For All The Saints

Dear Friends, With Ash Wednesday on March 6, so begins the liturgical season of Lent. Nearly the entire month of March on our Church Calendar the liturgical color is purple. There is little doubt that Lent is here.

Congratulations & Many Thanks!

Congratulations to our newly re-elected Senior Warden: Gerald Harvey; and Vestry Members: Diane Lippert, Jim Brune, and Chad Newsome; Treasurer: Mark Durham; Convention Delegates: Gerald Harvey, Joe DeAmicis, and Scott McMurray; and Convention Delegate Alternates: Barbara DeAmicis, Jim Doran, and Chris Kyse. It looks like our Vestry will be in for another great year. Many

thanks to all for their willingness to serve in these capacities.

Many thanks to our retiring Vestry Members: Mark Durham, Phyllis Kata, and Lori Copman, and Acting Treasurer: Paul Hamelberg, for their service to the leadership of All Saints Church.

Stewardship Pledge Drive As of now, our Pledge Drive results for 2019 have exceeded the 2018 results. Thanks and congratulations to everyone who has returned a completed pledge card. If you have yet to turn in your pledge it’s never too late. If you need a pledge card, please call the church. Your attention to this very important matter is very much appreciated.

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday falls on March 6 this year. Don’t let it catch you by surprise. Our schedule of services for the day includes two services that include both Holy Communion and the Imposition of Ashes: 8:30 am and 7:30 pm. The evening service will also include music and our choir. I look forward to our journeying through Lent together.

“And, please remember, I am counting on seeing you in church!”

Peace, Robert The Reverend Robert A. Nagy, Rector

The Rector’s Corner . . . .

March 2019

An Invitation to a Holy Lent

All Saints Episcopal Church, 500 Lake Avenue, Bay Head, NJ 08742 Phone: 732-892-7478

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Women’s Guild . . . .

Tues. March 5—5:30 pm—Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper—see page 4

Wed. March 6, 13, 20, 27 —11:00 am—Bible Study

Wed. March 13, 20, 27—Lenten Program—The Way of Love

Sun. March 10—9:00 am—Anglican Studies for Teens

Sun. March 17—9:00 am—Anglican Studies for Adults

Sun. March 17—Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Tues. March 19—12:00— Women’s Guild, details page 2

Sun. March 24, April 7—6:00 pm—Soup Supper—details page 4

The Women’s Guild held its annual dinner out at Wharfside on Tuesday, February 19. Twenty-eight women

enjoyed a wonderful social evening and it was an opportunity for some of our parishioners to join us who are

not able to attend the daytime meetings.

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 19 at noon in Bristol Hall. We are fortunate to have Helen Lasky,

Program Director of Dottie’s House as our speaker. Dottie’s House is a long-term comprehensive program

offering a multitude of services to the female victims of violence and their children, including weekly case

management, supportive counseling and domestic violence groups. Residents reside in fully-furnished

apartments and are able to take everything with them when they successfully leave the program.

We hope you will come out and join us to learn more about this wonderful facility which is supported financially

by the Women’s Guild and the Outreach Committee. There is so much need for cleaning supplies, small

furniture items, small appliances and more. Perhaps you can help. It promises to be an interesting and

informative afternoon.

Please bring a brown bag lunch. Beverage and dessert will be served. Hope to see you there!

EMPOWERING WOMEN TO BECOME SELF SUFFICIENT

AND FREE FROM VIOLENCE

“Because love shouldn’t hurt”

March 1—Amanda Brooks

Kieran McBride

March 3—Bob Guempel

March 4—Maebil Benhur

March 6—Teddy Hewitt

Kayla Veni

Sergio Veni

March 7—Sharpe Beaton

Meg Beresik

Lily Bicking

Meredith Snyder

March 9—Bob Post

Ariel Smith

March 11—Shannon Mosier

Lance White

March 12—Hank Bristol

Hunter Dolci

March 13—Carly Hewson

Gail Kellogg

March 15—Lisa Templeton

March 17—James Delaney

Kathy McLeer

Jane Post

March 18—Sharon Coppola

March 19—Talia Apruzzese

Scott Hughes

March 20—Mark Beaton

March 23—Sarah Brune

March 26—George Flynn

Mary Marsden

March 27—Rebecca Koar

March 28—Pam Cannon

Birthday Wishes . . . .

Anniversary Blessings . . . . March 8—Hannah & John Infantolino

March 11—Sandy & Bob McIntyre

March 14—Jane & Lance White

Altar Guild . . . .

The altar and font flowers add so much to the beauty of our worship services. If you would like to re-

member a loved one, or celebrate a special occasion, won’t you consider choosing a Sunday to provide

the flowers. The cost of the altar flowers is $65 and the font flowers are $75. The sanctuary candle is

also available for commemoration for $10/week.

A sign-up book is in the narthex to find an available week. You will be contacted by the office in

advance of your chosen week to finalize the wording for the Sunday bulletin.

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Do you enjoy the Hospitality/Coffee Hour which follows our 10:15 service? Do

you enjoy chatting with friends and welcoming newcomers?

Each Sunday two hosts/hostesses provide us with some tasty treats and pre-

pare coffee. We are most grateful to them for creating such a warm and wel-

coming time.

Presently, each person has a turn every two months. We would love to add to

our host/hostess roster. Interested? Please contact Joan Hamelberg 732-528-3179.

Can You Help? . . . .

Church School . . . .

Our Church School students were very busy these last few weeks, completing

both Inreach and Outreach projects. Cards of friendship and cheer were sent

out to those fellow church members who are unable to attend services at this

time. With the help of the parish, we collected over 50 cans of soup and

donated $243 to St. Gregory’s Pantry from our “Souper Bowl” and “Hearts of

Hope” fundraisers.

Thank you to all who participated! Family services have been well received and will continue the

second Sunday of every month.

A warm welcome to Mia and Ryan who have joined Ms. Cindy’s class. We are very glad to have you

attend.

Cindy McGlynn

Lenten Events . . . . Please join us on Tuesday, March 5 at 6:00 pm for our Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. If you can

provide a dessert or help with set-up or clean up, kindly sign up on the bulletin board near Bristol

Hall.

The first of our two soup suppers in Lent will be on Sunday, March 24 at 6:00 pm. If you have a

favorite soup you’d like to make and share, please let Julie Chowansky know (732-449-3458).

There will be a sign-up sheet in Bristol Hall if you plan to attend.

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SCHEDULE FOR LENT

ASH WEDNESDAY

(March 6)

8:30 am & 7:30 pm

Holy Eucharist w/ imposition of Ashes:

WEDNESDAYS IN LENT

(ongoing: Labor Day through Memorial Day)

11:00 am

Lectionary-based Bible Study

(beginning March 13)

7:30 pm

The Way of Love

This Lenten program is based on Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s design

that includes a nine-point approach to practices for a Jesus-centered life .

[Benedictine Way will resume on Wednesday, May 1]

A View from the Pew . .

I haven’t written anything in a while so I thought I’d place an article in our Newsletter.

Hence, “Things to like about All Saints Church”, … and these are in no particular order:

The music is exceptionally good. Our resident musician, Stephen Pinel, has the choir

singing better than ever. The same can be said for the congregational singing. And, the occasional

guest musicians for special celebrations is always a pleasant surprise.

Our Rector, the Rev. Robert Nagy, is an experienced priest who preaches thought-full sermons (notice

my spelling on this). I appreciate intelligent sermons. Sometimes, it is the simplest yet most direct

things that can stay with you, such as when Fr. Nagy said not too long ago, “…remember two things:

God is always with us and God loves us…”. (And I say, keep that in your pocket all week and you’ll have

a great week.) I also especially appreciate Robert’s attention to our order of worship. It is, in my experi-

ence, very mainstream Episcopalian which means it is orderly, predictable and spiritual. And I do make

it a point to visit other churches if I am on vacation or otherwise traveling, so I feel confident in saying

this.

I see us as a very friendly congregation. Our “hospitality hour” (coffee and refreshments) is always a

great opportunity to get to know each other better. Our Lenten program will again have the traditional

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner and, I expect, a couple of “Soup Suppers”. There’s no shortage of food

at All Saints, is there?

We are certainly busy with our outreach efforts and a lot has been accomplished in recent years.

The Sunday of February 17th was a bit of a “highlight” as there was a baptism – always a happy occasion,

the usual outstanding music and sermon, but another aspect that only I heard. One of the young, new

acolytes said to me as we were in the vesting room before church, “I wasn’t scheduled to be on this

morning, but I wanted to volunteer anyway.” That struck me and impressed me. Here is a young per-

son who is obviously enthused to be helping out in a most important role.

Like a steady ship, All Saints is maintaining its course. But every ship needs many deckhands to make

certain that it continues to sail along in the right direction and for the right purposes. Well, what are

those purposes? Without trying to sound like a clergyperson here, I do believe we are to follow the ex-

ample of Jesus and the Apostles, as we hear in the Bible lessons week to week: provide for those in

need, love each other, love God with all our heart, encourage each other and keep our faith strong. We

are the owners of our church, our “ship”. But we are also the workers here and there is much to be

done. I encourage all of us to take a role in some way, get involved and move forward, for there is

much to like and enjoy about All Saints Church.

Rick Hager

(Lay Reader and Chalice Bearer, 10:15 services)

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Outreach . . . .

UIH Family Partners Dress2Impress Program

IUH Family Partners in Trenton, NJ’s oldest non-profit organization, originally

founded as the Union Industrial Home Orphanage in 1859, is celebrating 160

years helping families. Their programs, Dress2Impress, Daddy and Me Literacy,

Family Night Out and Operation Fatherhood help improve the lives of the families

who participate.

Dress2Impress provides free clothing for men to wear to help them on job interviews. UIH staff

members meet with Dress2Impress candidates to explain appropriate job interview etiquette,

work attire, interview and follow-up questions. Participants in the program keep the donated

clothes.

Again this year, the Outreach Committee is asking for your help. If you have men’s suits, shirts,

pants, ties, blazers. Socks or shoes in good condition, please consider donating them to

Dress2Impress. We will have clothing racks and shoe bins in Bristol Hall from Sunday, March 3 to

March 24. UIH will collect the donated clothing the following week. All Saints Outreach thanks

you for your support.

Easter Baskets for St. Gregory’s Pantry

Hippity Hoppity! It’s time for Easter baskets for St. Gregory’s Pantry. Look for the

pussy willow tree in Bristol Hall on Sunday, March17, loaded with ‘eggs’, each with

the gender and age of a child from birth to 17. We’ll also have a suggestion list of

items you might want to include in a basket, but please feel free to design your own

basket or purchase one already complete. The baskets are due back by Sunday, April

7 in order to be delivered to St. Mary’s in time for the Easter food distribution.

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Finance . . . .

The Finance Committee has prepared an income statement of all of our investments for 2018. This

statement shows the results of interest, dividends and capital gains issued by the mutual funds. In

addition, we have shown all the interest coming from our fixed assets. The statement shows the full

investment experience of our three investment accounts; the Vestry-directed fund, the scholarship

fund and the capital fund. This summary shows the gains and losses of our mutual funds in addition

to notes concerning the cash flow of our Vestry-directed fund.

Paul Hamelberg

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They were all of them saints of God . . . .

When the fighting had ended and the fog and smoke of battle had lifted, Cliveden House, terribly damaged by musket and cannon fire, still stood. The date was October 4th, 1777 and the place was Germantown, Pennsylvania. The fighting that day became known as the Battle of Germantown. Although the British held their position in Cliveden House and the battle was a defeat for the Conti-nental army, the bold attack launched by Gen. George Washington that day helped to convince the French to enter the war as American allies.

Cliveden House, occupied by the British, was the epicenter of the fighting. At the time, it was the vacant summer house of Benjamin Chew, a British loyalist when the war started. Eventually, when Chew saw that the out-come of the war was swinging toward the American side, he began to ex-press his patriotism toward the American cause. After the war Chew re-stored Cliveden House and continued to visit it in the summer until his death in 1810. On March 18th, 1805, Anna Sofia Penn Chew, grand-daughter of Benjamin, was born. Anna lived at Cliveden for most of her life, caring for her parents in their later years. Upon her mother’s death in 1855, Anna became the caretaker of Cliveden. Following a nasty family squabble over her father’s will, Anna assumed full control of the property, eventually welcoming her nephew Samuel and his family at Cliveden. One of Samuel’s youngest children was also named Samuel.

Sometime the 1880s Anna began spending her summers in Bay Head. Being a good Episcopalian, she became a summer parishioner at All Saints Church and was counted among our earliest members. Anna passed away at the age of 87 on May 9th, 1892. On St. Barthol-omew’s Day that summer Samuel, her 21 year-old grandnephew, presented to All Saints Church a sterling silver communion set engraved “In loving memory of Anna Sofia Penn Chew.”

Also among our founders were the Carrs, a Philadelphia family that included parents William Hart Carr and Lucretia Eleanor Carr and two of their four children - John Hart Carr and Lucretia Virginia Carr. As were many of our founders, the Carrs were members of St. James the Less Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. It appears that John was a friend of Anna’s nephew Samuel, perhaps through membership in the Orpheus Club, a men’s singing club, in Philadelphia. John was a found-ing member of the club and the club’s history indicates one or more of its early members were Chews. Samuel died on January 10th, 1887. Samuel’s death apparently had a strong impact on John because some years later John gave as a gift in Samuel’s memory the brass altar rail at which we still take Communion. The generosity of John Carr toward All Saints Church did not end there. Years after his father died in 1888 and his mother in 1898, John commemorated their lives by making two extraordinary gifts. One was our lectern, which was dedicated to the memories of William Hart Carr and Squier Littell, who died in 1886 in Bay Head, and the other was our pulpit which was dedicated to the memory Lucretia Eleanor Carr. John’s younger sister, Lucretia died in 1913; dedicated to her memory was an alms box.

John and his surviving sister, Josephine, lived out their remaining years together in Philadelphia. They both died in 1920. None of the four Carr siblings ever married.

I am indebted to Ramsay Fisher and William Schoettle, author of BAY HEAD 1879 – 1911: An Informal Souvenir in Three

Chapters, for their invaluable contributions to this article. Mark Durham