All Saints Episcopal Church, Hilton Head Island, SC
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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
Worship Services Holy Eucharist--Sunday, 8 & 10:15 am,
Thursday, 10 am followed by A Service of Healing
Christian Education Sundays @ 9 am for Adults
Children’s Sunday School resumes @ 10 am on August 16
Bible Studies Tuesday, Men @ 7:30 am, Women @ 10:30 am,
Thursday, Adults @ 11 am
Centering Prayer Wednesday, Sun City @ 9:15 am
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Sundays in Summer Adult Christian Education Please join the clergy as they continue to facilitate a multi-part DVD lecture series on ‘The Book of Genesis’ taught by Professor Gary A. Rendsburg, Rutgers University. Complimenting his highly acclaimed approach to Jewish scripture and history, this weekly class will explore the often astonishingly sophisticated literary devices and techniques that belie the deceptively simple sentences and stories that are familiar to us.
• Why does Genesis have two creation stories?
• How do we reconcile apparent contradictions?
• Why are there repeated appearances of barren women and younger sons?
• What is the theological purpose of Genesis’ 21st century meaning?
In the first 11 chapters of Genesis, we see a universal story, a universal perspective, describing the relationship between God and humanity in general. People like Adam and Noah are not Israelites, in the strict sense; rather they represent all humanity.
August 2: Barren Woman and Youngest Son
August 9: Jacob and Esau
August 16: Jacob and Beautiful Rachael: more than meets the eye
August 23: Joseph and His Brothers
August 30: The Story of Judah and Tamar
September 6: The Story of Potiphar’s Wife
Please join them in the Library at 9 a.m. All are welcome!
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What happened at General Convention 2009 and what are the perceptions and reactions of church leaders? The All Saints web site has added a page with convenient links to a number of relevant news articles and letters, including our rector’s. Click here.
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All Saints Church Adult Education Retreat - register now! Join your fellow parishioners for:
• What? Three days of great fellowship and wonderful talks on THE SOCIAL GOSPEL
by –
• Who? John Dominic Crossan, religious scholar in the fields of biblical
archeology, anthropology and New Testament textual criticism;
and Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, Associate Dean of religious studies at Princeton University and
nationally known preacher and
speaker.
• Where? Epworth by the Sea Methodist Center, St. Simon's Island-2 hours from
Hilton Head Island
• When? Either of 2 sessions - from Friday evening, Jan. 15 through Sunday
midday, Jan. 17, 2010; or Monday evening, Jan. 18 through
Wednesday midday, Jan.
20. (Sign up NOW to assure a place, and the least expensive accommodations.) One
or more of your clergy
will be at each session. Cost? Lectures: $109.00 per
person.
• Cost? 2 nights and 6 meals from $248.72 for two persons to $339.60 for two
persons. (Sign up NOW for the lowest price!)
For more information go to www.januaryadventure.org. Registration forms are also available at the church office. Any more questions? Call Sandy or Kerry Grant, 715-0202.
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The Episcopal Church Women (ECW) We are a community of women whose mission is to offer a program of worship, study, service, fellowship, and opportunities for development which will strengthen our spiritual lives and lead us into service for the church. All women of the church are welcome. Upcoming scheduled ECW events:
Tuesday, August 4 Dinner at 5:45 in the parish hall. It will be a night of New Beginnings…Planning our year of worship, fellowship and opportunities for service. Our special guest speaker will be ECW Beaufort Deanery Director, Mary Ann Holmes, to help us kick off our new year of service. Committees will be formed for our ministries, outreach and fellowship projects and events.
Tuesday September 1 Dinner at 5:45 in the parish hall with Committee reports & updates.
Thursday September 24 All Saints ECW will host the reception for Alzheimer’s Respite & Resource’s annual ‘Art Expo’ from 5:30-7:30 pm in Gordon Mann Hall (volunteers are needed to prepare food, serve, and clean up).
For further information contact ECW President Jo Anne Rizza, (681-5825 or joannerizza@gmail.com).
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The Juliets will meet at the Original Pancake House across from Moss Creek on Monday the 17th at 9:30 am. For more information, contact Lillian Hill at 338-6490 or Janet Haysom at 705-2514. Please join us!
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Saintly Singles will meet Monday August 17, 6pm at the home of Lee Woodruff, 3 Water Thrush Place, Hilton Head Plantation. Saintly Singles is a social group of parishioners who are single by choice, divorced or widowed. Please call Lee at 681-8276 to let her know you are coming.
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School Day, School Days (you know the rest!)...All Saints Preschool begins its 2009-10 session on Wednesday August 19, which means the back parking areas will again be a hubbub of activity with children and parents coming and going, outside playtime activities, etc. So please remember to be very cautious when using the back driveway during the daytime hours…and if possible, please do not park back there during school days; use the front parking area—better to be safe than sorry!
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Family Promise Host Week at All Saints will be the seven days from August 23 to August 30. There are two families currently working toward independence in the program. A woman and her 12 year old daughter have been in the program about a month. A second woman and her two boys – a 12 year old and a 5 year old started in Family Promise on July 14. They will all be starting school just as they come to us and need lots of our nurturing care as they adjust to being back into the school routine with new teachers. Both mothers are actively looking for work. Neither has a car at this time. We will again be working with members of Congregation Beth Yam to provide meals and overnight accommodation here at All Saints for these two families. Please see the job descriptions for volunteers in the enclosed flyer and sign up to be a part of this rewarding outreach ministry! Some of the "Saints" who have participated in past host weeks are up north staying cool this summer, so we need some new volunteers to join us. Please talk with Ginny Trolley, Loni Saunders or Mr. Lindsey about this worthwhile community project and join us.
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Newborns In Need will have their monthly meeting on Saturday August 29 at 10 am in the Library. If you knit, crochet, quilt or sew, you can help them make a difference in lives of local newborn babies in economic crisis. For more information please call Terry Simmons at 422-9301.
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Sunday Floral Contributions are taken all year round, and there are many spaces available on the reservation chart located in the parish hall. Donations are only $40.00, a real bargain! Flowers do double duty as they are re-arranged on Mondays and taken to the sick and shut-in. Call Marilyn Adams in the parish office for August.
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Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, if you love me, feed my lambs, tend my sheep.” (taken from John 21: 15-17) Feed My Sheep is All Saints’ outreach project for our local food pantries Bluffton Self Help and The Deep Well Project. For August they are asking for “Canned Fruits.” Grocery stores run specials every week…pick up one or two items each time you go and bring them to church on Sunday. Contributions can be placed in the wicker basket located in the narthex. It’s that easy!
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Meeting Space Availability Please contact the parish office if your group is interested in using any of the facilities here at All Saints Church. Space is limited and days/times fill up fast!
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Education for Ministry, EFM- a four year study of the core courses taught at seminary- is designed for lay people and is a small group seminar which covers study of the Old Testament, New Testament, church history and philosophy respectively in those four years. It is designed to help discern individual ministries and conduct theological reflections. More information is available on the church website (Click and check it out-it is awesome!) or from Kerry Grant 715-0202 or Dave or Loni Saunders 686-3990. We hope to have two groups - one in Okatie for off-islanders during the daytime, and one in the evening at All Saints. There is room for new members when we resume in September.
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The Daughters of the King will hold a six week training session beginning September 16. Any interested women are invited to join us. Check out the church website (click here) for more information.
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Mortgage Burning Celebration! - Please reserve on your calendar the date of Wednesday, October 7th, from 6 - 8 p.m. for All Saints Parish Mortgage Burning Celebration. We will begin with worship, followed by the mortgage burning, a toast, music, fellowship, and a delicious meal. This is a thanksgiving celebration for all that the Cornerstone Campaign has enabled us to do as a parish. All are invited and more details will be provided in the days ahead.
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