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SPRING SPRING SPRING SPRING SPRING SPRING SPRING SPRING CLEANINGCLEANINGCLEANINGCLEANINGCLEANINGCLEANINGCLEANINGCLEANING
Thinking that by April Winter MIGHT have ended (why not, it has already ended three times
this year!) a day is planned for us all to gather for a day of “Spring Cleaning” all around the
Church.
If you can come, there will be work for you to do. A major area will be around the grounds,
trimming, planting, and getting things ready for Easter. Jennie Laurent, one of All Saints
“plant managers” has some plans for those who will be ready to play in the dirt with her, and
this past winter’s storms have left some work for folks around the property lines.
A variety of tasks indoors require attention as well. Though half of the basement is “fenced
off” as a “Chiming For Friends” staging area, there is pre-Rummage sale organizing to be
done.
Work will begin as early as 8:00 a.m.—with proper
refreshments available, and will continue through the
morning and early p.m., with a “nutritious” hot dog
lunch to keep us going. Helpers are welcome at any
time, for as long as you are able to stay!
Wear your work duds, bring gloves and whatever
tools you think would be useful.
5th Annual Dining With Saintly Friends5th Annual Dining With Saintly Friends5th Annual Dining With Saintly Friends
Join us in supporting Triad Health
Project’s 25th Annual Dining for
Friends event on Saturday, April 25th,
from 5:00 pm until dark, rain or shine.
All Saints’ own B-B-Q, trimmings, and
desserts will be served. And, as always,
you have the chance to take the decorations home
with you—for a donation! Bring your compassion and
your checkbook or credit/debit card with you!
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from the Rector...from the Rector...from the Rector...from the Rector...from the Rector...from the Rector...from the Rector...from the Rector...
The Rev. Warren L. Pittman
All Saints’ 2014 landscape was a little
early with the Easter Gospel.
Last year the “old
rugged cross” that
had been out on the
front lawn for fifty
years was replicated
and replaced. (It’s
now stored in the
basement, in case
you’re searching for
the “True Cross.”
In the process, the
new cross was re-
located, its original
site having been
rendered less visible
by the surrounding
trees.
Not a big deal — it
actually stood out
more to passers by…
… but we forgot that some time after the
first cross was “planted,” a circle of bulbs
was also planted around the base, so that,
every year in early spring, bright flowers
would bloom as natural highlights.
The cross got moved, but the bulbs didn’t.
And you can see the results!
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He’s not here … !He’s not here … !He’s not here … !
Easter is on its way, and I can’t help but
look at the lawn … and smile … and
picture the women that first Easter
morning, going to where they thought
they would find Jesus, to be told “He’s
not here, He’s risen!”
Jesus is a Lord who comes to us
wherever we are, and finds us, but
then bids us to follow him. Whenever
we get too comfortable, too set in our
ways, too “sure” of where he is to be
found and what he has to say and what
he expects us to be and do …
… something NEW and unexpected
happens.
The “Jesus Memorial Society” that may
have been ready to establish itself
there in Jerusalem, signing a long-term
lease on the Upper Room as a place to
gather, tell stories of “the good old
days,” and sing songs about “How
Great Thou Wert” finds that Jesus has
risen and is on the way out into the
wider world.
From Emmaus, through Galilee, and on
to Antioch, Athens, Rome, “to the ends
of the earth…” and he keeps calling us
to “follow me.”
Fortunately, he’s moving just slow
enough for those who want to catch
up.
Lord Jesus Christ, by your death you took away
the sting of death:
Grant to us your servants so to follow
in faith where you have
led the way, ….
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Spirit of TaizéTaizéTaizéTaizé
LentLent Walking in Mercy, Walking in Mercy, Walking in Mercy,
Justice & LoveJustice & LoveJustice & Love
Thursday evening Thursday evening Thursday evening April 3rd at 7:00 April 3rd at 7:00 April 3rd at 7:00 in the Parish Hallin the Parish Hallin the Parish Hall
This month’s Taizé-style evening worship will be in
keeping with the season of Lent, as the ecumenical
congregation gathers to keep silence, to chant, to listen
to God’s Word, and to pray mindfully with one another.
A number of congregations
around Greensboro take part in
this service, held monthly in All
Saints Parish Hall. Seating will
accommodate worshippers who
would like to use meditation
benches, prayer mats, pillows,
or chairs.
Musicians who may wish to
contribute their talents are
invited to contact the Rev.
Audra Abt at #336.275.1651,
or e.mail her for details, at
audra.abt@standrewsgreensboro.org
on Friday, April 11 at 6:00pm, and then dessert with Jane Davis.
Sign up in The Gathering Space, or call the church to R.S.V.P.
ALL SAINTS’ALL SAINTS’ALL SAINTS’ALL SAINTS’
...will gather this month
at
STARVE A MOSQUITO THIS SPRING!
DONATE BLOOD DONATE BLOOD DONATE BLOOD ON APRIL 28THON APRIL 28THON APRIL 28TH The Red Cross is coming
back for their Spring
Visit, inviting, literally,
“all types” to come to
All Saints’ Parish Hall,
from 2:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Donors may reserve a couch by letting Ron Stowers
know at church that you’d like to give. First-time donors
are ESPECIALLY welcome!
Host-helpers and cookie-bakers are also invited to help
make this the best Blood Drive EVER!
Crocus, Focus Robin, Bobbin'
Green grass, Amass Flower, Power…
Our Next Luncheon will be
Tuesday, April 8 at 11:30 a.m.
Call the church office
to make your reservation … Let us know, too, if
you need transportation.
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HOLY WEEK
HOLY WEEK
HOLY WEEK
HOLY WEEK
HOLY WEEK
HOLY WEEK
HOLY WEEK
HOLY WEEK && &&&& && EASTER
EASTER
EASTER
EASTER
EASTER
EASTER
EASTER
EASTER The Sunday of the Passion: April 13
The Week begins with the nicknamed “Palm Sunday,” because part of the service
recalls the “Triumphal Entry” of Jesus into Jerusalem, hailed by the crowds waving
palms and branches.
We join in the “Hosanna!” and wave our own palms on the way into worship.
(Parishioners are welcome to come together on “Palm Saturday,” April 12, in the
Parish Hall, to tie palms into crosses for the services, from 10 am to noon.)
But we move quickly into the real “triumph” of the week, hearing the story of Jesus’ arrest, trial and crucifixion:
hence the real name of the day is “The Sunday of the Passion.”
On Monday evening, at 7 p.m., the church takes part in The Way of the Cross, the
congregation following Jesus from his condemnation to the tomb.
Many know this as the “Stations” of the Cross.
A simple cross is carried into and through the church, from the entryway to the altar, as
verses and prayers are shared along the way.
On Tuesday evening, a “Quiet Circle” will gather to share a “contemplative” offering of
the Holy Eucharist, inspired by the worship style of Taizé.
The 7:00 p.m. service will include the proper prayers and readings for Tuesday in Holy
Week, but will include a substantial amount of silence and stillness around the table.
On Wednesday, the regular 7 p.m. mid-week Eucharist is followed by the Office of
Tenebrae, or “Shadows.”
We listen in semi-darkness to scripture’s penitential psalms, laments and offer
prayers, as the candles around the church are extinguished.
Maundy Thursday
We gather at 7 p.m. to reclaim the intimacy of Jesus and his disciples in the upper room.
The sanctuary is reset for the evening, so that we might hear more readily his “new
commandment” to love one another.
The congregation is then offered the opportunity to respond, to be loved and served, and
to love and serve, by taking part in foot washing, and then break the bread of Holy
Eucharist.
“Watch and Pray”
When the Maundy Thursday service ends, the altar and sanctuary are stripped.
The sacrament is removed to an “Altar of Repose” in the baptistery, and the sanctuary is
left dark and bare. Parishioners take turns through the night keeping “watch” around
the Reserved Sacrament in prayer, until the first service of the following day,
Good Friday.
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GOOD FRIDAY
On Good Friday morning, the Liturgy of the Day is offered at 6:30 a.m., including another
simple reading of the Passion, followed by prayers, the veneration of a plain wooden
cross, confession, and communion from Bread and Wine remaining from the night before.
At 7:30 a.m. parishioners are invited to join other Episcopalians from around Greensboro
to “take it to the streets,” walking The Way of the Cross through various “stations”
downtown, beginning and concluding in the parking lot across from 301 N. Elm Street,
(Bishop Anne’s office building.)
The Liturgy of the Day will also be offered at All Saints at 12 noon.
Good Friday evening, at 7 pm, in the twilight, people are welcomed to the empty sanctuary at
All Saints, for silent prayer and shared meditations “around the cross.”
On Holy Saturday the church gathers in All Saints’ Garden of the Resurrection, at the Columbarium
at 9:30 a.m. for prayers appropriate for “The Sabbath of the Lord.”
After the simple Liturgy of the Day, all are welcome, young and old, to join
in the re-adornment of the church for The Day of Resurrection.
THE DAY OF RESURRECTIONTHE DAY OF RESURRECTIONTHE DAY OF RESURRECTION SUNDAY, APRIL 20
Our observance begins in darkness, the church gathering before sunrise. In the darkness a fire is
kindled, and carried into the church, from which the Paschal Candle is lit. Members of the
congregation share the fire, each with his or her own candle (bring your own, or take one that
will be provided you that morning.) The ancient victory song of praise, The Exultet, is sung.
“This is the night,” we sing, “when Christ broke the bonds of death and hell,
and rose victorious from the grave.”
Some of the “Greatest Hits” of the Old Testament are then read, or re-told, centered on the
definitive story of the Exodus, when Moses led the children of Israel out of slavery into freedom.
Then the story of the Resurrection is heard, and the church sings out her first “Alleluias” since
the start of Lent. While the singing continues, and bells are rung, the veils are removed from the
sanctuary, and the Easter decoration is brought to light, by which time the sanctuary is flooded
by the morning sunrise!
This “sunrise service” begins at 6 a.m.
All who are gathered will renew our Baptismal faith and vows, then gather at the Table for Holy
Eucharist. The First Eucharist of Easter breaks the Lenten Fast, and then we move to the Parish
Hall for another “breakfast” together. Bring a festive dish to share!
Two other celebrations of Easter follow, at the “regular” service times
of 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
Over the course of the morning, children (of all ages) are invited to bring flowers
to fill the flower cross, which then becomes a part of our Easter adornment.
… and watch your step, Easter morning: the colored “eggs” are for the
children’s Easter Egg that will follow the 10.30 a.m. service!
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REPORT from the Finance Committee to the Vestry, March, 2014
SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION (rounded)
YEAR’S END 2013 February Year-to-date 2013 Budget Percentage of budget Year-to-Date
Pledges received $ 25,306 $ 55,747 $ 156,770 36% of budgeted pledges received
Open plate $ 1,364 $ 4,352 $ 25,000 30% of budgeted open plate collected
Total Income $ 29,727 $ 63,405 $ 208,420 107% of budgeted income collected
Total Expenses $ 19,058 $ 35,524 $ 208,380 105% of budgeted expenses paid
Net Difference $ 10,669 $ 27,881 $ 40 (Income vs. Expenses)
SELECTED FUND BALANCES (rounded)
Bank Checking Account $ 78,713 Tribute/Memorial Fund $ 32,394
Diocesan Mutual Fund (Endowment) $ 301,600 Maintenance Reserve Fund $ 116,210
Building Fund $ 4,281 Discretionary Fund $ 4,319
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TUTOR ONE CHILD ~ CHANGE TWO LIVESTUTOR ONE CHILD ~ CHANGE TWO LIVES How does this happen? Attend Greensboro’s introduction to the Augustine Literacy Project.
(This time we won’t get snowed-iced out!)
6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 10, at Celia Phelps United Methodist Church, 3709 Groometown Road.
Speaker: Debbie McCarthy, Executive Director, ALP
Founded 20 years ago at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Family in Chapel Hill, the ALP serves students in grades K-12
who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and are performing below grade level in reading.
The need is great.
� As many as 74% of poor readers in 3rd grade are still poor readers in 9th grade.
� In 2011, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reported that 66% of North Carolina’s 4th graders
scored below proficiency in reading (among African-American 4th graders it is 84%, and Hispanics 80%).
� 85% of juvenile offenders have a reading difficulty.
But ALP offers the potential for gratifying rewards. For 90% of poor readers, early, intensive intervention can increase
reading ability to an age-appropriate, average skill level. The ALP trains and supports volunteer tutors who provide
free, long-term, one-on-one instruction using the Orton-Gillingham phonetic methodology and the Wilson Reading
System® materials.
Tutoring one child can change two lives, but it does require a significant personal commitment.
� Attend one of two intensive 70-hour training sessions (intervening weekend off). Training will be July 7-11 & 14-18
in Chapel Hill, or October 6-10 & 13-17 in Durham. The cost is $300 (partial scholarships may be available), and
some mid-week housing is available in Chapel Hill to lessen travel burden.
� Commit to 60 hours of one-on-one tutoring.
For more information, visit www.augustineproject.org
Questions about this upcoming info session? contact:
Sue Mercier, suemer14@aol.com, 336-420-4405
Stephen McCollum, mccollumsm47@gmail.com, 336-501-2000
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Fooling Mother Nature? 2
Seasoned Seasonal Luncheon 3
Raiders are at it again! 3
Taizé-inspired worship 3
Give Blood! 3
HOLY WEEK & EASTER 4 & 5
Augustine Project: 3rd times the charm! 6
Dining for Friends in May, too 7
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