Newsbytes

​All Saints’ Episcopal Church
We welcome, serve and love all unconditionally
through Jesus Christ
 
THIS WEEK AT ALL SAINTS:
 
From the Rector:
Alleluia!  Christ is risen!  Yes, it is still the Easter season and therefore perfectly correct to still be greeting one another this way.  Thanks to all who worked so hard to make Holy Week and Easter Day so special.  From the choir and altar guild, to ushers, lectors, Eucharistic ministers and flower arrangers.  I also want to especially thank our senior warden, Jenks Howe, for helping make our Easter drop-in so successful.  I think we all enjoyed it greatly.
This Sunday we say good-bye to our Canterbury peer minister, Anna Shuford, who graduates on May 11th.  Anna has also been a faithful lay minister here serving as both acolyte and Eucharistic minister.  Please make every effort to be here to wish her well in her new position at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School in Atlanta.
Alicia and I are glad to be back after our weekend respite at the beach.   Thank you to the Rev. Wayne Kinyon for filling in.  We’ll be starting back with adult formation class this Sunday continuing Glorious Companions.  Sam Wilson will lead the discussion on Madeline L’Engle.  See you all Sunday!
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Upcoming Events:
Wed., May 1                                  Choir Practice, 6:15 pm – 7:00 pm
Sun., May 5                                    Adult Formation, 9:30 am
Sun., May 5                                    Racial Reconciliation Class, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Wed., May 8                                  Vestry Meeting, 7:00 pm
 
 
 May 5th, the Third Sunday of Easter
 
Holy Eucharist – Rite 2:  10:30 am
 

• Acts 9:1-6, (7-20)
• Revelation 5:11-14
• John 21:1-19
• Psalm 30

http://www.lectionarypage.net/YearC_RCL/Easter/CEaster3_RCL.html#gsp1
 
Sunday Ministries:                                       
Ushers:  Forrest Adair/Harry Sullivan                           
Acolyte:  Oliver Roosevelt IV
Lector:  Dean Thompson                                                                  
Gospel Bearer:  Catherine Perry                                     
Intercessor:  Howard Pierce                
Eucharistic Minister:  Jenks Howe
Counter:  Lila McKean
Vestry Rep:  Jenks Howe                                     
Coffee Host:  Julie Keadle
Altar Guild:  Sharon Sullivan
 
Birthdays & Celebrations
 
April 30 – Jenks Howe
May 1 – Marcia Beaty
May 5 – Drake Baker
May 6 – Leslie Anne Jackson
May 11 – Mikell Stribling
May 12 – Samantha & Will Adair
May 13 – Bess Pierce & Cody Robertson
                       
 
Parish Prayer List   
To add or remove names, contact one of the following:
Neal Prater at 833-1545 or nbprater@charter.net
Alicia Davis at 864-360-5247 or apdavis1285@gmail.com
 
Please pray for: +Mikell & Hal Stribling; Devon Stewart; +LeAnn Watson; Ted Watson; +Edna Guthrie;  Virginia Sides; Whitney McDuffie; Bo White; Ian Pearson;  Nicole McAlister;  Pam Davis; Suni Friday, +Leslie Anne Jackson; Walter Appleby;  +Jessica Parris; Bill Barrus; Phillip Clark; Jean Hess; Murray Handback; Dana Harwell; Pamela Waite; Scott Trotter; +Lois Wilson; Faye Bennett; Flo Deterding; +Randy Huff; +Mac Howe; Charles Bates; Tom Gallagher; +Oliver Roosevelt; Dustin Richie; Eva Mills.
 
+ indicates All Saints’ members
 
 ALL SAINTS’ NEWS:
PASTORAL CARE COMMITTEE needs new members.  If you are not on a list and would like to be, please contact LeAnn Watson at 833-4404.  Committee members help with receptions, funerals and provide meals during times of pastoral needs.
 
SERMONS are now available to read on the website.  Each week they are uploaded along with a copy of the Newsbytes.  You’ll find the tab for each at the top of the home page.
 
THE NURSERY is now available for those who wish to use it.  We are assigning volunteers on a monthly rotation throughout the year.  Please consider volunteering – safe church training is required.  Information regarding training dates and sites can be found on the diocesan website – www.edusc.org
 
THE FIRST SUNDAY OUTREACH OFFERING is taken up at the close of the service on the first Sunday of each month.  May’s offering is to Episcopal Relief and Development.
 
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.  Bags of coffee are available for purchase 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.