By Alex Parker, ELCA Advocacy Coordinator August may be a couple of months away, but now is actually an important time to think about August Recess. Steps now can help Congress’ summertime break be your time to shine. What is August Recess? Sometimes advocating is tricky. When your lawmakers are all the way in Washington, D.C., and letters and phone
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows. This Sunday is the last Sunday of August, the eleventh Sunday after Trinity. Already the new school year has been marred by tragedy. Two children were killed and eighteen others injured, three adult parishioners who were in their 80s and 15 children, in a
Welcome to Thursday Evenings at All Hallows. This evening’s order of service is adapted from the First Order for Evening Prayer from two Anglican service books from “Down Under,” from Australia. The subject of this evening’s message is the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Reading: Romans 10: 5-15 Message: Jesus Is
Welcome to Sunday at All Hallows. The Anglican Church is heir to two church music traditions. One was choral and flourished in its cathedrals and college chapel. It was the music of professional singers and musicians. The other was congregational and was comprised of metrical versions of the psalms and
Today’s Reading: Read Jeremiah 45; 46:1-9, 13-19, 27-28; Jeremiah 47; Jeremiah 48:1-3 Spend some time as a family talking about what it means to say, “God is faithful.” Look up the word “faithfulness” in a dictionary. What are some ways we have learned that God was faithful to His people?
Today’s Reading: Read Jeremiah 39:1-5; Psalm 74; Psalm 79 Parents, start off today’s time by asking your kids a question that you already know the answer to. (For instance, “What is 2+2?”) Have you ever asked a question that you already know the answer to? Sometimes we ask those questions
Today’s Reading: Read Jeremiah 17:5-8, 10, 14-27; 18:1-10; 19:1-8, 10-15 Let’s have fun creating today! Grab some play dough and spend some time crafting a pot. Think of all the characteristics that would make the pot useful. It needs to be big enough to hold something. It needs to have
Today’s Reading: Read Jeremiah 1; 2:1-19, 28, 37; 3:11-18; 4:1-2 Let’s have some fun with crafts today! Grab a paper plate and draw a happy face on one side and a sad face on the reverse side. Parents, give your kids some scenarios where they have to determine if what