(photo by Mark Abramson for The New York Times)
On Sunday, October 29, Mike Kinman preaches at both 7:30 and 10:00 a.m. At 10:00 a.m., Coventry Choir offers O, Thou the Central Orb by Wood. Unidad children’s choir offers Roll Down, Justice! by Miller with soloists Lexington Lashley-Haynes and Eden Joshi. ASL interpretation is available at 10:00. We invite the young and young-at-heart to Wear a Costume to Church at either service! And bring a friend to enjoy some Joyful Spirituality! After the 10:00 a.m. service there will be opportunities for all ages to Trick or Treat on the lawn.
At 9:00 a.m. in the Forum: NewGround: Living into a Muslim-Jewish Partnership of Love in a Time of Deep Pain and War, with Aziza Hasan and Andrea Hodos
Have you read this article from the New York Times last Sunday, October 22: ‘I Love You. I Am Sorry’: One Jew, One Muslim and a Friendship Tested by War‘? It’s a heartrending story about Aziza Hasan, a Muslim and long-time All Saints interfaith partner, and her colleague, Andrea Hodos, a Jew, who find themselves struggling with the Israel-Hamas War, a grief that is too large to hold alone. They lead NewGround, a Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change that empowers Jewish and Muslim Change-makers with the skills, resources, and relationships needed to improve Muslim-Jewish relations and strengthen cooperation on issues of shared concern, working with a broad political and religious spectrum of Muslims, Jews and institutions. We are blessed to have them with us this Sunday in the ASC Forum, to help us also in our struggle with this war. Don’t miss this opportunity to receive the wisdom of these two influential and inspirational women. Read their message The Grief is Too Large to Hold Alone: Message on Israel and Gaza — and then join us at 9:00 a.m. in person in the Forum or online via livestream. For more information contact information@allsaints-pas.org.
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.
Beginning this Sunday at noon, bring a remembrance to place on the ofrenda for our Día de los Muertos and All Saints Sunday Services. We honor our loved ones, as they were when they were alive in this festive and colorful celebration. We encourage you to bring photographs, garments, flowers, favorite foods, stories, or other reminders of your loved one. You may also come to the church and place remembrances on the ofrenda: Monday, October 30 – Friday, November 3, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., or place them before the services begin.
From 2:30 – 4:00 p.m., Circle of Life Support Group will meet on on Zoom. How are you coping with aging parents or the illness of your partner or relative? Are you feeling frustrated, discouraged, or alone? The Circle of Life is a support group for those living with the declining health of someone they love. Join us for conversation, sharing, support, and assistance in finding your way through this challenging time with Rev. Dori Torrey. Zoom Meeting ID: 891 9112 5961. Passcode: 829371.
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.
