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Ministries


All Saints Anglican Parish CBS is very active in numerous ministries...


All Saints CBS is very much a key player within the Town of Conception Bay South.  We are prominently located on route 60 in Foxtrap, with our beautiful Church sitting proudly and reverently high upon the hill, and is visible from a long distance in all directions.  We have a large, well equipped Parish Hall that plays a focal role within our community.  Our Parishioners are actively involved in many ministries.




Community Organizations


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Al-Anon Family Groups is a spiritual fellowship, not a religious one. They avoid discussion of specific religious doctrine, and members of all faiths (or of none) are welcome.  Our Twelve Steps ask us to find a “Power greater than ourselves” who can help us solve our problems and find serenity. Each member is free to define that power in his or her own way.


The CBS / Paradise Community Food Bank has been in existence since 1994, when all churches and the two town councils Conception Bay South and Paradise decided to form one food bank to assist the needy in the area.

The All Saints Anglican Parish CBS is extremely proud of the ongoing support that our Parishioners are so willing to provide to this needy cause.  We also take an extra special role in the provision of Christmas Hampers.


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Together, with donors, recipients, employees, partners and volunteers, we are Canada’s lifeline.  Our role is to provide lifesaving products and services in transfusion and transplantation for Canadian patients, and to safeguard Canada's systems of life essentials in blood, plasma, stem cells, and organs and tissues.

All Saints Anglican Parish CBS, on a regular basis, provides our facility to this wonderful organization so that members of our community and can give the gift of life.


Funeral Reception Ministry

Our Funeral Reception Team typically, if the family so desires, hosts a reception following a funeral or memorial service.  This gathering offers family and friends the opportunity to meet in a less formal environment. The after-funeral reception gives mourners the chance to support each other, share stories and memories, and continue to celebrate the life of someone they loved and cared about.


The Momma Moments Program is a peer-to-peer support and strengths-based group for young parents or pregnant mothers.  It provides moms and their children with wrap-around support to navigate the challenges of motherhood, which they often face in addition to social isolation, financial demands, and limited social and family support.


Our group at All Saints meet once a week for programming that emphasizes overall wellness - mental, physical, spiritual, and social - for both mother and child.  Young mothers have access to healthy recreational activities, as well as resources and discussions on topics of family building, income supports, mental health, education, nutrition, and more.


Music Ministries



Gospel Hymn Sing

Gospel Hymn Sing originated as a result of a fund raiser called the “Spirit of the Sea” festival, which the Ways and Means Committee initiated in 2009.  Our very first Gospel Hymn Sing  was held on October 25, 2009, and because of its tremendous success, Rev Sheila White, our Parish Rector at the time, asked if we could make this a monthly service, to be held on the last Sunday of each month.


We quickly contacted a number of musicians and asked if they would be willing to volunteer their time and talents by coming to the Parish Hall auditorium, and to play for approximately 25 minutes each.  We also asked our own church band, 'Saints Alive', if they would participate in this event each month.  We suggested that we would start the service by having the 'Saints Alive' band getting on stage first, and doing their selection of our songs, with the other musicians continuing after them.  Each month we arrange to have at least one musician or group to perform.


Our Gospel Hymn Sing service starts at 7:00PM, and is usually over by 9:00PM.  It has become very popular, and we consistently average approximately 40 - 60 people at the service each month. A container is placed at the back of the Parish Hall for anyone who wishes to place a free will offering in it.  These monies are placed in the loose collection of our general account to help pay the invoices for the Church and the Parish Hall.  At this service, we provide free refreshments such as pop, tea, and coffee.


Please make an effort to attend at least one of these services, and we suspect you will become a regular attendee.




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Saints Alive Band

All Saints CBS is both privileged and proud to have its own adult musical team that we call ‘The Saints Alive Band’.  This musical ministry team currently has seven active members, with two being founding members from the original group.

 

Our Saints Alive Band meets for regular practice sessions at our Parish Hall, and many have been known to stand outside the door to listen while they play and sing.  They are primarily a Church band, playing at least once a month during a Sunday morning worship, providing lively gospel music.  However, they also provide the music for our monthly Sunday evening ‘Gospel Hymn Sing’ that is held in our Parish Hall auditorium.  From time to time they additionally provide music at funeral services, when requested by a family.  One member of the Team is an active emcee for the Open Mic events.

 

It is the mission of our Saints Alive Band to reach out to all who find spiritual enlightenment and joy though religious music.  There are some that have told us they have been deeply touched by the music of our band, and that it fulfills a special need for them.

 

The Saints Alive Band provides an uplifting form of worship for our congregation, as well as ‘spiritual refreshment’ for themselves.


We invite you enjoy some of their recordings:

  1. External link opens in new tab or windowDust on the Bible (Audio)
  2. External link opens in new tab or windowHe's There for YouExternal link opens in new tab or window (Jan 29, 2013 - YouTube Video)External link opens in new tab or window
  3. External link opens in new tab or windowMy Jesus Has Broad Shoulders (Feb 23, 2013 - YouTube Video)
  4. External link opens in new tab or windowTen Thousand Angels (Audio)



All Saints Senior Choir

Lead by our organist, Gloria Greenslade, our Senior Choir leads our worship services in song, with some "very devoted” members. 


In addition to attending all Sunday morning worship services, they also provide their music and choral ministry at our three Christmas Eve services, our Lenten services each week during Lent, and numerous other worship services when they are called upon.  They also attend funeral services whereby they bring much comfort to grieving families.

 

In addition to their continued devotion to our Church worship, our Choir Family also reaches out to those who are facing difficulties in their lives, and offer great support to each other.


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Parish Groups



All Saints Alongsiders

Alongsiders are members of our Parish who, due to circumstances of sickness, mobility, age, etc., can not physically attend a worship service at our Church.  However, they still want to be part of the worship, and where possible, to help from home.


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All Saints Altar Guild

The Altar Guild is a lay ministry that serves God in His house by preparing the Sanctuary for worship, maintaining and caring for the sacred vessels, altar linens, and vestments, and serving the Clergy and the Parish. 


Prior to the nineteenth century, these duties were performed by the Clergy, and later by the sacristan or parish clerk.  By the late nineteenth century, the Altar Guild had come into being.


At All Saints Parish CBS we have a Team of ladies who we owe a debt of thanks for diligently performing this function.



All Saints ACW

The purpose and aims of Anglican Church Women are to provide the opportunity in the Diocese for all women to be united in a fellowship of worship, learning and offering with a view to deepen and strengthen their devotional life.  It is to make all women of the Diocese aware of the total mission of the Church, and to lead them into fuller Christian service.

The work of ACW is done through the 'Primary Branches' in the Parishes, and is under the direction of the Diocesan Council of ACW. Deanery branches are formed for fellowship and the sharing of ideas among Primary Branches.  The Diocesan Bishop is the Patron of ACW, and provides guidance and direction in the ongoing work and ministry of ACW.  The Deanery Branch is under the general direction of the Regional Dean.  The Primary branch is under the general direction of the Rector.


At All Saints Parish CBS, we are extremely fortunate to have a very active and visible group.  You are sure to always see a notice in The Candle or The Shoreline, advertising a fellowship meal, a card game, a Valentine's event, breakfast with Santa, a Cedar Meal, and the list goes on.  Our hats are of to these wonderful ladies.


All Saints Cemetery Committee


All four cemeteries owned by All Saints Anglican Parish CBS  are managed by our Cemetery Committee, under the authority of the Vestry.  This Team manages all aspects of our cemeteries and maintenance workers, and maintain all financials, and submit a budget each year that is first approved by Vestry, and then by the Congregation at the Annual General Meeting (AGM).  As per the Canon-5, no one shall have the right to make selection of a lot, to prepare a grave, to erect a marker or monument, or in any way to make use of or interfere with such cemeteries, without the approval and authority of the Cemetery Committee.  The current 2020 Cemetery Team consists of David Arnott (Chair), Heber Best, David Butler, Ralph Fagan, Robert Haskell, Arthur Oates, and David Rideout



All Saints Eucharist Assistants

The Eucharist Assistants at All Saints assist the celebrant priest in the administration of Holy Communion by administering the chalice or the bread.


Eucharistic Assistants are approved by Vestry, and after receiving the required training, they become licensed for this ministry by the Bishop. If you have an interest in becoming a Eucharistic Assistant, we encourage you to reach out to one of our clergy.


All Saints Finance Team

The current All Saints Finance Team was sanctioned by Vestry at a meeting on November 20, 2018, and is accountable directly to Vestry. 


The 2020 Finance Team Members are:
  • David Arnott – Cemetery Team Chair
  • Ralph Fagan – Finance Team Chair
  • Morris Pinsent – Parish Treasurer
  • Sandra Taylor – Ways & Means Team Chair

The Finance Team meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, and the Wardens and Clergy are always invited to sit in at these meetings.

The Primary Functions of the Finance Team are:
  • Reconcile monthly bank statements with our Parish Management System
  • Review financial activities relative to the budget approved by the Congregation at our AGM
  • Highlight to Vestry, on a monthly basis, any issues that may require their focused attention

It is important to note that VESTRY makes ALL financial decisions regarding the “Pre-APPROVED” budget of the Congregation, set at the AGM.


All Saints Friendly Greeters

Our Friendly Greeters are those wonderful individuals that we pass by each Sunday as we walk into our beautiful Church, and they offer you that warm welcoming smile, a big hug, or a firm hand-shake.


Their purpose is to ensure that all who walk through our door, whether they be regular well known local attenders or strangers to our Parish, feel the warmth of Christ's presence.  It is their desire to make you feel relaxed and a part of this large family we call All Saints.



All Saints Lay Readers

A Lay Reader is a layperson authorized by a Bishop of the Anglican Church to read some parts of a service of worship.  They are members of the congregation called to preach or lead services, but are not called to full-time ministry.  Anglican lay readers are licensed by the Bishop to a particular parish, or to the diocese at large. In some case a Parish Lay Reader's tenure ends with the resignation of the parish priest.

In the Anglican tradition, the role of licensed Lay Readers can involve:


  • Conducting Mattins, Evensong, and Compline

  • Reciting the Litany

  • Publishing banns of marriage

  • Preaching, teaching, and assisting in pastoral care

  • Conducting funerals

  • Distributing Holy Communion.


Although in many parishes, these duties can be performed by any reasonably competent Lay Person who has been properly instructed, the key to the Reader's license is that he or she is permitted to do them in the absence of a priest.  Licensed Readers are entitled to wear a blue tippet with choir dress.



All Saints Men's Fellowship Club

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All Saints Prayer Chain Group


Do you, or a friend, or someone you know require personal and confidential prayer for any reason?  If so, we invite you to please reach out in confidence to our Prayer Chain Group.


A Prayer Chain is the alarm system for the needs of the Congregation.  It makes possible a prayer effort on any specific concern or issue, including emergency situations.  The information is passed along by phone, and those who receive the call immediately make the concern a part of their prayers, and pass it on to others on the Prayer Chain.

Not only does a Prayer Chain ministry encourage extraordinary prayer for extraordinary needs, it also keeps a congregation praying regularly for daily and weekly concerns.  A prayer can be used for more than emergencies.  Some suggestions for use are:

    •    All emergencies, illness, injury, death, hospitalization, divorce and family crisis.
    •    Stages of life, birth, surgery, wayward family members, profession of faith, marriage, etc...
    •    Congregational, committee or council meetings
    •    Plans for the Church, needs of the Pastor and Church leaders, and the needs of the community

Prayer Chain ministry helps to build a healthy dependence within the body of Christ, that counteracts our cultured spirit of independence and individualism.  Members of a Prayer Chain are prayer warriors with a clear understanding that confidentiality is a must, a scared trust.

Everyone can be a part of a Prayer Chain ministry; each member can love and serve others through prayer.  The prayer request is confidential information and meant for members of the Prayer Chain only. 

For prayer, please call one of the following persons: (updated 250107)

Selina Benson 834-5960; Brenda Breen 834-7103 / 689-6317;  Jos Fagan 691-0929; Aura Farrell 834-9384 / 682-3775;  Doris Halfyard 834-4416 / 682-2391; Carol Kennedy 834-4063 / 687-5383; Ruby Kennedy 743-0175 / 834-3566; Madonna Lawrence 697-3897;  Linda MacDonald 834-1720 / 351-4008; Violet Mason 834-3700; Betty Rideout 749-4682; Madonna Rideout 728-9104


Gordon TaylorAll Saints Property and Planning Team

The Property and Planning Team at All Saints is made up of a group off dedicated individuals who hold monthly review meetings where they hold ongoing discussions of the needs of the Parish.  Annually they provide the Finance Team with their anticipated budget requirements, and ensure that expenditures are within approved limits. 


This Team is the focal point for all repairs and maintenance, as well as any capital projects that we may have ongoing, which in a Parish this size are many.


Gordon Taylor is the current Team Leader for this group.  If you have any questions or concerns, we ask that you contact our Office at 834-4501, or send us an email to office@allsaintsparish.ca







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A Parish is a gathering of Christians for worship in a particular place.  It is a self-supporting Church Community, led by a Rector or Incumbent and a Vestry comprised of elected members of the Parish.


Centuries ago the vestry was a meeting of the 'parish ratepayers' chaired by the External link opens in new tab or windowincumbent of the parish, originally held in the Parish Church or its 'vestry', from which it got its name.  Whilst the Vestry was a general meeting of all inhabitant rate-paying householders in a parish, in the 17th century the huge growth of population in some Parishes made it increasingly difficult to convene and conduct meetings.  Consequently, a new body, the 'Select Vestry' was created.  This was an 'administrative committee' of selected Parishioners whose members generally had a property qualification, and who were recruited largely by co-option.


The current role of our All Saints Vestry is clearly defined in Canon 5 of the Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador.  Our current Vestry was confirmed at our Annual General Meeting (AGM) in March 24, 2024, and they continue to meet regularly on the third Tuesday evening of each month.  Our current Vestry members consists of the following Parishioners:

 

  1. David Arnott - Team Leader of Cemetery
  2. Calvin Butler - Rector's Warden
  3. Rev Sam Butler - Rector
  4. Ralph Fagan - Team Leader of Finance
  5. Percy Greenslade - People's Warden
  6. Gloria Greenslade - Team Leader Communicvations
  7. Ryder Butler - Youth Vestry Member
  8. Gordon Taylor - Team Leader of Property & Planning
  9. Morris Pinsent - Parish Treasurer
  10. Earl Porter - Vestry Member at Large
  11. Barbara Tilley - ACW Representative
  12. Deborah Warford - Synod Delegate
  13. Aura Farrell - Synod Delegate


Mission and Outreach



We are the talk of the town, and beyond - which in this case is not a bad thing.


Come join us at All Saints Tea Room to share a meal and some friendship.  Each Wednesdays from noon to 2:00pm, downstairs in our Parish Hall, the wonderful ladies and gentlemen of All Saints prepare a variety of traditional Newfoundland lunches.


Everyone is welcome, and we invite you to come and join us for food, fun, and fellowship.  The only cost is your time and friendship.


What started as a few Parishioners getting together for friendly fellowship has turned into a seating of some 100 to 150 people each week.  It has become so popular during our Christmas turkey dinner that has grown into three sittings, with advance reservations required.  Santa usually pays a visit to lead us in a couple of Christmas favourites.


Enid Haines is the current Team Leader for this group.






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Pastoral Care



All Saints Anglican Parish CBS has been a very vibrant and bustling Parish for decades, and continues to have many active Ministries.  It is probably one of the largest Parishes in the Eastern Diocese.  We are very fortunate to have Rev Sam Butler as our Rector and spiritual leader.   Our Clergy is available for regular pastoral support during normal workday hours through our Office at 834-4501.  They can also be reached via email:  External link opens in new tab or windowrev.sam@allsaintsparish.ca


In the unfortunate case of an "Emergency", Rev Sam can be contacted on a 7 / 24 basis via his cell phone at 709-689-4501 




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Youth Groups


 

The Church Lads’ Brigade (CLB) was founded in 1891 in London, England.  Through the efforts of a young Newfoundlander, Harold Blackler, a C.L.B. Company was started in St. John’s in 1892 – the first CLB overseas unit.  Today, the CLB in Newfoundland has 14 active Companies, one Army Cadet Corps, and one Navy League Corps, spread across the Avalon Peninsula from St. John’s to New Harbour, and one Company on the Bonavista Peninsula in Trinity East/Port Rexton.  In total the Brigade is over 500 members strong!


All Saints Parish is extremely proud to sponsor "Foxtrap Company #4435", who parade weekly, and receive their various 'badge work' training in our Parish Hall.  We also proud to say that Foxtrap Company is one of the largest and most active companies in the Regiment.


Membership in the CLB is open to all youth, both male and female.  The CLB is divided into five age groups:

  • Little Training Corps (LTC) – grades K and 1

  • Young Training Corps (YTC) – grades 2 – 4

  • Junior Training Corps (JTC) – grades 5 – 7

  • Senior Corps (SC) – grades 8 – 12

  • Officers – ages 19+





Guiding provides a safe, all-girl environment that invites girls to challenge themselves, to find their voice, meet new friends, have fun and make a difference in the world.  Girl Guides of Canada (GGC) strives to ensure that girls and women from all walks of life, identities and lived experiences feel a sense of belonging and can fully participate. Girl Guides is an organization with over 100 years of history and a strong and growing future.


Throughout our history, Girl Guides of Canada has prepared girls to meet the challenges that they face in their lives head on.  Whether it was girls learning to bandage wounds during the First World War or girls today working on their anti-bullying badge, Guiding continually evolves to reflect the needs and interests of contemporary girls and women.  Today, Guiding's innovative programming is helping the next generation of Canadian girls become confident, courageous and resourceful leaders.





The result of a lifetime of research and practice by theologian, author and educator The Rev Dr Jerome Berryman, the Godly Play® method is a curriculum of spiritual practice exploring the mystery of God’s presence in our lives.

The Godly Play curriculum engages what is most exciting about religious education: God inviting us into—and pursuing us in the midst of — Scripture and spiritual experience.

Godly Play practice teaches us to listen for God and to make authentic and creative responses to God’s call in our lives.




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Welcome to our All Saints Kids Corner, designed just for kids - both young and old.  Each week we follow the Gospel teachings, and provide activities that reinforce and supplement those teachings.


Please click the Kids Corner button to the left to reach our resource area for a variety of Christian Youth Education activities.  If you would like to be a part of this exciting Ministry, please let us know by clicking External link opens in new tab or windowhere. 


Stay tuned for a new craft activity each Sunday....



The Vacation Bible School (VBS) program at All Saints is a week-long children's program that operates daily from 9:00am–12:00pm, Monday through Friday, usually during the last week of June, following the closure of schools for the summer break.  It is open to all children ages 3-12, and they do not have to be a member of All Saints Parish to attend.


The program reviews Bible stories from both the Old and New Testaments, and it introduces the children to people who have demonstrated a deep faith.  The children learn about God’s great love for them through a number of interactive Bible adventures, songs, crafts, and games.  To feed their bodies as well, nutritional snacks are provided.  Canvassing for registration starts in the May or June time frame.


We are sorry to announce that our 2020 VBS program that had been scheduled for June 29th to July 4th has unfortunately had to be put on hold until further notice, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Our program this year was expected to be an exciting one, with the title theme, External link opens in new tab or windowRocky Railroad.  Please stay tuned for any new updates that might become available.  Our sincere apologies for this disappointment - yours and ours.

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