All Saints Episcopal ChurchAnnual Report – 2016

Senior Warden’s ReportMichael Binford

At the vestry retreat last January, we discussed how 2016 was going to be a year of consolidation, without any big new projects. This year would allow us to adjust to the newly renovated church and to a new staff configuration. Instead, in January, we had a security incident that caused us to institute new security procedures and to install new locks and video cameras to increase the well-being of our pre-school students, staff, and members. Also, we needed additional personnel support to monitor the access to the church and to supplement the music program through May. The associated expenses were not in the budget, and by late summer, we were headed for a financial shortfall. Asking the parish for additional help was necessary, and your response was quick and generous.

Then came Hurricane Mathew! While the church avoided major structural damage, many large trees came down, and the buildings were flooded with several inches of water. Total damages have come to about $140,000.00, again an unbudgeted expense which did not exceed our insurance deductible. The repairs have been mostly completed thanks to the hard work and constant supervision of our Junior Warden, Tony Rizza. Our diocese, the Episcopal Church in South Carolina, has loaned us $125,000.00 interest-free for two years to help us recover from the hurricane.

Your response to our series of challenges has been tremendous. Our community has shown itself to be strong, vibrant, caring, and supportive. Your generosity of time, talent, and treasure has been wonderful. Parishioners cut trees, moved furniture, painted walls, and came forward with financial support. We are caring pastorally for those who suffered damages to their homes, and we continue to share our struggles and successes together.

While the year did not go as planned, it has been a pleasure to serve with this vestry as we addressed each new problem. It has been my privilege to represent All Saints at the Diocesan Convention in Charleston and at the meeting of the Consortium for Endowed Episcopal Parishes in Denver. Working with the members of the parish continues to reaffirm my faith; your generosity of spirit is awesome and inspiring.

Respectfully,Michael Binford

Treasurer’s ReportMark Szen

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Data and Charts presented at 2017 Annual Meeting

OPERATING FUND

Income 2014 2015 20162016

BudgetCurrent Pledges 647,997 688,578 744,198 743,700Other Offerings 63,045 98,335 88,181 92,000Other Income 15,261 17,516 12,285 23,500Transfers 61,145 0 22,400 22,400Designated Outreach 56,538 57,255 141,597 130,000Total Income 843,986 861,684 1,008,661 1,011,600

OPERATING FUND

Expenses 2014 2015 20162016

Budget Spiritual & Parish Life 25,820 21,207 17,922 30,600Mission & Outreach 128,922 155,985 235,132 227,400Facilities, Finance & Admin. 689,244 682,010 755,569 753,600Total Expenses 843,986 859,202 1,008,623 1,011,600

OPERATING FUND

2014 2015 2016

Total Income 843,986 861,684 1,008,661Total Expenses 843,986 859,202 1,008,623

Operating Surplus 0 2,482 38

HURRICANE MATHEW

Hurricane Matthew Contributions 44,685

Hurricane Matthew Expenses 116,935

Hurricane Matthew Shortage -72,250

MORE THAN WE CAN IMAGINE

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2014 2015 2016Campaign To Date

Donations 111,042 213,693 166,307 491,042Expenses 100,686 158,106 294,221 553,013

Surplus/(Deficit) 10,356 55,587 -127,914 -61,971

2016 GIVING

Designated Giving 99,597More Than We Can Imagine 166,307Hurricane Matthew 44,685

Total Giving 1,142,968

ConsolidatedCash &

Investments Loans2014 284,0232015 402,2202016 236,749 125,000

2017 Priorities and Beyond

1. Operating Fund needs pledges of $790,0002. Keep collecting on our More Than We Can Imagine Campaign.3. Raise $100,000 more to cover diocesan hurricane loan.

Respectfully,Mark Szen, Treasurer

Children, Youth & Family MinistryVestry liaison: Leslie Martin

2016 was a very busy & exciting year for CYF at All Saints! We have a core group of 6 families with 14 youth of various ages who participate in our programs during the year.

A breakdown of our activities, internal & external, during the past year:

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WEEKLY - during the Offertory, the younger children enjoy using the red wagon as a tool to present non-perishable food to those in need. We thank our generous congregants for donating these items & delivering them!

TWICE PER MONTH (except during Summer) - we provide Sunday School for our younger children during the 10:15 service, with the help of many volunteers.

SEMIANNUALLY - Brad Tufts works with our youth in training them to become Acolytes. JANUARY - our CYF Coordinator, Lindsay Ernst, began her 1st full year at ASEC to direct and

provide consistent programming for Sunday School & VBS, and other CYF programs, at ASEC. JANUARY & FEBRUARY - the older kids in our Youth Group met weekly on Tuesdays with Rick to

discuss topics of interest to the Group. This was very popular; clearly there was a need. FEBRUARY - Leslie attended the Preschool Auction, the Preschool's largest annual fundraiser. APRIL - Two youth & one chaperone from ASEC attended an overnight "Lock-in" at Grace

Cathedral in Charleston. It was the first annual Bishop's Youth Lock-in, with 50 middle & high school students from across the Diocese in attendance. They sang, ate dinner, performed skits, met the newly installed Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry, attended Evensong, danced ‘til midnight, made ice cream sundaes at midnight, and crawled into their sleeping bags on the floors of Church House at 1AM.

APRIL - Lindsay & Leslie & numerous other volunteers coordinated the Children's Easter Egg hunt for 40 children.

APRIL - the Youth sold t-shirts after one Sunday service to raise money for the Saints House & Habitat for Humanity.

MAY - we hosted the ASEC Family Picnic on the front lawn with tables, chairs, and really good eats!

MAY - ASEC hired Nursery worker Karneshia Ferguson to provide consistent childcare during the weekly 10:15 Sunday service.

JUNE VBS - we hosted 38 children (average age: 4-5) during the first week in June for 3 hours each morning. Clearly there is a critical need for this opportunity during the summer months for families with young children in the Hilton Head area. With 30 volunteers, this was a large undertaking. It was a HUGELY successful week. We are absolutely grateful to those who volunteered; it was exhausting work!

OCTOBER - Blessing of the Animals. We were slated to bring-in Noah's Ark Rescue & their shelter animals but the event was cancelled due to the hurricane.

OCTOBER - Fall Frolic. Our 2nd parish-wide picnic for the year was cancelled due to the hurricane.

NOVEMBER - Thanksgiving Baskets at Deep Well. Ten of our youth met at Deep Well to help pack 300 Thanksgiving baskets for families in need. They finished (and had a blast doing it) in a record 35 minutes.... wow!

NOVEMBER - Collaboration Meeting. Lindsay & Leslie met with Silke Pyrlik, CYF Coordinator at Christ Lutheran, to share ideas (fundraising activities for VBS supplies, for example) & discuss fun activities our youth may work together on in the future.

NOVEMBER & DECEMBER - Youth Handbell Practice. Our younger children worked with Carole Galli in learning how to use the Handbells. They have performed a couple of times & have so enjoyed listening to their talents & gifts!

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DECEMBER - Christmas Caroling at Lifecare. About 8 of our youth as well as several grands of our parishioners spent time at Lifecare singing & distributing seasonal treats to elderly patients. Dinner followed at Maggiano's.

DECEMBER- Nativity Dramatization. Several of our youth as well as visiting children participated in this popular annual tradition at ASEC on Christmas Eve.

2017 ACTIVITES - ONGOING & PROPOSED

Every 2 weeks, except Summer months - Sunday School.

Quarterly - Youth to host Coffee Hour.

February 5 - Youth outing at Station 300.

Preschool Chapel - Leslie's attendance?

February XX - Preschool auction?

February 10 - Bishop's Lock-in at Grace Cathedral, Charleston

February 28 - Youth to help with Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper??

April 23 - Youth fundraiser: car wash during Sunday service.

June 5-9 - VBS for ages 3-6. Hoping to accommodate & accept 50 children into the program.

Ongoing - Resume weekly meeting with Rick & Youth (month of February?)

Ongoing - Leslie to meet quarterly with Nan (?)

Respectfully,Leslie Martin

Communications CommissionVestry liaisons: Kerry Grant, Tony RizzaThe most obvious change regarding communications at All Saints during 2016 was the redesign of the web-site. The new site is designed to be “platform neutral”, so that it can be accessed via computer, tablet, or smart-phone. The conversion to the new format was no simple task. The website had grown to contain a large volume of content – several thousand files. The Commission identified which files were “top level”, of general utility to parishioners and visitors alike, to be recast in the new format; which were worth keeping, but not worth converting – archival, historical, or of primary interest only to staff, Vestry, or committees; and then those which could be deleted.

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Communications Coordinator Jessie McIlwee took on the task of the design and conversion of primary pages. Kerry Grant and George Pinkerton sorted through the other material, working with Jessie to guarantee linkage between the two “parts” of the new site and redesigning many “old” pages to have a look more compatible with the new design. The newly designed web-site was launched in June.

The Commission also did a thorough review and updating of the “Communications Policy and Guidelines”, which was approved by the Vestry in May. As part of this review, the Commission recommended the production of an easily accessible Policy Manual to contain all the policies, practices, forms, etc. in use at All Saints. This document now exists in both a print form, available in the Library, and on-line (www.allsaints-hhi.org/information/policies).

Throughout the year, of course, other aspects of communications at All Saints, both internal and external, continued. Many people contributed: Vestry members, committee chairs, and staff.

Special thanks and a fond farewell to George Pinkerton, co-webmaster for many years and chair of the Commission since its beginning, who has found it necessary to resign. The Commission is appreciative of the time and talents offered by its other members Father Mark Brinkmann, Kerry Grant, and Jessie McIlwee.

Respectfully,Kerry Grant, Chair

Finance CommissionVestry liaisons: Michael Binford, Lesley Gilbert, Mark Szen

Respectfully,Lesley C. Gilbert

Outreach CommissionVestry liaisons: Joyce Emmett, Barbara Pearson

Local Outreach

29th Annual Garden Tour

The 2016 Garden Tour was our most successful yet. We received 14 applications and voted on six charities to receive grants: St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church Outreach Food Bank; Family Promise of Beaufort County; Neighborhood Outreach Connection (NOC); Backpack Buddies of Hilton Head; Antioch Education Center; and My Father’s House. It should be noted that My Father’s House

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ceased operations prior to the presentation of proceeds from the tour; therefore, their share was divided among the other charities, for a total of five grants.

We originally had seven gardens scheduled but just prior to the tour, there was an issue with the two in Colleton River Plantation. Security in that plantation had tightened their access procedures (unbeknownst to us). I met with Security and plantation management and we compromised with the withdrawal of one garden and additional access monitors. On the day of the tour, there were some initial issues but overall, there were no other problems. This situation led to the recommendation that the Parking Chair contact all plantation security offices as soon as the final garden list is established to ensure there are no parking issues. Most of the plantations have been on the tour numerous times; the problem with Colleton River appears to have been an isolated case, but, in future, contact will be made much earlier in the process.

The garden tour booklet was smaller this year and had many ads from our sponsors. The Sponsorship Committee was able to raise almost $9K from local businesses, significantly better than in previous years. There was a lot of positive feedback on both the design and size of the new booklet.

Ticket sales were in line with previous years. Lunch was catered by Publix and received good reviews.

As always, the tour was a parish-wide event. Members of the parish served as hostesses, lunch volunteers, parkers, bake sale volunteers and sponsors at various levels for the Premier Party. The GT committee performed admirably, continuing our tradition of service.

Finally, and most importantly, the Garden Tour raised over $44K in gross proceeds. After expenses, our distributable balance was $31,672. Checks were presented in August.

Carole Galli is the chair for the 30th anniversary tour in May 2017.

Respectfully,Karen Reuter, Chair

Angel Tree

Although damage from Hurricane Matthew prevented us from using Gordon Mann hall, where we usually cover the nine-foot Advent Angel Tree with 140 tags requesting contributions, all 140 gift-requesting tags were located on two smaller trees, one placed in the narthex and the other in the foyer near the greeter’s desk – and all 140 were taken.

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Parishioners donated enough money to cover the cost of sixty $25 Wal-Mart gift cards, which were given to children who had faithfully attended NOC’s after-school program in the Oaks apartment complex on Hilton Head.

Parishioners also bought many gifts for the one-day Christmas Store. Pastor Paul Hamilton of the Bible Missionary Baptist Church in Bluffton reported that the store this year received $430 in cash for items sold. Of this amount, $220 was donated to the American Cancer Society, and $210 went into the Bible Missionary Foundation of their church, which provides $25 to $50 grants to cover the most urgent needs of area sick and shut-in individuals. (The Foundation also picks up medications and food for these individuals when they are confined to bed.)

Stuffed animals and clothing for toddlers and young children did not sell so well this year. Some of the unsold items were taken to the Cancer Awareness/Off Island Thrift Store , which valued them at $187; other items were donated to the World of Difference organization which valued them at $65.

Respectfully,Sandy Grant 

Blood Drives

In 2016 All Saint’s Episcopal Church facilitated two Blood Donation Drives for the One Blood Organization.

First Drive – Saturday June 18, 2016

17 Donors from All Saints and 4 thru One Blood donated.

Second Drive – Saturday, December 17, 2016

15 Donors from All Saints and 2 thru One Blood were in attendance. Two persons were not approved due to medical reasons. 15 total donations made.

Respectfully,John W. G. Phillips

Family Promise

Family Promise shelters homeless families with children in Beaufort County while equipping them with the skills and resources needed for lasting independence. In September, Family Promise awarded a

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Certificate of Appreciation to All Saints Episcopal for partnering with local congregations to host these homeless families continuously since 2008. During the day, The Family Promise staff provides comprehensive case management including life skills training and budgeting, assistance in securing employment, childcare, medical care, school placement, and affordable housing. Family Promise has a wonderful success rate with over 90% of the families graduating from the program are still in permanent housing after one year.

The All Saints Episcopal Team plays a key role in the success of Family Promise in Beaufort County. We host families and their children for 4 weeks each year. In 2017, we have committed to host 5 weeks to assist Family Promise while several host churches undergo renovations. In 2016, the All Saints team helped provide temporary shelter, meals, and companionship to 18 families including 43 children and 21 adults. The families sleep on inflatable beds at All Saints in the upstairs rooms and congregate for meals and fellowship in the upstairs congregation room.

We partnered with over 250 volunteers from All Saints Episcopal, Congregation Beth Yam, Christ Lutheran, Hilton Head Church of Christ, and St. Francis by the Sea to provide evening meals and hosting, overnight hosting, set-up and take down of the rooms, and laundering of linens and towels at the end of each host week. Congregation Beth Yam, All Saints Episcopal, Hilton Head Church of Christ, and St. Francis by the Sea share the cost of providing breakfast and lunch supplies for the families. The dinner and evening volunteers provide the hot and delicious evening meal. All Saints has a budget of $500 each year.

In 2017, All Saints will host the following weeks: January 15-22, March 26-April 2, May 28-June 4, August 27-September 3, and October 15-22. We are so blessed and appreciate the support of the All Saints congregation and for all the assistance of our support congregations and volunteers. We continually pray for the continued success of our guests, as we know they are praying for all of us as well.

Respectfully, Marsha MurphyFor the All Saints Coordinating Team: All Saints Episcopal, Congregation Beth Yam, Christ Lutheran, HH Church of Christ, and St. Francis by the Sea

Friends with Wheels

We began 2016 with program co-coordinators Pat Updegraff and Susan Ferry. In June, Pat moved away and Susan assumed the sole role. As always, the summer months are a challenge as so many of our drivers and call receivers go away but the remaining group pitched in and did a stellar job of

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answering phones, fulfilling client requests and travelling throughout Beaufort and, sometimes, Jasper counties.

This outreach ministry has been helping those in the Low Country who have no transportation to physician appointments, physical therapy appointments, dialysis, and laboratory test/work for over 30 years. When Hurricane Matthew wreaked havoc to the area the program hobbled back into service well before many other services were back up and running.

However, as times change so must this program. We have been notified of the need for compliance to the Safe Church program, and DMV and Police background checks for our drivers. It is a safety net for both our drivers and the clients but it does pose a problem as we move into 2017. Most of our drivers have agreed to fill the compliance requirements while a few will be leaving the program. They will be sadly missed.

The program desperately needs more call receivers and more drivers if it is to continue. We don’t want to become a program that gets an “on again /off again” reputation. Our clients count on us; many have become dear friends.

The Vestry is exploring options of passing the mantle to another community service agency – a larger agency that has more resources available. If that happens it will be a sad time for All Saints but those who have been involved in the program over the years can smile and be proud of all the good work that has been accomplished. It’s not over yet but we must work through the compliancy requirements and most important --- we need more help.

In a nutshell, Call Receivers work from 9AM – noon ONE morning a month, at their convenience, answering phone calls on a dedicated line that goes right to their home. Drivers agree to drive a dedicated day(s) of the week each month. Each month the schedule changes due to personal scheduling, trips, visitors – it is a flexible commitment and really doesn’t take up for a few hours of your time. Questions: please contact Susan Ferry @ 843-987-0283 or susanferry1@gmail.com.

2016 Pertinent Statistics (through 11/30/16)

# call receivers: 20 # drivers: 30# clients: 50 Total number of rides fulfilled: 290# of 1-time clients: 23 # of clients with > 10 rides over the year: 14

Respectfully,Susan Ferry

Holiday Food Baskets

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Every year the parishioners of All Saints provide the ingredients for Easter and Thanksgiving holiday dinners for families chosen by Deep Well and Bluffton Self Help.

Initially we fed twelve families from each of the organizations for Thanksgiving. For the last two years BSH has stocked a store for families to visit and choose their food. Parishioners who do this deliver whatever food they pick to the store. Deep Well still provides us with names and addresses so that dinner ingredients can be delivered in person.

At Easter, we only do Deep Well.

I discovered that using the email blast was a better and more effective way to communicate with parishioners. I didn’t limit the number of people who could sign up because of BSH new operating procedure. The information also reached parishioners who were out of town or not at church on certain Sundays. Since I started distributing all the information by email, it made sense to do the announcements this way, too.

One thing that should be noted for future email blasts is that I don’t accept monetary contributions. There was some confusion about it this year. Any monies should go directly to BSH or Deep Well.

Respectfully,Lynn Ovelman

Foreign Mission and Outreach – Dominican Republic Mission GroupKathy Jones, Steve Tabor, co-chairs

The Dominican Republic is a missionary diocese and we have a great passion for serving that mission. That passion has allowed the DMG volunteers to grow spiritually in knowing that we are meeting the needs of the GR Episcopal parishes that would not otherwise be realized.

Below is a list of the activities and accomplishments achieved in 2016.

Medical Mission Trip: Dale Finn

On May 18-25, our medical mission team returned to our beloved church in the Dominican Republic, San Pedro y San Pablo in La Barquita, a very poor barrio outside of Santo Domingo. Our team consisted of 13 team members from 9 separate churches in South Carolina and Massachusetts. South Carolina churches are: All Saints, HHI; Saint John’s Parish, Johns Island; Holly Communion, Charleston; Church of the Messiah, Myrtle Beach; St Stephens Episcopal, St Stephens; Holy Cross Faith Memorial, Pawleys Island. Three team members came from Massachusetts (an Episcopal priest, a Methodist minister, and

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a nurse). The team consisted of a physician, nurses, translators, clergy, pharmacist and a non-medical person.

On Wednesday we arrived at San Pedro y San Pablo where the new priest, Father Alvaro, and his wife welcomed us joyfully. Together we quickly arranged how to organize the church into a medical clinic for the coming week. The church also houses a school for 150 children ages 5 through 13. We did not want to disrupt their school so we set up the clinic and pharmacy in adjacent rooms to the classrooms. During the week when we had a few minutes of free time it was fun to go into the school or on the playground to visit with the children and the teachers.

We treated very poor patients that do not have ready access to healthcare. We made three home visits to patients who were unable to come to the clinic. Our medical mission is like other missions. We use our “tools of medicine” to show Christ’s love to the Dominicans we serve alongside.

This was my 9th year going on a medical mission trip, and my 4th year as team leader. Instead of the mission work getting easier and routine for me; it gets more profoundly exhausting; mentally, physically and spiritually. The poverty, the ever-present dangers, and the unrelenting heat encompassing the barrio are all so very humbling to me. The happy faces that greet me each year are etched in my memory year after year. The Dominicans of the barrio appear to have improved their lives over the few years our team has been coming. They show what true humility and joy are all about.

Even though I said 2016 was going to be my last year leading a team, as the week in the Dominican Republic went on, I knew I wanted and needed to return. Sue Tanner from Pawleys Island has agreed to be co-team leader again. The Medical Mission dates for 2017 are May 3rd through the 10th. We recently had a 2016 mission team social on Johns Island. It was so good to see everyone. We discussed how we will most likely reduce the number of team members since the Dominicans are taking over more and more of the nonmedical tasks of the clinic. We still are in need of finding one more pharmacist. I feel truly blessed to be able to be part of such wonderful mission teams.

Vacation Bible School: Steve Tabor

VBS was conducted at Jesus Peregrino and La Redencion in Barahona during the week of June 13. Our team consisted of two Vorjees College students (Chester McKenzie and Terryll Richardson) and their Choir Director (Rosemary Griffin), Rick Lindsey, Pam Cooper, and Steve Tabor. We originally planned on four Vorhees students, but two bowed out – one at the last minute. As was the case last year, our team was in a support role rather than leading the VBS. Once again, Father Carlos and his team did a marvelous job. The Vorhees group mesmerized the parishioners at the Episcopal Cathedral in Santo Domingo as well as the children at the two schools with their singing. Our primary function was to distribute the craft materials and interact with the children. Face painting was a big hit as well as the

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pictures we took of each child and adult. Father Carlos distributed about 100 pairs of shoes we had sent earlier to the children in need. It was an amazing experience to see the delight on their faces.

We also delivered a large quantity of school supplies that were donated by the parishioners from All Saints, St. Mark’s, and the Okatie church.

After the trip, Steve sent a check to cover the cost of replacing the basketball goal at Jesus Peregrino. Father Carlos managed to stretch the money to replace the basketball goal in the local community as well.

Reflections of our experiences were written by five of our participants and were sent to Jessica to put on the church’s and the diocese’s websites.

Construction: Augie Ghessie

Five All Saints parishioners, Steve Tabor, Rick Lindsay, Jan Cooper, Lisa Ghessie and Augie Ghessie participated in the Dominican Republic Construction Trip during the week of June 18-25. The group supported local contractors with construction of the kitchen for the La Redencion school. Most of the work involved prepping the wood used for framing the concrete roof and sawing the metal rods (rebar) that reinforce the concrete roof. While there were periods of time when no work was required, the trip was extremely rewarding. The group bonding and fellowship between our group and the church staff/parishioners who were present to support us was incredible. During down time the last day, metal scraps from the rebar were used to create crosses for each of the team members. The crosses serve as a reminder of our service to God and those less fortunate.

In July, a team from the Clearwater Deanery made a trip to La Redencion and assisted with the construction of the kitchen interior. Although we had previously been told that the funds supplied by us and Clearwater would also cover the purchase and installation of appliances and other needed kitchen equipment, this did not turn out to be true. Upon a request from Karen Carroll (the DR Missionary Director) to support this deficiency, $5,500 was sent from Loretta Tabor’s Memorial Fund.

School Scholarships: Susan Ferry

2016 has been the first full year of transitioning the scholarship campaign from December to September to better align the school year with the calendar year. The hope is to help alleviate the Dominican Diocese from shuffling priorities to provide monies for the student scholarships,

Personal letters were sent to all people who had supported the scholarship program in the past and an announcement was made via the parish bulletin. Although the two schools that we support (La

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Redecion and Jesus Peregrino) now have kitchen facilities and are moving towards full day classes, the scholarship fee remains the same at $350 per student which covers the tuition, books, and uniforms.

Although contributions are still being submitted, thus far we have raised $8,760, enough to support 25 children.

Shoe Ministry: Steve Tabor

Thus far this year, we have sent 720 pairs of shoes to the DR – the vast majority being children’s shoes. Shoes were contributed by a variety of sources including parishioners, the Heritage Academy, the el campesiono Foundation, and many other individuals. Since this program was initiated 4 years ago, 2700 pairs of shoes have been distributed in many DR parishes at zero cost to All Saints.

Because of new import tax regulations, we are changing our method of sending shoes to the DR. Instead of sending them to Agape (a missionary air transport service), we now send them to The Dominican Development Group for storage and then later be included in their two container shipments per year with other items that are collected across the U.S. Although shipment costs will be reduced, deliveries to the DR will take months instead of weeks.

Fundraisings Event: Marjorie Milbrandt

La Fiesta Dominicana, to benefit the Kitchen Fund for La Rendencion, was held on April 23rd and was a great success. Approximately 120 people joined us for Saturday@5 worship highlighted by service music by Fr. Poly and his family. Additional people joined us for the concert in the sanctuary and then returned to GM Hall for delicious food, La Rifa and the live auction.

There were four streams of revenue from this event. We sold raffle tickets for items generously donated by parishioners, accepted donations to equip the kitchen through Under the Umbrella, held a live auction for three vacation trips, and received memorial gifts for Loretta Tabor.

A hard working committee including Loretta and Steve Tabor, Kathy Jones, Susan Ferry, Lisa Ghessie, Leslie Pickel, and Bonnie and John Gruetzmacher made this all possible. Pat Collett joined our group and led the kitchen crew.

By all accounts, all who attended had a wonderful time and we achieved our goal of raising awareness of our mission to the Dominican Republic and raising money to build the kitchen.

After expenses, we netted $3500 to go towards the kitchen construction project.

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Respectfully,Steve Tabor

Stewardship CommissionVestry liaisons: Michael Binford, Carol Grish, Mark Szen

Year-Round Stewardship had planned a robust Annual Giving Campaign for 2016. But everything was postponed because of Hurricane Matthew.

We prepared a beautiful brochure on Year-Round Stewardship Annual Giving, but the brochure was handed out in January, 2017.

The Ministry Fairs were also cancelled and moved to February, 2017.

Respectfully,Carol Grish

Worship CommissionVestry liaison: Mary Kay Montgomery

Acolytes

There was a total of 10 people who served as acolytes at All Saints in 2016. The returnees from the previous year were Hayden Garniewicz, Caitlin Lewis, Kyle Martin Steffi Martin, Charlotte McClure, Elizabeth McClure, Sara McClure, Trice McClure and Brad Tufts. The one addition to the ranks was Aishling Lewis.

These numbers enabled the scheduling of two acolytes at the 10:15 service each Sunday and at most special services.

It is anticipated that there will be additions to this group in 2017.

Respectfully,Brad Tufts, Scheduler

Lay Eucharistic Ministry

Twenty-seven men and women served as Lay Eucharistic Ministers at All Saints during 2016 and five men and women served as Lay Eucharistic Visitors at the Preston Health Center until that program was discontinued in September. The LEMs assisted at the 8:00 and 10:15 services on Sundays, at the 10

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a.m. services on Thursday and at various special services throughout the year, including Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Eve and Christmas Eve.

Those serving as LEMS were Sherm Barker, Patty Blackmon, Tom Calanni, Pat Collett, Judy Cote, Peg Hamilton, Kerry Grant, Dave Howell, Michael Jordan, Lauren Koslow, Marjorie Milbrandt, Mary Kay Montgomery, Bob Moore, Jan Padolik, Steve Padolik, John Phillips, Martha Pike, Dave Poole, Karen Reuter, Dave Saunders, Loni Saunders, Sue Senden, Willis Shay, Monica Stephens, Bob Taylor and Brad Tufts.

The LEVs at the Preston were Betsey Castellano, Joyce Emmett, Marjorie Milbrandt, John Phillis and Brad Tufts.

The number of LEMs meant that each person was usually scheduled once a month. It would be good to have several additional people, especially in the summer months.

Respectfully, Brad Tufts, Scheduler and Coordinator

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