[ December 24, 2008; 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Redeemer will hold a Eucharist especially for children on Christmas Eve at 4:00 p.m. They are encouraged to bring one of their stuffed animals to keep watch over the Christ Child until Epiphany (January 6th).
Everyone is invited to bring a new stuffed animal to be given to children arriving at the Kenmore Family Shelter throughout [...]
Read full post...[ December 21, 2008; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ] Whether the weather helps or not, Christmas will be here VERY soon and we need help dressing the Church for the celebration.
So this Sunday, December 21, bring some Christmas cookies to share (and to donate to the Shelter) and stay after the 10:30 a.m. service to help put up the Christmas decorations and trim the [...]
Read full post...[ December 24, 2008; 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm. ]
This glorious liturgy celebrates the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Carol singing will begin at 8:30 p.m., followed by a Choral Eucharist at 9:00.
Music will be provided by the Redeemer Choir directed by Organist and Choirmaster Sheila Bristow. Soprano Ellaina Lewis and baritone Glenn Guhr will be singing solos from Bach’s Magnificat.
Here’s a video [...]
Read full post...[ December 13, 2008; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] The Annual Christmas Shelter Shopping Trip is scheduled for Saturday, December 13th starting at 10:00 AM. We need volunteers to drive the families to the Lake City Fred Meyer and wait while they shop. We also need volunteers to provide craft projects for the children while the parents are shopping. Volunteers must [...]
Read full post...[ January 5, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] At 6:00 PM on Saturday, January 5th, we will be holding a Twelfth Night Dinner at Redeemer. As befits such an occasion, a roast beef dinner will be served, accompanied by wassailing, and musical “entertainments”. Please join us, and perhaps you will be crowned as King or Queen of the Feast! There are signup sheets [...]
Read full post...God doesn’t want to punish or frighten us. He is not the God you hear about from our culture and our media, the God that wants to tell you how bad you are. And so He comes to us as a baby, and His power and presence is in the bread and wine that we [...]
Read full post...From Episcopal Life Online.
Christmas message – 2007
Eyes to see
Finding Immanuel as immigrant, wanderer, child
In what form will you find the Christ child this year? The fact of the Incarnation in a weak and helpless babe says something significant about where we focus our search. I am convinced that it is part of our call to [...]
We have posted a schedule of the liturgical responsibilities (sacristan, lector, usher, etc.) for Advent and Christmas on our Resources page.
Click here to open the Microsoft Word document directly.
Christmas Eve:
4:00 PM – Children’s Eucharist
8:30 PM – Carol Sing
9:00 PM – Festival Eucharist with Music by the Church of Redeemer Choir and soloists.
Isaiah 61:1-62:3 – link to NRSV text
Psalm 147 – link to NRSV text
Galatians 3:23-25, 4:4-7 – link to NRSV text
John 1:1-18 – link to NRSV text
