MINISTRY MEMOS:
Handicap Accessibility: We are now even more welcoming with new accessible doors (East facing doors near Friendship Clinic & North facing doors at the narthex)! Instructions for use are posted near the indoor buttons. If you notice anything not working properly, such as the door not closing and latching, please let us know right away!
Green Team: Spring is springing and now’s the time to get signed up for summer mowing! You can pay to have it done, we have a riding mower, a push mower, or we can probably find a sickle for you! It’s your choice! Here’s the sign-up for you (please designate who is mowing in the My Comment section): https://allsaintsboise.org/worship-and-community/sign-ups/. For those wanting to pay, please deliver your check made out to Rex Sayer for $90.00 to the office.
Recharge Day: This year, we are doing our spring cleaning on SATURDAY, MAY 10th, and we really need your help! We have plenty of items here, but please bring any spare gloves, rakes, shovels, electric tools, and cleaning supplies that you may have. Lunch will be provided – please sign up in the narthex, parish hall, or email the office so that we have a head count.
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS:
Coffee & Conversation: May 3rd at 11:00 A.M., join us at The Roasteré – Gourmet Coffees & Café, 11875 W. President Drive for some java and tête-à-tête!
Getting Your House in Order: Give the gift of your final wishes by pre-planning your funeral and get important documents completed. Three sessions will be held Wednesdays from 6:30 – 7:45 PM in the parish hall. Father Joseph along with community experts will be attending. Session Two: May 7, Funeral Pre-Planning, led by Dorn Rademacher, Relyea Funeral Chapel; Session Three: May 14, Let’s Get Organized, Guest Speakers, Rev. Nancy Koonce, Ron Gambassi, & Janet Hasson.
3rd Annual Car Show: Our annual car show will be May 17th from 10-2! Free for spectators – there will be five food trucks, activities for kids (& kids-at-heart), and a Touch-a-Truck event at noon with our local first responders. You can vote for your favorite vehicle and you can even win a new truck! Funds raised by the participants will go towards beautifying our grounds.
BOISE BENCH & BEYOND:
Community Health Needs: Every three years, the Western Idaho Community Health Collaborative (WICHC), a coalition of public and private partners, conducts a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) in collaboration with health and nonprofit organizations such as St. Luke’s, Saint Alphonsus, Central District Health, Southwest District Health, Weiser Memorial Hospital, Terry Reilly, and United Way of Treasure Valley. This assessment helps identify health needs and priorities across WICHC’s 10-county region: Adams, Washington, Payette, Gem, Canyon, Owyhee, Valley, Boise, Ada, and Elmore. Take the survey here: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8168288/TreasureValley.
Win a Subaru: Get ready to hit the road in style with the St. Vincent de Paul 2025 Subaru Car Raffle! Every ticket sold supports our mission to prevent homelessness. All proceeds from this car raffle go directly to St. Vincent de Paul Southwest Idaho. https://secure.givelively.org/event/st-vincent-de-paul-southwest-idaho/2025-st-vincent-de-paul-subaru-car-raffle-tickets.
COMMITTEE COMMENTARY:
Compassionate Care Committee: Spring is here, which often signals new beginnings. Frequently this is the time we commit to developing new lifestyles, especially when it comes to our diet. What does healthy eating look like? There is so much information out there, it can be confusing and conflicting. I encourage foods that reduce inflammation, reduce insulin resistance and reduce risk of cancer. Those are foods that are close to their natural state, not man-made (highly processed).
Carbohydrates, proteins and fats are called macro nutrients. There are healthy choices (natural foods) and less healthy choices (mostly man- made):
Carbohydrates include fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, some dairy, and sugars. Consume a portion that is about the size of a baseball at meals (with the exception of non-starchy vegetables, eat as much as you possibly can). Healthy choices are fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables; dried or canned beans; wild rice, quinoa, barley, bulgar, faro, millet, low fat milk and yogurt. 100% whole wheat breads, cereals, pasta, crackers are processed foods, but lesser evils compared to products made with enriched wheat.
Eating significant amounts of instant cereals, rice and pasta foods, enriched wheat products, sugar, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup increases inflammation, promotes high insulin levels and insulin resistance and increases the risk of many cancers.
Protein includes meat, fish, poultry, eggs, cheese, tofu, edamame, nuts and nut butters. Consume a portion that is also about the size of a baseball at meals (4-5 ounce). Healthiest choices are the leaner cuts of animal foods like chicken without the skin, pork tenderloin, beef tenderloin, cheese made from skim milk, whole eggs, natural peanut butter without hydrogenated fat added.
Fatty cuts of meat also increase inflammation and the risk of some cancers. These include sausage, salami, hot dogs, bacon, chicken skin, prime rib, 80% ground beef, cheese made from whole milk.
Fats are often feared. However, some fats actually reduce inflammation, insulin resistance, and the risk of some cancers and should be eaten in generous amounts daily. These fats include extra virgin olive oil, avocados, chia seeds, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, nuts.
Saturated fats increase inflammation and insulin resistance. These include fatty meat, high fat dairy products, lard, butter, coconut and palm oils. Other vegetable oils are highly processed and can increase inflammation. These include soybean, corn, cottonseed, safflower, sunflower, canola. Sadly margarine, mayonnaise and most bottled salad dressings are made with these, so use sparingly. Hydrogenated fats are trans-fats that also increase inflammation and insulin resistance. These are found in many brands of nut butters, baked goods made with shortening, crackers, most breaded foods, most dried and frozen foods that are “pre fried”.
It is more time consuming to eat whole, minimally processed foods. It is much faster to eat instant rice that wait an hour for wild rice to cook, or to grab chips and dip instead of cutting up raw vegetables to dip in guacamole or humus. Preparing foods in advance when your energy level is high rather than waiting until you are fatigued and hungry requires pre planning. Batch cooking and freezing foods that take a long time to cook, such as beans, wild rice, steel cut oats, also takes pre planning. Perhaps starting with one meal or snack is a practical place to start.
This spring, invest in your health, you are worth it!
INTERACTION INFO:
Vacation: Fr. Joseph will be out of town from May 1st – May 7th. Please contact our Sr. Warden, Al Borg-Borm, with any concerns.
Our Sunday bulletin can be found here. If you can’t be here in person, we stream our 10:00 A.M. service on YouTube and Facebook.
Wondering what’s happening around the church? Click here to find our on-line calendar! If you open the event, it will tell you the time, location, and who’s putting it on. Send an email to Nicole if you’d like something added!