Dear Friends:
This Saturday, December 24, All Saints will worship at two services at 3:00p.m. and 10:00p.m.
Joyce Chang will be the soloist at both services.
On Sunday, December 25, All Saints will worship at one service only at 10:30a.m. An usher and a chalice bearer are needed for this service, please contact Andrea.
The Child Care Center will close at 2:00p.m. on Friday, December 23 following its Holiday Show and Potluck party and re-open on Tuesday, January 3.
The Church Office will also close on December 23 at 2:00p.m. It will be open next week, Tuesday through Friday, from 10:30a.m. to 4:00p.m. It too will be closed on Monday, January 2.
Last Sunday was our annual Caroling Party with stops at The Harborage in Edgewater, John Stellingwerf’s home in Leonia, Bright Side Manor in Teaneck, Isabel Winfield’s home in Tenafly and the party at the rectory. The All Saints’ carolers were Annie Byerly, Lily Byerly, Martine & Alain Chahine, Juanita Barrow, Marjorie Clark, Alina Gonzalez, Joyce Chang, Shawn Condon, me, and at Bright Side, The Rev’d Deacon Joanne O’Neill. At Bright Side we met up with carolers from The Church of the Atonement.
Special thank you’s to Lana Guidetti for making arrangements with Ella Zerga and The Harborage and to the Rev’d Deacon Joanne O’Neill for making arrangements at Bright Side Manor. An extra special thank you to Joyce Chang for keeping us on pitch with her strong, professional voice.
John Stellingwerf was presented with a card signed by the congregation for his 101st birthday and with a hand knitted lap robe from the All Saints’ Shawl Ministry. John sang along with the carols and also sang a solo for us: “The Old Rugged Cross”. It was a fine afternoon.
All Saints has the following events coming up:
On Sunday, January 1, All Saints will worship at one service only at 12noon, in honor of New Year’s Day, which is also the Feast of the Holy Name with special lessons.
On Sunday, January 8, The Feast of the Epiphany will be celebrated at 8:30 and 10:30a.m. At 10:30a.m. the church school will offer an Epiphany (“Three Kings”) pageant, and all will have the opportunity at coffee hour to win “Three Kings” prizes, provided, God-willing, by the rector.
On January 27 and 28, Juanita Barrow, Annie Byerly and Alain Chahine and I will represent All Saints at the Annual Diocesan Convention.
The Progressive Dinner, with a cocktail hour hosted by Ruth and John Dougherty, will be offered on Saturday, February 10 with the All Saints Annual Meeting to follow on February 11. At the Annual Meeting, a new Warden and three new Vestry members will be selected. Also, the Shawl Ministry will receive official recognition and blessing as an “official” All Saints ministry.
I hope to see you this weekend. If not, please keep All Saints in your prayers and the Christ Child in your heart.
May God bless you and all whom you love.
Dean
