Episcopal Church of the Redeemer

Worshiping God, living in community, reaching out to the world.

Author: Bob Chapman

  • COVID-19 and Church of the Redeemer

    COVID-19 and Church of the Redeemer

    To prevent the spread all viruses, including COVID-19, do the following:

    • Wash your hands often for at least 20 seconds (sing “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”) while using soap and water.
    • Use hand sanitizer if soap and water are not available or in between hand washings.
    • Face masks are for your use only in the event of your illness to keep germs in, not out.
    • The common cup or communion in one kind is safer than intinction.
    • You may wish someone peace without shaking their hand or hugging.
    • If you are concerned about an oncoming illness, call a healthcare provider before going to urgent care, a walk-in clinic, or the emergency room.

    Some background on COVID-19

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the outbreak of a new respiratory disease caused by a coronavirus that was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, and which has now been detected in at least 57 locations internationally, including cases in the United States. The virus itself has been named “SARS-CoV-2” and the disease it causes has been named “coronavirus disease 2019″ (abbreviated “COVID-19”).

    Electron microscopic image of an isolate from the first US case of COVID-19, courtesy CDC
    Electron microscopic image of an isolate from the first US case of COVID-19, courtesy CDC.

    The first case of the coronavirus in Washington State appeared in Everett in January 2020. On Saturday, February 29, 2020, the Washington State Department of Health and Public Health—Seattle and King County officials reported the first death from the virus in our state, a man with underlying health conditions.

    Governor Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency in response to new cases of COVID-19. He issued a proclamation that directs state agencies and departments to utilize state resources and do everything reasonably possible to assist affected communities responding to and recovering from COVID-19 cases. Such a proclamation is normative and necessary in order to activate statewide resources and access necessary funds in order to support our communities and effectively respond to needs and expand preventative measures.

    Symptoms and severity of the virus

    Reported illnesses have ranged from mild symptoms to severe illness and death for confirmed COVID-19 cases. Based on what has been seen previously as the incubation period of MERS-CoV viruses, symptoms may appear 2 to 14 days after exposure and include the following:

    • Fever
    • Cough
    • Shortness of breath

    The elderly, young children, and those individuals with compromised immune systems can be especially vulnerable.

    If you believe that you may be experiencing symptoms, it is very important for you to be tested for COVID-19. However, before you go to your physician’s office, walk-in clinic, or to the emergency depoartment of your local hospital, the CDC advises that you call ahead in order to speak with a medical care provider. They will want to put necessary protocols in place to receive you, including providing appropriate barrier protection in their facility and for their healthcare workers.

    Healthy practices at church

    Communion

    The CDC has stated that “…no documented transmission of any infectious disease has ever been traced to the use of the common cup…”. This due to the fact that alcohol kills viruses. Further, the minister handling the chalice wipes both the inside and outside edge of the chalice and turns the chalice edge while wiping the edge in between serving each communicant with a clean part of the purifcator (linen).

    Those receiving the cup should remember not to touch the bowl of the cup with their hands, but rather place a hand beneath the base of the chalice in order to help the Eucharistic minister guide it to the communicant’s lips.

    Intinction (dipping the bread in the cup of wine) by the communicant is strongly discouraged.

    Alternatively, receiving the sacrament in one kind (meaning just the bread or just the wine) has always been, and continues to be, an acceptable alternative for communicants. We want to offer this option for those who prefer it since it too has a precedent in our tradition.

    The Peace

    At the time of Peace, the common practice has been that members of the congregation greet each other with a handshake, or even an embrace or kiss. Unfortunately, this is a prime opportunity for the spread of germs.

    Therefore, graceful understanding should be extended to those who do not wish to have direct physical contact with their fellow worshipers, either because of their vulnerability to infection or their concern about their own state of health.

    Our congregants may notice that members of the liturgical party frequently bow to one another, such as when the children bring forward the offering, as a sign of mutual acknowledgement, respect, and gratitude during preparations of the altar for communion. Members of the congregation may want to consider the option of respectfully bowing towards one another at the time of Peace with this same intention in mind.

    Acknowledgement

    Most of the above text comes from Trinity Episcopal Church in Everett, Washington.

    Please continue to follow Church of the Redeemer’s website and Social Media for more updates, as they become necessary.

    For more information about COVID-19, see the following:

    Statewide questions about the coronavirus, call 1-800-525-0127 and press #.

    Church of the Redeemer

    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.

  • Stewardship Reflection: The Trees that Hold up the Roof

    Stewardship Reflection: The Trees that Hold up the Roof

    This week’s reflection comes from Fr. Jed Fox.

    This fall, we took a trip through the Oregon and California redwoods. As I started to look at my relationship with the church, I began to realize that the church is very similar to those redwoods, and my relationship with the church affects much more than just the church itself.

    Trees take in water and sunlight to make the tree grow. The impact to the tree’s surrounding environment is huge. Just a few are: Oxygen for us to breathe, a place for plants to flourish beneath their branches, a place for critters to live amongst their branches, and even support to other trees against strong winds. There is more plant and animal material affected by the tree than the material that makes up the tree itself.

    The church takes in us, our pledges, our time, and our talents to make the church grow. The impact to the church’s surrounding environment is huge. Just a few impacts are: A place to meet for many groups all throughout the week. Support to the many ministries listed in our weekly bulletins. Support to other churches through the Diocese, as well as us receiving support from the Diocese. There are more people affected by our Church than the size of the Church’s congregation itself.

    Until I thought about this, I didn’t think about how many people our family’s stewardship affected. It’s like the water and sunlight to the tree. It turns our pledged money into ministry for hundreds of people. Looking strictly at a budget, we see salary, heat, lights, water, etc. But those elements are just the trunk, branches and leaves of the tree which support all of the flora and fauna around it, just as pledges to the Church of the Redeemer support all of the ministries around it.

    Why, even our church itself is made of huge trees. They go all the way from the foundation to the roof. Our family’s stewardship, our pledging and volunteering provide more than just support for these trees. It provides support for all of the people affected by the trees holding our building up.

    Tree holding up roof at Redeemer

    Church of the Redeemer

    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. 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.

  • Grow into greater stewardship

    Grow into greater stewardship

    We are currently smack-dab in the middle of two of my least favorite autumnal observances. One, the church calls a holy day, but the other is assuredly not. I am talking about Columbus Day Indigenous People’s Day and Thanksgiving Day.

    The mythos surrounding both of these commemorations, that the noble Europeans came and discovered and brought light, civilization to a few benighted savages, just as God willed. These narratives, that until very recently were commonly accepted in the church and in society, have always troubled me—not because of the picture that they paint, but because not only are the pictures that they paint false but because the false narrative then gives us a false sense of self, and incorrect interpretation that things are fine and have always been…no genocide to see here. The truth is far harder. Disease, displacement, and outright war were the means used by Columbus and Plymouth Colony members (not to mention many, many other colonizing occupations from Europe) to carve out for themselves a place in the history books at the expense of millions of innocent lives.

    The church itself is not immune to this truth. Many of the church buildings, Episcopal or otherwise, on this continent were placed on lands that were swindled, swarmed over, and outright usurped from the from the people who had been in relationship with that particular patch of creation for thousands of years, deep relationship, the kind of mutual care and interdependence that is the mark of true stewardship, a standard which the church has failed to upkeep.

    We cannot change the facts of how we came to be stewards of the land—none of us has a time machine (and even if we did, Ive seen enough sci-fi shows to know that we’d probably just make things worse). We can, though, acknowledge the fact that we are inheritors of a stewardship that is not our own. We are not the sole owners—in fact, not owners at all, of this place that we refer to as Redeemer. We meet, Sunday by Sunday, on land by the Coast Salish nations have been in relationship with for Generations. We join in caring for this land with them, late comers to this relationship. We are now responsible that kinship relationship  that they have held sacred for generations upon generations.

    It may seem like a little thing, acknowledging the truth of where we are of who was here before, but its a start. And here’s another thing. For a few years now, we have been praying, during the prayers for those in authority, for Marie, Cecile, and Brian. Marie Zackuse is the Chairwoman of the Tulalip Nations, Cecile Hansen is the chairwoman of the Duwamish Nation, and Brian Cladoosby is chairman of the Swinomish Tribe and had been the President of the National Congress of American Indians. We pray for them, and the Tribal nations that they guide forward into the future. This is a beginning, an opening, another opportunity to grow into greater stewardship, a deep and equal relationship among kin, with the gifts—land, and especially people—God has given us.

    —Fr. Jed Fox, Rector

    Marie Zackuse of the Tulalip Tribes (2017) Cecile Hansen of the Duwamish (2011) Brian Cladoosby of the Swinomish Tribe (2012)

    Church of the Redeemer

    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. 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.

     

  • Stewardship Reflection: Maren and Peter Donley

    Stewardship Reflection: Maren and Peter Donley

    This week’s reflection comes from Maren and Peter Donley

    When Peter was just a toddler, we were at church (as usual) and it was time for the offering.  At our congregation, ushers passed offering plates through the rows of chairs beginning in the front of the congregation and then brought the offering to the altar before communion.  I don’t remember how, exactly, but the plates passed Peter before he realized it was time to make his offering.

    When he saw the plates behind us, he turned to us with a horrified expression, and big tears welled up out of the corners of his eyes.  He started to cry (loudly!) and, before I could comfort him effectively, wailed his distress at not having the opportunity to share.  He yelled, “But Mommy, I didn’t have a chance to GIVE!!!!!”

    Peter’s consternation was real.

    Several adults around us chuckled.  I’m guessing that their laughter was a slightly uncomfortable recognition of the difference between the way Peter approached offering, and their own approach.

    Chris and I managed to calm Peter only when we explained that there would be many, many opportunities to give.

    Peter’s enthusiastic desire to give, and his thrill at the idea that there would be “lots and lots” of opportunities to do so, called the adults around us (myself included) to account—for the reluctance to give, and for an inexplicable lack of joy in this part of the service.

    In his moment of distress, Peter reminded the whole congregation that giving is a privilege actively to be sought.  It’s something that we get to do with the resources we’ve been given, and it’s fundamentally joyful.

    I sometimes require a reminder.

    Stewardship: and of thine own have we given thee

    Church of the Redeemer

    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. 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.

  • Stewardship Reflection: Steve Daniel

    Stewardship Reflection: Steve Daniel

    This week’s stewardship reflection is by Steve Daniel.

    Thirty years ago I volunteered for the Kenmore Family Shelter Christmas shopping trip for the first time. I was assigned to drive some residents of the shelter on the shopping excursion. I will admit that I had a preconceived notion about the residents of the shelter who were taking advantage of transitional housing. While driving the residents of the shelter we chatted and I became more familiar with them and their stories.

    I realized that these were people just like me who had experienced some difficulties that had not affected me—job losses, being in the “wrong place at the wrong time,” and such. I came away thinking “but for the grace of God there to I.” All people are the same, but affected by the environment differently. The differences could be in how the economy affects you, where you live, what ethnicity you belong to, family factors; the list is endless.  My experience during the event changed me personally, professionally, and spiritually.

    I came to realize that being fortunate, lucky, or blessed means to me that what we have we got from God. We that get more from God need to share what we have. Stewardship means (to me) being stewards of the world and stewards of the church—give to both what we can.

    Hopelink Kenmore Place Christmas shopping trip in 2017

    Church of the Redeemer

    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. 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.

  • Mother Catharine Reid

    Mother Catharine Reid

    Mother Catharine Reid grew up outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended Smith College in Massachusetts and earned a Master of Science in Library Science degree from Villanova University. She then moved to England, where she was a member for two years of the Lee Abbey community, a lay Christian community which runs a holiday and conference centre on the north coast of Devon. From there she went on to study at Trinity Theological College in Bristol, England, and earned her Master of Divinity degree from the General Seminary in New York City.

    Following seminary, she was for six years a member of the Order of St. Helena, an Episcopal religious community for women. It was as a member of the order that Mother Catharine first came to live in Seattle.

    A longtime member of St. Paul’s, Seattle, she was sponsored by them for ordination and was ordained to the priesthood in October 2011. She initially served as associate at St. Clement’s, Seattle, and then for three years as an associate at St. Luke’s, Renton. In 2014, in addition to serving at St. Luke’s, Mother Catharine took on the role of Associate for the 5:00 pm liturgy at St. Paul’s, and in early 2015 became their priest-in-charge until the arrival of their new rector at the end of September 2015. Currently she serves as an associate at St. Dunstan’s, Shoreline.

    In addition to her work over the years, Mother Catharine has volunteered at Virginia Mason Hospital, Chicken Soup Brigade, and in the Diocese of Olympia archives. She currently sings with the Seattle Bach Choir, gardens, rows with Conibear Rowing Club, and works on her 1906 house. Her seven-year-old Westie, Brodie, is a constant companion.

    Mother Catharine will be with us at Church of the Redeemer while Fr. Jed Fox recovers from surgery. While serving at Redeemer, you may contact her at creid@redeemer-kenmore.org.

    Church of the Redeemer

    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.

  • Reflections on my first CRE Foot Washing

    Reflections on my first CRE Foot Washing

    This is a reflection by Bob Chapman.

    The foot washing at the annual Community Resource Exchange, sponsored by United Way of King County, is a vital part of the DNA of Church of the Redeemer. Inspired by the vision of Emily Austin, this congregation took this ministry to its very core.

    Foot washing is who we are.

    I had wanted to participate in this since I first came to Redeemer in September 2010. However, when part of the “gig economy,” I did not get time off with pay for any reason, whether illness, company holiday, or social good. That changed when I moved to direct employment in December 2017.

    So, on March 20, 2018, I was there. It was my time to participate.

    Emily Austin and Bob Chapman

    Here are some thoughts I had from that day.

    The advanced foot care team are rock stars

    Everyone works hard. Very hard. However, the advanced foot care people work a bit longer and harder. And, with less attention.

    Advanced foot care volunteers earning their rock star status

    No one really wanted their feet washed until after 10:00 am. The guests have more important things to do when the doors first open. Get a new pair of shoes. Apply for a job. Find a housing voucher. Get a haircut.

    And, get advanced foot care.

    Sharon Villa, rock star

    The advanced foot care team was busy pretty much from the start. I don’t think those volunteers took much of a break the whole day, even for lunch. Someone brought food and drink to them. They worked right up to closing at 2:00 pm. Then, they had to pack their tools of the trade and carry them to their cars.

    I think that only Emily works harder.

    Emily Austin, working hard

    Look around before it gets busy

    I knew about many of the services being offered that day for those experiencing homelessness. I didn’t necessarily know where they were being offered inside the Century Link Field Event Center. That is why I had no idea where to apply for a housing voucher when asked.

    Sarah Phillips, looking around while working hard

    There was no requirement to know this information. However, it would have been nice.

    A lot is accomplished by people working hard

    Washington State DSHS was next door to us. I talked to their manager. He said that he is manages the DSHS Belltown office, where they normally see about 300 people a day. With half the staff at the Community Resource Exchange, they helped the same number of people, finishing by 2:00 pm.

    The usual suspects, and more

    There are people in red shirts who are there to solve problems. We needed folding extra folding chairs to create a waiting area for advanced foot care. While we initially borrowed chairs from DSHS, they needed their waiting area, too. When I said what we needed to a red shirt, she found enough chairs for us, one or two at a time.

    You could see efforts like this all around.

    Terri Howatt at the start of the day

    It is fun to call someone by their first name unexpectedly

    Most of us, guests and volunteers, were wearing name tags. After a while, when I asked if a person needed their toes trimmed, feet washed, or wanted one of the foot care kits we had to pass out, I addressed that person by their first name.

    Of course, no one expected it. It made a good ice breaker to start a conversation.

    My “gotcha” moment

    Most people have at least one “gotcha” moment if you go. It isn’t a requirement, but it is typical.

    In my case, I asked a guest if he needed his toes trimmed or advanced foot care. (You ask this first, because the advanced foot care people cannot do their magic after the toenails are wet.) The reply was that he lost his toes to frostbite recently. That, and how wonderful it was to find a pair of shoes that comfortably fit. He emphasized the positive with the new shoes.

    So, I asked if maybe he would want to have his feet washed, instead. I didn’t know how recently this had happened. However, he was still in wound care and couldn’t get his dressings wet.

    As a person with a long history with wound care resulting from radiation when I had cancer, I had my moment to think about how my experience would have been different if I was experiencing homelessness.

    The people at Redeemer can be proud of where this is today

    Foot washing at the Community Resource Exchange started with Redeemer, and we are still heavily invested in it. While Redeemer was the pioneer, the people and work of the Foot Soul Team come from more than Redeemer today.

    Volunteers from the Seattle Service Corps with Emily

    The Foot Soul Team is a steering committee to organize foot washing annually at the United Way of King County’s Community Resource Exchange. This ministry has participants from many regional faith communities.

    Volunteers washing feet

    Just as the Foundation for Academic Endeavors in Mount Vernon grew out of another Earley Outreach Fund project at Redeemer, the foot washing at the CRE has grown to be something much more.

    Speaking of Mount Vernon

    I intend to be back next year. After all, it is in Redeemer’s DNA. Hopefully you can join in.

    Church of the Redeemer

    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.

  • Redeemer and Hopelink Kenmore Place

    Redeemer and Hopelink Kenmore Place

    Church of the Redeemer has a long-term relationship with Hopelink Kenmore Place (formerly the Kenmore Family Shelter). For the past 30 years, people at Redeemer has provided support for Kenmore Place. The support includes the following:

    • Christmas gifts and food
    • School backpacks
    • Thanksgiving food
    • Emergency gas and food cards

    Backpacks for Hopelink Kenmore Place

    Kenmore Place and its programs have changed over the years. It used to be a short-term residency. Now, the population remains at there for 6 to 12 months while the residents look for permanent housing and work.

    One third of the current residents are there because a major medical problem caused the family to lose their housing. One third are in Kenmore Place as a result of domestic violence.

    There is a mix of couples and single parents. All of the families have children under 18.

    The residents appreciate the holiday food and gifts. “They helped me have a better Christmas than the one we had when we weren’t homeless. It was a beautiful day. I was worry free. The kids smiled for days,” said one resident.

    Another said, “Tell them that on behalf of myself and my son.”

    Thanksgiving collection for residents of Hopelink Kenmore Place in 2015

    A couple of members of the congregation met with the current case manager to discuss ways we can continue to be of assistance. In addition to our ongoing assistance, residents need the following:

    • Feminine hygiene products
    • Queen sized sheets (gently used is OK)
    • Cutlery

    These items can be donated anytime at Redeemer in the box in the parish hall.

    Hopelink runs Kenmore Place. They have, and continue to, express their appreciation of our ongoing relationship.

    —Sarah Phillips

    Hopelink

    Hopelink logo

    Since 1971, Hopelink has served homeless and low-income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities in north and east King County, providing stability and helping people gain the skills and knowledge they need to exit poverty for good.

    Hopelink also provides transportation services throughout King and Snohomish Counties.

    With service centers in Redmond, Bellevue, Kirkland, Shoreline, and Sno-Valley (Carnation), Hopelink is the largest nonprofit organization in the area. Programs and services focus on nine categories of assistance:

    • Adult education
    • Emergency financial help
    • Employment services
    • Energy assistance
    • Family development
    • Financial literacy
    • Food assistance
    • Housing
    • Transportation

    Hopelink serves about 64,000 people annually.

    Hopelink Kenmore Place

    Church of the Redeemer

    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.

  • Solar Project Party and Dedication

    Solar Project Party and Dedication

    The solar panels are installed. The permits have been applied for. We are ready to turn on the switch on to conclude the solar project. So, it must be time for a party.

    A dedication picnic is scheduled for June 14, 2015, following the 10:30 am service. There are sign up sheets in the parish hall in the undercroft.

    Church of the Redeemer will provide hot dogs, veggie burgers, and hamburgers.

    Church of the Redeemer

    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.

  • Renewal of Ministry

    Renewal of Ministry

    Come celebrate and pray with the people of Church of the Redeemer. There will be a service of Renewal of Ministry with the Welcoming of a New Rector on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at 6:30 pm. Church of the Redeemer is at 6211 Northeast 182nd Street, in Kenmore, Washington.

    Fr. Jedediah (Jed) Fox started as rector of Redeemer on January 1, 2015. At such times, it is appropriate for everyone to recommit to their ministries.

    This service will have festive hymns and music, led by Sheila Bristow, organist and choirmaster with the Church of the Redeemer Choir. Also, there will be music for hammered dulcimer by Sharon Graber and cello by Nathan Whittaker.

    Bulletin for a Mobile Device   Bulletin for Printing

    Everyone is welcome. There is no admission charge. A reception follows the service.

    The Rev. Jedediah Fox, Rector of Redeemer

    Fr. Jed FoxFr. Jed Fox was born and raised in Helena, Montana. After graduating from Carroll College in Helena, he attended the General Theological Seminary in New York City. After graduation from seminary in 2009, Fr. Fox served through the end of 2014 as curate and assistant to the rector of the Church of St. Michael and St. George in Clayton, Missouri.

    Fr. Jed is married to Mary Beth Jäger, MSW. They have a son, Jaeger, born on September 10, 2014.

    Fr. Fox said “I am so glad the Holy Spirit has brought Mary Beth, Jaeger, and me to the people of Redeemer. I look forward to joining with them as we travel more deeply into the Risen life of Christ our Redeemer.”

    The Rt. Rev. Gregory Rickel, Bishop of Olympia

    Bishop Greg RickelLeading the worship will be the Rt. Rev. Gregory Rickel, Eighth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia. Bishop Rickel embraces a radical hospitality that welcomes all. It makes no difference where a person is on their journey of faith.

    Bishop Rickel envisions a church that is a safe and authentic community. In this church a person can explore God’s infinite goodness and grace as revealed in the life and continuing revelation of Jesus Christ.

    As Bishop of Olympia, Rickel has articulated a vision with three main mission focus points: congregational development, concentration on those 35 years of age and under, and stewardship of all creation.

    You may follow Bishop Rickel’s blog at www.bishoprickel.com.

    The Rev. Andrew Archie, Rector of St. Michael and St. George

    Fr. Andrew ArchiePreaching at this service will be the Rev. Andrew J. Archie, Rector of the Church of St. Michael and St. George in Clayton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Fr. Archie has been rector of that congregation for 10 years.

    Church of the Redeemer

    Community life at Redeemer centers on worship in the Episcopal tradition. Art and music vitally deepen this worship. Our faith expresses itself with service to people, locally to internationally.

    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.

The 13th Sunday after Pentecost, August 23, 2026. Services at 8:00 am (no music) and 10:30 (music).

Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
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