Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Kenmore

A very sincere thank you to all who made the logistics of Holy Week happen. These include:

Helping in the food activities, making lunch on Lazarus Saturday, dinner on Maundy Thursday, setting up for and cleaning up after lunch, dinner, or the Agape.
Preparing the Education Building for the Altar of Repose, setting up for [...]

“The words of the Exultet mean exactly what they say. This is the night when we have passed over from death to life, and bondage to sin has been broken. This is the night that the past and the present and the future have come together and there is no time. It’s not a metaphor. [...]

 

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[ April 6, 2008; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] To: All Team Captains, Rehearsal Leaders, and Volunteer Assistants

Lest we forget all that was good or what needs improvement, let’s get together on Sunday, April 6 at 12:00 PM following Coffee Hour. If you cannot make it, please forward your responses to me, via e-mail. Consider the following:

1. Were there volunteers who didn’t [...]

Maundy Thursday
6:00 PM - Soup Supper
7:30 PM - Liturgy
9:00 PM-12:00 AM - Gethsemane Vigil (Undercroft)
Good Friday
Noon - 3:00 PM - Nave open for private prayer
7:30 PM - Good Friday Liturgy
Holy Saturday
10:00 AM - Ministry of the Word (Education building)
The Great Vigil (Saturday night)
9:00 PM - Vigil, followed by a gala Agape
(Overflow parking is available across [...]

[ March 22, 2008; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] 9:00 AM to Noon - Rehearsals and preparation for the Great Vigil

10:00 AM - Ministry of the Word (Education building)

[ March 21, 2008; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ] Noon - 3:00 PM - Nave open for private prayer
7:30 PM - Good Friday Liturgy

The gentlemen of the choir will sing a close-harmony arrangement of “Were You There” by noted African American composer/arranger H. T. Burleigh.

At this liturgy, the first thing to strike our senses is the unfamiliar barrenness of the worship space. There is [...]

[ March 20, 2008; 7:30 pm; ] 6:00 PM - Soup Supper
7:30 PM - Liturgy
9:00 PM to 12:00 AM - Gethsemane Vigil (Undercroft)

The word “Maundy” in this day’s title comes from the Latin word “mandatum” which means “commandment”. It is taken from the Gospel according to John’s account of Jesus’ washing of the disciples feet at the Last Supper.

On this day [...]

[ March 16, 2008; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] There will be one service at 10:00 AM on Sunday, March 16 for Palm Sunday.

From Wikipedia:

Palm Sunday is a moveable feast which always falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates an event reported by all four Canonical Gospels Mark 11:1-11, Matthew 21:1-11, Luke 19:28-44, and John 12:12-19 - the Triumphal Entry of Jesus [...]

[ March 15, 2008; 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] There will be a service at 7:00 PM on Lazarus Saturday to mark the completion of the season of Lent.

From Wikipedia:

Lazarus Saturday, in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches, is the day before Palm Sunday, and is liturgically linked to it. The feast celebrates the resurrection of Lazarus of Bethany, the narrative of which [...]

If we can get all of the tables moved to their various places at the right time, most of Holy Week will be taken care of. So those activities that require moving tables - whether for a worship service, a meal, or cleanup - need volunteers. We also have vacancies for installing the Paschal Art [...]