Bulletin for May 15, Fifth Sunday of Easter
Jean Reams
Dear Saints,
Attached is the bulletin for May 15, Fifth Sunday of Easter worship service at 10:30 am. We will have hybrid worship this Sunday with both in-person worship and virtual worship available. For in-person worship, please sign-in when you arrive. Masks are required. If you have been exposed to COVID or are not feeling well, please stay home. Everyone is asked to turn in a COVID waiver if you have not done so yet. Copies will be attached to the bulletin emails and available at the church when you come. Wristbands will be available for people to indicate the level of contact they will be comfortable with while attending church. We are looking for strong volunteers to be crucifers to carry the cross during the procession and recession during the worship service. Please email me or let Pastor Shannon know on Sunday if you are willing to volunteer.
COMMUNION OPTIONS DURING WORSHIP: Since the COVID rates have decreased, we will now be offering two options for communion. You can either choose to receive communion around the altar or you can continue receiving communion at your seat utilizing one of the prefilled communion kits. If you want to receive communion at the altar, Please pick up an empty cup for wine, or a prefilled cup of grape juice, as you come to the Lord’s Table by the center aisle. If you are seated on the right side, please approach the altar from the center aisle and move around to the center at the back of the altar platform. Stand to the left of the person in front of you in line. If you are seated on the left side, please approach the altar from the center aisle and move to the center at the front of the altar platform. Stand to the left of the person in front of you in line. You may place the used cup in the empty tray at the front of each side aisle as you return to your seat.
The link for the livestream service for this Sunday is: https://youtu.be/pVbY_rG9Qh8
The Facebook Livestream: https://www.facebook.com/AllSaintsBowie/live_videos/
The bulletin and streaming URL will be posted to the website later this evening or tomorrow. The bulletin URL is: http://allsaintsbowie.org/bulletin/bulletin.pdf
A Kids Celebrate bulletin for this Sunday is attached.
HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND:
A Celebration of Life for Dr. Leon D. Weaver, Sr.: A Celebration of Life for Dr. Leon D. Weaver, Sr. will be held on Saturday, May 14, at 11 am at Beall Funeral Home. Please note the change in location and refer to the Beall website for additional details on this event. Masks are recommended.
Meeting on the Future Site of Outdoor Meditation Space at All Saints Lutheran: Come, join the planning discussion at the proposed site on the North Property, on Saturday, May 14, at 3 pm. For questions contact Deb Ariguzo or Jaye Summerlot.
SUNDAY ADULT BIBLE STUDY:
The Adult Bible study class will be held via Zoom at
9:00 am. The class will study the current week's lectionary readings, as found in the bulletin sent out every week prior to service. No materials are needed other than a Bible and/or the bulletin. For those attending in-person worship, a computer may
be set-up in the SW Classroom or you can use your phone. Bring your Sunday breakfast and hot beverage of choice to learn a bit about the background and context of the week's readings. Just click on the link below and follow the prompts on your computer or
smartphone. If you don't have either, you can use the Germantown phone number listed below to participate using your land line phone. Any questions, please contact the class facilitator Sven Allenbach-Schmidt.
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81265831091?pwd=endSWW1CRlRVRUFjdVp4bTZOekpVQT09
Meeting ID: 812 6583 1091 Password: 023260
One tap mobile: +13017158592,,81265831091#,,,,0#,,023260# US (Germantown)
Happening This Week:
Tuesday Adult Bible Study
Every Tuesday from 10 am to 12 noon, an Adult Bible Study will be held via Zoom. The Tuesday Bible Study is going through a DVD course by N. T. Wright and Michael Bird titled The New Testament in its World. A copy of the student workbook will be provided for all participants and are available on the table in the narthex. The Tuesday Adult Bible Study meets on Zoom at 10 am on Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/574562283?pwd=WHkvVEkvZlpYb3Z4RW1oU1V3RExzQT09
The Meeting ID is 574 562 283 and the Password is 006492.
For more information about these courses, please speak to the course facilitator, Sven Allenbach-Schmidt.
IT IS SOFTBALL SEASON! All Saints will be playing St. Edwards this Tuesday, May 17, at 8:30 pm at Allen Pond Field #1 and will be playing St. Edwards again at 9:30 pm at Allen Pond Field #1. Come out to support the Saints!
ASLC LIVING-WELL cancer SUPPORT GROUP has returned to meeting in-person at All Saints, following CDC guidelines, on the 3rd Saturday of the month at 10 am. Our next meeting will be May 21. If desired, the virtual option via Zoom can be arranged to join the meeting from home. Please contact Deb Ariguzo to receive the invite link or to address any questions.
Reconciling in Christ Conversations Start May 22: As a kick-off event for this renewed RIC effort, the team will present a Temple Talk on Sunday, May 22, during the worship service. After the service, all the Saints are invited to bring their own lunch and join us for an initial conversation session.
If anyone would like additional information, or if you have questions, you can direct them to the RIC team: Emily DeMarco, Austin DeMarco, Liz Muller, Jaye Summerlot, Mark Brown, and Diane Hampton. See more details in the bulletin attached.
Announcements of Note:
The Bowie Food Pantry is experiencing a significant reduction in its food supply and in donations. All contributions of food or money to the pantry would be much appreciated in the coming months. Food contributions can be left in the ASLC entryway or dropped off at the pantry during its hours of operation. Please go to Bowiefoodpantry.org to see the list of food items the pantry distributes or for more information about additional donation drop-off locations.
May is ASLC Scholarship Month
The ASLC Scholarship is funded totally through donations. Donations are accepted weekly, monthly, yearly or during the ASLC Scholarship MAY campaign. ASLC Scholarship is NOT a line item of the church budget. Scholarship awards are based solely on donations received. Awards have ranged from $500 - $1000 per student per year depending upon money received and number of students each year. Every dollar helps. Please note ASLC Scholarship on the memo line so funds go directly to where you intended.
Our college students need your support. Please consider giving to the ASLC Scholarship Program. All donations go directly to our students. Please help.
For further information please reach out to Roz Kleffman, Louise Waynant or Kim Watson.
Opportunity for YOU to serve the World!
Here is an opportunity for YOU to serve the world in a very practical and strategic way! Please consider your financial, prayerful, and/or logistical role in helping Pastor Kevin Rees, son of John and Karen Rees, in bring theological education to approximately 50 local pastors in and around Mbabane, Eswatini in southern Africa. This is under the umbrella of World Hope Ministries International (www.whmi.org), a non-denominational mission agency bringing biblical and theological courses, free of charge, to some of the world's poorest and remotest church leaders. His expenses for this extended week of ministry is $3500--every penny of which will ultimately benefit these local pastors. Kevin’s module for instruction is to train and re-launch some of these graduates to continue teaching Bible Institutes to others in their own region as they have been taught. All tax-deductible contributions (memo-marked Eswatini) can be mailed - Grace Community Church, P.O. Box 10783, Goldsboro, NC 27532. Online giving (Venmo) is also available via the church website (www.gracecommunitygoldsboro.) or by directly contacting Vicki at WHMI (vic...@whmi.org). Thank you in advance and praise God for the privilege to go out "for the sake of the Name"
UPDATE OF THE ALL SAINTS MEMBER DIRECTORY INFORMATION: Everyone is asked to update their member directory information as soon as possible by utilizing the link on the All Saints website which can be found at: https://allsaintsbowie.org/1831-2 . You can either fill out the information online or print the form, fill it out and turn it into the church office.
All Saints is now part of Amazon Smile!
Whenever you shop on Amazon, you can benefit All Saints automatically through Amazon Smile.
Use smile.amazon.com/, log in to your Amazon account and select All Saints Lutheran Church as your beneficiary. More information can be found at tinyurl.com/aslcgive
Make sure the URL says “smile.amazon.com" each time you shop!
Other Important Information:
ELECTRONIC OFFERING: You can make your offering to All Saints online. For more information and instructions to get started, please visit https://allsaintsbowie.org/giving. You can also make your offering to All Saints through Vanco’s GIVE+TEXT program. The number to text your offering to All Saints is 844-903-2078. If you have questions about our electronic options, contact financial...@allsaintsbowie.org.
Simply Giving portal at http://tinyurl.com/giveaslc. You can download instructions for using the online giving portal at https://www.allsaintsbowie.org/pdf/Online%20Giving%20Instructions.pdf.
Please let Pastor Shannon or me know if you need anything or have any questions.
Have a blessed weekend!
Take care,
Jean
Jean Reams
All Saints Lutheran Church
16510 Mount Oak Road
Bowie, MD 20716