ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH

The Episcopal Church in Portsmouth, Ohio since 1819

We will continue being the Church during the COVID-19 global pandemic! We will make our common supplication to God, loving God and our neighbor in whatever ways we can.

ImportantAnnual Meeting: Sunday, Jan. 17, at 10:30 a.m.

The annual congregational meeting of All Saints’ Parish will convene at 10:30 a.m., via Zoom, using the same link as the 9:30 a.m. service of Morning Prayer.

On-line Worship, Sundays at 9:30 a.m.

Click here to join us for worship each Sunday at 9:30 a.m. via Zoom or from any telephone

Homily and Sermon Archive (audio and video recordings)

Virtual Café and Sunday Coffee Hour

Click here to join us in the Virtual Café for fellowship and formation

Gather with us each Sunday at 12:15 p.m., for Coffee Hour, and each Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in our Virtual Café, for Together With the Saints, a time for Christian fellowship and formation. The Virtual Café is a safe space, open to all people, for fellowship, questions, thoughts, or ponderings of any kind, not just theological.

All Saints’ Live Stream

Catch our Facebook live stream, here, on our homepage or via our Facebook page (if you follow our page on FB, a notification will appear anytime we stream). We stream Compline (Night Prayers) at 9 p.m., Monday-Friday.

A Prayer for the Power of the Spirit Among the People of God

God of all power and love, we give thanks for your unfailing presence and the hope you provide in times of uncertainty and loss. Send your Holy Spirit to enkindle in us your holy fire. Revive us to live as Christ’s body in the world: a people who pray, worship, learn, break bread, share life, heal neighbors, bear good news, seek justice, rest, and grow in the Spirit. Wherever and however we gather, unite us in common prayer and send us in common mission, that we and the whole creation might be restored and renewed, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Light a Candle

You can light a candle online to pray for yourself, for a loved one, or for a situation. Whatever is going on, make space to pray in your life.

Online Worship

Coffee Hour & Virtual Cafe

11 a.m. Worship Reservation

Prayers for Racial Reconciliation and Justice

Daily Morning/Evening Prayer

Compline (Night Prayer): Each night at 9 p.m.

A Special Pandemic Prayer Book

Meet our minister: The Rev. Paul Bennett

Stations of the Cross Online

Monthly Blood Drive

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO

All Saints’ is an open, engaged, and inclusive community from which members are called to restore all people to unity with God and with each other in Christ. We pursue this calling as we pray, worship, proclaim the Gospel, and promote justice, peace, and love.

All Saints’ Church will continue to host the American Red Cross blood drive on the last Tuesday of each month. Click here for more information.
The recovery community that regularly meets at All Saints’ is largely displaced during the pandemic. We hope you will find these resources useful: online AA and recovery resources.

TRAVELING THE WAY OF LOVE

Presiding Biship Curry believes in us because he believes in the power of Jesus who offers us a unique path to travel as we follow Him.

An Invitation from Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry to practice The Way of Love: Practices for Jesus-Centered Life

I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. – Ephesians 3:17-19

In the first century, Jesus of Nazareth inspired a movement. A community of people whose lives were centered on Jesus Christ and committed to living the way of God’s unconditional, unselfish, sacrificial, and redemptive love. Before they were called “church” or “Christian,” this Jesus Movement was simply called “the way.”

Today I believe our vocation is to live as the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement. But how can we together grow more deeply with Jesus Christ at the center of our lives, so we can bear witness to his way of love in and for the world?

The deep roots of our Christian tradition may offer just such a path. For centuries, monastic communities have shaped their lives around rhythms and disciplines for following Jesus together. Such a pattern is known as a “Rule of Life.” The framework you now hold – The Way of Love: Practices for Jesus-Centered Life – outlines a Rule for the Episcopal branch of the Jesus Movement.

It is designed to be spare and spacious, so that individuals, ministry groups, congregations, and networks can flesh it out in unique ways and build a church-wide treasure trove of stories and resources. There is no specific order you need to follow. If you already keep a Rule or spiritual discipline, you might reflect and discover how that path intersects with this one. By entering into reflection, discernment, and commitment around the practices of Turn – Learn – Pray – Worship – Bless – Go – Rest, I pray we will grow as communities following the loving, liberating, life-giving way of Jesus. His way has the power to change each of our lives and to change this world.

Your brother in the Way of Jesus,

+Michael
The Most Reverend Michael B. Curry, Primate and Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church

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