Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Kenmore

[ December 31, 2009; 7:00 pm to 7:40 pm. ] Start your New Year’s Eve right! Drop by Redeemer on the way to your night’s festivities, and greet the coming year in Christ’s name with an evening Eucharist.

There will be no Morning Prayer on January 1st, for obvious reasons.

[ December 20, 2009; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Did you grow up at Redeemer?* If you are 12 through 20-something, or if you are in good enough shape to tote barges, lift bales, run back and forth from the 3rd floor to the undercroft and then scale ladders in a single bound, please join us on Sunday, December 20th at around 1 [...]

[ December 24, 2009; 4:00 pm to 10:30 pm. ]

Our Christmas Eve schedule:

4:00 p.m.: Children’s Eucharist
This free-form children’s liturgy, held in the back of the nave, will include story time and carols.

8:30 p.m.: Carol sing
Gather around the piano in the back of the nave for a mix of carols, led by the Redeemer choir and soloists.

9:00 p.m.: Festival Eucharist
The choir will perform music by [...]

[ December 12, 2009; 12:45 pm to 4:00 pm. ]

a fund raiser for the Rev. Richard Younge Curacy Fund for Persons of Color; a reception celebrating the ministry of Bishop Nedi Rivera

WHEN: Saturday, December 12
TIME: 12:45 pm reception, 2 pm performance
WHERE: Intiman Theater, Seattle Center

TICKET PRICES:
Diamond Level: $500 (free parking, lunch/reception and performance)
Platinum Level: $150 (free parking, lunch/reception and performance)
Gold Level: $100 (lunch/reception and [...]

Friends of the Memorial Gardens are now accepting orders for poinsettias. These are quality red poinsettias in 6 inch pots with 4 to 7 blooms. The poinsettias will be a $12.00 donation. Proceeds will go to benefit the Memorial Garden. The poinsettias will be available for pick up on Sunday, December 6.

What is the Daily Office?
Daily office for week of Jan 4-10:

Jan 4-5: Christmas II, year 1: Book of Common Prayer (BCP), p. 940
Jan. 6: The Epiphany, year 1: BCP, p. 942
Jan. 7-10: BCP p. 942

Daily office for week of Jan. 11-17:

First Sunday after the Epiphany, Year 1: BCP p. 942

Daily office [...]

[ December 24, 2008; 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] If you have December 24th off, have we got a holiday party for you! At 11 a.m. we’re going to shovel snow out of Redeemer’s parking lot and walkways so we can have a Christmas Eve service that night.

Bring:

Snow shovels
A snow blower, if you have one
A friend who’s tired of being cooped up by the [...]

Greetings, Christmas Elves!
Because of inclement weather and the forecast of possibly heavy snow for this Sunday morning, Outreach is announcing that volunteer shoppers for Shelter Christmas gifts can get a head start by calling Janet Blumberg now, or any time until Christmas. (Use home phone; her email is down.) Gracy Karp will also be [...]

Gift tags for shelter families will be available after the 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services this Sunday, December 21st. Wrapped gifts need to be back to church no later than Noon on Wednesday, December 24th.
Volunteers are needed to help assemble food and gift baskets on Wednesday, December 24th for the Shelter from 10:00 a.m. [...]

[ December 24, 2008; 4:45 pm to 5:45 pm. ] Everyone is invited to help in delivering donated presents and food baskets to each of the nine families living at the Kenmore Family Shelter (located two blocks from Redeemer).