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July 4th Parish Picnic and Deviled Egg Contest

Please join us following the 11:15 service. Barbeque and lemonade provided, side dishes and desserts are potluck.

This year we are holding a deviled egg contest. A panel of judges will sample and declare the egg deemed most divine.

Judges will receive numbered eggs free from personal identification. We respect the seriousness

of this title.

Food Booth Weekend and the Biltmore Village Arts and Crafts Fair is upon us. Our grounds will be transformed the weekend of August 7-8, 2010 with over a hundred artists from all over the Southeast and hundreds of buyers. Our job is twofold-welcome the visitors to our grounds and provide hospitality to them and make this a place to build community for our parish. The third component is to raise money for local nonprofits in the area.

Room In The Inn Arrives in August!

RITI returns to All Souls the week of August 22 for its week run in Zabriskie Hall. Usually, more than 60 parishioners are needed to help provide the dinner meals, bag lunches each day, and overnight “innkeepers”, but there are other ways to lend a hand: bringing small useful gifts such as stationery, along with stamps and envelopes or note cards; flowers for the dinner table; packages of soaps, shampoos, and lotions; money donations to purchase breakfast supplies during the week; or other things you might think of.

The poster sign-up sheet will be available at services beginning in July, but you can also contact Susan and Mike Stevenson at 254-5227 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.

Lawn care by volunteers in Second successful year

More than a year ago, in a period of time when All Souls was without a sexton, it was suggested that perhaps parishioners might take on the lawn care at church in order to avoid hiring people to come in and do the work. The invitation was offered, and behold! Volunteers were quickly found and weekly teams were organized to cut the grass, trim the weeds, blow the leaves, and do other chores around the cathedral.

By Nancy Marlowe

(This is another in the series of profiles of All Souls parishioners. Margaret McKeel was chosen a recipient of the God’s Hands service award for 2009.)

Margaret McKeel was multi-tasking before there was a buzzword for doing

many things at once. She brings this efficiency to All Souls where she volunteers

as parish nurse, assistant to the dean, principal server, crucifer/acolyte and all-

around problem solver. She is funny and quick-witted and accomplishes the

difficult immediately.

A friend asked me the other day if I thought when we were teenagers, we were as connected as young people are now to their communities through tutoring, food drives, fundraisers and volunteer projects designed to help other people.

I told her I was pretty sure we weren’t. We both were impressed with the commitment we see around us now.

Recipes from the UTO Ingathering

Many folks have asked about some of the recipes from the UTO Ingathering. Today is your lucky day! See the delicious recipes below! Thanks to Electa Smith for her work on this ministry.