Picnic in the Park

All Saints Picnic in the Park

Join us for a Dinner Picnic

Sunday July 12

Lafayette Park

5:30

Bring your own picnic dinner. We will have drinks and dessert to share.

While it is a picnic for the whole church, it will be Matt and Hawley's last Sunday with us. So please come to the services or the picnic before they head off to Seminary.

If you are able to come, please let us know!

Rev. Alex Large: Alex.Large@allsaintschurch.net

Service Opportunity!

Rebuilding Together
(formerly Christmas in April)
Saturday, April 25
8 am - 5 pm

We will be serving Mrs. Bessie Whitelow in Washington, DC. We need at least 15-20 people total through the "Christmas Day" to get the house cleaned up and livable for Mrs. Whitelow. All Saints has worked with this organization and this program for over 25 years.

If interested, please contact Mark Pape, John Cartland, or the Church Office.

Mark Pape: 301 986 4941 (home)
301 641 2328 (cell)
mbpape@comcast.net

John Cartland: 202 244 9612 (home)

Church Office: 301 654 2488

Photos from our 2009 Retreat!

Hi friends!

So, I tried to upload the photos from the retreat to the blog but it took about 5 years to upload even just a few pictures. Okay, more like 5 minutes, but still. I don't think I have the patience for the time or the lack of organization in presenting them that way! So please check out the uploaded photo albums from facebook, posted on my husband Matt Schneider's profile. They're awesome (and plentiful)! As Alex put it, "it looks like we were there for a WEEK!" judging by the photos.

Nonetheless, I am utterly biased and think they're pretty great. Thanks to everyone who attended and special thanks to Alex who led the discussions and Walker and Rachel for planning the event!

Check out the photos:

HERE...

HERE...

and even HERE!

Young Adult Retreat

I think this represents what happened this past weekend.

Photo Teaser: Shrinemont 2009

Friends, the photos are almost ready. Man are they great! Keep an eye out this holy week for an updated Young Adults bulletin board at the church - and please share your photos with us if you have some to add. The only thing better than great photos of great times is MORE of them!

Mockingbird Conference MP3's!

For those of you who were unable to attend the 2nd Annual Mockingbird Ministries Conference, held March 26-28, 2009 in New York City at Calvary St. George...

Please check out one or all of the messages shared. They are sure to bless you!

You may download them here, for free, from Mockingbird.

Lenten Series Cancelled

There will be no more Tuesday night study this Lent.  

But the retreat (see below) and Paul Zahl's Wednesday night movie series is still on!  

Alex

An Audio-Visual Lent

Lenten Series at the Church

Please join us at 7:30 in the Library Tuesday March, 10th for the beggining of our weekly lenten series.

From March 17th thru April 7th we will meet in the parlor.

Hope to see you there!

Shrine Mont Retreat!

YOUNG ADULT SPRING RETREAT

We'll be heading to Shrine Mont on April 3-5 for our first young adult group retreat!

In case you've never been, Shrine Mont is a beautiful retreat center located at the end of a mountain road in Virginia. It includes an amazing late 1800s hotel, great big porches with adirondack chairs, wilderness trails, and the open-air Cathedral Shrine, in the tiny town of Orkney Springs. Alex Large will guide us, as we discuss our faith, and enjoy each other's fellowship in this peaceful setting. We already have 11 people signed up to go, but there's still plenty of room for more.

If you'd like to come, please contact either Alex or Walker or just leave a comment here. The deadline to sign up is March 10th.

Here are some of the details -

The cost will be $140 for the weekend, per person, and this includes all meals and lodging.

• Includes great southern style meals from Fri dinner thru Sunday lunch

Information about Shrine Mont – http://www.shrinemont.com/

• Run by the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
• Located in the mountains of VA, about 2 hours drive from DC area, I-66W to I-81S
• No tvs or even cell phone service = Great way to get away from everything
• Fishing, Hiking - natural springs, tops of mountains – all nearby
• Relaxing in an rocking chair
• Sports – Frisbee, Tennis, Basketball, Soccer, Horseshoes

If you have any questions, please post them or let us know, Thanks and we hope you can make it!

Dinner & a Movie Night with Madea

Join us for a great night out at the movies to watch the

new Tyler Perry movie:

"Madea Goes to Jail"
on Saturday, February 21st
7:45 pm
Regal Gallery Place Stadium 14
701 Seventh Street NW DC 20001

Join us for dinner beforehand
6:00 pm at Chop't
730 7th St NW DC 20001

Our Rector, Paul Zahl, has a penchant for Tyler Perry's plays and movies due to their potrayal of the gospel and ways of discussing issues of Grace versus the Law in our modern culture and times. As a result, we will join together for this fun outing to see the movie, based on a play written and directed by Tyler Perry. According to Wikipedia, the main character is Mable "Madea" Simmons, whose penchant for trouble-making results in jailtime. She helps one of her fellow inmates who is preyed upon by a large woman named Big Sal. It's sure to be a great time for all of us.

We will be going to see it the day after it opens, opening weekend!

PLEASE RSVP TO HAWLEY OR ALEX
IN ADVANCE SO WE CAN
PRE-PURCHASE TICKETS FOR YOU!
The show is expected to sell out and we want you to be able to join us ;)