Please join us for our

ANNUAL MEETING

& VISIONING WITH REV. LORI

JANUARY 15th, 2017

The annual meeting will take place immediately following our church service. It

is important that each person in our parish family attend this meeting! This is the

time when a major portion of our church business is done for the year.

On the agenda:

Election of Convention Delegates

(to be held during the first week of October 2017)

Election of New Vestry Members

Team Leaders should be prepared to give a short report.

(Approval of New Budget will take place some time in February 2017.)

All Saints’ Mission Statement

All Saints’ Episcopal Church as part of Christ’s family is

called together: to grow spiritually, to share our life and faith

with others, and to experience Christ’s love through word and

deed.

This child came to show us how to change the world. So this Christmas, make room for Him to change us. This Christmas help us change the

world.

Isaiah Chapter 9:

For unto us a child is born,

unto us a Son is given;

and the government shall be upon His shoulder;

and His name will be called Wonderful Coun-

selor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

These words of Isaiah are often seen as words

that foretell and foreshadow the coming of Jesus

of Nazareth, born of Mary. The truth is, these

words befit Him because this child changed the

world. This child changes lives. This child

changes us.

I remember when our oldest daughter was a baby.

My wife and I were young. We were footloose

and fancy-free. It was just the two of us newly-

weds, so if we wanted to go out to eat dinner, we

went out to eat dinner. If we decided to go to a

movie at the last minute, we just went. We actu-

ally felt like we had money back then. And we

did have a little bit of discretionary income. We

could pretty much do what we wanted to do,

within reason, and we didn't have to think too

much about the consequences or impact of a

spontaneous decision and what we had to do to

make that happen.

And then, all of a sudden, this little, innocent hu-

man being, a little child, came into our lives, and

literally gained control over our entire world. Be-

fore we could do anything else we had to think

about, “Who’s going to keep the baby?” or “Is

this a good time for us to go without the

baby?” We soon learned that we were not in con-

trol of our lives anymore. Even our sleeping pat-

terns became very different. We would stay

awake when the baby was awake and we went to

sleep when the baby went to sleep. Literally this

child began to control our lives and the child did-

n’t even know she was doing it. And then we had

a second one she did the exact same thing. And

I’ve since learned that that’s what babies

do. When they arrive they take over! And their

parents begin to develop their lives around this

child. To mold their entire lives around this pre-

cious needy baby.

Isaiah wrote, “Unto us a child is born, unto us a

Son is given . . . and His name will be called

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting

Father, Prince of Peace.” This child who was

born of Mary changes everything. This child born

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Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop’s Christmas Message 2016

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All Saints’

Stewardship Campaign It’s that time of year again!

You should have received

your pledge/commitment letter already. If not,

please contact the church office at 322-9067.

Please make sure to read Rev. Lori’s heart-

felt and insightful letter and consider your answers

carefully. Your time, talents and dedication, as well

as your financial support, are vital to keeping our

church a vibrant, living and breathing source of

light and inspiration for our community and our

congregation.

Pledges should be returned as soon as possi-

ble so we can start planning and preparing the

budget for 2017. The Budget Committee will have

it ready for review some time in February.

Thank you for your care and generosity!

“No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lamp stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. “ Matthew 5:16

Please keep all the vic-

tims of violence around

the world in 2016 in

your prayers. And

please pray that 2017

will be a much less vio-

lent and bloody year.

January 14th

, 2017, 10am -2pm

Christ Church, Douglas

Calling all Lay members of: St. Mark’s, Casper St. Stephens, Casper All Saint’s, Torrington

St. George’s, Lusk Christ Church, Douglas

St. John the Baptist, Glendo Church of Our Saviour, Hartville

All Saints’, Wheatland Christ Church, Glenrock

All Lay members of the congregation are invited to a Deanery Dream

Day with Bishop Smylie! A day set aside to recognize, affirm and

embrace our journey with the Lord.

~ Lunch will be provide by the Diocese ~

Platte River Deanery Dream Day

“Journey to Emmaus”

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“This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.”

Psalm 118:24

“ Cast all your care upon Him, because He cares for you.”

1 Peter 5:7

Continued from Page 1

changes how we live. This child born to the sound of angels singing Gloria in excelcis Deo -- this child to whom

the wise ones came from afar bearing gifts --- this child, changed the way the entire world works.

And this Jesus, born into a world torn by strife and hatred and division and pain and poverty, this child is born

anew wherever men and women say, “I’ll follow Him. I’ll follow Him as my Savior. I’ll follow Him as my Lord.”

When this child grew up, He said His reason for coming, again quoting Isaiah, from the 61st chapter, he

said,

The spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach Good News to the poor, to proclaim re-

lease to the captives, the recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty all those who are oppressed, and to pro-

claim the acceptable year of the Lord.

This child, when He grew up, came to show us the way to live lives of love, lives of compassion, lives of good-

ness, lives of kindness, lives of justice. This child came to show us how to change the world. So this Christmas,

make room for him to change us. This Christmas help us change the world. And make a new commitment, to go

out from this day, to let this Christmas Day, be the first day of a new world.

God bless you. God keep you. Have a blessed Christmas. A Happy New Year. And go on out and change the

world!

The Most Rev. Michael Curry

Presiding Bishop and Primate

The Episcopal Church

2017 Links Sunday — Special Liturgy

On Sunday, January 8th, the First Sunday after the Epiphany, we will again be joining with

our brothers and sisters in the Dioceses of Trichy-Tanjore, India; Leicester, England; Mount

Kilimanjaro, Tanzania; and Kiteto, Tanzania in celebrating a special liturgy that reflects and

shares the culture and uniqueness of one of our Links Dioceses. This year the celebrated

diocese is us —The Episcopal Diocese of Wyoming.

“Prayer is not an escape from the world, but a way of deeper engagement

with it by drawing closer to God and closer to each other.”

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry

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All Saints’ Episcopal Church 605 - 11th Street

PO Box 997

Wheatland, WY 82201

E-mail: allsaints@wyomingwireless.com

http://allsaintswheatland.diowy.org

Dr. Martin Luther King

Calling All Young Musicians!

We here at All Saints’ are quite fortunate to

have a number of very talented young musi-

cians in our midst! This was very clear at

the Christmas eve service, when two of our

budding virtuosi performed and added a

special element to an already very special

evening.

The Vestry would like to invite our young

musicians to be a part of our Worship Ser-

vices, if and when they would like.

Please let us know

if you are interested

in being a part of our

regular services. We

would love to have you!

Legacy Home Christmas Tree

The Platte County Legacy Home has a new Christmas

tree! It was purchased by All Saints’ with funds from

the Gladys Yount memorial fund and other donations.

Gladys wanted her memorial funds used for the nurs-

ing home and we think she would be delighted.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

9:30 AM Morning Worship 2 3 4

National Spaghetti

Day

5 6 7

8

9:30 AM Morning Worship

2017 Links Sunday

9 10

Houseplant

Appreciation

Day

11 12 13

National

Dress Up

Your Pet

Day

14

Platte River Deanery

Dream Day

10 am—2 pm

Christ Church, Douglas

15

9:30 AM Morning Worship

16

17

Appreciate

a Dragon

Day

18 19

National

Popcorn

Day

20 21

National

Hugging

Day

22

9:30 AM Morning Worship

23

5:15 PM—Vestry Meeting

24 25 26 27 28

Chinese New Year’s

29

9:30 AM Morning Worship

30 31

Inspire Your

Heart With

Art Day

January 2017

All Saints’ Episcopal Church

1st—Merit Bunker

4th—Muira Bunker

6th—Edna Sprague

11th—Lilly Seals

12th—Bobbie Joe Brennan

14th—Jill Zimmerschied

17th—Corey Bramlet

21st—Jeff Wilhelm

22nd—Joellen Demers

John & VirJean Reynolds (anv)

23rd—Lori Modesitt; Pat Mosser

25th—Trista Teten

30th—JoAnne Moore

31st—Piper & Miles Whitney

Webinar: Vestry

Orientation.

7:00 PM ET

Webinar: Vestry

Covenants: A Great

Start to 2017. 7:00

PM ET

Webinar: Invest-

ment Strategies for

Endowments for

2017. 7:00 PM ET

Webinar: Spirits in

Scripture and in

Today’s Church.

7:00 PM ET