Newsbytes

THIS WEEK AT ALL SAINTS:
From the Rector:
        This has been an exciting week in our common life.  Our Annual Parish Meeting took place this past Sunday.  Elected to the vestry are Jenks Howe, Dean Thompson and Sam Wilson. We also elected Dot Wilson, Oliver Roosevelt, III, Marlene Halbert, and Cindy Perry to represent us as delegates to this year’s Diocesan Convention. LeAnn Watson and Howard Pierce will be alternates.
I want to thank our outgoing vestry representatives, Dot Wilson, Henry Sullivan and Morris Galloway for their faithful work over the past 3 years. 
I am also pleased to announce Howard Pierce as the new Senior Warden and Neal Prater as new Junior Warden.  Along with your vestry,  I am excited about the mission and ministry we are called to and our unique voice as we live into God’s call.
Finally, I will be meeting with the vestry to plan for the coming years.  We will begin to look at the committees of our parish and what we are called to do and be. I and the vestry cannot do this alone. We need your voice and we need you to bring your God given gifts to our common life and to God’s call in this place. Please let me know how I can help that to happen.
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Wednesday, May 24 -   Choir Practice @ 7:00 pm
Thursday, May 25 – Task Force on Deacon training @ 10:00 am
Sunday, May 21 – Holy Eucharist @10:30
 
 
 
May 28th – The Seventh Sunday of Easter
 
 
Sunday  Ministries (Just a Reminder):                       
Ushers: B. Halbert & A. Alloy
Acolyte:  H. Pierce                                           
Lector:  K. Addison
Eucharistic Minister:  H. Pierce         
Gospel Bearer:  C. Perry                          
Prayers: K. Addison
Counter:  H. Smith                                        
Vestry Rep:  D. Wilson  
Coffee Host:  K. Addison 
Altar Guild:  Sharon Sullivan
                                
 
Holy Eucharist at 10:30 am
 
Lectionary Readings:
 

• Acts 1:6-14
• 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11
• John 17:1-11
• Psalm 68:1-10, 33-36
   
  Altar Flowers:  Are given to the Glory of God by
   Morris and Susan Galloway
   
  Birthdays and Anniversaries:
  Meg Keadle – May 24
  Copie Dick – May 26
  Jan & Jim Roberts – May 29
   
  Parish Prayer List  
  To add or remove names, contact one of the following:
  Harry Sullivan at (803) 276-0007 or harry_b_sullivan@yahoo.com
  Neal Prater at 833-1545 or nbprater@charter.net
   
  Please pray for:  Mikell & Hal Stribling; Charlotte & Dillard Hill; Terri & Kenny Murphy; Helen, Lisa & Lori Wicks; Mary Barrus; Devon Stewart; Gordon Locatis; Ron Elson; Harriet Monahan; Charles Lyman Bates; Barbara Anderson; LeAnn Watson; Esabelle Davies; Walter Boyden; Ted Watson; Carol Gurga; Danny Snow; Edna Guthrie; Art Alloy; Charles Krewson; Marquita Hamilton; David Roop; Bill Halbert; Virginia Sides; Dale Rains, Whitney McDuffy;
  Bessie Dowling; Sharon Rexford
   
  NEWS AND COMING EVENTS:
   
   THE FIRST SUNDAY OUTREACH OFFERING  is taken up at the close of the service on the first Sunday of each month. The June  offering will benefit Meals on Wheels.
   
  UNITED MINISTRIES FOOD BASKETS:   Nonperishable food will be received at the church at any time. This food will be presented at the altar on the second Sunday of each month. Please remember to bring nonperishable foods to fill the baskets!
   
  SINGING ROOSTER FAIR-TRADE COFFEE FROM HAITI  is available through the church as a way of supporting our diocesan mission in Cange.  An order sheet is placed in the church and in the parish hall.  Buy some for yourself—and some to give as gifts!  All proceeds go to the farmers who grow the coffee in Haiti.
   
  GLUTEN-FREE COMMUNION WAFERS are always available upon request.  Let the priest know before the service or at the communion rail.