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June 19, 2020
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In This Issue...
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Sunday
- 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II
Monday and Wednesday
- 12:05 p.m. Noonday Prayer
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A Note From the Rector
Dear saints,
It is my great delight to announce today that the Rev. Natosha Reid Rice has been called to join All Saints' staff as Minister for Public Life. More detail will be shared below in this e-news about that role and about Natosha's experience and gifts for ministry. Of course, Natosha is no stranger to All Saints'. She has been our preacher/teacher on the Sunday each year we celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She has been our Kanuga speaker, one of our Holy Week speakers, and over this first half of the year Natosha has preached and partnered with me in the Faith in the City series. Most recently, she led the 'Hold Onto Hope' Bible study series online with all of our full-time clergy. Natosha previously served at Ebenezer Baptist Church and her appointment at All Saints' will allow our parish to grow in friendship and in ministry with partners in the faith communities of Atlanta and in the wider city in exciting new ways. Please do join me in praying for and welcoming Natosha as she joins our team, and her husband Corey and their children Kayla, Malachi and Caleb
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Peace,
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 The Rev. Natosha Reid Rice joins the staff at All Saints' as Minister for Public Life, a leadership role that will support the parish in our mission to seek to serve Christ and the dignity of every human in the world around us. Natosha's work will focus on strengthening existing relationships and building new bridges between All Saints' and the city of Atlanta, inspiring parishioners and the parish as a whole to deepen our commitment to the city, through preaching, teaching, relationship-building, spiritual formation, and informed action.
Natosha's role at All Saints' will be part-time, as her ministry is truly bi-vocational within and beyond the church. She serves as the Associate General Counsel for Real Estate and Finance at Habitat for Humanity International. In this position, she initiates and manages financing programs and strategies to generate sources of capital that enable Habitat affiliates to provide decent, affordable housing to families throughout the US. In addition to her work at Habitat, Natosha is the founder of Fresh Rain for Life Ministries.
Before joining All Saints', Natosha served for 11 years as the Associate Pastor for Women's Ministries at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, and she currently serves on the boards of the global Harvard Alumni Association as an Elected Director, the Atlanta Community Foodbank, the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, and Invest Atlanta's Atlanta Emerging Markets, Inc. She was ordained in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and attended a United Church of Christ seminary in St. Louis, MO. Natosha received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her B.A. in Government with honors from Harvard/Radcliffe College, and prior to joining Habitat, she practiced law in the commercial real estate practices of Alston & Bird LLP, in Atlanta, Georgia and at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison in New York City.
We are delighted to welcome Natosha to our parish as a preacher, a teacher, and a leader within our city. You can contact Natosha directly via her All Saints' email: nreidrice@allsaintsatlanta.org. Many blessings to her in this new chapter and to the work we will do together with her.
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Refugee Ministries Sunday
This Sunday, June 21, is our annual celebration of Refugee Ministries Sunday, which we observe in conjunction with World Refugee Day on June 20. This year, we celebrate the 26th anniversary of our Refugee Ministries program and the life-giving relationships our community has developed with former refugee families who fled war and genocide to miraculously make it to the United States and start new lives. It is a honor for us to walk alongside dozens of families and to deepen our faith by journeying in partnership with a diversity of communities from Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. We have learned so much from their resilience, strength, creativity and hope.
During our Sunday worship service, we are delighted to welcome Abraham Ater, a member of St. Michael and All Angels' Episcopal Church who came to the United States as a Lost Boy of the Sudan. Abraham helped create the Refugee Advocacy Consortium with our parish and five others and he will tell a small part of his incredible story during the Sunday service.
We will also delight in seeing Mang Bor Cin and her family pass the peace during Sunday's worship service. We welcomed her family to the United States from Myanmar in 2016. The family is very grateful for the educational fund we started this spring, which will allow Mang Bor Cin to attend Georgia Tech in the fall and pursue her dream of becoming a doctor.
May we continue to abide in the spirit and find joy and welcome in consciously intertwining our lives with those who have come here to start anew in faith and hope.
For more information, contact Louisa Merchant at louisam@allsaintsatlanta.org.
Sundays, 9:00 a.m., on Zoom
Join this ongoing discussion of the news of the day and how we are called as Christians to respond in the public arena, in our private lives, and in our prayers. Jesus on the From Page also has a Facebook group (click here to join). To join this meeting, please contact Ethel Ware Carter at ethelware@aol.com for the Zoom meeting link and password.
Worship and Adult Formation Survey
Thank you to all of the saints who have joined us for worship and formation online. As we look forward to the fall, we would like to hear from you so we can serve you more effectively. Please take this brief questionnaire (takes less than two minutes to complete!) and help shape our worship and formation offerings this fall.
Click here to take the survey.
For more information, contact the Rev. Dr. Andrew Barnett at abarnett@allsaintsatlanta.org.
Vestry Nominations Extension Begins this Week
The nomination process for the class of the 2022/2023 vestry was cut short
due to
our transition to Stay at Home. To ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate, we're accepting additional vestry nominations, starting today and ending on Sunday, July 5. The nominations we receive during this period will be added to the submissions we received earlier this year.
Please email your nominations for the vestry class of 2022/2023
to Pat Kiley at
patkiley@allsaintsatlanta.org
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Noonday Prayer
Mondays and Wednesdays, 12:05 p.m.,
on Facebook and Vimeo (Live)
Take a mid-day break and join a member of our clergy for a brief, five to ten-minute prayer service, now on Mondays and Wednesdays for the month of June. This service is broadcast live to Facebook and Vimeo. For more information, contact the Rev. Dr. Andrew Barnett at abarnett@allsaintsatlanta.org.
Compline Prayers
Thursdays, 8:00-8:30 p.m., on Zoom
Everyone is welcome to join our young adults for communal prayers using the service of Compline from the Book of Common Prayer (there is a free online version available at bcponline.org).
Please click here to sign up for this group, which is led by Justin Averette.
Pass the Peace with the Saints Online!
Send us a photo or short video to say "peace be with you." We will share these with our community during our online worship services at on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. Please email your peace to Jocelyn Cassada at jcassada@allsaintsatlanta.org by 5:00 p.m. on Thursdays.
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Giving
Pause, Breathe, Pray, Give
Here's how to give:
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You can mail in a check. We have someone checking the mail at the
church every day.
- You can give a gift or make a pledge payment online on our website at allsaintsatlanta.org/giving.
- You can set up recurring payments via our ACCESS: All Saints' online directory and payment system. Click on the logo (right hand side of our homepage at allsaintsatlanta.org) and set up your login.
- Give in an instant by using text to give. Type your message to: 73256 and in the message space: allsaintsatlanta (Note: the first time you use it, you input your credit card information. The next time it's quick!)
Thank you, All Saints'!
Debbie Wilson, Chair of Stewardship Committee
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Adult Formation
The MICAH Project:
21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge in July
Wednesday, July 1, 12:00 p.m.;
Sundays, July 5, 12, and 19, 12:00 p.m., and
Sunday, July 26, 12:30 p.m., on Zoom
Many of us feel called to make positive changes towards racial equity, starting with ourselves. Beginning Wednesday, July 1, you are invited to join fellow parishioners in this 21-day challenge. For those who would like to participate in accountability check-ins to discuss our challenges and reflections on Zoom, we'll start with a prayer together at noon on Wednesday, July 1. Then, we will meet at noon on Sundays, July 5, 12, 19 and 12:30 p.m. on July 26. Please click here to sign up for these Zoom meetings and Emily Avant will send you the meeting link and password.
The MICAH Project:
Lillian Smith and Breaking the Silence
Sunday, July 26, 11:00 a.m., on Zoom
Lillian Smith, a white southerner, was shunned and threatened most of her life (1897-1966) for speaking out against white supremacy and its toxic effects on individuals and society. From July 20-28, All Saints' parishioners will have the opportunity to access to the documentary "Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence," at home (click here to watch between July 20-28). Then, on Sunday, July 26, we'll discuss the life and legacy of Lillian Smith during a Zoom Q&A with the filmmaker, Hal Jacobs, and actor Brenda Bynum, who created a one-woman play on Smith's life. Please click here to sign up for the Zoom meeting any July 25 and Ann Stuart Pearce will send you the meeting link and password.
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Music
During this time of social distancing, we've been posting "Hymns from Home" videos on our Facebook and Vimeo pages with hymns from the requests we receive through The Hymn Project.
Click here to learn more about this project, to view the videos we've posted so far, and to offer your own hymn requests! We post new hymn videos on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the month of June.
For more information, contact Dr. Kirk Rich at krich@allsaintsatlanta.org.
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Parish Life
All Saints': Let Your Light Shine
We are already looking forward to the start of a new program year on Homecoming Sunday! As part of the celebration, you're invited to join our community in making angel lanterns at home for a parade-in-place.
Click here to order your angel lantern kit by July 26.
For more information, contact Jill Gossett at jgossett@allsaintsatlanta.org.
Ministry for Employment Transitions
We have launched a ministry to offer networking advice and support for parishioners who are facing employment transitions at this time. The group is led by parishioner Steve Hines.
To join this group or for more information, please contact Steve Hines at jobnetworking@allsaintsatlanta.org.
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Service
All Saints' Cares Update
Thank you for providing hundreds of lunches, all sorts of supplies, and over $28,275 in monetary donations to our ministries and partners across Atlanta. Click here to learn more. For more information, contact Jill Gossett at jgossett@allsaintsatlanta.org.
Share a Meal with the Men of Covenant Community
(on Zoom)
Mondays, June 22, July 6 and July 13
There is still a way to help with the Monday dinners for Covenant Community while quarantine restrictions are still in effect. Although it will be a while before visitors will be allowed to join the men to break bread, the following protocol has been suggested by CCI's Executive Director, Johnathan Davis. For the foreseeable future, dinner will need to be dropped off at the front door on Spring Street. After dinner, the men would very much like to do a Zoom meeting with the parishioner so that everyone could get together online. Available dates are: June 22, July 6 and 13. Please click here to inquire about providing a meal and Barbara Blender will be in touch to help coordinate.
Respite Care Atlanta: Help Celebrate the Fourth of July with Our Families
Respite Care Atlanta has many wonderful opportunities to volunteer for their Fourth of July "Pop Up Parade" and related festivities, including:
- Outfit cars with patriotic decorations for the parade route through our members' neighborhoods
- Bake and pack-up themed treats
- Prepare themed activities
- Create a presentation for a Zoom meeting in the morning (the theme must have something to do with the Fourth of July)
- Facilitate small group coffee chats on Zoom with members, caregivers, and other volunteers, including bingo (cards already made) and cognitive games
- Demo an art project or cooking class live on Zoom
Preparations must start early, so please sign-up as soon as possible by using RCA's Sign Up Genius. For more information, contact Wendy Liverant at wliverant@spdl.org.
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General
Get the Most Up-to-Date Information
As you know, things are changing quickly during this outbreak of COVID-19. Please continue to monitor our website for the latest news about upcoming virtual events, online worship services, and the answers to frequently asked questions regarding our policies and protocols during this time of temporary closure:
allsaintsatlanta.org/covid-19.
Need help using Zoom or other technology to connect with us online?
Beware of Email Phishing Scams
Please continue to beware of email scams by people who impersonate clergy or members of our community and ask for a "favor" and then ask for money or gift cards. Click here to learn more.
Diocesan News
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