Week in and week out All Saints offers a broad spectrum of events and groups with something for everyone. Listed below are highlights of upcoming events.
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Tuesday, August 4 — LA CADA Recovery
4:30 p.m. in the Guild Room. Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse meets every Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, August 9 — ASC Talks: Can We Prevent Dementia? What the Latest Science Tells Us
with Nicole Gatto
9:00 a.m. in the Guild Room. Dementia touches the lives of over 7 million older adults in the US today, a number which is expected to grow over the next three decades. Fortunately, we have new, promising evidence about dementia prevention, intervention, and care, providing hope for families impacted by dementia. In this presentation, Nicole Gatto will break down the latest Lancet Commission report which identifies 14 potentially modifiable dementia risk factors. By understanding these factors, we can strive to do more to protect brain health as well as help individuals and their families living with dementia.
Monday, August 10 — Women’s Lectionary Online Bible Study
All Sessions are on Mondays at 9:00 a.m. Pacific standard time. Using Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney’s A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church, Year B. Each online Bible study session begins with an oral reading of the week’s scriptures and then proceeds to conversation exploring the womanist perspective from which the lectionary was written. All are welcome! Register here to get your Zoom link. You will be sent the link for the online meeting (the link will be good for the whole year). For more information please contact: Front Desk at frontdesk@allsaints-pas.org.
Wednesday, August 11 — Recovery Eucharist
6:00 p.m. on Zoom; Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesday. The Recovery Eucharist is designed for those recovering from any addiction and for those who support them in their recovery. Link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87551078462. Meeting ID: 875 5107 8462.
Wednesday, August 12 — Seeking Healthy Faith
Second Wednesday of each month, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. on Zoom. Trust, love, and hope are at the center of faith, yet many of us have had harmful and injurious religious experiences. This monthly small group provides a safe space to explore toxic religious experience and develop new and healthier ways of understanding ourselves and God/Spirit. Contact group leader Charles Foster at drcharlesfoster@icloud.com for Zoom access.
Thursday, August 13 — Creative Writers Group
6:30 – 8:30 p.m., in the Guild Room. The All Saints Writers Group brings writers from different walks of life together to discuss their pieces in a workshop-style setting. In this small group, writers are able to read their work in any genre they choose (memoir, creative nonfiction, poetry, novel, short story, etc.), and all can give feedback to, and hear suggestions from, the other writers in the room. This builds a sense of community, and helps the writers to become more confident in their work. We meet every other Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Bernice Fong facilitates. Be assured: whoever you are, and whatever you write, there is a place for you here! Information = frontdesk@allsaints-pas.org.
Saturday, August 15 — Holy Rakers
8:30 a.m. by the vegetable garden near Scott Hall. Join the fellowship of other worker bees as we plant, weed, prune, mulch and otherwise attend to the ever-changing church gardens. We meet the third Saturday morning of each month. All are welcome. Ministry Leaders: Judith Fischer and Jennifer Gealy. Information = frontdesk@allsaints-pas.org.
Sunday, August 16 — ASC Talks: Poetry Hour and Open Mic
with Tony Rivera and Monique Thomas
9:00 a.m. in the Guild Room. Join us for a time of poetry and an Open Mic session led by All Saint’s very own poets, Tony Rivera and Monique Thomas. You won’t want to miss this moment as we engage the art of the spoken word to practice Joyful Spirituality. Sign ups for open mic will be limited so please arrive promptly to put your name on the list.
Sunday, August 23 — ASC Talks: Queerness, Community, and the Great Outdoors
with Luca DiMassa
9:00 a.m. in the Guild Room. In this Faith & Formation session, local high schooler and All Saints vestry member Luca DiMassa will explore how we create communities outdoors, both between humans and as a part of the greater ecosystem. Tracing a lifelong love of adventure, a history of Scouting and camping, and a deep curiosity in the interspecies relationships around us, Luca will paint an image of how the great outdoors force all of us together, and how we find God’s love from there. In addition, the talk will focus on the queerness of the world: sexual and gender queerness in animals and humans, but also how queerness can work as a mindset to reconsider our capitalistic relationship to nature, and why we should all strive to have a queer relationship with the outdoors.
Sunday, August 23 — Leading a Ministry or Committee at All Saints Church
11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. in the Forum. Whether you are a new ministry leader or have been a leader for many years, this class will offer you new insight and ideas. The class provides specific training to help leaders of a ministry or committee find their vision, execute an agenda, recruit others into the work, plan for your successor, and encourage the participation of each member. Those thinking about ministry leadership are welcome too! A light lunch will be provided. Presented by the Leadership Support & Development Committee. Register Here. For more information email Front Desk at frontdesk@allsaints-pas.org.
Friday, August 28 — Fiction Fun! POETRY MONTH!
Early discussion: 6:30 p.m.; book discussion: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. in the Guild Room. Our traditional month in which people bring a poem or two and we hear them and talk about them. There are usually lots of different kinds of poems, and we always have an enjoyable evening. Feel free to bring poetry you’ve written or poetry—often famous poetry—that other people have written. Feel free to come even if you haven’t regularly been coming to our group. If you like—but this isn’t mandatory, since very little is mandatory about poetry month—bring a dozen or more copies to pass out for us to read.
Sunday, August 30 — ASC Talks: Experience the Mysterious and Transformative Healing of Meditation
with Betty Cole
9:00 a.m. in the Guild Room. Join our Monday Night Meditation leader, Betty Cole, for a calming session designed to open us up to the unknown depths of healing. The Great Silence confirms the mysterious healing power of the Spirit. Life moves fast, and it is easy to feel disconnected from our inner peace and the presence of the Divine. If you are looking for a quiet space to recharge, reflect, and restore your soul, we invite you to join us this week. All are welcome.
For more information on these events contact the Front Desk at frontdesk@allsaints-pas.org or (626) 796-1172.
Looking Back:
See the 2024 Annual Report in color here.
Watch the short film about All Saints’ 2024 shown at the Parish Annual Meeting.
