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February 2, 2020 The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ at the Temple La presentación de Cristo en el templo by Kelly Latimore. For more information, visit www.kellylatimoreicons.com. 525 Lake Concord Rd NE | Concord, NC 28025 | 704-782-2024 | www.allsaintsconcord.org

Thank you for worshiping with us today. If this is your first visit or if you are looking for a church home, a Greeter is available in the Welcome Center before and after worship services to provide information and a welcome gift. Dear Parents of Young Children: All Saints’ At All Saints’, we believe that Jesus issues the same invitation Core Values to everyone: “Come to me, just exactly as you are.” For our children, this means, “Come with all the energy, the • Being an active, wiggles and giggles, that God gave you.” This is God’s House, inclusive community and life and love and laughter are all part of God’s dream for of faith the world. Your presence here is a blessing. Your children’s • Worshiping God in the Episcopal presence is a blessing. And all of their wiggles and giggles tradition (including any tears and protests) are welcome in God’s • Nurturing House. Here are a few suggestions many parents have found individuals to grow helpful: in Christ • Please sit towards the front — it’s easier to see and hear • Seeking and serving all the action. Jesus in unexpected • Sing, pray, respond, and explain what’s happening in the places service. Children learn best about worship and liturgy from you. Our Mission • Pick up a green “Busy Bag” with books, coloring pages, and To be a church of a stuffed Worship Buddy. Please return them after the Disciples Making service. Disciples for Jesus • We have a staffed nursery in the Education Wing and a livestream in the Parlor. If you need to leave, please come Our Vision back, especially for Communion. To be a church that Loves Like God T o All the Members of our Parish: Loves Children are one of God’s most precious blessings. Thank you for warmly welcoming them into God’s House and for encouraging their families with your smiles and assistance. 2

T oday at All Saints’ 8:00 AM Holy Eucharist [Quiet Communion] Nave 9:00 AM Holy Eucharist [Contemporary Communion] Parish Hall Infant - Age 2: " Bible Time" [9 & 11:10 AM] Nursery 10:00 AM Celebration of Rev. Michael Whitnah's Ministry Parish Hall 11:10 AM Holy Eucharist [Traditional Communion] Nave Infant - Age 2: " Bible Time" [9 & 11:10 AM] Nursery 1:30 PM Prayer, Praise & Anointing Service Concord Place followed by Eucharistic Visits 1501 Zion Church Rd 1:30 PM Healing Prayer: Fasting Parlor 2:00 PM Alcoholics Anonymous Community Room T oday’s cover | La presentación de Cristo en el templo, by Kelly Latimore "… I feel the need for new images, in some icons I wish to embrace the traditional forms and image but for many icons the image needs re-shaping, re-imagining, and re-wondering... My hope is that these icons do what all art can potentially do, which is, to create more dialogue...By transcending our biases, listening and having inner silence about our convictions, our inherited traditions, or our favorite ideas we can become open to the patterns of work, knowledge and experience we may not have seen in the other or buried in ourselves. The other may have something to teach us about what we know, about who God is, the world we live in and who are our neighbors. This is the real work of being human and of art. Being more present.." — Kelly Latimore, Iconographer From “Art in the Christian Tradition,” a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http:// diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu. For more information about the artist, please visit: www.kellylatimoreicons.com. Celebrate Michael’s Ministry | T oday at 10 AM in the Parish Hall This is Rev. Michael’s last Sunday at All Saints’, and he will be preaching at all three services. Altar Flowers | In Celebration The flowers on the altar are given by Albert Benshoff to the Glory of God and in celebration of Epiphany & Arthur Benshoff. 3

Parish Announcements Creation Care | Restoring God’s Earth: A Year of Personal Action On behalf of the All Saints’ Creation Care team, you are invited to be part of a 12 -month program, created by The Church of the Nativity in Raleigh, called “Restoring God’s Earth: A Year of Personal Action.” You’ll see here a new theme each month, with weekly action points that benefit the environment. This program is backed by science and founded in faith. To see a video on this program, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM3h67M8lgw. A PDF copy of the E- book is available at https://tinyurl.com/vdns9w6. If you’d like to learn more about Creation Care at All Saints’, please contact Mark Robinson at Mrobinson0982@gmail.com. February | Moving to a plant rich diet “Let the earth put forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it. And it was so.” — Genesis 1:11 Week 1: • Try a vegetable you haven’t tried before. • Try a new plant-based recipe. All Saints’ Workday at Habitat for Humanity | Saturday, February 22, 9 AM | 261 Evans Street NW, Concord Habitat for Humanity uses an online volunteer registration and waiver. By completing the online registration, paper waivers are not required and this will expedite the process! Please visit www.conta.cc/2RLgnkS to complete your registration. If you have any problems registering, please contact Don Foskey at donald.foskey@gmail.com or (704) 795-0303. Handprints T oday there are tables set up where you may trace your hands during times of transition before and after morning worship. All parishioners, no matter their age, are asked to participate. These cutouts will be used to create a piece of artwork from everyone's handprints. 4

Parish Announcements Young(ish) Professionals Dinner Online Giving Go to Saturday, February 8 at 6 PM www.allsaintsconcord. Hosted by Chris and Carrie Charest at 4906 Clubview Drive, org/online-giving/ Concord. Childcare will be coordinated at the Charest or go to the Church Life residence. app to make your Please RSVP to Chris by February 5 at charest@culplumber.com. donation Advance Care Planning Workshop T ext Giving To give to the Monday, February 10, beginning at 5:30 PM General Fund, text SAINTS to 73256 Chaplain Ric Durham, M.Div., BCC, Spiritual Care Manager for Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County will present an To give to the Advance Care Planning Workshop. Ric is no stranger to All Assistance Fund, text Saints’. He has presented this workshop multiple times for our SAINTS ASSISTANCE to Parish and is “back by popular demand.” At the workshop the 73256 following topics will be addressed: To give to the • The Advance Care Planning process Memorial Fund, text • Communicating with family and friends about your SAINTS MEMORIAL to healthcare wishes 73256 • Designating a Healthcare Power of Attorney To give to the Capital • Completing your Healthcare Power of Attorney Campaign, text • Completing your Living Will SAINTS CAPITAL CAMPAIGN to 73256 Notaries Public will be available to anyone wishing to complete these important documents. A light soup and salad dinner will be served between 5:30 PM and 6:30 PM. Please sign-up on the Welcome Center bulletin board to ensure we have enough materials and food! Be sure to “like” Questions: Rebecca Bahn, rbahn1946@gmail.com or (704) 906-8958 and even “check in” on the Notary needed | Advanced Care Workshop All Saints’ If you are a Notary and would be willing to assist at the Facebook Page upcoming Advance Care Planning Workshop, please notify to stay connected! Markeisha at admin@allsaintsconcord.org. Annual Meeting Slide Show The Slide Show from the meeting is available on You Tube at https://tinyurl.com/rq5hgg3. 5