Music has always been an important part of the life of Episcopal Church of the Redeemer. However, coming out of COVID-19, it has been difficult to restart our program. It is time to try.
We are going to call our rebirth choir Remington Drive Irregulars. This name comes from the historic name of 181st Street.
Typically, the numbers in a church choir will be about 10% of the average Sunday attendance across all denominations. Because of this, we will not be singing anthems by Ralph Vaughan Williams or Palestrina. However, drawing repertoire from the Sacred Harp tradition, Taizé, rounds, and chant is very doable for a small choir. This is what we did on Easter Day for our choir.
Keep it simple, singers.
The first Sunday for the Remington Drive Irregulars will be Holy Cross Day, September 14, 2025, at the 10:30 service. Practice sessions will be scheduled. Singing on Holy Cross will not commit you to singing every Sunday for life. We expect to have “rotating” attendance in the choir.
Select the following to volunteer for the few, the proud, the Remington Drive Irregulars.
Come, let us sing to the Lord; *
let us shout for joy to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving *
and raise a loud shout to him with psalms.From the Venite, exultemus (Psalm 95) in the Book of Common Prayer
Church of the Redeemer
Welcome to Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, and reaching out to the world. 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 6220 Northeast 181st Street in Kenmore, Washington. We are 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.