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All Saints' Day
All Saints' Day (also called All Hallows
or Hallowmas), often shortened to All
Saints, is a solemnity celebrated on November 1st by parts of Western Christianity in honor of all the saints, known and
unknown. In the Western calendar, it is
the day after Halloween and the day before All Souls' Day.
In Western Christian theology, the day
commemorates all those who have attained the beatific vision in Heaven. In the
Catholic Church and many Anglican
churches, the next day specifically commemorates the departed faithful who have
not yet been purified and reached heaven.
Christians who celebrate All Saints' Day
and All Souls' Day do so in the fundamental belief that there is a prayerful spiritual
bond between those in purgatory, those in
heaven, and the living. Other Christian traditions define, remember and respond to
the saints in different ways; for example,
in the Methodist Church, the word "saints"
refers to all Christians and therefore, on
All Saint's Day, the Church Universal, as
well as the deceased members of a local
congregation, are honored and remembered.
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Wheatland WY
1912 — 2016
Congratulations, All Saints’,
on your
104th Anniversary!
You’re invited!
All Saints’ Day is November 1st. This is the day
we celebrate God and all of his saints, known or
unknown. (See article at left.) This year, the first
Sunday in November is the 6th.
This day is All Saints’ Sunday and we will be
celebrating our 104th birthday on Sunday,
November 6th, 2016.
Please join us for morning worship
at 9:30 AM followed by coffee hour and
a birthday cake for all to enjoy!
Painting by Fra Angelico
All Saints’ Mission Statement
All Saints’ Episcopal Church as part of Christ’s family is called together: to grow
spiritually, to share our life and faith with others, and to experience Christ’s love
through word and deed.
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From the Episcopal Diocese
of Wyoming:
Together we raised $18,792.25 for Episcopal
Relief and Development!
Pictured above is Dan Land of St. John's, Jackson,
and the Rev. Chris Galagan of Christ Church, Cody.
Dan is a member of the Foundation Board and advocates greatly for the support of ERD. The Rev.
Galagan has worked as the
Diocese of Wyoming's ERD representative.
All parishes were invited to bring their
contributions for ERD to Convention. The
total raised is being matched by the
Foundation for the Episcopal Diocese of
Wyoming for a grand total of $37,584.50!
~Save the Date ~
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Details to come!
Celebrating 75 years of healing a hurting world!
“But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of
mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace for those who make peace.” James 3:17-18 (NRSV)
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Advent Bible Study
Advent begins November 27 and All Saints’ will once again have
a Wednesday night soup supper and bible study. We will begin
the evening with soup and bread and follow that with a bible
study and reflection. In the busy, hectic Christmas season we hope to offer a time to
recharge and renew. There will be a sign-up sheet in the parish hall for those
wishing to attend.
If you don’t have a chance to sign up while you’re at church, please
contact the church office and Bronnie will put you on the list. Don’t
miss out on a wonderful experience that will prepare you for a
blessed and even more meaningful Christmas season!
Sunday, November 6th
Sunday, November 13th
6:00 PM
On Sunday, November 6th, we will be
celebrating our 104th anniversary
during Coffee Hour with a birthday
cake in honor of our beautiful church!
On Sunday, November 13th, All
Saints’ will be having a dinner in the
parish hall.
Covenant Lutheran and United
Church of Christ will be joining us
to discuss hunger in Wheatland and
how we might address this problem
together.
We will also be kicking off our 2017
Stewardship Campaign. Rev. Lori will
speak to us on this matter.
Please plan to join us on this
auspicious occasion for coffee, cake,
and a celebration!
It may be difficult to believe that
hunger and poverty exist in our
community, but they do!
Please come for dinner and help us
become part of the solution.
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Are you up-to-date with your pledge payments? If you are, thank you very much! Your
continued generosity keeps the lights on and a whole lot of other things working around
here! Because pledges have been slow coming in, we’re experiencing a shortfall of approximately $1,400.00 this month. Part of this is because our quarterly insurance bill has
come due ($756.50) and we’ve seen increases in the utility bills. We are absolutely on
budget for 2016, but for all our financial planning — if the revenue we expected is not
there, it makes it hard to pay the bills. We understand that life happens, there are car repairs, the furnace goes out, or some other unexpected expenses come our way. But if it’s
just a case of having overlooked making your pledge payment this month or last quarter,
could you please make your payment today? If you are unsure of where you are with your
pledge payments, please contact Jeannie Mitchell and she can let you know. Thanks again
for supporting our wonderful church!
Cranberry Sauce and Pumpkin Pie
by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson
Turkeys and cornucopias and pilgrim hats. Seasoned
stuffing hot from the oven. Creamed onions, cranberry
sauce and pumpkin pie. Uncles and aunts and cousins
to play with. Grandmothers and grandfathers with family gathered round. Children waiting for the Great
Pumpkin to rise over Charlie Brown's pumpkin patch
and dads watching college football. A day to relax and
maybe rake leaves in the afternoon.
But Thanksgiving? How much will our celebrations
have to do with giving thanks?
The Pilgrims lived close enough to the soil to know
how dependent they were on God's Providence. They
had learned to thank God in the midst of the bitterness
of winter past. And they were quick to thank Him during abundant blessing, too.
We teach our children to say "please" and "thank you"
as the rudiments of courtesy, yet it is so easy to be rude
and unthinking toward God. How often we forget to
gratefully acknowledge His goodness towards us.
This Thanksgiving let your prayers and expressions of
love rise toward your Heavenly Father.
"What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits
toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call
A glance at the first Thanksgiving brings it all back. On upon the name of the Lord." (Psalm 116:12-13)
December 21, 1620 the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth
rock. Through the dead of winter the colony struggled
with poor and meager food, strenuous labor, a biting
wind that chilled to the bone, and the ravages of disease. Nearly half the 102 Mayflower passengers did not
live to see Spring refresh Cape Cod Bay.
But God sent Indians--Samoset, Squanto, and Massasoit--to help the English settlers plant and hunt and
fish. The bountiful harvest that autumn led Governor
Bradford to invite the Indians to celebrate God's goodness. Ninety tall braves accepted the invitation to join
the Pilgrims in a feast of Thanksgiving to God for His
blessings.
1st Sunday of
9:30 AM
Morning
Worship
27
9:30 AM
Morning
Worship
20
6:00 PM—Dinner at All
Saints’ with CLC & UCC
9:30 AM Morning Worship
13
All Saints’
104th
Birthday!
9:30 AM Morning Worship
6
Sun
28
21
World
Kindness
Day
14
7
Mon
29
22
15
8
1
Day
Tue
30
23
16
9
2
Wed
2nd—Amy Bates
7th—Isabella Greulich
13th—Jane Olind
18th—Shelby Woods
20th—Shana Bunker
Cindy Woods
24
World
Peace
Day
17
10
3
Thu
Fri
25
18
11
2:00 AM tonight!
Sat
26
Shopping Reminder
Day
19
12
5
20th—Norb Olind
23rd—Shane Woods
25th—Courtney Connelly
26th—Robert McManus
28th—Rory McManus
Wade Mitchell
Men Make
Dinner Day
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All Saints’ Episcopal Church
November 2016
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Top Ten Historical Thanksgiving Facts
1. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the USA.
2. In Canada, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October .
3. The Plymouth Pilgrims were the first to celebrate the Thanksgiving.
4. By the fall of 1621 only half of the pilgrims, who had sailed on the Mayflower, survived. The survivors,
thankful to be alive, decided to hold a thanksgiving feast.
5. They celebrated the first Thanksgiving Day in the fall of 1621.
6. The Wampanoag Indians were the people who taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land.
7. The Pilgrim leader, Governor William Bradford, had organized the first Thanksgiving feast in the year 1621
and invited the neighboring Wampanoag Indians also to the feast.
8. The state of New York officially made Thanksgiving Day an annual custom in 1817.
9. The annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade tradition began in the 1920's.
10. Californians are the largest consumers of turkey in the USA.
An Ode to The Birds
To our national birds,
The American Eagle,
And the Thanksgiving Turkey:
May one give us peace
in all our states
And the other a piece
for all our plates!
Two true stories from the Butterball Turkey Hotline, where people call to get advice on how to cook a
turkey from the experts:
Thanksgiving Dinner on the run: A woman called 1-800-323-4848 to find out how long it would take to roast her
turkey. To answer the question, the Hot-Line home economist asked how much the bird weighed. The woman
responded, "I don't know, it's still running around outside."
Tofu turkey? No matter how you slice it, Thanksgiving just isn't Thanksgiving without turkey. A restaurant owner in
California wanted to know how to roast a turkey for a vegetarian menu.
Then there's the time a lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store, but couldn't find one big
enough for her family. She asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?" The stock boy replied, "No
ma'am, they're dead."
Thanksgiving is a traditional American Holiday where families all over the United States sit for dinner
at the same time — Halftime.
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“But seek first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness, and
all these things shall be given to
you. “ Matthew 6:33 (MEV)
HARVEST BLESSING
Please join the Church of Our
Saviour, Hartville, for their
annual Harvest Blessing on
Saturday, November 12, 2016 at
5:30 PM.
The Blessing with be followed by a
carry-in dinner. Our Saviours will provide the meat and
all who are attending are asked to bring a covered dish.
After dinner there will be a dance with music by DJ Majic.
Fun and fellowship will be enjoyed by all. So come and
have a wonderful evening out!
(In this month of Thanksgiving) “I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole
heart; before the gods I sing your praise. . . and give thanks to your name for
your steadfast love and your faithfulness.” Psalm 138:1-2
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O give thanks unto the
Lord; for he is good.
Psalm 136:1, KJV
Don’t forget to set your
clocks back one hour
Saturday night
before you go to bed!
Daylight Saving Time ends
at 2:00 am on
Sunday, November 6th!
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
605 - 11th Street
PO Box 997
Wheatland, WY 82201
307-322-9067
[email protected]
http://allsaintswheatland.diowy.org/