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Greater Boston Interfaith Organization. Please call David Pfarrer 617-448-0618 or Sarah Leinbach 617-277-0233 for more info.

Food Pantry. Please bring canned or packaged food to the basket at the entrance of All Saints. A volunteer is needed to transport the food to St. Paul's Church, 15 St. Paul Street in Brookline. For this and other ways to help, please call 617-566-4953.

Meals at St. John's. "Lord, when did we see you hungry?" (Matt 25:37) By helping to serve a meal on November 10 at St. John the Evangelist, 38 Bowdoin Street, you will get to answer that question. Look for the signup sheet on the bulletin board for times or email: ame43quilt@comcast.net for more information.

Caring Friends is a ministry at All Saints of lay people reaching out as care givers to people hurting in our congregation and community - those who are hospitalized, terminally ill, bereaved, in a job crisis, disabled, going through a divorce, homebound, in a spiritual crisis, or facing other life challenges. If you would like more information, please contact the Rector at 617-738-1810 x14 or rectord@allsaintsbrookline.org.

Bible Study at the Boston Pre-Release Center in Mattapan. Fridays at 7:30 pm. If you are interested in joining us, please contact Tom Nutt-Powell at 617-739-7272, nuttpowell@aol.com or Anne Marie Ellis at 617-783-8355, ame43quilt@ comcast.net. This wonderful ministry helps people to re-center their lives.

The Mass. Interfaith Power and Light (MIPandL). Learn about a chance to buy oil more cheaply this winter. Learn about using bio-fuel for heat and whatís happening with the clean energy campaign in Worcester. Find out how you can sign up for clean energy. For more information, visit MIP&L at www.MIPandL.org or call 1-900-406-5374.

Dr. Yang Jianli has been transferred to a different prison in Beijing. His address is PO Box 1290-1, Yang Jianli, Beijing Daxing District, Beijing 102609, CHINA. On the table at the entrance to the church is more information on contacting members of Congress on Jianli's behalf. For more information and updates on Jianli's case, go to www.yangjianli.com or contact Susan Cleaver at 617-734-1889.

Beacon Hospice, serving the Greater Boston area, is in need of volunteers to work with terminally ill patients and their families. For information, contact Robin Hansen at 617-242-4872 or email robinhansenartist@msn.com.

Bereavement Support Group (Hospice of Cambridge/VNA Care Hospice) offers friendship and comfort for those coping with the death of a loved one. Alternate Thursdays (Nov. 10, Dec. 8, 22), 6:00-8:00 pm at Episcopal Divinity School, 99 Brattle Street, Cambridge. No Fee. For more information, contact Ms. Webb Brown, Hospice Chaplain, at 781-455-6661 x3463.

Join Us Under the Mission Umbrella

The All Saints Mission and Outreach Committee is overflowing with fresh energy and enthusiasm!

In response to a proposal at the Spring Vestry Retreat, all the various parish mission/outreach projects have been gathered under a single "mission umbrella" so that budgeting and evaluation of all outreach activities is now the responsibility of the Mission and Outreach Committee. Revitalized under the leadership of vestry member Sue LeClaire, the committee is communicating with parishioners in new ways and planning several challenging all-parish mission projects for 2006.

Each Sunday the mission umbrella logo in This Week at All Saints highlights important information about the featured mission area of the month. In September, the featured mission was GBIO; in October, the featured mission is the St. John's Meal. November will feature the Brookline Food Pantry, and December's featured mission is the purchase of Christmas presents for families at the Crossroads Shelter. The weekly printed notices, combined with announcements during worship services, provide details about the wonderful work All Saints is already doing, including personal testimonies from parishioners about how mission and outreach work has deepened their faith and enriched their lives.

Year-end meetings of this Committee will include the selection of which local and regional organizations will receive donation checks from All Saints for 2005; the formation of a subcommittee to design an out-of-state mission project and an international mission project for 2006; and preliminary discussions about the allocation of funds from Surround the Spirit money earmarked for mission work.

Meetings of the Mission and Outreach Committee are open to all interested members of the All Saints community. If you would like to help with project planning or have general ideas to share, please email Leslie Sterling at AmmaLeslie@earthlink.net or Sue LeClaire at sleclaire@comcast.net or call the parish office at 617-738-1810. Join us under the Mission Umbrella. We are changing the world!

-Leslie K. Sterling

Outreach Opportunities

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