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106 West Church Street, Frederick, Maryland 21701 October 2017

There are many different responses this old joke. “None! The church never changes anything!” “Three. One to call the electrician. One to make funer-

al arrangements for the dead bulb. One to talk about how great the old bulb used to be.”

“Light-bulb changing is placed on the agenda of the next Building & Grounds meeting, where much heat is gen-erated, but no light — next month the bulb still needs changing.”

Even as we joke about our struggle to accept it, change is a very consistent part of life. We must learn to live with it. Sometimes, when we know that change is coming, we can try to be ready. For instance, I have known since Easter that this fall would be a season of change and transition. Rev. Jess will be going on maternity leave to have her baby. A new priest, the Rev. Joanne Tetrault, joins All Saints’ to pick up Rev. Jess’s work and share her gifts with us. A new music leader, Sandow Sinai, has been hired to lead the Great Hall wor-ship service. A few of our key lay lead-ers in the parish are stepping down at the end of their terms and new leaders are stepping forward to discover their own vocation and style of ministry. And, finally, as our summer unfolded, new min-istries have been germinating in our midst: an open art studio on Wednesday nights, morning prayer every weekday, holy hiking one Saturday a month, environmental stewardship, discernment teams for parishioners going through crossroad experiences, and a newcomer’s program called “Invite, Welcome, Connect.” All of these changes are positive developments in the lives of individuals and our community. And yet, they are still change.

No matter how hard we try to anticipate change

and prepare for the new future that awaits us, we must simply journey through it and be a little (or a lot) uncom-fortable along the way. I have learned from several books, written by William Bridges, that change is always accompa-nied by a process of transition. “Transition is not just a nice way to say change. It is the inner process through which people come to terms with a change, as they let go of how things used to be and reorient themselves to the way that things are now. In an organization, managing transition means helping people to make that difficult process less painful and disruptive . . . That is the way change often feels in our lives: like a barrier across our path, a disruption of our plans, a big hole that’s opened up at our feet. Natu-rally, we look for a way to ‘get over it.’” But we cannot

get over it, we must go through it. I believe that it is the experience of transition that allows

God to develop a deeper relationship with us and nurture our resilient faith. When we embrace transition, we become more flexible, more open, and available to being reshaped by God’s hand in our lives. This fall we embrace a process of transition at All Saints’. We have the opportunity to discover new depths in

our relationship with God and each other, and an incredible resilience in our faith as

we trust God’s direction for our journey. We will need to be gentle with one another and increase our attention to communication and listening. We will need to create some new,

more formal, habits so that institutional knowledge gets handed on from one leader to the next. We will choose carefully the parts of our church life that need to stay the same and be pre-dictable so we can ride out all the transition swirl-

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“How many Episcopalians does it take to change a lightbulb?”

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Worship

Sept 30 – Understanding Family Systems Theory Part I Oct 28 - Understanding Family Systems Theory Part II *Nov 18 - Anglican Spiritual Practice: Creating Healthy

Leaders & Healthy Church No gathering in December Jan 27 – Emotional Intelligence (Myers-Briggs)

Feb 24 – Emotional Intelligence (FIRO-B) *Mar 24 – Skillful Feedback and Trust Development Apr 28 – Conflict Management May 26 – Community Organizing Tools All sessions from 9:30 a.m. - Noon

ing around us. At the same time, we will develop a playful and curious attitude about the leadership, ministries, and ways of being church. Paul put it this way in his second letter to the Corinthians:

“So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wast-ing away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.” So, how many Episcopalians does it take to change any-

thing? I think the answer is, “All of us, with God’s help.” Let us journey together with resilient faith.

—Mother Adrien+

LIGHTBULB (Continued from page 1)

Leadership Development: Equipping the Saints’ Over the months of September and October, we are exploring the concept of Family Systems Theory. The leadership of

our parish will develop a healthy awareness of the emotional systems at work in any gathering of people and especially in our church.

You may sign up for leadership training by emailing churchoffice@allsaintsmd.org or calling the office 301-665-5625. Please, let us know if you are coming so that we can prepare enough materials for the group. If you have any questions, please email the Rev. Elaine Prince, revprince1986@gmail.com or the Rev. Adrien Dawson, adawson@allsaintsmd.org.

MORNING PRAYER AT ALL SAINTS’ Join us on weekday mornings for morning prayer!

Prayer times are Monday through Friday, 7:30-8 a.m. in the Historic Church and 8 a.m. on Thursday mornings in St. Paul’s Chapel. If you can’t make it in person, you can join us by teleconference: Dial in at 7:30 a.m. Monday-Friday: (641)-715-3580 and enter the Access Code 219716.

“For me, Morning Prayer at All Saints’ is a great way to ground myself before starting my work day. Wherever I may be geographically, I can always dial in to All Saints’ and find a calm sanctuary, where I can stop for a few moments, give thanks, and offer up those in need of prayer.” —Danielle Ippolito. Find your calm today!

ART AS WORSHIP Beauty is truth, truth beauty - that is all

ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. —John Keats One of Mtr Adrien’s gifts is finding books to give to

people that resonate with something they are beginning to discover the Holy Spirit is doing in their lives. One such book she gave me that spirited me away is The Art of Transformation, by Paul From-berg. The author is the rector at St. Gregory’s of Nyssa, a church in San Francisco, and what I love about the book is its description of how beauty and the creation of beauty is so important to an expe-rience of God. From Fromberg’s perspective, beauty does powerful, transformative things: it points us in the direction of God—in fact, beauty is, in a sense, God: “the encounter with beauty is not only a gift from God; it is an experi-ence of God.” Beauty also ani-mates the world around us, it creates in us a hunger for justice, and it challenges us to see beauty in everyone we encounter—even difficult people in our lives. Beauty is one of the ways that God works to change us—to save us.

To live into this way of relating to God, St. Gregory’s congregation is serious about making art (all kinds of art from painting icons to singing together), and making it is a

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“The Holy Spirit’s many gifts pour into our lives and beautify and magnify our

simplest acts.”

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Worship and Formation

Remembering the Dearly Departed

On Sunday, November 5, as we celebrate our parish’s Feast Day, we will pause to remember the saints whose earthly lives have ended but whose legacies will live on. If you would like to honor the memory of someone who has made a differ-ence in your life, or in the world at large, please complete this form and place it in the offering plate, or drop it in the Church Office by October 30.

Please include the following name(s) in the All Saints’ Day listing of the Faithful Departed: __________________________________________ _________________________________________ __________________________________________ _________________________________________ __________________________________________ _________________________________________ __________________________________________ _________________________________________ Submitted by: ______________________________________ Email/Phone: ____________________________

part of the regular pattern of life in the congregation. Eve-ryone is invited to participate, and the creations that result from all this activity are used to beautify the sanctuary, to enliven worship, and take the congregation out the front door into the community—they even have parades in their neighborhood.

Lately I have noticed that All Saints’ is populated by a whole bunch of artists. Some of these people do art be-cause it is their vocation in life, like Lynn Gebrowsky. But the truth is that we are all artists, whether we know it or not. The word art contains the Indo-European root word “ar”—found in such words as harmony, arithmetic, arm, armadillo, and article—meaning: “to fit together.” We are all doing that; in the act of creating our lives, we fit things together. Even in some of the most mundane acts, we are fitting things together, and when we grow our awareness around this, we start to see how fitting things together is animating our entire lives—and this is where we directly encounter and participate in what the Holy Spirit brings to us. Her many gifts pour into our lives and beautify and magnify our simplest acts—imbuing them with God’s love.

Making art at All Saints’ is a ministry. We are forming around a routine of coming together Wednesday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m., usually in the library off the Parish Hall. Bring your projects, or share the materials that are there, and just drop in Wednesday evenings to make art in the All Saints’ Art Studio. All ages are welcome. Bring friends!

—Tommy Turbyville

ART AS WORSHIP (Continued from page 2) FORUM OF FAITH: Giving Through the Ages Starting October 8, we’ll have a four-week series on

Giving through the Ages. In lieu of a large forum during the 10 a.m. Formation House, we will break into three small groups to shift our focus towards Stewardship. The three groups (Parents, Adults, & Retirees) will focus on the varie-ty of gifts we are naturally allotted during the varied seasons of life, as well as the gifts we’re able to give others during those unique stages. The Parents group will meet in the Memorial Lounge. The Retirees group will meet in the Faithful Followers room. The Adults group will be geared towards all adults young and seasoned, and held in the Par-ish Hall.

These groups will all have the same four-week struc-ture, but gathering by different life stages will allow for more intimate and specific conversation around gifts given and received. Giving Through the Ages will connect with our Stewardship Season which officially kicks off on Sunday, October 22, as we explore our many gifts we embody at All Saints’.

Like to live life in COLOR?? Then go GREEN!!

See this month’s Saints Alive! in color! Go to allsaintsmd.org/newsletter, and download this month’s edition. While you’re at it, email churchoffice @allsaintsmd.org, and ask us to cancel your paper Saints Alive!. You’ll get an email every month, with a link to our color edition.

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Formation

P.R.A.Y. & MUSIC! Our goal is for ALL children to feel welcome and com-

fortable in our Formation classes on Sunday morning. We are blessed with some of the most remarkable teachers I’ve had the privilege of working with, and children who are curious and eager to participate and learn the stories.

We also recognize that some children need a little more help to acclimate to the classroom environment, a little more guidance to stay on task, or a little more encourage-ment to join in discussions. To assist us in doing all we can to help every child feel wel-comed and comfortable, we are implementing the P.R.A.Y. system in our classrooms. You may have seen our bulletin board and wondered, “what this all about?” Simply put, it is an adaptation of the ‘1-2-3 Magic’ system (used by many schools), adapted by our own Joanna Gibb for church purposes. The goal is to catch children “being good” and to recognize and reward them when they are demonstrating the golden rule—treating others as they would like to be treated. We believe positive encouragement for kindness and considera-tion for others encourages more of that behavior from all children! Kindness is contagious!

P.R.A.Y. is an acronym for Positive, Responsible, Al-ways Respectful, Yes to Learning! When your child comes home with their “P.R.A.Y. reward,” please let them know you are proud of them for showing kindness, consideration, and respect for their classmates and teachers!

Additionally, we will begin adding a MUSIC element to our classes this month, and we are excited—Let us make a joyful noise!

We welcome additional volunteers in the Formation Program anytime during the year, and there are several ways you can volunteer to support the program; serving as a teacher (we need teachers for 1st grade and the 3rd/4th grade classes), assisting teachers (no planning/teaching), substituting for teachers or assistants, or joining the clean up crew. If you are interested in supporting the Children’s Formation Team, please contact Ann Cramer at 7cramers@comcast.net.

This fall our youth are taking charge of their service project! They will lead and coordinate the congregation to join them in supporting Comfort Cases ministry. Comfort Cases is an organization that helps children and youth in the foster care system by providing them with their own duffle bag of supplies. Comfort Cases was created by two dads, one of which was in the foster care as a child, who adopted four children from foster care. Too often children in the foster care system only have a trash bag to carry around the limited items they can claim as their own. This is awful and unacceptable! Comfort Cases are comprised of a small duf-fle bag with a specific list of items to be included. To learn more about Comfort Cases visit their site, www.comfortcases.org. To learn more about how the youth will lead us in this service project, stay plugged in, read your bulletins and e-blast, and keep an ear out as to how you can participate in this important ministry oppor-tunity!

Corn Maze & Camp Fire!! On Sunday, Oct. 29, from 3-7 p.m. at Winterbrook

Farms, all youth and youth leaders are gathering for some festive fall fun! We’ll work our way through Winterbrook’s corn maze, have fun with their new apple launcher, and enjoy our own reserved a fire pit, for hot dogs, S’mores, and camp fire fun. Make sure to sign up through your Re-mind app! Contact Joanna Gibb at joanna.rizzo.gibb @gmail.com with any questions or for more information.

“Positive encouragement

for consideration of others encourages

more of that behavior — Kindness is contagious!”

YOUTH SERVICE PROJECT: Comfort Cases

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Outreach and Fellowship

Outreach: SOAR On Sept. 13, The Frederick News Post printed an arti-

cle about the “Silver Tsunami” which detailed the growth of our county’s senior population and the need for in-creased services to help our exploding population of resi-dents 65 years and older. With that in mind and on our hearts, Outreach is eager to help! We are looking for several volunteers to help SOAR (Supporting Older Adults through Resources) deliver Thanksgiving meals to seniors throughout our county. If interested, please call or email Debbie Savageau, 301-668-2997 or sava3mdn@aol.com, for details.

ST. MARY’S GIFTS AND GREENS SALE Donations are now being accepted for the Gifts &

Greens Sale, scheduled for Nov.30-Dec.2, and open Dec. 3 for parishioners. Donated items may be left at the church office or in the Patrick Street lobby. Both locations are monitored frequently and items are taken to safe storage. Mark your packages “G&G Sale.” There are just seven weeks left for donations—the deadline is Nov. 19!

Are you or someone you know a crafter? Do you work in wood, fabric arts, or paint? Are you down-sizing?

Donated items may be Christmas-related or for any and all occasions—practical or decorative, handcrafted or antique. If you need your contributions picked up at your residence, give us a call. Receipts are available upon re-quest. We thank you. Barbara Mann (301-694-2320) and Nancy Franck (301-845-6661)

OPENING OUR DOORS: Helping with the Church Tours Summer is about to come to a conclusion and the crisp air of fall is about to excite us with warming feelings of family

traditions. Before you know it, the holiday season will be upon us. It is time to begin organizing the 2017 Historic Houses of Worship Christmas Tour at All Saints’. We will be one of four designated hospitality sites, which means we need many more helpers this year to service the increase in visitors. The event takes place on Tuesday, Dec. 26, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., but preparations begin around 3 p.m. and cleanup is usually finished by 9:30. We are looking for families, ministries, scout troops and groups of friends to do 2 to 2 ½ hour shifts for the Parish Hall refreshments and the Historic Church duties. This is a great way to connect to the community and show the people of Frederick the heart of the All Saints’ family, a wel-coming peaceful community for everyone!

“Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.” —Romans 15:7 Please let Hope (hope@allsaintsmd.org or 301-663-5625) know if you are willing to coordinate this year’s event activities

or want to give some of your time to make the church shine to those we welcome with holiday cheer. —Hope Gravning

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The third installment of our Concert Series will be Fri-day, Oct. 27, featuring the music of Lao Tizer, an interna-tionally renowned jazz keyboardist. Jamming with Lao will be Ric Fierabracci (bass) and Joel Rosenblatt (drums). Tiz-er’s music is a fusion of smooth and modernist jazz with a nod to Brubeck. This will be a great night of original com-positions, solos and improv. It is an easy entry into the jazz

genre but will have the content for even the most discerning jazz aficionado. You will hear some of their music during Sunday services. Hear their smooth sounds or learn more about them at www.laotizer.com. Platoon 22 has been selected as the evening’s

beneficiary. The mission of Platoon 22 is to drastically re-duce the number of Veteran suicides each year by gaining an objective understanding, through funding research, about how to effectively understand, diagnose, and treat PTSD,

and by funding program centers around Veteran health care. Platoon 22 is a locally founded Veterans charity with a na-tional outreach. For more info http://platoon22.org/. AutoNation Toyota Leesburg is continuing to sponsor our series.

There will be a cash bar wine and cheese social hour hosted by The Hospitality Committee prior to the con-cert in the Parish Hall. Com-plimentary childcare is available for the evening.

Tickets are available in advance through the PayPal portal on our website, allsaintsmd.org/concertseries. Please make a reservation for childcare when buying your ticket or through the church office.

This is a unique opportunity for a great night of music and to support a very worthy charity.

Thanking you in advance for your support and looking forward to seeing you the night of October 27!

Environmental Ministry Sprouts Psalm 24:1-2: “The earth is the LORD’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it; for God has founded it on the seas, and

established it on the rivers.” All Saints’ began an Environmental Ministry this summer that was launched during a Holy Hike at Gambrill State Park in

July. Gaye Shelley and Randy Querry were nominated as co-chairs of the new ministry that will concentrate on All Saints’ stewardship of the environment and on outdoor activities.

The goal of the group is to pull the interests and talents of the All Saints’ family and use these gifts to be better stewards of God’s creation through supporting environmental protection in our community and neighboring communities, while providing a ministry for spiritual growth.

Our first environmental stewardship activity scheduled is a park cleanup to celebrate National Public Lands Day which will be on September 30 at Gambrill State Park from 9 a.m.-noon. Visit this website for details https://

www.visitfrederick.org/event/national-public-lands-day-at-gambrill-state-park/7242/ Many other activities and topics were discussed by the group at the first two meetings includ-

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Concert Series: The Lao Tizer Trio

DETAILS: Friday, Oct. 27 Doors open at 7:30PM. Concert begins at 8:00PM. Tickets $20/person. allsaintsmd.org/concertseries

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Administration

Work has begun to repair the collapsing exterior base-ment stairwell wall of the Court Street building and the sunken sidewalk in the same area. The attached photos show the work under way. The work began on September 12, and should be completed by September 22, weather per-mitting. The contractor is also removing, cleaning and rein-stalling the loose sidewalk edging bricks in the Memorial Garden.

As mentioned in earlier articles, the two original signs for the Historic Church were rediscovered in the undercroft area. The Historic Preservation Commission has approved reinstalling them. They will replace the current sign located in the garden area in front of the Historic Church, facing Church Street. A parishioner, with notable wood working skills, has volunteered to adjust the signs, so replaceable numbers and letters can be used seasonally to announce service times. Once this phase of the project is completed, the signs will be installed.

In the last issue of Saints Alive!, we reported that the high wind and rain storm of August 12 caused substantial rain water intrusion into the historic church. The attached photos show some of the causes for the leaking. Roof flashing has separated from the roof, caulking has failed, slate tiles are missing or broken, and brownstone around the upper level stained glass windows has cracked or sepa-rated. A local contractor will be making repairs in a few weeks. The repairs will cost $7,800. This is an unanticipat-ed expense. This is an interim repair. Over the next few years, repairs of this type will likely become more frequent. Based on an assessment of the nave roof, that was per-formed at the same time as the assessment for the steeple, a full scale restoration will need to be undertaken at some point or major interior damage could occur.

We are indeed blessed to have such wonderful and his-toric facilities in the center of Frederick. They do of course require frequent and sympathetic care.

—Ellis Kitchen Junior Warden

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS UPDATE

LEFT: Work in progress near the Court Street base-ment stairs

RIGHT: A loose nail on the Historic Church Roof

BELOW: Seam no longer sealed between stone and brick near clerestory window

ABOVE: Aging flashing on Historic Church roof

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Outreach

The end of my family’s annual vacation in August usual-ly means back to school and a ramp up of activities that lead to the annual Stewardship campaign at church. There are lists to gather, materials to order and efforts to coordinate. But this year, Harvey and Irma had other plans in store for me.

On our last days at the beach in North Carolina, news outlets were predicting severe impacts in Texas from Hurri-cane Harvey. I called in to conference calls with my col-leagues at The Humane Socie-ty of the United States. We planned how we’d get the message out about keeping animals safe and how we’d tell the story of what would likely be a big rescue effort. As a member of our marketing and communications team, I’m one of the people responsible for developing our messages. There was a lot of work to get done and not much of a break in sight.

One conference call has turned into many more and I’m honored to help save animals and keep these families to-gether. But I’m also mindful of my other responsibilities and by early September, panic was starting to set in. How am I going to keep on top of everything at work and at home without seeing the fall’s Stewardship campaign fall apart?

Just as my anxiety is reaching a fever pitch, I started to see a few messages that made me realize that while I’ve been focused elsewhere, others have picked up the ball and run with it. What a relief! “We’ve got your back,” were words I heard repeatedly as I fretted about how much I would, and wouldn’t, be able to do. As everyone who has heard those words knows, they are the most comforting words to hear when responsibilities start to feel overwhelming. They are a gift.

Which brings me to theme of this year’s stewardship campaign. Those of you who went to the retreat (I had to miss it, see above), you got a glimpse of this. During this fall’s campaign, we’ll be exploring the meaning of gift and what the concept means at All Saints’.

I have a new understanding of gifts as I watch everyone who is stepping up to help with this year’s Stewardship cam-paign.

I wanted to share my experience and I hope you’re in-spired by it because it addresses a common barrier to serv-ing in ministry—the concern that committing to a project or a team at church means neglecting responsibilities in other areas of your life. I sometimes think that it’s a manifesta-tion of the larger concern that resources are finite and that the need for a helping hand will go unfilled—a feeling that I’m no stranger to. Stepping out and answering a call re-quires having confidence that help will be there when we need it. That requires faith—in each other and in God.

One of the people we’ve all relied on so often, especial-ly when it comes to finances, has been Dunbar Ashbury. His wisdom and guidance has “had our back” for decades and he was truly a gift. Everyone who has served with him in ministry is missing him. Dunbar had our backs for a long time. Now a new generation is being called to be good stewards. To give your gifts of time, talent and treasure to All Saints’.

Please stay tuned for more and please be thinking about gifts—what it means to give them and to receive them in all areas of your life.

The close connections that form when you give of your time and talent to be part of a ministry make you feel like you are truly known and loved at All Saints’. And it gives your fellow parishioners the opportunity to be there for you when you most need that support and love.

My guess is that sometime in the discussion about the storms, you heard the story about the person stranded in the floodwaters who turns away a neighbor in a canoe, the po-lice in a boat and a rescue swimmer lowered by helicopter, saying “I’ve prayed to God and God will save me.” The story ends with God saying, “but I sent you a canoe, a boat and a helicopter and you turned them away.” Maybe the ministry leader who is inviting you to participate is your res-cue boat, here to throw a line and to give you the gift of connection even when it seems like you’ve got nothing left to give in return.

My hope for this Stewardship season is that we all con-tinue to see the gifts that we offer each other in God’s name and that we offer our own gifts as well.

—Rachel Querry

Finding Gifts in Unexpected Places

“Stepping out and answering a call requires faith – in each other and in God.”

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Sunday 8 a.m. Rite I Holy Eucharist Historic Church 9 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Contemporary Music Great Hall

11 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Traditional Music Historic Church 6 p.m. “Sundays @ 6” Holy Eucharist Historic Church Wednesday 5:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist with prayers for healing St. Paul’s Chapel Thursday 8 a.m. Lay-Led Morning Prayer St. Paul’s Chapel

10 a.m. Formation Hour Various Locations

Holy Eucharist: Worship Schedule

Fellowship and Stewardship

ORGAN CONCERT: World renowned organ virtuoso to

perform here on Nov. 12 Maestro Hector Olivera, a world-renowned organ virtu-

oso, will perform an organ recital on our new Allen Digital Custom organ on Sunday, November 12 at 4 p.m.. You do not want to miss this performance! Maestro Olivera is consid-ered by even the most so-phisticated and demanding organ aficionados to be one of the greatest organ-ists in the world today!

Maestro Olivera has performed widely throughout the world as a solo artist and as guest organist with many or-chestras. Hector contin-ues to thrill audiences with both solo classical litera-ture and his own orches-tral transcriptions, now released on DVD and more than 20 classical, contemporary and film score CDs.

Mark your calendars now—We are in for a real treat!

houses, and establishing a green calendar for the group so that we can plan and be well-prepared to participate in community events such as Earth Day, Arbor Day, MLK Day, and other days of national service. Another focus will be to see how All Saints’ can reduce our impact on the en-vironment through tweaking some of our practices, by re-ducing paper use or waste generation for example.

Outdoor activities that we identified include regular monthly holy hikes of differing technical levels (from easy to challenging), bird counts, bike rides, and camping—just to name a few! We have already done a couple of the Holy Hikes and we are going to have an opportunity for interest-ed saints of all generations to try their hand at geocaching on October 28. What is geocaching, you may ask? It is like a treasure hunt that one does by using a GPS receiver, like on many smart phones and other navigational techniques, to hide and seek containers called geocaches (thanks Wik-ipedia).

For those interested in joining the Environmental Min-istry, meetings will be occurring monthly on the first Sun-day of each month, shortly following the late morning ser-vice and will be held in the conference room in the base-ment of the Great Hall building (Jr/Sr Classroom). Con-tact Randy at r_querry@yahoo.com or Gaye at gshelley2@comcast.net if you would like to attend the meetings or simply join us for a hike. Also, keep checking the bulletins and “Highlights of the Week” for upcoming events.

—Randy Querry & Gaye Shelley

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October Birthdays! 03 | Elizabeth Hedges, Rixey Hoult, Bridge/e Kiley 04 | Mateusz Gabryszuk, Joan Hendrickson, Jackie Gambill, Margaret McGreevy, Ma/hew Deveney, Thomas McCormick 05 | Ana Eastep, Ann Nichols 06 | Emily McCarthy, Mark Geppi 07 | Waymon Wright, Ryan Quirk, Aaron Hull, Brynne McKinney, Shel-by Gibb 09 | Marjorie Pi>nger, Lauren Hennessey, Lucy Bainbridge 10 | Sage Wolfe 11 | Robert Walker, Madison Fogle, Faith Worden 12 | John George, Sarah Norris, Marta Ramirez 13 | Bradley Finneyfrock, Ross Jones 14 | Megan DeOcampo, Charles Stephanoff, Megan Hennessey, Bryce Meadows 15 | Ann Lebherz, Linda Procter, Linda Gossweiler 16 | Jennie Masser 17 | Lexington Bi/le 18 | Bruce Fleming 19 | Dennis McAfee, Kameron Seymour 20 | Kathleen Writer, Marshall Fogle, Cassidy Li/le 21 | Brenda Grantham, Patrick Wheeler, Robin Andrews, Hannah Romagnoli 22 | Paul Beard, Peter Peters, Devon McCurdy, Benjamin Wheeler, Paige Alexander, Trystan Gardner 23 | Sharon O’Rear 24 | David Hendrickson, Connor Huyck 25 | Cheryl Par-ro/, Charles Fleming 26 | John Aulls, Nollie Rife 27 | Harry Williams, James Writer, Jill Browning 30 | ChrisDna Leishman 31 | Sara Gibson, Jaclyn Zaybekian Don’t see your birthday? Send your info to churchoffice@allsaintsmd.org.

Join us on the 2nd and 4th Mon-days of the month for a Garden Party from 9-10am.

Averages for August Wed. Evening chapel 8

Thurs. Morning Prayer 5 Sun. 8 am 60 Sun 10 am 133 Sun. 6 pm 13 Total 219

Monthly Giving General Giving $35,618 Sunday School $0 Total $35,618

Gourmet Night 15 Years of Fabulous Food!

Join us for this month’s Gourmet Night on Oct 11.

Doors open at 6 p.m. Dinner is served at 6:30.

This month’s menu is: Sauerbraten mit Rotkohl und Kartoffelklößen

Sour Beef and Dumplings Red Cabbage

Apple Pie Layer Cake For those of majority, we will be serving complimentary Octoberfest brews!

Seating is by reservation only. Tickets are $18 per person.

Childcare available.

To make your reservations, contact the church office at 301-663-5625 or Pay online at www.allsaintsmd.org/

gourmet-night.php

Reservations close no later than Monday, Oct 9 at noon.

St. Mary’s Chapter: October Meeting St. Mary’s Chapter will hold it next luncheon and meet-

ing on Monday, October 2, at noon in the Parish Hall. Our guest speaker for October will be Mother Adrien Dawson who will begin a conversation with St. Mary’s members ask-ing “What is the heart of St. Mary’s” and “What is God calling St. Mary’s to grow into.” Please join us for lunch and fellowship, as we begin this discernment with Mother Adrien. A short business meeting follows and we are usual-ly finished by 2 p.m. Our yearly dues are $5 and cost of the lunch is $5; please consider joining St. Mary’s Chapter and be involved in our yearly fundraisers.

WELCOME OUR NEW STAFF MEMBER Sandow Sinai is thrilled to be part of the music staff

here at All Saint’s! She’s a lifelong musician and music lov-er. She started playing piano at an early age but went on to graduate Hood College with a degree in guitar, as well as playing bass guitar, drums, and various odds and ends. She teaches at the ‘Let There Be Rock’ School of Frederick and performs with the Choral Arts Society of Frederick. In her free time she enjoys bike riding, writing and reading poetry, and practicing her instruments.

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SAINTS ALIVE! NEWSLETTER A publication of All Saints’ Episcopal Church. All inquiries, news, or letters

should be directed by e-mail to churchoffice@allsaintsmd.org or the church of-fice. We reserve the right to select and edit all materials. The deadline for each issue of Saints Alive! is the 15th of every month.

Acolytes, Chalice Bearers, Lectors Please contact the church office for more information. Adult Formation Planning Group 2nd Tuesdays, except July, 7 PM, Memorial Lounge Contact: Rev. Jessica Holthus, 301-663-5625 Altar Guild Contact: Jody Deveney 301-694-9361, jodydeveney@gmail.com Art Studio Contact: Tommy Turbyville Budget and Finance Committee 4th Tuesdays, 7 PM Conference Room Contact: Mark Gibson Buildings and Grounds Committee 2nd Mondays, 7 PM Conference Room Contact: Ellis Kitchen Care Teams Contact: Linda Procter, 301-371-4955 Dottie Pratt, 301-668-0477 Centering Prayer Saturdays, (program year*) 9:30 AM, Conference Room Contact: Alice McCormick and Colleen Gibney, centeringprayerfrederickmd @gmail.com Daughters of the King 2nd Saturdays (program year*) 10:30 AM, Jr./Sr. High Classroom Contact: Gaye Shelley Early Birds 9am, Parish Hall (program year*) Contact the church office Environmental Ministry Contact: Randy Querry or Gaye Shelley Flower Guild Contact: Jackie Gambill jamgambill97@gmail.com Forum of Faith 10 AM, Parish Hall (program year*) Contact the church office for information

Gourmet Night Second Wednesdays (program year*) Doors open at 6 pm * ‘Program Year’ activities generally run September–June

Healing Prayer Ministry Leader: Niki Thrash Junior Daughters of the King Contact: Jen Mariano, 301-606-5821 Music Ministries Rehearsals Contact: Carroll Howe (program year) 301-663-5625 Sanctuary Choir 7:30-9 PM, Thursdays Choir Room Great Hall Choir 6:45-8 PM, Tuesdays Great Hall Jubilate Choir 5-6 PM Wednesdays Nave Choir Room All Saints’ Ringers 6:30-7:30 PM Thursdays Historic Church Outreach Committee Contact: Peg McGreevy mmmcgreevy@gmail.com Over The Hill Gang Tuesday mornings Contact: Ed Cornish

Personnel Committee Contact: Christine Harris Prayer Shawl Ministry 1st Saturdays (Oct-June) 10 AM, Memorial Lounge Contact: Sue Fowle St. Mary’s Chapter 1st Mondays (Sept-June) Noon, Parish Hall Chapter president: Judy Haines 301-682-9756 Stewardship Committee 2nd Mondays (program year*) 7:30 PM, Faithful Followers Contact: Rachel Querry Vestry 3rd Tuesdays 7 PM, Senior High Classroom Contact: Tommy Turbyville Worship Team 3rd Sundays; Feb, May, Aug, Nov 12:15 PM, Conference Room Contacts: Clarence Harper 301-418-0577 Jody Deveney 301-694-9361 Youth Leader Team 2nd Sundays 12:30 PM, Conference Room Contacts: Rev. Jessica Holthus jholthus@allsaintsmd.org

Ministries List

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Tommy Turbyville, Sr. Warden Ellis Kitchen, Jr. Warden Mark Gibson, Jeanne Lawrence Kay Kitchen, Co-Treasurers Tina Butcher, Registrar Class of 2018 Tina Butcher Scarlett Gibb Christine Harris Rixey Hoult Class of 2019 Laura Clarke Joanna Gibb Scott Richardson Ellen Zaybekian Class of 2020 Monique Abner Angie Mann Randy Querry Chris Wright

The Rev. Adrien Dawson, Rector adawson@allsaintsmd.org The Rev. Jessica Holthus, Associate Rector jholthus@allsaintsmd.org The Rev. Joanne Tetrault, Interim Priest The Rev. Elaine Prince, Assisting Priest

All Saints’ Clergy and Staff All Saints’ Vestry

Carroll Howe, Music Director musicdirector@allsaintsmd.org Sandow Sinai, Great Hall Music Leader sas35@hood.edu Alyssia Turner, Parish Administrator agilbert@allsaintsmd.org Hope Gravning, Facilities and Events Coordinator hope@allsaintsmd.org Dennis Burkhart, Accountant treasurer@allsaintsmd.org Nancy McArthur, Sexton

Youth Rep Kate Querry