Sunday, December 5 we celebrate the Second Sunday of Advent at All Saints Church. Join us at 7:30, 9:00 and 11:30 a.m. as we light the second candle on the Advent wreath and continue our journey together to the joy of Christmas! Mike Kinman preaches at all three services. At 9:00 & 11:30 a.m. music will be offered by Canterbury Choir and Vox Cambiata, and Kelly Erin O’Phelan will lead Children’s Chapel.
It is also Alternative Christmas Market Sunday, so our Forum will be on hiatus so you can visit Sweetland Hall between 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. for the annual opportunity to support worthy causes and get your Christmas shopping done at the same time. Organizations onsite will include: ArtAidsArt, Homeboys Industries, Foster Care, IRIS (Interfaith Refugee and Immigrant Services … with Virgina Classick’s knitting), Peace Sisters, African Team Ministries, Union Station and Middle East ministries will have tables and representatives on site. Please note that each organization will handle sale and donation transactions separately at their individual tables, so bring checkbook, cash, credit card. See the Market Catalog here.
And then at 5:00 p.m. one of the most beloved services of the entire church year: Advent Festival of Lessons and Carols. In the warm ambience of the candlelit church, Coventry Choir offers motets, carols and canticles of intense, mystical beauty including music of Ord, Twynham, Brahms, Busto and Stanford. Mike Kinman offers a meditation.
- 7:30 a.m. — Holy Eucharist in the Chapel (in-person or on on Zoom here)
- 9:00 a.m. — Holy Eucharist in the Church with Choir and ASL (indoor and outdoor seating)
- 11:30 a.m. — Holy Eucharist in the Church with Choir (indoor and outdoor seating)
- Post-11:30 — Online Coffee Hour on Zoom
- 5:00 p.m. — Advent Festival of Lessons & Carols
The 9:00 & 11:30 services, and the Advent Festival of Lessons & Carols at 5:00 p.m. will be live-streamed at this link: https://allsaints-pas.org/live-stream/.
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:
- Masks are required at all times — both indoors and outdoors — on the All Saints campus.
- 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) and we require that masks be worn by all to protect the most vulnerable.
- 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.
