This Week at All Saints December 10–16, 2017

Sunday, December 10 Sunday, December 10 (cont.) Wednesday, December 13 Featured Ministry: Senior Saints We Are All Touched by Gun Violence Noon Worship & Healing 12:10 p.m. (Chapel) 5th Annual Community Vigil Senior Saints is a fun monthly gathering for older Experiencing the Scriptures adults. Presentations have included scientists from 7:00–8:00 p.m. (Chapel) Sponsored by the All Saints Gun Violence Task Force. Please join us in 10:45 a.m.– 12:00 p.m (Scott Hall 5) Information = the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, technology training Jeremy Langill at [email protected]. seminars, art and music history classes, and many remembering all those killed by gun violence since more! Senior Saints meets the first Thursday of the December 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre, Recovery Eucharist 6:30 p.m. every month from Oct – Jun, 12:30–2:00 p.m. Info: especially those who died in recent tragedies. (Learning Center) Jamie Hebert 626.583.2765 or Monday, December 11 Thursday, December 14 [email protected]. Noon Worship 12:10 p.m. (Chapel) Noon Worship 12:10 p.m. (Chapel) Our Lady of Guadalupe Service Vroman’s Present Greg Boyle Taizé Prayers Around the Cross 1:00 p.m. (Church) We celebrate 7:00 p.m. (Forum) Fr. Greg Boyle, speaking about 6:00 p.m. (Chapel) Meditative prayers, song, Virgen de Guadalupe, the patron and signing his new book, Barking to the Choir: scripture and silence. Information = Debbie Daniels, saint of the Americas. Join us for The Power of Radical Kinship. This is a ticketed [email protected]. Vroman’s event – the ticket price is the price of the this beautiful service full of candles, Friday, December 15 book. Contact http://qrs.ly/x55yq88. roses, and joyful song. This service Noon Worship 12:10 p.m. (Chapel) is bilingual, Spanish/English. Pan Grief and Loss Support Group Fiction Fun! Party dulce and antojitos will be served 7:00 p.m. (Pastoral Care Meeting Room) Led 6:00 p.m. Please join us for a festive potluck dinner. after the service. Antonio Gallardo preaches; Dan by Chris Folz. Information = Ana Camacho, Our tradition and group reading Cole & the 1 p.m. Ensemble offer music. 626.583.2737 or [email protected]. continues! We will meet in a private home. Please Festival of Lessons Brothers on a Journey contact Cecilia Flynn at ceciliaflynn2016@gmail. and Carols 7:00–9:00 p.m. (Jr. High Room) com for additional information. Information = Jamie Hebert at 626.583.2765 or Saturday, December 16 [email protected]. Pasadena Symphony Monday Meditation Group Candlelight Concert 7:15–8:45 p.m. (Chapel) 4:00 & 7:00 p.m. Grant Cooper, conductor; Lisa Information = Betty Cole (leader), 626.356.4749. Vroman, soloist; Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, The Donald Brinegar Singers and L.A. Bronze Tuesday, December 12 Handbell Ensemble. Broadway veteran Lisa Vro- Noon Worship 12:10 p.m. (Chapel) man joins an array of choruses in this festive concert Homeless Memorial featuring the most popular and cherished holiday 6:00 p.m. (Church) Join us as we honor and melodies. Hear Silent Night, God Rest Ye Merry acknowledge the lives of men and women in our Gentleman, Hallelujah! and more of your favorites 5:00 p.m. (Church) In the warm ambience of the community who have died on the streets due to ill- all performed by candlelight – an aural respite that candlelit church, Coventry Choir, directed by ness, exposure or violence. Mike Kinman preaches. is sure to summon the spirit of the season. Get your Weicheng Zhao, will perform music of Jackson, Ire- Information = Juliana Serrano at 626.583.2731 or tickets today at bit.ly/holidaycandlelight. land, Bruckner, Victoria, Busto, and Stanford. Mike [email protected]. Kinman offers a meditation. Child care provided.

Children, Youth & Families Sunday Morning Sunday Morning (cont.) Wednesday, December 13 Parents with Infants K-5th Grade Sunday School Youth Group Parents with infants are always welcome in worship. Kindergarten–3rd grade: Advent I & II Dinner = 6:30 p.m. (Sweetland Hall) If needed, parents may feed and change babies 4th–5th grade: Feasting on the Word Program = 7:00–8:30 p.m. (Learning Center) while listening to the service in the Small Lounge. The Journey for Jr. & Sr. High Info = 626.583.2733 or [email protected]. 10:15 a.m. (Jr. & Sr. High Rooms). We focus on faith Thursday, December 14 Infants & Toddlers (Scott Hall) and doubt, the Bible, the Episcopal Church, current God, My Parents & Me 9:00–12:30 p.m. Preschool (ages 2–4/pre-K) events, and the peace and justice issues facing our 10:00 a.m – Noon (Guild Room) A group for families 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Child care and storytelling. community. with young children, supporting the challenging work 10:15 a.m. Sunday School and Worship. Parent Culture of parenting by offering spiritual fellowship and emo- K-5th Grade at 9:00 a.m. 10:15 a.m. Please join us for discussions on tional nurturing to all parents. Information = Christina Children K–5th grade join their families at the current issues and community building as we juggle Ortega, 626.583.2733 or [email protected]. parenthood together. Parents of birth – 5th grade in beginning of the 9:00 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. services, For Information on Scott Hall 2; parents of teens in the Rector’s Study. then follow the banner out for Children’s Chapel Upcoming Youth Events visit Information = Christina Ortega, 626.583.2733 or before the sermon. Parents are welcome to join the http://ascyouth.squarespace.com/ children if they wish. [email protected]. www.allsaints-pas.org All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid Ave, Pasadena CA 91101 626.796.1172 Looking Ahead Events & Opportunities

Sunday, December 10, is Your Last Sunday, December 24 Chance to Purchase Liliana’s Famous for Christmas! Advent IV Morning Service Please help support the Trouvères fund raising We will have one service in the morning at 9 a.m. This will be a bilingual Spanish/English service; efforts for Dan Cole & the 1 p.m. ensemble offer music; Antonio Gallardo preaches. their Civil Rights Tour 3:00 p.m. Family Service in June, 2018. Or- Rector Mike Kinman and friends tell the Christmas ders must story; Troubadours, directed by Jenny Tisi, offer be placed music of Burke and Johann Sebastian Bach. This by Sunday, service will be simulcast in the Learning Center. Dec. 10. 5:30 p.m. Festive Eucharist You can Trouvères & Trouvères alumni offer music of place your Forrest & Leontovitch, directed by Jenny Tisi. Su- order at the Sign-Up Center on the lawn or on the san Russell preaches. This service will be signed All Saints website. Tamales must be picked up on by an American Sign Language interpreter. Dec. 17 in Sweetland Hall. Please place your order in the sign up center. Tamales are sold for $25 a dozen. Cheese with Rajas, Chicken with Vegeta- 8:00 p.m. Festive Eucharist bles, Pork with Green Chile and Sweet (pineapple, Canterbury Choir and chamber orchestra raisin and cinnamon). Information = Christina Ortega, offer Spätzenmesse by Mozart and music of 626.583.2733 or [email protected]. Lauridsen and Knecht, directed by Jenny Wong. Mike Kinman preaches. Spanish Alternative language interpretation available. Sunday, Dec. 10, 8:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. in Sweet- 11:00 p.m. Festive Eucharist land Hall. Give the gift of abundance: donate and Coventry Choir and chamber orchestra receive a unique greeting card or buy items from offer Coronation Mass by Mozart and music of 20+ local, national and international nonprofit and Clements and Kirchner, directed by Jenny fair trade organizations to give as gifts. Get a cata- Wong. Mike Kinman preaches. log here, and a shopping list here. For information or to volunteer: [email protected]. Truman Capote’s A Christmas Memory Monday, December 25 Foster Care Project is excited to present this tender Christmas Day story of an exceptional friendship between eight year- 10:30 a.m. Festive Eucharist old Buddy and his much older relative, Aunt Sook, in Sally Howard preaches, and Coventry Choir soloists sing carols arranged by Willcocks and Walker. 1930’s rural Alabama at Christmas time. The reading Child care is provided. Spanish language translation available. of this delightful short story will be performed by Dale Raoul, Raymond Thompson and Jim Jansen, three Early arrival helps ensure seating. All Christmas Eve services are well attended, plan to arrive actors who will make you laugh, cry (a little!) and remind at least 30 minutes early. Parking for 3 p.m. Christmas Eve service will be in the North Lot or us what the holiday season means. Sunday, Dec. 17, at underground at the Westin Hotel (enter from Union Street). For the 5:30, 8 & 11 p.m. services, parking will 2:00 p.m. in Sweetland Hall. Suggested donation of $10, be available at the Kaiser parking structure or underground at the Westin Hotel (enter from Union Street). at the door. Information = Ada Ramirez, 626.583.2734 Child care will be provided for all services. or [email protected]. Accompany Me: Chronic Illness Angel Tree Support Group Each year All Saints Church provides Christmas gifts to Gather in community and find strength for the journey over 700 children in foster care. You can make a differ- ahead. All are welcome. Next meeting is Dec. 22, ence in the life of a child this Christmas by choosing a 1:30 p.m. in Scott Hall 1. (Meetings are the 2nd and 4th green tag from the tree in Regas House. Please bring Friday of every month.) Information = Ana Camacho at unwrapped gifts (with the tag from the tree attached) 626.583.2737 or [email protected]. to the Children, Youth & Family Office in Regas House before Dec. 17. Many children in foster care will only Donations for Prison Ministry receive one gift during the holidays, so please make A gentle reminder from the Prison Gift Ministry: this part of your Christmas tradition and choose a tag While donations of toiletries are always accepted, that matches your giving ability. Information = at this time, we are in urgent need of statio- Christina Ortega, 626.583.2733 or nery, tea, and coffee singles. Donations can be [email protected]. dropped off at the Main Lobby. www.allsaints-pas.org All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid Ave, Pasadena CA 91101 626.796.1172 Looking Ahead Events & Opportunities

Celebrate a Special Event New Year’s Eve Eucharist Jazz Vespers in January: or Loved One with 7:30 p.m. in the Church. This special service is a Russell Ferrante Christmas Flowers for the Church great way to prepare for the New Year. Canterbury Sunday, Jan. 21 at 5:00 p.m. on the Chancel. All Choir soloists offer music of Nordquist. Mike Kinman preaches. Child care provided. Validated parking is available in Plaza las Fuentes. Informa- tion = Debbie Daniels, 626.583.2750 or [email protected].

Enneagram Class A powerful way of understanding ourselves and others, the Enneagram outlines nine interconnect- ed personality types. A 13-week class begins on Monday, Jan. 8, 6:30–8:30 p.m. in Scott Hall 3. Information = Ana Camacho at 626.583.2737 or [email protected]. Every Christmas All Saints Church decorates Saints Parishioner and founding member of the the altars, church and chancel with celebration YellowJackets, Russell Ferrante offers music. Divorce/Partnership Break Up Russ has performed with Jimmy Witherspoon, Jim and memorial flowers. Please consider contribut- Support Group Pepper, Joe Farrell, Joni Mitchell, Bobby McFerrin, ing to the Flower Fund to help beautify the church. Contributions can be made in celebration or Ending an intimate relationship is difficult. Join Robben Ford, Al Jarreau, Marilyn Scott, Kevyn others in a safe environment to explore ways of memory of loved ones and will be listed in Lettau, Ernie Watts, Sadao Watanabe, GRP, Big coping and healing. The group, co-led by Ann Hor- Band, Lee Ritenour, Tom Scott, Take 6, Michael the printed liturgies on Christmas. ton, M.S.W and Rosemary Hyde, M.F.T., begins Franks, Eric Marienthal, and Brenda Russell. Russ Call: Stasia Dahlstrom at 626.796.1172 Monday, Jan. 8, 6:30–8:00 p.m., and continues for currently teaches in the Jazz Studies department at Click: allsaints-pas.org/donate/donate-now 10 sessions. Limited to 12 pre-registered partici- USC. Info = www.russellferrante.com or mhayes@ pants. Information or to register: Ana Camacho at allsaints-pas.org or 626.583.2725. Contributions must be received by Sunday, Dec. 17. 626.583.2737 or [email protected]. Sacred Stillness Retreat Delivering for Christmas Saturday Jan. 20, 9:00–11:30 a.m. in the Church. Many members of our Lay Counseling Ministry Many of us were taught that God would love us if community are often and when we change. What empowers change and The ministers are volunteer lay counselors, unable to attend our makes us long for transformation is the experi- trained to assist persons undergoing situa- Christmas services. ence of being deeply loved for who we are. Join Please let us know tional and emotional difficulties. If you are the Healing and Health ministry in our quarterly if you can take a experiencing such difficulties, you may leave a Sacred Stillness mornings. Give yourself time to to share with confidential message on the dedicated line at be in this sacred stillness. Reflect on your paths of 626.583.2706 and a coordinator will call you to them. We will have self, relationship, and community. All are welcome! schedule a meeting. a table on the lawn Information = Ana Camacho at 626.583.2737 or for distribution following the 10:30 a.m. service on [email protected]. Christmas Day, Dec 25. Information = Ana Camacho at 626.583.2737 or [email protected].

Next Sunday: December 17, 2017 At 7:30, 9:00 & 11:15 a.m. Mike Kinman preaches. At 10:15 a.m. Rector’s Forum Advent Evening Service with Alec Mapa At 1:00 p.m. Antonio Gallardo preaches at the Sunday, December 17, 5:00 p.m. Spanish Language service. On the third Sunday Trouvères, of Advent we will Youth Cham- At 9 & 11:15 a.m. Coventry Choir offers Magnificat light the “Joy” can- by Stanford, with soloist Kelci Hahn and Alleluia ber Choir, Vox dle on the wreath Cambiata and from Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV 230, by in church and we Johann Sebastian Bach. Canterbury will welcome Alec Choir offer mu- At 9am Troubadours offer One Light by Scroggins. Mapa for a joy-filled sic of Kirchner, Adult Education Offerings at 10:15 a.m. Rector’s Forum. Mendelssohn, Parent Culture in Scott Hall 2 (parents of children Comedian, actor and birth-5th grade); OCC Conference Room (parents and activist, Alec is an active member of All Saints Ešenvalds. Information = Debbie Daniels at of teens). and one of the funniest people on the planet. Come 626.583.2750 or for a morning of love, laughter and joy. [email protected]. www.allsaints-pas.org All Saints Church, 132 N. Euclid Ave, Pasadena CA 91101 626.796.1172