Women's Community
Women's Community facilitates spiritual growth, education, community building, and service opportunities for the women of All Saints Church. All women who attend All Saints Church are members of Women's Community. Women's Community creates a nurturing environment and gives voice to issues of critical importance. The Women's Community Steering Committee provides leadership in coordinating the activities of the Women's Community, and meets the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 to 8:30 in the OCC Conference room.
Women's Community Events during the year include:
Upcoming 2013 Events:
Women's Community Voices from the Heart with Ada Gates Patton
Sunday, June 9, 2013
12:30-3:00 PM
Sweetland Hall
Beginning her youth as a debutante in New York, Ada's journey has taken her from the East Coast to Pasadena, where she became the first woman licensed to shoe racehorses in America and the first woman Farrier to shoe horses for the Pasadena Rose Parade. Along the way, her wit and humor landed her a spot on the David Letterman Show as well as many speaking engagements throughout the country.
Ada has stories to tell, and we'll enjoy them with a delicious BBQ Brunch, wine, and our famous Women's Community hospitality. Mark your calendar now for this special event! Signups will be available at the Women's Community table as well as online.
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Holy Strollers and Holy Hikers
Holy Hikers: Join our newest ministry, the Holy Hikers for a more challenging hike! All are welcome! Hikes are held on the 3rd Saturday of the Month, beginning at 7:30 a.m. Hikes are mostly within Echo Canyon at the top of Lake Avenue. If you would like to attend, please call Aubin Wilson at 626-590-6527 or e-mail her at aubin1024@sbcglobal.net
Holy Strollers: Holy Strollers are on hiatus for the next few months.
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Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month from 7-8:30 pm in the OCC Meeting room, all year. Pot luck dinner at 6:00 PM, book discussion from 7:00-8:30 pm. The current book being discussed is "The Yoga of Jesus."
More information about this book can be found by CLICKING HERE. Please Contact Margot Webb-Foltz by e-mail at mwebbfoltz@charter.net for more information.
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Union Station Family Center Homeless Center Food Preparation Team -
We gather on the 5th Monday of the month to prepare a delicious meal for the families at Union Station. Periodically throughout the year, our meal is in combination with a holiday, such as New Years Eve, Memorial Day or Labor Day so we create special parties for those occasions. We also encourage women to bring their teenagers over the age of 16 to participate as well. For more information please e-mail Gerry Puhara by clicking HERE.
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SAVE THESE DATES FOR UPCOMING WOMEN'S COMMUNITY EVENTS:
Voices from the Heart Brunch
with Ada Gates Paton
Sunday, June 9, 2013
More information will be made available at the Women's Community Table on the Lawn. You can join our e-mail newsletter by sending an e-mail request to Gerry Puhara at gdpuhara@earthlink.net
Past Women's Community Events include:
Women's Community Annual Spring Retreat with Michelle Bloom, April 20, 2013
Our speaker, Tara Holbook, told her inspiring story of helping to build and support the Edna Maternity Hospital in Somaliland, Africa, where one in ten women were dying in childbirth. Joining Tara was Lindsey Pollaczek of Direct Relief, who spoke of the work with Edna in Somaliland and beyond. The Edna Maternity Hospital is described in the best selling book by Nicholas Kristoff and Cheryl Wu Dunn entitled "Half the Sky."To see a slideshow of this program, please CLICK HERE and click on the link for "Slideshow." To read more about Edna's Hospital in Somaliland, CLICK HERE for the website. To read more about the humanitarian work of Direct Relief, who provides medicines and medical equipment throughout the world, please CLICK HERE.
Compassion Works for Youths in Crisis
Voices from the Heart Brunch, "Music of the Spirit" featured Jenny Price
All Saints Church, Sweetland Hall
12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
$20.00 per adult, $10.00 per child
Scholarships available
Women’s Community annual Voices from the Heart Brunch featured our own Jenny Price, Director of Children's/Youth Music, speaking about her unique spiritual and musical journey. This event begins with a sumptuous brunch, wine, and socializing. We served boxed lunches for children. The program included a short introduction of Women's Community, and then our featured speaker, who treated us to her spiritual journey, and shared her musical talents.
CLICK HERE TO SEE A SLIDESHOW OF THIS EVENT
Annual Women's Spiritual Retreat led by Betsy Perry
Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 pm
Angeles Mountain Center
3697 Fair Oaks Avenue, Altadena.
For centuries the Black Madonna has attracted millions of people from all over the world, and many have had miracles and life-changing encounters. Historian and All Saints member, Betsy Perry, presented images of the Black Madonna and spoke about their historical and spiritual context. Through meditation, art, and story she invited us to explore our own responses to the dark feminine within ourselves, the gifts we find in darkness, the hopes we have for wholeness. We discussed questions in small groups, meditated, wriote and drew in journals. Some made mandalas. We visited Stations of the Black Madonnas, during walking meditations outdoors.
Special Thanks to Chairs, Jeannette Miyamoto and Janet Lloyd for their leadership and outstanding food!
- To view a SLIDESHOW of the Retreat, please click HERE
- To view and print out the program materials please click HERE
- To View and print out a Bibliography of reading about the Black Madonna click HERE
Lunch of Compassion featuring Gloria Killian played to a packed house in Sweetland Hall
An informative and inspiring Lunch of Compassion was held Sunday, April 22, featuring author and prison activist Gloria Killian, co-chair of the All Saints Prison Ministry. The delicious meal of rice and beans was prepared by Women's Community steering committee member Teri Valentine.
Gloria's book, "Full Circle: A True Story of Murder, Lies and Vindication," tells of her 17-1/2-year incarceration for a crime she did not commit. Copies were available for purchase and signing. For more information about her book, CLICK HERE
Net proceeds from the lunch benefited Get on the Bus, whose mission is to help children visit their parents in prison. Norma Cumpian, a regional coordinator for Get on the Bus, was on hand to talk about the program. For more information about Get on the Bus, CLICK HERE
Special Thanks to Wanda Lau and Chris Vanderhorst for chairing this event. Please Click HERE to see a SLIDESHOW of the event.
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To read a recent Women's Community Newsletter CLICK HERE
For information about Women's Community, please contact:
626.583.2742
chonchell@allsaints-pas.org
Aubin Wilson - Chair
626-304-0351
aubin1024@sbcglobal.net
Gail Gunther - Co-Chair
626-441-3511
tngunther@aol.com
