturgy Planning
January 223rd Sunday after the Epiphany
Jonah 3:1-5, 10Psalm 62: 6-141 Corinthians 7: 29-31Mark 1:14-20
8:00am Holy Communion (Rite I)
9:30am Vestry Forum on the Investment Policy
10:30am Children’s Sunday School
10:30am Holy Communion
12:00pm Band Rehearsal
5:30pm Holy Eucharist
10:00am Executive Staff Meeting 10:30am Bible Study
5:30pm Newcomers Gathering
7:00pm Christian Unity Service
7:00pm Choir Rehearsal 9:00am Staff - Morning Prayer 4:00pm Liturgy Planning
8:00pm MAAS Concert Nathanel Pangrzio
January 294th Sunday after the Epiphany
Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Psalm 1111 Corinthians 8:1-13 Mark 1:21-28
8:00am Holy Communion (Rite I)
9:30am Adult Sunday School
10:30am Children’s Sunday School
10:30am Holy Communion
12:00pm Annual Meeting and Potluck lunch
5:30pm Holy Communion
Raul’s Birthday 10:00am Executive Staff Meeting
• Events
• Meetings
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JANUARY 2012 ALL SAINTS’ EPISCOPAL PARISH – CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, CA
LITURGICAL READINGS Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
January 1Holy Name
Christmas Lessons and Carols
8:00am Holy Communion (Rite I)
10:30am Children’s Sunday School
10:30am Holy Communion
12:00pm Band Rehearsal
5:30pm Holy Eucharist Rite II
Church Offi ce Closed
4:00pm Strategic Long-Range Planning Committee
1:00pm Music at All Saints’
3:00pm Executive Staff Meeting
10:30am Bible Study
5:00pm Centennial Planning Team
5:00pm Finance Committee
7:00pm Choir Rehearsal
8:00pm Dickensian music rehearsal
9:00am Staff - Morning Prayer
12:00pm Eucharist celebrating the event of the Epiphany
6:00pm Dickensian Dinner
4:00pm Liturgy Planning
January 8Baptism of our Lord
Genesis 1:1-5Psalm 29Acts 19:1-7Mark 1:4-11
8:00am Holy Communion (Rite I)9:30am Adult Sunday School10:30am Children’s Sunday School10:30am Holy Communion
Rector’s Pastoral Message11:45am All Saints’ Drama Troupe
Rehearsal12:00pm Choir Rehearsal4:15pm Choir Rehearsal5:30pm Evensong
4:00pm Strategic Long-Range Planning Committee
10:00am Buildings & Grounds Committee
10:00am Executive Staff Meeting
4:00pm Festival of Christian Spirituality (Task Force)
6:00pm Book Club
9:30am Vestry Meeting
10:30am Bible Study
7:00pm Choir Rehearsal 9:00am Staff - Morning Prayer
10:00am G+ Hangout for All Saints’
12:00pm Discipleship Commission
10:30am Worship Commission
4:00pm Liturgy Planning
9:30am Diocesan Conference “Sharing our Story”
January 152nd Sunday after the Epiphany
1 Samuel 3:1-20) Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 John 1:43-51
8:00am Holy Communion (Rite I)
9:30am Vestry Forum on the Rector’s Pastoral Message
10:30am Children’s Sunday School
10:30am Holy Communion
12:00pm Choir Rehearsal
12:15pm Santa Lucia commission
5:30pm Holy Communion
10:00am Executive Staff Meeting 10:30am Bible Study
12:00pm Prayer service and Christian Unity Celebration
4:00pm Friends of St. Benedict
7:00pm Choir Rehearsal 9:00am Staff - Morning Prayer
10:00am G+ Hangout for All Saints’
4:00pm Conversatio Dialogue
2:00pm Author Talk and Book Signing with Elizabeth Barratt
4:00pm Liturgy Planning
January 223rd Sunday after the Epiphany
Jonah 3:1-5, 10Psalm 62: 6-141 Corinthians 7: 29-31Mark 1:14-20
8:00am Holy Communion (Rite I)
9:30am Vestry Forum on the Investment Policy
10:30am Children’s Sunday School
10:30am Holy Communion
12:00pm Band Rehearsal
5:30pm Holy Eucharist
10:00am Executive Staff Meeting 10:30am Bible Study
5:30pm Newcomers Gathering
7:00pm Christian Unity Service
7:00pm Choir Rehearsal 9:00am Staff - Morning Prayer 4:00pm Liturgy Planning
8:00pm MAAS Concert Nathanel Pangrzio
January 294th Sunday after the Epiphany
Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Psalm 1111 Corinthians 8:1-13 Mark 1:21-28
8:00am Holy Communion (Rite I)
9:30am Adult Sunday School
10:30am Children’s Sunday School
10:30am Holy Communion
12:00pm Annual Meeting and Potluck lunch
5:30pm Holy Communion
Raul’s Birthday 10:00am Executive Staff Meeting
• Events
• Meetings
Please find current updates to calendar
events at: http://ht.ly/41rOb
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Food Bags in Demand
Epiphany, our parochial mission in Marina, CA also has a Food Pantry to meet the needs of the hungry throughout the region. In November they gave out 607 bags of food.
All Saints' 2011 Year Totals are show below. Recent statistics show many of those who come for food bags are from Carmel. Clearly, this is a valuable ministry and we thank you for your ongoing mercy and generosity.
Food for Thought
The Outreach Commission has been reviewing the use of the annual Rummage Sale as our primary mechanism to raise independent funds. After special meetings on the subject, the commission has decided not to hold the rummage sale in 2012, but to replace it with a similar, but more focused, event on the same weekend. We plan to use Best-of-the-Rummage-Sale ideas, emphasizing the successes we have had with the Friday night preview event. Our theme will be “Food for Thought” and we will target our advertising on raising money specifically for food-related activities, so that we may continue the work we do in donating food to the larger community. Though we have not solidified all our plans, we have in mind a small plates (serving significant appetizers and wine) event on Friday night, May 11, that carries a cover charge. The primary focus of our fund-raising efforts that evening will be a major silent auction at which offered items with a minimum value of about $100 (the exact amount has not yet been established, but we want to feature fewer, more valuable items). We will work with Epiphany on the event and expect to create this new centennial year event that will salute the traditions of the past, while looking ahead to the most effective ways in which
we can serve the needs of the parish and the community at large. Ideas for items appropriate for the silent auction include new of lightly used items, gift cards (e.g., for a restaurant or other retail shops in the area), services, and trips. These donations should be directed to the Outreach Commission.
Parishioners who have been collecting goods that were intended for the rummage sale are directed to Epiphany, which holds rummage sales frequently, or to the IOC’s Joining Hands Benefit Shop in Carmel, where proceeds go to area housing causes. More details will be provided on this subject as our subcommittees get working.
In December, the Outreach Commission purchased and sorted food for 100 food boxes for the season, with our Cub Scout troop packing them. We will end the year with about 480 food bags given out in the office. Children’s Christmas gifts were collected, with all going to Epiphany this year. In addition to a large and generous contribution of toys and clothing, we were able to purchase $650 worth of gift cards for Father Jon to distribute. We also continue to provide food to the community through our daily food bags at the office and our monthly I-Help dinners.
Epiphany
Epiphany recently took the lead in Marina’s effort to acknowledge the tragic November fire at a local home for disabled persons, at which five people died. The city has now asked Epiphany to manage the public funds that have come in for that cause. The service that Epiphany hosted for the community was a standing-room only expression of support for those affected.
International Reach
We continue to be part of the Friends of St. Patrick group, consisting of All Saints’ Church and All Saints’ Day School, St. Edwards in San Jose, and St. Jude the Apostle in Cupertino. “Gifts of Life” brochures have been added to the Outreach table by the south door of the church.
Outreach: We serve others with
the compassion of Christ by offering a drink to the thirsty.
Food Bags in 2011 TotalsNumber of Households 455Number of People 1,105
Number of Children 326Number of Seniors 245
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Highlighted Events this month at All Saints'Dickensian Dinner Friday, January 6, 2012 6:00 p.m. Prepay $25 adults and $10 for those 18 years or younger in the office or RSVP and pay at the door.
Music @ All Saints Concert - Nathanael Pangrazio January 28, 2012 8:00 p.m. Tickets available in the church office, at the door, or on the church website for $25. Premium front row seating available. A reception will follow the concert in Seccombe Hall.
Newcomers GatheringWednesday, January 25, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. the newcomers of All Saints' are invited to come to a social gathering in the library. We'll gather enjoying some food and drink and get to know one another better. After the gathering you are encouraged to participate in the Christian Unity Service which starts at 7:00 p.m. in the church and then stick around for the reception that will last until 9:00 p.m..
Annual Parish MeetingSunday, January 29, 2012 at 12:00 p.m. we will hold our annual meeting to celebrate the accomplishments from the year before and then talk about our goals and cast our vote concerning our annual budget and the new vestry candidates. The annual report will be available for your to pick up in the back of the church or in the office by January 15, 2012.
Prayer Service for Christian Unity Service Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7:00 p.m. Christians of all denominations will gather, fellowship and pray at All Saints'. Plan to attend this special Sunday evening service, supporting ecumenical collaboration and worship throughout the region.
Christmas Flower Donations
Tom Brown, in memory of Georgia Brown,
Anne Trivitt, and Louollie & Thomas Brown
The Reverend & Mrs. John H. Burk, in memory of John Norwood, Annie Norwood, Anne
Norwood Petersen, Helen Norwood Crawford,
Ruth Rathbun Burk, Harry Rathbun, and Florence Rathbun
The Reverend & Mrs. John H. Burk, in thanksgiving for Anne Elizabeth Burk and
Rob, Amy, Emma, and Sydney Burk
Jean Clark, in memory of Robert Clark, Marjorie Clark, and Babs & Jack Clark
Ruth Craig, in memory of her daughter Laurel Craig Lalanne
Helen & Jim Egerton, in thanksgiving Alan McEwen, in memory of Jorna White
McEwen and Arthur & Mary Lloyd McEwen
Barbara & Bill Monning and family, in memory of Betty Monning, Virginia
Williams, and Bill & Laura Wheeler
Bob, Kathy, Sarah, & Andrew Nielsen, in memory of Kathy’s parents,
Don & Sally Anderson, and Bob’s parents, Bob & Joy Nielsen
Lucy & Bill Reno, in memory of the Swenson, Burton, and Reno families
Remy Ryan, in loving memory of her father, Fred Gran, and her grandmother, Carrie Gran
Elaine Stanton, in memory of Jim Stanton, and in thanksgiving for Jim & Izzi Shillinglaw;
Amie, Brian, Abigail, and Simon Clarke; Katie & Steve Nichols; and Susan Stanton
Jim & Izzi Shillinglaw, in memory of Jim Stanton
Hilda Stengard, in memory of Marjorie Clark
Claudia & Rusty Ward, in memory of Katherine Jo Buchanan de Berlanga
Annonymous
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See Community Events Calendar on our website for all events.
All Saints’ extends our hospitality and our facilities to
non-profits, groups and programs that complement our
mission and have the blessing of our rector who is the
chief steward of building use. Our parish administrator
manages all contracts. Our hospitality is an extension of
our mission; however, neither contract nor this listing is
an endorsement of any program, group or organization.
Space limitations may not allow us to publsih all events.
To inquire about renting our facilities please contact the
Parish Administrator, Greg Troxell by email: gtroxell@
allsaintscarmel.org
our CoMMunity eVents at all saints'AA Groups Women’s Group Every Monday from Noon-1:00 p.m. Grant Hall
Carmel Group Every Monday from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Grant Hall
Cross Talk Discussion Every Tuesday from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Grant Hall
As Bill Sees It Every Wednesday from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Grant Hall
Carmel Men’s Stag Every Wednesday from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Grant Hall
Carmel Group Every Thursday from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. Grant Hall
Early Discussion Every Friday from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Grant Hall
The Promises Every Saturday from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Grant Hall
Carmel Group Every Sunday from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Grant Hall
Alanon Groups Women’s Group Every Tuesday from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Grant Hall
Women’s Group Every Thursday 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Grant Hall
Carmel Alanon Every Friday from Noon - 1:00 p.m. Grant Hall
Alanon Every Sunday from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Library
The World Watch Group Meets every other Tuesday from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Grant Hall
Poddesses Book Group Every Monday from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Grant Hall
Interfaith Outreach of Carmel General Meeting The first Monday of each month from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. Library
Board Meeting The last Monday of each month from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. Library
Special Community Events at All Saints' in December
Shelter Outreach Plus Women's Ball Saturday, January 21, 2012 8:00 p.m.
Prayer Service for Christian Unity Service and Reception Wednesday, January 25, 2012 7:00 p.m.
WSCI Doctors Conference January 26-28, 2012
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the Business of the Vestry
2011 Vestry MembersMike Carter, Buildings & Grounds
Committee, 8 a.m., Usher
Ed Fincke, Senior Warden, Strategic
Planning Committee, Finance Committee, 10:30
a.m. host, table fellowship group host
Allan Groves, Parish endowments, 10:30 a.m. host
LeAnn Keaton, Junior Warden,
Gardens, 10:30 a.m. hostess
Nancy Jones, Outreach Commission, Choir
Marcia McCleary, Human
Resources Committee, Choir
Nan Walker, Finance Committee
Serving as Treasurer Mike Raggett
Serving as Clerk of the Vestry Marcia Jeiroudi
Balcony Renovation
We have begun the engineering study to learn what degree of water damage may have occurred to the balcony concrete and rebar over the course of the last fifty years. The Buildings and Grounds Committee wants to undergo the research before they proceed with the chosen proposal that includes: resurfacing the balcony to prevent further water penetration, rebuilding the rail, adding a lower gutter, and replacing the exterior balcony planter with a bench.
After all the reports have been reviewed by the building and grounds committee, the vestry will consider the reports and recommended financing options that will be recommended by the finance committee.
Treasurer's Report
Our 2012 Pledge Drive is ahead of last year and doing well; many thanks to all of you. Whether we finish 2011 in the BLACK will be determined by how well we do closing our pledge gap -- I'm hopeful we can do it.
Mike Raggett, Treasurer
Financial Report as of November 30, 2011
Budgeted pledges to date
$185,167
Actual pledges to date
$159,060
Budgeted total revenue to date
$515,651
Actual total revenue to date
$505,642
Budget total expenses to date
$535,172
Actual total expenses to date
$526,298
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an inVitation froM the BishopDear Friends,As you have seen advertised in Along the King’s Highway and heard in my convention address, The Reverend Eric Law will be our conference leader for Sharing our Story, on January 14, 2012.
From 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Eric will assist us in becoming more aware of our spiritual and ecclesial story, sharing what we have with others, so that it may empower them to discover their faith life with God.This is a wonderful opportunity to discover together the riches of our personal heritage in culture and experience, acquiring some new skills in sharing our faith in Jesus Christ.
When I think of what it is we have to give out of our own story of discovering the transformative power of faith in Jesus, I remember Peter’s story, and the first time he said, “I can give you what
I have” in Acts 3, the story of the healing of the lame man at the Beautiful Gate. What a powerful moment not only for the lame man, but for Peter, who now was so confident in his faith, he could give it away, and through him, God healed this man. Our story has such power, and my prayer for our day with Eric is that we will better learn how ‘to give away what we have.’
I hope you will join me so that we can continue to share the good news of Jesus far and wide. As always, we encourage you to bring teams from your congregations so that you may share the experience together.
May you continue to be blessed with hope and eager anticipation this Advent season, longing for the coming of Christ!
+Mary
You’re invited to
A DICKENSIAN DINNER
TO INAUGURATE
OUR 1912-2012 CENTENNIAL YEAR
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2012
6 PM DINNER IN SECCOMBE HALL, PLUS ENTERTAINMENT
All SAintS’ epiScopAl CHURCH
9TH AVENUE & DOLORES STREET
CARMEL BY THE SEA, CA
RESERVATIONS, A MUST! SPACE LIMITED. CALL 624-3883
Nathanael Pangrazio and Friends Saturday, January 28th at 8:00 p.m.
Nathanael has spent a life in music as a performer and as an educator. He studied with pianist and teacher Barbara Ruzicka for seven years, and went on to study music at Indiana University with renowned pianist Luba Edlina Dubinsky of the Borodin Trio. As a composer he has been commissioned by many well-established groups, such as the Carmel Bach Festival, I Cantori di Carmel, Camerata Singers, Hidden Valley Institute of the Arts, and the Bloomington Symphony. His work "Kyrie eleison" was performed by the choral group I Cantori in Coratia, Sicily and Italy. Mr. Pangrazio has composed works for television and film, including a full-length documentary for PBS and some commercials for NBC. He was recently nominated for an Emmy award in the category of documentary score.
Buy tickets by calling the church 831-624-3883 or online: http://goo.gl/Ru9fy. Learn more about Nathanael Pangrazio at http://www.nathanaelpangrazio.com/.
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PARISH LEADERSHIPClergyRectoR The Rev. RichaRd MaTTeRs
Deacon The ven. JaMes BooTh
MissioneR—epiphany chuRch, MaRina The Rev. Jon PeRez
Deacon The Rev. Joan andeRson
pRiests associateD with all saints’ The Rev. holly hudson-louis
Parish StaffGaRDeneR PedRo caBReRa
caMpGRounD caRetakeR duane Fissell
sexton Raul GaRcia
youth leaDeR RoBin denney
nuRseRy MaRia Medina
DiRectoR of Music dR. Todd saMRa
BookkeepeR lin sPonsleR
paRish aDMinistRatoR GReG TRoxell
oRGanist RichaRd Wilson
VestrysenoR waRDen ed Fincke (2013)
JunioR waRDen leann keaTon (2011)
nan WalkeR (2013)
allan GRoves (2012)
nancy Jones (2012)
MaRcia MccleaRy (2011)
Mike caRTeR (2013)
tReasuReR Mike RaGGeTT
cleRk MaRcia JeiRoudi
coMMittees of the VestRy
BuilDinGs & GRounDs Mike caRTeR
finance nan WalkeR
huMan ResouRces MaRcia MccleaRy
stRateGic planninG ed Fincke
AssociAted orgAnizAtions
founDation tRust funD al alvaRez
Commission Chairs and Ministry LeadersWorship
altaR floweRs Mila MuRPhy
altaR GuilD cooRDinatoR valeRie WaRRen
acolytes deanna JeRauld
BanD alan MceWen
DRaMa tRoupe nancy BeRnheRd
euchaRistic MinisteRs PaRkeR hoRnBeck
lituRGical aRts susan BRiTTon
usheR captains Bill MaTTMilleR & Mike RaGGeTT
weDDinG cooRDinatoR diane ellis
community
pRayeR teaM izzi shillinGlaW
euchaRistic VisitoRs The Rev. Rick MaTTeRs
welcoMinG & newcoMeRs Bonnie BuFkin
MeMoRial teas GWynn RoMano
Book cluB kaThy nielsen
discipleship
the fRienDs of st. BeneDict Bill Reed
GoDly play TRacy haack
seasons of the spiRit Wanda GReen & aMy Buchanan
sMall GRoups GReG TRoxell
chRistian yoGa
BeTh leFeBvRe
festiVal of chRistian spiRituality The Rev. Rick MaTTeRs
weDnesDay BiBle stuDy GReG TRoxell
sunDay MoRninG aDult BiBle stuDy The Rev. Rick MaTTeRs
steWArdship MinistRy DisceRnMent GReG TRoxell
2012 pleDGe teaM nan WalkeR
enDowMent MinistRy allan GRoves
outreAch
fooD pantRy RoseMaRy sMiTh
i-help hans lehMann aliceon Jones
santa lucia caMpGRounD JiM & izzi shillinGlaW
st. patRick’s, haiti RoseMaRy sMiTh
epiphany chuRch, MaRina The Rev. Joan andeRson
all saints’ Day school dennis shaRP
AdministrAtive AssistAnce
GRaphic DesiGn Rodney WaRRen
paRish office VolunteeRs MaRcia JeiRoudi JiM shillinGlaW izzi shillinGlaW
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Ninth and Dolores
PO Box 1296
Carmel, CA 93921
Phone: 831-624-3883 Fax: 831-624-1459
www.allsaintscarmel.org
All Saints’ Episcopal Day School
8060 Carmel Valley Road
Carmel, CA 93923
831-624-9171
www.asds.org
Epiphany Lutheran & Episcopal Church
425 Carmel Avenue
Marina, CA 93933
831-384-6323
www.epiphanymarina.org
Santa Lucia Chapel & Campground, Big Sur
PO Box 1296
Carmel, CA 93921
831-624-3883 www.allsaintscarmel.org
All Saints’ Episcopal Parish www.allsaintscarmel.org. [email protected]
Office Hours: Monday—Thursday 9:00 a.m–4:00 p.m. and Friday 9:00 a.m.-noon
NON – PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE
PAID PERMIT # 139
All Saints’ Mission:Disciples Glorifying Christ and Serving Others
All Saints’ Vision:By God’s grace and mandate, our future honors and carries forward the sacred heritage of All Saints’ Parish.
We are called to be a diverse community filled with vitality and enthusiasm that celebrates together around the wellspring of Holy Communion, in order to be refreshed and equipped by the Holy Spirit.
Living God’s future today, we attract more and more people of all ages into our fellowship of love and Christian formation. From this place we send forth members and establish missions that glorify Christ, serve others, and offer God’s hope to the world.
Phone: (831) 624-3883 Web Site: www.allsaintscarmel.org
Rector, Wardens, and Vestrymen of
All Saints’ ParishDolores and Ninth–PO Box 1296Carmel, CA 93921
Return Service Requested
VALENTINE’S DAY AT ALL SAINTS’
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, AT 5:30PM
This is my commandment:
that you love one another
as I have loved you.
— John 15: 12
JOIN US AS WE GATHER TO ASK GOD’S BLESSING
ON THE LOVE WE SHARE WITH SPOUSES,
PARTNERS, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS.
THE FR. FARMER SCHOLARSHIP DINNER FOLLOWS; MAKE RESERVATIONS ON OUR PARISH WEBSITE.
ALL SAINTS’ EPISCOPAL CHURCH NINTH & DOLORES, CARMEL