Join the party! Come help with Vacation Bible School decorations early this year, as we give ourselves even more time to create and decorate for 2022 VBS. Creativity not required! Lots of little (but fun) jobs to help out with plenty of guidance.
Readings and Collect for Sunday, January 30
Read ahead, follow along, and pray with the Saints using the “lectionary insert” for this upcoming Sunday. Please note there will only be one service at 10 a.m. There is also a variation in the New Testament reading this week:
Ephesians 4:12-16
Nation of Origin and Language Survey
If you have not already, please click here to submit the brief Nation of Origin and Language survey as we look to serve the Dale City community and recognize the diversity in our church.
Readings and Collect for Sunday, January 23
Read ahead, follow along, and pray with the Saints using the “lectionary insert” for this upcoming Sunday. Please note the variations for Sanctity of Life Sunday
Old Testament: Isaiah 49: 1-6
Psalm: 139: 1-17 (BCP pgs. 455-456)
New Testament: 1 John 3: 11-24
Gospel: Matthew 25: 31-46
2022 Vestry Nominees
Click here to view the 2022 Vestry Nominees.
Our Newest Little Saint!
Servant "Hearts" Needed!
Protecting God's Children Trained Servant "Hearts" requested for Parents' Valentine Date Night on Friday, February 11, 6-9p.m.
Parents-single and married, can enjoy some time away to refresh while their children enjoy an evening of safe and seasonal fun with their church family. We need PGC trained servant "hearts" to serve in nursery OR with elementary children; please RSVP to Tara. Pizza dinner provided. More details and registration coming soon!
Pray for Our Teens at Camp!
Please pray for our youth group as they attend their winter retreat- The Booyah Brrr! They will drive down this Friday evening and return Monday afternoon.
Pray that the teens will be able to decompress and draw near to the Lord, without the distraction of complicated learning environments and social media. Every day, they will be taught from the Word and have time to process it alone and with others. Please pray for the youth leaders who will be traveling down with them.
New GriefShare Class Starting January 24
3 King Dolls Find Newborn King
Our 3 king dolls have finished their journey and found the newborn King! Praise be to God! What a journey they had through the entire season of Advent, around Dale City neighborhoods, local parks, car rides around town, the breakfast table, church member homes, and even found their way around All Saints' Church! The children too found our Newborn King with the help of the visiting 3 Kings in Children's Church, hearing all about their journey in word and song on Epiphany Sunday. Thank you again to our treasured Margaret Nicholas donating the King dolls for our children.
Here is a glimpse of our Kings on their journey:
Readings and Collect for Sunday, January 16
Read ahead, follow along, and pray with the Saints using the “lectionary insert” for this upcoming Sunday. Please note the variation for the New Testament Reading:
Ephesians 4:11-14
Recent Attender?
Have you started attending All Saints’ Church within the past year and a half? If so, we would like to properly welcome you with a brief meet and greet Sunday, January 23- immediately following the second service. Childcare is available and light refreshments will be provided. Come to get to know our clergy, and some of our staff members while learning about opportunities within our church!
Perishable Food Drive This Week!
We still need donations to the perishable food drive tomorrow (Friday) from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Additionally, you may drop off perishables in the kitchen if you are attending the Epiphany service this evening (January 6).
While all food is welcome, some of the non-perishable items most needed include:
Corn
Pasta Sauce
Masa Instantanea (maseca)
Oats
Soups
We Believe: An Exploration and Celebration of the Creeds of the Church
The creeds are something we say as part of our worship each week and an integral part of most of our liturgies. Perhaps you wondered where they came from, why they are worded as they are and how they shape our faith. Come join us, over the next 6 weeks, as we look at the history, biblical basis and spiritual significance of the 3 creeds in our Book of Common Prayer – the Apostles Creed, the Nicene Creed and the perhaps less familiar, Athanasian Creed. This study will meet at the Education Hour (9:45-10:40 am.), in the Sanctuary, beginning Sunday, January 9.
Beth Moore & Moms Reflections at Panera
What? A conversation for mothers of all ages and stages!
Where? Dumfries Panera (by Target)
When? Beginning Thursday, January 27, 7:15-8:15 p.m. and continuing on Thursdays.
Motherhood gently tugs on our heartstrings but puts grace at our feet. Receive the Lord's grace, so you can reflect that grace to your children. In Beth Moore's most personal book, Feathers From My Nest: A Mother's Reflection, Beth reflects on memories of raising her daughters, as they leave the nest from college. As she ponders multiple memories, so rich in tenderness and emotion, Beth draws from spiritual significance about such things as authenticity in the Christian home, communication, encouragement; you don't have to have a perfect home to have a good, strong home and other affirmations. Whether your children are babies or they flew the coup 10 years ago, these reflections remind us of all of the gift of grace children offer in our lives every day. Join other ASC mothers in conversation, facilitated by Tara Pedersen and Katherine Monroe, while enjoying a hot beverage or treat from a favorite bakery!
All ladies welcome~ Biblical reflections applicable to all walks of life.
Readings and Collect for Sunday, January 9
Read ahead, follow along, and pray with the Saints using the “lectionary insert” for this upcoming Sunday.
A Christmas Thank You!
Thank you to everyone that served during Advent in the Living Nativity and in the Family Christmas Eve service prep. It truly was a season of preparation, but with much rejoicing! Over a month's time of practicing songs, rehearsing, costuming, staging, constructing, and more! It all came to be a celebration of a newborn King and a Savior to the world right here in Dale City. Thank you to everyone that contributed in so many ways!
Tara Pedersen
Children's Ministry Director
Summit for Life- Register Now!
Anglicans For Life, in partnership with ACNA's Diocese of the Mid-Atlantic, invite you to attend Life SUMMIT 2022, a Life-Affirming conference starting Thursday, January 20 through Saturday, January 22nd- with the March for Life on Friday, January 21. As a church staff, we have committed to attending the March for Life on Friday, January 21. We will be taking the buses with Anglicans for Life into D.C., and we invite you to join us in purchasing a bus ticket for the march!
There are several events throughout the weekend, and multiple ways to participate:
Thursday, January 20- Teen ySummit watch party at All Saints’ Church! Click here for more info.
Friday, January 21- Click here to register for a bus ticket to the march. Prayer and Worship at The Falls Church Anglican begins at 9:30 a.m. before boarding the buses to Washington D.C. for the march. Once you’ve purchased your bus ticket, email us to let us know you’re attending so we can plan to be together!
Saturday, January 22- Click here for the schedule of Life SUMMIT speakers on a variety of life affirming topics including the keynote address by Professor O. Carter Snead author of What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics. Saturday’s SUMMIT will take place at The Falls Church Anglican beginning at 8 a.m..
There are options for you to register for all three days (including a bus ticket to the march), register only for bus tickets to the march, or register only or the Life SUMMIT.
Youth Resumes for Bible Study and Sunday Night!
Youth Group (7th-12th Grade) will meet again Sunday, January 9 from 4-6 p.m. The youth will also meet Thursday, January 13 to resume the Thursday evening Bible Study with the Chosen series at Carl’s house. If you want to get connected, email Jedd+. There are other events happening in January-including the Teen YSummit on Thursday, January 20!
January Food Giveaway!
“You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.” Deuteronomy 15:11
Our next parking lot food giveaway is Saturday, January 8. This is another exciting opportunity to bless our community by following the commands of Jesus to help those in need! Anyone in our community who is in need of food is invited to come that day to fill up bags of groceries free of charge.
There are countless ways that you and your family can be involved. From setting up behind the scenes to passing out flyers in the communities that need to hear about the event to serving during the event itself, it will truly take all of us coming together to make this happen. If you are looking for a place for you and/or your family to serve, there are absolutely opportunities for you! Please sign-up here or contact Tammy Bailey if you have any questions.