Tupelo, MS 38804 (662) 842-4386 Fax 842-0204

THURSDAY-DECEMBER 31

Newsletter Deadline 7:00 am Saints’ Brew 9:30 am Staff Meeting 12:00 pm Office Closes

FRIDAY-JANUARY 1

Office Closed

7:00 am Saints’ Brew 8:00 am Centering Prayer

SATURDAY-JANUARY 2 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Angel Food Ministries

Food Orders

SUNDAY-JANUARY 3

8:30 am Holy Eucharist*

9:30 am Coffee Alley 10:30 am Holy Eucharist* 4:00 pm Catechesis Workday 6:30 pm AA Group

MONDAY-JANUARY 4

7:00 am Saints’ Brew 12:00 pm Intercessory Prayer 12:00 pm Ministerial Assoc. Lunch (Parish Hall)

TUESDAY-JANUARY 5

6:45 am EYC Prayer B’fast 7:00 am Saints’ Brew 5:30 pm AA Group

WEDNESDAY-JANUARY 6

Newsletter Mailout

7:00 am Saints’ Brew 12:05 pm Holy Eucharist

With Anointing

5:30 pm Epiphany Service

THURSDAY-JANUARY 7

7:00 am Saints’ Brew 9:30 am Starkville Study

Group 9:30 am Staff Mtg. 6:00 pm Condo Assoc. Mtg. (North Break-out)

FRIDAY-JANUARY 8

7:00 am Saints’ Brew 8:00 am Centering Prayer

SATURDAY-JANUARY 9

10:00 am – 12:00 pm Angel Food Ministries

Food Orders

*Nursery Provided

www.allsaintstupelo.com

E-mail: [email protected]

The Rev. Paul J. Stephens

Rector

608 Jefferson Street

Tupelo, MS 38804

(662) 842-4386 Fax 842-0204

www.allsaintstupelo.org

E-mail: [email protected]

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT, FIRST & SECOND SUNDAYS OF CHRISTMAS: DEC. 20, DEC. 27, 2009 & JAN. 3, 2010

CALENDAR CALENDAR

SUNDAY-DECEMBER 20

8:30 am Holy Eucharist* 9:30 am Coffee Alley 10:30 am Holy Eucharist*

6:30 pm AA Group

MONDAY-DECEMBER 21

William on Vacation - Friday

7:00 am Saints’ Brew 12:00 pm Intercessory Prayer 5:30 pm Stewardship Cmt. (Conference Room)

6:30 pm Mill Village (P.H.)

TUESDAY-DECEMBER 22

7:00 am Saints’ Brew 5:30 pm AA Group 7:00 pm Adult Choir

WEDNESDAY-DECEMBER 23

7:00 am Saints’ Brew 12:05 pm Holy Eucharist With Anointing


Christmas Eve 7:00 am Saints’ Brew 9:30 am Staff Mtg. 12:00 pm Office Closes 5:30 pm Holy Eucharist* 10:45 pm Midnight Mass

FRIDAY-DECEMBER 25

Christmas Day Office Closed

SUNDAY-DECEMBER 27

9:30 am Christmas

Lessons & Carols*

6:30 pm AA Group

MONDAY-DECEMBER 28 Tommie on Vacation – Friday

Office Closed (Monday)

7:00 am Saints’ Brew 12:00 pm Intercessory Prayer 5:00 pm DOK (Conf. Rm.)

TUESDAY-DECEMBER 29

7:00 am Saints’ Brew 9:00 am Catechesis Workday 5:30 pm AA Group


7:00 am Saints’ Brew

SUNDAY-DECEMBER 20

8:30 am Holy Eucharist* 9:30 am Coffee Alley 10:30 am Holy Eucharist*

6:30 pm AA Group

MONDAY-DECEMBER 21

7:00 am Saints’ Brew 12:00 pm Intercessory Prayer 5:30 pm Stewardship Cmt. (Conference Room)

6:30 pm Mill Village (P.H.)

TUESDAY-DECEMBER 22

7:00 am Saints’ Brew 5:30 pm AA Group 7:00 pm Adult Choir


William on Vacation - Friday

7:00 am Saints’ Brew 12:05 pm Holy Eucharist With Anointing


Christmas Eve 7:00 am Saints’ Brew 9:30 am Staff Mtg. 12:00 pm Office Closes 5:30 pm Holy Eucharist* 10:45 pm Midnight Mass

FRIDAY-DECEMBER 25

Christmas Day Office Closed

SUNDAY-DECEMBER 27

9:30 am Christmas

Lessons & Carols*

6:30 pm AA Group

MONDAY-DECEMBER 28 Office Closed (Monday)

7:00 am Saints’ Brew 12:00 pm Intercessory Prayer 5:00 pm DOK (Conf. Rm.)

TUESDAY-DECEMBER 29 Paul on Vacation - Friday

Tommie on Vacation – Friday

7:00 am Saints’ Brew 9:00 am Catechesis Workday 5:30 pm AA Group WEDNESDAY-DECEMBER 30

7:00 am Saints’ Brew

FROM THE OFFICE For more information visit our website at www.allsaintstupelo.org

OPERATING BUDGET

PLEDGES

Budgeted Received Over/(Under) % Rec’d. NOV. 36,000 34,273 * -1,727 95% YTD 422,200 393,093 * -29,107 93%

EXPENSES

Budgeted Expended (Over)/Under NOV. 38,608 34,785 3,824 YTD 437,619 419,748 17,871 *Actual pledge income includes $25,500 from prepaid pledges. Those pledges are also included in the budgeted revenues. There is a balance of $8,386 remaining in prepaid

pledges.

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

INCOME (Includes gifts received a honorariums/memorials)

NOV. CAMPAIGN-TO-DATE

Pledges rec’d. 6,161 2,203,467 Pledges (2nd Campaign) 162,710 162,710 Net Proceeds (5,953) 2,795,594 from Financing

Total Income 162,918 5,161,770

EXPENSES

NOV. CAMPAIGN-TO-DATE Building Cost 35 4,451,145 & other exp. 2nd Campaign 27,145 64,957 Interest 12,837 469,751 Total Expenses 40,017 4,985,853

The office will close at noon on Christmas Eve and will reopen Tuesday, December 29.

We will close at noon on New Year’s Eve and reopen Monday, January 4.

Committee budget requests for 2010 are due in the office no later than Sunday, December 20. If your committee does not have a budget but would like to be considered in the budget allocations for 2010 please call Tommie at 842-4386.

Father Paul will be on vacation December 29-31

William will be on vacation December 23-28

Tommie will be on vacation December 29-31

A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDING BISHOP

The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori

Presiding Bishop The Episcopal Church

FROM THE PRESIDING BISHOP

The mornings are dark, pitch black until after most of us have begun our days. The hints of dawn in the eastern sky, those streaks of rose and pink that promise more and brighter light, bring hope even in the dark mid-winter. Where do you look for that kind of hope borne on slim rays of light?

Jesus is already abroad, even in the darkness. The hungry one fed, the street people who have their feet cared for, the humble and honored guest at your dinner table -- each one offers a glimpse of that dawn, if you look closely enough.

What we have waited long for, ages and eons for, has been born among us. He comes among us quietly, almost stealthily, in an obscure barn, long ago. This child holds all our hope for light. This tiny frame seems too frail to bear our yearning. Yet the nations come streaming to this light even before he is weaned. The divine has come to dwell in our midst, and God’s eternal promise of peace, restoration, and home is made flesh.

Where and how will you seek out this light of the world? In what other frail frames will light expunge darkness? The light grows with our own eager searching, light reaching out to light, divine reflection yearning for its source. May the light of Christ light your way in the darkness, may his light spread through nations besieged by war and hunger, may we continue to search out his light in the dark places of our own hearts.

To show our appreciation of To show our appreciation of To show our appreciation of To show our appreciation of this ministry, all of the this ministry, all of the this ministry, all of the this ministry, all of the

volunteers and guests of Saints’ volunteers and guests of Saints’ volunteers and guests of Saints’ volunteers and guests of Saints’ Brew are invited to a dinner Brew are invited to a dinner Brew are invited to a dinner Brew are invited to a dinner

in your honorin your honorin your honorin your honor

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBEWEDNESDAY, DECEMBEWEDNESDAY, DECEMBEWEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23R 23R 23R 23 5:30 p.m.5:30 p.m.5:30 p.m.5:30 p.m. Parish HallParish HallParish HallParish Hall

ANGEL FOOD MINISTRIES

DISTRIBUTION DAY FOR

DECEMBER

Saturday, December 19 9:00–10:30 a.m.

PLACE YOUR ORDER FOR

JANUARY ON SATURDAYS:

January 2 & 9 from 10:00 – Noon

or online at:

www.angelfoodministries.com

Volunteers are needed to help take orders (2 Saturdays per month) and to help with distribution (one Saturday a month). A sign up sheet is located in the back of the church. A nursery will be made available to those volunteers who call ahead to either Mandy Atkins or Kasey McFate.

CHRISTMASA EVE LUMINARY If you can help with the logistics of filling the milk jugs with sand and placing them along our sidewalks, please call Tommie at 842-4386 or email her at [email protected]

PARISH MINISTRIES

PARISH MINISTRIES

All Saints’ and our friends in the Tombigbee Convocation will host the 183rd Annual Council of the Diocese of Mississippi on February 5-7, 2010. Plans are well underway and it will take a collective effort to host our guests for the entire weekend. Close to 1,000 participants are expected! There are a few areas where more volunteers are needed: Set-up (move furniture, plants and other supplies to the BancorpSouth Arena – contact Frank Anger Elections (counting ballots) – contact Les Alvis Transportation (van drivers) – contact David Sparks Hospitality (servers, cooks, & clean-up) – contact Cathy Fitzpatrick Office assistance (light office work) – contact Deanna Alford or Rhonda Saunders If you would like to volunteer in any of these (or other) areas, please contact the area chairs or Vicky Vance or David Sparks.

NEED A NURSERY?? In order to assess the interest of those volunteers that will need a nursery in order to participate throughout the weekend, please contact Kasey McFate no later than Friday, January 15, so that we may proceed in our planning for that area. A nursery has already been scheduled at All Saints’, for the closing service on Sunday, February 7, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.

COUNCIL REGISTRATION CONTINUES! A special registration rate of $35 per person is being offered to All Saints’ members and members of the Tombigbee Convocation (excluding clergy, delegates and alternates). Registration forms are available in the church office or on our website at www.allsaintstupelo.org

CHRISTIAN FORMATION

Catechesis of the Good Shepherd

Level III Work Sessions

Tuesday, December 29 9:00 a.m.

Sunday, January 3 4:00 p.m.

We are continuing our work making materials and transforming the 4th – 6th grade Sunday School classroom into the Level III atrium, which will open on Sunday, January 10! Even if you think you don’t have any skills to offer, we have jobs that anyone can help with! We will have all the needed materials along with detailed materials descriptions, so please join us!

Real charity doesn’t care if it’s tax

deductible or not. --Anonymous

SCHEDULE OF MID-WEEK

SERVICES

Wed. January 6 12:05 p.m. Holy Eucharist w/Anointing




Please join us for lunch following the service.

Sunday School for both youth and adults and Catechesis of the Good Shepherd will

not be held on

December 20, 27 & January 3. We will resume our normal schedule on

Sunday, January 10.

ALL SAINTS’ FAMILY

The deadline for submitting information for the next newsletter is Thursday, December 31, at 12:00 p. m.

December 22 Annalise Lewis December 23 David Alford December 25 Tom Oakes December 26 Annaleise Carroll John Thomas Orrick December 29 Les Alvis Kamme Riddle December 30 Deanna Alford Mary Howard King December 31 Sydney Weber Elliot Brown January 1 Cliff Brock January 6 Zachary Hannigan Butch Bastion Leigh Michael Cannon Mary Wilemon Westmoreland January 8 Mary Langford December 31 Cindy and Richard Ribble January 2 Charlotte and Larry Kelso

MEMORIALS RECEIVED:

For: Van Chaney From: Fran Shutiok (Building Fund)

Fred Bush (Building Fund) Lea & Lesca Black

For: Jimmy Schott, Van Chaney, & Marcia Whipps From: Betty Lee Marshall (Building Fund)

OUR LOVE AND SYMPATHY TO. . .

Chuck Redwood and his family on the death of his father, Dick Redwood. Albert White and his family on the death of his father, Richard White.

“Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them.”

GIFTS RECEIVED FOR SAINTS’ BREW:

In Honor of: Clients, Staff and Friends of Robinson & Associates, Inc., of Tupelo

From: Tom & Fredda Robinson

In Memory of: The one-year anniversary of the death of Shelby Wooldridge

From: Randy and Tammy Wooldridge

In Memory of: Marcia Whipps From: Ray and Shirley Goodman

In Honor of: Pat Fauver From: Ray and Shirley Goodman

In Memory of: H.R. (Dick) Redwood

From: Mary Jo M. Anderson

Friends- With thanks for the inspiring presentation of Advent Lessons and Carols, especially “Prepare the Way” and the wonderful supper following. We appreciated all. Jack & Emilie White, St. Paul’s, Columbus

A Letter of Transfer has been received for Douglas Clinton

Strickland from Grace Episcopal Church in Sheffield, Alabama.

We welcome him into the fellowship of All Saints.’

GIVE THANKS CORNER (taken from the pew cards placed in the

Alms basin on Sunday)

“The love of the Body of Christ” “The Episcopal Church having open doors

and open hearts”

ALL SAINTS’ MISSION STATEMENT:

To equip ourselves for Christ’s service by gathering for worship, fellowship, prayer, and study;

To minister to and support each other, and to welcome all who walk through our doors;

To act as responsible stewards of God’s gifts to us; And to do God’s work

in the world by seeking and serving Christ in all persons.

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JR. WARDEN AND VESTRY NOMINATIONS FOR 2010

(in alphabetical order)

JR. WARDEN: (for a two year term)

CATHY FITZPATRICK: A member of All Saints’ for 12 years. Cathy teaches youth Sunday School, serves as the Capital Campaign and Stewardship chair and as chair of hospitality for Annual Council 2010. She served on the last search committee, as President of ECW, co-chair of the ECW Food Fest, Building Campaign Finance committee and chair of the Connector’s committee. She is currently serving as the President of the Church After School Association Board of Directors and the United Way Funds Distribution committee. She has served as the chairperson of the Mississippi Trust Committee, a Faith Haven board member, president and board member of the Tupelo Country Club. Occupation: Director of Trust Sales, Renasant Bank STEPHEN KING: A member of All Saints’ for 16 years. Stephen is currently serving as chair of the Property committee and as a member of the Stewardship committee and the Capital Campaign Executive committee. He also serves as a lector. He has served as Sr. Warden, a member of the Vestry, Honduras Medical Mission, Budget committee, Nominating committee, youth Sunday School teacher. Stephen served on the last search committee, worked on a HillT.O.P. team and has been an EYC sponsor. He is currently involved in the Bike/Walk Tupelo and Tupelo Dog Park. He has served as a Cubmaster, Scoutmaster and a member of the Tupelo-Lee Humane Shelter Board of Directors. Occupation: Veterinarian – owner Tupelo Small Animal Hospital JOELLEN MURPHREE: A member of All Saints’ for 24 years. Joellen is a member of the Flower Guild, Wedding/Funeral Guild, a certified catechist for levels I & II in Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a chalice bearer, lector and Eucharistic Visitor. She has served as a pastoral care family head, parish nurse, and member of the Capital Campaign committee. Joellen is a graduate of EfM (Education for Ministry). She is currently serving on the SAFE Board of Directors and has held many offices on the board over the years. She is a past member of Mississippi Nurses Association, Foundation Board of Directors, many district offices, Mississippi Association for Healthcare Quality, many state offices, and Baldrige National Quality Award Examiner. Occupation: Registered Nurse, North Mississippi Health Services, Director of Clinical Quality (retired)

VESTRY NOMINEES (for a three year term)

JUDY DESHONG: A member of All Saints’ for 9 years. Judy is currently serving as a member of ECW, Altar Guild, Neighborhood Life committee, Capital Campaign committee, Newcomer’s committee. She serves as a Saints’ Brew volunteer, greeter, and a Eucharistic Visitor. Judy is an EfM graduate. She has served as a pastoral care family head, a member of Daughters of the King and the Servant Ministry committee. Judy volunteers at the Sanctuary Hospice House and Habitat for Humanity. She has served on the Board of Directors of Sanctuary Hospice House, sorority chapter adviser, University of Mississippi sorority capital campaign chair. Occupation: Commercial real estate developer BERNARD HUFFT: A member of All Saints’ for 7 years. Bernard is currently serving as a member of the adult choir, chair of the Neighborhood Life committee, a member of the Memorials committee, the Landscape committee, lector and Eucharistic Visitor. He is a member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. He has served on the Servant Ministry committee and as a teacher at Vacation Bible School. Bernard serves as Historian for Gamma Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Alumni Association at the University of Mississippi and as a member of the Mississippi Hunger Initiative. He has volunteered at the Sanctuary Hospice House Celebration Village. Occupation: Fulltime student-graduates May, 2010 B.A. Liberal Arts with minors in History, English, and Sociology. He would like to teach or work in a position of public service upon graduation. He is currently employed part-time as office manager at Tupelo Wood Products. SUSAN HYATT: A member of All Saints’ for 18 years. Susan is currently serving as a member of Altar Guild, a Eucharistic Visitor, Angel Food Ministries, the Connector’s Committee and greeter. She has

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served as chair of the Outreach Committee, a family head, a member of the Capital Campaign committee, the Episcopal Single People and completed 2 years of EfM. She has also been a yoga instructor. Susan is involved in the Historic Downtown Neighborhood Association, and the Tupelo Community Theater. Occupation: Psychologist KEVAN KIRKPATRICK: A member of All Saints’ for 14 years. Kevan is currently serving on the Property committee. He has served on the Vestry and as a youth leader. He is an Ex-Officio member of the Board of Directors of the Downtown Tupelo Main Street Association and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Kiwanis Club of Tupelo. He is a Community Leadership Institute graduate. Kevan has been a member of CDF Small Business Roundtable, Multi-Racial Committee for the City of Tupelo, member of Board of Directors Gardner-Simmons Home for Girls, member of the Board of Directors Tupelo Neighborhood Partnership, past co-chairman of the Historic Downtown Neighborhood Association, Loan Executive of United Way of North Mississippi and past Cub Scout leader. Occupation: Director of Marketing, BancorpSouth Arena SAM MORGAN: A member of All Saints’ for 5 years. Sam is currently serving as a member of the adult choir and the Neighborhood Life committee. He has served on the Hospitality committee at All Saints’ and as a member of the Stewardship committee, Capital Campaign committee and Board of Trustees at Trinity Episcopal Church in Florence, Alabama. He is a member of Rotary, Symphony, Tupelo Community Theater and the Gum Tree Museum. Occupation: Lumber Mill and Pallet Production LYNN NELSON: A member of All Saints’ for 6 years. Lynn is currently serving as the chair of the Pastoral Care Family Groups and as a member of the adult choir. She has served on the Compensation Review committee. Lynn is currently a board member, director, and actor for the Tupelo Community Theatre, a former board member and current committee chair for the Mississippi Theater Association. She is serving on the board of the Southeastern Theatre Conference and the American Association of Community Theaters. She has served on committees with the Tupelo Symphony Chorus and the United Way. Occupation: Human Resources manager at North Mississippi Medical Center (23 years) ANNIS NEWELL: A member of All Saints’ for 14 years. Annis is currently serving as a member of Altar Guild and Daughters of the King. She has served as chair of the Hospitality committee, a family head and on the Community Outreach committee. She was a member of the 2004 and 2005 Honduras Medical Mission. Occupation: Medical Sales DEE STREIT: A member of All Saints’ for 42 years. Dee is currently serving as a volunteer at Saints’ Brew and the Angel Food Ministry. He has served on the Vestry and the Building committee. Dee has also been involved with Habitat for Humanity and various projects for All Saints’ involving wood working skills. Occupation: retired

PROCEDURES FOR NOMINATING “FROM THE FLOOR”

Nominations “from the floor” may be made in the following manner as set forth by the By Laws, Article III, Section 4 (Wardens) and Article IV, Section 2 (Vestry): “At least fifteen (15) days prior to the annual meeting of the Parish, [until January 2, 2010] any person entitled to vote at such meeting may submit additional nominations in writing to the Rector and the Wardens. The nominator shall certify that the person nominated has consented to the nomination and is willing to serve and faithfully perform the duties of the office. The Rector and Wardens shall confirm that the nominee is qualified under the By Laws. The qualifications are as follows: Confirmed communicants in good standing, at least twenty-one (21) years of age, pledgers of record, canonically resident and actually residing in the Parish, and entitled to suffrage at the parish meeting at which they are elected. If the Rector determines that pastoral considerations actually or acceptably prohibit a communicant from being a pledger of record, then in that event the Rector may confidentially waive the requirement. Persons nominated and certified under these provisions shall be presented at the annual meeting of the Parish on Sunday, January 17, 2010.

Special thanks to the Nominating Committee for their hard work and effort: Natalie Sparks Bullock, Carole Fraiser, Betty Lee Marshall, Fred Page, and Josh Westmoreland.

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