Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Kenmore

[ April 18, 2010; 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. ] Lest we forget all that was good and those things which need improvement: If you were in any way a participant in the Liturgies of Holy Week, whether a volunteer, Team Leader, Rehearsal Leader, or just an observer, we would like to hear from you.

To that end, we will be meeting with all the Team [...]

[ April 3, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] The Ministry of the Word will be held in the Education building on Holy Saturday at 10:00 am.

[ April 3, 2010; 9:00 pm; ] Music: The Redeemer Choir with Christina Siemens and Andrew Payne
, Trumpeter Judson Scott; Music of G. F. Handel, Richard Proulx’s This Is the Day the Lord Has Made

From the 1st Century, the Church’s primary celebration of the Resurrection has taken place in the middle of the night on Saturday. It was at this liturgy that [...]

March 28 Palm Sunday 10:00 AM Liturgy

The Redeemer Choir with Kathryn O’Grady and Glenn Guhr
Samuel Barber’s The Crucifixion, Russian chant

April 1 Maundy Thursday 7:30 PM Liturgy

The Women of the Redeemer Choir with Darcy Morrissey and Laurel Semerdjian
Cellist Nathan Whittaker
Nicolas Gigault’s Tantum ergo, chant by Hildegard of Bingen

April [...]

Making all the Holy Week Liturgies part of your experience can change your life!

[ April 2, 2010; 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] At this liturgy, the first thing to strike our senses is the unfamiliar barrenness of the worship space. There is nothing to distract our attention from the Cross and the saving events we commemorate. It is a time of great solemnity. However, the profundity of the liturgy should not be confused with mourning. We are [...]

[ April 1, 2010; 7:30 pm; ] Please join us this Holy Week for an evening Maundy Thursday service and Gesthemane Vigil.

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 we rejoice [...]

[ 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 [...]

As we approach the beginning of another Lent-Holy Week, it is a good time to revisit the “reason for being” of the Volunteer Activities, centered around Holy Week. Our theme is seeking life in Christ and the Holy Week liturgies strike at the heart of that theme.
My Goal, as Holy Week Coordinator, is to help [...]

[ April 26, 2009; 9:30 am to 10:15 am. ] The time for the Holy Week Evaluation has been changed due to the birthday celebration during coffee hour.

If you were a:

Team Leader for Holy Week
Volunteer Assistant for Holy Week
Participant during Holy Week

How was it for you? Were there things which went well, things that need to be remembered to do NEXT [...]