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Monday, May 02, 2011

PHOTOS of the Installation of Bishop Roger Ames

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Monday, April 25, 2011

Moving into a NEW DIOCESE!

All Saints is moving into a new diocese within the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). As the Diocese of the Holy Spirit moves toward closure in June, as expected, its parishes and priests are seeking new dioceses for their home jurisdiction. This diocese was a transition diocese for the parishes that were received into the Church of Uganda as the Anglican Reformation began in the U.S. All Saints has explored building a relationship with the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes (ADGL). As our Rector contacted the bishop of the ADGL, Rt. Rev. Roger Ames, we found a very warm welcome and an invitation to join their diocese. Our Vestry agreed to accept this invitation. Our bishop, the Rt. Rev. John Guernsey, was pleased to transfer All Saints and Fr. David to our new diocese. Plans for Bishop Ames to be Installed as the bishop of the ADGL are set for Saturday, April 29th. Bishop Ames invited our Rector to participate in the Installation. Fr. David accepted the invitation with great joy and expectation for all that this new relationship offers our parish. Growing the Church with New Life is the emerging theme of parish life and ministries for 2011. This new diocesan relationship holds great promise for our living into this venture. It is with deepest thankfulness that we move from our diocesan relationship with Bishop John Guernsey who has offered our parish and our Rector exemplary Christian love and wisdom through the years we have shared together.
A link with the Anglican Diocese of the Great Lakes can be found here: http://anglicandiocesegrlakes.org/index.shtml

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Lenten Focus: Worship and becoming spiritually alive!

   For the first five Sundays in Lent we will be using the 1928 Prayer Book for our Services of Holy Communion. This temporary change is to help us observe our Anglican heritage with the Service that is most commonly accepted throughout our Anglican Church in North America. We will return to our regular Service Booklets on Palm Sunday.      
   We will be using the Sharing Times after the Service to reflect upon Worship, traditions including those of the early church, Services of Holy Communion, and we’ll study what Holy Scripture tells us about worshiping God.
    During our times of Worship, Biblical Preaching throughout Lent will be focused upon becoming spiritually alive. The sermon series is as follows:

  March 20     2 Lent        Being Born of the Spirit     John 3:1-17
  March 27     3 Lent        GOD IS SPIRIT   John 4: 5-42
  April  3         4 Lent        Really Seeing Spiritually what is Real 
                                                           John 9:1-41
 April  10      5 Lent        Spiritually Alive!     John 11:1-45 
 April  17   Palm Sunday   Our Spiritual Journey with Jesus    
                                                         Matthew 26:36—27:66
  April 21    Maundy Thursday   Chapel at 7 PM    
                                         Holy Eucharist and the Last Supper   
  April 22    Good Friday  Tenebrae Service at 7:30 PM 
    Joint Service at Holy Cross Anglican Church in Webster
  April 24    Easter Day     Emergence of New Life     John 20:1-18
  May  1     1 Easter         Morning Prayer 1928 Prayer Book
                                                    Tom Stone-Lay Preacher
  May  8     2 Easter       Known in the Breaking of the Bread   
                                                           Luke 24:13-35


JOIN US as we share in observing a Holy Lent that is spiritually encouraging!

Saturday, March 05, 2011

ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICE
6:30 pm at Holy Cross Anglican Church
Join us for the Imposition of Ashes,
a brief homily shared by Fr. Ambuske and Fr. Harnish,
Holy Communion of the Presanctified Sacrament
Let us begin the observance of a Holy Lent together

615 Bay Rd, Webster, NY 
for map please go to the following web address:
http://www.acahome.org/dne/hcross/index.htm