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Thanksgiving MysteryBy Rev. Nat Katz

Giving Thanks in SicknessThanksgiving is an action

Grateful to be Living with a MysteryLet go and let God

Th inking about faith, culture and living intentionally.

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Fall 2016

ThanksgivingTh anksgiving is a mystery. Th anksgiving is an embrace of generosity that defi es convention. Th at’s what we encounter at the table for the Eucharist (thanksgiving) every Sunday – a great mystery that is God’s radical and unconventional generosity unto us – one that we are meant to share with each other.

In this issue of Ethos, during this holiday season of Th anksgiving, parishioners share their stories of unexpected generosity and thanksgiving.

Ethos is the quarterly journal for All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills, CA.

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Welcome!It’s an interesting challenge to publish a journal like Ethos four times a year. When your editorial focus is “Th inking about faith, culture and living intentionally,” the canvas is pretty large. Add to that a rich faith tradition going back thousands of years, a world where so much happens every day, and a large, vibrant, interesting community of people from whom to gather submissions, and the task can seem overwhelming.

So where to start? We usually start with the calendar – both the Church Calendar (Advent, Lent, Easter, Pentecost….) and our parish calendar of activities. Th at provides us with some grounding for what we might talk about that connects the rhythm of our church calendar with the events of our daily lives – “thinking about faith, culture and living intentionally.”

With a publication calendar in place, we can focus on the editorial content. Past issues have included “Being the Church of Jesus,” “Living Into Our Membership,” and “Find and Be Found.” Th is issue addresses the “Mystery of Th anksgiving” and – spoiler alert!! – our next issue mails on February 26, 2017 and will be devoted to an exploration of Lenten Disciplines. Th ese editorial ideas come from a variety of places, but are always based on fi nding God in our lives, here and now. We rely on our talented clergy (and sometimes staff ) to do the tough work of expanding the thematic idea into a 1,400 word Feature Article that will resonate with the parish and provide a framework for supporting articles.

All of the supporting articles – six of them each issue – are written by parishioners. Th ere’s no science to how we identify these writers, but it plays out the same each issue. Starting with the Communications Team, we discuss the stories and situations we’ve heard from and about parishioners through connections on the patio, emails we’ve received, Facebook postings and stories of concern or care or celebration that someone has called in to share about a fellow member. We always ask the Clergy and the Staff for ideas and we narrow it down to six potential authors. I am delighted to say that requests for stories are rarely denied and, in fact, “I am honored to be asked” is the most common response.

And here’s where it gets tricky or, even, mysterious. Because of our on-going workload, the clergy is almost always writing its article at the same time as parishioners are writing theirs. Yes, we provide some high level direction – “share how you found God through illness,” or “tell us what being a member of All Saints’ means to you,” but we’ve never been able to share a completed featured clergy essay with our parish writers before they begin writing. So we hold our breath, continue to remind writers of the deadline, and wait.

And it always works. Each issue, we receive six articles that are perfect accompaniments to the Feature Article and to each other. Th at’s 6 or 7 diff erent voices that come together in unison, 6 or 7 voices that, I think, have been guided by the Holy Spirit. Th at’s a beautiful mystery, and one I’ll continue to trust in.

In this issue, our Associate Rector, Nat Katz, takes on the challenge of exploring the mystery of thanksgiving and gratitude. Supporting him, with wonderful stories of their own experiences of the mystery, are Christina Cannarella, Lonnie Hinckley, Jason Klein, Jonathan Roberts, Jay Traynor and David Zaro. My sincere thanks to each of you.

And I give thanks to you, this beloved All Saints’ community for sharing your lives, your talents and your gift s with this church. May you experience the mystery and power of Th anksgiving in the weeks ahead.

Debbie Gauer, Editor and Director of Parish Engagement

v Photo by Alexander Mueller

Front Page: photo by Nick Kenrick

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v David is the bearded

face belonging to the

baldhead you may have

viewed in the second

row most Sundays since

Easter 2015. He comes

fr om a Pentecostal/Roman

Catholic family and

works as a designer in the

garment industry. David

currently serves as an

Altar Guild member, Lay

Eucharistic Minister and

Sacristan.

Indescribable

ThankfulnessBy David Zaro“I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord” from Psalm 122 was one of the fi rst Bible verses I learned as a child attending the First Assembly of God Church. I learned others, as well as Bible sto-ries and songs. I gave my heart to Jesus.

As I grew older, I was also exposed to narrow thinking: disparaging speech about Roman Catholicism, the church of my father and my grandmother. I accepted as truth the things my Sunday School teachers taught me about my family’s other church.

Sitting through Pentecostal sermons grew diffi cult as I became aware that they were addressed to men who were husbands and fa-thers. Despite my nightly prayers to be cured, I knew I was gay. As an outsider visiting my father’s church, I was denied communion.

I left the church at eighteen and moved to Los Angeles to complete design school. I came out as gay to my friends and eventually my family. I never lost my faith, but through the years, church became a place for weddings and fu-nerals. In 2015 a friend who wanted to attend church on Easter contacted me. We settled on All Saints’. Aft er the service he turned to me and said, “You need to be here.” I had no argu-ment. I have attended ever since. As we stand facing the gospel, I have the deepest sense of being truly accepted for the fi rst time. Having lived much of my life without that expecta-tion, my thankfulness is indescribable.

Yes, I am glad at the suggestion to go into the house of the Lord, a place to which I now bring my entire self.

v Christina lives her life

walking through open

doors. In Sept. 2015, the

door to the AS2 service at

All Saints’ opened for her

and her son, Johnny Hatch.

Still in awe, (and oft en in

tears) fr om the outpouring

of compassion, empathy

and acceptance shown

to her and Johnny by so

many, this ‘back’ door (Johnny’s preference for entrance)

has led them to a place Christina always dreamed

existed, but could never fi nd.

“I don’t tell people we go to church. I tell them we go to

community. ”

When Johnny was 3 months old, a geneticist informed me, “Th ere is no one exactly like your son documented in our world-wide data-base for genetic disorders. His chromosomal make-up is very rare, he’s a mystery.”

Th ey had found information on similar disor-ders, but sadly, those few children all passed away within 6 months of life.

Th at was 18 ½ years ago, and still today there are so many unexplainable things about John-ny.

How did this happen?

Why can’t Johnny speak with words?

What is hurting him when he doesn’t feel well?

What makes Johnny laugh hysterically looking around as if something or someone is enter-taining him but nothing is visible to our eyes?

Why is he so fascinated with yellow Ticond-eroga pencils, sharpening the opposite end, from the eraser to the #2 marking?

Why does he always want to sit in the back row of an airplane or bus?

What makes him want to wave at every stu-dent at his school driving past them on our way home?

Yet for all this, and more, I am so grateful to be living with a mystery. I’m forced to learn dif-ferent ways to cope. I can worry about things I have no control over and waste my time and energy being fi lled with doubt and anxiety.

Grateful to be Living with a MysteryBy Christina Cannarella

Or, I can embrace it. I can learn patience, un-derstanding and acceptance, having to wait, not being able to fi nd answers right away, or even at all. I can learn to live in the moment, taking on each day with an open heart and mind, trusting God will give me the strength to get through whatever challenges come into my life. I can be hopeful and view each oppor-tunity as a chance to learn something new. I can be in awe of the unexpected outcomes and accomplishments Johnny has made, trying to see the world through his eyes. I can cherish every minute I have with my child because I don’t know when our time is up. I can truly ‘let go and let God’ fi nding a sense of calmness and peace in my life knowing God is guiding us EVERY step of the way.

Th ere are so many blessings encompassing mystery. It is one of God’s greatest gift s to us. I am so thankful for the beauty of the unknown. It is what connects me with God’s unending, unconditional love.

Photo by Chris James Media/Chris Martin

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Th is is a weird thing for a musician to say, but I have a hard time saying thank you when someone compliments me. Th at’s not to say that I don’t appreciate the person taking time to tell me that music I have made has had an eff ect on them; it truly means a lot to me. But in the moment, I fi nd myself analyzing everything that I could have done diff er-ently to make a piece of music more meaningful. Musicians can be self critical – to a fault. As a church musician, though, I have many reasons to be thankful.

I’ve been fortunate to experience two English Cathedral residencies; once at St. Paul’s in London and once at Can-terbury Cathedral. Both were more than work – they were pilgrimages. I’ve practiced for recitals and concerts before, but the practice sessions leading up to the residencies were diff erent. On these occasions, my practice sessions were pre-paring to lead worship in places that have been worshipping in this pattern of daily prayer for hundreds of years. It was both awe-inspiring and mildly intimidating. When all was said and done, these residencies were two of the most mu-sically and spiritually fulfi lling weeks of my life. Despite what I thought I could have done diff erently, the Cathe-dral vergers were very complimentary and appreciative. I graciously said thank you, but thanked them profoundly for transformative weeks in my life both musically and spiritually.

Th e group that I went to Canterbury with in 2015 returned for another residency this past summer. For many reasons, I couldn’t join them this time.

During their residency, I received an unexpected email from the head Verger at Canterbury Cathe-dral telling me how much he enjoyed my playing the previous summer, that he and his colleagues

missed seeing and hearing me this year, and just wanted to say thank you for sharing in the liturgical life of Canterbury Cathedral. I replied to say thank you, but couldn’t help asking why we made such an impres-sion. His response was surprising.

Choral Evensong is a daily occurrence for most English Cathedrals, and has been for hundreds of years. Th e Head Verger explained that while they take their work seriously, aft er daily services with the same choir (excellent though it is) all year long, Evensong can become something done by rote. When visiting choirs come, however, they breathe new life into the Cathedral liturgy. In his words, “the energy and excitement that visiting choirs bring with them who don’t sing Evensong every day at home breathes new life into the Cathedral and refreshes our wor-ship.”

Our choirs work diligently every week so that our music making has that kind of transformative power on our worship life at All Saints’. Next August, the All Saints’ Choir will experience a pilgrimage to Wells and Salisbury Cathedrals as well as the Chapel Royal at the Tower of London. While we will be singing to the Lord in a strange land (Psalm 137), we go with the love, gratitude and support of our parish family.

As a musician, hearing from the head verger at Canterbury Cathedral was an unexpected gift . While I have friends that have glorious careers as solo musicians or playing in tremendous orchestras, I would never trade my work with theirs. Th e music I’m privileged to share in as a church musician has the potential to impact people’s lives in ways I may never know. For that, I’m extremely thankful!

Unexpected ThanksBy Jason Klein

v Jason Klein is Associate Organist &

Choral Director at All Saints’ where he

directs the Choristers and works with

both the All Saints’ and Parish Choirs.

He’s held positions of Organist and/or

Director of Music on both East and West

Coasts. Raised Lutheran, he found his

way to the Episcopal Church through

music and liturgy.

Parish Voices

EAT THIS BREAD

EAT THIS BREAD

DRINK THIS CUP

DRINK THIS CUP

COME TO ME

TRUST IN ME

AND NEVER BE HUNGRY.

AND YOU WILL NOT THIRST.

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By Th e Reverend Nat Katz

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Eat this breadDrink this cupCome to me And never be hungry.

Eat this breadDrink this cupTrust in meAnd you will not thirst.

These are words that I’ve sung countless times during my life on my way to the table for Holy Communion. Most times that

I’ve sung “Eat Th is Bread,” I haven’t stopped to think about the words themselves. Like so many aspects of our life as worshipping Christians, if we take the time to think about what we say and what we do, it doesn’t make much logical sense.

Of course we will experience hunger and thirst in our lives. Most of us make a beeline for our favorite brunch spots as soon as our Sunday church activity is done. Next to breathing, hunger and thirst are the most natural and cyclical experiences of our biological lives.

So, why do we sing these words?

We know about metaphor. We know that the hunger and thirst that are satiated in Communion are deeper than our biological experience.

Thanksgiving

Mystery

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Th ere are all kinds of theologies that have evolved over the centuries that try to explain this mystery. Some have argued that the bread and the wine become the actual body and blood of Jesus. Others have argued that they are purely representative, earthly objects that remind us of how we are meant to encounter God in the world. Debates between these respective schools of thought have inspired all kinds of confl ict - both intellectual and physical. And yet the Eucharist remains a mystery. No explanation has managed to overcome the mystery. Th ank God.

In the Episcopal Church we don’t have to explain it. We can hold to any of these explanations or none of them.

What matters is that we come to the table. What matters is that we give ourselves over to the mystery. What matters is that we open our hearts to be fed - also nonsensical. What matters is that we off er thanks to the wholeness that comes from God - that comes freely.

Perhaps my favorite refl ection on the mystery of the Eucharist comes from the actor Martin Sheen. In an interview with public radio host Krista Tippett, he shared that one of the greatest spiritual experiences of his life is receiving Communion.

“How do we embrace that?,” he said. “How can we possibly, consciously understand what that is? And I don’t have a clue. I just stand on line and say, ‘I’m Ramón, called Martin, your friend, you’re welcome here. And I’m with them.’ Whoever the crowd is, I’m getting on line with, you just look at the people who are on that line, that community, that is the greatest and simplest expression of overtly trying to explain this mystery I’m talking about, because it is a mystery. It is probably the most profound mystery in all of the universe, this love. Sometimes I’m overwhelmed just watching people on line to embrace that sacrament. It is the most profound thing. I never ever can get over it. It’s just something you have to surrender to. And just saying yeah, I’m with them. Th at’s the community of saints.”

Th is is why we come to the table each and every Sunday. It’s the very act of coming together to partake of this great mystery that allows our community of All Saints’ to live into its name. We fi nd our identity by standing together and collectively choosing God’s mystery for our lives. Together, we become one body when each one of us joins the line and, in doing so, says “I’m with them.” Th at is God’s ultimate desire for us - to look at one another, no matter who they are and say, “I’m with them.”

In this season of thanksgiving, I invite you to refl ect on the ways that you encounter God’s mystery. Have there been moments at or around the Communion Table when you have encountered that mystery? Have you encountered God’s mystery in such a way that it left you hungry for more? What did those encounters feel like? What did they taste like? Smell like?

And yet.

And yet there are those times when I come to receive Communion and fi nd myself satisfi ed - physically, which makes no sense at all.

I’ve never been big on breakfast. Despite the proverbial wisdom that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, I rarely eat in the mornings. So, the majority of times that I’ve received Communion have been on a nearly empty stomach. I can usually start to feel my stomach growl somewhere in the middle of the service. But ever since I started taking Communion as a teenager in the Lutheran Church I was raised in, I have come away from the table feeling satisfi ed - at least for a time.

I’ve never made sense of it. Th ere are surely people with a higher aptitude for biology who could off er explanations for why that would happen.

Th e truth is, I’m not interested in those explanations. I prefer to choose the mystery. It’s not that I’m choosing ignorance, but rather I choose the experience of relationship with God that comes in those moments of fullness. I choose to have those moments when I can say to God, “I know that your promises to me are true. I feel it at the center of my very being. I know that you will feed my hunger and quench my thirst in whatever form they should take. I may not know when, or how, or why, but it will happen. And I am grateful.

Holy Communion provides us with the opportunity to choose God’s mystery as the driving force for our lives. Choosing God’s mystery allows us to hold lightly those things in our lives that we would otherwise cling to for the security they seem to off er - money, status, independence, self-suffi ciency. In God’s mystery, we can begin to experience the truth that life is richer when we can let go of our vice grip on those things. In God’s mystery, we can begin to discover that heeding Jesus’ Greatest Commandment - to love God with all our heart and mind and strength, and our neighbor as ourself - isn’t as daunting as it used to be. And so, in God’s mystery, we can begin to discover deeper relationship - with our loved ones, with those whom we struggle to love, with ourselves, and ultimately with God.

Th ese experiences of deeper relationship through God’s mystery are oft en fl eeting. And yet they change our lives in the most fundamental ways. Th ose rich, but fl eeting, encounters leave us fi lled with gratitude and with a deep, almost insatiable, hunger for more.

Th e Church has found this experience of choosing mystery so fundamental to our lives as followers of Jesus for that very reason. And for that reason, the Church has come to believe that we need to experience God’s mystery in the Eucharist as oft en as we can - at least once a week.

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When we allow ourselves to explore the hungers God inspires within us, we can come to the table open to receive what God so mysteriously seeks to give us in radical abundance.

May this season of thanksgiving fi ll you with love and gratitude beyond what words can hold. May that gratitude lift you into the wondrous embrace of the God that made you and loves us. And may you take that embrace into the world, to all of God’s Children with the message, “I’m with them.”

v Nat Katz

serves as Associ-

ate Rector with his

ministry focusing

on liturgy, outreach

and building commu-

nity for folks in their

20s & 30s. He is happy

to have found a wonderful

home at All Saints’ aft er spending

his fi rst years of ordained life contrib-

uting to ministries across the diocese.

Mystery

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Full of Gratitude for My Second HomeBy Jay Traynor

v Jay has recently become

a Godly Play teacher and

is now experiencing the

mystery of Th anksgiving

and gratitude through

ministering to our youngest

parishioners.

In January this year, my husband, Dave and I re-tired, closed our business, sold our home, left our friends and parish family of 21 years in San Fran-cisco and moved to Los Angeles. I was worried, sad, fearful, and frightened. I felt that I had lost my sense of purpose and the rhythm to my life. Th e changes were overwhelming.

But, we were moving to LA to be closer to our son, Drew, and we both knew that would over-ride all the fears and reservations. So off we went in a caravan following Dave and Drew with all our worldly belongings in a rental van.

We found a lovely apartment within walking distance of Th e Grove, Farmers’ Market, Whole Foods, LACMA, gym and absolutely everything we need. Fearful of the traffi c, we found that we actually drive very little.

Drew introduced us to his wonderful friends and some lovely neighborhoods to shop in, some great hiking spaces and performance venues. We are grateful that we can spend time with him and equally grateful that he likes to spend time with us!

So, if all of those blessings were not enough, we went church shopping and found All Saints’!

Initially, coming from a parish a quarter the size of AS, we were overwhelmed. I talked to Allison asking for help to fi nd more manageable sized communities. I joined the Altar Guild, Prayer Team, Pastoral Care, and Bereavement Team, all helping me fulfi ll my passions, which include hospice care. I was blessed to accompany Allison on a pastoral visit to a dying woman allowing me to experience the prayers of the dead and engage her family and to follow up with the surviving spouse.

Dave and I are taking the fabulous Bible 101 classes, wonderful storytelling allowing us to en-joy the Bible from a new and less daunting per-spective. We are making new friends and getting to know others more deeply.

Th ank you for helping us to navigate this time of life change. Th ank you for your encouragement and your smiles. We can’t thank you enough and feel truly blessed to be in your midst.

And thank you for the opportunity to reinvent ourselves and learn things about ourselves that we never knew.

The Gift of ChangeBy Lonnie Hinckley

v Before their move, Lonnie

and Dave owned a wholesale

home furnishings showroom

in the San Francisco

Design Center. Th ey love

to travel, Lonnie reads

historical novels and Dave is

passionate about furniture

and studies all periods.

Th ey now have two lovely

grandchildren.

I am a relatively new parishioner at All Saints’. I really have felt at home since I fi rst attended an 8:00 am service back in March of 2014. I immediately experienced the Holy Spirit inside the walls of our church and that radiated in the friendly faces that greeted me every Sunday in those fi rst weeks and months, remembering my name and introducing me to others.

Aft er becoming a regular 8:00 am service attend-ee, Allison asked me if I would consider serving as a Lay Eucharistic Minister (LEM). It was an unexpected opportunity to join a parish minis-try, serve others and share in the Th anksgiving. I was touched then and remain humble to hold Jesus in my hand, heart and mind while helping to administer the Body of Christ to my brothers and sisters. I’m grateful every time I read the Les-son, lead others in the reading of the Psalm, the Prayers of the People, the Confession of Sin and serve the Eucharist. I’m a part of the mystery of

Th anksgiving that Nat identifi es as a ‘generosity that defi es convention’.

Needless to say, becoming a LEM has been a life changing experience for which I have so much gratitude. I truly feel it’s God’s call to a ministry of serving, receiving and celebrating the Th anks-giving for Christ’s Body and Blood. I am re-minded every time I serve, “I must become what I give”. Th at realization is so huge experienced authentically in the moment with others, full of mercy and divine grace. It’s a mystery and a par-adox because it’s about being vulnerable and yet it is empowering us all to become loving coura-geous disciples of Christ’s Kingdom of God.

Our mission at All Saints’ is to become the Church of Jesus. I am so proud and full of grati-tude for my parish and second home.

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I am a leader by nature and have been blessed to be a leader within the All Saints’ community as one of the vergers serving at the altar on Sunday mornings. Th e liturgical church is beautiful in many ways throughout the seasons we celebrate as Christians; even now in Ordinary Time. As you might imagine, being a worship leader is challenging as our responsibilities are varied and sometimes distracting to our own worship. Nevertheless, we are continually blessed with the opportunity to pay attention to every detail (ex-cept maybe the air conditioning) while serving the congregation.

I recently had surgery to remove a portion of my right lung and was diagnosed with two types of the blood disease Lymphoma. As a “leader by na-ture”, I fi nd it very diffi cult to let others help me in times of need. In fact, in some ways, accepting help is more diffi cult than the diagnosis itself. However, I quickly learned that I would not have a choice and that my approach to self-suffi -ciency was selfi sh and ill informed. All of a sud-den, my church community surrounded me with love, prayer, food (so much that I haven’t lost any weight – thanks!) and encouragement. All Saints’, my friends and especially my family have sustained me through prayer, outward support and acknowledgment of God’s person, blessings and sovereign work in my life.

Th ose “details” I pay attention to on Sunday morning are vital to our worship, but what goes on in community is breathtaking and beyond any liturgy I could help conduct. In short, I re-alized that our church is bursting with people who practice their faith and thanksgiving; and I learned to accept it as a blessing to them and to me.

I am thankful for the incredibleness and un-bridled grace God has poured over me through the parishioners of All Saints’ and the medical professionals who accepted God’s call for their life in the healing sciences. For me, thanksgiving is an action: a very straightforward concept on how to honor God through service to others and in service with others.

Giving Thanks in SicknessBy Jonathan Roberts

v Jonathan has been a

very visible member of All

Saints’ for over 16 years.

He has served ‘up fr ont’ as

Acolyte and Th urifer and is

currently a Verger and Adult

Liturgical Trainer. He is also

much appreciated for his

culinary skills that have been

pleasing parishioners’ palates

for years.

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There’s something very special about spending Advent and Christmas at All Saints’ that will give you a new perspective on the events of

these seasons. Advent encompasses the four Sundays leading up to Christ-mas. At that time, the new Christian year begins with the twelve-days of Christmastide, from Christmas Eve until Epiphany on January 6. But it’s really all about the birth of Jesus – the anticipation of it, the stillness of waiting and then the joyful celebration of the Savior’s arrival on earth.

Calendar these dates now and spend Advent and Christmas with us!

Sunday, December 4

5:00 pm AN ADVENT FESTIVAL OF LESSONS & CAROLS

6:00 pm AN ALMOST CHRISTMAS COCKTAIL PARTY & SILENT AUCTIONBenefi ting All Saints’ Outreach Ministries

Sunday, December 11

12:30 pm FAMILY CAROLING PARTY & SING ALONG

Sunday, December 18

6:00 pm A CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL OF NINE LESSONS & CAROLS

Saturday, December 24 Christmas Eve

*4:00 pm CHILDREN’S PAGEANT & FESTIVAL EUCHA-RIST WITH CAROLS

6:00 pm AS2 CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE

*8:00 pm FESTIVAL EUCHARIST FOR CHRISTMAS EVE

*11:00 pm FESTIVAL EUCHARIST FOR CHRISTMAS EVE

* Come early for a Choral Prelude 15 minutes before each service begins

Sunday, December 25 Christmas Day

10:00 am Holy Eucharist with Christmas Carols

For more details and a calendar of all events at All Saints, please visit www.allsaintsbh.org

Adventand

Christmas