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The Anglican Communion, of which we are a part, is a worldwide family of 38 churches representing 70 million people in 164 countries. Each national church is independent in its government and liturgical life.
Located near Waterloo, Belgium, All Saints’ Church extends an invitation to people of all faiths to join our common life and worship. Established in October 1979, All Saints’ is affiliated with the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe.
CHURCH OFFICE 02 384 7780BISHOP The Rt. Rev. Pierre Whalon +33(0)1 53 23 8406 RECTOR The Rev. Sunny Hallanan 0470 329 014ASSOCIATE The Rev. Dr Mark Barwick 0495 223 116SENIOR WARDEN Fiona White 0477 674 536 JUNIOR WARDEN Jennifer Blanco-Marvik TREASURER Mike Breton 02 354 3328 ASBL ADMINISTRATOR Roderick Abbott 02 762 0190ALTAR GUILD Maryse Pullinger 02 657 9710 CHOIR DIRECTOR John Brown 010 246 662 FELLOWSHIP Laura Atlee, Bob DeWitt, Nadia Molenstra FINANCE & PROPERTY Mike Breton, Nadia Molenstra 02 354 3328MISSION Gemma Pullinger OUTREACH Laura Atlee, Gemma Pullinger FORMATION Jennifer Blanco-Marvik, Michael Smets-Tolley PARISH ADMINISTRATOR Fiona White 02 384 7780 PRAYER CHAIN Julia Leigh 02 374 7828 SPIRITUAL FORMATION Jennifer Blanco-Marvik, Michael Smets-Tolley SUNDAY SCHOOL Jennifer Blanco-Marvik, Felicity Handford 02 673 8050 VISIBILITY Dominique-Hélène Lemaire, Fiona White 0477 674 536WEBMASTER Chris O’Shaughnessy 02 384 7780 WORSHIP ROSTER Bill Bythell 02 354 3734 ORGANISTS Ken Jeynes Lydia Jones Arend van der Toorn Fiona White
DEADLINE FOR THE NEXT NEWSLETTER is 15 September 2016 Please submit contributions to Fiona White at [email protected]
Saints Alive! Postal Subscriptions: €15 (Belgium and Europe); €25 (Outside Europe) KBC: 734-0226514-28
Code IBAN: BE37 7340 2265 1428 Code BIC: KREDBEBB
The Mission of All Saints’ Church
We welcome all with joy to our spiritual home. We seek to share and to deepen our faith and our love of God through
Anglican worship, pastoral care, Christian nurture, and vibrant community life.
The Mission of theConvocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe
The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe is a welcoming community that knows God loves all people – no exceptions. We celebrate our diversity of languages, cultures and nations. Worshipping together, we
rejoice in reaching out to the world and becoming One in Christ.
The Five Marks of Mission of the Anglican Communion
To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom.To teach, baptize, and nurture new believers.To respond to human need by loving service.
To seek to transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind, and to pursue peace and reconciliation.
To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth.
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From the Rector:There’s no place like home
Those of you who’ve seen The Wizard of Oz* know that after searching for her heart’s desire all the way over the rainbow, Dorothy and friends discover it is at home.
But just where is ‘home’?
The Roman philosopher, Pliny, is credited with saying “Home is where the heart is.”
The apostle Paul wrote that he had a personal spiritual struggle, determining whether he was most at home here, in daily life, or in his desire to be with Jesus in the next life. Finally, he decided “Whether we are at home or away we make it our aim to please the Lord.” (2 Cor. 5:9) In other words, Paul wants us to set our hearts on God’s promise of eternal joy, but also to live fully in the present, finding God, and bringing Good News, wherever we are.
Over the summer we often travel from home, and make temporary homes elsewhere. Whenever I stay in a hotel, I notice how few things there are in the room, and how I can still get by fine, without the many things I have back in my apartment. I make a temporary ‘home’ where I travel, and it is the people and experiences there that matter more than the material possessions which surround me.
Still – no matter how comfortable and well provided my accommodations may be, I always rejoice, and sleep better, when I come home to my own bed, and greet my dear kitties. I find this to be true even when my coming home may mean facing more work – there's no room service or maid in my apartment, alas.
But leaving home does give me a new perspective. It gives ideas for different, sometimes better ways to live, and appreciation for things I already have. And it inspires and energizes me to do things anew when I come home. So it is that in September the church is here for us to come home to – even if we’ve been here most (or all) of the Summer.
September is a kind of new year as various activities and ministries are renewed here.
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At All Saints’ Church we try to be a spiritual home for people of many different ages, lifestyles and backgrounds. We celebrate and renew that in September through the various ministries we celebrate here, and through our worship.
Home involves being loved and respected and having fun, as well as contributing and taking some responsibility. As we think of a home, we think of people we care for, of a place we can share our joys and support one another in our challenges, a place we can learn, and be inspired to live faithfully, and serve those less fortunate than ourselves. And a church home is a place we can grow in Christ, sometimes comforted and other times challenged.
So Welcome Home!
Sunny Hallanan+
*PS We continue the tradition of having a simple Saturday 5 o’clock service on the weekend of no-drive Sunday (17-18 September), which is followed by pizza. This year’s movie is The Wizard of Oz.
COFFEE HOUR HELPERS NEEDEDVolunteer to help put on coffee hour after the 11 a.m. service. Arrive at church a little earlier to set up the cups, coffee and tea, and switch on the dishwasher. At the end of church, turn on the coffee & tea & put it out. Draft someone to help you get things washed in the machine & wipe off counters at the end. The church will provide coffee, tea, milk & sugar IF you let the office know when supplies are low. Sign up in the café.
Thank you!
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The installation of Rev’d Bruce Rienstra
On 1 August I had the pleasure of being present for the installation of the Rev’d Bruce Rienstra as Vicar of the Benefice of Inkberrow by the Rt Rev’d Dr John Inge, Bishop of Worcester.It was a truly joyous event and the church was packed to the gills! I hope that you will pray for Bruce and Lauretta as they begin this new and important chapter in their lives. I believe that they will be very happy there.
Mark+
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Mike and Pam50 years of marriage
By the time you read this, our celebration will be but a happy memory – for you, at least…We, on the other hand, are constantly reliving the occasion, thanks to your cards and messages, and the recording of the service by our friend Paul De Preter, not to mention the hundreds of photos.It was all that we had hoped for – and more! Our theme was ‘Praise – Thanksgiving – Unity’, and it was omnipresent. The service was very much ‘God-centred’ with joyful and sometimes tearful moments, with laughter and full participation of the congregation who all sang with gusto. (There is a wonderful photo of the clergy laughing heartily, but we don’t remember why or when!)The concelebration was, of course, the high point, together with Sunny’s sermon, which was enormously appreciated by our Belgian friends, even those who speak little or no English.Mike was the lamb personified and Pam managed to hold back the tears until the end! The grandchildren were brilliant, much to the surprise and gratification of the family.After that, it was all jollification: Mike, as usual, made a humorous ‘off the cuff ’ speech, which set the tone, and Pam’s dance troop entertained, with little Calliane as an addition. Even one of the brothers from Clerlande, in spite of his age, was seen to dance in the doorway as he left!We are so sorry that some of you couldn’t make it. Heartfelt thanks to all who were there. We shall never forget it!With all our affection,‘Les Jubilaires’Mike and Pam
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Arend’s carillon concert in Nivelles
Sunday, 7 August saw Rev. Sunny, Alasdair and me heading for the Collegiale St Getrude in the centre of Nivelles (it’s belfry is shown in the left-hand photo). This was the venue for one of Arend van der Toorn’s summer concerts on the carillon. Several people had already gathered outside in the centre of the cloisters (see right-hand photo) when we arrived; others were seated just inside in front of a screen. We soon realized why: Arend could be seen playing up in the belfry, whilst his music rang out across the centre of the town!A carillon is usually housed in the bell tower of a church or municipal building and is made up of at least 23 cast bronze, cup-shaped bells. A traditional manual carillon is played by striking the stick-like keys (called batons) with the fists, and using the feet to press the pedals. The pedals and batons activate levers and wires that connect to metal clappers that strike the inside of the bells, allowing the performer to vary the intensity of the note by altering the force applied to the key. The English name for this instrument comes from the German: glockenspiel.Arend’s program was very varied, beginning with music written in the mid to late 16th century, culminating with Michel Legrand’s Windmills of your Mind and a piece written by Arend himself (Dans les Jardins de mon Père)! We heard dance music from the 18th century: a jig, a minuet and a gavotte, and also a theme, Caecilia, and seven variations taken from Het liedeken van den Lovenaar, roughly translated as ‘The songbook of the Leuven people’. Each piece was preceded by a repeated note, the number denoting the number of the piece in the printed program, thus enabling the audience to know where they were in the program.Watching Arend play I could see the physical strength and dexterity required to play. A truly magnificent and inspiring performance!
Fiona White
Date
Lectionary Psalm /
Hebrew
ScriptureApostolic
Scripture / Gospel
Lay AssistantsU
shersLesson R
eadersPrayer
4 September:
Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Psalm 1
Deuteronomy 30:
15-20
Philemon 1-21
Luke 14: 25-33M
. Smets
B. BythellO
ld Testament
B. Nahimana
New Testam
ent S. Dow
nhillJ. Leigh
11 September:
Seventeenth Sunday after
Pentecost
Psalm 51: 1-11
Exodus 32: 7-14
1 Timothy 1:
12-17Luke 15: 1-10
M. Tolley
M. Breton
Old Testam
ent D.-H. Lem
aireNew
Testament
M. W
iklanderJ. Leigh
18 September:
Eighteenth Sunday after
Pentecost
Psalm 113
Amos 8: 4-7
1 Timothy 2: 1-7
Luke 16: 1-13M
. Smets
A. White
Old Testam
ent N. M
olenstraNew
Testament
K. George
A. White
25 September:
Nineteenth
Sunday after Pentecost
Psalm 146
Amos 6: 1a, 4-7
1 Timothy 6:
6-19Luke 16: 19-31
B. BythellM
. BretonO
ld Testament
B. BythellNew
Testament
B. DeWitt
C. Ducastel
September 2016
SundayM
ondayTuesday
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ThursdayFriday
Saturday28
15 PentecostSchool Bag Blessing
11:00 Holy Eucharist
29Augustine of Hippo
18:30 Food for friends
3020:30 AA (French)
31Aidan
19:00 AA (English)
1D
avid Pendleton Oakerhater
20:30 AA (French)
2M
artyrs of New Guinea
08:00 Rector's day off
3
416 Pentecost
11:00 Holy Eucharist11:00 Sunday School start-up & ice cream
party
517:00 Beavers18:00 Cubs18:30 Food for friends19:30 Scouts & Explorers
620:30 AA (French)
714:00 W
ednesday Club15:00 Rainbow
s & Brownies
18:15 Girl Guides19:00 AA (English)
820:30 AA (French)
9Constance & her Com
panions08:00 Rector's day off
10Alexander Crum
mell
11W
elcome Hom
e Sunday - Mission Fair
11:00 Holy Eucharist
12John Henry Hobart
17:00 Beavers18:00 Cubs18:30 Food for friends19:30 Scouts & Explorers
13Cyprian
18:00 DO
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emo
class20:30 AA (French)
1414:00 W
aterloo chamber or-
chestra15:00 Rainbow
s & Brownies
18:15 Girl Guides19:00 AA (English)
1520:30 AA (French)
16Ninian
08:00 Rector's day off
17Hildegard
10:00 DO
-RE-MI - D
emo
class17:00 W
orship & Movie Night
18No-Drive Sunday - Agape eucharistEdw
ard Bouverie Pusey18 Pentecost
11:00 Holy Eucharist
19Theodore of Tarsus
17:00 Beavers18:00 Cubs18:30 Food for friends19:30 Vestry19:30 Scouts & Explorers
20John Coleridge Patt…
ions, Martyrs, 1871
18:00 DO
-RE-MI - D
emo
class20:30 AA (French)
2114:00 W
ednesday Club15:00 Rainbow
s & Brownies
18:15 Girl Guides19:00 AA (English)
22Philander Chase
20:30 AA (French)
2308:00 Rector's day off
2410:00 D
O-RE-M
I - Dem
o class
25Sergius19 Pentecost
11:00 Holy Eucharist
26Lancelot Andrew
es17:00 Beavers18:00 Cubs18:30 Food for friends19:30 Scouts & Explorers
2717:00 D
O-RE-M
I20:30 AA (French)
2815:00 Rainbow
s & Brownies
18:15 Girl Guides19:00 AA (English)
2920:30 AA (French)
30Jerom
e08:00 Rector's day off
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igius
2815 PentecostSchool Bag Blessing
11:00 Holy Eucharist
29Augustine of Hippo
18:30 Food for friends
3020:30 AA (French)
31Aidan
19:00 AA (English)
1D
avid Pendleton Oakerhater
20:30 AA (French)
2M
artyrs of New Guinea
08:00 Rector's day off
3
416 Pentecost
11:00 Holy Eucharist11:00 Sunday School start-up & ice cream
party
517:00 Beavers18:00 Cubs18:30 Food for friends19:30 Scouts & Explorers
620:30 AA (French)
714:00 W
ednesday Club15:00 Rainbow
s & Brownies
18:15 Girl Guides19:00 AA (English)
820:30 AA (French)
9Constance & her Com
panions08:00 Rector's day off
10Alexander Crum
mell
11W
elcome Hom
e Sunday - Mission Fair
11:00 Holy Eucharist
12John Henry Hobart
17:00 Beavers18:00 Cubs18:30 Food for friends19:30 Scouts & Explorers
13Cyprian
18:00 DO
-RE-MI - D
emo
class20:30 AA (French)
1414:00 W
aterloo chamber or-
chestra15:00 Rainbow
s & Brownies
18:15 Girl Guides19:00 AA (English)
1520:30 AA (French)
16Ninian
08:00 Rector's day off
17Hildegard
10:00 DO
-RE-MI - D
emo
class17:00 W
orship & Movie Night
18No-Drive Sunday - Agape eucharistEdw
ard Bouverie Pusey18 Pentecost
11:00 Holy Eucharist
19Theodore of Tarsus
17:00 Beavers18:00 Cubs18:30 Food for friends19:30 Vestry19:30 Scouts & Explorers
20John Coleridge Patt…
ions, Martyrs, 1871
18:00 DO
-RE-MI - D
emo
class20:30 AA (French)
2114:00 W
ednesday Club15:00 Rainbow
s & Brownies
18:15 Girl Guides19:00 AA (English)
22Philander Chase
20:30 AA (French)
2308:00 Rector's day off
2410:00 D
O-RE-M
I - Dem
o class
25Sergius19 Pentecost
11:00 Holy Eucharist
26Lancelot Andrew
es17:00 Beavers18:00 Cubs18:30 Food for friends19:30 Scouts & Explorers
2717:00 D
O-RE-M
I20:30 AA (French)
2815:00 Rainbow
s & Brownies
18:15 Girl Guides19:00 AA (English)
2920:30 AA (French)
30Jerom
e08:00 Rector's day off
1Rem
igius
2815 PentecostSchool Bag Blessing
11:00 Holy Eucharist
29Augustine of Hippo
18:30 Food for friends
3020:30 AA (French)
31Aidan
19:00 AA (English)
1D
avid Pendleton Oakerhater
20:30 AA (French)
2M
artyrs of New Guinea
08:00 Rector's day off
3
416 Pentecost
11:00 Holy Eucharist11:00 Sunday School start-up & ice cream
party
517:00 Beavers18:00 Cubs18:30 Food for friends19:30 Scouts & Explorers
620:30 AA (French)
714:00 W
ednesday Club15:00 Rainbow
s & Brownies
18:15 Girl Guides19:00 AA (English)
820:30 AA (French)
9Constance & her Com
panions08:00 Rector's day off
10Alexander Crum
mell
11W
elcome Hom
e Sunday - Mission Fair
11:00 Holy Eucharist
12John Henry Hobart
17:00 Beavers18:00 Cubs18:30 Food for friends19:30 Scouts & Explorers
13Cyprian
18:00 DO
-RE-MI - D
emo
class20:30 AA (French)
1414:00 W
aterloo chamber or-
chestra15:00 Rainbow
s & Brownies
18:15 Girl Guides19:00 AA (English)
1520:30 AA (French)
16Ninian
08:00 Rector's day off
17Hildegard
10:00 DO
-RE-MI - D
emo
class17:00 W
orship & Movie Night
18No-Drive Sunday - Agape eucharistEdw
ard Bouverie Pusey18 Pentecost
11:00 Holy Eucharist
19Theodore of Tarsus
17:00 Beavers18:00 Cubs18:30 Food for friends19:30 Vestry19:30 Scouts & Explorers
20John Coleridge Patt…
ions, Martyrs, 1871
18:00 DO
-RE-MI - D
emo
class20:30 AA (French)
2114:00 W
ednesday Club15:00 Rainbow
s & Brownies
18:15 Girl Guides19:00 AA (English)
22Philander Chase
20:30 AA (French)
2308:00 Rector's day off
2410:00 D
O-RE-M
I - Dem
o class
25Sergius19 Pentecost
11:00 Holy Eucharist
26Lancelot Andrew
es17:00 Beavers18:00 Cubs18:30 Food for friends19:30 Scouts & Explorers
2717:00 D
O-RE-M
I20:30 AA (French)
2815:00 Rainbow
s & Brownies
18:15 Girl Guides19:00 AA (English)
2920:30 AA (French)
30Jerom
e08:00 Rector's day off
1Rem
igius
2815 PentecostSchool Bag Blessing
11:00 Holy Eucharist
29Augustine of Hippo
18:30 Food for friends
3020:30 AA (French)
31Aidan
19:00 AA (English)
1D
avid Pendleton Oakerhater
20:30 AA (French)
2M
artyrs of New Guinea
08:00 Rector's day off
3
416 Pentecost
11:00 Holy Eucharist11:00 Sunday School start-up & ice cream
party
517:00 Beavers18:00 Cubs18:30 Food for friends19:30 Scouts & Explorers
620:30 AA (French)
714:00 W
ednesday Club15:00 Rainbow
s & Brownies
18:15 Girl Guides19:00 AA (English)
820:30 AA (French)
9Constance & her Com
panions08:00 Rector's day off
10Alexander Crum
mell
11W
elcome Hom
e Sunday - Mission Fair
11:00 Holy Eucharist
12John Henry Hobart
17:00 Beavers18:00 Cubs18:30 Food for friends19:30 Scouts & Explorers
13Cyprian
18:00 DO
-RE-MI - D
emo
class20:30 AA (French)
1414:00 W
aterloo chamber or-
chestra15:00 Rainbow
s & Brownies
18:15 Girl Guides19:00 AA (English)
1520:30 AA (French)
16Ninian
08:00 Rector's day off
17Hildegard
10:00 DO
-RE-MI - D
emo
class17:00 W
orship & Movie Night
18No-Drive Sunday - Agape eucharistEdw
ard Bouverie Pusey18 Pentecost
11:00 Holy Eucharist
19Theodore of Tarsus
17:00 Beavers18:00 Cubs18:30 Food for friends19:30 Vestry19:30 Scouts & Explorers
20John Coleridge Patt…
ions, Martyrs, 1871
18:00 DO
-RE-MI - D
emo
class20:30 AA (French)
2114:00 W
ednesday Club15:00 Rainbow
s & Brownies
18:15 Girl Guides19:00 AA (English)
22Philander Chase
20:30 AA (French)
2308:00 Rector's day off
2410:00 D
O-RE-M
I - Dem
o class
25Sergius19 Pentecost
11:00 Holy Eucharist
26Lancelot Andrew
es17:00 Beavers18:00 Cubs18:30 Food for friends19:30 Scouts & Explorers
2717:00 D
O-RE-M
I20:30 AA (French)
2815:00 Rainbow
s & Brownies
18:15 Girl Guides19:00 AA (English)
2920:30 AA (French)
30Jerom
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Waterloo UncoveredThere are times when ‘awesome’ is the correct adjective and working with Waterloo Uncovered is one of them. Waterloo Uncovered is the creation of Major Charles Foinette of the Coldstream Guards and Mark Evans, who served in the same regiment, went to Afghanistan and came back with PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Charlie and Mark, who’ve know each other since university where they both studied archaeology, figured that wounded veterans and those with PTSD could benefit from the structured teamwork and peaceful environment of an archaeology dig so they have set up a Trust to run digs: they call it Battlefields Uncovered.
Their first dig – their only one at the moment – is Waterloo Uncovered. Charlie was introduced to Alasdair White, a Napoleonic scholar and historian, who has provided the historical foundations for the last two seasons of digs at the château-farm of Hougoumont. Alasdair also acted as the go-between for the foundation of Waterloo Uncovered as a Belgo-British project, co-directed by Dominique Bosquet of the Wallonian Region’s archaeology unit and an adjunct professor at University Libre de Bruxelles, and Prof. Tony Pollard, director of the Centre for Battlefield Archaeology at the University of Glasgow and a well known TV presenter. With the archaeological directors and the historian in place, Charlie and Mark set about recruiting their ‘diggers’.
The British Ambassador, HE Alison Rose, inspecting Phil Harding’s trench where the stables were in 1815.
Photo: Felicity Handford
This year there were 50 archaeologists on site at Hougoumont (see photo on previous page). The trench supervisors, the finds team and the geo-surveyors were all professionals who gave their time free to the project, while the actual ‘diggers’ included around 20 veterans recovering from wounds and PTSD, together with students from four universities in three countries. See www.waterloouncovered.com for details of what was going on and what was found.All Saints’ Church has been a supporter of the project for the last two years with folding tables and chairs and logistical support, and in July the Rev. Sunny was down at Hougoumont every day as the ‘gofer’ (as in ‘go for this, go for that’), buying and preparing lunch for 50 hungry workers each lunchtime, making and distributing the ‘brews’ (tea and coffee) morning and afternoon, and offering moral support and friendly talk to those that needed it. Without her, it would simply have not been as effective. Felicity Handford was there every day acting as the ‘finds photographer’ as well as moving round the trenches recording what was happening and providing a visual record of the two-week project. Fiona White spent the first week working in the finds room cleaning things as they came in and recording them, and Alasdair was, of course, there as the historian, together with his dog, Merlin, who acted as a ‘therapy dog’ and ‘stress-release companion’ as needed.All Saints’ Church’s engagement with Waterloo Uncovered is a great example of outreach in action – a fun project that increased everyone’s knowledge base, and contributed to the growth and recovery of wounded veterans and PTSD sufferers.
Sunny preparing lunch; Felicity reading a contemporary account of the battle in the chapel at Hougoumont.
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New to All Saints’ Church:DO-RE-MI – music al activities for the under 5s
The DO-RE-MI club starts its musical activities for children at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in September 2016! The musical activities are based on MUSIC TOGETHER – an internationally recognized program for children from birth through to age 5 and the grown-ups who love them. The cycle of 11 meetings run by the licensed teacher, Marta Jakubiec, starts on Tuesday, 27 September, 2016. Two classes will take place on Tuesdays at 17.00 and at 18.00 and will last 45 minutes. Before then, free demonstration classes will take place at the church (Campbell Hall) so why not come along at the following times to find out more: Tuesday, 13 September at 18.00-18.45 Saturday, 17 September at 10.00-10.45 Tuesday, 20 September at 18.00-18.45 Saturday, 24 September at 10.00-10.45. For further information, contact Marta at: [email protected] Visit www.musictogether.com to learn about the program.
VOTE!Presiding Bishop Michael Curry has sent out a message urging us to vote. http://www.episcopalchurch.org/posts/publicaffairs/presiding-bishop-curry-offers-video-election-message-encourages-voting-christian To that end, All Saints’ will host a Voter registration event for US citizens on Saturday, 10 September. There will be a tent in the church parking lot to encourage people passing by the church to stop and sign up. If you are a US citizen, be sure to register. Many states have recently changed their registration and absentee rules and deadlines, so check to make sure you are up-to-date on your voting registration status.
FUN(D)RAISERS for MALAWI with the support of All Saints’ Church
Come and enjoy a
Curry Evening!
Saturday, 15 October 2016 at 19.30 at
The Café, All Saints’ Church Chaussée de Charleroi 2, 1420 Braine-l'Alleud
Tickets: €35 – includes aperitif, curry, dessert
and wine/beer with the meal
All profits from this event will go to supporting our nursing students in
Malawi Philantros asbl/FUN(D)RAISERS Information and reservations: [email protected] Fiona White, Jenny Farmer or [email protected] Fiona Carson or tel: 0477 674536
Summary of the Vestry meeting held on21 June 2016 at All Saints’ Church, Waterloo
1. Mark opened the meeting in prayer.2. Apologies for absence: Jennifer Blanco-Marvik (Junior Warden), Gemma
Pullinger, Nadia Molenstra, Dominique-Hélène Lemaire3. The minutes of the May Vestry meeting were approved.4. Vestry check-in was a discussion about the Feast of the Trinity and how it
describes a sense of the holy. Vestry discussed when we had experienced that, a feeling of being set apart and special. A challenge for the church is to find how we can enhance such special moments for the congregation, starting with a time of quiet before the service.
5. Ministry and committee reports:5.1. Fellowship:
a. Bob DeWitt reported that the end of Sunday School had gone well and that they were ready for the Bretons’ celebrations on 2 July. They will supply popcorn and nibbles for the Mission Fair on 11 September. Bob won’t be there that weekend so will talk to Nadia and others who offered to help with fellowship on their pledge forms.
5.2. Outreach:a. Laura has talked to Brenda Barleycorn and got information on some
of the charities we support. Sunny will send her an electronic copy of the information on the others.
b. Sunny said that we must remember that we are connected to Food for Friends (F4F) and not Serve the City.
c. €1,000 is on its way to us from the Bishop, which is to support us helping the refugees.
d. Fiona White said that Fun(d)raisers for Malawi are holding a curry evening at the church on Saturday, 15 October to raise funds to support the training of nurses in the country. Outreach money will be sent to this charity, but only when it was asked for.
e. Relay-for-Life took place last weekend (18-19 June) with good spirit and plenty of support. ASC’s total is currently €1,992 but more money has still to come in. We may yet reach our target of €2,500.
5.3. Visibility: a. Mike Breton very kindly went to Alpha Style in Genval for Fiona to
get a quote. More quotes are needed. There was discussion as to whether we need to have something in French on our signs. Perhaps ‘Eglise All Saints’ or’ Membre du communion anglican’. Fiona said she would talk to Dominique-Hélène and get her feedback.
b. Fiona reported that Alasdair White was doing a great job picking up the litter around the car park. However, more help was needed to tackle the weeds and make the place look even tidier. There may be time on 1 July when people come to set up for the Bretons’ celebration from 09.00-12.00. Otherwise, parishioners are welcome to come at times suitable to them. Tools for the work are in the building.
5.4. Finance and property:a. Mike reported that the electrical system and fire department approvals
should all be sorted by the end of July.b. Damp walls. Mike has had two companies round to estimate for work to
dry out the back wall of the building. Tobel would put slates on the outside; Obergin would put on a solid facade, which might be aesthetically better. Mike is waiting for price quotes. Nadia also wants to put forward a proposal.
c. More interest has been paid to our primary lender, which leaves an amount of €905,114.79 outstanding on the loan.
5.5. Formation:a. Michael Tolley reported that Sunday School finished well. Not all the
children and teachers were present on 12 June so there are still certificates to hand out.
6. Associate’s reportMark Barwick reported that he has had a busy time with the Bishop’s visit and the run-up to Clair’s service. Attendance in Charleroi was high on 12 June to encourage Balthazar Nahimana when he was received.
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After Clair’s service, things will quieten down for the summer and pick up again with a picnic on Saturday, 27 August. Services will continue throughout the summer on the second and fourth Sundays.
7. Rector’s reportMany of us were involved with Paddy Latham’s death. It was a busy time with so many people wanting to take part in his memorial service. It was noted that in the past year, we have lost three older men – Jean Gyselinck, Chuck Wilson and Paddy Latham.Fiona’s still here and Alasdair regularly picks up the rubbish in the car park.The Bishop has surgery on 5 July so please keep him in your prayers.Michael mentioned at this point that Willy Smets is in hospital in Leuven.Sunny reminded the meeting that summer is the time when people go looking to change churches and new people arrive. We must make sure that new people are welcomed and spoken to during coffee hour. Mark gave the closing prayer.
The meeting finished at 21.20.
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MEMBERS OF THE ALL SAINTS’ VESTRY
RECTOR The Rev. Sunny HallananASSOCIATE The Rev. Dr Mark BarwickSENIOR WARDEN Fiona WhiteJUNIOR WARDEN Jennifer Blanco-MarvikMEMBERS Laura Atlee Mike Breton Bob DeWitt Dominique-Hélène Lemaire Nadia Molenstra Gemma Pullinger Michael Smets-Tolley
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