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Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting:
Sunday, January 25
9:00am
Click here for the digital version of the 2025 Annual Report
 
 
Rector’s Report

 "I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, so that with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which he has called you."

Greetings All Saints Friends,

 

Each year it is a privilege and a blessing to pause for a moment to look back on the year behind us, and recall the important work we have done together. I am so grateful for the many ways you have contributed to the mission and ministry of All Saints. Together we have built a community where all are welcome, where we can be spiritually nourished, where we can learn and grow and find belonging, and where we are touching lives in our local community.

 

As we approach our 40th year as a parish, we have much to celebrate. Our leadership bodies have taken special care to assess and plan for the future of our physical plant, to include an expansion and refurbishment of our columbarium, and have developed a schedule of asset management to carry us forward in planned maintenance. The work of assessing all of our major systems gives us a strong foundation to hold a capital campaign to take us into the future.

 

We have built our Child Development Center from two students to 34, and have hired two more bilingual teachers to meet the needs of the children. Each day these students receive full day care and quality preschool, two full meals and healthy snacks. They receive weekly chapel and music enrichment. With support and volunteerism from the congregation, we are making a difference in these families’ lives. If you haven't visited our school, I encourage you to come during school hours, 7:30 -5:30 Monday-Friday, to see ministry in action.

Our weekly worship continues to be vital and we have seen significant growth in both the Saturday@5 service and the Sunday 8:30 service. At our 10:15 worship, we have welcomed several new young families and each week we receive visitors. There has been strong participation in our formation and education activities. This fall we had over 30 participants in the Celtic Spirituality classes and 20 participants in the Inquirer's Class and 14 new confirmands at the Bishop's visit. We have started a new teen youth group and this year plan to reopen our nursery.

 

We continue to welcome new members each quarter and have robust participation in our many social events. We offer festive coffee hours that are now sponsored by ministries of the church. This has been very well received.

 

In 2025 we participated in the community cold weather shelter several times and provided much of the staffing. We also prepared hot meals for the shelter and the circles programs. We have continued our faithful partnerships with the food pantries and participate in community social justice activities such as Bridge Builders and the MLK march.

 

We said goodbye to our Associate Rector, Katie Presley in 2025, and welcomed The Very Rev. Eric Bash as our new Associate Rector. He has been a great gift to our parish and a wonderful partner in ministry. We have also expanded our music ministry to allow for Suade Anderson, our Music Director, to be at All Saints full time. We look forward to the new programs this ministry will offer.

 

All Saints is vibrant and growing because each of you put your faith into action by the radical welcome you offer. I am ever thankful to be one of your spiritual guides. I want to give special recognition to the wardens and vestry, clergy and staff and many volunteers for their incredible commitment. They are the heart behind much of what we do.

 

I began this letter with a scripture that prays for the "eyes of our hearts" to be enlightened, so that we might know the hope to which we have been called. With each act of compassion, with each work of ministry, with every dollar given, we are embodying this hope, to one another, to our community and to a watching world. May God bless you and keep you thriving in ministry and in hope.

 

Faithfully,

Denise+

Senior Warden Report

 

In 2025, All Saints’ continued vitality was evident in our welcoming of many new members, active participation in our programs and ministries, and significant engagement with the broader community. Our parish remains spiritually and financially healthy, and our path forward is sustainable. Thank you to our clergy and staff, Vestry, and faithful congregation for your generous contributions of time, talent, and treasure, given unconditionally.

Some highlights of our 2025 parish life include:

• Continued evolution of our Child Development Center, the signature outreach initiative of All Saints Episcopal Church;

 

• Development of an Infrastructure Strategy to serve as the foundation for a future Capital Campaign;

 

• Restructuring of weekly Coffee Hour responsibilities through the formation of a Hospitality Committee and the participation of more than 20 ministries on a rotating basis;

 

• Conducting a survey of the congregation regarding the future of our columbarium;

• Commitment to an expanded music ministry;

 

• The Bishop’s visitation on November 2, which included 14 individuals being confirmed, received, or reaffirming their baptismal vows;

 

• Welcoming the Rev. Eric Bash to All Saints in June;

 

• Bidding a heartfelt farewell to Katie and Aly ; and

 

• Extensive planning for our upcoming Capital Campaign, Campaign for the Future.

 

 

Thank you to everyone who helps make All Saints sucha vibrant, welcoming, and faith-filled community.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Charlie Forbes

Senior Warden

Associate Rector's Report

Beloved Community of All Saints Episcopal Church,

 

It is with joy and deep gratitude that I give the Associate Rector’s 2025 annual report.  It’s hard to believe it’s already been 8 months since I arrived!  The time has flown by because of how generous you all are with your time, treasures, and talents.  To say this is an active community might not do justice to the number of ministries and opportunities to serve not only this community but the broader community as well.  I will be focusing my report on the Newcomer Ministry, Hospitality Ministry, and Outreach Ministry and how they have so beautifully exemplified our All Saints community ethos of inclusion, love, and justice.

In 2025, we held our New Members luncheon in July.  We welcomed 19 new members into our community at the luncheon!  The new members at the luncheon were joined by the clergy and some members of the vestry.  We spoke to the new members about all the opportunities at All Saints for engagement with our active community.  We believe in total for 2025 we welcomed 29 new members to our congregation!  That is such a beautiful testament to the welcoming, inclusive, and vibrant community that we cultivate here at All Saints.

Our Hospitality Ministry has gone through a major transition this year!  As many of you know, our Coffee Hour and other hospitality events were led by Jen Neyhouse for many years, and for that we are so grateful.  This year was time for Jen to step out of that responsibility and for us to reformulate how we could support our Coffee Hour.  We identified all the ministries at All Saints and came up with about 20 groups.  We separated our program season into 40 weeks, so each group either chose or was assigned two Sundays to host Coffee Hour.  It has been such a wonderful success!  To see all the wonderful faces of different people in the kitchen and providing a lively Coffee Hour after the 10:15am service has been such a joy!  The Hospitality Committee supports these groups with answering any questions they might have and are present for the Coffee Hour to support set up and clean up.  I hope you have enjoyed this new version of Coffee Hour!  I know I have!

The Outreach Ministry had such a successful year in 2025!  Our Child Development Center has 34 children it cares for throughout the year.  It offers two meals and two snacks for each child every weekday.  The teachers are wonderful and help the children develop their social skills and prepare them for success upon entering kindergarten!  All Saints partners with other churches on HHI to support the Cold Weather Shelter at Christ Lutheran for unhoused persons when the temperature gets below freezing.  Our parishioners volunteer to provide food, welcome the guests, set up the area for overnight, and sleep in the parish hall with the guests overnight.  We do a Blood Drive every couple months on Saturdays.  We collect food from our parishioners to take to St. Andrews-by-the-Sea Soup Kitchen and Sandalwood Community Food Pantry every week and have parishioners that volunteer with these important organizations.  We filled 100 boxes for the Charleston Seafarers for their holiday season away from their homes.  We collected over 100 gift cards for families at Thanksgiving for Sandalwood.  Our Circles ministry provides meals once a quarter for a program that supports families in need at Deep Well.  Our Angel Tree gift giving for the students at the middle school and high school was outstanding this year!  The middle school had requested 130 gifts, and we provided them with 234!  The high school had requested 235 gifts, and we provided 383!!! What a privilege it is to work with a community that really shows up and supports our larger community for those in need!  We are grateful for the blessings we’ve received from God, and we give from those grateful and blessed hearts.

Finally, I would love to share what I have been busy doing the last 8 months at All Saints.  I am on the Hospitality Committee, so if you see me washing dishes, helping put things away, or making coffee or tea know that I make it a point to be active with our hospitality team.  I am the clergy liaison for our Outreach Committee.  I volunteer to help support every endeavor of our outreach service as much as possible, including spending an overnight at the Cold Weather Shelter and handing out cards and flyers for the shelter.  I am the chaplain to our Child Development Center, so every Wednesday I read the four-year-olds a story and sing fun songs with them like “This Little Light of Mine” and “I’ve Got Peace Like a River.”  I reach out to all the people that fill out our Welcome Card in the pews and meet with as many potential new members as I can.  I try and visit or meet with parishioners in need of pastoral care wherever they might be, either at home, in a physical rehabilitation facility, or in the hospital.  I was also appointed as Dean of the Southern Deanery in our diocese by our bishop!  All this is just to name some of the things that I have had the joy of participating in so far at All Saints.  The welcome and inclusion I have experienced from all of you has truly touched my heart, and I can’t wait to see what 2026 has in store!  

God’s blessings upon you all,

Eric+

All Saints Child Development Center

Recently, I did a mission minute on children and family ministries and I noted that not only have we added opportunities, but we’ve also been mindful about connecting our programs.

 

The Child Development Center continues to be a major ministry at our church. The number of children that we are serving has grown and it is anticipated that we will be at full enrollment for the 2026 - 2027 school year. Parishioners have supported the program through volunteering - Halloween Trunk or Treat, Friendsgiving, and Christmas, as well as other smaller events. In addition, the CDC received 12 donations for a total of $6,286 this year. We”ve also recently applied for 2 grants - one from the Diocese and one from the Church Mouse and we are waiting to hear back from both of these organizations.

 

This fall, a parishioner started a youth group that meets on a monthly basis. They participated in the Trunk or Treat doing face painting and tattoos. Everyone had a great time. They are looking to expand and include our scout troop in their meetings and activities.

 

Children’s Chapel, under Jessie’s leadership, serves approximately 10 children. Although not everyone attends every week, the children enthusiastically participate in the discussion and craft activity that happens at every lesson. Five parishioners take turns supporting Jessie every Sunday. Recently two of our regular attenders volunteered with their parents when the Cold Weather Shelter was forced to open for 2 nights in early December when the temperatures dropped to the low 30’s.

 

It is encouraging to not only watch programs grow and new programs begin, but also to see how we are working together to serve more members of our church community as well as the community outside of our church.

Finance Commission

In 2025, the financial condition of All Saints remained sound. As expected, the needs of an aging infrastructure continued to take center stage, particularly related to failing HVAC equipment.

 

Following are the highlights of 2025.

  • A total of $112,981 was spent to replace five (5) HVAC units. These units had long outlived their useful lives and had failed or were on the verge of failing. Funding for this work was provided by:

    • $50,000 Pre-capital campaign donation (one donor)

 

    • $29,200 Vestry disposition of Foundation distribution funds

 

    • $33,781 Maintenance Reserve funds

 

  • Although collection of pledge revenue fell short of its $820,000 goal, it was offset by unbudgeted fees of $27,000 from rental of the parking lots to the high school building contractor -- thus enabling operating revenue to end the year on budget. Operating expenses held no surprises and finished the year well within budget guidelines

 

  • Bob Colegrove is stepping down as Finance Committee Chair at year-end, but will remain on the committee. He will be succeeded by Ron Niclas.

 

While 2025 saw the urgency of infrastructure issues recede, 2026 brings with it new challenges:

  • increased commitment to local outreach and Diocesan support

 

  • enhanced Music Ministry

 

  • increased administrative costs, e.g. software support, utilities, property insurance

 

These increases have been factored into the 2026 Budget. Matched by purposeful revenue goals, the challenges of 2026 will be met with enthusiasm and grateful hearts!

Stewardship

The planning for Stewardship 2026 began in July, 2025 and gathered a number of key members of our community to divine, define and design a goal and its components as well as a theme to best convey that message. A great deal of creative thinking resulted in our “From Our Blessings, The Seeds of Giving Grow.” With the artistry of our own Jessie McIlwee, we were able to have a visual of the campaign’s success as a garden slowly gathering color over the fall campaign.

 

As of this writing we are at 88% of our goal of raising $900,000 and we are working to close that gap. The budget needs are legitimate and easily defended on a dollar-by-dollar basis. We just need to persuade some angels to help us over the finish line. We had a similar gap in the 2025 campaign and just such an angel provided a matching contribution that helped put us over the top.

 

Our theme reminds us all that we are blessed in so many ways. We are blessed financially as individuals and, collectively, we are richly blessed to have the community of All Saints. We also recognize that there are stresses in the lives of each of our parishoners which can tax their focus and, often, their pocketbook. Simply stated, life can sometimes get in the way of the needs before us. We are profoundly grateful for the support we have already garnered.

 

Committee Assignments

In 2025, many of All Saints’ committees adopted a three-year cycle of leadership. The Stewardship committee adopted precisely that format. The three-year cycle results in an individual being Assistant in year one, Chair in year two and Emeritus in year three. The concept is to promote new ideas and to avoid exhausting anyone on any committee. This year of 2025 has been ably led by Dana Duncan with Bryce Edwards in the Assistant role. For 2026 Dana will be Emeritus and continue supplying his experience and wisdom, while Bryce will move into the role of Chair. Bryce has yet to identify the person filling the Assistant position. If anyone is interested in contributing their time and creativity to our work, please notify Dana, Bryce or any of our clergy.

 

Conclusion

While not finished we feel the 2026 stewardship campaign to be outstanding. We are blessed by your support and generosity. Thank you for all you do for All Saints.

Building and Grounds

Throughout 2025, the All Saints community dealt with a large number of projects relating to our building and surrounding grounds. During the year, we replaced 6 heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) units that had failed or reached the end of their economically useful life. The cost of these HVAC replacements greatly exceeded our budget but were made possible by a generous donation from a member of our Church. We are all more comfortable and are extremely grateful for his foresight and commitment.

 

We also made a number of needed improvements to the Columbarium area and developed several ideas for expansion and perpetual maintenance.

 

Our Campus Manager, Kevin Dyer, has consistently provided expert oversight on our landscaping and infrastructure, identifying and setting in motion efforts to keep our security, fire protection, HVAC, and weather protection systems working properly – and he also found ways to improve the operation of several key systems such as the access control and alarm network, which provides 24-hour security for the building and its occupants.

 

Necessary improvements were made to the Child Development Center (CDC), including a new secure (and good looking) playground fence and new ductwork to optimize the operation of the CDC HVAC systems that were replaced in late 2024.

 

As part of the planning process for our upcoming Campaign, a complete inventory of all systems and hardware items on the All Saints campus was conducted. Data from the survey was used to determine estimated funding needs for repair and replacement over the next 10+ years.

 

Pam Neyhouse, who served us faithfully for several years as Chair of our Building and Grounds Committee, retired late in the year. We look forward to working with Bob Poss as the incoming Committee Chair and welcome two new Committee members who will have a busy 2026 as we plan how best to manage our infrastructure, Columbarium, and surrounding landscape after 40 years of intense use!

 

 

Worship Report Year End 2025
Acolytes & Lay Readers - Thanks to the gifts of time and talent generously offered by our congregation, the Altar Services ministry was able to seamlessly support our clergy at the altar as needed throughout 2024. Cindy Tull assumed responsibility for the administration of the ministry with the departure of Kerry Smith in October. The Altar Server responsibilities document was updated to include the new routine for processing in with the choir among other minor edits. There are18 Altar Servers at this time: seven who serve solely at 8:30; nine who serve only at 10:15; and two who can serve at both services. We have seven who can carry the cross for 10:15. There was one new server added to our roster in December. We are looking through the inventory of albs and cintures with the goal to remove any extras from the very full closet, find another area to store the overflow and ensure they are all laundered on a regular basis. Cindy Tull
 
Altar Guild - Altar Guild had a lovely year. We have enough members to pair volunteers at the 10:15 service. The Sat@5:00 members are a tight-knit group who constantly help each other. The entire membership work well and dependably together. Two highlights were our spring brunch given by Clergy to us and to Flower Guild and our work day in November to ready the church for Advent; at the work day, Father Eric gave us an informative, humorous presentation and joined us for a sack lunch. Due to generous donors, we bought a chasuble large enough to fit Eric and several red items to complete our set of red linens. Nancy Binford
 
Centering Prayer - We continue to meet upstairs at about 10:30 on Thursdays following the 10 am Eucharist and Healing Service. All are welcome. Juliets is thriving and all newcomers and visitors are welcome to this no agenda breakfast at 9:30 the third Wednesday of each month at British Open Pub, Bluffton. Loni Saunders
 
Music & Choir - This is now reported elsewhere by Judy Cote.
 
2025 Daughters of the King - The ASEC DOK Chapter currently has 15 members. One member resigned this year. Unfortunately, 6 of our members live off-island and no longer drive or drive as far as to the island. Four member have dealt or continue to deal with significant health issues that interfere with regular meeting attendance. We offer our monthly meetings in-person in the parish conference room as well as on Zoom. One member has moved to Aiken where she has not found a chapter and attends regularly on Zoom. We installed 4 new members in 2024 and are hoping to conduct another Training Class for interested parish women by the 2nd quarter of 2026. There are a number of women who have expressed interest and we plan to arrange an information session. The 3 components of The Rule of Life of The Order of The Daughters of the King are Prayer, Service and Evangelism. In all of our individual and chapter activities we try to adhere to these Rules. Each chapter maintains a confidential chapter Prayer List. Members submit prayer requests and the list is updated monthly. We are currently transitioning to an advanced system (for us) whereby each member can access and change [add, remove or update] entries to the PL. We try to have Prayer Request flyers in the pews and available at Sat @ 5 and the Thursday morning healing service so parishioners may fill out and place in the Offertory plate or the DOK parish mailbox. Ushers will place folded requests in the DOK mailbox. Prayer requests may be renewed monthly or be designated as ongoing if appropriate. During the past year we conducted a Valentine Cookie Decoration Party with the CDC. Several members attended the Lemonade & Cookie Stand during the CDC summer event. For the 3rd consecutive year DOK has worked separately with the 3 y.o. and 4 y.o. Classes to make an Advent/Christmas craft for the students to take home to add to their family holiday celebration. Once again DOK plans to provide and prepare the luncheon for the Lenten Prayer Vigil. The DOK SC Assembly has the largest number of DOK members who do not have an active chapter in the church they attend. These daughters are designated as Daughters-at-Large. As the Assembly DOK Chair of DALs, I am encouraging chapters to try to identify DAL members who are within a reasonable commuting distance from their parish chapter meeting site and invite these daughters to join their chapter. One may join a chapter without changing church membership. Last winter our chapter hosted a Zoom meeting conducted by the Officers and Advisory Board for DOK members in the southern tier of the Assembly. There are currently only 2 active chapters in the southern tier-The Episcopal Church at Okatie and ASEC. Worship Report Year End 2025 The DOK SC Assembly instituted an Assembly Tuition Assistance Fund for daughters who have difficulty paying their annual $50 dues. Our chapter has made a $50 donation to the fund. DOK chapters are not permitted to raise money. Our chapter members make periodic donations to our chapter treasury and we do solicit Goodwill Offerings at the Lenten Vigil Luncheon. The All Saints clergy and staff have strongly supported our DOK chapter and annually conduct a DOK Rededication Service on All Saints Day. Since the onset of Covid, All Saints has live streamed its Rededication Service and notice of the service is communicated to all Daughters-at-Large chairs in Province IV so they can inform their DAL memberships of its availability. They convey the time and connection information as well as instructions to access the archived service on our Facebook page. Respectfully submitted, Jenifer Gajdalo
 
Flower Guild - The Flower Guild of All Saints has continued to function in the traditional manner throughout this year. A Volunteer rotation schedule with assignments planned for 6 months at a time, from January to June and July through December is the system we use .All guild members work at Easter and Christmas to create the more elaborate decorations. Our Christmas Decorations were completed by only 4 of our members this year as other members were traveling. Jacquie, Marilyn,Joyce and Carol with assistance from Kevin were able to complete the arrangements. The plans are to expand the guild numbers and so far we have added one new lady to our group, If there are any questions regarding the flower guild you may contact our leader, Jacquie Jouanet. Carol Cupit
 
Saturday@5 - Sat@5 continues to offer a more relaxed alternative to Sunday services in the main church building. Our attendance is stable at 50 or so during the winter and a little less when the snowbirds go north. The service continues to attract new folks to ASEC, with several becoming pledging members in 2025. Our hospitality event after each service remains a key part of the Sat@5 experience. We continue to offer food, wine and friendly social interaction time. Our group is large enough to offer multiple opportunities for meeting and chatting. But we are not so large that cliques form, which would tend to hamper integration of new folks into ASEC thru Sat@5. Of note is that our alcohol service is totally self-sustaining via a donation basket. So only folks who desire alcohol support it. Blair furnishes quarterly and annual accounting to make sure we are self-sustaining. We continue to have great support from our members. At least ½ of our attendees participate in worship support as readers, eucharistic ministers, musicians, hospitality, altar guild and ushers. We also enjoy unwavering support from the music and altar guild ministries. Thanks to both for all their help Sat@5 continues to conduct special services for important worship dates throughout the church year. We take special pride in staffing the Christmas Eve family service conducted in the manner of Sat@5. Over 200 folks attended this year. We are planning several enhancements to Gordon Mann Hall that will provide a more pleasing venue for our services. These should be completed in the first quarter of 2025. It is our obligation and honor to be an important part of the worship and new member assimilation programs of ASEC. Jim Hackett
 
Ushers - 2025 was again a year of busy church holiday seasons around Lent, Easter, Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany services, as well as a great many funerals and a couple of weddings. This year again saw several long term usher retirements and a few new ushers joining us. As always, it seems, we continue to need more ushers, especially some who are not Seasonal Saints. Respectfully submitted, Howard Coonley 
Social Justice

 

Under the leadership of Caroline McVitty, the Social Justice Ministry (SJM) promoted and supported MLK activities in January, offered several social justice-themed movie matinees over the course of the year to engage parishioners and public attendees alike. The SJM continued their support of the Child Development Center’s activities and  supported the annual Lenten Prayer Vigil. 

 

They suspended the Lunch and Learn programs, given the low attendance by ASEC parishioners. In another effort to engage ASEC members, the SJM aired a virtual Documentary & Coffee Conversation program in February, A Look Inside The Journey Seekers Make Through Mexico to Reach the U.S., a PBS documentary. Despite publicity through the weekly e-blast and Pelican post, as well as outreach to our liasons with nine neighborhood churches, attendance was low. As a result, the SJM paused this outreach program effort.

 

Movie Night and Movie Matinee programs continued in 2025. Movies shown included:

  • The Green Mile Starred Tom Hanks and concerned capital punishment. While attended by only 10-12 people, those present engaged in a lively discussion following the movie. The SJM decided to try a matinee format for the next program.

  • Casa Blanca, a classic film, attracted 23 people including a few from other churches. A good discussion followed with analogies made between the events of the movie and today’s political landscape in the USA.

  • To Kill A Mockingbird was offered as a matinee in the fall and drew an audience of about a dozen people. 

SJM members assisted children and staff in the Child Development Center in 2025 in a variety of activities—decorating cookies for Valentine’s day, reading to the children, and the annual(and wildly popular) Trunk or Treat Halloween event. They continue to discern additional ways to serve the CDC.

 

The Lenten Prayer Vigil: Hope Reimagined included musicians and speakers from other churches. The morning sessions and luncheon,offered by the Daughters of the King, drew 40-45 attendees and engaged members of the SJM  in planning and executing this event.

 

In closing, the SJM wants to recognize Kevin Dyer, ASEC Campus Manager,  for his initiative in artfully refurbishing the peace pole at the church’s front entrance. Thank you Kevin!

Welcoming Committee

SUNDAY 8:30: (by Jen Gajdalo)

The Sunday 8:30 Greeter Corp has operated successfully throughout 2025. We started the year with 5 members and the number was reduced to 3 during the summer months. One member had retired, another moved and a third heads north to NJ for the summer months. Joan Rich and I were able to cover without difficulty.

 

This fall I have enlisted two new members, both of whom are relatively new members of the parish. We will try to recruit a few more as this will decrease the frequency of assigned Sundays, but still enables the Greeters to become more familiar with fellow parishioners as well as extending a warm welcome to visitors. 

 

SUNDAY 10:15: (by Wendy Dickes)

We started the year with a small group of very dedicated greeters for the Sunday late service. We often had just one in order to have coverage. Because of the success of the recruiting fair we were fortunate to grow the group. We are starting off the 1st quarter of 2026 having 2 greeters on most Sundays. We will continue to recruit, but we are thrilled with how we finished the year compared to our start. Thank you to the team that  always shows 

 

SATURDAY@5: (by Jim Hackett)

Sat@5 continues to offer a more relaxed alternative to Sunday services in the main church building.  Our attendance has grown to more than 50 in the winter and a little less when the snowbirds go north.  Sat@5 continues to attract new folks to ASEC, with several becoming pledging members in 2025.

 

A true Episcopal liturgy is the cornerstone of Sat@5.  The services are supported by an excellent music program with both traditional and more lively selections.

 

Our hospitality event after each service remains a key part of the Sat@5 experience.  We continue to offer food, wine and friendly social interaction time.  Our group is large enough to offer multiple opportunities for meeting and chatting.    Our alcohol service is totally self-sustaining via a donation basket.  

 

We continue to have great support from our members.  At least ½ of our attendees participate in worship support as readers, eucharistic ministers, musicians, hospitality, altar guild and ushers.  

 

A special note about Sat@5 ushers, who also serve as greeters.  We have enough ushers that two individuals or a family team need to serve only once per month.   We are always looking for new folks interested in joining the usher corps while from time-to-time bidding adieu to those wanting to contribute in other ways.

 

Sat@5 continues to conduct special services for important worship dates throughout the church year.  We take special pride in staffing both the Easter Vigil and Christmas Eve family services conducted in the manner of Sat@5.  Over 200 folks attended each this year.

 

It is our obligation and honor to be an important part of the worship and new member assimilation programs of ASEC.

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