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The All SoulsMessageAll Souls Memorial Episcopal Church • Volume 63, Issue 2 • April/May 2012

From the RectorGrounded: A Foundation for Resurrection

fter an almost four-year wait, myname finally came up to take

stewardship of a small communitygarden plot at the Hazen Gardens inCleveland Park. When I first receivedthe news in February, I put on mycoat and braved a chilly wind to goand inspect my plot…which was amess. Mine is a smaller space on theperimeter of the garden that used tobe all flowers, to attract the bees. Asa result, mine still has a number ofhardy perennials as well as otherodds and ends. And though my ten-dency would be to jump in, pull ev-erything up, and order the little plotto my own liking, I’m doing some-thing different (for me, anyway): I’mbeing patient and letting the groundinstruct me.

Being grounded, in any sense, is re-ally a kind of humility. In the days ofLent we recalled that humility comesfrom “humus,” having to do withwhatever is earthy, down-to-earth,rooted, and grounded. But true hu-mility lasts beyond Lent and pro-vides a foundation for understand-ing Resurrection.

At first, it might seem that “beinggrounded” has little to do with Eas-ter and talk of the Resurrection. Thevery idea of “resurrection” has anupward connotation to it. It encour-ages us to imagine Jesus being raisedup from lying in the tomb to stand-ing and walking among his friends.He is “raised up” further in the As-cension, whether we interpret thatascension as physical, spiritual, ormystical (and defying our usual cat-egories and classifications.) We some-

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times have an easier time imagingGod as spiritual and otherworldlyrather than being grounded.

But the point of the Incarnation,which we celebrate each Christmas,is that God has come to us in the formof a body, Jesus. In that case it is amale, Jewish body eating and drink-ing, walking and running, workingand loving, just like other people wholived in his era. His body died, but hewas raised to new life. Even thoughSt. Paul confuses things by talkingabout a “spiritual body,” it is Jesus’human body that is recognized byMary and the other disciples. It is hisresurrected human body, spirituallyalive, that sits with his disciples andeats fish on Easter morning. It is theresurrected body of Jesus that invitesThomas to inspect more closely so

that he can come to belief. And it isthe resurrected body of Jesus thatencourages us to experience the newlife of the resurrection here and now,in our bodies, as well as when ourbodies die and are brought to newlife eternally.

I’m watching as my garden plotcomes to life. Where there are weeds,I’m removing them. Where things aregrowing in odd places, I’m trans-planting. And where there is good,open space, I’m planting new seeds.But through it all, I’m trying to watchand learn from the ground; and it’s alesson I’m trying to carry over intoother parts of my faith and life.

When working with another person,can I be grounded enough to noticethe actual person in front of me,rather than try to imagine her as theperson I hope she will become? Whenlooking for new growth and devel-opment with a particular programor ministry, can I first take seriouslythe activity going on before trying toimagine it transformed, renewed, orrejuvenated?

As we move forward in so many ar-eas of our parish life, we are guidedby a Spirit that pulls us forward andchallenges us to grow, change, andresurrect. But we will grow best andstrongest if we continue to take seri-ously the people, things, ideas, val-ues, and resources that ground us.

This Easter and always, may theSpirit of God keep us grounded whileraising us up. John Beddingfield

In This Issue is on page 4.

Where things aregrowing in odd places,I’m transplanting.And where there isgood open space,

I’m planting new seeds,But through it all,

and throughout my life,I’m trying to watch

and learnfrom the ground.

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2 All Souls Memorial Episcopal Church—Celebrating 100 Years

From the Senior WardenPreparing our Response

he Scriptures are full of stories thatelicit absolutely critical re-

sponses. Samuel hears God callinghim and (after a couple of iterations)responds (1 SAMUEL 3: 1–18). In hisremarkable vision (ISAIAH 6), Isaiahhears the Lord asking “Whom shall Isend and who will go for us?” Hisresponse: “Here I am; send me!”Mary’s response to Gabriel—”Heream I, the servant of the Lord; let it bewith me according to your word”—changed the world (LUKE 1:38). In TheActs of the Apostles (ACTS 2: 14–42),Peter explains the Gospel to thepeople of Jerusalem who first replied,“Brothers, what should we do?” andthen responded avidly to Peter’s di-rection. Thus “those who welcomedhis message were baptized, and thatday about three thousand personswere added.” And the church grewrapidly.

I’m at All Souls, in part, because ofone of those responses. As many ofyou know, I grew up in Christian Sci-ence—for the asking, I’ll be more thanhappy to bore you to tears with thatstory—but when I could no longermake myself go to a Christian Sci-ence church, a practitioner who wasaware that I had given up attendingsent me a long, hand-written noteaiming to get me back in the fold. Sheended by intentionally misquotingPeter’s response to Jesus question(JOHN 6:67) to the disciples, “Do youalso wish to go away?” She wrote,“Lord, to whom shall we go? We havethe words of eternal life.” I had beenattending a Lutheran church forsome months at that point where thesung liturgy introduced the readingof the Gospel with the words, “Lord,to whom shall we go? YOU [my em-phasis] have the words of eternallife.” The simple beauty and powerof Peter’s response and the completewrongheadedness of the practition-er’s misquote was a turning point inmy life. If I’d had any inclination to

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go back to the religion of my child-hood, it was gone.

I think that, As a community, we’veinvested a bit more intentionality inLent this year than in previous years.I’ve paid some attention to my ownadvice in the previous issue of TheMessage and planned a Lenten disci-pline that I think I can keep. So far, sogood, but, at this writing, I am onlyfour days into Lent—I still haveplenty of chances to fall off from thewagon. Whatever you are doing forLent may provide you with someopportunities to respond. I hope thatyou will take advantage of those op-portunities. I’d certainly ask you toparticipate fully in every service ofHoly Week. Be at each service withyour heart open to how you are go-ing to respond to whatever need fora response appears. Bear in mind thatyou are going to hear the same thingsduring Holy Week at All Souls thatthe people of Jerusalem heard fromPeter. Look what happened whenPeter’s hearers responded.

Do you realize that we may be ableto break ground for our accessibilityproject not only within a year, butthis year? Our design drawings arenow one generation past the ones onboards in the Undercroft (we’ll getthem updated as soon as we can). Bythe time you are reading this, youwill have heard the results of the DCDepartment of Consumer and Regu-latory Affairs review of our plans on

February 29. And, barring any sur-prises, we’ll have the architect pre-paring detailed designs by the timethis goes to print. While I am notready to discuss estimated costs, be-cause there are some technical detailsthat need to be resolved, our first lookat the potential return from a Capi-tal Campaign as well as a newly de-tailed cost estimate from a construc-tion company make our plans lookvery feasible. In the next few months,our Capital Campaign Committeewill be approaching you for yoursupport. Be praying about your re-sponse.

We will shortly be calling for candi-dates for the Vestry. We are postingwant ads in the Weekly and on ourwebsite for people to take on impor-tant tasks. We’re going to be doingour second clean-up morning on Sat-urday, March 31, as a way of wrap-ping up Lent, kicking off significantrenewal that we are planning in ourSunday School and kitchen, and be-ing ready for Easter. Thanks, by theway, to 25(!) people who responded to ourclean-up day in January, got a lotdone, and sure looked like they werehaving fun. We need people whowant to be “doers of the word”: so,even if that’s only for a few hours,will you respond? We need you.

During Holy Week, we’re going tohear “the words of eternal life” per-haps more clearly and morepoignantly than at any other time ofthe church year. I can’t tell you howto respond, but I would ask you topray about responding.

Dale Lewis

When you heara call, how do you

answer?

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From the Junior WardenRooting about in the Garden of Eden

ell, apart from supporting thesenior warden, Dale Lewis,

with all his projects (roof, windows,accessibility, and soon, the partial re-hab of the Kitchen), the junior war-den in the past has been in charge ofbuildings and grounds. Needless tosay, Dale is brilliantly taking care ofthe building! So that leaves grounds.I am a Brit, so by “grounds” one au-tomatically thinks of Afternoon Tea,but the grounds in question are ob-viously the grounds surrounding ourchurch.

Many years ago, “when there werewolves in Wales,” the meditationgarden just outside the kitchen doordid not exist. A small group of us keengardeners, including an architect andlandscape gardener (Chris Leth-bridge), decided to create a little bitof Eden where there was a patch ofgrassy weeds surrounding a smallcircular bed that contained Cannalilies, more suited to formal gardensand the exterior of governmentbuildings. The asphalt that coveredthe parking lot continued over the lipand down into the “garden area.”

So, for several Saturdays, I wouldhaul myself off to an equipment rentalfacility in North Rockville and rent ajackhammer.

We were fortunate to have some verybuff young men who were only toowilling to strip off to their jeans andhandle this machine, which was nec-essary for the removal of tons of as-phalt. The grass and asphalt-free areawas then leveled, dirt was broughtin to build up the sides along withrailroad ties (which can still be seentoday!), and pavers were hauled inmy van and other similar vehicles. Ifyou have never put down pavers, letme tell you: it’s quite an experience.Needed are a level base, a thin layerof sand to cover it, and a plan for theplacement of the pavers. There is al-ways a certain amount of reposition-

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ing, fingernail breaking, backache—and unusual language!

Chris and I at last made a trip toShemins wholesale plant suppliersand filled a Hertz truck with shrubs,trees, bedding plants, laurel, cypress,roses, and periwinkle. Most of theseare still in the garden, except for afew evergreens that did not weatherthe storm or survive the drought.There was a time when a water fea-ture was contemplated. And in fact, Iremember one rainy day digging adeep trench with intermittent help.There is still a plastic liner buried inthe middle of the garden, where pan-sies and impatiens now flourish in agreat raised bed.

What you now see in the meditationgarden, therefore, is the result ofmany hours of volunteer work, plan-ning, planting and pruning. The Gar-den Guild also takes care of the frontgarden and the area along the side ofthe church on Woodley Place: mow-ing the lawn, pruning the knockoutroses, planting bulbs, weeding, dead-heading (not some barbaric ritual,but the simple snipping off of thedead flower heads to stimulate newgrowth), and so much more. We alsogarden alone, with only our thoughtsto keep us company, or in pairs: Paulaand Stacy can often be see deadhead-ing, deep in conversation; Matt andWillis come early to mow the lawn;Arlin and Steve are frequently in the

garden early, also putting out bed-ding plants; Bob pops by to weed; andKatherine is a wizard with theweedwhacker; Dale is the master ofparking lot clean-up; and yours trulynow carries the moniker of “JenniferScissorhands,” producing piles ofpruning that Kevin—frequently look-ing as if he had just stepped from thepages of GQ—gathers up and wedgesinto the dumpster. Susan and hertrusty doglet also put in an appear-ance and are willing to assist wher-ever they can.

Despite all this activity, there is stillan ongoing list of garden chores stillto be handled. So why not pop overone Saturday and put in a couple ofhours in the garden? Experience is notnecessary. Dale Lewis tells the storyof being asked to move the hostasfrom the front garden to under themagnolia and retorting that “I needto know what a hosta is!” We let himknow, and we can instruct you, too;so do not worry if you do not knowthe difference between a convolvu-lus and a chrysanthemum, a dahliaand a delphinium, or a gardenia anda galardia (I know you thoughtgalardia was a small country in aPeter Sellers movie). As for those ofyou who do not have a garden, oreven a balcony, come and work in ourgarden to appease your gardeninghunger.

Not to wax too philosophical, butthere is something truly magicalabout watering and watching thebirds fight for a spot on the bird bath,or puzzling over the audacity of thebulbs that think it is spring alreadyand are poking up through the nearlyfrozen soil. I truly believe that gar-dening is good for the soul/and forthe soil! It truly is a kind of medita-tion. For more information contactArlin at [email protected]

Jennifer Crier Johnston

What does the junior warden do anyway?

Why not pop overone Saturday and

put in a couple of hoursin the garden?

It’s good for the souland the soil.

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Musical NotesIntroducing our New Organist & Choir Director

fter much prayer and discernmentthrough almost 40 resumes,

countless conversations, many ref-erence checks—and two days of au-ditions and interviews—habemusmusicistam! We have a musician. Withthe unanimous recommendation ofthe search committee and the over-whelming evaluations of the choirand our professional vocalists, BenHutchens was the leading candidate.His first Sunday with us will beApril 15.

In Ben we have a musician (violinist,organist, and vocalist), we have aconductor (with a Doctor of MusicalArts in conducting, also having con-ducted classical, sacred, and popu-lar ensembles); and we have some-one I trust will become an enormouspart of the All Souls community(someone who loves the Church, un-derstands congregations, and is ea-ger to be a catalyst for growth andfaithfulness). Ben and his partner, Ja-son, make their home in TakomaPark, Maryland.

A R. Benjamin Hutchens II is a native ofStatesville, North Carolina. He beganmusical studies using the SuzukiMethod of violin instruction when hewas four years old. In his middle- andhigh-school years, he participated inthe band as a trombonist and oboistand was drum major in his senioryear. At the same time, Ben was a vio-linist with the Charlotte (NC) YouthSymphony and studied piano andorgan. He holds a bachelor’s in mu-sic from Furman University, an MMin violin performance from the Uni-versity of Alabama, and his DMA inchoral conducting from UNCG. Benhas served as director of music forchurches throughout the southeastfor more than ten years. In addition,he founded the Dei Laudes Choir in2004: an auditioned choir of fortyvoices that has been invited to per-form at prestigious venues across theUnited States and in Europe. Ben hasserved most recently as the organ-ist/choirmaster at Epiphany Luth-eran Church in Burtonsville,Maryland.

John F. Beddingfield

HABEMUS MUSICISTAM, Y’ALL!R. Benjamin Hutchens II

is from Statesville, NC

Join us April 15, turning what is sometimes called “Low Sunday”into a high day of the very best kind, the celebration of a new ministry.

We have called someonewho loves the Church,

understands congregations,and is eager to be

a catalyst for growthand faithfulness.

He joins us April 15.

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In this issueFrom the Rector: A Foundation of Resurrection 1From the Senior Warden: Preparing our Response 2From the Junior Warden: Rooting about in the Garden 3Musical Notes: Introducing our New Music Director 4Parish Philanthropy: Endowment Fund Grants for 2012 5My Perspective: The Spool of Thread 6–7From the Adult Forum: Art & Faith 8

Confirmations, Receptions, & Reaffirmations 8Notes on Mission Work: Holy Saturday Ministry 8Mark you Calendar: Holy Week & Easter at All Souls 8International Outreach: Blest be the Tie that Binds 9Annual Parish Meeting Supplement 10–11April & May Calendars 12–13Parish Register 14

Baptism Dates 14Submission date for articles in the next issue 14Birthday Prayer 15

The Message is published every two monthsexcept for a June/July/August issue and asingle issue in September.


unded by those who have had theforesight to make long-term pro-

visions for the mission of our parish,the All Souls Endowment makes asubstantial difference for local andglobal communities alike.

Pat Dresser,Chair of the Endowment Fund Board

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News of Parish PhilanthropyEndowment Grants 2012

ENDOWMENT FUND GRANTS FOR 2012

All Souls Parish (2)All Souls Outreach and Communications

contribution toward Outreach events in 2012—$5,000All Souls kitchen, replace floor, new refrigerator—$10,000

All Souls Parish Subtotal $15,000

Local Requests (9)Anacostia Watershed Society

support the effort to clean up the river—$500Bishop Walker School, support operating expenses—$10,000

College Bound, College tour $3,000, Senior Retreat $1,000—$4,000District of Columbia Recovery Alliance

scholarships to train people to help others in recovery—$5,000Hoops Sagrado

air fare for needy D.C. students participating in the basketballprogram in Guatemala—$1,000

Kids Corner Day Care Corner, tuition grant for one child—$1,000Seabury Resources for Aging

dinner program for low income seniors in Ward 5—$10,000St. Mary’s Court

dinner program for low income resident seniors—$5,000Transitional Housing Corporation Affordable Housing, INCresident services at Fort View and Webster Gardens Apartments

—$10,000Local Subtotal $46,500

International Requests (5)Holy Cross School, South Africa

scholarship for one child to attend the school—$5,000Kwasa, South Africa, meal programs and training staff—$10,000

St. John Hospital, Jerusalem—Patient Care Fundfor those unable to pay for medical care—$10,000

Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) HondurasTrip to Honduras—$2,170

Stephanie Vestal, $1,180 trip expensesMelissa Barrett, $540 trip expenseSHI for trip expense for Stephanie Vestal, $450

Sustainable Harvest Internationalsupport organic farming projects in Honduras—$1,000

International Subtotal $28,170

2012 TOTAL (FOR 16 GRANTS): $89,670

TheAll Souls Endowment

makes a substantialdifference each year

for our local and globalcommunities.

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My PerspectiveThe Spool of Thread: or How Vacation Bible School Changed my Life

The All Souls Message continues its occa-sional series from parishioners and volun-teer staff with the following piece by BobColborn.

ike many families battered by theGreat Depression, mine began to

do better as the nation began to re-arm with the approach of World WarII. In 1940, my father got a job withRemington Arms, then a subsidiaryof the DuPont Corporation. We soonmoved to Denver, where my fatherwas a foreman in a Remington mu-nitions factory throughout most ofthe war years.

Our home in Denver was quite mod-est, although I didn’t think of it thatway at the time. I remember scrap-metal drives and rationing stampsand Victory gardens. Like women allover America, my mother washedout all metal food cans, cut out bothends, and then stepped on the cansto flatten them. I also recall that allgrease from cooking was carefullycollected in a container on the backof the stove. My father, and all othersmokers, carefully peeled the foilfrom his cigarette packages, creatingballs of foil that could sometimesgrow to impressive size. Periodicallythe flattened cans, the collectedgrease, and the balls of foil wereturned in at collection points to sup-port the “war effort.”

To help keep the people of Denveradequately fed during wartime, thecity fathers had passed an ordinancethat permitted citizens to do suchthings as raise small numbers ofchickens and rabbits in their backyards. My father constructed a smallchicken yard and a roost that occu-pied a section of our garage. Our nextdoor neighbors built hutches for rab-bits. I was especially interested inwhat the neighbors did. More pre-cisely, I was interested in what theneighbors’ two daughters did, espe-cially Cookie. Cookie probably had

another name, but if she did, I neverknew what it was. Cookie was myage. She was cute and blonde. I stillhave a picture showing Cookie andme in a wash tub, giggling. I countCookie as my first girlfriend.

Cookie and her family were South-ern Baptists, or I guess they were be-cause of what happened the summerbetween first and second grade.Cookie told me that she was going toVacation Bible School and asked if Iwould like to go, too. Of course Iwould, so I asked my mother if I couldgo. I recall the serious demeanor andtone that my mother took when dis-cussing this with me. She said that ifI really wanted to go, I could go. I thinkI knew that we attended the Episco-pal Church—at any rate, I vaguelyremember Father Brooks, the priestat the church we attended. But as forSouthern Baptists, they were an un-known quantity to me. I knew evenless about Vacation Bible School. Ireally didn’t care. I was only happyto be going with Cookie.

It seemed to take a long time to get toVacation Bible School. I think our des-tination lay outside the city, becauseat some point we left paved roadsand began traveling on dirt. We fi-nally arrived, but I don’t rememberCookie being anywhere around. In

fact I don’t remember her through-out the duration of the Vacation BibleSchool experience, even though shewas the reason I was there.

I also don’t remember actually learn-ing much at Vacation Bible School. Irecall a sand table where we playedwith Biblical figures that could bearranged in tableaux of such scenesas the Holy Family’s Flight into Egypt(although I don’t recall that scene, orany other scene, actually being ar-ranged). I also recall being introducedto felt figures and was intrigued thatthese figures could cling so effort-lessly to the felt board. Who or whatthese figures represented, however, Idon’t remember anyone explainingto us. In fact, I don’t remember anyadult ever being a part of our day-by-day activities, although surelythey must have been. I do recall, how-ever, that many of the kids who at-tended Vacation Bible School camewithout shoes. Looking back, myguess is that many of these kids mayhave been poor Mexican or Indianchildren. I don’t remember ever be-ing a part of any play or “study”group with these kids.

Soon enough Vacation Bible Schoolwas over and the time arrived for aceremony that would mark the endof the summer program. It was heldin a small auditorium; and by thetime my mother, father, and I arrived,the only seats left were those in thevery front, at the foot of the stage.

A preacher, who I didn’t recall everhaving seen before, took the stage. Hesaid he wanted a “volunteer” to helphim demonstrate how sin got con-trol of our lives. Of course, no onevolunteered. He called out again fora volunteer. No one moved a muscle.Looking down, he spotted me, sittingthere in the front row, suddenlyqueasy with apprehension. Hepointed at me and asked if I would

LI’m sure

there must have beensomething about

the saving Grace of Jesusin his message that evening,

but I don’t remember.

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My PerspectiveThe Spool of Thread—Continued

come up on the stage and help himdemonstrate the power of sin. I wasa skinny, shy kid and I wanted des-perately to disappear. I was sittingbetween my parents and I expectedthem to make this moment go away.I felt sure they would.

I looked from one of them to the other.I wanted them to say to the preacher,“No, no, I’m sorry, we don’t let Bobbyparticipate in this sort of thing.” In-stead, they offered no protection atall. I couldn’t believe that I was goingto get no help from them. I don’t re-call them actually pushing me for-ward, but I do remember a kind ofweak smile on my father’s face thatlet me know their act of parental be-trayal was complete. I slid submis-sively off my chair and surrenderedmyself to the preacher. He helped meup to the stage and turned me to facethe audience. Hundreds of pairs ofeyes—maybe thousands—stared upat me. I couldn’t bear to look back—especially at the Vacation Bible Schoolkids in the audience who I imaginedmust be delighting in my misery.

The preacher asked me my name andI was able to tell him. Of course, afterall these years I don’t remember theexact words the preacher said nextbut they ran something like this: “Allright, now, everybody. Bobby is go-ing to help me demonstrate how singets control over your life!“

With that, the preacher took a spoolof ordinary white sewing threadfrom his pocket and proceeded towrap me in a single strand. “OK,Bobby, shrug your shoulders andbreak the thread.” I did it with ease.

Then the preacher wrapped twostrands of thread around me andcommanded, “Now break thethread.” Again, I broke the doublestrand with no difficulty.

Next the preacher wrapped threestrands around my slight frame andasked me to break it, and again I did.And so it went, with the preacherwrapping me with more and moreturns of thread until, finally, I couldnot break free.

“There!” the preacher exclaimedwith satisfaction. “You see?” heshouted as he began to walk the stage,leaving me tied up, pointing back atme, “That shows you the power ofsin!

“You sin once, and you can break freefrom your sin and return easily to arighteous life. You sin twice, and stillyou can find your way back to God.

“But the more times you sin, theharder it is for you to break free fromyour sinful ways. Until, finally, youare so tied up in sin that you can’tbreak free! Then you’re caught inlayer upon layer of sin, and the Devilhas you!”

I’m sure there must have been some-thing about the saving Grace of Jesusin his message that evening, but Idon’t remember it. All I remember isbeing tied up in sin and facing anaudience for what seemed like hours.

Of course, the preacher did finallyreturn and cut me free and thankedme for helping him demonstrate thepower of sin. He also gave me a smallplaque to hang on my wall. I kept itfor years as a memento of one of the

most traumatizing experiences of myyoung life.

Until closing exercises ended thatsummer’s Vacation Bible School, Ihad no clear impression of who orwhat Southern Baptists were. I cameaway from that evening determinedto stay far, far away from them, how-ever they might manifest themselvesin the future. It was not until I wasmuch older that I was able to moder-ate that view somewhat, a processnot always made easier by pro-nouncements from the SouthernBaptist Convention.

Another outcome of that eveningwas my conclusion that no goodcould come from Vacation BibleSchool, and my resolution that Iwould never, ever, again attend one—not even if invited to attend by mynext door neighbor and first girl-friend, Cookie. I don’t recall that sheever invited me again. Good thing shedidn’t even try.

If one purpose of that painful eveningwas to keep me away from sin, I’mafraid it didn’t work. What it did do,however, was make it nearly impos-sible for me to see a spool of whitesewing thread without remember-ing that evening long ago. Thatevening when a preacher left mestanding in front of an audience,wrapped tightly in thread andcaught, if not in sin then surely inmisery, while he exhorted his listen-ers to avoid committing the sins thateveryone could see had so completelycaptured me.

Bob Colborn301-386-4856

[email protected]

Hundreds of pairs of eyes–maybe thousands–

stared up at me.I couldn’t bear to look back.

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n Saturday, May 12, at 10 a.m.,those who wish to unite for-

mally with the Episcopal Church willbe welcomed in a spe-cial Eucharist at theNational Cathedral. InBishop Mariann’swords, “We are char-acteristically generousabout this sacramentalmoment. We wantthose who are affirm-ing the faith given them in baptismto be assured that they need not haveresolved every spiritual question be-fore being confirmed (for indeed, weproclaim the mystery of faith); those

The Episcopal Church Welcomes YouConfirmations, Receptions, and Reaffirmation of Baptismal Vows

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Notes on Mission WorkHoly Saturday Ministry

n Saturday, April 7th from9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., All Souls

will help a Habitat for Humanityhome-building project in SoutheastDC, We need 10 volunteers in all whoare willing to make a firm commit-ment to come, We will meet in thechurch parking lot at 8 a.m. sharp todepart for the site, Please contact JeffWells [email protected] if youare interested in joining or would likemore information,

Jeff Wells

Come volunteer withHabitat for Humanity

on Holy Saturday

From the Adult ForumArt & Faith

unday, April 15 will mark the startof the final series for the Adult Fo-

rum before the summer hiatus, Inthis six-session series (April 15, 22and 29 and May 6, 13 and 20), we willexplore the expression of the Chris-tian faith through art—primarilythrough painting, drawing, and ar-chitecture, If you have an interest ina particular period or artist andwould like to volunteer as a pre-senter/discussion leader, please con-tact Dan Davis at (202) 870-0142 [email protected].

SIn April & May, we explore the

Christian faith through the visual arts.Special Eucharist for confirmands at the National Cathedral

Saturday, May 12, 10 a.m.

who come to the Episcopal Churchfrom other traditions of Christianityto know that we honor their past; and

those who feel called toreaffirm their faith,sometimes at the verymoment of invitationto come forward, thatthey are always wel-come to receive God’sblessing.”

If you are interested in being con-firmed, received, or reaffirming yourbaptismal vows, please see the rec-tor or contact the parish office.

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Mark Your Calendar for these ServicesHoly Week and Easter at All Souls

Palm Sunday—April 1• Blessing of the Palms and Low

Mass, 8:30 a.m.• Blessing of the Palms, Procession,

and High Mass, 11 a.m.

Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesdayin Holy Week—April 2–4• Matins, 7:15 a.m.

Low Mass, 7:30 a.m.Wednesday Noon Mass as usual

Maundy Thursday—April 5• Maundy Thursday Liturgy, 7 p.m.,

The Washing of Feet, Holy Commun-ion, the Stripping of the Altar,Procession to the Altar of Repose andWatch before the Blessed Sacrament.(This is a choral service.)

Good Friday—April 6• Matins, 7:15 a.m.• Stations of the Cross, 7 p.m.

A traditional service of prayer andreflection remembering our Lord’sjourney as he was forced to carry hisown cross.

Holy Saturday—April 7• The Great Vigil of Easter, 8 p.m.

Kindling of the New Fire andthe First Mass of Easter, with festivalmusic.NOTE: this is the only evening service thatbegins at 8 p.m.

The Sunday of the Resurrection: EasterDay—April 8• Low Mass with Easter Hymns,

8:30 a.m.Children’s Easter Egg Hunt on thefront lawn, 10 a.m.

• High Mass, 11 a.m.Festival music.

With Easter comesthe annual Easter Egg Hunt,

always a fun time,on our front lawn at 10 a.m.


he Prayer Shawl Ministry beganin Lent a few years ago and has

found a place in the life of our church,Shawls are knitted anonymously andgiven to Father John to distribute toparishioners and friends of All Souls,As we knit, we give intentionalprayers for recipients’ health, well-being and comfort, We have recentlyadded baby blankets to our gift giv-ing.

As reported in the last issue ofThe All Souls Message, parishio-ners Embry Howell and SteveKerchoff visited MotherSharron Dinnie at the Kwasapre-school that she directs inSprings, South Africa, On be-half of the parish, Embry andSteve presented 100 scarves asa token of friendship honoringthe All Souls Centennial.

“Our world is blessed to have‘angels’ such as you who aresent to make the world a betterplace,” Embry later wrote toMother Dinnie, “You are doing thatin such a visible and meaningfulway.”

Mother Dinnie replied with grati-tude, and added that she “would ap-

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International Outreach through KnittingBlest be the Tie that Binds

preciate absolutely any help you canoffer—and any introductions youcan make!—” for making a similaramount of scarves on-site. “I have thevision,” she explained, for what sucha ministry could become, “but needmany others to share it and make ithappen!”

You can help offer the help thatMother Dinnie needs by joining AllSouls’ fulfilling Prayer Shawl Minis-try; although most members knit,

folks who crochet or quilt willbe welcome additions. Hand-work is a very satisfying, sooth-ing activity, during whichmembers find themselvesthinking of God, our place in Hisworld, and how we can betterreach out to others, Shawls,blankets and scarves representour church’s care, concern andlove for our members andfriends—wherever in theworld they might be—and area tangible expression of God’slove for each of us.

To join this uplifting and comfortingministry, or to suggest how we mightexpand it, please call MarthaDomenico at 202.364.5349 or [email protected].

Matha Domenico & Embry HowellThe October 2011 visitto the Kwasa pre-school

in South Africa

From left to right: Jan Clayberg, Embry Howell, HilaryWilcox, Elizabeth Mottur, Kathleen Scholl, and MargaretRomig.

Mother Sharon Dinnie & Steve Kerchoff. Embry Howell & Mother Sharon Dinnie. Steve Kerchoff & students.

Shawls, blanketsand scarves represent

our church’s care, concernand love for our membersand friends—wherever inthe world they might be.

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Junior WardenAccording to the parish bylaws,“The Junior Warden shall serve as Chairof the Vestry in the absence of the Rectorand Senior Warden, and shall perform suchother duties as shall be assigned by theVestry.” In our parish, the Junior War-den is the chair of the Buildings andGrounds Committee, which is re-sponsible for maintaining and pre-serving the church’s properties. Heor she is also the Vestry liaison toand/or chair of the Visioning Process,Garden Guild, and All Souls AreGreen.

The Junior Warden must be electedby a majority vote of the congrega-tion present at the annual meetingand will serve a two-year term. Noperson shall hold the position of war-den and general member of the Ves-try simultaneously.

General Members of the VestryAccording to the parish bylaws,general members of the Vestry:a. act as election judges at annual

meetings;b. manage, control, and direct the

property of the parish;c. choose a minister;d. solicit and take subscriptions for

and otherwise provide for the ex-penses of the church;

e. appoint a registrar and treasurer;f. provide necessary books and

records for the registrar and trea-surer;

g. establish policy for expenditureson behalf of the parish;

h. generally perform such services asare needed for the maintenance ofthe church other than pastoralcare; and

i. elect a delegate or delegates to theDiocesan Convention.

The Annual Parish Meeting

Supplement

Vestry ElectionsOn Sunday, May 20, our parish fam-ily will gather for the annual meet-ing of the All Souls congregation.Among other business, memberswill elect a Junior Warden to a two-year term, and three general mem-bers of the Vestry, to serve three-yearterms.

Serving on the Vestry requires a sig-nificant commitment of time, talent,and involvement in parish activities.Canon law requires that Vestrymembers be confirmed members ofthe Episcopal church. Those wishingto stand for election should look care-fully at their professional and per-sonal commitments to ensure thatthey have the time necessary to meetthe requirements of service. The Ves-try meets at 7 p.m. on the third Tues-day of the month during the Springand Summer, and at 1 p.m. on the 3rdSunday of the month during Fall andWinter. Members also serve on par-ish committees.

If you would like to stand for elec-tion, or would like to nominate a can-didate, please complete a nominationform and put it in the parishadministrator’s box in the office (orgive it to the Senior Warden) by April15, 2012. Speak with any member ofthe Vestry to discuss your interest inserving.

Dale Lewis, Senior Warden

Eligibility to VoteAs our spiritual family prepares forthis year’s annual meeting on May20 following the 11 a.m. Mass, we in-tend to continue our custom of beingas inclusive as possible regardingvoice and voting eligibility.

Canon law clarifies the often confus-ing matter of voter eligibility. It speci-fies that all of those who attend AllSouls who are baptized Christiansand are on the parish rolls may voteon decisions made at a parish meet-ing and to elect members of the Ves-try. The baptism may have takenplace in any denomination. Our par-ish bylaws establish that any ca-nonically recognized member whosebaptism or letter of transfer is re-corded in the records 30 days beforethe date of the annual meeting is aneligible voter.

According to canon law, those whoattend All Souls and have come fromthe Roman Catholic tradition andhave not been received into the Epis-copal Church must ask the seniorwarden to be placed on the parishrolls in order to vote. This is becausethe Roman Catholic Church will nottransfer baptismal information to aProtestant church.

At the May 20 meeting, we will elect a Junior Warden,and three general members of the Vestry.

To beeligible to vote,

your name must appearon the Voter Eligibility List.

This list will be available forinspection in the narthex andundercroft beginning April 1.

The deadline for completedinformation to be included on

the Voter Eligibility Listis April 20.


Thank you for considering standing for electionas Junior Warden, or general member of the Vestry.

Nomination Procedures and Schedule:

• Coffee Hour on April 15To nominate a candidate, including yourself, please fill out the form below and give it to the parish office orthe Senior Warden by coffee hour on April 15, 2012. After that date, nominations will be accepted from thefloor at the annual meeting. A member of the committee will call to confirm that we have received yournomination.

• May 6 & 13Candidates are encouraged to attend the breakfast and coffee hour to be available to meet with parishio-ners and answer questions.

• May 20Annual meeting. All candidates should plan to attend. Vestry candidates will be asked to give a two-minute speech. Junior Warden candidates may speak for three minutes.

All Souls Memorial Episcopal Church

Vestry Candidate Nominations

Vestry Candidate Nomination FormAll Souls Memorial Episcopal Church

Name:

Phone Number: E-mail Address:

Standing for (circle one): Junior Warden, general member of the Vestry

Volunteer Activities at All Souls:

Each candidate must write a first-person statement on his or her background, volunteer activitiesat All Souls, and reasons for wanting to serve as either general member of the Vestry, SeniorWarden, or Junior Warden. Please limit your statement to 500 words (or about half a typed page).E-mail it to [email protected] no later than April 15,

2012 Nominating Committee• Stuart Edwards• Sally MacDonald• Eugenio Sexton

Vestry Candidates at this time• To be announced


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April 1 Brendan Doyle

Flo McAfeeJill McAfeeThomas Speight

3 Donald AlbertSydney PonturoDustin SchwarzDoug Stinson

4 Jane Woodall 5 Richard Self 6 Rachel Reuther 7 Donald Davis

Daniel PlitnikKathleen Scholl

8 John Nelson 9 Stephanie Clipper

Chuck HelmanJeanette Studley

10 Bill Sanders12 Lisa Roselli Del Turco 13 Marcia Anderson14 Charlie Boone

Mary Beth McCutcheonCaroline MotturKatherine Olson

15 Harry Walker16 Leanna Commins

Jacki Kelly17 Melissa Barrett

Bill Culverhouse18 Julie Coryell

Steve KerchoffDanny Marrs

20 Kate HudginsDick Rubin

24 Pat DresserChase RowanVictoria Woodall

27 Alan Woods28 Ben Chia

Cynthia EvansEd McAllisterHeidi Rasciner

30 Greg Lebel

From the Membership DatabaseBaptism Dates (as of 03/07/2012)

May 1 Vicki Lowe

Rory Morrison-Smith 3 Larry Sturgeon 4 Hughes Bates 6 Susie Bruninga

Peyton Pond 8 Carrie Dolive10 Ed Graves

Will McAllisterRick Mollineaux

11 Bill Vance12 Roger Mahan

Cheryl Saenz14 David Bush15 Harold Carlson

Jennifer JohnstonGreg RamseySybil de La Renaudière

16 Butch BradburnScott Yeomans

17 Bob AlfandreBob Long

19 Darla Brown20 Beth Moten26 Evelyn Duffy27 Mary Preston28 Gary Gregg

Collett Preston30 Kat Bethell31 Teddy Mottur

Jimmie Roberts

From the Membership SecretaryThe Parish Register (as of 03/07/2012)

Baptisms—None

Burials & Interments—None

Confirmations & Receptions—None

Marriages & Blessings—None

Reaffirmations*—None

Transfers In—February 9, 2012Zachary T. WarrenderAnthony C. Woods

February 17, 2012Thomas N. Bethell

Transfers Out—None

* This category includes new memberswho join by providing the requiredinformation and existing memberswho provide missing information, pri-marily a baptism date. The nameslisted are from January through Marchof this year.

Honoringthe Great Sacrament of BaptismIf your name is missing fromthis list or if there is a mistake,call the parish office at 202-232-4244, and ask for the member-ship secretary.

Copy deadline for articles for the June/July/August 2012 issue of The Message is Sunday, April 29Please have your articles in Leigh Harrison’s hands by that date.

Electronic submission preferred at [email protected] Leigh with story ideas, questions, and comments.


Prayer for a BirthdayWatch over these persons, O Lord, as their days increase; blessand guide them wherever they may be. Strengthen them when theystand; comfort them when discouraged or sorrowful; raise themup if they fall; and in their heart may thy peace, which passethunderstanding abide all the days of their life; through Jesus Christour Lord. Amen.

The All Souls MessageAll Souls Memorial Episcopal Church2300 Cathedral Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20008-1505Voice: 202-232-4244FAX: 202-232-8593e-mail the church: [email protected] the rector:

[email protected] the Vestry:

[email protected]: www.allsoulsdc.orgThe VestryMartha DomenicoStuart EdwardsSally MacDonaldSusan MorrisonKatherine NordalRobert PublicoverEugenio SextonLarry SturgeonJeff WellsDale Lewis, senior wardenJennifer Crier Johnston, junior wardenStephen Jacobs, registrarTerry Cain, treasurerClergy and StaffThe Rev. John Beddingfield, rectorThe Rev. Christopher Worthley,

adjunct clergyThe Rev. Brenda Sol, seminarianIsaac Borocz, parish administratorNatty Dayal, child careMoises Flores, Sunday sextonIvanna Velasquez, child careR. Ben Hutchens II, director of musicVolunteer LeadershipFord Chinworth, financial secretaryHarriet Curry, assistant treasurerPatricia Dresser, chair of the

Endowment Fund BoardCarlos Guerra, sexton emeritusTerry Horan, financial secretaryBarry Huber, membership secretaryThe Message StaffEditor: Leigh HarrisonEditorial review: John Beddingfield

Isaac BoroczHarriet CurryDale Lewis

Graphic designer: Barry Huber

The mission of All Souls Church is to be aChrist-centered sanctuary where a diversecommunity worships and serves. We live thismission through faithful celebration of theEucharist, Christian education, and lovingnurture of both members and neighbors.

Even though we do not publish birth dates,we do wish you a joyous and happy day.

The All SoulsMessageAll Souls Memorial Episcopal Church2300 Cathedral Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20008-1505

April/May 2012

Start planning now to join your fellow parishioners for the Annual Parish Meeting, May 20

after the 11 a.m. service.A light lunch will be served.

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