A Message from Allison

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Dear Grateful All Saints Families,

In my home, we have begun to settle into our “new normal.” The children are starting to accept that this is our life for the foreseeable future. Deron and I created a shared workspace in the study and like many of you, have blocked off work time and parenting, so that we feel like a tag team wrestlers when one tags in for parenting, as the other dashes into the study for either the blissful silence of the noise cancelling headphones or the omnipresent, chaotic Zoom meeting.

I can make fun of our new normal because our family is doing well. We are healthy. Deron and I still have jobs: jobs, which allow us to work from home. We have food in the kitchen and money in the bank. That is more than so many people in our community have right now. And even fewer people will have those things next month. Those people need our help.

Please consider helping as you can. All Saints Outreach Committee supports these organizations:

You may also donate to All Saints by-the-Sea and in the memo line write Outreach and the Outreach committee will distribute your funds. In this week’s Bell Tower you will see an invitation to give funds for All Saints to purchase gifts for mothers living with their children at Transition House. You can make donations to this or other Outreach ministries on the All Saints’ website.

Deron and I received our stimulus check last week. We are donating our stimulus money to organizations which help people who have been impacted by COVID-19. If you are in a position to do so, I invite your family to consider doing the same. If you have food on your table, money in the bank, and the comfort of your salary and health, rejoice and be thankful. And out of our gratitude, maybe give something to those who have lost some of those things in the last few weeks. By sharing with others, we become Christ’s heart and hands in the world. God is with us through sick and health and so is our faith community at All Saints.

Peace,

Allison