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The Angelus Monthly Publication of the Church of Our Saviour November 2018 Church of Our Saviour is again collecting toys and gifts for Pride for Parents, a program of Focused Community Strategies. Pride for Parents is a unique program which allows parents in South Atlanta the dignity to provide for their children at Christmas instead of receiving a hand out. Through Sunday, December 16 new, unwrapped toys and gifts can be dropped off in the baskets that will be set up in Pettway Hall in the next couple of weeks. Wish lists will be available to take with you when you go to the store, or you can shop Pride for Parents’ Amazon Wish List at www.prideforparents.org. If you don’t have time to shop, but wish to donate, you can give a monetary gift and we’ll do the shopping for you. (And we’ll return the receipt to you for tax purposes.) If you would like to donate time, the store is always in need of volunteers to sort and price the donations, stock the shelves, help customers and even wrap presents. This is a great group or couple activity! PFP sells the donated items to working parents who can afford to pay a small price. For those who can’t pay, they offer the opportunity to work at the store, earn store credit and buy gifts that way. This program, founded in 1983, is simple in concept; instilling dignity, not dependency. Any questions, contact Mary Sommers at 770-401-0415. Mark Your Calendars Readings for November December Events Year B Advent Wreath Making Morning Friday, November 2, 2018 (7:00 pm) Saturday, December 1, 2018, 9:00 am–12:30 pm Commemoration of All Faithful Departed Gather around to make Advent wreaths and Solemn High Mass decorations. Oasis wreath forms, greenery, Isaiah 25:6–9 decorations, and candles will be provided for a Psalm 130 suggested donation of $15. Light brunch fare 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18 will be available. Children are welcome to help John 5:24–27 with Advent Wreaths; children’s Advent crafts November 4, 2018 and supervised playground time will also be 24th Sunday after Pentecost available. Register online or via paper forms All Saints’ Sunday—Proper 26 (available in the back of the church) to guaran- Wisdom of Solomon 3:1–9 tee your spot. Psalm 24 Parents Night Out/Children’s Gift-Making Revelation 21:1–6a Workshop - $20/child, $10/sibling John 11:32–44 Friday, December 7, 2018, 6 ̶ 10:00 pm November 11, 2018 Includes supplies for six handmade gifts, pizza 25th Sunday after Pentecost supper, playground time, and holiday movie. Proper 27 Register online to guarantee your child’s spot. 1 Kings 17:8–16 Invite your friends and neighbors! Psalm 146 Hebrews 9:24–28 Advent Lessons and Carols Mark 12:38–44 Sunday, December 16, 2018, 7:00 pm November 18, 2018 26th Sunday after Pentecost Responding to the oper- Proper 28 ating deficit, an anony- Daniel 12:1–3 mous donor and friend Psalm 16 of the parish has issued Hebrews 10:11–14 (15-18) 19–25 a challenge. This Mark 13:1–8 individual will match, Thursday, November 22, 2018 (10:00 am) dollar-for-dollar up to Thanksgiving Day $5,000, any new gifts Joel 2:21–27 (above regular and Psalm 126 pledge giving) to help 1 Timothy 2:1–7 the parish close its operating deficit. This per- Matthew 6:25–33 son believes in the importance of the mission and ministry of our parish and asks everyone November 25, 2018 to consider this challenge. Christ the King (or Reign of Christ) To have your gift count in this campaign Daniel 7:9–10, 13–14 and qualify for the match, please note “Challenge Psalm 93 Grant” on your check or online gift. The chal- Revelation 1:4b–8 lenge remains open until November 30, 2018. John 18:33–37 ̶ Brian Mullaney Page 2 THE ANGELUS November 2018 Events and Feast Days The Commemoration of Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan All Faithful Departed: November 11, 2018 All Souls’ Day On Sunday, November 11, 2018 (the Sun- November 2, 2018, 7:00 pm day following All Saints’ Sunday), we will be Saint Gregory’s Choir will sing Clemens holding the 13th Annual Kirkin’ o’ the Tartans non Papa’s Missa Defunctorum and the faithful celebration at the 11:00 am Mass. departed will be remembered by name at the As in previous years, there will be a Scot- Prayers of the People. Please join us this evening tish bagpiper and drummer, Scottish tartan ban- in commemoration of our departed loved ones. ners, and Scottish food and drink – including If you would like someone remembered by haggis. If you have a kilt, a kilted skirt, a tartan name at the service, please fill out the envelope scarf or necktie, or another garment showcasing found in the weekly bulletin and place in the your Scottish pride, be sure to wear it; and if you offering plate or call the church office by Mon- would like to carry a tartan banner in the proces- day, Oct. 29, to be included. sion call or e-mail Eph McLean at 770-396-5280 or [email protected] so that he can arrange to have extra banners available. (They are being All Saints’ Sunday – Choral provided by the St. Andrews Society of Atlanta.) High Mass & Parish Luncheon There will be a reception after the service November 4, 2018 and everyone is asked to contribute an item. In addition to our regular 8:30 am Mass, we Remember that we always have about 20 mem- will celebrate All Saint’s Sunday with a Choral bers of the St. Andrews Society attending, carry- High Mass at 11:00 am. Music will include Has- ing their clan banners, so please be sure to bring sler’s Missa Secunda, Bainton’s “And I saw a enough food for yourself, your family, and new heaven,” Franck’s Chorale in A minor, our guests. Dupré Placare’s Christe Servulis, and others. All Saints’ Day is a festival of the Commu- November 15-17, 2018 nity of the Body of Christ, both past and present. Art From the Heart It is also known as “All Hallows’ Day.” Artist Market Make plans to join us for a special All Saints luncheon following the 11:00 am Mass on For more details, please see the article on page 6. Nov. 4, hosted jointly by the Henry VIIIth Guild and the Children & Youth Formation Program. Thanksgiving The menu will include lasagna, salad, bread, and November 22, 2018, 10:00 am festive drinks; gluten-free and vegetarian options Holy Eucharist will be said in the Church at will be available on request. Parishioners are 10:00 am on Thursday, November 22, 2018, in invited to bring a dessert to share (optional). thanksgiving for our creation, preservation, and Contact Amy Wells at [email protected] all the blessings of this life. or 404.872.4169 for more information or to The first settlers knew in whose hands request a special menu option. their very survival lay, and gave thanks to Him for it. Let us keep this national Day of Thanks- Daylight Saving Time Ends giving by offering to God the thanksgiving He November 4, 2018 Himself commanded us to offer, in gratitude for Daylight Saving Time ends at 2:00 am on all His gifts to us. Sunday, November 4, 2018. November 2018 THE ANGELUS Page 3 Samuel Seabury on December 21, 1753. On December 23, he was Our First American ordained priest by Richard Osbaldeston, Bishop of Carlisle. On his return to New England, he served Episcopal Bishop as rector first at Christ Church in New Jersey, by Oreta Hinamon Campbell then in Jamaica, New York, and from 1766-1775 as rector of St. Peter’s, Westchester, New York. The Church of England came to America During the Revolutionary War, while many with the first successful English colony, Jame- of the Church of England clergy in the South stown, in 1607, and died in 1783 with the Treaty were sympathetic to the revolutionaries, those of of Paris and the end of the American Revolution- the Northern states remained loyal to England. ary War. The English church was English after Samuel Seabury was no exception. He was one all, and since its own tumultuous founding under of the signatories of the White Plains Protest of Henry VIII and its fight for existence with Crom- April 1775, which was against the many commit- well and the Puritans, to be Episcopalian was to tees and congresses that sprang up without any be loyal to England. In fact, to be a clergyman legal authority, and yet claimed to act for a spe- required an oath of loyalty to the English crown. cific area. With his “Free Thoughts on the Pro- Although most Church of England clergymen ceedings of the Continental Congress” published were loyal to the English Crown during the Rev- in 1774 under the pen name A. W. Farmer, he olutionary War, when England lost, they were continued to argue the loyalist cause. He engaged forced to make a decision. Would they be English in a back-and-forth “battle” of pamphlets with or American? Alexander Hamilton. His writing style was con- For most religious people in the new United sidered to be clear, plain and easier to read than States ̶ the Presbyterians, the Methodists, and many of his contemporaries. The pamphlets stressed the Quakers ̶ this was not a problem.