Announcements
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Sunday, September 21
Our
Annual Parish Picnic will be held in the auditorium. It will be catered by Hero's to include pulled pork, baked potatoes, and coleslaw, etc. immediately following our 10:30 service.
Sunday, September 21
We will begin our annual stewardship campaign with the name of "Tell out my soul".
Sunday, September 21 - November 2
We will hold parish dinners during this period with the agenda of getting to know each other better. We will need volenteers to host these dinners with Fr. John and parishioners. Look for further announcements as the dates approach.
Sunday, October 5
St Francis Day (
Blessing of the Animals)
We plan to have a short service in the early afternoon to bless the animals on the front lawn.
Sunday, November 2
All Saints Day Festivies
All Saints Day service will begin with incense at the Memorial Garden and then move to the Rose Kneale Room where pictures of loved ones that parishioners have placed on the table will be celebrated with incense. The service includes parishioners placing their pledges supporting our church mission on the high altar. After the service we will hold our annual All Saints' Pot Luck dinner, so bring your favorite dish or dish showing your family heritage to share.
Book Club of September
The All Saints Book Club (all are invited) will read The wonderful mystery, The God of the Woods by Liz Moore. A discussion of the book and reactions will be discussed on Sepstember 10 at 4 p.m. In the Rose Kneale Room.
The Book Nook is open every Saturday from 10 to 2.
Comb through our vast collection of books for your reading enjoyment.
The collection of books numbers nearly 6000. Hard cover books cost one dollar with paperback books are less expensive. We also have CD's and DVD's in our collection.
The Resale Shop is open every Saturday from 10 till 2!
New merchandise every week!
Please plan to visit us on Saturdays as we have new items. We are getting more new customers every week! Come by and find a treasure for yourself or just visit for a bit. We are located in the Old Rectory next to the church and staffed by the most friendly people you will ever meet!
Welcome: The Rev. John Conners, Interim Priest
It is with great joy that we announce The Rev. John H. Conners has accepted the call to be the Interim Rector of All Saints’, beginning on June 2nd, 2025. Fr. John’s first Sunday with us will be June 8th…the Day of Pentecost.
John is a native Michigander, having grown up in Menominee in the Upper Peninsula. He attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he earned a bachelor’s degree from the university’s School of Music on North Campus. He entered as an Organ and Church Music major, but took the degree in Music Education. John and his wife moved back to Menominee where he bought the small family shoe store he had worked in during high school and built a house out on the shores of the Bay of Green Bay (Lake Michigan). John has an adult son, Ken, who currently resides in Japan with his wife, Opal and his ‘Grand-Kitty,’ Agnes.
It was during this time that John transitioned from the Presbyterian to the Episcopal Church. Ten years later the congregation of St. Paul’s, Marinette (the Wisconsin side of Menominee/Marinette) sent John and his family to New York where he earned his MDiv. at The General Theological Seminary. While in New York John served as seminarian, deacon, and priest on staff at The Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Times Square. His son, Kenneth, served as ‘Boat Boy’ in the liturgy at St. Mary’s…and sang for three years in the Metropolitan Opera’s Children Chorus. It was a time of great transition in John’s family’s life, and after ordination he left New York with his future partner of 25 years, The Rev. H. King McGlaughon. King died of cancer 11 years ago. John, and his son Ken are still very close even though they currently live 4,000 miles apart.
Fr. John has already begun moving into the Rector’s office at All Saints’. He looks forward to having time with each of you while sharing food, fun, and stories as together we begin our ‘Journey of Transition.’
Our signature community service project is the free community Breakfast which we serve to our community each Saturday morning. This mission is a very meaningful experience for an excess of 100 people each week providing the nourishment of food, shelter, and relationships. With the cost of food increasing and the number of hungry community members increasing, our funding of this important service is needing to increase. We are offering an opportunity for you to support this invaluable activity by purchasing a raffle ticket. Tickets can be purchased for $25 each. Half of the collected money will go to support the breakfast while the remainder will be divided into four equal shares awarded to the four winners of the drawing on November 2. Purchase of tickets can be made from church members or by texting Alan Hoffman at 248.613.1767 or emailing alanhoffman@wayne.edu.
