Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Kenmore

Debi Laughlin says,
For Corpus Christi we need lots of flower petals for the path of the procession. So while you are dead-heading the rhodys, put the blooms in your refrigerator and remember to bring them on June 13.
Debi would also like to remind everyone that this Sunday is Pentecost — the color of the day [...]

[ March 28, 2010; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Please join us on Palm Sunday for a single 10:00 A.M. service, beginning with a procession from the Undercroft to the Nave.

Actually, the correct title of this first day of Holy Week is not “Palm Sunday”, but rather “The Sunday of the Passion.”

The central experience of all worship at Redeemer is communion with Christ and [...]

[ February 7, 2010; 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="387" caption="Japanese painting of the Christian Martyrs of Nagasaki"][/caption]

On Sunday, February 7th we will commemorate the Martyrs of Japan. Our deacon postulant Polly Shigaki will be preaching the sermon at the 8:00 and 10:30 services on that day.

[ January 31, 2010; 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. ]

On this Sunday we are celebrating the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord Jesus at he Temple. There will be one liturgy, which starts at 10:30 am in the Education Building and includes a Procession to the Nave. There will be lots of great music today!

[ November 21, 2009; 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ]

With Thanks and Praise: Music for the Feast of Christ the King
Janeanne Houston, Soprano, with Organist Sheila Bristow

Janeanne is a wonderful artist who performs in opera and oratorio throughout the Northwest. Her repertoire will include Bach’s Cantata 84, English songs by Finzi and Holst, and a fiery aria from Mozart’s Davidde Penetente. Come celebrate [...]

We will need some “furniture movers” following the All Saints’ Liturgy to arrange tables and chairs and the portable altar in the choir space for the All Souls’ Requiem on Monday, November 2. We will need some burly types and some others (chairs aren’t that heavy.) See Sheila or Debi for guidance.

[ November 2, 2009; 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. ] On Monday, November 2nd, we will observe All Souls’ Day with a Requiem Eucharist at 7:30 PM. At that Eucharist we will be experimenting with a new usage of our sacred space.

Sheets to enter the names of those you wish to have commemorated can be found in the undercroft. You are encouraged to bring remembrance items [...]

[ November 1, 2009; 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. ] On Sunday, November 1st, we will celebrate All Saints’ Day with one glorious liturgy at 10:30 AM (no 8:00 AM liturgy), which will include the baptism of Cora Mae Holihan.

Dear Friends in Christ,
The Gospel reading for this coming Sunday describes the healing of a blind man. In Mark’s Gospel, this is Our Lord’s concluding action before his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. It’s an appropriate reading, because we are entering the concluding weeks of the Church Year. These weeks are unofficially called the “Mystical Season”, [...]

The day we’ve been waiting for is almost upon us: the Right Rev. Gregory H. Rickel, the eighth bishop of Olympia, will join the congregation at Episcopal Church of the Redeemer to celebrate the Feast of St. Mary the Virgin on Sunday, August 16th.
Here are some links to help you get ready for the big [...]