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This community event is open to all and there is no entry fee! Grab your family, friends, and neighbors and join in the fun.
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Christmas Eve – Tuesday, December 24
3:00 p.m. – Family Service – All children will be able to participate in this much loved service that tells the Christmas Story
8 p.m. – Traditional Christmas Eve Choral Eucharist with Candle Lighting
Christmas Day – Wednesday, December 25
10:30 a.m. – Christmas Lessons & Carols Eucharist Service
Christmas Lunch follows the service, please sing up at the Information table or contact the church office (805)969-4771. Signups are necessary to attend the lunch.
First Sunday after Christmas – December 29
8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Services
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Dr. Bruce Fisk (PhD, Duke) is a former professor of New Testament at Westmont College in CA and now on staff as Senior Research Fellow for NEME. NEME: The Network of Evangelicals for the Middle East is a coalition of evangelical Christian pastors, scholars, leaders, and lay people who believe that a greater peace, a wider justice, and a more hopeful future is possible for the Middle East. Dr. Fisk is responsible for creating Israel/Palestine dialogue curriculum for evangelical and academic groups, curating and writing articles related to evangelical engagement, and building relationships with evangelical academic institutions.
Saturday, December 14 Schedule:
10:00-10:30 Arrival: Coffee & Tea
10:30-12:00 Morning session: (45min lecture 45min Q&A)
Session 1 – Israel/Palestine 101 We often hear that the conflict between Jews and Arabs in the Holy Land goes back to Isaac and Ishmael. It doesn’t. It’s less than 150 years old. What are the major events since the late 19th century that explain today’s battle for sacred real estate? What gets in the way of peaceful co-existence in Israel/Palestine? Why did Gaza explode? Questions like these are bound to stir up lively discussion, which calls us to listen well, extend hospitality, and practice love of neighbor and enemy.
12:00-1:00 Lunch: Sandwiches, cookies, and drinks provided
1:00 – 2:30 Afternoon session (45min lecture 45min Q&A)
Session 2 – Blessing All of Abraham’s Children God’s word to Abraham in Genesis 12:3 (I will bless those who bless you. . .) is often read today as a call for Christians to extend uncritical, “ironclad” support for the modern nation-state of Israel, commonly conflated with the Jewish people, at the expense of other peoples in the Holy Land. Better ways to “bless” Abraham’s children include celebrating the ancient heritage and profound connections of both Jews and Palestinian Arabs to the land, and treating all inhabitants of the land as dignified subjects, not as objects.
Bruce will be preaching on Sunday December 15, at All Saints by the Sea.
Event is free, reservations are appreciated. Click here to reserve your spot for the Saturday event.
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The Outreach Committee will be collecting non-perishable thanksgiving food items for the YMCA Noah’s Anchorage Youth and Family Services. This is an exciting, new giving opportunity that we are embarking on this year!
These services will use the items you donate to put together baskets of thanksgiving foods for young adults and families served across their programs. The items they are looking for include canned corn, canned green beans, stuffing mix, instant mashed potatoes, gravy packets, canned pumpkin pie mix, canned apple pie mix, and pie crust.
We will be collecting items between October 20th and November 10th. Please place your non-perishable donated items in the Turkey Box in the back of the church. Thank you!
Additionally, the church will be participating in the annual M-4 (Montecito Churches) Turkey Drive. Last year, All Saints collected 94 turkeys and chickens and over $2,000 as part of this effort to support the work of the Santa Barbara Food Bank. The M-4 goal this year is to collect 500 turkeys between our four churches.
Please deliver your frozen poultry to the church on Sunday, November 24th from 8:00 am until 1:00 pm. There will be a collection bin for turkeys and chickens in the parking lot next to the church office. Please fill out a donation form on the information table and place it in the collection basket or return it to the church office as soon as possible, so we know how many birds to expect.
Thank you for your generous participation, and we look forward to making this a Thanksgiving to remember for all those in our community!
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In which the wisdom teachings of John Philip Newell and the spiritual practices of Cami Twilling call us to be aware of the sacredness of Earth and every human being as key to the way of transformation and healing in our lives and world. The retreat focuses on the main themes of John Philip’s award-winning book Sacred Earth Sacred Soul. This retreat features two unique opportunities, a Friday evening talk and book signing reception with John Philip Newell and a Saturday morning retreat with teaching from John Philip Newell and spiritual practices led by Cami Twilling.
Registration is available here for one or both as each will offer different presentations from John Philip. Sacred Earth Sacred Soul Evening Talk and Morning Retreat.
February 14-15, 2025
Friday Evening Talk 7-9pm
Saturday Morning Retreat 9am-1pm
Centering Prayer “Silent Saturdays” the first Saturday of every month.
“Silence is a great common denominator between people and also between us and God.
God’s first language is silence. Everything else is a poor translation. It is by entering into silence that we are best able to hear God” Fr. Thomas Keating.
Please join us on the first Saturday of each month, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm in the Parish House. All are welcome.
These meetings give you the opportunity to come together to practice Centering Prayer.
There will be time for discussions, answering questions and sharing your experience with others.
The first prayer period starts promptly at 10:00 AM
Questions or concerns please contact either:
Brenda Hudson brenda.hudson@cox.net
Or Cliff Gilb cliffg4250@gmail.com
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Come to the Quiet Retreat for Ordinary Time, Creation
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Parish House 9:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
9:00 Retreat begins. Opening prayers, readings, and welcome! Lectio Divina: Listening to Scripture and one another
9:45 Quiet journaling and creating time. Bring your favorite things for writing, collage,watercolor, and your favorite pilgrim journal
10:45 Regathering and Closing
11:15 Blessings and peace until we meet again!
An offering from Marcy O’Hara, Parishioner and Spiritual Director. Retreat is open to 25 participants.
RSVP at the Welcome Table or email office@asbts.org
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Please join us on November 18 at 5:30 in the Parish House for our next Book Club and Potluck when we will be discussing An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Bring a dish to share and the beverage of your choice. Dick and Doris Goodwin were married […]
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The Outreach Committee invites the entire parish to come to the All Saints Patio at 5 p.m. on Sept. 28 for a magical evening “under the stars.”
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