Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Kenmore

[ December 18, 2011; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Young people of all ages are invited to join us on Sunday December 18 at 1:00pm (or after the 10:30 coffee) to decorate the Undercroft, Narthex and outside stairs.
 

There will be music, food and merriment–and you won’t have to go to the gym that day since we’ll be pulling the decorations out of the attic [...]

[ December 25, 2011; 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] This liturgy will take place in the Undercroft at 5:00 PM.

It will start with carol singing. The Eucharist will begin with the Great Thanksgiving. Following the Eucharist we will have some casual social time together.

Please bring sweet and savory foods to share. (Leftovers from your feast are most welcome!)

[ December 24, 2011; 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm. ] This glorious liturgy celebrates the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

Sing carols with the choir at 8:30 PM. The Eucharist begins at 9:00 PM.

[ December 24, 2011; 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).

[ December 24, 2011; 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] This Eucharist is especially for children.

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 the year. Gift tags for these new animals will [...]

[ December 4, 2011; ] Sunday (Dec. 4th) is the Second Sunday of Advent.

This is the first of two Sundays devoted to the ministry of St. John the Baptist. Deacon Mark is preaching at both the 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM liturgies. (These will be his first sermons at Redeemer.)

Join us in hearing Mark and sharing the blessings of Advent!

[ December 3, 2011; 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm. ] The second Advent Vespers takes place at 5:00 PM on Saturday (Dec. 3rd). This worship experience includes wonderful music (Glenn Guhr will sing Come, Lord, and Tarry Not by William Ferris.

Lorelette Knowles, recorder and Sheila Bristow, organ will premier Sonatina in C minor as a prelude) Also included are short readings about Advent, and a [...]

[ December 18, 2011 to December 24, 2011. ] We will again be collecting food items for Shelter families for Christmas.

The food baskets will be delivered along with Christmas gifts following the children’s service on December 24th.

A sign-up sheet for the food items is posted on the Outreach Bulletin Board.

Gift tags will be available the week of December 18th.

[ December 10, 2011; 9:45 am to 1:00 pm. ] The Annual Christmas Shopping Trip for families at the Shelter is Saturday, December 10th.

We need 4 volunteers to drive the parents to the shopping center and 6-8 craft-persons to entertain the children while their parents are shopping.

A sign-up sheet has been posted on the Outreach Bulletin Board.  All volunteers need to be at church by [...]

[ December 3, 2011 to December 4, 2011. ] Please join us at 1:00 on Saturday December 3rd for lunch and communal desert making.  We will gather for lunch at 1, then prepare and mix ingredients for traditional English Christmas Puddings to take to our respective celebrations. Ingredients will be left to sit overnight in the Redeemer refrigerator, then set into molds after church [...]