On Sunday, August 13, Mike Kinman will preach at both the 7:30 and 10:00 a.m. services. At 10:00 a.m., Summer Choir offers My Eyes for Beauty Pine by Howells. ASL interpretation is offered at 10:00 a.m. During the 10:00 a.m. service we’ll offer our annual Blessing of the Backpacks! All children and youth are invited to bring your backpack or favorite school supply to church to be blessed, as we also bless all the school supplies collected for Families in Transition. We will also invite everyone — children & youth, parents, teachers, administrators, staff, bus drivers, coaches, room parents, school board members — anyone who works in any capacity for schools/education to come to the chancel and be blessed to kick off the new school year! This special blessing is for all who teach and all who learn and all whose labors make teaching and learning possible. It is a beautiful and inspirational way to begin the new year!
Summer Sundays Adult Education offerings continue at 9:00 a.m. in the Guild Room:
Climate Change, Creation Care and the Episcopal Church
with Sarah Nolan, Director of Giving, Development & Economic Justice
Facing one of the greatest issues of our time, this offering will engage emerging topics related to climate change and creation care, and how the Episcopal Church as a whole is addressing these issues through loving formation, liberating advocacy and life-giving conversation. We will explore topics of environmental racism, carbon neutrality goals, Good News Gardens, GIS mapping for resiliency and eco-grief chaplaincy. (Donuts will be served!)
Summer Fun continues on the lawn after the 10:00 a.m. service with — Playground Splash Party! Join us on the playground after the 10 a.m. service for the young and the young at heart with squirt toys and extra-large Flip-flop Piñata. Expect to get wet and enjoy the fun!
The Forum at 9:00 a.m. is on Summer hiatus until fall.
Summer Choir is great this year! All tuneful voices are welcome to participate. You’ve enjoyed Coventry and Canterbury Choirs leading our Sunday services throughout the year. Well, now, it’s your turn to stop singing only in the shower and at the top of your lungs in your car on the way to church! Yep! All you have to do is simply show up at 9:00 AM in the Church Chancel. You’ll rehearse, be vested down in the Choir vesting room in Regas House, and lead the 10:00 a.m. service. It’s your turn to Make a Joyful Noise! Information = Merry Simkins at 626-583-2733 or msimkins@allsaints-pas.org.
Join Us for Family Hour Sunday at 9:00 a.m. — and Children’s Chapel during the 10 a.m. service!
All Saints’ Children, Youth, and Families department hosts “Family Hour” for parents and children (kindergarten through fifth grade) on Sundays, 9:00-10:00 a.m. Parents are welcome to participate or drop children off. Join us for music, art, and fun! Let’s celebrate and connect! For information please contact Ahren Martinez at amartinez@allsaints-pas.org.
Join Greeter Jenn McGaw in our Online Coffee Hour on Zoom following the 10:00 service.
Back to School Supply Drive Continues this Sunday through September 10
Parishioners will be able to drop donations Sunday mornings at the Welcome Table. We will not be taking donations during the week Our annual All Saints community rally in support for the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Families in Transition program is underway! Families in Transition serves unhoused and transitional students and their families in PUSD by connecting them to community services and providing items of immediate basic needs such as food, clothing, transportation assistance, and supplies. New school supplies needed: Backpacks – all sizes, student binders (not office binders), index dividers (erasable tabs; 5 tabs per package), calculators, no. 2 pencils, blue and black pens, individual erasers, individual pencil sharpeners, 12 inch rulers, college ruled notebooks (100 pages), college ruled paper, crayons.
Our Featured Ministry for August 13 — Education for Ministry: A Unique Small Group Experience
Theologian Karl Barth advised “to take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both.” EfM will help you dig deeper into the Christian faith. Learn about church history, theological ideas and reflect on connecting faith with life experiences. We guarantee to stretch your imagination and open a new world of insights as you probe scripture and tradition. It is held in a small group setting that links faith with everyday life. EfM is for lay persons. It is not a process leading towards ordination, though some do continue on in that ministry. It is more about discerning where our daily life and the things we do form our ministry to the world around us. Classes begin in September. Registration is limited. Visit the EfM website for more info and sample lessons: http://efm.sewanee.edu/. Information = Gary Leonard at tofr@pacbell.net. Visit us on the lawn to learn more!
12:00 – 2:00 p.m. — 20/30s August Social Hour! All 20/30s are warmly invited to a social hour at the Dog Haus in Old Town, Pasadena, 93 E. Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91105.We are meeting at the patio tables for libations and snacks following the 10:00 a.m. service. Please RSVP (or email if you have questions) to 2030allsaints@gmail.com.
Streaming at 10:00 a.m. is offered on our website’s live stream page, our Facebook page and our YouTube channel. Check out our live streaming page to download service leaflets and take part in our action of the week.
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For in-person worship, our guiding principle remains to follow common sense risk reduction guidance for as long as we remain in a declared public health pandemic, so to keep our community safe and well, our in-person worship guidelines include:
- (as of 1/30/23) Because Los Angeles County, including Pasadena, currently have low levels of COVID-19, masks are recommended, but not required, for everyone indoors.
- Masks are optional outdoors.
- Both outdoor and indoor seating is available for services and communion will be served in both locations.
- Our expectation is that those entering the church will be vaccinated (if vaccination is available to them)
- Those who choose to be unvaccinated are requested to participate online.
- Those seated indoors are asked to maintain social distance between individuals/households.
- If we reach seating capacity in the church, ushers will guide you to alternative seating areas.
- We ask you not enter if you are experiencing any of the following symptoms: fever over 100.4°F or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea, or if you have had contact in the last 14 days with someone diagnosed with or suspected to have COVID- 19.
