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All Saints' Church

9601 Frankford Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19114

Phone:215-637-8787

Fax: 215-637-5103

e-mail: Starfollow@earthlink.com

Jesus said, "I am the bright Star of Dawn" - Revelation 22:16

All Saints' newsletter was started in 1960 by Dr. Edward Chinn as a small but informative way to keep the congregation aware of the happenings in and around the church. The first run of this paper, done on 81/2 x 14 sheets, was then mimeographed and sent to the congregation. In the 1980's, we named the paper "The Star" and prepared it on a computer then sent it to a commercial printer. In doing this, we decided to have advertisers on the last page to pick up the cost of printing and distribution. In the later part of 2000, the paper started to be edited by "Mike" Ryan and we started to print on our own equipment. In 2001, the "Kids Messenger" was started which is sent to the children of All Saints'. Currently, the "Star" reaches over five Hundred families per month and the "Kids Messenger" was discontinued in 2004. "Mike" stepped down as editor of the newsletter and the current paper, starting in September, 2009 is edited by Ruth Gordon.The following are highlights taken from the current issue of the "Star".

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December, 2009

The Star

All Saints’ Church

9601 Frankford Ave.

Philadelphia, PA 19114

215-637-8787

Fax: 215-637-5103

All Saints’ Church Home Page is

allsaintstorresdale

Worship Services

Saturdays 5:30 pm, Holy Eucharist

Sundays

8:00 am, Holy Eucharist

10:00 am, Holy Eucharist with Music

Vestry

Russ Binkley (12:2), Accounting Warden

215-945-7362

Nora Perry (10:1), Treasurer

215-342-5611

Harry Adams (12:1:),Treasurer

215-244-1311

Robert Buckley (11:2) - Property

Nancy Edwards (11:2) - Music

Jim Lee (10:2) - Deacon’s Committee

Dolores Ryan (12:2) - Christian Education

Victoria Gorbe (10:1) - Advertising

Ella Cunningham (11:1) - Membership

Dr. Joseph Kulkosky

Organist/Choirmaster

Linda Mullen, Secretary

215-637-8787

Kenneth Y. Chalmers Jr.

Carol Rifkin,

Nancy Umfer

Lay Eucharistic Ministers

All Saints’ Day School Nursery,

Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten

(215) 637-8788

Mrs. Sarah Traverse

Men of All Saints’

The Men of All Saints’ organization was founded in 1960 for the purpose of promoting fellowship and stewardship among the men of the

congregation. Our Saturday meetings which are held

on the second Saturday of the month at 9:00 AM, from September to June, commence with a breakfast which is prepared by our members. After breakfast we discuss church activities, current events and generally just get better acquainted. We sponsor the Men and Boys’ Corporate Communion every year, then serve breakfast for the Women and Girls’ Corporate Communion in May. Our other activities consist chiefly in supporting all other projects of the church such as the church bazaar, flower sales, flea markets, picnics, etc..

The men of all Saints’ will be serving breakfast each second Saturday of the month in our “Friendship Hall". Everyone, women and men, are invited to attend. The new name for this event is called the “Breakfast club”. Please call Tony Perry at 215-342-5611 and make your reservations. The next breakfast is January 9th at 9:00 a.m..

Happy Wedding Anniversary to:

December Anniversaries

12-08

Bob and Nancy Morck

12-16

Tony and Nora Perry

12-17

Bob and Margo Hoffmaster

12-19

Al and Jane Bucher

12-27

Hollie and Philip Pfaffman

December Birthdays

12-01

Maria Bonaccorso

12-02

David Gosser

12-03

Doris Horrell

12-03

Patrick Bonaccorso

12-03

Robert Buckley

12-03

Michael MacDougall

12-03

Kurt Haberle

12-04

Freda Dungan

12-05

Martha Gay Harmon

12-07

Ingrid C. States

12-07

Nora Perry

12-09

James Malley

12-11

Scott Joseph Smith

12-11

Dodie Rush

12-11

Claire Bower

12-12

Marilyn Malley

12-12

Deborah J. Kohn

12-15

Cindy Adams

12-17

Steven Hartzell

12-17

Gary Fluck

12-17

Justin McMullen

12-18

Nicolas McMullen

12-19

Myrna Weinstein

12-19

Doris Gurt

12-19

Susan Davis

12-22

Margaret Carter

12-22

Isobel Bulmers

12-23

Mary C. Craig-Haynes

12-24

Albertha Bowman

12-24

Leah Katherine Henesey

12-25

Andrea Lee Belardo

12-25

Michael Beuttenmuller

12-25

Kathy Ann Beuttenmuller

12-26

Stella Rita Bonaccorso

12-27

Mariana Quintas

How to Dedicate Altar Flowers

You can honor a loved one or friend, celebrate an anniversary or graduation, or remember someone who has passed over into life’s next stage. Fill out the form below and mail it to Mrs. Dot Thornton, at the address indicated.

To avoid any confusion, please place your flower memorial order only with Dot rather than through the church office or another individual. Thank You!

Flower Order Form

Altar Flowers - $15 per vase. 2 or 4 vases.

Chapel Flowers - $10.00

Name ____________________________________________________

Telephone No. _______________________________________________

Date of flowers on altar _______________________________________

Wording of bulletin announcement _______________________________

____________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

Send to Mrs. Dot Thornton

12628 Ramer Road, Philadelphia, PA 19154-1422.

215-637-3808

Info about All Saints’!

New to All Saints’? We welcome you to our faith community! We have a Visitor Bag for you with gifts and information about All Saints, available from one of our greeters before the 10 am Sunday worship service or at Fellowship Hour after worship.

Is your name missing from the list? Add your name to the birthdays and anniversaries lists by sending your information to the Church Office. (PS - We don’t need your birth year, just the month and date.)

What’s New?

Has something special happened in your life that you would like to announce to your Parish family? Send your holy happenings to our newsletter editor, Ruth Gordon (ruthkagordon@gmail.com) or leave a note at the Church Office with Linda Mullen.

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR 2009

FRIDAY, December 4th - 10 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

SATURDAY, December 5th - 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

It’s hard to believe that summer is over but.... time to get in gear for this year’s bazaar.

Consider donating a homemade craft for the Tumbola Table, Christmas and more table.

All inquiries/donations should be directed to Joan Kelly.

Quilters’ Table - one of a kind handcrafted items and beautiful quilts to be chanced off.

The Men of All Saints will prepare a Ham dinner on Friday evening.

5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. donation: $8:00

Santa and his friendly elf will join us both bazaar days for photos with him.

Bakers are needed to help supply the Country Store.

Time to look around the house for those gifts that weren’t quite you and donate them to Nearly New. All donations for Nearly New should be clearly marked and placed in the box which will be located in the Friendship Hall .

During the fall season, if you are cleaning out your attic, basement, closets, etc., please

remember Attic Treasures and bring us your “stuff.”

Ideas and help are always welcome to make this a successful event.

Colleen & Dolores Ryan

Interim Rector

We are pleased to announce that The Rev. Steve Snider will be our Interim Rector beginning January 1, 2010. The Rev. Leslie Evans will continue all services until that time and after January 1, she will be the celebrant for the Saturday 5:30 pm service.

Following 16 years as Rector of Church of the Holy Apostles - Penn Wynne in Wynnewood (Lower Merion Township) Steve retired from full-time ministry in 2006. Since that time he has served in part-time capacity as Associate Rector of Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr and as Interim Rector of Holy Comforter in Drexel Hill. Steve is about to complete his ministry as Interim Rector of St. George’s in Ardmore where the parish’s Search Committee has recommended its final candidate to the Vestry to become the next permanent Rector.

Steve and his wife, Irene, own their own home in Wynnewood where they have lived for almost 20 years. Irene is a physical therapist for Saunders House located on the campus of Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood. Steve and Irene are the parents of two thirty-something sons. Matt retired from the NFL (Packers, Vikings, Texans) after four seasons and now lives and works in San Diego. Steve began a career after college in a local securities and investments office but soon found San Francisco more to his liking. Home for him is not far from the Haight-Ashbury section of the city but aging hippies wouldn’t recognize the neighborhood today.

Rev. Snider has been an Episcopal priest for 35 years. During that time, in addition to his parish ministry, he was engaged in general services for local and state law enforcement agencies, served as a staff member for two in-patient chemical dependency treatment centers, and taught part-time as an adjunct faculty member in a local community college. Over his years in the Diocese of Pennsylvania, Steve has served on a clergy committee for ECS, as chaplain for the Philadelphia chapter of Integrity, and as a board member of the Dolphins, a volunteer organization known for its work in providing contact with the elderly and respite for family care-givers. On-site sheltering for the homeless, classroom volunteers in West Philadelphia public schools, and Aid-for-Friends (a meal program for the elderly and homebound) were among some of the outreach activities established during his tenure at Holy Apostles.

Retirement brought with it the opportunity for travel. Steve and Irene have visited Normandy – where Steve’s father landed at Utah Beach in ‘44 – Belgium, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy and the UK. Why? Steve’s major areas of study in college were history and political science and he said he always wanted to see the places he agonized over during final exams.

Steve looks forward to greeting and getting to know everyone at All Saints’. Look for him on his commute from Wynnewood: he’ll be the guy directly behind two trucks and a bus heading up the Boulevard!

The Rev. Steve Snider

ECW—Church World Service Report

Blanket Sunday

$553.00

January 11, 2009

Layette Sunday

515.00

February 28, March 1, 2009

World Service Sunday

476.00

October 24, 25, 2009

United Thank Offering

446.00

May 16, 17, 2009

We received 13 outfits, 10 packages of onesies, and two bath towels. Pat Ryan and her relatives crocheted 15 receiving blankets, eight scarves, six hats and two pairs of booties and three tied blankets. As always, Peg Schoen’s friend, Nancy Pilch, knitted 50 pairs of slippers in all sizes. Another friend of Nora Perry’s knitted three sweaters and a pair of Mary Jane’s, which were too cute. These items were given to St. Mary Medical Center, Mother Bachmann Maternity Center at 2560 Knights Road, Bensalem, Pennsylvania. This is a clinic for women with no insurance or very little coverage to see they get the proper medical care during their pregnancy and birth of their children. They also receive after-birth care.

Monetary donations for Layette Sunday and World Service Sunday are sent to the Episcopal Relief and Development Fund. Contributions for Blanket Sunday are sent directly to Church World Service Blanket Program.

On behalf of ECW, we thank you for your generosity and continuing support of this vital ministry for Church World Service.

Joan Kelly

Episcopal Church Women Representative

Vestry Notes

Annual Meeting Synopsis and Election Results

All Saints’ held their annual Congregational Meeting on Sunday, November 8, 2009 following the 10 am worship service. Canon Paul Mottl clarified Bishop Michel’s position regarding the parish’s sudden resignation of The Rev. Jeffrey Liddy in August, and commended the Vestry for their excellent dedication in light of the situation. Afterwards, he answered several questions from the floor. Cary Rush, Rector’s Warden, then asked attendees to fill out their ballots for new Vestry members, and then offered a short break before returning to the meeting for various committee reports. After reports were given, ballots were tallied, and the results were; Russ Binkley, Dolores Ryan, Deane Gordon, and Harry Adams. The Rector’s Warden thanked Donna Carrick for her service for the past three years.

Christmas Services 2009

Christmas Eve Services

4 pm—Family Service

7:30 pm—Carol Service

8:00 pm— Eucharist

Christmas Day Services

No services are planned for Christmas Day

Christian Formation There will be no Sunday school classes on December 27 or on January 3. We will resume January 10th. Bring one of your favorite items that you got for Christmas to class that day.

Communications

Good News from the Communications Committee: We will be active with our "Amerilert" system by the first of December. Now all members that have signed up will receive a phone call regarding various announcements, i.e. weather relating to church closings, special services, guest celebrants, etc.

Church Registry for 2009

Marriages

Megan Patricia Verano and Matthew Carl Domenic

Diana Aria and Ryan Brogan

Baptisms

Anastasia Marie Davis

Alexia Mia Garcia

Mystic Rain Russell

Nikiyah Monei Jefferson

Gabriella Rose Foster

Ashley Michelle Palma

Dalla Capozio

Jenna Lynn Acevedo

Joee Elizabeth Acevedo

Alexis Victoria Marie Gorbe

Patrick Daniel Kinsley

Christian Paul Burnett

Emily Elizabeth Herman

Abigail Marie Herman

Emily Schmeltzer

Monica Rogers

Shawn Rogers

Leeanna Rose Rogers

Thomas Michael Foca

Myles Josef Brown

Anthony James Gallelli III

Deaths

Pauline Seymour

James E. MacElwee

Myrtle Veight

Leonard Campbell

Nancy Thornton

Joan L. Hartzell

Jean Trench Brown

Tristan Tyler Lancaster

Mildred M. McFalls

Ronald Umfer

William A. Dungan

December Meetings

Interested in some of the activities at All Saints’?

For information about Young at Heart, contact Peg Schoen.

For information about Episcopal Church Women, contact Rosella Laidlaw.

For information about Quilters, contact Doris Gurt.

For information about Knitters and Crocheters, contact Nora Perry.

Scouts at All Saints’

Boy Scout Troop 252 and Cub Scout Pack 252 meet regularly at All Saints. Boy Scout Troop 252 has been chartered by All Saints’ Church since 1962. The church provides the unit with permanent meeting rooms for storage and display of troop items. Cub Scout Troop 252 has been headquartered at All Saints’ since 1956. The many Cub dens include Wolf, Bear, and Webelo. Each den meets weekly in the church basement and all dens have a combined meeting several times a year.

Both troops always welcome new members. For more information about meetings, please contact the leaders.

Boy Scout Troop 252 is led by John Heiple, Scout Master (215) 956-8835.

Cub Scout Pack 252 is led by Mark Davis, Cub Master (215) 333-6979.