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This Week at All SaintsApril 7 – 13, 2019

www.allsaints-pas.org All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid Ave, Pasadena CA 91101 626.796.1172

Children, Youth & FamiliesSunday MorningParents with InfantsParents with infants are always welcome in worship. If needed, parents may feed and change babies while listening to the service in the Small Lounge.Infants & Toddlers (Scott Hall)9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Preschool (ages 2–4/pre-K) Child care and storytelling.10:15 a.m. Sunday School & Worship K-5th Grade Children’s Chapel Children K–5th grade join their families at the begin-ning of the 9:00 & 11:15 a.m. services, then follow the banner out for Children’s Chapel before the sermon. Parents are welcome to join the children if they wish.

Sunday Morning (cont.)K-5th Grade Sunday School10:15 a.m. in the Learning Center.

The Journey for Jr. & Sr. High10:15 a.m. (Jr. & Sr. High Rooms)

Parent Culture10:15 a.m. Please join us for discussions on current issues and community building as we juggle parenthood together. Parents of birth – 5th grade in Scott Hall 2; parents of teens in the OCC Conference Room. Information = Christina Ortega, 626.583.2733 or [email protected].

Monday, April 8 Monday Meditation Group 6:45–8:45 p.m. (Rector’s Office) Beginners are welcome. Join us for quiet sitting and walking group meditation, accessible to all. Information = Betty Cole (leader), 626.356.4749.Grief and Loss Support Group7:00 p.m. (Scott Hall 6) Led by Chris Folz. Information = Ana Camacho, 626.583.2737 or [email protected] on a Journey7:00–9:00 p.m. (Jr. High Room) All men are wel-come. Information = Christine Cox at [email protected] or 626.583.2765.Tuesday, April 9Centering Prayer 6:45–8:00 p.m. (Chapel) Information = Ana Camacho, 626.583.2737 or [email protected]. Prayer Shawl Ministry 7:00–9:00 p.m. (Scott Hall 6) Gather in community to share prayers, stories, and the work of our hands and hearts. All are welcome. Information = Ana Camacho, 626.583.2737 or [email protected], April 10Noon Eucharist & Healing 12:10 p.m. (Chapel)Bible Study 10:30 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. (Scott Hall 5) Information = Christina Ortega, 626.583.2733 or [email protected] Healthy Faith 7:00–8:30 p.m. (Scott Hall 3) This monthly group provides a safe space to share toxic religious experience and discover ways to move past them. We will meet the second Wednes-day of each month. Information = Ana Camacho at [email protected].

Wednesday, April 10Youth Group Dinner = 6:30 p.m. (Sweetland Hall) Program = 7:30–8:30 p.m. (Learning Center)Info = 626.583.2733 or [email protected].

Thursday, April 11God, My Parents & Me 10:00 a.m. – Noon (Guild Room) A group for families with young chil-dren, supporting the challenging work of parenting by offering spiritual fellowship and emotional nur-turing to all parents. Information = Christina Ortega, 626.583.2733 or [email protected].

Sunday, April 7Featured Ministry:

Education for Ministry (EfM) If you want to know more about church history, theology, and the Bible, EfM may be for you. A four-year course of study developed by the

University of the South, in Sewanee, Tennessee, EfM is offered at churches all across the country. Registration for the 2019 – 2020 classes begins Sunday. Come to the Featured Ministry table to meet students and graduates of EfM, see the

materials they use in the class, and enjoy a sweet.

TThursday, April 11Senior Saints Book study: Becoming by Michelle Obama12:00 p.m. (OCC Conference Room) Facilitated by Marylouise Lau. Information = Amanda Perez at [email protected] or 626.583.2732.Taizé Prayers Around the Cross 6:00 p.m. (Chapel) Meditative prayers, song, scripture and silence. Information = Debbie Daniels, [email protected] Projector Marks Earth Month with The Human Element 7:00 p.m. at the Armory Center for the Arts, 145 N. Raymond Ave., Pasadena. A riveting and visually stunning account of the impact of climate change around the world. A community discussion follows the film. Information = Marty Coleman at 818.517.8878.Friday, April 12Noonday Prayer 12:10 p.m. (Chapel)Accompany Me: Chronic Illness Support Group2:00–3:30 p.m. (Scott Hall 6) We share our stories in a safe space together, so we feel less isolated and experience increased hopefulness and sense of overall well-being. Information = Ana Camacho, 626.583.2737 or [email protected], April 13Legal Aid Ministry– Need Free Legal Help? 9:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m. at Jackie Robinson Center, 1020 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena 91103. Open to all individuals and community members who need legal assistance, but lack the resources to hire an attorney. Please bring any and all papers related to your case. If you can’t attend the clinic and are in need of support, please call Public Counsel at 213.385.2977. Information = Ada Ramirez at 626.583.2734 or [email protected].

The Act of Listening10:15 a.m. (Guild Room) In a time when factions and families are divided about issues of the day, it’s often hard for us to sit in conversation with those we disagree with. Come for practical reminders of how to listen with the intention of finding common ground before we begin to formulate our response to their comments. Sponsored by the Leadership Support and Development Committee; class led by Jennifer Windham.Reclaiming the Bible2:30–4:00 p.m. (Small Lounge) Our goal will be to heal and move beyond the misunderstanding, con-fusion, hurtful interpretation, oppression, and other ways the Bible has been used against us.Eucharist in the Style of Taizé5:00 p.m. (Chapel) Join us in the Chapel for beautiful meditative prayers, song, scripture, si-lence and com-munity; walk the labyrinth during or after the service. Information = Debbie Daniels, [email protected].

Looking AheadEvents & Opportunities


Walk the Labyrinth in Lent

“Journey to Jerusalem”…while walking the Lab-yrinth as a metaphor for your journey throughout Lent: available 9:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday through Apr. 18, in the Sanctuary’s Chancel. Come anytime, walk at your own pace, reflect deep-ly, and listen for God’s still, small voice to embrace you through this Lenten season. Information = Ana Camacho [email protected].

The Healing Power of the FlowerMany members of our faith community are unable to attend Easter services. A joyous way to share the good news of the resurrection is to take them an Easter lily. Please let us know if you can deliver an Eas-ter flower to those who can’t be with us. Go to our flower table on the lawn following the 11:15 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. services on Easter Sunday, Apr. 21. Information = Ana Camacho at 626.583.2737 or [email protected].

The Interfaith Study Group presents “Love & Compassion in Islam”

Senior SaintsWriting Workshop on Creating Personal Memoirs

Apr.18, 12:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room; Grace Galton will facilitate

Information = Amanda Perez at [email protected] or 626.583.2732

Sunday, April 7, Is Your Last Opportunity to Contribute to

Easter FlowersEach Easter All Saints Church decorates the

altars and chancel with celebration and memorial flowers. Please consider contributing to the

Flower Fund to help beautify the church.Contributions can be made in celebration

or memory of loved

ones and will be listed in the printed liturgy on Easter.

Call: 626.796.1172Click: www.tinyurl.com/ASC-EasterFlowers

Contributions must be received by Sunday, April 7!

Foster Care Project Invites You to Become a Trained Volunteer

Coach Monitor Foster Care Project invites you to make a

difference in the life of a child in foster care and become a trained volunteer coach monitor. You’ll

help provide court-ordered supervised family visits so that children, removed from the care of their

parents, can visit their parents in a physically and emotionally safe setting filled with toys, games,

books and art materials. These visits are an essential service to increase the family’s chances for reunification and reduce the children’s anxiety while in out-of-home placement. Learn about the importance of visitation, the role of a coach-moni-

tor at the upcoming training April 12–13 in Scott Hall 5. Information = [email protected].

Join us on Sunday, April 14, 5:00–7:30 p.m., at Is-lamic Center of So. California, 434 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles for “Love & Compassion in Islam” with

Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl, one of the most important and influen-tial Islamic thinkers in the modern age. An accomplished Islamic jurist and scholar, he is a professor at the UCLA School of Law, where he teaches Islamic law, immi-gration law, human

rights law, and international and national security law. As the most critical and powerful voice against puritanical and Wahhabi Islam today, he regularly appears on national and international television and radio, including CNN, NBC, PBS, NPR, and the Voice of America (broadcast throughout the Middle East). Please bring an open heart, a mind willing to listen and learn and a vegetarian dish to share in our potluck. For information contact Ada Ramirez at 626.583.2734 or [email protected].

An Easter Card from All Saints for You!An Easter Card from All Saints should be coming your way in the mail soon. En-closed in the card is an envelope to make a special Easter offering. These envelopes will also be available in the pew racks through Eastertide. Gifts can also be made online here: http://tinyurl.com/y6hj63ge

Want to Mark a Special Day? For your birthday, anniversary, or in memory of a loved one, consider bringing the bread and wine up the aisle for communion at the 9:00 or 11:15 a.m. Sunday service. After offering these “ob-lations” to the priest at the altar, you stand in the circle with the other ministers for the Eucharistic prayer, receive communion, and then return to your seat. You may do this with a partner or be paired with someone else. To sign up or for more information, please contact Beverly Franco at 626.280.9048 or [email protected].

Looking AheadEvents & Opportunities


Next Sunday: April 14, 2019 — Palm Sunday

At 7:30, 9:00 & 11:15 a.m. Mike Kinman will preach.Note: The 11:15 a.m. service will be a bilingual Spanish/English service. The 1 p.m. Spanish Language service will resume on Apr. 21At 9 & 11:15 a.m. Coventry Choir offers Vinea mea electa by Poulenc and O Lord, Thy Little Angel Send from St. John Passion by Bach. Dan Cole & the 1 p.m. Ensemble offer El Carpintero by Hernández and Cena Pascual by Moré.At 9 a.m. Minisingers, Mastersingers & Trouvères Baritones offers A Palm Sunday Carol by Hatch.At 11:15 a.m. Trouvères Trebles offer Palm Sunday Processional by Greig and Page.

Our festive procession this Palm Sunday will lead us where Jesus went … to the center of power.

We will march out of the church, cross Euclid and march down Thurgood Marshall,

turn left, enter City Hall from the West, process through the center of City Hall and gather on the steps and in the street on the east side of City

Hall. For those who are unable to march or wish to stay in the church, we will be streaming it live on the video screens in the transepts. There will

be seating on the plaza side of the church for those who do not wish to march but want to view the first part of the dramatic telling of the Gospel,

which will take place on the steps.

Tenebrae: Service of ShadowsFriday, Apr. 19, 7:30 p.m. This ancient candlelight service commemorates the somber in-between-time of waiting, offering an opportunity to grieve Jesus’ death and sense a glimmer of hope of the resurrection. Coventry Choir Renaissance Singers offer music. Jamie Barnett offers a meditation.

Holy Saturday, April 20Children’s Vigil & BaptismsCelebrate the conclusion of Holy Week and beginning of Easter with children leading this service through reading and music with infant and child baptisms. Troubadours offer music. Bring a bell to ring at the Easter proclamation! The Great Vigil of Easter7:30 p.m. The service begins on the lawn with the kindling of the fire and lighting of the Paschal candle, then proceeds into the church to experience the stories of our faith and to baptize adults by candlelight, and our first ever Declaration and Affirmation of a New Name. You’re invited to bring bells to ring during the Gloria. The journey continues into the church to celebrate the first Eucharist of Easter. Canterbury Chamber Singers offer music of Billings. Incense will be used in this service.

Holy Week EucharistsMonday–Wednesday, April 15—17, 12:10 p.m. (Chapel)Maundy Thursday, April 18At 7:30 p.m. in the Church a beautiful evening service recalls the last supper Jesus shared with his disci-ples. The congregation is invited to participate in the washing of the feet, symbolic of the servant ministry Jesus instituted with the disciples. The Trouvères offer music; Mike Kinman offers a meditation. This is a Spanish/English liturgy. Parking is available at Plaza Las Fuentes.Maundy Thursday & Good Friday Overnight Prayer VigilWe invite you to join us as we keep watch with Christ, in prayer, in silence, in mu-sic, and with each other. Maundy Thursday 10 p.m. – 7 a.m. Good Friday. Light refreshments will be available through the night. We will pray for those scheduled to be executed, sing Taize hymns, meditate in silence, walk the labyrinth, pray with Anglican and traditional rosary beads in English and Spanish, reflect on the stations of the cross, and share readings in the chapel. If you wish to do a read-ing, especially in the wee hours, please call 626.796.1172 and sign up with Stasia Dahlstrom at [email protected].

Good Friday, April 19The Great Three Hours, Noon to 3 p.m. Members of the pastoral staff offer five meditations on the meaning of the cruci-fixion in our own time. Each meditation is part of a fabric of worship and reflection

that includes hymns, scripture, prayers and silence. Canterbury and Coventry choirs offer spirituals and music of Faure, Parker, Bruckner, Dawson, Gjeilo, Poulenc, Dvorak, Dawson, Chilcot and Hogan. Stations of the CrossFriday, Apr. 19, 6:00 p.m. (Quad Lawn) We journey through Pasadena and recreate events that encompassed Jesus’ journey carrying his cross from the Hall of Pilate where he was condemned to death to the

site of his execution on Golgotha, reflecting, and praying at each station. This is a Bilingual Spanish/English service.

Easter Sunday, April 21

We celebrate the resurrection amidst a blaze of candles, lilies and trumpets. At 7, 9 & 11:15 a.m. Coventry and Canterbury choirs and Trouvères, brass and percussion ensemble, and soloists offering music of Cunliffe, Beetho-ven, and Handl; at 1 p.m. Dan Cole & Ensemble lead music; Mike Kinman preaches. Normal Sunday parking is available in Kaiser and Plaza Las Fuent-es—note: the Plaza is free until 1 p.m.

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