MINISTRY MEMOS:
Green Team: Yep! It’s time to sign up for your favorite activity! Get the best dates before they’re gone: https://allsaintsboise.org/worship-and-community/sign-ups/.
Photo Directory: Please email the office a picture of you and/or your family for the new picture directory! They need to be clear and fairly close-up.
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS:
Free Community Meal: Our next monthly meal will be tomorrow, May 3rd, at 5:00 P.M. Your help is needed – please consider volunteering to cook, serve, clean up, and donating ingredients: https://allsaintsboise.org/worship-and-community/sign-ups/.
Coffee & Conversation: Saturday, May 4th, plan on convening at Broadcast Coffee, (faces Cherie Buckner-Webb Park) 1100 W. Idaho St., Ste. 105 at 11:00 A.M. to enjoy the sunshine and a cup of something delightful! We’ll most likely sit at the park, so wear weather appropriate clothing.
All Saints Annual Car Show: Judy & Nicole are looking for 7 volunteers to help out at the show on May 18th from 9 – 3: 2 to help set-up, 2 to help out at the registration table, 2 to help clean-up, and 1 to help empty trash bins. Please email the office with your preferred area and how long you are able to assist.
BOISE BENCH & BEYOND:
Boise Music Week: Join us tonight, May 2nd, at 6 PM. as we kick off the season with “Exceptional Young Musicians” at JUMP during Downtown Boise’s First Thursday. Performances by two choirs – the Opera Idaho Children’s Chorus and the Grace Jordan Elementary School Choir, plus 17 soloist and small group acts all designed to bring you the sweet sound of music! With over 100 local young people with amazing musical talents, this is a night you won’t forget! More info can be found here.
Boise Tree Climbing Competition: May 4 & 5, at Kristin Armstrong Municipal Park. Find information for participant registration, lodging, and volunteer opportunities here: https://pnwisa.org/page/boisetcc.
Boy Scouts Troop #123: May 5th, after each of our services, the Troop will be selling tickets ($10) to their pancake feed happening on June 1st – come support your local Scouts!
Boise Parks & Rec: It’s time to sign up to volunteer this summer at Picnic in the Park: https://forms.office.com/g/RAdUPSc1xx. This program offers free lunches for students at four Boise park locations including Cassia, Ivywild, Sunset, and Winstead Parks, Mondays through Fridays in June, July and August. Your small donation of time as a volunteer makes a BIG impact for families in our city!
Smoky Mountain Pizza: Did you know that you can celebrate your birthday and eat free at Smoky Mtn? Visit https://www.smokymountainpizza.com/specials/free-meal-on-your-birthday/ to learn more!
A BIT OF HISTORY:
Landscaping is the “icing on the cake” for a new building or any other building. It is only temporary perfect. First, it’s too young and takes time to mature. Then, the perfect state; followed by determining when growth is too old and must be removed. Next is determining what to replace it with. Maintaining that landscape can be a struggle which has been true at All Saints. These challenges included upkeep on the water system, keeping the pump working, removing dead brush, cutting down old trees, dealing with an almost too large an area, and much more.
While pouring through the old records, I found this picture of the first proposed landscaping. It is my opinion that the plan was to keep the building visible and inviting.
Your Researching Scholar, John B
INTERACTION INFO:
Fr. Joseph’s contact: For more urgent situations outside of office hours, please call or text his cell at 208-917-2270. If calling, please leave a message with your name, a call-back number, and a detailed message and he will get back to you as soon as he can. You can also text this number. Emails are generally answered when he is in the office.
Our Sunday bulletin can be found here! If you can’t be here in person, we stream our 10 A.M. service on YouTube and Facebook.