Great work was done for the 86 registered children as All Saints’ shared that friendship with God is a dive worth taking!
Be Part of the Children's Ministry Team!
Readings and Collect for Sunday, August 11 (Proper 14, The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost)
In Memoriam: Martha Loven, George Harris, and Dick Preston
Meet Archbishop Steve Wood
August Food Giveaway
Lunches for Neabsco's KinderCamp
We have another opportunity to share God’s love with the students and staff of Neabsco Elementary School. Each day next week we will be providing lunch for about 45 rising kindergarteners as they attend KinderCamp. All of the items needed to make these simple lunches are provided. We need two to three volunteers each day to assemble the lunches and deliver them to Neabsco Elementary School.
If you are available to help one or more days next week, please sign up here and/or contact Tammy for more info.
Thank-You Video from Dana & Damaris Craft in Guatemala
ACNA missionaries Dana and Damaris Craft work with an impoverished community in Guatemala City, Guatemala. There was a devastating fire last spring that displaced six families and All Saints’ sent a substantial emergency offering to assist with rebuilding.
At the 10 a.m. combined service on Sunday, July 28, Father Scott shared a video from the Crafts thanking the people of All Saints’ for their gift to, and prayers for, the landfill community where the Crafts minister.
If you missed it or if you’d like to see the video again, you can find it here.
Backpacks, Blessings, & New Beginnings
NEW August Sunday School for children begins this Sunday, August 4, 9:45 a.m. -10:45 a.m.
The transition back to school can often be a daunting time for children - a mix of anticipation and apprehension as they face a new academic year with all its challenges and changes. In this four-week “Back To School” children's Sunday School, we address these feelings by blending biblical teachings with practical advice, providing children with spiritual tools to navigate this vital phase confidently while reaffirming that God is their constant companion and source of strength. For Rising Kindergarten through Rising 6th-grade students. Nursery open for PreK and under.
Claire Fedele of SHADE to Speak on Sunday, August 4
SHADE is a Christian organization based in Tanzania that serves children, families and communities affected by albinism and other vulnerabilities.
Claire Fedele, Executive Director, will speak at both services on Sunday, August 4 about how SHADE is working to change the often horrific reality albino children face.
Children with albinism are rejected and hunted in Tanzania. Through education, advocacy, and outreach, SHADE works for change.
Learn more about SHADE, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, at shadetz.org.
August 2024 Birthdays and Anniversaries
We thank God for those celebrating birthdays and anniversaries this month!
If your name is missing from these lists, it is because the church office does not have that information for you on file. Please contact the office so we may accurately update our records.
Readings and Collect for Sunday, August 4 (Proper 13, The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost)
Prayers for the Persecuted Church: A New Weekly Feature
by Mother Valarie Whitcomb
Every Sunday morning during the Prayers of the People we pray for the Persecuted Church.
Because the ongoing trauma of the Persecuted Church is very real around the world except (at least at this time) the Church in the West, we are adding a weekly opportunity in our Newsletter to inform you of a specific country or situation that needs our prayers. We encourage you to take a few minutes each week to pray for our precious brothers and sisters in Christ who are under such extreme duress. This can include loss of livelihood, forced eviction from their homes, the burning of their churches, torture, imprisonment, murder, abduction of their children, forced marriage to someone from another religion, and so forth.
Our brothers and sisters of the Persecuted Church count on our prayers to sustain them in their dire circumstances.
Should you wish deeper information for prayer and/or feel that God is calling you to give a contribution for their support, contact BarnabasAid, an Anglican nonprofit organization that works with local believers in persecuted countries to provide desperately needed aid:
usa@barnabasaid.org
BarnabasAid
80 Abbeyville Road
Lancaster, PA 17603
703-288-1681 or toll-free 866-936-2525.
Thank you for your willingness to pray!
Praying for the Persecuted Church Week of 8/4/24: Iran
Stephen Ministers Provide Emotional and Spiritual Support
There are times when every one of us experiences difficulties and could benefit from meeting with a Stephen Minister once a week for emotional and spiritual support while we find our way through the valley.
What is a Stephen Minister?
Stephen Ministers are members of our congregation who have received 50 hours of caregiving training to minister to people experiencing a crisis, facing a challenge, or simply going through a tough time. They are under the supervision of the congregation’s Stephen Leaders (Deacons Andy Terry and Julie Tilton.)
A Stephen Minister will meet with you privately and confidentially on a weekly basis to pray, listen, care, encourage, support, and remind you of Christ’s presence in your life. Women meet with a female Stephen Minister, and men meet with a male Stephen Minister.
How do you get connected with a Stephen Minister?
Requests can be initiated by contacting a member of the clergy, including Deacon Julie Tilton (jtilton@allsaintswoodbridge.org ) or Deacon Andy Terry (andy.terry@andyterry.net), or by emailing caringministries@allsaintswoodbridge.org.
Oversight Team Needed for Meals for Hilda Barg
All Saints’ is a member of the Cooperative Council of Ministers (CCoM), set up years ago to serve the homeless in Prince William County. As part of this effort, member churches sign up for three weeks a year to bring food to the Hilda Barg shelter on Rt. 1 near Opitz. All Saints’ next commitment is for the week of September 9, 10, 11, and 12 (four days).
The members of the previous ASC team have all moved away and we need three to four parishioners to oversee food sign-ups and delivery. Bruce DeSoto has provided all the forms and instructions you will need, so you will just have to get in the saddle and ride. The horse has already been tamed and knows where to go!
Please contact Deacon Julie at jtilton@allsaintswoodbridge.org if you can help All Saints’ keep this commitment.
Sign up to help at Sunday's VBS Celebration Picnic!
Help make Sunday’s Picnic a great time for all! Many hands make light work, and many hands are needed in the Kitchen and the Atrium during the event and for clean-up afterward. Meal Coordinator Kim Russell has set up a Perfect Potluck page for you to sign up for specific tasks. Thank you!
Donate School Supplies for Neabsco Elementary School
Help kids "Treasure Learning" by donating much-needed school supplies.
The kiddos who attended our Scuba VBS are off to a fin-tastic start collecting school supplies for Neabsco Elementary School. You can support the students at this Title 1 school by bringing your donations to church by Sunday, August 4.
Here’s a list of the school supplies needed:
Full-size backpacks
Plastic pencil boxes
Yellow pencils (12)
Child-friendly scissors
24-count crayons
12-count colored pencils
Glue sticks
Dry-erase markers (black)
Highlighters
Large pink erasers
Wide-rule paper
2-pocket folders
Composition books
Contact Tammy for more info.
Readings and Collect for Sunday, July 28 (Proper 12, The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost)
Food Giveaway Blessings Abound
by David Fawcett
The All Saints' monthly Food Giveaway is always a blessing for both those in the church and those who come in for food and for prayer.
To give everyone a closer look at how many blessings flow out of this event, here's a summary from the last one. It captures well how God moves in the most unexpected ways to meet the physical and the spiritual needs.
First the physical.
With the normal leadership group unavailable that day, Walt and Margie DeHoust stepped in to oversee everything for the July food pantry.
Things got off to a rocky start Friday morning (July 12) when Food Lion, the initial supplier, had no fruit or rice they were scheduled to provide.
Thankfully, Featherstone Elementary came to the rescue when they contacted All Saints’ to let us know they had leftover food from their give-away on Wednesday.
They said they had 18 bags. What they really had, though, were 18 very large bags each filled with five smaller bags packed with items the church usually gives out, including pasta sauce, tuna, soup, green beans and the much-needed canned fruit and bags of rice. Thankfully, a young teacher helped the DeHousts load the car since the bags were so heavy.
The blessings continued when Larry Moyer stepped in at the last minute in place of Jim Morrison (who was out of town) and graciously volunteered to drive the 200+ miles round trip to First Fruits Farm in Maryland.
Then unexpected provisions continued the next day at the food pantry. There was a big shortage of maseca. But then Andrew Gray showed up with a truckload of it followed by another person who brought more.
Also, more volunteers stepped in to make sure every role was filled.
“It just seemed to me that every time I thought of something that had to be done I'd turn around and there would be someone doing it on their own, unsolicited,” Walt DeHoust said. “This happened at least five or six times.”
As far as prayer goes, we had four prayer warriors: David Fawcett, Kat Zwingle, David Lee, and in another unexpected blessing, Eduardo Steves, whose schedule allowed him to make it this time. Eduardo is bilingual, which really, really helps with mostly Hispanic people coming in for prayer.
We had 32 individuals come through for prayer, most in groups of two or three.
As always, God was good in giving us the time to pray for each person without feeling rushed or having someone wait too long.
All the prayer recipients were either African or Hispanic with most of them having a home church and a solid faith. Some kids were with adults, but most of those who came through were adults.
We had at least seven come through who are regular prayer recipients.
It was a great opportunity for outreach. One couple planned on signing up their kids for VBS. Another couple planned on coming to a Sunday service. A young pregnant lady got information about Life First
The needs were varied and, in many cases, heavy-duty.
There was a woman from Honduras who, along with her family, said she left everything behind in her native country for fear of being killed. Another woman needed prayer for her 28-year-old son who was going in for his sixth surgery that next day for intestinal issues.
“The biggest takeaway for me was how grateful again these people are for prayer,” David Fawcett said. “Despite the challenges they are facing, they come in with smiles on their faces with hearts full of praise. There is no griping or woe-is-me. It’s very convicting.”