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Thank you for worshiping with us today. If this is your first visit or you are looking for a church home, a Greeter is available in the Welcome Center before and after worship services to provide information and a welcome gift.

ALL SAINTS’ CORE VALUES

Being an active, inclusive community of faith;

Worshiping God in the Episcopal tradition;

Nurturing individuals to grow in Christ;

Seeking and serving Jesus in unexpected places.

8:00 AM

Chalice Bearer and Lector: Ruth Bratton

9:00 AM

Chalice Bearers: De Torrey and Debby Smith

Lector: Carol Corbin

Paten: Russ Hoyser

Acolytes: Eli Fischer and Amelia & Claire Sexton

Greeters: Maryanna & Jon Ter Poorten and Joe & Debbie Stegman

11:10 AM

Chalice Bearers: Sue Gelarden and Willie Dillon

Lector: Ragan Kearns

Paten: Frank Torrey

Acolytes: Jaden & Reggie Miller and Joyous Dillon

Greeters: Matthew & Amy Shorter

Altar Guild: Team 4 - Captain: Lillian Welch

Ushers: Team 4

The altar flowers are given today to the Glory of God and in thanksgiving for thirty-eight years of

marriage by Tom and Fannie Dillard.

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TODAY: The Cabarrus CROP Hunger Walk - at 2pm at Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church in Kannapolis. CCM will be collecting food again at this year’s walk, so please bring a can or two of

non-perishable food items to be donated to support CCM’s food pan-tries. There will be a raffle at the CROP Hunger Walk. Charlotte Motor Speedway donated two Grandstand race tickets for the May 28th, 2017 Coca-Cola 600. To purchase a raffle ticket, please bring $1.00 (suggested donation) or 1 can of food.

We will eat lunch here at All Saints’ and then car pool over to Kimball Lutheran.

We are making 100 Apple Pies for Haiti - All Hands on Deck! October 27th at 7pm in the Kitchen & Parish Hall to make pies. Pies will be available for pick up on Sunday the 30th of Oc-tober for $20. All profits from this sale will support the Haiti Fund.

Older & Wiser Laity (OWLs) - Luncheon with the clergy on October 27th at noon. Bring your own lunch. We will provide tea and dessert.

Youth Lock-in Grail Quest—Monday, November 7th at 7 PM Teams will go on a quest for the Holy Grail. They will learn about heraldry, make their own shields, swords and have jousting contests. Whichever gender has the most attendees will be served breakfast by the other. So bring your friends!

Thank you to the Pastoral Care Ministry for hosting coffee time today! To learn more about this Ministry,

please contact Debby Smith at shesworkingonit@gmail.com.

TODAY at All Saints’

Christian Formation begins at 10am: Catechesis of the Good Shepherd: Ages 3-9 (Atrium Room 106 & 107) Re:Form: 4th & 5th Grade (Room 103) Making It Real & Relevant: Middle School (Downstairs, Community Room) High School (Downstairs, Youth Room) Bible Study: The Book of Genesis using the book “Wrestling with Angels” (Work Room) Raising the Faith: Discussions for all involved in the raising of children (Room 104) Smorgasbord: Adult Book Discussion “Half Truths” (Parlor) Bible Time: Age 2 (Nursery Room 101) during the 9 & 11:10 AM Services

CROP Hunger Walk: Lunch after the 11:10 AM service in the Parish Hall followed by Carpooling 1:00 pm - Registration at Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church 2:00 pm - Walk starts in Kannapolis

The Serenity Group: 2 PM (Community Room)

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Requiem Mass—Sunday, November 6 at 11:10 AM

We will celebrate All Saints’ Sunday with a Requiem High Mass, which means that it is a service not only for the saints that have preceded us but also for you and I, in our daily preparation, to eventually greet them face to face.

We choose to celebrate All Saints’ Day in this fashion because it is our parish’s patronal feast day.

This year we use Dr. Neil Harmon’s Requiem. Harmon published this work in 2014. Due to it being only two years old, relatively few people have had the opportunity to hear the entire work, if at all. It is safe to say that even fewer have heard the entire work in the context of a worship service.

The moods of the individual movements of this Requiem range from those of quiet prayer to more urgent characterizations of darkness being conquered by light, to the song of the saints at the table of our Lord found in the Sanctus, all ending with being led to Paradise by the company of angels, where there are living fountains of water and where tears are wiped away.

My prayer is that you will let the sound wash over you. Let it transport you. May there be moments where you catch a glimpse of Jerusalem. May your senses be heightened, knowing that the cloud of witnesses, composed of those that have loved us and helped shape us as Christians, join us this day, in this space and in our hearts.

Brian Sapp-Moore, MM Director of Music and Coordinator of Communications

All Saints’ Day Epic Parish Picnic November 6th at 4:30 PM in the pavilion

Plan to come and enjoy the comradery and fun. There will be Face Painting, a Potato Sack Race, an inflatable obstacle course, smore’s, bingo, to name a few of the activities. Plus prizes!

Invite your friends and neighbors. Bring a side dish to share! RSVP on the bulletin board in the Welcome Center.

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PRAYERS OF THE PARISH

Prayer is the foundation of the ministry of this parish. Prayer requests & praise reports can be added or removed by going to the All Saints’ website and clicking on Prayer Requests, or by calling the church office at 704-782-2024. You may choose to have your request sent to the Prayer Chain (a small group of faithful intercessors who pray daily for the requests) and/or to be included in the announcement bulletin. Please note that names will remain on the list for three weeks; unless otherwise requested.

We pray for Michael, our Presiding Bishop; Anne, our Bishop Pro Tem; Peter, our Assisting Bishop; our rector, Nancy; our staff and vestry, and for the people of All Saints’ and their families.

Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Iglesia Episcopal de Cuba

Diocesan Cycle: Penick Village and St. Stephen’s & St. Timothy’s in Winston-Salem

Cycle of Prayer: Buddy & Teka King, Liz Rogers, Michael & Andrea Klauss, Tony & Phyllis Kombol, Keith & Heidi Lee, Deborah Lewallen, Dick & Barbara Lewis, and their families.

Prayers have been requested for: Decima, Guy, and Richard.

In nursing homes or homebound: Ben Burton, Uldrick Branford, Sarah MacRae, Hilda Marshall, and James E. Swann Jr.

Living with ongoing special needs: Annabelle, Bill, Bob and Brenda, Dalton, Dayna and Jason, Devyn, Ericka, Fred, George, Guy, Jean, Kendall, Lydia, Marjorie, Marshall, Mary G., Michael, Mike, Paul, Rhonda, Stephanie, Yasmin and Maddox.

Serving in the military: Bo Simpson, Becca Simpson, Jack Simpson, Jennifer Ahart Barkley, Peter Barkley, and Dean Fedrizzi.

Our Stephen Ministers: Don & Nancy Foskey, Mickey Hayes, Debbie Lewallen, Barbara Lewis, Garen Livingston, Charles Simmons, Gina Simmons, and Dorothy Teeter.

Our College Students: Emily & Samantha Badgett, Chris Berg, Brendan & Lauren Byrne, Anna Catherine Carroll, Caroline Coggins, Julia Connelly, Jazzmine, Jim, and Tom Cox, Margaret Ericson, Eli Helms, Gabrielle Hollopeter, Sophia McFarlane, Molly & Patrick Moser, Will & Zach Moyes, LiDan & Zara Noreen, Alexandra & Jacquelyn Ramdin, Kayla Russell, Jack Simpson, Nathan Shorter, Hilary Smith, Jameson Williams, and Sydney Wydra.

LIVING GENEROUSLY is our theme for this year’s Annual Giving Campaign. We know that God has blessed All Saints’ as a community this past year and has kept us moving forward in mission and ministry. Your generosity has made all this possible. All that we have as individuals and as a community of believers comes from God. Please prayerfully consider proportional giving when you complete your pledge card in a few weeks. All of us can pledge to ensure that as a community we continue to live out our faith helping one another and those outside our church who hunger for a relationship with Jesus. -Chuck Collier, Senior Warden

Welcome Desk Volunteers Needed: There are several openings for Welcome Desk Volunteers! A “regular shift” is mornings (from 9 am to 1 pm) OR afternoons (from 1 pm to 5 pm) on Monday through Friday. Normally each shift is manned by a single person on a monthly basis. There are several openings for people to take a “regular shift” as well as people to fill-in on an occasional basis. Please call De Torrey, at 704-754-3140, for more information.

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Have you been receiving the All Saints’ Weekly Word via email? If you have not but would like to, please email admin@allsaintsconcord.org.

If “Google Mail” is placing the Weekly Word in “Promotions,” please email Brian at bsapp@allsaintsconcord.org for directions to resolve this issue.

Honor Your Loved Ones at Carolina Memorial Park As part of the ceremony, your loved one’s name will be placed on a Memorial

Ornament. Trees are located at Carolina Memorial Park. All proceeds to benefit: Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County. Names & Donations will be taken until December 18 at 5:00 p.m. with a minimum

$3 donation. Tree Lighting Ceremony: Monday, December 5, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.

Entertainment & Refreshments will be served following the program. Trees are lit nightly from December 5 – January 3 and are visible from Mt. Olivet Rd.

Hospice and Palliative Care of Cabarrus County: The group is in need of the following items for their patients and families. Please place these items in the smaller of the two boxes in the Welcome Center:

Baby Wipes (prefer unscented) Sweet & Salty Snacks (Individually wrapped) Individual Tissue Packets Sandwich-size Zip Lock Bags

If you have any questions please contact Becky Bahn at 704-906-8958.

UPDATED needs for the Cooperative Christian Ministry food pantry: Canned Fruit Canned Tuna, Chicken and Vienna Sausage Corn Ramen Noodles Soup (any kind) Canned Beans (other than green beans) Macaroni & Cheese Plastic Grocery Bags (we use 300 to 400 per day at the Crisis Center) We appreciate and need any donation of food, cleaning, paper products or health and beauty supplies. For your convenience a box is kept in the Welcome Center for your do-nations.

13th Annual Sunday Soup Sampler: November 6th from 11:30am-2:00pm at City Club at Gibson Mill 325 McGill Ave. NW, Concord. Tickets are $25 a person for all you can eat soup & desserts from over 20 local restaurants and a silent auction. Soup To Go can be ordered online through October 31 at www.CabarrusMOW.org or call 704.932.3412.

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Celebrate! Gracious Lord, as we celebrate Nancy’s sixth anniversary with us this month, we are grateful to you for sending Nancy to All Saints’, and we thank you for her ministry to us. We also give you thanks for the healing you have done and are doing in restoring her to fullness of health and function. We

continue to pray that you take away all symptoms of her brain injury and that you give her your peace and comfort. Amen.

We celebrate with the families of Peter Benbow and Megan Trull, daughter of Fred and Jill Trull, upon their marriage which took place on September 24th.

We wish Lillian Welch, Godspeed and blessings as she transitions to her new home in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. May she move forward from this place knowing she is loved and will be missed.

Sharing the news of our community! Have a grape for the vine? Contact church office at 704-782-2024

or email Announcments@allsaintsconcord.org

Vestry Chuck Collier- Senior Warden Hilary Smith - Junior Warden Tina Luckey - Communications Tommy Jones - Parish Life Kay Boland - Youth & Christian Education Chris Charest - Physical Plant Roxanne Friday - Women’s Ministries Sue Gelarden - Finance Woodson Hair - Stewardship Bob Simpson - Outreach Service Debby Smith - Pastoral Care Amy Spunich - IWC/Newcomers

Reporting to the Vestry Robbo Williams, Treasurer Kim Gordick, Vestry Clerk

Office Hours M-F 9:00am - 5:00pm

Clergy The Reverend Nancy L. J. Cox, Rector ncox@allsaintsconcord.org The Reverend Vern Cahoon, Deacon vcahoon@allsaintsconcord.org

Staff Tammy Matula, Office Manager/Children’s & Youth Ministry Coordinator tmatula@allsaintsconcord.org Hannah Crone, Church Administrator admin@allsaintsconcord.org Brian Sapp-Moore, MM, Director of Music/Organist, Coordinator of Communications bsapp@allsaintsconcord.org Chuck Collier, Senior Warden cwcollierjr@gmail.com

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