Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Kenmore

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).

[ 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 [...]

[ 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 [...]

A note from the Webmaster:
Over the past two weeks I’ve spoken with a lot of people who volunteered on the Presidential campaigns. They’ve seen the difference their efforts can make in the world and they want to keep going — but they don’t know where or how they can help.
If you’re energized and excited and [...]

[ November 26, 2008; 11:30 am; ] Redeemer and Holy Apostles will again be providing Thanksgiving food baskets to the families at the Kenmore Family Shelter. The sign-up sheet with the necessary food items is located in the undercroft on the Outreach bulletin board.

All perishable and non-perishable items need to be at the church by Sunday Nov. 23rd. Non-perishable items can [...]

[ November 20, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] As part of the Outreach Discovery Extravaganza we will be meeting to discuss the book Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson.

[ November 3, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] As part of the Outreach Discovery Extravaganza we will be meeting to discuss the book Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion by Sara Miles.

[ October 30, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] As part of the Outreach Discovery Extravaganza we will be discussing the book Banker To The Poor, an autobiography of 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus.