Category: Parish News
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Second Annual Parish Meeting
On Sunday January 16, All Saints Anglican Church celebrated its second birthday with its Annual Meeting right after the morning worship service. The celebration included a lunch, fellowship, and distribution of the written Annual Report. -
Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service
All Saints Anglican Church co-sponsored the 2010 Traverse City Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service on Monday evening, November 22, 2010, at 7 PM. The annual event was held this year at Central Methodist Church with Rabbi Albert Lewis (Congregation Beth-El) offering the Thanksgiving message and the final blessing. Other participating clergy included the Rev. Dale Ostema and Rev. Chris Lane from Central Methodist Church, the Rev. Jane Lippert from Traverse Bay Methodist Church, the Rev. Kurt Henle from All Saints Anglican Church, the Rev. Becky Chamberlain from the Presbyterian Church, and Sister Katherine Murphy from St Francis Roman Catholic Church.
Music was provided by a Community Choir under the direction of James Seidel, accompanied by Margaret Hollyday, both from the Presbyterian Church, with the John Rutter anthem “For the beauty of the earth”. Thomas Bara, organist at Central Methodist, accompanied the hymns and the clarinet prelude, played by his wife Anne. The Service was followed by a time of refreshment and fellowship. -
Easter Sunday 2010
A glorious Resurrection Worship Service was completed with a lunch in the undercroft, prepared by the ladies of the Church. Many thanks to all who participated and worked to make this possible.
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Men’s Retreat 2009
The first joint Men’s Retreat for New Life Anglican and All Saints Anglican Churches was held on February 20 and 21 in the Upper Peninsula on the Intervarsity Cedar Campus in Harwood and Beach Cabin. It was organized by Tim Strauss and New Life Anglican Church of Petoskey under the title “The Blessed and Blessing King”. About 20 men gathered for a time of prayers, study, and fellowship. The weather held out until the time of returning home when a major snow storm moved into the area. All the men there are looking forward to next year’s meeting.
