Annual Meeting 2023

2023 Annual Meeting and Altar Guild Conference


Setting the Table in God’s Hungry World


This event is now past, but for the 32 people who attended it was a great opportunity to reconnect with friends we hadn't seen since PC (pre-COVID) times.  Photos from the event are shown below.


Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker:  The Rev. Courtney Reid

The Rev Courtney Reid is Associate Rector at All Saints Ravenswood.  Before moving to full time parish ministry last summer, Courtney served as Director of Operations for the Diocese of Chicago for over a decade.  Prior to work for the Diocese, Courtney worked fir over 15 years in non-profit leadership and administration in HIV and LGBTQ service organizations around Chicago  Her ministry in the diocese reawakened a call to ordained ministry, and Courtney was sponsored for ordination by the All Saints Community in 2018 and ordained a priest in January 2020.  Courtney and her wife of  over 20 years, Pam Palmentera, have three daughters, two high school seniors and a college sophomore, and you can often find Pam and Courtney cheering them on at water polo matches and swim meets. 

Altar Guild Conference Keynote Speaker:  Debie Thomas

Debie Thomas is the author of Into the Mess and Other Jesus Stories (Cascade Books, 2022), and a columnist and contributing editor for The Christian Century.  Her published work includes spiritual memoir, book reviews, and reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary. She serves as the Minister of Lifelong Formation at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Palo Alto, California.


All Saints Episcopal Church

4370 Woodland Ave.

Western Springs, Illinois


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