Happy New Year! It’s Sunday, January 7th, the First Sunday of 2024 and the First Sunday After the Epiphany! Mike Kinman will preach at 7:30 and 10:00 a.m. In the 10:00 a.m. service in the Church, Soloist Elliot Z. Levine offers music. ASL interpretation is available at 10:00.

At 9:00 a.m. in the Forum: The Post-Strike Future of TV and Movies
Film and TV production ground to a halt last year as both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA went on strike. As we move into 2024, we will look at what the new contracts address, how the industry will change, the increasing role of AI in production, how creativity is being suppressed and encouraged and what all of this means for the Pasadena and Los Angeles economy. Panelists will be Erin O’Malley, Emmy-award winning producer of The Crossover, executive producer, producer and director of many shows including New Girl, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and American Born Chinese; Janet Carol Norton, agent to producers and directors in scripted television at ICM; Javier “Javi” Grillo-Marxuach, a prolific writer of TV, movies, comic books, essays and interactive media. Best known as one of the Emmy Award winning producers of Lost, and recent credits include The Witcher, Cowboy Bebop and Raising Dion – all for Netflix – as well as writing and producing the first season of Blood and Treasure at CBS and From at Epix; and Toby Meuli, actor and proud member of SAG-AFTRA for 15 years, he has appeared in over 100 commercials, guest starred on TV shows on ABC, HBO, Disney plus, CBS and Hulu to name a few, and appeared in the films The Social Network, Racing Colt, and A Timeless Call directed by Steven Spielberg.

The Featured Ministry this Sunday is The Labyrinth Ministry
The Labyrinth is a metaphor for our shared journey. All are welcome to experience the blessings of walking the sacred path. There are no instructions to learn, and no confusion; just put one foot in front of the other and experience what is there for you. Check us out on the Lawn after the 10:00 a.m. service.

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.

Sunday Morning Childcare
Childcare for Infants and Toddlers provided every Sunday from 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. in the Seminar room and Small Lounge in Regas House, sign in required.
For children from birth to age four. We ask that all families who use childcare are registered in the All Saints system (see link below) and also sign children in and out in the Seminar Room during each childcare session. Space is limited. Thank you. Please create and/or update your My All Saints account here: My All Saints – Login (allsaints-pas.org) For more information, please contact Merry Simkins at msimkins@allsaints-pas.org.

Join Greeter Jenn McGaw in our Online Coffee Hour on Zoom following the 10:00 service.

Beginning today! The Way of Love. 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. in the Guild Room
The Way of Love is a way of life. More than a program or a curriculum, it is an intentional commitment to a set of practices. It’s a commitment to follow Jesus: Turn, Learn, Pray, Worship, Bless, Go, Rest. We will journey together Sundays, January 7 – February 25. Register online here. Information = Amanda McCormick, 626.583.2732 or amccormick@allsaints-pas.org.

At 12:00 p.m. in the Forum: Foster Care Project 20th Anniversary Speakers Series
“In Their Own Words: Young People Share Journeys Growing up in the Foster Care System“
The Foster Care Project is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a series of speaker events. In the third event young people will relate their personal reflections on growing up in the foster care system. Thomas Nolan, MSW, caseworker with the Pasadena Office of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), will introduce us to youth who will soon be 21 and will thus leave foster care and be on their own. Thomas’s job is to help them negotiate preparation for this time and to give them tools to carry them forward. Alex Ballantyne, a former foster youth, a PCC student, and our newest member of the Foster Care Project Steering Committee, will share his journey through the foster care system and beyond. A light brunch will be served. Please RSVP to info@fostercareproject.org.

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.