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www.allsaintsbhm.org Vol. 76 No. 3/ February 7, 2018 All Saints’ Episcopal Church /www.allsaintsbhm.org TheParishioner Dear Friends: “Be still and know that I am God...” Psalm 46:10 Psalm 46 is one of my favorite psalms, not only for verse 10, but also be- Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper! cause of verse one: “God is our refuge and our strength, a very present help in Tuesday, February 13, trouble.” Actually, in this short eleven verses the power of God to be with us in 5:00-8:00 p.m. in the Great Hall ways we don’t expect is celebrated over and over. I don’t know about you, but I $7 per person/$20 per family live in a noisy world. My world is populated by email, voicemail, electronic Bring your family and a hearty appetite. screens, traffic, music, and conversation from dawn to dusk most every day, Proceeds will benefit youth programs at “24/7” as we like to say. Sometimes I’m overwhelmed by it and sometimes I All Saints. create it, but when I stop to consider it, I realize it is relentless. “Be still and know that I am God...” Psalm 46:10 Yesterday I sat with an older woman, a total stranger, in a quiet waiting room at the auto repair store. I wanted an oil change, but her truck was in need of much more. When it’s time for my car to be repaired, strangely I don’t mind waiting on site, because it gives me an excuse to stop and be quiet. Usually... We began our wait in silence but her anxiety about her situation pushed her to Ash Wednesday interrupt my reading. She was worried about the expense of her pending repair. She had already visited two shops trying to get the best price. She looked like Services the last person who would be “tech savvy”, yet in just a few moments she told Feb. 14, 12:05 and 6:30 p.m. me not only had she done an internet search and priced each part needed to fix The nursery will be open for her truck, she’d also visited the Auto Zone and looked at the parts personally. She said, “All the parts are plastic. How can plastic parts cost so much?” both services. Please turn to the next page. Continued from the cover. www.allsaintsbhm.org As we talked I thought about permission to speak to us. The music, how the internet has made this sort of the sermon, the prayers, the bread and Coming Up situation possible. We can spend five wine all are offered to Almighty God hours assessing our broken car, even in thanksgiving for life and all that LEVEL III ATRIUM CLASS SENDS when we have zero mechanical skills, comes with life. So waiting for God to GIFT PACKAGE TO SERVICEMEMBER because we can “look up” and diag- speak is a primary hope and purpose. Children in the Level III atrium collect- nose anything from cars to liver ail- We’re coming to “Be still and ed a large box of goodies and personal ments, no expertise required. Gone are know...God.” items in December, and just shipped it to a service person serving in a combat the days when we just trusted others Sometimes when we come into and waited. Maybe also in short sup- zone. Thank you to everyone who do- church we’re distracted by seeing nated items to this cause. ply is the patience to wait for answers friends and by meeting new people. without doing anything? My friend Sometimes we forget to stop and lis- MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE WITH eventually got her truck repaired, but ten. Some may be managing little I’m not sure the expenditure of her ST. MARTIN’S SINGERS! children, or big children. There are St. Martin’s Singers is a relaxed and fun energy actually made her more satis- many distractions. But I want us to fied with the outcome. group of All Saints volunteers who know our common aim is to “Be come together about once a month to I have no stones to throw because still...together, when possible...” make music with residents of St. Mar- waiting isn’t my strongest quality ei- From the prelude, sometimes tin’s in the Pines who have dementia or ther. So, maybe that’s why I love played now with beautiful violin, to Alzheimer’s disease. You do not have Psalm 46? Yet quiet places are rare, the “Go in peace to love and serve the to be a musician to join us! We wel- and sometimes hard to find. Just think Lord”, in church, for just that hour, come children of all ages as well, and about it. we belong to God in a special way. the residents particularly love when young people visit. We will meet at St. I remembered a story a classmate Lent is around the corner, and Martin’s at 2:30 p.m. on February 18. If told me about Bishop Tutu. The class- Ash Wednesday is February 14. Dur- you’d like more information, or direc- mate worked as the Bishop’s driver ing this Lent, I invite you to a special tions to St. Martin’s in the Pines Ever- one summer, driving him around At- discipline of being still in worship, green Unit, contact Susie Youngson, lanta. Between speaking engagements observing as much silence as we can, [email protected]. and classes, and hectic 10-hour days, especially at the beginning of wor- the young seminarian would ask Bish- ship. Not so we feel restrained and ALL SAINTS BOOK CLUB op Tutu endless questions every time oppressed, but rather just so we allow The All Saints’ Book Group will meet he got him into the car. Tell me this, ourselves space to hear God’s voice. at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 25th at and tell me that, trying to get him to As Bishop Tutu said, let us “shut up the home of Diana Brooks (410 York- talk. One day, the Bishop took his together” as the first music is played shire Dr., 35209) to discuss Oscar and hand and leaned forward and said, and let us settle into a quieter, calmer Lucinda by Peter Carey. All are wel- “My brother, may we all shut up to- place and see what happens in church, come. gether.” and in life. We will compare notes on HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE In many ways, “shutting up to- Easter. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER? gether” is why we come to church on We will remind everyone in Sunday. A teacher told me once, “The St. Martha’s February 19th meeting will church by ringing a bell a minute be- be a Listen & Learn. We have our very Church is at its best when it’s praying fore the first music starts. So I invite and praising God.” Together in own Lynn Hendricks speak. Lynn has you to observe a holy Lent, in silence, served on the National Altar Guild for church, we acknowledge our shared in peace...and as always I hope I see the past 15 years and is, in fact, the need for God. We acknowledge we you at church! president of the National Altar Guild don’t have all the answers to much of this year. Her topic will be READING Blessings, anything. We acknowledge we share THE RUBRICS of our Prayer Book. time, space, and humanity. We I’m sure that most of us have not a clue acknowledge we are all one flock, what that includes so this is the time to sheep in need of a shepherd. When we Additional Parking come and learn. Bring your prayer worship the one who laid down His Available for Pancake book and lunch and join us on Monday, life to save us, we turn our lives and Supper and Confirmation February 19th at 11:30 in the Great our hearts to listen for the only sound On Tuesday, Feb. 13, we will hold our annu- Hall. This is open to all women of the that can give us abundant life. We al pancake supper, and simultaneously have parish so we hope you will join us as we hope God will grant us the grace to a Confirmation service for adults and youth. explore our Book of Common Prayer Trinity Methodist has graciously agreed we hear His voice. can use their parking lot that night due to the and what we as Episcopalians should know and learn. See you on the 19th. Now maybe we don’t conscious- large number of people we expect to be at All Saints. Their only request is that anyone ly think that’s what we’re doing on using the Trinity lot park toward the Daw- YOUNG ADULTS GUMBO KREWE Sunday. But when we enter the Nave, son end of the lot, due to the number of It's that time of year again...beads, pa- the sanctuary, we’re really entering groups that will be at Trinity that night. rades, king cake, and GUMBO! The All holy space, where we’re giving God Saints' Young Adult Krewe are the 2 www.allsaintsbhm.org reigning Chef's Choice Chicken and Sausage Gumbo winners from last year's Gumbo Gala benefiting Episcopal Lenten Preaching Series Place. Episcopal Place is a low income “Homegrown and Holy” housing facility for disabled and elderly st th adults. Last year this FUNdraiser raised February 21 , February 28 , over $35,000! We're looking for team March 7th, March 14th, and members to help chop veggies, cook March 21st Cotton Fabric Needed gumbo, and help serve it on April 21, Evening Prayer in the Nave Thank you to all the seamstresses who 2018 at Sloss Furnaces.