Events for the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in Kenmore, Washington
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Christmas Eve festive service
Sun, December 24, 2023 at 9:00 pm to 10:30 pm PST
This festive Christmas Eve service at Church of the Redeemer has hymns, incense, and a bit more formality. Everyone is welcome. While welcome, small children may find the late hour and activities unpleasant.
We look forward to seeing you at this 9:00 pm service of Holy Eucharist at Church of the Redeemer on December 24, 2023. It is in-person and livestreamed on the Welcome page of this website. The church campus is at 6210 Northeast 181st Street in Kenmore, Washington.
Come early to get the seat you want.
While not required, you may wear a mask when in the building. We have masks available for you, if you want.
Christmas, or Christ’s Mass
Christmas (in old English, Cristes maesse) is a festival celebrated on December 25, commemorating the Incarnation of the Word of God in the birth of Jesus Christ. In the Book of Common Prayer, the day is also called “The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ.”
In the Book of Common Prayer, Christmas Day is one of the seven principal feasts. The Christmas season lasts twelve days, from Christmas Day until January 5, the day before the Epiphany.
In many parishes, the main liturgical celebrations of Christmas take place on Christmas Eve.
(Above taken from Christmas, or Christ’s Maesse.)
Eucharist
The Eucharist is the sacrament of Christ’s body and blood, and the principal act of Christian worship. The term is from the Greek, “thanksgiving.”
Jesus instituted the Eucharist “on the night when he was betrayed.” At the Last Supper he shared the bread and cup of wine at a sacred meal with his disciples. He identified the bread with his body and the wine with his blood of the new covenant. Jesus commanded his disciples to “do this” in remembrance of him (see 1 Cor 11:23-26; Mk 14:22-25; Mt 26:26-29; Lk 22:14-20).
Christ’s sacrifice is made present by the Eucharist, and in it we are united to his one self-offering (Book of Common Prayer, p. 859). The Last Supper provides the basis for the fourfold Eucharistic action of taking, blessing, breaking, and sharing. Christ’s body and blood are really present in the sacrament of the Eucharist and received by faith. Christ’s presence is also known in the gathered eucharistic community.
(Above taken from Eucharist .)
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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.
