Sunday, December 17th, is the Third Sunday of Advent and Joy Sunday! Sally Howard will preach at 7:30 and 10:00 a.m. In the 10:00 a.m. service in the Church, Coventry Choir offers Ave Maria by Vavilov/Gruberman with soloist Kyla McCarrel; Vox Cambiata offers Cuncta Simus by Soto. ASL interpretation is available at 10:00.
After our 10 AM service, we will have Nate Dumont and his band on the lawn: “Sunday, the Band” a great group of teen musicians who will delight us with their music and energy from 11:15-12:00 noon. Cookies and hot chocolate will be served! Do not miss this great event.
At 9:00 a.m. in the Forum: Stranger Danger
with Charity Chandler-Cole. What do you do when the very people, and systems of support you’ve been raised to believe in, turn out to be the very people and systems that are doing you harm? Charity will share with us her story of the harsh realities she found when experiencing systems that are benevolently disguised as “protection”… Join us for this powerful Forum with an influential woman who has dedicated her life to advocating for those impacted by systemic injustices.
Children’s Chapel during the 10 a.m. service!
Kindergarten through 5th graders! Come one, come all and join us for Children’s Chapel during the 10:00 a.m. service, where children will experience music, arts and crafts, meditations, storytelling, wiggly fun, spiritual practices for kids and so much more! Children’s Chapel is a space for your child to build church community with children their own age, celebrate diverse cultures and explore who/what God means to them. Here at All Saints, we encourage children and youth to show up as their fully authentic selves every day, ask questions and love one other fiercely through modeling it for them, first, and through our weekly discussions! It is never a dull moment in Children’s Chapel, so please join us! Parents are always welcome. Let’s celebrate and connect! For information please contact Nina Scherer at nscherer@allsaints-pas.org.
Join Greeter Jenn McGaw in our Online Coffee Hour on Zoom following the 10:00 service.
At 12:00 Noon in the Church, All Saints hosts another opportunity to learn more about the challenges facing Israel/Palestine. Our longtime Interfaith partner Salam Al-Marayati, president and co-founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, will lead us in a Teach-In on The Islamic History of Israel/Palestine. For centuries of Islamic rule, Jerusalem was a bastion of religious pluralism. This vital historical context has been erased from our social studies textbooks and is unknown in current social, religious and political culture in the US. Join us as we explore the social understanding, political authority, and religious freedom that existed under Islamic rule from the 8th century until the 19th century when political Zionism began its effort through Western powers to create a Jewish state in Palestine. An understanding of the Islamic narrative to the discourse is important for effecting peacemaking efforts, both within the interfaith community and among our decision-makers. Now more than ever, it is crucial for this narrative on Jerusalem and Palestine to be amplified as we unite around the globe in support of an end to violence and occupation in the region. Panelists include:
• Dr. Munir Shaikh, Ph.D, Bayan Claremont, Early Islamic history of Jerusalem/Palestine
• Dr. Fayez Hammad, Ph.D, USC, Ottoman Palestine
• Dr. Eba Hathout, MD, Hassan Hathout Foundation, 1948 – A Story of Freedom and Islamic Obligation for Palestine, Harvard Medical School
• Dr. Laila Al-Marayati, MD, Kinder USA, Reflections on a Journey to Jerusalem and Dissent – US Commission on International Religious Freedom, University of Southern California
• Salam Al-Marayati, MPAC President
At 5:00 p.m. in the Church: Advent III Evensong
Trouvères and Canterbury Choir, accompanied by harp, offer A Ceremony of Carols by Britten; Gillian Garcia offers a meditation. If you can’t join us in person, stream the service live here.
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.
