THE SIXTH SUNDAY & THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY: FEBRUARY 13 & FEBRUARY

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1 The Rev. Paul J. Stephens Rector 608 Jefferson Street Tupelo, MS (662) Fax THE SIXTH SUNDAY & THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY: FEBRUARY 13 & FEBRUARY 20, 2011 CALENDAR CALENDAR SUNDAY-FEBRUARY 13 8:30 am Holy Eucharist* 9:30 am Christian Formation* 10:30 am Holy Eucharist* 5:30 pm EYC 6:30 pm AA Group (Conf. Rm.) MONDAY-FEBRUARY 14 7:00 am 9:00 am Saints Brew (Monday through Friday weekly) 12:00 pm Intercessory Prayer 5:30 pm Finance Cmt. (Conference Room) 6:30 pm Executive Cmt. (Conference Room) TUESDAY-FEBRUARY 15 Newsletter Deadline for March Tracy on Vacation 5:30 pm AA Group (Conf. Rm.) WEDNESDAY-FEBRUARY 16 12:05 pm Holy Eucharist with Anointing (Chapel) 5:30 pm Children s Choirs 6:15 pm Handbell Choir 7:00 pm Adult Choir THURSDAY-FEBRUARY 17 Tracy on Vacation 9:30 am Staff Meeting 6:15 pm EfM (Conf. Room) FRIDAY-FEBRUARY 18 2:00 pm 9:00 pm Blue & Gold Banquet (Parish Hall) 7:00 pm AA Group (Conf. Rm.) 4:00 pm EYC Locust Fork trip through Sunday SATURDAY-FEBRUARY 19 9:00 am 1:00 pm Gum Tree Quilters Guild (7 th & 8 th Grade S.S. Room) SUNDAY-FEBRUARY 20 8:30 am Holy Eucharist* 9:30 am Christian Formation* 10:30 am Holy Eucharist* 5:30 pm No EYC 6:30 pm AA Group (Conf. Rm.) MONDAY-FEBRUARY 21 12:00 pm Intercessory Prayer 6:00 pm Mill Village (Parish Hall) 6:30 pm Vestry TUESDAY-FEBRUARY 22 5:30 pm AA Group (Conf. Rm.) WEDNESDAY-FEBRUARY 23 Newsletter Mailout for March 12:05 pm Holy Eucharist With Anointing 5:45 pm Potluck Dinner* 7:00 pm Adult Choir THURSDAY-FEBRUARY 24 9:30 am Staff Meeting 5:00 pm Servant Ministry 6:15 pm EfM (Conf. Rm.) FRIDAY-FEBRUARY 25 7:00 pm AA Group (Conf. Rm.) New Vestry Member Conference (Gray Center - Saturday) Jr. High DOY - Sunday SATURDAY-FEBRUARY 26 8:30 9:30 am Angel Food Ministries Food Distribution Nursery Provided* Please bring a dish of food large enough to feed your family. We hope all parishioners (bring a friend if you d like!) will support this gathering with your parish family!

2 FROM THE OFFICE For more information visit our website at FR. PAUL will be away with the EYC at Locust Fork Sunday, February 20. Rev. Gene Asbury will preach and celebrate at the 8:30 & 10:30 a.m. services that day. CROSS AND CROWN TO BE PUBLISHED MONTHLY KEYLESS ENTRY CODE HAS BEEN CHANGED In order to maintain a safe environment for our parishioners and guests that use our facilities during the day or at night, the entry code was changed on all of our keyless doors, on February 1. If you need to use one of our keyless entry doors, please call the office at for the new code. Our bookkeeper, Tracy Presley, will be on vacation February She will return to work on Tuesday, February 22. JANUARY In light of the tight budget year ahead of us and as we are always looking for ways to cut office expenses, our newsletter, The Crown and Crown, will be published on a MONTHLY basis beginning in March. Monthly publications will be mailed in plenty of time for you to be informed about all of the upcoming events, programs, services and activities for the coming month. In order for the office to be timely in publishing our newsletter, deadline for submitting articles for the Cross and Crown will be on the 15 th of each month. The first monthly publication (March edition) will be mailed on February 22. Dear All Saints Family, Thank you for allowing me to serve as Senior Warden for the last two years. The support you gave me was tremendously heartwarming and touching. The clock is very special to me and I will cherish it always. Thank you! Paul challenged us Sunday. That is what we all need to be about. We must be even more intentional in discerning ways All Saints can minister to each other and to our larger community. We must prayerfully listen to the work God is calling us to do. We must respond. Christ s Peace, Fred Page

3 THE PASTOR S PAGE ALL SAINTS WELL REPRESENTED AT ANNUAL COUNCIL All Saints was well represented in Jackson at the 184 th Annual Council of the Diocese of Mississippi. Delegates and alternates Kay Cannon, Cathy Fitzpatrick, Joellen Murphree, Fred Page and Vicky Vance joined me as we worshipped, visited and transacted business throughout the weekend. I am grateful to our delegation for their faithful attendance and hard work at Council. Several All Saints parishioners including Bruce Morgan, Jeffrey Berry, Ken Murphree, David Sparks, Mary Lou Parks, Bernard Hufft, Wayne Averett, Karen Asbury, Martha Stephens and the Rev. Gene Asbury were spotted in Jackson at different times over the weekend as they took part in various Council events. Youth Director Stacy Carroll helped out with and youth Anna Ballard, Isabel Gray, Hayden Hershfelt, Hayes Hershfelt, Jace King, and Mary Langford attended the Youth Lock-In. Jace King represented our Convocation as a Youth Delegate to Council. Hosted by St. James, St. Mark s, St. Columb s and St. Alexis, worship and business took place in the recently completed Jackson Convention Center. The newly renovated King Edward Hotel (with a Hilton Garden Inn operating therein) was the site of the Friday evening reception. The Clergy Spouses Luncheon hosted by Cathy Gray was held at St. Andrew s Cathedral. Saturday evening found Episcopalians from all corners of the state making their way to St. James where the Bishop s BBQ Cookers served up BBQ to hundreds. Homemade (or should I say churchmade ) beer brewed by the St. James Brew Masters was also served. Much energy at Council is always directed toward the election of various individuals to serve the diocese in numerous ways. This year was no exception as positions on the Standing Committee, Executive Committee, and other offices were open. Also elected at Council were four clergy delegates, four lay delegates, four alternate clergy delegates and four alternate lay delegates to General Convention, which will be held in Indianapolis during the summer of I must say that once again members of Council selected outstanding individuals to serve the diocese in a variety of ways. Afternoon breakout sessions were new at this year s Council. Topics included stewardship, church communications, congregational development and planned giving. Cathy Fitzpatrick and I were presenters for the Planned Giving session. Thank you Cathy for your hard work! We discussed various ways that people might make gifts to the church, including remembering the church in wills. If you have not updated your will recently please do so and remember All Saints and the Diocese of Mississippi therein. Also, if you haven t planned your funeral, come by the office or go to our website to get planning materials. Once you ve completed your planning call Nancy and set up an appointment with me so we can discuss your wishes and plans. In other business, Council passed an amendment to our diocesan canons so as to implement the recently revised canons which comprise Title IV (the disciplinary canons). After extensive study and work by many, including our own Les Alvis, extending over several years, Title IV was completely rewritten so as to provide more procedural fairness and substantive clarity. These amendments were adopted at General Convention The new disciplinary canons take effect July 1, Implementation of the new canons includes the creation of the Disciplinary Board of the diocese, which serves various functions under the new system. Les Alvis and I were appointed by Bishop Gray to serve as members of this board. Next year s Council will be held February 3-5 in Vicksburg. I hope you will make plans now to attend and participate.

4 PARISH MINISTRIES 65 boxes were ordered in January! We will be taking orders for February on Saturday, February 12 10:00 Noon or online at: GUESTS SERVED IN JANUARY! 115 people volunteered in January (an average of 5 volunteers per day) DISTRIBUTION DAY for FEBRUARY ORDERS Saturday, February 26 8:30-9:30 a.m. We are in need of the following items: tub or stick margarine, sugar, coffee, Sunny D orange juice, 5- oz. plastic cups, refill size containers of salt and pepper, sugar free maple syrup, gallon size 2 percent or skim milk, and 409 Cleaner. Your help with any of these items or monetary donations is greatly appreciated. At their January meeting, ECW voted to move their meeting day to the 2 nd Wednesday of each month, in hopes of encouraging broader participation from the parish. All women of the church are invited to attend the next ECW MEETING WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 5:15 p.m. in the Parlor The meetings, with fellowship and refreshments, are designed to last one hour. Please support this organization with your prayers and attendance!

5 PARISH MINISTRIES ALTAR FLOWERS NEEDED The kitchen is missing several tablecloths for our rectangular tables and several large stock pots. If you have borrowed these items, please return them to the kitchen inventory. For those that would like to borrow items from the kitchen, please notify the office, so the items may be properly checked out to you. If you would like to give the flowers for the altar on a particular Sunday, the 2011 flower chart is located in the church narthex. The altar flowers may be given in memory, honor or thanksgiving of someone or to mark a special occasion such as, a birthday or wedding anniversary. We have many open dates from which to choose. The cost for two vases of flowers, arranged by our talented Flower Guild, is $75. FLYING LESSONS Church in the Snow Many of you have expressed an interest in obtaining a copy of Nathan Duncan s photo of the church after our most recent snow storm (the photograph was used on the cover of our 2010 Annual Report package). A limited number of copies of the color photograph are available in the office for a suggested donation of at least $20 to the Rector s Discretionary Fund. The picture is 4 x 6 matted and sized for an 8 x 10 frame (frame not included). by Gilbert Ford The author grew up in Jackson, Mississippi and then migrated north to Brooklyn, like the doves he writes about in this book. They flock together, nest together, and sing together. In the winter they travel south and in the spring they return north. One day a big noisy bird with twin engines flies on the scene and the doves must learn a new way to fly. This is a signed copy by the author. (Shelved E/For) Gift of Fr. Paul Stephens WILD ABOUT BOOKS by Judy Sierra, pictures by Marc Brown By mistake, librarian Molly McGrew drives her bookmobile into the zoo and introduces the animals to the joy of reading. Gift of the Kathy Tucker Family (Shelved E/Sie) SMALL KNIGHT AND GEORGE by Ronda Armitage Small knight accidentally brings home a small creature named George who turns out to be a friendly, gentle dragon. He learns how to breathe fire and keeps the castle warm at night. Gift of the Kathy Tucker Family (Shelved E/Arm)

6 CHRISTIAN FORMATION The Locust Fork trip is almost here! February 13 is the last day to turn in your permission form you can take it by the church office prior to that date or bring it to EYC. We will be gathering at 3:40 on Friday, February 18 at the church. Please double-check your packing list to make sure that you have everything. Pack to stay warm! Junior High DOY is February Registration is available on the diocesan website. Also, don t forget the CBG summer camp registration is now open. Register soon to get the session that you want. It was great to see so many at the Council Lock-In. Anna Ballard, Isabel Gray, Hayden Hershfelt, Hayes Hershfelt, Jace King and Mary Langford attended the lock-in, and Jace served as our delegate. In March, the EYC will host the Shrove Tuesday dinner. Please be at the church by 4:00 p.m. to decorate! We ll also be hosting our own lock-in on Friday, March 18. More details at EYC! Peace, Stacy Every good act is charity. A man s true wealth here after is the good that he does in this world to his fellows. Moliere Catechesis of the Good Shepherd 3 years 6 th grade (Sundays, 9:30 a.m.) A Montessori approach to the religious formation of children. It is rooted in the Bible, the liturgy of the church and the educational principles of Maria Montessori. The Becomers Grades 7 & 8 (Sundays 9:30 a.m.) This group is studying in Claim the Life, a comprehensive curriculum that follows youth from confirmation to graduation, engaging a variety of learning styles and helping youth learn to apply basic principles of faith to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. The Seekers Grades 9-12 (Sundays 9:30 a.m.) This group is studying Re:Form, a curriculum that is rooted in historic Christianity but speaks to youth on their level and empowers them to discover for themselves what they believe. Journey Through the Bible (9:30 Sundays, Parish Hall) Join Fred Page and class as they journey their way through I Kings The Wisdom Way of Knowing (9:30 Sundays, Parlor) Join Henry High and class as they study this book by Cynthia Rourgeault. Education for Ministry (6:15 p.m. Thursdays, Conference room) EfM covers the basics of a theological education in the Old and New Testaments, church history, liturgy, and theology. A new adult class will begin on Sunday, March 6 at 9:30 a.m. Led by Les Alvis, this class will study the book The Last Week, A Day by Day Account of Jesus Final Week in Jerusalem by Marcus Borg and John Crossan. Watch your next newsletter for details.

7 ALL SAINTS FAMILY February 18 February 28 February 13 February 14 February 15 Forrest Hooper, William H. Hooper William Hooper, Drew Alford Anna Ballard, John Blakey, Douglas Strickland February 18 Martha Ann Staub February 23 Cate Sparks, February 19 Les Huntington Heather Hart February 20 Chasity Hester February 24 Annaleigh McFate February 21 Tina Lutz February 25 Stan Furr, February 22 Don Pate Matthew Weber Natalie & Zonny Bullock Lynda & Stan Furr February 26 February 27 February 28 Clark Tims Dawn Bean Ann Hooper Albert White GIFTS RECEIVED In Memory of: Jennifer Hartman From: Betty Lee Marshall (Building Fund) Fred Bush From: Fran Shutiok (Building Fund) Mr. & Mrs. William F. Hodges Betty & Jameson Rogers William Larry Latham Gerald & Donna Wages Edith Littlefield Dott Cannon & Family Alice Jean Magee Ann & John Anderson Betty Lee Marshall William & Kimberly Hodges Cliff & Jo Hodge Hardy Reed Capital Advrs. LLC Martha Tate & Henry Dodge Kate Elizabeth Boyd Elizabeth D. Field Lou Ann & Leroy McCarty Fred & Katie Ruth Bush From: Joyce Langley (Saints Brew) Rosa Lea Hamblin From: Betty Lee Marshall To The Bush Family on the death of Fred Bush on January 26. To Margaret Barshaw on the death of her daughter, Tammi Barshaw Kerr. To Deborah & John Orrick on the death of John s mother, Jeanette Orrick. Rest eternal grant to them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them. GIFTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR SAINTS BREW From Don & Jeanne Pate Parishioners, The fifteen plates of food were greatly appreciated and thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you for helping us celebrate Fred s wonderful life. The Fred M. Bush, Jr. Family ~ ~ ~ Thank you for supporting the Honduras Medical Mission. Your gift helps improve the lives of our Honduran brothers and sisters in Christ. The H.M.M. Team The deadline for submitting information for the next newsletter is February 15 (for the month of March), at 12:00 p. m.

8 NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 250 TUPELO, MS 608 Jefferson Street, Tupelo, MS (662) Fax (662) Return Service Requested ALL SAINTS MISSION STATEMENT: To equip ourselves for Christ s service by gathering for worship, fellowship, prayer, and study; To minister to and support each other, and to welcome all who walk through our doors; To act as responsible stewards of God s gifts to us; And to do God s work in the world by seeking and serving Christ in all persons. Holy Eucharist with the Imposition of Ashes 7:00 a.m. in the Chapel 12:05 p.m. in the Chapel 7:00 p.m. in the Church