Dear All Souls Family, A few of our All Souls members are getting ready for their mission trip to the Dominican Republic. They will be taking extra luggage filled with needed items for the medical clinics and for the Haitian families. Haitians travel across the border to get work in the Dominican Republic. In doing so they have lost their Haitian citizenship, are very poor, and are discriminated against. Our All Souls members will be working in the Good Samaritan Hospital in La Romana (started by Haitian and American volunteers) and in the Bateyes (camps in the sugar cane fields) on construction projects, providing medical clinics, and delivering donated food to the families of Haitian s
As we have for the last several years, women of all ages who are members or friends of All Souls will gather in Bar Harbor for an overnight retreat. It's an informal and low-key time away for a bit of rest, contemplation and sharing on a spiritual theme, good food, fellowship and fun. Overnight accommodations are at Atlantic Oceanside Hotel and the Bar Harbor Congregational Church allows us to use their lovely space for our gathering. (Friday check-in at the hotel is 3:00 or later; dinner at the church is 5:30. The retreat ends at 4:00 Saturday.) This year's title is "Woven Together—The Tapestry of Our Life in Christ." Sally Kirkpatrick and Lois Dvorak will use Scriptural passages ha
Mark your calendars, because a Lobster Stew Dinner, benefiting Assist-JC trips, is coming up on Saturday, February 11! It will be a delicious and fun evening, so order your tickets now. Advance tickets are only $15. Call 207-942-7354 to book your reservations! Event details: Who: You! Family & Friends. What: Lobster Stew, homemade bread, salad & pie. Where: All Souls Church, 10 Broadway, Bangor When: February 11, 5:00pm-7:00pm (takeout available form 4:30pm onward.) Snow date is February 12. Why: To benefit Assist-JC mission teams
