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All Saints’ Mission Statement.................................iii
WELCOME............................................................ iv
COMMUNITY PROFILE....................................... 1
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Geographical Location............................................. 1
Brief History of Pontiac........................................... 2
Demographic Data of Pontiac and Community....... 2
Community Services................................................ 2
Pontiac’s Economy................................................... 3
The All Saints’ Legacy and Future........................... 3
Our Place in the Community.................................... 4
People Who Make Our Parish Function.................. 5
Reflection on Us and
Our Place in the Community................................. 5
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CONGREGATIONAL PROGRAMMING.............. 6
The Shape of the Liturgy at All Saints’.................... 7
Music....................................................................... 7
Education/Faith Formation...................................... 8
All Saints’ Outreach Programs................................. 9
Evangelism/ New Member Ministry...................... 11
Pastoral Care.......................................................... 11
Involvement in the Broader Church....................... 11
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ADMINISTRATION AND
FINANCIAL INFORMATION.............................. 12
Vestry..................................................................... 13
Rector Search Committee...................................... 13
Stewardship Committee......................................... 13
Altar Guild............................................................. 13
Ushers.................................................................... 13
Staff........................................................................ 14
Budget Development Process................................ 14
Fund Raisers.......................................................... 14
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BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS ASSESSMENT.. 15
Buildings and Grounds Assessment....................... 16
Retired Engineer Technical
Assistance Foundation........................................ 16
Church Insurance Group -
Episcopal Diocese of Michigan.......................... 16
All Saints’ Church Facility Study.......................... 16
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CONGREGATIONAL DATA................................ 18
Congregatonal Data .............................................. 19
Self-Study Results.................................................. 19
GOALS OF THE CONGREGATION................... 21
Increase Membership
(especially younger people)................................ 22
Increase Stewardship............................................. 22
Provide Financial Oversight.................................. 22
Provide Pastoral Care............................................. 23
RESPONSIBILITIES OF OUR RECTOR............ 24
Spiritual Responsibilities....................................... 25
Administrative Duties............................................ 26
What We Look for in a Rector............................... 26
Conclusion............................................................. 27
Appendices............................................................. 28
Appendix A
Area Map............................................................ 29
Appendix B
Recent Pontiac Employment
Data and Emloyers............................................. 30
Appendix C
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
A Condensed History......................................... 31
Appendix D
Vestry Members and Liaisons............................ 33
Appendix E
Sunday School Calendar, 2007/2008................. 34
Appendix F
Job Descriptions................................................. 36
Parish Administrator.......................................... 36
Sunday Sexton................................................... 37
Sexton................................................................ 38
Housekeeper....................................................... 39
Music Director................................................... 39
Appendix G
Congregational Financial Data.......................... 40
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Mission Statement
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God calls us to All Saints’

Episcopal Church, the Mother
Church of Oakland County,
Michigan. Here, all who seek to
bear witness to the love of Christ
are welcome. Here, we deepen
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our spiritual lives, drawing upon

our rich heritage of worship and
music. Here, we fulfill our minis-
try of service to the community.
Christ, our Lodestar, summons
us onward to become the engine
room of the Church’s mission.
Adopted by the Vestry on
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Welcome
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“They have welcomed me to God’s table.”

elcome to All Saints’ Episcopal Church. We are a multiracial, diverse gathering of people who are young
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and old, straight and gay, wealthy and poor. Some are cradle Episcopalians and some have recently joined
us. We travel an average of ten miles to worship at All Saints’ because we want an urban church where we
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can praise God and find our spiritual identity in community service and outreach. All Saints’ is located in a
beautiful, Gothic building near downtown Pontiac, Michigan. We take pride in the fact that we have existed
as a congregation for 170 years and recently made our facility accessible to all by adding an elevator. Our
grounds contain beautiful gardens that express our love and wonder at God’s work. You can visit us on the
web at allsaintspontiac.org.

his Parish Profile describes our church organization, finances, congregants, and expectations. We strive to
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be frank and honest in this profile to ensure our next rector has a clear understanding of who we are. What
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collection of people, what is impor-
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Geographical Location
“God is everywhere, but we prefer to worship with the people we love at All Saints’.
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We drive half an hour to come to All Saints’ when another parish is five minutes away.
We have been coming for thirty years.”

All Saints’ Episcopal Church is located in Pontiac, Michigan in Oakland County, near the confluence of
Woodward Avenue, M-59, and Telegraph Road and is located in the I-75 business/industrial corridor. Ponti-
ac is about 24 miles north of Detroit, Michigan and comprises about 20 square miles. The city is the county
seat and is centrally located in the county. Pontiac, like other struggling urban areas, is surrounded by more
affluent suburbs. (Please see the map in Appendix A for more detailed information about our location.)
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Brief History of Pontiac

he first settlers arrived in, what is now, the City of Pontiac in 1818. Two years later, there were enough peo-
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ple to form a village which was named for the famous Ottawa Chief, Pontiac, who had made his headquarters
in the area a few years before the village was established.
The village was officially recognized by the state legislature in 1837 and was incorporated in 1861. From
the beginning, Pontiac’s central location served it well by attracting people who were professionals, entre-
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preneurs, clerks, industrial workers, and farmers. Soon it became a center of industry. The city became the
location of choice for woolen and grist mills which made use of the Clinton River as a power source. With the
coming of the railroad through the downtown area in 1844, Pontiac’s success was established.

Demographic Data of Pontiac and Community

All Saints’ members live in 38 different political entities (towns, townships, cities, and villages) in Oakland
County and adjoining Macomb County. However, most of the families who attend All Saints’ live within 10
miles of the church. Fewer than 25% of the parishioners live in Pontiac.
ontiac has been a sister city of Kusatsu, Japan for 29 years. In November 2007, a group of Pontiac teachers
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visited Kusatsu and the Japanese teachers who visited Pontiac last year. Planning for the 30 year celebration
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of this affiliation is currently under way.

Pontiac is known as a factory town with General Motors as the predominant employer. Currently, a large
General Motors plant that builds pickup trucks and the General Motors Power Train Research and Develop-
ment Headquarters are located here.
Pontiac is a racially diverse community composed of about 48% African-American, 39% Caucasian, 12%
Hispanic, with the balance of residents from other races and ethnic groups.
There are areas of significant poverty in Pontiac. The average household income is about $28,000 annually.
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The median housing value is about $107,000. Demographics show households evenly split between married
couples living together, female households with no husband present, and non-family combinations. Over
20% of the city’s population lives below poverty level and 30% of those are under the age of 18. The aver-
age age of Pontiac residents is about 30 years. About 69% of the population has a high school or some col-
lege education and about 10% has a bachelor’s degree or some graduate education. Approximately 3% has a
graduate or professional degree.
In contrast to Pontiac, Oakland County has over 1,214,000 residents of which about 81% are Caucasian;
12% African-American; 5% Asian; and about 3% Hispanic. The median household income is over $64,000.
The median value of housing in the county is $181,200. Eighty-nine percent of the population is either high
school graduates or have some college and 38% has bachelor or graduate degrees. The county is ranked as
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one of the most affluent counties in the country. Many high tech companies have located in Oakland County
because of its proximity to the automotive industry.

Community Services
Educational/Other Institutions
Education is the cornerstone of a vibrant and growing community. Not only does it enrich our lives, but it
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M I C H I G A N attracts businesses seeking a qualified labor force. Pontiac is centrally located near several area colleges
and universities such as Cranbrook Academy of Art, Oakland University, Baker College, Walsh College, and
Oakland Community College. We are considered part of the Detroit metropolitan area where numerous edu-
cational institutions exist, such as Wayne State University, University of Detroit-Mercy, Marygrove College,
Madonna University, The University of Michigan-Dearborn, and the College for Creative Studies and, three
law schools. Detroit is home to several world-class cultural institutions including The Detroit Institute of Art,
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and The Michigan Opera Theater. Professional sports teams abound with the
Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings, Detroit Pistons, and the Detroit Lions.

Medical
Pontiac has three hospitals within the city that are highly respected in southeastern Michigan. They feature
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emergency trauma clinics, cardiac care centers, and cancer centers. They include: North Oakland Medical
Center, POH Medical Center, and St. Joseph-Mercy Hospital.

Recreational
There are many opportunities to enjoy the outdoors in and near Pontiac. In addition to Pontiac’s 24 city parks
and recreation fields, there are three metro parks and six state parks within a short distance. Numerous golf
courses are located in Pontiac and the surrounding area. In downtown Pontiac, on the top of the Phoenix Cen-
ter, is an 8-acre park complete with trees, bushes, and a state-of-the-art amphitheater.
The Pontiac Community and Recreation Center provides a variety of recreational opportunities for residents
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of all ages in the greater Pontiac area. Youth activities include indoor soccer, boys and girls basketball, chess
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league, and radio club. Some adult activities are Pilate classes, skiing, snowboarding, and oil painting for
beginners. The Recreational Center also sponsors several activities for seniors including bingo, book club,
hook and needle club, and bridge.
Every Labor Day weekend, Pontiac hosts Arts, Beats, and Eat is an outdoor event that offers fine art, interest-
ing music, and great cuisine. During the four-day festival, two hundred musical acts perform on eight stages
while 155 fine artists display their work, and 50 top restaurants provide food. Arts, Beats, and Eat is one of
the most popular events in the Detroit metropolitan area: approximately 1.3 million people attended in 2007.
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Finally, August brings to the greater northern suburban Detroit area, the Dream Cruise. All day Saturday,
thousands of owners of vintage cars cruise Woodward Avenue entertaining many more thousands of inter-
ested onlookers who line up their lawn chairs along the street from Ferndale to Pontiac. While this Cruise is
scheduled for one day, it unofficially starts several weeks prior.

Pontiac’s Economy
ike most of southeastern Michigan, Pontiac’s employment patterns are tied to the auto industry and, there-
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fore, are going through the same downturn as the auto industry. Pontiac has a labor force of about 33,100.
While the current unemployment rate for Pontiac is unknown, Michigan’s has been calculated at 7.4 %.
(Please see Appendix B for recent employment data)
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The All Saints’ Legacy and Future

The All Saints’ parish was the first Episcopal parish in Oakland County and the fourth earliest church founded
in the Diocese of Michigan. We have helped establish five neighboring parishes. The first woman was
elected to our vestry in 1958, and the first two women clergy served in the early 1990’s. Three of our rectors
have been elevated to the episcopate - the Reverend Herbert Fox was consecrated bishop of Montana in 1920,
the Reverend Ivol Curtis became bishop of Olympia in 1964, and the Reverend Catherine Waynick became
bishop of Indianapolis in 1997- the seventh woman to serve as a bishop in the Episcopal Church. In addition,
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this parish is privileged to have the current President of the House of Deputies, Bonnie Anderson, as a parish-
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M I C H I G A N These are all important accomplishments. However, the real history of the All Saints’ parish is told in the
ways that God’s grace has sustained us and continues to call us to strive for greater faithfulness. May we
hear the call and respond with enthusiasm. (Please see Appendix C for the “All Saints’ Episcopal Church: A
Condensed History”)

Our Place in the Community

“I feel at home. The people are wonderful and welcoming to you. I feel a part of a family.
We might be small but we are mighty.”
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All Saints’ is a beautiful, well-maintained 170-year-old faith community whose church is centrally located
near the Woodward Avenue corridor. It is within walking distance to restaurants and night time entertain-
ment. In contrast, there is a half-way house down the street that houses substance abusers who have been
treated in rehabilitation facilities and have graduated to this higher level of treatment and community inclu-
sion.
We have several AA groups and NA groups that meet in our building each week. Some of these group mem-
bers come to coffee hour, and some attend either the 8:00 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. services.
We also open our doors to the homeless by hosting the South Oakland Shelter for one week each year. SOS
is a program sponsored by area churches which provides shelter, meals and transportation to those who are
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working, but currently have no home.

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Every Saturday our newspaper advertisement for All Saints’ states “accessible to all”. Obviously, we intend to
invite everyone, including those with disabilities, to our Church regardless of their residency.
All Saints’ sponsors a wide range of events that have been open to the public. For example, on October 11,
2003, our Anti-Racism/Oral History Committee sponsored a “Hat Luncheon” where over 250 ladies attended,
many wearing hats. They listened to stories from the book, Crowns, Portraits of Black Women in Church
Hats, of well-known African-American women who made history with their courageous behavior. A second
event, “Voices of All the Saints” was held in the sanctuary to a standing room only audience (over 400) on
Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend (January 16, 2005). The Jackson Chorale entertained with music between
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presentations of the oral history of All Saints’ taken from the personal experiences of five long-term and cou-
rageous members of the parish.
All Saints’ Music Committee has sponsored several memorable musical events for the public. A jazz concert,
Mardi Gras celebration, St. Patrick’s Day party and the “Swing Into Spring” gala event, all featured great
music, dancing, fun, and good attendance. The famous Burt Carols’ written by All Saints’ organist, Wilha
Hutson, and the Reverend Bates Burt and his son, were performed during Christmas, 2006 to a packed sanc-
tuary. Finally, our organist, Lois Kaarre, entertains the community each year with a concert entitled, “Lois
and Friends”.
In addition, we offer pancake suppers, fish fries, and pot luck dinners for nominal fees to both the local and
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church community.
Our Education Department reaches into the community by inviting young people (some of them have no
transportation and must walk to church) to attend our Sunday school for Christian education. Once a month
they participate in the liturgy as crucifer, acolyte, usher, intercessor, or lay reader. Additionally, many of the
youth have been sponsored by the parish or have earned their own money through work activities (car wash-
es, pancake dinner, etc.) to go to summer camp.
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M I C H I G A N Bound Together is a tutoring program for children (grades K-5) that meets three days per week after school.
Bound Together had its genesis as a project of All Saints’ and is now co-sponsored with several nearby
churches. It began with the purpose of aiding the local children in Crofoot Elementary School, but has ex-
panded to accept children from other Pontiac schools.
Because of these and the many other services we provide to the community, All Saints’ Episcopal Church is
probably the best known church in Pontiac.

People Who Make Our Parish Function

We have a small staff of a rector, housekeeper, music director, Sunday sexton, and a parish administra-
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tor. The parish administrator performs many functions including secretarial work, bookkeeping, answering
phones, and tracking the many on-going tasks of an active church. The parish administrator has a volunteer
helper who primarily answers the phone, fields questions, and performs other tasks as requested. The house-
keeper keeps our church clean and organized. She also helps to set up tables, chairs, and equipment for com-
mittee meetings and special events.
The task of operating the church falls to vestry members and our parish committees. We have a strong senior
and junior warden who call and run the vestry meetings, track the work of vestry members, and make com-
mittee assignments. Each vestry member has been assigned an area for which he/she is the liaison. As liaison,
the vestry member attends each committee meeting, monitors its work, and reports to the vestry. Liaisons
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are listed in the weekly bulletin to provide both congregants and committee members with a vestry contact.
(Please see Appendix D for vestry members and liaison assignments)
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We have two volunteer treasurers who calculate and report our income and expenses to the vestry and congre-
gation. They work with a Strategic Planning Committee which plans future budgets and financial projections.
Our senior and junior wardens and vestry are committed to ensuring that members of All Saints’ are aware of
the parish’s finances, vestry activities, and church news. The wardens continually reach out to members for
their input and then actively listen to their answers. Member input is highly valued by the vestry and used to
ensure that needs of the parish are being met.
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Reflection on Us and Our Place in the Community

“All Saints’ is spiritually focused on Christ-open to all and generous to those who need
help.”

oday, we continue to be committed to outreach and service. We have a good sense of who we are, what we
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do well, and where we are headed. Our service is firmly rooted in history and has defined us in the commu-
nity. Our social agenda is no longer controversial; it seems normal and who we are. The church’s ministry
and membership are not confined to Pontiac, but draw from the entire county. However, All Saints’ is pre-
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The Shape of the Liturgy at All Saints’

“I love the service and the congregation...I feel at home here, I belong here. I feel a part of
the church. I’m a long-time member and will always be a member here.”

he liturgical life at All Saints’ centers on the use of the New Prayer Book using the various rites provided
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for weekdays, Sundays, special seasons and celebrations of high feasts. As prescribed and recommended, all
the liturgies are centered on the Eucharist. This includes baptisms that are performed within the context of the
main service on Sundays or feast days, and encouraged as weddings and funerals take place. Exceptions re-
garding celebrating the Eucharist are made in the case of weddings and funerals due to special circumstances
or requests. At this time we mainly use Rite II but still use Rite I at the early service on Sunday mornings and
occasionally at funerals when requested.
ll Saints’ has a long-standing reputation for fine liturgical music. As a result, it would be most helpful if
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the celebrant is able to intone the Priest’s part of the Eucharistic Liturgy and the suffrages and collects etc., at
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If one were to describe the worship life of the parish, it would have to be said that it is indeed a Eucharistic
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centered congregation that understands in a deeply spiritual way that we are privileged to gather around the
Lord’s Table to receive Him in the mystery of the consecrated bread and wine where, according to scripture,
he promised to be present wherever two or three have gathered together in His Name. It is in receiving this
Bread of Heaven that we are nourished and empowered to live lives with confidence and inspiration that will
encourage us to engage in sharing the Good News of the Gospel wherever our earthly journey may send us,
giving God praise and glory.
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Music
“I love our music. I love the way I feel when I leave after the service.”

ll Saints’ music program has quite a pedigree, having had a string of highly-regarded organists (Phil Stein-
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haus went on to become music director at the National Cathedral) and a fine organ to go with them (an Aeoli-
an-Skinner designed by Phil Steinhaus and built in the 1940s). The choir has been active and capable, having
done tours and programs of major works along with worship duties through the years.

ois Kaarre has been the music director since 2003. The choir has dwindled in numbers in recent years, but
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has held steady in the 12-15 range. The choir includes three paid section leaders/soloists. It is very capable
for its size, and loves to do challenging music well.

The musical taste of the congregation and choir is decidedly traditional. The choir has worked to create as
eclectic a mix of music as possible, but the clear preference is toward more traditional music. Our previous
rector made the inclusion of the African-American tradition a high priority (e.g., using the Lift Every Voice
hymnal). New music is welcome, but contemporary style (guitars and drums) is used on a very limited basis.
Worship is enhanced by volunteer and hired instrumentalists on a regular basis. We own a complete set of
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M I C H I G A N he congregation is proud to have had the Reverend Bates Burt among its rectors, who started a tradition
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of writing a Christmas carol for his Christmas greeting to friends and family each year. The tradition was
continued by his son, Alfred, whose carols are standard literature for church choirs everywhere. From time to
time, the choir presents the carols, most recently in December 2006. The program included all of the carols
in chronological order presented by a variety of choirs (mostly ours), soloists, and instrumentalists. A video
of the program is in production.
An active music committee produces a concert series consisting of a Christmas program involving our choir,
a St. Patrick’s Day party featuring an Irish band, a Mardi Gras party, Whitsun High Tea with music, and a
program entitled “Lois and Friends” involving the music director collaborating on the piano with a variety of
other musicians. Other programs have featured guest choirs, the well-known Jackson Chorale, the Pontiac-
Oakland Symphony, a big dance band, and a concert in which the Reverend Lisa Gray, from the Diocesan
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staff, performed cabaret songs, Broadway show tunes, and the like.
Our goal is to involve more people, especially youth and children, and a wider variety of styles of liturgical
music and special music to appeal to a wider variety of people while maintaining excellence.

Education/Faith Formation
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The Movie Club is a contemporary adult faith formation and education group. Each month, the group meets
to enjoy a good movie and the company of parishioners and friends. The conversation after the movie helps
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to develop a better understanding of the movie and reflect on the film’s meaning - ethically, spiritually, and/or
theologically. Movie titles are chosen by the group and include American and foreign films.
The Origen’s Guild is a group of readers interested in fiction and non-fiction books. Members choose books
that present an ethical, spiritual, or theological element that will promote discussion. Interested parties can
come for a specific book discussion or for the whole series. Meetings are on the second Monday of each
month.
he Prayer Shawl Ministry first met in the winter of 2006. A group of interested knitters gathered to knit
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shawls for those in physical, emotional or spiritual need and to have fellowship together. Meetings start with
prayer as wool and needles are plied in a contemplative setting. The shawls are prayed over as they are knit,
sometimes with intention for the known recipient and sometimes with hope for the unknown recipient. As
shawls are completed, they are gathered and dedicated to God’s glory before being given away. Sometimes
this takes place in a church service and sometimes it is quietly done by the gathered knitters as the shawls
pass through the hands of those who made them. To date, several dozen shawls have been knitted by the
group which meets monthly at the church.
The Anti-Racism Committee was formed in 1997. Its first activity was to study racism during the Tuesday
Lenten Series. Since that time, it was instrumental in our adopting and paying for Lift Every Voice hymnals
and for conducting a panel discussion on “Affirmative Action’s Past, Present and Future from a Variety of
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Perspectives”. In addition, in 2002-2003, the committee developed an oral history of the church as experi-
enced by five of our senior African-American members and in 2003 sponsored a Hat Luncheon based on the
book Crowns, Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats. Finally, in 2005, they presented the completed oral
history of our African-American parishioners, with music from the Jackson Chorale, to an overflowing audi-
ence entitled “Voices of All the Saints”.
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The Youth Education program conducts classes every Sunday from about Labor Day to the first Sunday in
June. We currently use the “Living the Good News, Rite 13” curriculum. We offer four Sunday school class
levels: Primary (4yrs - 7yrs), Intermediate (8yrs - 11yrs), Jr. High/High School (12yrs - 18yrs), and a Nursery
program during the 10:30 a.m. service. Some of the activities in which our youth participate include:
• Serve as ushers, lay readers, and acolytes during the 10:30 a.m. service on the first Sunday of every
month.
• Perform the Christmas Pageant during the 5:00 p.m. Christmas Eve service (family service). They also
perform the Christmas Pageant for the elderly who reside at Canterbury-on-the-Lake (a nearby facility
that provides assisted, convalescent, apartment living to senior citizens).
• Perform the “Passion Play” during Palm Sunday services (8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.).
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• Attend summer camp (funding is earned by the youth or donated by parish members). Fundraisers are
held by the youth to help defer the cost of camp (i.e., car washes, spaghetti dinners).
• Perform volunteer services for Hurricane Katrina relief and Habitat for Humanity.
• Provide a “coffee hour” every other month after the 10:30 a.m. service,
• Provide volunteer services and outreach; they work at Crossroads soup kitchen in Detroit one day a year;
bake 1200 to 1500 loaves of bread that are included in Thanksgiving baskets given to the needy of our
community (Feast and Bake); set-up and clean sleeping spaces for the guests of SOS (South Oakland
Shelter), and then restore all the rooms to their original state. (Please see Appendix E for 2007-2008
schedule)
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All Saints’ Outreach Programs

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“All Saints’ is stationed to ‘make a difference’ in a community that faces much despair otherwise.
That is our work.”
All Saints’ has a long history of community outreach which supports not only our parish, but our local com-
munity as well. Listed below are the various programs we currently support.
Bound Together
All Saints’ is extremely proud to have Bound Together as its signature outreach ministry. The organization
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began in 1994 as a small tutoring program started by retired Pontiac teachers and members of this church. In
1995, Bound Together added a Kids’ Café dinner program through the efforts of our Vocational Deacon and
All Saints’ volunteers. Kids Café was later supported by St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church of Rochester, Michi-
gan. In 1999, Bound Together became a non-profit tax-exempt corporation and reached out to include others
from the community on its Board and as tutors. The Board is currently chaired by Bishop Wendell Gibbs.
It hosts holiday parties, summer programs, field trips, and overnight camps. The organization affects well
over 300 children a year in one form or another. Funding is raised through private donations, local churches,
grants from charitable foundations, and other partners in ministry, such the United Methodist Church in Bir-
mingham, Michigan. During the summer, Bound Together collaborates with Marygrove College to provide
an educational summer school camp experience. (For a recent article on Bound Together, please see the De-
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cember 2007 issue of Episcopal Life).

Jubilee Center
All Saints’ has been designated a Jubilee Center by the national Episcopal Church. This honor was bestowed on
us because of the direct outreach we perform through the various components of the Bound Together program
and because of the many ties we have to community human service agencies and other helping institutions.
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South Oakland Shelter is a moveable homeless shelter program for individuals who are seeking work or are
currently employed and within weeks or days of having earned their way off the streets. The South Oakland
Shelter is the result of churches, synagogues, and businesses of south Oakland County, Michigan, working
together with local service agencies. All Saints’ has participated in this host-site outreach network for numer-
ous years. On average, we host about 30 individuals for one week each year. Meals, transportation, laundry
services, and shelter are provided by volunteers at the church. While participating in the SOS program,
individuals have an opportunity to work and save enough money to rent an apartment and live independently,
thus removing them from the cycle of homelessness.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Five AA groups meet in our building throughout the week.
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Narcotics Anonymous
An NA group meets in our building weekly.

Catholic Social Services

ll Saints’ hosts Catholic Social Services’ Teen Birth program. The program is held in 8 week sessions and
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offers mentor-matching for one year, childbirth classes, parenting and life skills training, and serves as a con-
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Lighthouse is an area emergency services center that uses our gymnasium to collect, assemble, and distribute
Thanksgiving food baskets to those in need in our area. Many members of our parish actively contribute to
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Lighthouse through several other volunteer opportunities.

Girl Scouts
All Saints’ hosts biweekly Girl Scout meetings in our Commons Room.

Pontiac Youth Recreation

Our gym is used weekly for basketball games.

Oriental Painting
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This art class meets weekly in our Commons Room.

Crossroads
All Saints’ volunteers, including our youth, provide, prepare, and serve a hot meal at Crossroads Soup Kitch-
en in Detroit one Sunday each year. Several hundred people are served at this center each Sunday through
the combined efforts of many service agencies and religious institutions.

Family to Family
Family to Family is a mediation/intervention program for families facing legal issues and meets as needed at
All Saints’.

Baldwin Center
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ach spring a geranium sale is held in the All Saints’ parking lot with the proceeds supporting the Baldwin
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Center’s programs. Baldwin Center engages in other programs in which our congregants volunteer. These
programs include a soup kitchen, Christmas gifts and staffing for the Holiday Store, contributions to the
Clothes Closet, and contribution of daycare supplies.

United Thank Offering (UTO)

All Saint’s has consistently participated in the UTO offering twice a year to support the national efforts of the
Episcopal Church.
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Hearing Clinic
Space is provided for an onsite otology clinic to test children’s hearing.
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vangelism at All Saints’ is intended to embrace several ministries which serve the existing church family
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and welcome prospective members to our midst by offering coffee hour, musical programs, our internet web-
site, and other activities organized by the New Member Ministry Committee.
A church calling card was developed several years ago for parishioners to use as a tool to invite others to
worship with us.
In 2001, the New Member Ministry Committee was formed to focus on identifying and implementing new
ways to attract people to All Saints’. We hope to provide interested people an experience of our church life
drawing them closer to God and a Christian life. The committee delivers homemade cookies, a pamphlet
about being an Episcopalian, and a welcome letter from the church to the home of new attendees following
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their first visit to the church. In addition, a personal note from our rector is sent to them within a week of
their attendance. A follow-up plan was implemented to track newcomers. We also hold newcomer gatherings,
recognition Sundays, and a homecoming Sunday (for former members to return to visit the church and old
friends) as some of the ways to keep ourselves visible in the community. The committee continues to evalu-
ate ways to attract and retain new people to All Saints’.

Pastoral Care
ll Saints’ has a history of servicing the sick, elderly, and homebound with visits from a pastoral volunteer.
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This may take the form of either an after church visit where the readings and sermon are summarized and
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communion is served or a call to a parishioner who is unable to attend church. Recently, however, without a
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priest’s direction, this service has decreased. We expect it to resume and grow in its scope.

Involvement in the Broader Church

The following represents our involvement outside our parish.
Deanery
As the mother church of Oakland County, All Saints’ parishioners were instrumental in the development of
nearby missions which grew to become the following churches: St. Mary in the Hills, St. Andrews, St. Phil-
lips, Church of the Advent, and Church of the Resurrection.
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Diocese
Congregants of All Saints’ often participate in the diocese newspaper, The Record, in addition to the Diocese
Strategic Planning Commission, Area Council for the Coordinating of Confirmation Services, Bound Togeth-
er, Crossroads, Altar Guild, and C.E.S.A.
Region
We participate in Province V, Canterbury House.
National
Parishioner, Bonnie Anderson, is President of the House of Deputies. We also participate in the Commission
for Education for Ministry, the Committee on Ministry, Sacred Places, and United Thank Offering.
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Diocesan Pledge
e have met our diocesan pledge each year as we believe this to be an important mission of our Church.
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Ecumenical Activities
embers of All Saints’ have participated in Habitant for Humanity, Katrina Relief, as well as attended
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the Three Rivers Monastery Retreat and Montreal Catholic Retreat. We have also participated in outreach
with the United First Methodist Church in Birmingham, Marygrove College, Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian
Church, Living Waters, Adrian Dominican Sisters, and Westminster Presbyterian Church.
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Administration & Financial Information
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All Saint’s Episcopal Church

Proposed Budget for 2008
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Accounts Expenses

Revenues Clergy
Pledge Receipts Rector
4-01010 - Current Year Guest Clergy & Training
4-01020 - Prior Year 5-01210 - Honoraria - Supply Clergy
Total Pledge Receipts Lay Employees
Unpledged from Parish 5-01250 - Temporary Services
4-02010 - Unpledged from Parish Operations
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Total Unpledged from Parish Administrative Operations

Special Offerings Total Adminstrative Operations
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4-03000 - Holiday Offerings Utilities

Total Special Offerings Building & Site Maintenance
Donations for Use of Building 5-04000 - Building & Site Maintenance
4-0400 - Donations for Use of Building Total Building & Site Maintenance
Total Donations for Use of Building Outreach
Fundraisers 5-06010 - Diocesan Apportionment
4-07010 - Fundraisers 5-06020 - Discretionary / Pastoral Care
Total Fundraisers Total Outreach
Other Income Parish Programs
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4-08000 - Other Income Miscellaneous

Total Other Income 5-08010 - Miscellaneous

Total Revenues Total Expenses

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Vestry
Size
All Saints’ has 12 vestry members including a senior warden, Arnold Miller, and a junior warden, Newt
(Tony) Skillman. The senior warden’s responsibilities include meeting regularly with the rector to review the
life and work of the congregation, anticipating and resolving problems, developing plans as are necessary,
and working out an agenda for the vestry meetings. The junior warden’s responsibilities include assisting the
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rector and senior warden and providing vestry leadership in identifying and articulating the vision, mission,
and goals of the congregation. He/she also makes and implements appropriate plans, assesses the progress of
actions taken, and leads the celebration of achievements.

Structure
ach vestry member is assigned a general area of responsibility which is represented by a grouping of com-
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mittees. The vestry members act as liaisons between the committee and the vestry. While they attend the com-
mittee meetings, their primary duty is to report the committees’ work to the vestry and represent the vestry
and its agenda to the committee. (Please see Appendix D for vestry names and their area of responsibility)
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Functioning
The vestry meets monthly on the 3rd Monday of the month for approximately two hours. Vestry members
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hear reports on committee activities, parish ministry, building and grounds, finances, and other issues of con-
cern. Finally, objectives for the upcoming month(s) are discussed. Obviously, all financial decisions are the
responsibility of the vestry and thoroughly discussed at this monthly meeting.

Rector Search Committee

Our Rector Search Committee is composed of 14 representative members of the congregation, elected by the
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vestry. Our Chair is Lisa Varnier; Co-Chair, Mary Louise Pridmore; Chaplain, John Malone; Recorder, JoAn
Legge; Communications, Charles Sajewski; Correspondent, Portia Hedgespeth; Members, Darlene Donald-
son, Stephine Fulbright, Bob Hauser, Alan Hoffman, Lisa Kelley, Cindy Maxwell-Philips, Yvonne Skillman,
and Michael Stigall. Our advisor is the Rev. John Keydel.

Stewardship Committee
The Stewardship Committee is charged with planning, organizing, and implementing our every member can-
vass. It is chaired by and composed of volunteer members of the parish. The rector serves as a member of the
committee.

Altar Guild
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All Saints’ has a very active Altar Guild composed of male and female members of the parish. It serves the
priest and the congregation by maintaining the altar, Eucharistic implements, and acolyte robes.

Ushers
Ushers are an important part of our worship service. They greet members and newcomers, distribute Sunday
leaflets, collect the offering, and facilitate with communion. We have a strong complement of ushers, both
male and female, with a captain who schedules their service and trains new volunteers.
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The rector, parish administrator, housekeeper, music director, and the Sunday sexton are paid staff members.
While a job description has been written for the parish administrator and the Sunday sexton, none has been
written for the housekeeper, the music director, or the rector. We are in the process of creating a Personnel
Committee that will be responsible for developing job descriptions and performance review criteria, and es-
tablishing a process to implement yearly performance reviews. (Please see Appendix F for the job description
of the parish administrator and the Sunday sexton.)

Budget Development Process

The budget process begins in the Financial and Strategic Planning Ad Hoc Committee. Co-chaired by the
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Senior and Junior Wardens, this committee is composed of the vestry treasurer and liaisons to the stewardship
committee, long range planning committee, finance committee, and two at-large parishioners chosen by the
co-chairs. After receiving the results of the every member canvas, the committee proposes a budget for the
next fiscal year and a financial forecast for the following two years. This budget is forwarded to the vestry for
discussion, approval, and implementation.

Fund Raisers
All Saints’ conducts several fund raisers each year to support either our operational costs or the service
committee.
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Car Wash
The youth program sponsors a car wash early in September. The youth and parents wash parishioners’ cars as
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they attend the 10:30 service. Proceeds are used to send some of the youth to summer camp.
Lunch After Church
Arnold and Roz Miller organize a lunch twice a year after church which is held at a local restaurant. The pur-
pose of the lunch is to provide opportunities to socialize, eat lunch, and enjoy each other while raising more
than $4000 for the general fund.
Music Concert Program
he Music Committee conducts a number of music programs throughout the year such as: Mardi Gras cel-
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ebration, St. Patrick’s Day party, jazz concerts, “Swing into Spring” gala, “Lois and Friends” concert, and
Whitson High Tea. All proceeds benefit music at All Saints’.
Pancake Dinner
On Tuesday in February, the youth, with adult help, prepare and serve a dinner of pancakes, sausage, and
salad. Proceeds benefit the youth program by sending several kids to camp.
Parking Lot
As a source of capital, volunteers collect fees for parking cars in our secure parking lot for the Dream Cruise
and the weekend of Arts, Eats, and Beats. Proceeds go to the Service Committee.
Pizza Sale
To raise money for the general fund parishioner Pam Daily organizes a pizza sale each winter. Parishioners
sell the frozen pizzas, pizza sticks, cookie dough, etc. to their friends as well as purchase them for their own
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use. The sale yields $2000 to $3000 for the church.

Rummage Sale
Volunteers run a twice-yearly rummage sale. Proceeds (in excess of $12,000 in 2007) from this sale go to our
operating funds. A preview night for the rummage sale was sponsored by two parishioners to raise additional
revenue while drinking a little wine and having a good time.
Spaghetti Dinner
Each spring, the Sunday school sponsors a spaghetti dinner after the 10:30 service. The youth of the church,
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with help from parents, set-up, cook and serve spaghetti and salad, and clean-up. Proceeds go to the youth
program.
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Building & Grounds Assessment
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“All Saints’ Church is a remarkable island of serenity within its near neighborhood of
downtown Pontiac.”

t this time, the Building, Maintenance and Grounds Committee consists of two members - the junior war-
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den and the maintenance chair. Volunteers assist in various projects including maintaining the gardens and
grounds, painting, and electrical projects.
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o codify and prioritize areas of need in our structures and grounds, facility studies were completed in three
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domains resulting in the following three assessment summaries.

Retired Engineer Technical Assistance Foundation

This report is entitled “Pollution Prevention, Waste Reduction, and Energy Conservation Report”. The final
report was received on November 27, 2006. It details thirteen recommendations. These include suggestions
to conserve natural gas. Recommendations covered heat control, water use, wall insulation, and window
insulation among others. Some of these have been implemented - others are in progress. This service was
provided free of charge.
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Church Insurance Group - Episcopal Diocese of Michigan

This report dealt with a review of safety issues, building maintenance, security, and potential liability claims.
This report was received on March 28, 2007. The most serious outcome of this report was the lack of fire
extinguishers and emergency lights. This deficiency has been remedied. A second area of concern was the
state of the parking lot and some deteriorating masonry. These have also been remedied. A cosmetic con-
cern of this report focused on the painting of both interior and exterior spaces. These are being addressed as
volunteers and monies become available. This review contained a number of areas needing attention, many
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of which have already been addressed. This service was provided free of charge.

All Saints’ Church Facility Study

his study was conducted as an outgrowth of the program known as Preserving Sacred Spaces. This pro-
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gram, which is sponsored by the Michigan Historical Society, granted historic churches $4,650 to conduct
architectural studies of their buildings. We chose J. Michael Kirk as the architect. It is a very detailed study
of all aspects of the church campus and includes a five-year plan addressing the needs of the interior and
exterior of all our buildings. This plan includes a Master Plan Detail Budget showing projected costs for each
project (including inflation for long term projects) and the projected time frame to be accomplished. Mr. Kirk
describes this church in the following manner. “All Saints’ Church is a remarkable island of serenity within
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its near neighborhood of downtown Pontiac. The Sanctuary, Parish Hall and Rectory are all well-maintained,
and the proof of that is in the relatively modest Master Plan budgets that are projected to protect this asset for
future congregations.” Mr. Kirk is very specific in his recommendations and details a well-directed plan for
the refurbishment of this church facility. The report was received on October 18, 2007.
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available for review. The general categories for prioritization are:

1. Safety Related Items

• Electrical
• Fire Safety
• Masonry
• Parking Lot
• Alarm Systems

2. Structural Concerns
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• Roof Repair
• Tuck Pointing
• Masonry Repairs

3. Utility Costs
• Insulation
• Programmable Thermostats
• Furnace Maintenance
• Window Insulation
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3. Cosmetic/Convenience Concerns
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• Painting and General Repair

• Space Allocation
• Office Rearrangements
• Sort and Arrange (Keep-Donate-Discard)
• Landscaping

4. Desirables
• Signage Update (Interior)
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Congregational Data
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The following table presents information related to attendance. While the number of communicants remained
steady from 2002-2006, we experienced a loss of ten in 2006 which is reflected in a decrease in average Sun-
day attendance, the number of children in Sunday school, and the number of stewardship pledges. However,
the total dollars pledged and collected on Sunday has steadily increased. (Please see Appendix G for financial
data)

Report filed in: 2007 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
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For Year: 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001

Communicants 235 226 236 244 250 248 242
Average
Sunday 109 117 124 127 136 138 137
Attendance

#of Children in
Sunday School 15-18 17 24 24 29 32 15
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Self-Study Results
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“I attend All Saints’ because it fulfills all of my internal and external Christian expectations
and desires. If there was a check list, the majority of the list would be in the affirmative.”

Background
A recent self-study was conducted using a 126 question Parish Profile Survey. One hundred and three ques-
tions requested congregants’ opinions about the church and our future direction and 23 inquired about their
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personal demographics and spiritual history. Two hundred and eighteen surveys were mailed to parishioners
and 93 were returned yielding a response rate of 43 percent.

What’s Important to Us
The survey revealed that most of the members of All Saints’ believe that a primary task of the church is to
provide worship which deepens the members’ experience of God and the Christian faith. Providing Christian
education for children and adults is also important to them, as is sharing the Gospel with those who do not
attend church. Engaging in acts of charity, and helping members to understand the use of their money, time,
and talents within the framework of Christian stewardship is highly ranked among the priorities of members.
The congregants believe the areas which need improvement at All Saints’ relate to new member recruitment,
providing a caring ministry for the sick, the shut-in, the bereaved, and those in need of pastoral care.
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How Our Church Functions

From an organizational perspective, most respondents to the All Saints’ self-study survey believe that they are
reasonably well informed about the activities of the groups and committees of the church. They do not be-
lieve that the community surrounding the church is as well informed about our functioning. They believe that
members help each other in times of need and that members are encouraged to discover their particular gifts
for ministry. Members are generally satisfied with the effectiveness of the stewardship program. The areas
which need improvement center on the morale of the congregation, the open expression of disagreements and
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conflicts, and the effectiveness of new member programs.

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M I C H I G A N Our Ministries
Ministry activities which the parish believes the most important are ministry to youth and teaching people of
all ages to live and understand the Christian faith. Preaching the Gospel is also of great importance. Church
development, outreach, social advocacy, and pastoral care rank high in importance. The ability of administra-
tion with respect to oversight of congregational and diocesan ministries, organizations, and finances is an-
other major ministry goal of the All Saints’ congregation.

What We Believe
In assessing the congregational identity of All Saints’, its members believe they are more influenced by tradi-
tion and history than by contemporary trends. They do not believe that they are similar in values and lifestyle
to the people living in the neighboring community but they do believe that they are very involved with the
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community surrounding the church. There is an equal mix between the members’ believing they are oriented
toward serving their members and toward serving the world beyond their membership. Their approach to
social issues is more that of activists than those who believe that action should be left to one’s conscience.
They believe that the All Saints’ congregation gives strong expression to denominational identity and heri-
tage.

Our Priorities
he self-study indicates that planning and leading worship, sensitive to the needs of the congregation, is an
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important priority of the new rector of All Saints’. Additional areas of importance include an emphasis on
religious education for children and youth, the spiritual development of members, and involving the laity in
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the planning and leadership of the church. New member recruitment, plus visiting the sick, the shut-in and
the bereaved, and pastoral counseling also ranked as important priorities of the rector. Providing administra-
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tive leadership for the ministries of the congregation is another major priority.
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Goals of the Congregation
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In a joint meeting of the vestry and the search committee, a series of exercises yielded a ranking of the goals
of the congregation, the strengths of the congregation, the weaknesses and challenges of the congregation,
and the responsibilities of the rector. The following four goals evolved out of that meeting.

Increase Membership (especially younger people)

We value as a parish family our spiritual health and a dedication to serve others. We are committed to com-
munity outreach and service even though we are lacking in members to help provide this service.
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o achieve this goal, church members talk with visitors during coffee hour to welcome them to church. A
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church calling card was developed for parishioners to use to invite others to worship with us. Homemade
cookies, a pamphlet about being an Episcopalian, and a welcome letter from the church to new attendees are
delivered to them the week following their first visit to the church. In addition, a personal note from our rec-
tor is sent to them within that same week.
e are able to accomplish the above tasks due to dedication of several members of the parish. The parish is
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personable, open, and eager to converse with visitors creating a friendly, caring atmosphere.
challenge that hinders building our parish congregation is our urban location adjoining a community strug-
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gling economically, socially and racially. Prospective members do not drive past the church and develop an
interest in us. People need to hear about us either from a newspaper article or verbal discussion about who we
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are or what we do.

esponsibilities/expectations of the rector concerning this goal are to support and encourage current recruit-
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ment programs in the parish while helping to create new effective programs.

Increase Stewardship
Stewardship encourages us to act on our commitment to our faith community by returning to God and the
church some of the many gifts, talents, and blessings that we have been blessed to receive.
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urrent parish activities to increase stewardship include the every member canvass, fundraising activities,
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planned giving to the church, facility use (cost sharing with ministry partners, fees for building use) and
proper budgeting and oversight activities by the vestry.
e have been able to maintain our current activity level through a strong volunteer commitment to achieve
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our goals and through the generosity of our parish pledges, which have increased an average of $600.00 per
pledge over the past six years. During that same period of time the number of pledging families has decreased
by 16.
tewardship expectations of the new rector are to continue growing our financial pledges and to help increase
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the number of pledging families. Further, the rector should help to establish and oversee the long-term and
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day-to-day financial direction of the church and with the vestry, monitor the church’s financial health.

Provide Financial Oversight

A parish that values outreach and service needs financial resources to support those activities. We open our
doors to many groups (Bound Together, AA groups, Narcotics Anonymous, Catholic Social Services, Light-
house, Girl Scouts, Pontiac Youth Recreation, Oriental Painting, Crossroads, Family to Family, Baldwin
Center, and the Hearing Clinic). We house the homeless one week each year; we sponsor several Race Rela-
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tions/Oral History Committee events yearly; we sponsor several musical events; we sponsor pancake suppers,
fish fries, potluck dinners, among many activities; and, we offer an education program for our youth.
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parish derives its funds from our operating budget. Under the direction of the senior and junior wardens, the
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budget and future plans are developed by the Strategic Planning Committee in cooperation with the vestry
and is monitored by two volunteer treasurers who report to the vestry for oversight and action.
urrently, All Saints’ holds no debt and operates on a zero-based budget. However, we struggle in our effort
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to provide sufficient finances to adequately support our mission and our aging building.
We expect our new rector to act as a CEO of the church and, with the vestry, monitor the church’s financial
health to meet the will of the congregation.

Provide Pastoral Care

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This goal points to the value we place on ourselves as we respect the needs of our fellow members during dif-
ficult periods in their lives. As an aging congregation, there are many opportunities to pastor members who
are homebound, sick, elderly, and in nursing homes. In addition, all families incur illness, divorce, death, and
the many other transitions that are eased through pastoral care.
All Saints’ has a strong volunteer group of lay readers, lay Eucharistic ministers and retired clergy who assist
in the worship and mission of the parish. While they are willing to be called on to assist in making pastoral
calls, they have not been trained to do so. We have a few designated and trained volunteers who carry the
sacrament to the sick and homebound and make calls on the elderly, but they are called infrequently.
We need to find new ways to support the needs of those who are home bound within our faith community.
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Currently, we have not recruited nor trained new volunteers to serve nor have we advertised to the congrega-
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tion our commitment to serve the elderly and infirm in this manner.
We need the new rector to be interested in making home calls and who values this ministry for both her/him-
self and others by encouraging, supporting, organizing, and training volunteers to pastoral care ministry.
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Responsibilities of Our Rector
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“Our search for a new rector provides us with a wonderful opportunity. I trust God will
guide us in our search and that we are about to enter a new, positive and successful era in
our history.”

The following responsibilities fall into two categories: spiritual and administrative. The spiritual category
constitutes the liturgical, faith formation, pastoral care, and spiritual formation. The administrative category
constitutes staffing, buildings and grounds, finance and budgets, meetings, and communications.
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Spiritual Responsibilities
Liturgical Responsibilities
• Plan, schedule, and assign liturgical responsibilities for all services
• Conduct services for Sundays, Healing, Weddings, Funerals, and Major and Minor Feasts
• Decide which forms of all services are to be used (e.g., rites, Eucharistic prayer, baptisms)
• Oversee lay reader and LEM training and scheduling
• Oversee acolyte training and scheduling
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• Coordinate services with the Altar Guild

• Prepare and deliver sermons for all appropriate occasions
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• Coordinate service music with the Music Director (the Music Director has authority to select anthems
and organ music)
• Supervise associate clergy and deacons
• Coordinate liturgical direction with the worship committee

Faith Formation
• Coordinate activities with the worship, faith formation and new member committees
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• Welcome new members to the congregation personally and by letter

• Prepare candidates for baptism and confirmation
• Coordinate activities with youth groups, Sunday school and nursery care
• Coordinate activities with Bound Together
• Participate in leading and instructing classes, where applicable

Pastoral Care
• Coordinate activities with the pastoral care committee
• Conduct pre-marital preparation and counseling
• Coordinate funeral planning
• Direct crisis care counseling (e.g., intervention, illness, death)
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• Conduct hospital and homebound visitations including scheduling of lay volunteers and clergy
• Work with families who wish to give memorials
• Perform all wedding, baptisms and funerals or assign them to alternate clergy
• Write appropriate letters of condolence, appreciation or congratulations

Spiritual Formation
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others.
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Staffing
• Supervise staff members
• Interview and engage new staff members
• Keep all job descriptions current
• Evaluate the performance of all staff members on a yearly basis
• Recommend salary adjustments
• Terminate employment when necessary
Building and Grounds
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• Coordinate building, maintenance, and grounds activities with the junior warden and committee chair
• Give input as to the listing and priority of capital improvements
• Coordinate with the proper committees for building utilization
• Take responsibility for emergency repairs in the absence of the maintenance chair or junior warden

Finance and Budget

• Take an active role in the development of the annual budget, capital campaigns, stewardship
campaigns, and major outlays for building maintenance and expansion
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• Be an active participant in the conduct of vestry meetings

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• Conduct weekly staff meetings

• Attend finance committee meetings where appropriate
• Attend Bound Together board meetings when appropriate
• Attend meetings of church committees when appropriate
Communications
• Edit and approve all communications sent out in the name of the church
• Edit and approve any church publications (e.g., bulletins, announcements)
• Write Christmas and Easter letters to the congregation
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• Write a regular column for the monthly bulletin as well as articles promoting special programs

What We Look for in a Rector

“Our search for a new rector provides us with a wonderful opportunity. I trust God will
guide us in our search and that we are about to enter a new, positive and successful era in
our history.”

s we look forward to new collaborative leadership of our parish with a new rector, it seems crucial that
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he/she be trained in contemporary biblical education and familiar as well as accepting of biblical scholars like
Marcus Borg who bring refreshing new insights to biblical study and understanding that can be applied to
contemporary living conditions and situations.
We consider worship to be central as to who we are as a congregation. It is from prayer and worship that we
find the strength, courage, and energy to pursue the mission we are called to fulfill in Christ’s name. The par-
ish has had a long-standing tradition of fine liturgical music and the liturgies are carefully planned not only
for each Sunday, but for all the special seasons and festivals utilizing to the fullest what is suggested in our
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M I C H I G A N All Saints’ has taken a courageous stand for many years to support gay, lesbian, and transsexual persons, and
has enjoyed creative leadership and contributions from all three groups.
We hope that our new rector will be dedicated to the entire mission of the parish which is to make a differ-
ence, as an urban parish, in the life of a community that is struggling in many ways with economic, social,
and racial issues. It would be a special, though not at all mandatory, gift if he/she could live within the com-
munity and be a part of and voice for the organizations that are seeking to make a difference in the lives of
our citizens.
Our rector must have a firm allegiance to the Diocese and the National Church and be dedicated to seeing that
our parish pays its full share to the life of the church beyond our parish borders. It will be the rector’s respon-
sibility to help the congregation understand what it means to be a part of a connectional church that turns out
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to be a fellowship of Christians all around the world.

Although we have fewer children and young people, the emphasis on creating programs and education that
will attract young families is crucial if we are to have a meaningful future. There are very dedicated persons
involved in this ministry at present and they need to be supported and encouraged to the fullest.
The new rector needs to understand that there is a strong group of lay readers, lay Eucharistic ministers and
retired clergy in the parish to assist in the worship and mission of the parish and are more than willing to be
called upon to assist on a regular basis. At present, there are some designated persons who carry the sacra-
ment to the sick and those of the parish who are homebound and make calls on the elderly and those in nurs-
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ing homes, etc. They need to be supported and encouraged as they assist the rector in seeing to the personal
needs of the congregation.
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The new rector will oversee the vision, mission, and direction the church is traveling, both long-term and
day-to-day. He/she will take responsibility for the liturgical life of the church while, with the vestry, monitor
the church’s financial health. In short, the rector will be the CEO of the church as he/she reads, and attempts
to meet, the will of the congregation.

Conclusion
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As we begin the next chapter of our parish’s life, we look forward to the opportunities, challenges and issues
we will face. We know that God’s wisdom and love will always guide us in our endeavors. Our journey into
the future will be an exciting one. Won’t you join us in this journey so we may do God’s work together?
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Appendices
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Appendix A........................................................................................................................................... Area Map

Appendix B.....................................................................................................Recent Pontiac Employment Data
Appendix C....................................................................... All Saints’ Episcopal Church - A Condensed History
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Appendix D............................................................................................................Vestry Members and Liaisons

Appendix E.................................................................................................Sunday School Calendar, 2007/2008
Appendix F........................................................................................................................Staff Job Descriptions
Appendix G.......................................................................................................... Congregational Financial Data
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Area Map
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APPENDIX B
Recent Pontiac Employment Data and Employers

Employment
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Labor Force 3,100

Employment 31,075
Unemployment 2,025
Unemployment Rate* 7.4%
*based upon data from the Michigan Unemployment Agency
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Employers
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Major Employers Employees

General Motors Corporation * 21,324
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland 3,312
County of Oakland 2,976
Pontiac School District 2,623
Electronic Data Systems 2,013
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North Oakland Medical Centers 1,639

POH Medical Center 1,495
**GM’s Power Train Research and Development Headquarters
are expanding and anticipate bringing more jobs to the area.
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APPENDIX C
All Saints’ Episcopal Church - a Condensed History

The Early Years

I n 1837, the Reverend Algernon Hollister, then rector of St. John’s in nearby Troy, visited Pontiac. He saw
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the need for a mission to this village of 1,000 inhabitants. He was instrumental in founding the parish that
was first called Zion Church. On Sunday, September 24, 1837, the first liturgy was celebrated at the new
Zion Church with 16 persons receiving Eucharist. Prior to this, meetings were held in private homes. The
Reverend Hollister later wrote: “I have seldom known a parish on its first organization so promising, and I
trust in the Lord that before many years it may become an able and efficient parish.” The new congregation
lived up to its early promise. In 1841, it built a wooden church structure at the corner of Williams and Pike
Streets. In 1854, a new stone church replaced it. However, a period of small congregations and short rector
tenures ensued.
I n 1881, the coming of the Reverend Lawrence Stevens brought a dramatic change that revived the parish.
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Of him was said, “Never was he known to turn anyone from his door who came in want or penury; he was
ever ready to go to those in sickness and sorrow.”
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In 1904, the congregation voted to rename the parish All Saints’.

I n 1905, the church building was damaged by fire. By 1907, a new structure featuring semi-Gothic architec-
ture was completed. The adjacent rectory, now used by Bound Together, was constructed in 1914.

All Saints’ Church: Historical Milestones (Buildings and Location)

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1 837 - Organized as Zion Church; Meetings first held in private homes

1841 - First church building (frame structure) dedicated and consecrated
1857 - Second church building (brick structure) dedicated and consecrated at present site
(West Pike and Williams Streets)
1904 - Present name adopted
1905 - Building damaged by fire
1907 - Reconstructed building dedicated - brick structure with bell, semi-Gothic architecture
1912 - Building consecrated
1914 - Rectory constructed
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1927 - Stevens Hall constructed

1948 - Church building severely damaged by fire
1951 - Dedication and consecration of rebuilt church
1999 - Disabled access construction begun

The Reverend Bates Burt Ministry and the Burt Family Carols
In 1922, All Saints’ called the Reverend Bates Burt to serve as its rector. The congregation had grown to 200
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M I C H I G A N building in 1927, it was the Reverend Burt’s vision to include not only a social hall and space for classrooms,
but also an auditorium and gymnasium for community use. During the Great Depression many people in
need found food and other assistance at All Saints’ Church.
The Reverend Burt and his son Alfred were accomplished musicians. For many years, they and Miss Wilha
Hutson, the church organist, composed a series of Christmas carols individually or in collaboration. Many of
these carols were published, now famous as the “Burt Carols”. They continue in the repertoire of countless
church choirs and have been recorded by a number of famous singers. In their beauty, they possess a gentle,
timeless quality. The rectorate of the Reverend Burt is known as the beginning of the All Saints’ legacy of
fine music.

The Fires
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In 1948, the church building suffered the most devastating fire in its history. Only the exterior walls were left
standing. The Reverend Ivol Curtis, who had just succeeded the Reverend Burt, continued to hold services in
Stevens Hall until the restored Church was finished and consecrated in 1951. All Saints’ was restored in the
English Gothic architectural style. In 1958, a new Aeolian-Skinner organ was put into use, then one of the
finest instruments in Michigan.

All Saints’ Weathers the Storm of Social Change

he Reverend George Widdifield led the congregation for a 20-year period beginning in 1953, certainly a
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time of great social change. In Pontiac, during the latter part of this tenure, mandatory school integration be-
gan and the city government enacted the Fair Housing Covenant. Many of the city’s mainline congregations
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began to relocate out of the city. All Saints’ was determined to remain in Pontiac, as witness to its commit-
ment to social justice. In our present time, we think it more important than ever that we are in this location,
dedicated to the community where God first set us.

he Reverend Roger Derby succeeded the Reverend Widdifield in 1974. Unafraid of the fear and racial ten-
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sion afflicting the city of Pontiac, he encouraged All Saints’ to continue on the course of social justice. Dur-
ing his tenure, the parish celebrated its 150th anniversary.
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Bishop Catherine Waynick’s Ministry

he Reverend Catherine Waynick was called to All Saints’ in 1993. During her tenure, a successful capital
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campaign was launched to rebuild the endowment fund. Additional community outreach was stimulated,
including the Bound Together program. Monthly healing services and Lay Eucharistic Minister communion
visits to homebound parishioners were begun. The Reverend Waynick was called to be Bishop of Indianapo-
lis in 1997.

The Reverend Robert L. Hart’s Ministry

Our 23rd rector, the Reverend Robert L. Hart, joined us in January, 1999. Thanks in large part to a gift from
the Furlong estate, All Saints’ began a new capital campaign and commenced the addition of a new three-
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story elevator. As a result, we not only made all levels and spaces of this historic building accessible, but we
also restored some areas to the original 1920’s design. Just prior to this, the church pews were made acces-
sible to wheelchairs. We truly are now barrier free. On June 24, 2007, the mortgage for this reconstruction
was burned. Reverend Hart led us to rethink how we fund our mission. Reverend Hart retired June 30, 2007,
after 36 years in the ministry and nine years at All Saints’.
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APPENDIX D
Vestry Members and Liaisons

1. Public Relations/New Member Ministry (JoAn Legge)

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• Advertising, marketing, new member ministry, web site

2. Bound Together (Sharon Hoffman)

• Bound Together liaison , Bound Together board member

3. Building and Site Management (Charles Sajewski)

• Operations, utilities, routine maintenance, long-term planning

4. Education and Faith Formation (Rebecca Brandenburg)

• Anti-racism, youth education, adult education, movie club, book club
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5. Fellowship and Events

• Feast and Bake, coffee hours, annual meeting, All Saints Day, funeral receptions, special events, music
(concert series)

6. Finance (Charles Harmon)

• Accounting, finance

7. Personnel (senior and junior wardens)

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• Staff, volunteers

8. Service (Ken Dyker)

• SOS, Crossroads, Baldwin Center

9. Stewardship (Glen Anderson)

• Every member canvass , fund-raising, planned giving to the church, facility use, coordinating/directing
financial concerns

10. Worship (Jim Lewis and Josh Madden)

• Music and liturgy, scheduling of liturgical ministries, prayer shawl, altar guild, ushers,
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LEV, LEM, lectors, acolytes

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APPENDIX E
Sunday School Calendar, 2007/2008

September:
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9th Car wash during 10:30 service (fundraiser and back to school team building)
After 10:30 service, picnic/swim party at the Skillman’s house (Social)
16th Set up rooms for SOS
Sunday school responsible for coffee hour after 10:30 service
pizza lunch
23rd Break down rooms from SOS and set back up Sunday school classes.
30th Sunday school
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October:
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7th Family service - Sunday school children serve as ushers, acolytes, readers, etc.
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14th Sunday school

21st Sunday school
28th Sunday school

November:
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4th Family service - provide/serve and clean up coffee hour
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11th Sunday school

17th & 18th*** Feast and Bake
25th Sunday school

December:
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2nd Family Service
9th Sunday school - rehearse Christmas pageant
16th Sunday school - rehearse Christmas pageant
22nd Rehearsal of Christmas Pageant (9:00am - 10:30 - Canterbury)
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23rd Christmas pageant - Canterbury on The Lake (morning service)

24th Christmas pageant - All Saints’ Christmas Eve service (5:00pm)
30th No Sunday school

January 2008:
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6th Family service - provide/serve and clean up coffee hour
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February:
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3rd Family Service
5th Tuesday Pancake Supper
10th Sunday school
17th Sunday school
24th Sunday school
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March:
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2nd Sunday school - rehearse passion play - provide/serve and clean up coffee hour
9th Sunday school - rehearse passion play
16th Palm Sunday - perform passion play at 8 and 10:30 services
23rd Easter Sunday - No Sunday school
30th Sunday school curriculum
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April:
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Crossroads Soup Kitchen this month - date not determined

6th Family service
13th Sunday school - spaghetti lunch fundraiser
20th Sunday school
27th Sunday school
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May:
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4th Family service - provide/serve and clean up coffee hour
11th Sunday school
16th Rite 13 dinner
18th Rite 13 ceremony during 10:30am service
25th Sunday school

June:
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1st Family Service
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APPENDIX F
Job Descriptions

Parish Administrator
General Description
The parish administrator fulfills a vital role, as he/she is frequently the first contact with the public. In effect,
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the administrator represents the ministerial staff, church, and denomination to the outside world. Therefore,
this person must embody a high level of trust and the ability to protect the integrity of others through strict
confidentiality. Additionally, the willingness to learn new skills and work in a team with dependability and
accessibility is very important. Another purpose of this role is to fulfill the day-to-day general office work
and other responsibilities as assigned by the rector. This position reports directly to the rector.

Specific Duties
• Serve as the primary office receptionist - answering calls and receiving guests.
• Receive, open, sort and distribute incoming daily mail.
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• Prepare letter for guests and newcomers.

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• Prepare reminders for vestry or committee meetings, ministry assignments, or special events.
• Attend all vestry meetings, prepare vestry packages and deliver them to members before meetings.
• Notify (by phone, mail, or e-mail) appropriate members about items of interest to the church.
• Control lost and found and building keys.
• Maintain an up-to-date church database. This would include such items as memorial gifts, membership,
acknowledgements, prayer requests, etc.
• Maintain an up-to-date church calendar with the approval of the ministerial staff and/or vestry.
Understanding and communication of information about such events is preferable.
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• Ensure that the office files are up-to-date and well organized. Prepare and keep on file, vestry and
committee reports, minutes, and letters.
• Provide general secretarial service to the ministerial staff as needed.
• Operate and maintain all office equipment, keep an inventory of office supplies and order them as
necessary.
• Maintain schedules and information for special services such as baptisms, weddings, funerals,
dedications, and ordinations. This would include pertinent forms and certificates.
• Prepare bulletins, prayer lists, newsletters, and other publications as needed.
• Assist in maintaining a dynamic web site by adding, updating, or deleting information.
• Archive, catalog, and file historic data, publications, awards, histories, etc. in keeping with the long
tradition of this church.
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• Work with the Altar Guild as requested.

• Obtain a yearly review from all chairpersons which is typed, printed, and collated for the
annual meeting.
• Obtain a yearly budget report which is typed, printed, collated and distributed to the parish.

Due to the scope of these duties, a volunteer office person is on staff to assist in many of the areas listed
above. It is strongly suggested that the ministerial staff, vestry, chairpersons, and parishioners assist by pro-
viding information on a timely basis about their calendar, activities, and reports, to facilitate the issuance of
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M I C H I G A N Sunday Sexton
Sunday: Arrive no later than 6:30 a.m. By 7:15 a.m. have the following tasks accomplished:
• Turn on all lights needed for Sunday services and other events, including the lights in the Rose Kneale
Room, the main hall and Burt entrance, the undercroft hallway, undercroft rooms 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, & 11,
(unlock the undercroft rooms at the same time), all the lights in the nave, chancel, sanctuary, narthex,
and tower entrance, and any other rooms needed for classes or meetings on that Sunday.
• Turn on the nave sound system/amplifier in the control box to the left of the organ console. Make sure
the microphone and wireless receiver on the pulpit floor are on. Check the microphone in the lectern. It
should always be on.
• When needed, turn on the ceiling fans in the nave.
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• When the rector or assistant to the rector arrives, unlock the doors to the church.
• Set up the hymn boards.

The following should be accomplished by 7:30 a.m.:

• All the required entrance doors should be unlocked, even if the rector or assistant are not yet present.
This involves throwing the three switches in the office that unlock the Burt Entrance, the elevator
entrance, and the ramp entrance; unlocking the narthex and tower entrance doors; unlocking the push
plates for the elevator entrance and the ramp entrance.
• Unlock the sacristy, the doors from the main hall into the church, the choir rehearsal room door and the
library door.
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• Have the service leaflets placed at the designated place at both entrances to the nave.
• Have the Rose Kneale room set up appropriately for coffee hour.
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Other duties:
• Ring the tower bell twelve rings precisely at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. unless the organ or other musical
prelude has not concluded. In that eventuality, ring the tower bell as soon as the musical prelude is
finished.
• When the service has begun, close the doors from main hall into the nave.
• Keep an eye on the building during services and at all other times, especially the coat room outside the
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Rose Kneale Room.

• Be aware of visitors, and others, such as those from the area group homes. We don’t serve coffee
during the services.
• Know how to replenish the coffee maker in the Rose Kneale Room and do so when the coffee maker
indicates the canister is empty.
• Pick up litter from around the building.
• Do other tasks as assigned by Rector.

Conclusion of Sunday:
• Turn off all lights, fans and sound amplifier in the nave, chancel and sanctuary.
• Blow out the candles in the votive rack. Make sure the altar candles are extinguished.
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• Lock all entrance doors including the push plates for the elevator and ramp entrances.
• Lock the office, sacristy, vesting room, doors from main hall into church, undercroft rooms and hallway
doors, the library, and the choir rehearsal room. Make sure the doors to the landing above the gym are
closed as well as the door to gym on the lower level.
• Turn off all lights and fans in the building, checking especially the restrooms for lights and open
windows. Certain hall lights are left on and cannot be turned off.
• Double check the building from top to bottom to make certain it is secure, lights off and no one is left in
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• As you leave make sure all doors are securely closed. Check the outside entrance door to the Common
Room to see if it is locked and securely closed.
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M I C H I G A N Irregular and Seasonal Duties:
• In the summer open the panels in the stained glass windows in the nave and turn on the fans on the
pedestals in front of the window openings. Turn on fans for the choir and in the sanctuary.
• In the winter, turn up heat in chancel before service and turn down after the service.
• Prop open the entrance doors to the nave after the clergy arrive.
• Open the windows on the gym balcony and leave open the doors leading to the gym balcony from the
hall and from the Rose Kneale Room kitchen.
• Open the windows in the auditorium and the doors from upper hall into the auditorium.
• Empty the dehumidifier in the nursery.
• Open the windows in the Rose Kneale Room and turn on any fans in that room.
• At the end of Sunday, close all windows, doors, and fans and secure the building as usual.
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• At Christmas, turn on all trees and lighted decorations before the people arrive and turn them off
after they leave.
• Snow fall above two inches will be cleared by the snow removal service. Any other snow or ice will be
removed by the Sunday Sexton along the main walks into the church and on the steps to the entrances.
• Help parishioners bring large or bulky items into church.
• Do other tasks as assigned by the rector or seem necessary for the operation of the building and the
events that take place there.

Sexton
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The following are the responsibilities of the church sexton:

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• Maintain the church grounds, with special emphasis on the regular mowing of all grass areas on the
campus and raking of the front lawn, weeding flower beds, watering all vegetation, trimming hedges,
and keeping the sidewalks and parking lot free of ice and snow, particularly on Sunday mornings.
• Lock and re-lock doors at the narthex one hour before funerals (the Sunday Sexton will lock and re-
lock all appropriate areas on Sunday morning). The sexton should be prepared to ring the bell at
funerals and unlock doors for special programs. The front hallway, including the door to the back
office, is to be locked on weekdays - with the exception of the Rose Kneale room if there is a
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scheduled meeting that evening. The doors to the gym are to be locked at all times, except when in use
for special events and basketball. The doors to the undercroft are to be locked except when used mid-
week by Bound Together or other groups. The common room door should be locked, except when in
use. The timer for the parking lot lights and the lighted sign should be checked every Monday for
accuracy and seasonal adjustment.
• Set up for special dinners, meetings, programs, and fund raising events, with the appropriate
disassembly afterwards. Any problems arising from such events are to be referred to the parish
administrator or the maintenance chair.
• Maintain boilers and heating systems and prepare for boiler inspections. Reprogram boilers once a year
so that a different boiler will be the main one. Program all computerized thermostats in the fall and be
responsible for manual usage when special programs are held or special needs are noted. The custodian
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is to be in charge of the heating system.

• Perform minor repairs such as replacing window panes, light switches and sockets, replace light bulbs,
do minor plumbing repairs, paint the exterior or interior as needed, caulk windows, cover the air
conditioners seasonally, wash windows, etc. Purchasing of materials for such repairs should be
discussed with the parish administrator or maintenance chair.
• Be on call for emergencies. In an emergency when the maintenance chair, parish administrator or
rector is not available, the sexton is authorized to take corrective action as he/she sees fit. A schedule of
priorities and expected completion dates for projects will be coordinated with the maintenance chair.
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• Assist in the cleaning of the church grounds and church interior, as needed.
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M I C H I G A N • Comply with requests to act as a porter to bring rummage, office supplies, etc. into the building and
place them in the appropriate areas. Help and advise the Altar Guild, ushers, etc. as requested.
• Remove trash from the building as needed.
• The sexton is to take directions only from the rector, parish administrator or maintenance chair. The
maintenance chair and the parish administrator and the sexton, cooperatively, will have authority to
determine work priorities.

Housekeeper
The primary responsibility of the housekeeper is to clean the interior of the building.
These duties include the following:
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• Daily policing of all restrooms in the building. Mopping of the restroom floors should be done weekly
or as needed.
• Weekly vacuuming, dusting, and emptying of waste baskets in the undercroft. All floors should be
washed, waxed and/or buffed as needed.
• Weekly dusting and vacuuming of the nave, chancel, sanctuary, sacristy, and vesting rooms.
• Weekly dusting and treatment of the narthex floors and Pewabic tile.
• Weekly vacuuming and dusting of the library, the choir room, Rose Kneale Room, and the finance
office - with more attention as needed.
• Weekly vacuuming and dusting of the rector’s office, parish administrator’s office, and the outer office.
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• Cleaning and policing of the auditorium and gymnasium on an as needed basis. During the
auditorium’s use by Bound Together, this should be a daily occurrence.
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• Daily emptying of all wastebaskets of all rooms occupied that day.

• Clean the common room and anteroom twice a week.
• Cleaning supplies and equipment are to be inventoried for items on hand and requests given to the
parish administrator to be ordered.
• Problems with outside groups are to be referred to the parish administrator or the maintenance chair.
• Kitchens are to be cleaned by the using parties. The housekeeper is available to assist where needed.
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Music Director
The duties for the music director include:
• Providing organ accompaniment for hymns and other service music, playing voluntaries for Sunday
morning service, as well as for major feasts of the liturgical calendar and other services as required.
• Choosing the appropriate music for all occasions in cooperation with the rector.
• Preparing and leading the adult choir (Wednesday night rehearsals) to prepare anthems and liturgical
leadership for Sunday and other services.
• Overseeing paid section leaders for the adult choir.
• Developing a children’s/youth choir and other creative musical expressions.
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• Maintaining and developing the Concert and Jazz series with the assistance of the music committee.
• Being responsible for the total music program and functioning as a cooperative
member of the parish staff.
• Conducting oneself as a spiritual and liturgical leader.
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Congregational Financial Data

Report filed in: 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002

For Year: 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
Communicants 226 236 244 250 248 242
Average
Sunday 117 124 127 136 138 137
Attendance
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#of Children in
Sunday School 17 24 24 29 32 15

Stewardship
# of Pledges 127 121 123 150 144 143
Total Pledge $ 323,440 317,076 295,494 301,400 272,051 279,293
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Avg. Pledge $ 2546.77 2620.46 2402.46 2009.33 1903.13 1953.10

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Financial Data
Income
Pledge & Plate 355,547 349,075 332,996 368,605 318,277 328,348
Bldg Use 12,049
Gifts/Bequests 4,625
Endowment We do not have an Endowment
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Transfer
Other 32,172 49,741 39,121 7,568 28,119 88,196.17
Money from
Savings 81,875 0 68,773 0 31,380 255.33

Expenses
Clergy 138,006
Other
Personnel 136,106
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Bldg/Grounds 121,383
All Programs 25,700
Outreach 39,343
Other 3,557
Total Expense 464,094

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Restricted 71,902
Bldg/Equip
Fine Arts
Old Rectory

Total Liabilities

Debt None
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Current
Payables
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