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Summer Banned Book Club
There has been an alarming uptick of book banning and challenges this year, according to the American Library Association. Many of the challenges are from organized groups. Most of these bans or challenges involve books with LGBTQIA + or racial themes. Please join us in a reading opportunity on the following Tuesdays at 12:00 on June 23, July 28, and August 25 on Zoom or you may join us in the Parish House. We will select from a list of LGBQTIA + list of books for our June meeting, in July we will read Huckleberry Finn and in August we will select from a list of children’s books. The lists are on the All Saints’ website. Feel free to read, watch the movie or listen to any of the books. To borrow a slogan from the American Library Association; “Let Books Unite us – not Divide us.” See you on Zoom or in person this summer!
Contact Ginny Orvedahl with questions.
Parish Office Damage and Disruption 2025-2026
The Parish Office sustained damage during the storms passing through Roanoke Rapids on Friday, May 16, 2025, around 6:30 PM.
The large oak tree has been removed from the roof, but the repairs and damage assessment continue.
The Parish Office is temporarily located at 9 East 7th Street in the Parish House.
The repairs are extensive. The roof, trusses, chimney, plumbing exhaust, electrical connections, ceilings, and more must be repaired and inspected.
Kenneth Daniel Roofing is working with All Saints and Church Insurance Group to make repairs.
We can answer the phone in the parish house, but if we call out from the phone it shows an unknown number. Without more fees, we cannot overcome this issue. We can receive calls on our number.
We can check USPS mail and email. Please be patient as we handle this disruption.
Services on Sundays at 11:15 and on Wednesdays at 12:00 continue without issue. All are welcome!
We are awaiting arrival of necessary building materials to begin repair work. Obtaining the necessary supplies has been challenging.
This update is current as of May 2026.
Chair Restoration and Fundraiser
The parish house chairs were purchased in 1947 to furnish the new building. They were made in Siler City, NC, by the High Point Bending and Chair Company using North Carolina craftsmen and lumber.
The Stewardship Committee is pleased to announce the restoration project to give the nearly 80 year old chairs another 80 years of service.
The cost of restoration covers the chair and also serves as a fundraiser to accrue funds for a number of maintenance projects coming up on the historic Upjohn church building.
The chair joints will be disassembled, reglued, and clamped to dry. They will be refinished once joints are secured and any necessary repairs made.
You may restore a chair in memory of someone, in honor of someone, or with thanksgiving for someone or a life event or milestone. These will be recorded in an archival quality book to remain in the parish house.
The project will be ongoing until the chairs are completed. Fortunately, the restorer in Momeyer, NC, will take 5-10 or more chairs at the time, allowing us to only send chairs to the workshop once we have received the donation for it.
Consider adopting one more chairs over the next few months or years! Thank you.
May 2026 update: The first round of 25 chairs has been picked up by the restorer! They will return this summer. Thank you to all who have participated in this restoration project and fundraiser to date! Once another round of chairs is ready to go, we will send them.
