Following the 10:30 am service on May 5, 2024, Church of the Redeemer will have a Rogation Procession around the grounds of the church campus. Please join us as we remember our connection to nature and life around us.

The procession will probably start in the Memorial Garden. However, weather or other things may force a change in this plan.

We invite you to participate in this free event.

Rogation procession

The term “rogation” is from the Latin word rogatio, “asking.”

Rogation processions originated in Vienne, France, in the fifth century when Bishop Mamertus introduced days of fasting and prayer to ward off a threatened disaster. In England rogation processions were associated with the blessing of the fields at planting. The vicar “beat the bounds” of the parish, processing around the fields reciting psalms and the litany.

In the United States rogation processions have been associated with rural life and with agriculture and fishing. The propers in the Book of Common Prayer (pp. 207-208, 258-259, 930) have widened the scope of rogation to include prayers for commerce and industry, and the stewardship of creation. 

(Information taken Rogation Days.)

Church of the Redeemer

Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, and reaching out to the world around us. We are an Episcopal Church serving north King County and south Snohomish County, Washington. As you travel your road, go with friends walking the way of Jesus at Redeemer.

Church of the Redeemer is at 6210 Northeast 181st Street in Kenmore, Washington. The campus is a short distance north of Bothell Way, near the Burke-Gilman Trail. The entrance looks like a gravel driveway. The campus is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. And we managed to hide a large building on the side of a hill that is not easily seen from the street.

The Episcopal Church welcomes you.