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The Mission of All Saints' Episcopal Church
is to honor our Lord Jesus Christ
by practicing our Christian faith
through prayer
and acts of love
and unconditional kindness
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Christmas Eve - December 24, 2018
Photos by Ralph Bradley
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Thursday, December 6, 2018 - Ladies' Night Out
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First Sunday of Advent - December 2, 2018
Between services during Advent TR Curtis conducts an "Adult Forum" developed by the national church:
The Way of Love: Practices for a Jesus-Centered Life
Built around 7 practices: Worship, Go, Learn, Pray, Bless, Turn, Rest
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Twenty-seventh Sunday after Pentecost - Nov. 25, 2018
The new Yamaha piano is dedicated
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November 19, 2018 -
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Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost - November 18, 2018
There is none holy as the LORD,
for there is none beside thee;
neither is there any rock like our God.
- 1st Book of Samuel 2:2
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Blessings to our Rector, The Rev. Curtis Metzger as he celebrates his 32nd anniversary of ordination
Through the years people will thank God for you.
Let the reason for their thankfulness be not just that you were a person that they liked or loved,
but because you made God real to them. Put yourself into God's hands in joy and thankfulness,
and in the words of St. Peter, 'Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God,
that God may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon God,
for God cares for you.
- words of blessing from Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury
(1905 - 1988)
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A team collects foods and supplies for the Community Food Bank
- Photos taken by Ralph Bradley
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - The wreaths are almost all decorated and ready for delivery
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Monday, November 12, 2018 - Christine and team decorate wreaths with bows and pine cones in the COLD
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - The Wreaths are delivered from "The Rocks" ready to be decorated
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Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost - November 11, 2018
Thank you gifts to Bonnie for coordinating the excellent Healthy Living Seminars from May to November
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Ooops! The eggs got dropped . . .
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Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost - November 4, 2018
All Saints' / All Souls' Sunday
JT celebrates his First Communion
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Saturday, November 3, 2018 - Healthy Living Seminar - #8
Reiki for Relaxation, Health & Healing
Presented by Mary Sturtevant, M. Ed
REIKI is a gentle, hand-on holistic relaxation and healing art that promotes increased health of body, mind, and spirit. It is a simple yet powerful way to reduce stress, enhance relaxation, and restore balance and harmony. ... REIKI means Universal Life Force - the energy that connects all beings in the circle of life. ... When the life force is balanced and in harmony, a state of health and well-being is experienced. REIKI enables us to live life more fully -- with health, enthusiasm, love, and joy!
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Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost - October 28, 2018
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The ChIPs Program gifts are ready to be delivered to the Diocesan Convention
The ChIPs Program (Children of Incarcerated Parents) is coordinated by Terri Fillion and Jody Flescher.
They collected unwrapped gifts and funds from parishioners and then went shopping. The gifts will be taken to the Diocesan Convention on Nov. 3rd and then distributed from a central location to prisons throughout the state of NH. - These photos were taken by Jody
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Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost - October 21, 2018
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Prayers for God's Grace and a successful surgery
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Today is Curtis' Birthday - Happy Birthday to You!
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Saturday, October 20, 2018 - Parish Fall Clean-Up Day
After some work on the outside lawn the men spent the time cleaning up the basement area under the church prepping it for a large plastic covering over the dirt floor to prevent moisture from causing damage to the building. They carried away large, heavy buckets of rocks and stones.
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Mike Claflin was #8 of this hard working team
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Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost - October 14, 2018
"You Are the Light of the World" - The Stewardship Campaign progresses with pledges of time, talent and treasure. Each little flame represents a pledge and the large flame represents $5,000 in pledges.
The Rev. Ellie McLaughlin gives thanks for the White Mountain School
Joyce's daughter visits from Alaska
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Message from Mell Brooks -
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Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018 - Meeting w/ Rob Lanchester for Readers & Intercessors
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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost - October 7, 2018
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Bob Rochelle delivers the sermon as he celebrates the 50h Anniversary of his ordination
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Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 30, 2018
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Sunday, September 23, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Soprano Soloist Lisa Cooper sings "Pie Jesu" by Gabriel Faure
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Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 23, 2018
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White Mountain School students came to help clean up - but first, of course, to partake
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Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 16, 2018
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Rebecca and Barbara finally achieved their goal of hiking all 48 of the 4,ooo footers in NH!
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Chorus:
Climb every mountain Each climb that is hard
All forty-eight On your knees and your feet
Follow every trail map It demands all you got,
With your hiking mate Til you truly are beat!
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Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 9, 2018
Sunday, September 9 - Funeral Service for Barbara "Serry" Serafini at 3 p.m.
Presiding Celebrant: The Rt. Rev. Rob Hirschfeld, Bishop of NH
Choral Offertory: The Pine Hill Singers
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Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost - September 2, 2018
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Happy Birthday, dear Bill
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Saturday, September 1st - The organ gets repaired
Saturday, September 1, 2018 - Healthy Living Seminar
Activity! Emphasis on bone and joint health
Presenter: Bonnie Rochelle, OT
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Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost - August 26, 2018
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Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost - August 19, 2018
The Rt. Rev. Gladstone "Skip" Adams - Minister of the Liturgy
Bishop Provisional of The Episcopal Church in South Carolina
The Baptism of Amelia Grace Rizzo
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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost - August 12, 2018
The Rev. Canon Dan Weir - Minister of the Liturgy
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July 29, 2018 - Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
The church building is once again showing its age!
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July 22, 2018 - Ninth Sunday after Pentecost
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"Once for all I have sworn by my holiness:
'I will not lie to David.
His line shall endure for ever
and his throne as the sun before me;
It shall stand fast for evermore like the moon,
the abiding witness in the sky.' "
- - - Psalm 89:35-37
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Marge Tassey - guest clarinetist
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July 15, 2018 - Eighth Sunday after Pentecost
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The Rev. Canon Dan Weir presides in the absence of TR Curtis Metzger
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It is always a pleasure to greet Ed Farrell and The Rev. Barbara Thrall back for a visit.
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July 8, 2018 - Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
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July 1, 2018 - Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
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June 24, 2018 - Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Oh, how good and pleasant it is,
when brethren live together in unity!
- - - Psalm 133:1
Marge Tassey and Joyce provided our inspirational music
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June 17, 2018 - Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
The Rev. Canon Gail Avery is the Presider in the absence of TR Curtis Metzger
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Ringing the bells to celebrate Father's Day |
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June 10, 2018 - Third Sunday after Pentecost
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May 27, 2018 - Trinity Sunday
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NEWCOMERS BRUNCH at the home of Bill and Hemmie Gilmore
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May 20, 2018 - Pentecost Sunday
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Seventh Sunday of Easter - Ascension Day - May 13, 2018
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SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER - May 6, 2018
Jim R. gets the Choir ready for Pentecost
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FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER - April 29, 2018
Beloved,
let us love one another, because love is from God;
everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
Whoever does not love does not know God,
for God is love.
- First Letter of John 4:7
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Guest Pianist - Greg Goodwin
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FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER - April 22, 2018
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Book Study: Walk in Love: Episcopal Beliefs and Practices
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SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER - April 8, 2018
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Our gifted musicians Joyce and Jim who added more JOY to our celebration with Hymns, Bach and Handel
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Barbara brings students from The White Mountain School to our Easter Celebration
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Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!
photos graciously submitted by Sheelagh Higginson
The people of the Hebrews with palms before thee went;
our praise and prayers and anthems before thee we present.
... The Liturgy of the Palms - 1982 Hymnal, p. 154
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Fifth Sunday in Lent - March 18, 2018
We give thanks for the lovely music provided by Susan Openhowski, violin, & Elena Gott, piano
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DVD Series: Opening to the Presence of God
It's still cold outside!
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Fourth Sunday in Lent - March 11, 2018
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Session 3: DVD Series - "Opening to the Presence of God: Prayer as Relationship"
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March 4, 2018 - Third Sunday in Lent
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Session 3 of DVD series: Opening to the Presence of God - "Prayer as Relationship" - presented by Fr. Thos. Keating
for further information go to www.contemplativeoutreach.org
for further information go to www.contemplativeoutreach.org
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Thursday, March 1, 2018 - LENTEN CONCERTS
Russ and Anita Bonnevie playing Piano, Clarinet and Saxophone
Program: selections from J. S. Bach, W. A. Mozart, J. Brahms,
M. Ravel, "A Rose E'er Blooming," and A. Templeton
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FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT - February 18, 2018
Recommended Lenten reading
Happy Birthday, dear Joyce! Happy Birthday to YOU.
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Last Sunday after Epiphany - February 11, 2018
May God's Grace be upon this shawl . . .
Warming, comforting, enfolding,
and healing your child.
May this mantle be
a safe haven
a sacred place of security and well-being,
sustaining and embracing in good times as well as difficult ones
May Serry, who receives this shawl,
be cradled in hope,
kept in joy,
graced with peace,
and wrapped in love.
Blessed be!
In Jesus' name we pray. AMEN
Sunday soloist: Katherine DeBoer
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A six-week journal to be used for reflection and prayer through words or images.
Sign up at www.meetingjesusinjohn.org for suggestions of how you might pray with the daily verse, watch the daily video and then write or draw what you want to remember.
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For several years Camille has brought a King Cake to Coffee Hour on the last Sunday of Pentecost.
King cake is said to have originated in Old World France and Spain and came to be associated with Epiphany during the Middle Ages. When it was brought to the New World (along with Catholicism and Christianity), the tradition evolved further.
In New Orleans, king cake and Mardi Gras go hand in hand: The cakes can be found starting in early January and are available up until Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. The symbolic bean or baby baked (or embedded) into the king cake is important to Mardi Gras celebrations because the person who gets the piece containing the baby must host the next year’s celebration.
In New Orleans, king cake and Mardi Gras go hand in hand: The cakes can be found starting in early January and are available up until Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. The symbolic bean or baby baked (or embedded) into the king cake is important to Mardi Gras celebrations because the person who gets the piece containing the baby must host the next year’s celebration.
Forum on the Nicene Creed ~ ~ ~ ~ presented by The Rev. Fred Anderson
The following three photos were submitted by Barbara Buckley
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Fourth Sunday after Epiphany - January 28, 2018
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ANNUAL MEETING & POTLUCK LUNCHEON
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This group of seven photos is graciously submitted by Donald Perlee
We all share in our heartfelt thanks for the loving care and guidance our Rector gives to this congregation
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Third Sunday after Epiphany - January 21, 2018
A Reading about Jonah
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For earth's brightness drawn forth by the sun,
its brilliance piercing clouds of darkness and shimmering on the snow and icy water,
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Second Sunday after Epiphany - January 14, 2018
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January 7, 2018 - First Sunday after Epiphany / Baptism of the Lord
For the first showings of the morning light and the emerging outline of the day,
Thanks be to you, O God
