Calendar

Friendship Meal Friday, June 2, 6 pm Parish Hall

Education Committee Thursday, June 8, 5:30 pm Library

Celtic Eucharist Sunday, June 11, 5:30 pm Parish Hall

Finance Committee Thursday, June 15, Noon Office

Vestry Tuesday, June 20, 6 pm Library

Unload truck for Friendship Meal Monday, July 3, 5:30 pm Parish Hall

June 2017

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All Saints Episcopal Church

is a Community of Faith, welcoming all God’s People

to share in ministry with…

Hearts opened in Christ ~ Hands offered in Service ~ Voices lifted in Praise

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Dear People of All Saints,

Summer has arrived in all its glory. I am writing this

over a gloriously beautiful Memorial Day weekend.

I hope yours was a balmy and lovely. As we enter

the season for the seeds to be planted or to germinate

and grow, I invite you all to enjoy the beauty of God’s

earth that is all around us and continually calls us into

thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving is much on my mind these days. It is

not the November and the Pilgrims and the Indians

in New England kind. Rather my thanksgiving this

year involves a look over my years as a priest and, in

particular, these past 8, soon to be 9, years in your

midst. I offer deep thanksgivings for our time

together.

Still, not everything lasts forever, and I can attest I

am not getting any younger! Retirement looms in the

lives of Sandy and me. He is retiring this year and I

will be retiring in 2018. My ministry with you all

here at All Saints will end at the close of July 2018.

Over the next year, we will be embarking with the

Diocese on a bit of an experiment. Many of you

cradle and long-time Episcopalians know that most

searches for new rectors do not begin until after the

rector has left. With the ongoing assistance of Canon

Lucinda, our Canon to the Ordinary, the search will

move forward during my final year in your midst.

While the Search Committee does its work, I will

have my own separate preparations to which I will

need to attend as well as meeting with a companion

along the way, one of the retired diocesan priests.

We will all be immersed together in both search and

good-byes. It is a bit exciting for us to be able to try

this new “search pattern” out; to dig right into a new

experiment. Knowing All Saints’ history as I have

learned over the years, we have never been averse to

giving new things a try.

As for right now, there is much

to keep us occupied as the

Sunday School year ends, the

choir goes on vacation and the

Folk Group begins its offerings

on Sundays. Much of the

summer news is within these

pages. I invite you to try some of them out. Perhaps

you would like to volunteer to help with Vacation

Bible School. We are doing Hero Central this year. I

look forward to being around for VBS for the entire

week for the first time in many years! How might you

volunteer? Snacks, staffing one of the activity booths,

being a loving presence to help and to help young

fingers try our their activities? Any and all are

possible.

There will be Sunday Adult Christian Education every

Sunday at 9 am. We have a series of videos on the

History of Christianity that we can explore and discuss

together. Popcorn and a Movie is back on one

Wednesday a month; check out the calendar! Leaving

the choice of the second book up to the readers, the

Book Club is trying something new before our next

meeting in the end of August.

And in the midst of it all, our schedules will be a

hodge-podge of being in and out of town. Paradise

Point beckons many with its great offerings for so

many. Vacations simply cannot be missed and some

of us get to immerse ourselves in a Spiritual Retreat.

As I look to my own summer, I am grateful for the

time you give me to enjoy these last two offerings.

I pray your own will be rewarding, restful, and

renewing.

In Christ’s love,

Holladay+

Message from the Rector

If Christians believe that God is in every person, why don’t we act like that? Why do we turn our eyes

from the poor, the widows, the orphans, and the prostitutes? Although prayer is necessary and helps

bring comfort, it’s not enough to truly alleviate suffering. God didn’t send His Son to pray for us but

rather to act for us. The only thing that upsets me more than downright evil acts are people who allow

injustice to happen with their inaction. Jesus transformed God’s message into action and it should be

our mission to devote our lives to similar action. from Wild Goose Chase by Mark Batterson.

Colorado Springs: Multnomah Books, 2008. p. 29

Financial Picture of the Parish

Pledges were caught up during the early Easter season.

Thank you for keeping your pledges up to date.

The Yard Sale earned us net $2327!! This is the best we have ever done.

Thanks to all whose ministry made this possible!

We received the quarterly IEF Draw of $2544.78.

Quarterly Insurance was paid: $2287.75

There were no repairs done this month, but we expect bills in May for carpenter

ants and some permanent improvements to the sprinkler system at the Children's Center.

Thanks to so many for your gorgeous and generous donations of the Easter flowers.

Thank you all so much for your support of the ministries of All Saints.

All Funds April 2017 YTD Budget YTD

Pledges $ 18,851.00 $ 61,190.00 $ 61,120.00

Receipts $ 30,103.22 $ 93.770.71 $ 84,243.36

Expense $ 21,634.74 $ 86,141.06 $ 91,071.72

Operating Income $ 22,643.29 $ 67,550.40 $ 66,853.36

Operating Expense $ 16,546.75 $ 65,284.52 $ 65,990.00

Net Surplus (Deficit) $ 8,468.48 $ 7,629.65 $ (6,828.36)

When Christianity turns into a noun, it becomes a turnoff. Christianity was always intended to be a verb.

And, more specifically an action verb. The title of the book of Acts says it all, doesn’t it? It’s not the

book of Ideas or Theories or Words. It’s the book of Acts. If the twenty-first century church said less

and did more, maybe we would have the seam kind of impact the first-century church did. Some of ur

live as if we expect to hear God say, “Well thought, good and faithful servant!” or “Well said good and

faithful servant!”…Ther is only one commendation…”Well done, good and faithful servant!”

from Wild Goose Chase by Mark Batterson.

Colorado Springs: Multnomah Books, 2008. p. 29

The next Friendship Meal will be June 2nd. The menu is hamburgers, tater tots,

and cole slaw. This month we could really use extra help as I will be off

celebrating my granddaughter Susannah's graduation with family. The cooking

shift will start at 3:00 pm Friday afternoon, the serving shift will start at 5:30 pm,

and the cleanup shift starts around 6:30 pm. Please feel free to volunteer and to eat

with our guests!

The shift for friendly conversation starts at 5:45 pm. These volunteers help ensure

our guests feel welcome and we share our human stories with one another.

The food truck delivery will be Monday, July 3rd at 5:30 pm. We will need volunteers to unload food and

sort the food.

My heart overflows with gratitude for the many volunteers and donors that make this meal work each

month.

Peace,

Mary Ellen

FRIENDSHIP MEAL

Hurrah for Barb T, Anita W. Marshal S. and probably others who have jumped

into action with the recent settling down of weather ups and downs. We're

working hard to catch up on weeding the messy places, spraying along curbs and

such, getting a few new things planted and generally spiffing up our grounds. If

you find some satisfaction and maybe a little spiritual uplift by yanking weeds or

raking up debris outside, or by pitching in to help dust window sills or by

sweeping or mopping the kitchen and parish hall area, be brave and jump in

too. There is no such thing as stepping on toes.

Holladay hired our trusty expert on watering systems and we now have a new

timer on the pre-school pump and some new sprinkler heads that are working so

much more effectively. This should solve problems from recent years which

resulted in serious parched areas by August in the pre-school lawn.

We are in the process of working with the folks at All In One asphalt repair to finally (and hopefully

permanently) get our pot hole repaired and functioning like parking space again.

Enjoy our new and welcome 'season' everyone.

Bonnie

JW

Junior Warden

The theme of our 2017 Vacation Bible School is heroes. The stories

tell us how David, Abigail, and Jesus are heroes and also how we

ourselves can be heroic in God's eyes. Each day there will be

discoveries about how God's heroes have heart, courage, wisdom,

hope, and power. Come and have fun with stories, songs, and some

great activities.!

Summer is just beginning and we are already talking about VBS in

August but it takes a lot of time and effort by many to make this

a special time of fun and learning for our children.

The Education Committee is committed to having a VBS this summer

but many hands are needed to pull it off. We need craft people, group

leaders, a story leader, a snack person and a song leader. Help is

needed before and during all or part of the week itself.

The Education Committee has several members who have done this

before and are willing to be core planning members but we need as

much help as we can.

Please thing about it and mark your calendars for all or part of the week

of August 7-11.

If you would like to be part of this fun and rewarding time please let

Holladay or Sue Nims (suenims1@gmail.com) know as soon as you can

so that you can be part of the decisions on the VBS program.

Vacation Bible School: August 7-11

Christianity was a social movement

rooted in powerful symbols, creative

actions, and remarkable word of

mouth. It was a global brand that

spread without advertising.

The integrity of what it offered,

demonstrated by millions of

transformed pagans, spoke volumes.

Now, having been usurped by the cult

of technology and its fervent

evangelists, we must figure out how to

regain our mojo, to tap into our

strengths, to remember our first love.

from iGods by Craig Detweiler.

Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2013. p. 10

Dear People of All Saints:

As most of you know, I have now officially retired from my position as Executive Director and

Clinical Manager of The Marie Blanchard Friendship Clinic.

I want to thank you all for the support you have given, and continue to give, to the clinic. You

have supported us by supplying the space for us to operate, you have given your time, talent and

treasure to help make us the viable successful organization we have become. I am so grateful to

be a part of All Saints Episcopal Church.

For me personally, it has been a labor of love and I feel so privileged to have been a part of the

clinic’s birth and development. Fourteen years ago six nurses began with a dream and look where

this dream has taken us. We have provided access to health care for hundreds of people who

might otherwise have gone without. We have provided a learning environment for young people

entering the health care professions who will become tomorrow’s health care providers, and we

have saved many lives in the process. I am very proud of what has been accomplished.

I leave knowing that the clinic is good hands and will continue to thrive and move forward. Our

new clinical manager, Stephanie Glasgow, will bring new energy and a fresh approach. We have a

wonderful board of directors who are very committed to the mission of the Friendship Clinic and

will be good stewards. I plan to remain on the board of directors for as long as I’m needed. I feel

very privileged to have known and worked with so many wonderful, talented volunteers.

I will miss the joy of interacting with the patients who have taught me so much about courage and

humility. What a wonderful journey it has been.

In Christ’s Love

Marie Blanchard

Thank You

There are many “welcome”

yard signs in the Office. These

signs were featured in the Idaho

Statesman around May 17.

They say: “No matter where

you are from, we are glad you

are our neighbor” in English,

Spanish and Arabic.

If you would like your own yard

sign, they cost $5.50 in

reimbursement to the church.

Welcome Signs

Celtic Eucharist

Happy Summer To All! Church in the Park is scheduled for Sunday July 16, in Cassia Park. Parish Life will

be hosting the picnic with hot dogs and hamburgers provided. Sign-ups for salad and desserts will be posted

2 weeks prior in the Narthex. Please plan to bring your favorite dish and plan to

attend!

Parish Life

Are you interested in learning more about the Bible, History of

the church and present day topics? Consider EFM or

Education For Ministry. We are all ministers by our baptismal

vows. EFM is a great opportunity to expand your knowledge

and feed your faith. It is a four year course you commit to one

year at a time. It is held on Mondays at St. Stephens during the

school year. Several members of our congregation have gone

through the course and I am finishing my second year. Right

now we have 4 people for next year and need at least two

more to have a class. If you are interested please call Jan Fritz

at 794-3333 for more information or talk to Anita Wallinger,

John Caylor or Carolyn Cornwall.

EFM

Celtic Eucharist will be celebrated this month on Sunday, June 11, at 5:30 pm in the

Parish Hall. We will be deep into the planting season by then and the weather should

have tempered quite a bit. We are now in the bright season of the year when the

days are the longest so we can rejoice together in the abundant growth all around us.

In this season of summer, thoughts often turn to rest, recreation, and relaxation…

different modes of renewal from which we can all grow in new and exciting ways.

Come and celebrate together.

Bible Study will have one more meeting on June 1 when we will explore the

story of King David and the violent attack on his daughter Tamar by her half-

brother Amnon. The class will be on hiatus through the summer.

In September, the Bible Study Class will begin a study of Revelation in the

Conversations With Scripture Series. This commentary explores the basis,

possible meanings, and impact of the Book of Revelation, the final book of the

New Testament. Class will convene in the Office on Thursday, September 14,

at 6:30 pm.

Bible Study

Summer Christian Education

Beginning Sunday, June 11, at 9 am in the Parish Hall, the video series 2000 Y ears of Christian

History will be offered. Each Sunday we can view 30 minute portions with discussion to follow.

Everyone is welcome.

Book Club

During the summer, Book Club will not meet until the fourth Tuesday of August, August

22, in the Office at 6:30 pm. This summer we have opted to have ONE selection so that

each may choose a second book of one’s choice to enjoy. The chosen summer book is

Inside the O’Briens by Lisa Genova. This book tells the tale of the O’Brien family

struggling with the impacts of Huntington’s Disease on

them and the decisions they decide to make for each of

their lives.

The author also wrote Still A lice, about Alzheimer’s

Disease from the point of view of a patient. The book is

available in the Office at the amazon price: book/Kindle

($10.76/$11.99). The barnesandnoble.com price is book/

Nook: ($10.54/$11.99)

Here is some suggested summer reading. I usually get pretty ambitious when summer begins, so we will

see…. I invite you to come along on the journey of reading during the summer months.

Holladay+

The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman is the World War II story of a Polish couple who hide over 300

refugees from Nazisim, mostly Jews, in the Warsaw Zoo.

It has been a while, so maybe there is time to dig through one Tom Clancy novel in the Jack Ryan or Jack

Ryan, Jr. series. Edward Rutherford and James Michener have also written stupendous sagas of life over the

centuries in specific places like Michener’s Chesapeake or Alaska or Rutherford’s Russka or London.

Peter Tremayne’s Sister Fidelma mysteries or Julie Spencer-Fleming’s Claire Fergusson mysteries: both are

fascinating blends of clerics who wind up in situations requiring them to solve a murder. There is also a Faith

Morgan mystery series by Martha Ockley. Faith is both a policewoman and a vicar, so off she, too, goes,

solving away.

For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts’ Advice to Women by Barbara Ehrenreich explores the

history of others doing the thinking for women. This is a by-product of women’s historically “subservient”

cultural position. Some say women are equal now, but often it seems that others wish to continue to make

women’s decisions for them without asking us. Ehrenreich opens some doors on women’s history.

iGods: How Technology Shapes our Spiritual and Social Lives by Craig Detweiler. This is one book of

several that are “out there” that invite us to explore the relationship between technology and spirituality.

Missional Worship – Worshipful Mission: Gathering God’s People – Going Out in God’s Name by Ruth

Meyers. In this book, Meyers “demonstrates how a church’s ministry in the world and its regular offering of

worship reinforce one another.”

Wild Goose Chase: Reclaim the Adventure of Pursuing God by

Mark Batterson. Celts called the Holy Spirit the Wild Goose.

It goes where it will. The subtitle is our invitation.

Bowling Alone: the Collapse and Revival of American

Community by Robert Putnam and Peter Block’s Community

are both books about a concept called Third Space. Third

Space builds from our fragmented society… moving us toward

a safe third space separate from home or work where we can

gather.

Summer Reading

We have one much appreciated and much needed ministry

open. Please pray about whether you can help with either

one. Thank you for your openness to ministry.

Funeral Reception Coordinator: We are fortunate at All

Saints that so many wish to assist when families request a

funeral reception in the Parish Hall. Our Coordinator has

been called to retire from this ministry so there is room for

another to take her place. This is NOT a gender-specific

ministry!! The Coordinator organizes, plans, and phones so

that a team for each reception occasion can be built.

Ministry Opportunities

Missional worship is not about particular techniques but about an approach to worship and to Christian

faith and witness in the world. In missional worship, the assembly understands its identity as a lively

Christian community, staying in dialogue with its contemporary context while also drawing deeply from

the well of tradition, confident in the enlivening power of the Spirit, proclaiming and celebrating the reign

of God. Missional worship takes place in a missional congregation, one that is “shaped by participation in

God’s mission” and which “lets God’s mission permeate everything that the congregation does – from

worship to witness to training members for discipleship.

from Missional Worship, Worshipful Mission by Ruth A. Meyers.

Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014. p. 15

During the summer, it has become a tradition to share three movies over at Holladay’s home on Wednesdays

beginning at 6 pm. The offerings for Summer 2017 are varied. In June, Hidden Figures will be shown.

Whether you have watched it or not, this academy award nominated movie is worth every moment it asks us

necessary questions about both racism and sexism.

July brings an opportunity for something a little different. Chicken Run is a movie produced by the same

folks who created the Wallace and Grommit series as well as the most recent Shaun the Sheep series. The

characters are in claymation. The story of Chicken Run offers some amazing theological reflection as viewers

enjoy the tale of a flock of chickens (like Ginger Chicken) who plot their escape from the farm with the help

of a rather amazing rooster. Come and enjoy the story.

The August offering will be Godspell. This

movie was produced during the ‘70’s and

follows the Gospel of Matthew. It does not

often get showings nowadays, but the music is

timeless as is the Gospel itself.

Popcorn is on the house. Bring your own

drinks. See you there!!

The schedule is: June 14: Hidden Figures

July 12: Chicken Run

August 16: Godspell

Popcorn and a Movie

Come visit us for upcoming activities at:

www.allsaintsboise.org

We currently offer a “scrip”

gift card program to support the Children’s Center at All

Saints. This is a great opportunity to support the

preschool while buying gift

cards for graduation presents or for your own everyday

use.

Below are just some of the cards from the massive list of

retailers. Maybe you shop at one on a regular basis? $50 Fred Meyer, $100 Albertsons,

$100 Walmart, $25 Walgreens, $10 Starbucks, $100 Visa

If you have questions or to place your order, please contact Teresa Ruth on Sundays. Thank you!

5 Steps for Coffee Hour Hosts

~ Anyone can offer to do it! ~ Choose 1 Sunday at a time ~ Sign up with friends and family ~ Provide snacks for 35-50 people ~ Clean up afterwards w/ others ...Clean dishes, Take out trash, Wipe tables, sweep and/or mop if needed Contact: Lori Edwards, Parish Life Chair, 600-8226 or Patty Rowett-Matlock, Vestry Liaison, 866-8182

July Outreach June 20 at 10:00 am Email your attachment to

churchoffice@allsaintsboise.org

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1st Sundays Liturgy, 11:45 am Library

3rd Sundays Stewardship Committee, 11:45 am Library

4th Sundays Social Justice Committee, 11:30 am Library

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ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

All Saints Episcopal Church

704 S. Latah

Boise, Idaho 83705

Office Hours: Monday through Thursday, 9:00 am to 12:30 pm (closed on holidays)

Telephone: 208-344-2537 Web address: www.allsaintsboise.org

Email: churchoffice@allsaintsboise.org

Church Staff

Bishop: The Rt. Rev. Brian Thom

Rector: The Rev. Holladay Sanderson

Office Manager: Tammy Torres

Bookkeeper: Donna Giles

Children’s Center Director: Melissa Moore

Choir Director: Shauna Emara

Organist: Teresa Ruth

Officers of the Parish

Senior Warden: Leslie Penney

Junior Warden: Bonnie Pilcher

Vestry Members: Bob Andrews-Bryant, Betty Croghan, Maria Manning-Floch,

Patty Rowett-Matlock, Jim Thomas, and Barb Tool

Vestry Clerk: Kirstin Nielsen

Treasurer: Sherrill Geddes

Friendship Clinic: Marie Blanchard

Parish Nurses: Ruth Andrews, Marie Blanchard, and Anita Wallinger