Dear Beloved of All Saints:

Usually, before Palm Sunday, I write a letter to you about our Holy Week and Easter services at All Saints, inviting you to participate as you are able, because these central stories of our faith can deepen our personal experience of Jesus’ death and resurrection.

This year, during our wilderness time of COVID-19, full of death and fear, but also simple grace and loving community, the themes of Holy Week feel very close. We have all heard stories of costly

tenderness, and new life that unexpectedly rises. Through it all, God is present in the hell of suffering

and in unimaginable love. Please join us for the full roster of Holy Week and Easter events you'll find on the downloadable schedule here.

I ask you to continue to remember, honor and celebrate those we love with a donation at Easter. There are many occasions for which you might wish to donate. This year, we hope you will honor a friend or colleague whom you feel is extending the love of Christ to others during this time of isolation and unknowns. Easter is a wonderful time to do this, as it is the time when we celebrate that Jesus Christ is risen, bringing us the gift of new life.

Your Easter gifts make a big difference. They empower us to worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness, even though we are doing it differently this year. Together, we are still the mystical body of Christ. The number of people zooming our worship has grown rapidly. We are apart, but still together, as we walk the way of the cross to the resurrection of our Lord.

To make a gift to the glory of God honoring a loved one, simply give online , or mail a check, along with a note including:

In memory of________________
In thanksgiving for____________
In honor of__________________

The deadline for listings in the order of service is Wednesday, April 8. Your recognition will be listed in the Easter bulletin posted on our website, and used during our Easter Day Agape Meal.

All Saints is fully alive. Our staff and volunteers are working to keep us connected to each other, as we learn 

how to serve those in greatest need. So, I thank you in advance for your gift. It means more than ever now that we will not have people gathered in the church to make their Easter offering. Please be sure to join our Worship via Zoom at 10:00 am Easter Sunday, April 12.

May the resurrected and living Lord be a part of your daily life,

-- Marya +

Feeling alone? The answer may be with All Saints, a robust community that sticks together even virtually.  
Join us through zoom.us, the online conference and community conferencing platform.  

If you haven't used Zoom before, it's pretty easy to navigate.  
Go to https://zoom.us and click on
"Join a Meeting,." Key in the Meeting ID if requested.  The links to our coffee hour, Bible study and Sunday Worship services are listed below.

Before you join a meeting for the first time, you will need to download the small Zoom applet. Youu can do so here: https://zoom.us/download.

A Spirit- and Hope-Filled Pastoral Reflection from our Bishop,  The Rt. Rev. Alan Gates

"In these troublous times, we find ourselves struggling for the right words to say to God and to one another.  We search for the right forms, individual and communal.  In our longing for normalcy, we may strive to replicate the most familiar ritual elements and routines.  Other times we may seek fresh inspiration for our prayers and expressions of community.  And sometimes we will need simply to know that for now we are fasting in the wilderness.  Sacramentally and socially, we are fasting – yet we are doing that together with one another around the globe, which is its own gift."  and grace.  Read it all here.

FROM OUR MUSIC DIRECTOR

For those who may be seeking music to add to their worship during this very special Lenten season, I have compiled a list of Taizé chants. Taizé is an ecumenical monastic community, located in a village in central France, known for its beautiful chants, many of them composed by Jacques Berthier.

Religious chanting may have psychotherapeutic effects.  We know from personal experience that the repetitiveness of chanting often has a soothing, calming effect upon us.  Part of this effect may be the result of the communal experience of singing with the congregation.  Perhaps the next best thing for us will be singing along with the virtual congregation in the YouTube clips, 

presented below.  Please accept this small gift of music, curated expressly for All Saints Episcopal Church of the North Shore.  Click here for the music sound files.

With my best regards,
Elizabeth Tousignant, 

Director of Music    

Links to Sheet Music
provided through our subscription
to One License, LLC.
Bless the Lord Eat This Bread Jesus, Remember Me O Lord, Hear My Prayer  Ubi Caritas

Find Holy Week at a Glance here.

Includes links/Meeting Ids to all  

virtual services!

FESTIVE  EASTER SUNDAY
April 12, 2020 at 10 a.m.
 Agape meal with Alleluias and Champagne/Sparkling Water

Bring to worship three nails, bread, champagne or sparkling cider and Alleluia Banners (Make your own Alleluia Banners to wave at the beginning of our worship together and then hang on your front door or the front door of All Saints!!!)

 Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/435208411

Meeting ID: 435 208 411

By Phone: (929) 205 6099

You can re-listen to the homily after the service on our Podbean platform here.

Coming ...Download Sunday's Service Bulletin (pdf}

HOLY WEEK and EASTER 

AT ALL SAINTS OF THE NORTH SHORE

Holy Week Guide

https://files.constantcontact.com/175f6f49001/0bbd7856-1bdb-4edd-8f89-30a47dab0ed8.pdf

Maundy Thursday 7pm

Virtual Agape Meal, followed by a Virtual Vigil in the Garden of Gethsemane at 8pm

Please bring  on a table near your zoom screen: table cloth, candle, cross, bread, wine and 3 nails. We will share an agape meal together, strip the table in our own homes. We will then be invited to take an hour between 8pm and 6am to attend  a vigil in virtual Garden of Gethsemane, either in your own home/yard or by linking to our website.  Scripture, the Book of Common Prayer and Sound links  available  here  or silence can be held.

Please sign up for Garden hours by calling parish office at 978-774-1150.

Bulletin is available here .

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/231426382

Meeting ID: 231 426 382

Phone: 929 205 6099 

Maundy Thursday Scripture and Art Resources

https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/texts.php?id=34

https://www.loyolapress.com/retreats/the-lords-supper

http://artandfaithmatters.blogspot.com/2019/04/art-lectionary-pray-garden-jesus-alone.html

https://05varvara.wordpress.com/tag/garden-of-gethsemane/

Good Friday 12pm -1pm

Virtual Good Friday Service with reflection by Ginna Coulson

Please bring with you three nails, a candle and a Book of Common Prayer (on line or in hand) 

Sound links will be made available

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/274886800

Meeting ID: 274 886 800

Phone: 929 205 6099 

Good Friday Book of Common Prayer, Scripture and Art Resources

https://www.bcponline.org/SpecialDays/friday.html

https://thevcs.org/stricken-smitten-bruised-and-afflicted

https://thevcs.org/great-cry

https://thevcs.org/reinscribing-cross

Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 11 at 7pm

https://www.stpaulboston.org/holy-week

Easter Vigil at Home.  Those who would like to use the bulletin materials with others are welcome to do so by Zoom at 7 pm. Those who use the materials on their own can join the zoom call at 8 pm for a brief time of prayer to close the day. Download the bulletin here 

(starting on page 22)

Go to https://zoom.us
Meeting ID: 531 122 0311

Phone: (646) 558-8656

 
Get all the details for Easter Sunday.