Outreach Opportunities

All Saints Parish Mission and Outreach Committee. If you are interested in participating on this committee, please contact Rev. Leslie Sterling at 617-738-1810 x18 or ammaleslie@earthlink.net.

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.

The Walk for Hunger on Sunday, May 1, begins at 8:00 am at the Boston Common. In past years, the All Saints walkers have worshipped together at the 8:00 am Holy Eucharist and then joined the Walk in progress across the street. The youth of our parish will walk together. For information, contact Stefani Schatz, 617-738-1810, ext. 13, reled@allsaintsbrookline.org.

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.

Holy Eucharist and Bible Study at the Boston Pre-Release Center in Mattapan. Bible Study Fridays at 7:30 pm and worship service on Sundays at 9:30 am. 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.

Tsunami Disaster Relief. Please make checks payable to Episcopal Relief and Development/Asia Relief Fund and mail to: PO Box 12043, Newark, NJ 07101-5043. To make a donation with a credit card and for more information, please visit www.er-d.org.

Yang Jianli Update. All Saints parishioner Dr. Yang Jianli has been held prisoner in China since April 25, 2002. To mark this third anniversary, a concert was held on April 26 to draw attention to his continued imprisonment, pray for his release, and offer support to Christina Fu, Jianli's wife, and their children Aaron and Anita. For further information on Yang Jianli, please visit www.yangjianli.com.

Hospice of Cambridge/VNA Care Hospice invite you to be part of a Bereavement Support Group for those coping with the loss of a loved one due to death. Come find friends and comfort from 6:00 to 8:00 pm on the following Thursdays: May 12 and 26, June 9 and 23. Sessions are held at the Episcopal Divinity School, 99 Brattle Street, in classroom 1B, first floor, in the library (Sherrill Hall). For more information, contact Ms. Webb Brown, Hospice Chaplain, 781-455-6661, ext. 3463.

No Cost Home Energy Assessment. All Saints Parish is a member of Massachusetts Interfaith Power and Light (MIP&L). Therefore you are eligible for a special home energy assessment at no cost. The home energy assessment request form is available on the table in the back of the sanctuary or by contacting MIP&L at www.MIPandL.org and click on the "Request Audit" button. Please take advantage of this free assessment and the chance to improve your environmental stewardship. Questions? Contact Tom Nutt-Powell at 617-734-8944.

The First Annual Volunteer Work Day at Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center is May 7, 2005. You are invited to start the day with a continental breakfast at 8:00 am and start work at 9:00. Work will wrap up at 5:00 pm and everyone is invited to stay for a barbeque at the lake. Come dressed for outdoor work and bring work gloves, garden tools, basic hand tools or whatever skill you have. For more information, call 603-547-3400 or email info@bchcenter.org.

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