Church Prayer Meeting

This Sunday, March 27 is our monthly prayer meeting from 6-7 p.m. at All Saints’ Church in the sanctuary. Join us as we pray for our congregation, community, and upcoming outreach events.

Parish Work Day Supplies Needed!

This Saturday, March 26 is our Parish Work Day from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. We look forward to a time of fellowship and tasks to help take care of our building and property.

We will have a full list of things to do. Please consider bringing the following:

• Pick up trucks to move mulch

• Wheelbarrows

• Pruning shears

• Shovels for mulch

Sign-Ups Still Available to Provide Food This Saturday!

Are you able to provide food or drinks to the homeless this Saturday? This is our week to serve meals at Hilda Barg Homeless Shelter, and we are still in need of some sign-ups for this Saturday, March 19!

• Click Here to Sign-Up Southern Fried Saturday

Holy Week Schedule

Take a look at the comprehensive list of services for Holy Week 2022, starting with Palm Sunday April 10.

• Palm Sunday- April 10 (8:15 a.m. & 11 a.m.)

• Monday, April 11- Spoken Eucharist (12 p.m.)

• Tuesday, April 12- Spoken Eucharist (8 a.m.)

• Wednesday, April 13- Spoken Eucharist (12 p.m.)

• Maundy Thursday- April 14 (7 p.m.)- childcare available

• Good Friday- April 15 (7 p.m.)- childcare available

• Easter Vigil- April 16 (7 p.m.)- childcare available

• Easter Sunday- April 17 (8:15 a.m. & 11 a.m.)- no Children’s Church or Sunday School, nursery available for children 5 and under.

Easter Memorial Flowers

Would you like to honor a loved one or celebrate a special thanksgiving during this Easter season?

You can memorialize your loved ones with a special gift of beauty by making a donation for Easter lilies! All Easter memorials and thanksgivings will be projected on Easter morning and will be included on the website, social media, and newsletter.

You can fill out the online donation form below or you can pickup a donation card and envelope from the atrium or the church office. All donations and requests are due Thursday, April 7 (online or dropped off at the church office).

A Ladies Night with Chonda Pierce

Chonda Pierce is a stand-up comedian, television hostess, author and actress who brings her life experiences into her comedy, providing laughter to audiences around the country. She is going to be in concert live in Woodbridge at Christ Chapel Sunday, April 10 at 7 p.m. We would love to get a group of ladies together & go as a group. Please contact Katherine Monroe, if you’re interested in joining in the fun by Sunday, March 27! You can also invite a friend, neighbor, or family member! The more the merrier! Tickets are $35 per person for a group of ten or more and $37 per person for a group if less than ten.

Adopt-A-Box Gardening

Interested in vegetable gardening? Adopt-A-Box in the All Saints’ Church garden! This is the perfect opportunity for families and individuals to try their hand at gardening. Gardening will take place in the raised boxes in our church backyard. No experience necessary-we will train you! The food harvested in your garden box will be given out to our local community in need. What a great way to make an impact in Dale City!

For more information contact Tammy or Susan Baggot.

Sunday School Seder Meal

Sunday, April 3 from 9:45-10:45 a.m., is the traditional Sunday School Seder Meal. Children and their parents will be treated to what has become an annual blessing at All Saints’ Church, the Seder Meal teaching!  

Children (age mature 3 and up) are invited to come with their parents.  Upon arriving for the Seder teaching and meal in the children’s wing, they will be directed to sit with their family.  The tables will be low to the ground and children will be seated on the floor with parents.   Vestry member and Sunday School teacher, Dawn Smutz, will provide the instruction that accompanies each portion of the meal.  Children will be encouraged to try each food offering and participate in the reading of the scripture.  

Donations Needed for Easter Egg Hunt & Door Prizes for Families!

You can help support the outreach to families in the area neighborhoods with a donation of plastic easter eggs, easter candy, or a door prize for a child! The Road to Resurrection event on April 16 is a wonderful opportunity to grow the relationships with families and children in our Dale City area with the Easter Egg Hunt and Door Prize Drawing. For this event we need:

• 2,000 new or gently used plastic Easter eggs

• 4,000 pieces of individually wrapped candies

• Door prize gifts for a child (ex. scooter, bicycle, any other treasured childhood toy)

You can find the Amazon wishlist for the eggs and candy here. Purchases made through this link will be shipped directly to the church. You can also drip off any eggs or candy to the church office (9a.m.-4p.m. M-Th or Sunday morning).

If you are interested in donating a door prize, please email Tara Pedersen or call 703-670-0093.

Thank you for your support of this community event! It is through the generosity of this church that we are able to have successful community outreach!

An Appeal for Ukraine Relief

Take a look at the message below from Archbishop Foley Beach calling on us to help support the people of Ukraine through the Anglican Development and Relief Fund (ARDF). You can support the relief effort for the people of Ukraine here.

Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

Lenten Greetings in the Name of Christ Jesus!  As we begin our Lenten pilgrimage, let us not ignore the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding before our eyes in Europe. Our hearts are breaking at the scenes of Ukrainians under attack from Russian forces with bombs landing in neighborhoods, schools, and playgrounds. Many of us have family and friends living and working in Ukraine or serving with the local church.

As the crisis intensifies and Ukrainians fight for their lives, more and more Ukrainians are being displaced and made homeless. Others will be without basic necessities like water, shelter, and food as basic infrastructure is destroyed. The Anglican Relief and Development Fund (ARDF) has mounted a campaign to raise funds to help. We are currently partnering with those inside Ukraine and those working in bordering countries being overwhelmed with refugees.

Are you able to help? ARDF has received a $100,000 challenge gift to match dollar for dollar the first $100,000 received. This means your personal gift can be doubled. Please consider helping today by clicking here.

Beyond giving financially to these efforts, your prayers are vital. Prayer really does make a difference! Pray for the Ukrainian people and their leaders, the Russian people and their leaders, the numerous Christian leaders and missionaries in the country, and for the hundreds of thousands of refugees. Ask God to intervene.

Please join us in praying these Collects from The Book of Common Prayer 2019: 

"O God, our heavenly Father, whose blessed Son has taught us to seek our daily bread from you: Behold the affliction of your people in Ukraine and send them swift aid in their time of need. Increase the fruits of the earth by your heavenly benediction; and grant that receiving your gifts with thankful hearts, they may use them to your glory, for the relief of those in need, and for their own health; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."
- Adapted from Collect, In Time of Scarcity and Famine, BCP2019, p.653

"Almighty God, from whom all thoughts of truth and peace proceed: Kindle, we pray, in the hearts of all people the true love of peace, and guide with your pure and peaceable wisdom those who take counsel for the nations of the earth; that in tranquility your kingdom may go forward, till the earth is filled with the knowledge of your love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."
- Collect For The Peace of the World, BCP2019, p. 654

Yours in Christ,

The Most Rev. Dr. Foley Beach
Archbishop and Primate, Anglican Church in North America

An Update from the Rector on Covid Guidelines

Click the video below to watch Father Scott’s video to the congregation about the new Covid guidelines at All Saints’ Church. He addresses:

• Updated mask guidance

• The mask required section of the Sanctuary

• Respecting the medical needs of those in our congregation