Christian Formation

The purpose of All Saints Church is to celebrate God’s love, to seek and to serve Christ in all persons, and to go forth into the world rejoicing in the power of the Spirit. Your presence is a blessing regardless of your background, sexual orientation, gender identity, race or ethnicity, age or family structure, abilities or limitations or wherever you are in life’s journey.

Christian Formation Committee

Christian Formation in the Episcopal Church is lifelong growth in the knowledge, service and love of God as followers of Christ and is informed by Scripture, Tradition and Reason. Through the year All Saints schedules classes, workshops, and youth events that provide a deepening of Christian faith and fellowship. For additional information about Christian Formation please contact Miriam Lain through the Church Office at 503-777-3829.

Baptism & Confirmation Preparation

Through the guidance and direction of the Rector, Baptism and Confirmation Preparation classes are held during the year as needed for those wishing to be baptized into our congregation and those wishing to be confirmed into the full membership of All Saints Episcopal Church. If you are interested in Baptism for yourself or others, please …

Bible Day Camp

Every summer, All Saints Episcopal Church together with several other SE Portland churches, jointly hosts Bible Day Camp giving young people the opportunity to come together for a week of fun, worship, and activities. For more information on Bible Day Camp, please contact our Church Office at 503-777-3829.

Children’s Ministry – Church Sunday School

Children’s Ministry- Church Sunday School Children are an integral part of the life and community at All Saints Episcopal Church. Children are always welcome to participate in the services at All Saints. Christ welcomed children who wiggle and giggle and so do we. All Saints has two Church School classes, one for Preschool-aged children to …

Parish Library

Visitors to our library will find a cozy little spot to read, to research, and a quiet place to just hang out and meditate. It is also a place to meet for quiet conversation. The bookcases are full of so many books to feed the soul and answers questions about Church History, the Bible, the …

Pastoral Care

Pastoral Care and Healing Ministry involves specially trained parishioners that take food to those having to be confined to their home and includes illness, hospital and long-term care visits, bringing Holy Eucharist to those not able to join the parishioners at church and providing support in times of need. Should there be a need …

Tuesday Morning Bible Study

Tuesday Morning Bible Study is in its 8th year of meeting together for the study of God’s word. As we finish one book of the Bible, members make suggestions about which one to take up next. Each member brings her own Bible, and we do not specify a certain version. Instead, we have found it …

Youth Ministry

All Saints Youth Ministries: Growing through Worship, Service, Fellowship and Formation All Saints Youth ministries serve the members of our congregation in grades 6-12. Using the Episcopal Journey to Adulthood program, we gather weekly for fellowship and faith formation. We gather all together to serve in our various ministries to the church and the world- serving …

This Sunday, June 24th, 2018

~Fifth Sunday after Pentecost-Year B. Youth Sunday.

~8:00 AM – Holy Eucharist, Rite I in the Chapel.

~9:30 AM – Adult Forum in Guild Room.

~10:15 AM – Holy Eucharist, Rite II in the Main Sanctuary.

Your Sunday’s Weekly Reflection

A Note on Today’s Readings Proper 6: Sunday closest to June 15—Year B

Welcome to All Saints’ parish. Today’s Gospel reading is a series of brief parables in which Jesus describes the Kingdom of God. The primary image is of something that seems small and weak, but which through God grows into the greatest of its kind. Thus, until the appearance of Jesus, God’s plan was unknown and hidden. But now in Jesus’ ministry it is revealed as the rule of God over the entire universe.

The first reading, from Ezekiel, gives us an image similar to that of the mustard seed used by Jesus. Here the coming kingdom of God is likened to a tender sprig from a tree which God plants. It grows into a mighty and noble tree which gives shelter to all. Earthly kingdoms will ultimately be dried up by God and replaced by God’s reign over all.

Today’s reading from II Corinthians discusses the temporary and incomplete nature of our life in this world. Our ultimate life is in the Kingdom of God where everything and everyone in Christ is a new creation. In the meantime, we are to live as though we were already in that Kingdom.

For a brief time, in the Eucharist, we have a foretaste of God’s Kingdom, and we live in the presence of Christ as redeemed people. Not yet consummated, the Kingdom is, for a moment, revealed. It is likewise revealed whenever we, in obedience to our Lord, minister in his name to others, especially to the poor and the sick and the oppressed.