Episcopal Church of the Redeemer

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

Tag: Lent 2024

  • The bulletin insert for March 24, 2024

    The bulletin insert for March 24, 2024

    This is the weekly bulletin insert from Sermons That Work.

    Life Transformed

    Quick response code for "Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent"

    The journey through Lent into Easter is a journey with Jesus. We are baptized into his life, self-giving, and death; then, we rise in hope to life transformed. Together, we will reflect anew on the loving actions of God as recounted in the Easter Vigil readings. Together, we will walk through the depths of salvation history into the fullness of redemption. Throughout Lent, come along with us as we explore Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent, produced by Hillary Raining and Jenifer Gamber. You can find resources mentioned below at iam.ec/lifetransformed or by scanning the QR code to the right.

    Week 6

    Sunday, March 24

    Today’s Practice: Watch the Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining’s video at iam.ec/lifetransformed for Week 6. The topic is based on the practice “Worship” and is titled, “The Gathering of God’s People”.
    Read: Zephaniah 3:12-20

    Monday, March 25

    Today’s Prompt: What can you Easter Day say “no” to so you can say “yes” to prayer, rest, and joy?
    Read: “Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation; you shall do no work: it is a Sabbath to the Lord throughout your settlements.” – Leviticus 23:3

    Tuesday, March 26

    Today’s Prompt: Slowly read this passage aloud. How does this passage speak to the world today?
    Read: Matthew 4:8-22

    Wednesday, March 27

    Today’s Prompt: Who can support you in living a Jesus-centered life?
    Read: “[God] has made us qualified to be ministers of a new covenant, not of letter but of spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” – 2 Corinthians 3:6

    Thursday, March 28

    Today’s Prompt: How might you share what brings you great joy with others?
    Read: “We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith; ministry, in ministering; the teacher, in teaching; the encourager, in encouragement; the giver, in sincerity; the leader, in diligence; the compassionate, in cheerfulness.” – Romans 12:6-8

    Friday, March 29

    Today’s Prompt: How can you incorporate rest from technology today?
    Read: “Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” – Matthew 11:28

    Saturday, March 30

    Today’s Prompt: How has this Way with God impacted your experience of God?
    Read: “Let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’” – John 7:38

    Reflections from “Living the Way of Love” by Mary Bea Sullivan (Church Publishing, 2019). Used with permission. Quotations from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.


    Published by the Office of Formation of The Episcopal Church, 815 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017

    © 2024 The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. All rights reserved.

    Weekly bulletin inserts

    This weekly bulletin insert provides information about the history, music, liturgy, mission, and ministry of The Episcopal Church. For more information, please contact us at stw@episcopalchurch.org.

    Sermons That Work from the Episcopal Church

    Sermons That Work

    For more than 20 years, Sermons That Work, a ministry of The Episcopal Church’s Office of Communication, has provided free sermons, Bible studies, bulletin inserts, and other resources that speak to congregations across the Church. Our writers and readers come from numerous and varied backgrounds, and the resources we provide are used in small house churches, sprawling cathedrals, and everything between.

    The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, reaching out to the world.

    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 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.

  • The bulletin insert for March 17, 2024

    The bulletin insert for March 17, 2024

    This is the weekly bulletin insert from Sermons That Work.

    Life Transformed

    Quick response code for "Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent"

    The journey through Lent into Easter is a journey with Jesus. We are baptized into his life, self-giving, and death; then, we rise in hope to life transformed. Together, we will reflect anew on the loving actions of God as recounted in the Easter Vigil readings. Together, we will walk through the depths of salvation history into the fullness of redemption. Throughout Lent, come along with us as we explore Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent, produced by Hillary Raining and Jenifer Gamber. You can find resources mentioned below at iam.ec/lifetransformed or by scanning the QR code to the right.

    Week 5

    Sunday, March 17

    Today’s Practice: Watch the Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining’s video at iam.ec/lifetransformed for Week 5. The topic is based on the practice “Rest” and is titled, “The Valley of Dry Bones”.
    Read: Ezekiel 37:1-14

    Monday, March 18

    Today’s Prompt: When you reflect on financial giving, are your palms open?
    Read: “When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting place, but it finds none. Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ When it returns, it finds it empty, swept, and put in order.” – Matthew 12:43-44

    Tuesday, March 19

    Today’s Prompt: Who might you have a conversation with to learn about God?
    Read: “Your word is a lantern to my feet and a light upon my path.” – Psalm 119:105

    Wednesday, March 20

    Today’s Prompt: What are you thankful for?
    Read: “For we are aliens and transients before you, as were all our ancestors; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope.” – 1 Chronicles 29:15

    Thursday, March 21

    Today’s Prompt: Where do you see the seven practices of the Way of Love in this story?
    Read: “Finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the tiles into the middle of the crowd in front of Jesus.” – Luke 5:19

    Friday, March 22

    Today’s Prompt: How do your creative outlets impact on taking rest?
    Read: Genesis 1:1-24

    Saturday, March 23

    Today’s Prompt: Practice lectio divina (PDF) with this scripture:
    Read: “But when he came to his senses he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired hands.” ’ So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him. Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly, bring out a robe—the best one—and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate, for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ And they began to celebrate.” – Luke 15:17-24

    Reflections from “Living the Way of Love” by Mary Bea Sullivan (Church Publishing, 2019). Used with permission. Quotations from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.


    Published by the Office of Formation of The Episcopal Church, 815 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017

    © 2024 The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. All rights reserved.

    Weekly bulletin inserts

    This weekly bulletin insert provides information about the history, music, liturgy, mission, and ministry of The Episcopal Church. For more information, please contact us at stw@episcopalchurch.org.

    Sermons That Work from the Episcopal Church

    Sermons That Work

    For more than 20 years, Sermons That Work, a ministry of The Episcopal Church’s Office of Communication, has provided free sermons, Bible studies, bulletin inserts, and other resources that speak to congregations across the Church. Our writers and readers come from numerous and varied backgrounds, and the resources we provide are used in small house churches, sprawling cathedrals, and everything between.

    The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, reaching out to the world.

    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 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.

  • The bulletin insert for March 10, 2024

    The bulletin insert for March 10, 2024

    This is the weekly bulletin insert from Sermons That Work.

    Life Transformed

    Quick response code for "Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent"

    The journey through Lent into Easter is a journey with Jesus. We are baptized into his life, self-giving, and death; then, we rise in hope to life transformed. Together, we will reflect anew on the loving actions of God as recounted in the Easter Vigil readings. Together, we will walk through the depths of salvation history into the fullness of redemption. Throughout Lent, come along with us as we explore Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent, produced by Hillary Raining and Jenifer Gamber. You can find resources mentioned below at iam.ec/lifetransformed or by scanning the QR code to the right.

    Week 4

    Sunday, March 10

    Today’s Practice: Watch the Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining’s video at iam.ec/lifetransformed for Week 4. The topic is based on the practice “Bless” and is titled, “A New Heart and a New Spirit”.
    Read: Ezekiel 36:24-28

    Monday, March 11

    Today’s Prompt: What challenges are you facing today?
    Read: “And you will have confidence, because there is hope; you will be protected and take your rest in safety.” – Job 11:18

    Tuesday, March 12

    Today’s Prompt: How is the Jesus who walked the earth beckoning you to meet him?
    Read: “They came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, ‘Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, ‘Son of David, have mercy on me!’ Jesus stood still and said, ‘Call him here.’ And they called the blind man, saying to him, ‘Take heart; get up, he is calling you.’ So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. Then Jesus said to him, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ The blind man said to him, ‘My teacher, let me see again.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go; your faith has made you well.’ Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.” – Mark 10:46-52

    Wednesday, March 13

    Today’s Prompt: Try praying with Anglican prayer beads. (Also see Anglican Prayer Beads.)
    Read: “Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.” – Luke 18:1

    Thursday, March 14

    Today’s Prompt: Where do you find joy and passion?
    Read: “They said to each other, ‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?’” – Luke 24:32

    Friday, March 15

    Today’s Prompt: Where might God be asking you to take your great love into the world?
    Read: “From this time forward I tell you new things, hidden things that you have not known.” – Isaiah 48:6

    Saturday, March 16

    Today’s Prompt: How do you want to prepare people to remember you?
    Read: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God.” – 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

    Reflections from “Living the Way of Love” by Mary Bea Sullivan (Church Publishing, 2019). Used with permission. Quotations from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.


    Published by the Office of Formation of The Episcopal Church, 815 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017

    © 2024 The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. All rights reserved.

    Weekly bulletin inserts

    This weekly bulletin insert provides information about the history, music, liturgy, mission, and ministry of The Episcopal Church. For more information, please contact us at stw@episcopalchurch.org.

    Sermons That Work from the Episcopal Church

    Sermons That Work

    For more than 20 years, Sermons That Work, a ministry of The Episcopal Church’s Office of Communication, has provided free sermons, Bible studies, bulletin inserts, and other resources that speak to congregations across the Church. Our writers and readers come from numerous and varied backgrounds, and the resources we provide are used in small house churches, sprawling cathedrals, and everything between.

    The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, reaching out to the world.

    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 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.

  • The bulletin insert for March 3, 2024

    The bulletin insert for March 3, 2024

    This is the weekly bulletin insert from Sermons That Work.

    Life Transformed

    Quick response code for "Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent"

    The journey through Lent into Easter is a journey with Jesus. We are baptized into his life, self-giving, and death; then, we rise in hope to life transformed. Together, we will reflect anew on the loving actions of God as recounted in the Easter Vigil readings. Together, we will walk through the depths of salvation history into the fullness of redemption. Throughout Lent, come along with us as we explore Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent, produced by Hillary Raining and Jenifer Gamber. You can find resources mentioned below at iam.ec/lifetransformed or by scanning the QR code to the right.

    Week 3

    Sunday, March 3

    Today’s Practice: Watch the Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining’s video at iam.ec/lifetransformed for Week 3. The topic is based on the practice “Learn” and is titled, “Learn Wisdom and Live”.
    Read: Proverbs 8:1-8, 19-21; 9:4b-6

    Monday, March 4

    Today’s Prompt: Intentionally smile at least ten times today.
    Read: “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.” – Philippians 4:4

    Tuesday, March 5

    Today’s Prompt: How might you connect with others in the spirit of renewal?
    Read: “He said, ‘Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.’ Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind, and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake, and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire, and after the fire a sound of sheer silence.” – 1 Kings 19:11-12

    Wednesday, March 6

    Today’s Prompt: How can you build pauses into the day to reflect on the work of the Spirit?
    Read: “I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.” – John 15:5

    Thursday, March 7

    Today’s Prompt: What relationships do you need to mend?
    Read: “Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake their way and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.” – Isaiah 55:6-8

    Friday, March 8

    Today’s Prompt: Create a prayer representing how you seek to serve God and follow Jesus.
    Read: “People do not light a lamp and put it under the bushel basket; rather, they put it on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.” – Matthew 5:15

    Saturday, March 9

    Today’s Prompt: What seminal moments have informed a need to return to Christ?
    Read: “Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.” – Psalm 51:10

    Reflections from “Living the Way of Love” by Mary Bea Sullivan (Church Publishing, 2019). Used with permission. Quotations from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.


    Published by the Office of Formation of The Episcopal Church, 815 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017

    © 2024 The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. All rights reserved.

    Weekly bulletin inserts

    This weekly bulletin insert provides information about the history, music, liturgy, mission, and ministry of The Episcopal Church. For more information, please contact us at stw@episcopalchurch.org.

    Sermons That Work from the Episcopal Church

    Sermons That Work

    For more than 20 years, Sermons That Work, a ministry of The Episcopal Church’s Office of Communication, has provided free sermons, Bible studies, bulletin inserts, and other resources that speak to congregations across the Church. Our writers and readers come from numerous and varied backgrounds, and the resources we provide are used in small house churches, sprawling cathedrals, and everything between.

    The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, reaching out to the world.

    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 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.

  • Good Friday Offering in 2024

    Good Friday Offering in 2024

    The history of the Good Friday Offering reaches back to 1922. In the aftermath of World War I, The Episcopal Church sought to create new relationships with and among the Christians of the Middle East. These initial efforts focused on a combination of relief work and the improvement of ecumenical and Anglican relations. From these efforts, the Good Friday Offering was created.

    Through the years many Episcopalians have found the Good Friday Offering to be an effective way to express their support for the ministries of the three dioceses of the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East. Pastoral care, education and health care continue to be primary ministries through which the reconciling spirit of the Christian faith serves all in need. Participation in this ministry is welcome. The generous donations of Episcopalians help the Christian presence in the Land of the Holy One to be a vital and effective force for peace and understanding among all of God’s children.

    For 102 years, Episcopalians have generously shared their love, compassion, and financial gifts to support the ministry of the Anglican Communion Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East. These gifts have made an astounding difference in the lives of many people in the homeland of Jesus and beyond. Check out our history of the Good Friday Offering to learn more about this life-changing ministry.

    This year, join the Good Friday Offering

    Read the Presiding Bishop’s letter

    Last May, I had the privilege of meeting the Rev. Canon Faiz Basheer Jerjes and his colleague, Sinan Hanna, of St. George’s Anglican Episcopal Church in Baghdad—the only Anglican church in Iraq. After a moving conversation, Fr. Faiz asked one thing of our church: “Please don’t forget us.”

    I assured him that we would not forget— and I need your help to honor that pledge, not only to him, but to the whole Anglican Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East, which we have supported through the Good Friday Offering for over a century, through conflict, pandemic, and humanitarian disasters. The Episcopal Church will not forget them. We will not forget our siblings in Christ who cannot worship God freely. We will not forget those caught in the crossfire between warring factions in the land where our Lord walked. We will not forget that every human child of God— Palestinian, Israeli, Iraqi, Cypriot, Lebanese, everyone—deserves safety and security. As we mark our Lord’s passion and death on Good Friday, we remember those whom he loves facing injustice and oppression today, and remember the urgency of love—true, sacrificial love.

    Read the whole letter (PDF).

    Learn about the places impacted by your donations

    People benefited by the Good Friday Offering in the Middle East.
    Photo: Wissam Nassar/dpa

    By supporting life-giving ministries in the Anglican Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East, you are ensuring that our siblings in Christ are not forgotten. This includes the following in addition to numerous other institutions identified by their dioceses:

    • St. George’s, Baghdad, is the only Anglican church in Iraq. It serves local Indigenous communities and displaced people through worship, schools, and medical care.
    • Christ Church in Aden, Yemen, serves as the grounds of Ras Morbat Eye Clinic. This provides critical medical care for all in a war-torn country.
    • Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City provides critical medical care to all people, in peacetime and wartime alike.
    • The Christian National Kindergarten at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, Nablus, in the West Bank, provides high-quality early education to all kindergartners, regardless of religion. 

    Watch the Good Friday Offering concert online

    Watch the first-ever Good Friday Offering concert of sacred music, created at Christ and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk, in the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia. It will stream on episcopalchurch.org and Episcopal Church social media channels on Good Friday, March 29. 2024. During the concert our invited guests will speak about the loving, liberating, and lifesaving work supported by the Good Friday Offering.

    Give generously to the Good Friday Offering

    Give generously to ministries that make a substantial difference in the lives of our siblings in the Middle East. Please make a gift to the Good Friday Offering in one of the following ways: 

    1. Give securely on iam.ec/goodfridayoffering
    2. To give using your phone or for gifts of stock, call +1 (800) 334-7626, x6002. 
    3. Send a check to:
        
      DFMS-Protestant Episcopal Church US 
      P.O. Box 958983 
      St. Louis, MO 63195-8983 

      Make your check payable to The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society with “Good Friday Offering” in the memo field.  

    Thank you. The Good Friday Offering affirms the dignity of the poor, the war-torn, and those in desperate need as God’s ministry is done. Thank you for spreading hope’s message through your gifts and prayers. 

    The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, reaching out to the world.

    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 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.

  • Collection for Mary’s Place, Lent 2024

    Collection for Mary’s Place, Lent 2024

    Our neighbors staying at Mary’s Place in Kenmore need personal hygiene items. Can you provide new and unused items such as the following?

    • Soap
    • Shampoo
    • Deodorant
    • Baby diapers
    • Feminine hygiene products

    Please bring personal hygiene items to the Outreach Drop Box located next to the Baptistry on the main floor of the church building.

    Mary’s Place

    Mary’s Place is a non-profit organization offering housing to un-housed families and assistance in moving into more stable situations. 

    Mary’s Place family shelter programs:

    • Guest Services. Mary’s place offers these wraparound services to our guests in our family shelter. Many are also provided to unsheltered families through our outreach team.
      • Health Services. Under the direction of our Health Services Clinical Director, and with help from part-time nurses, behavior health specialists, and several health professional volunteers, Mary’s Place connects families to medical supports and service providers, and provides assessment and treatment for more than 1,000 medical conditions each year,
      • Baby’s Best Start. Allows moms with newborns to bond and recover after giving birth in a private, nurturing setting that keeps babies healthy and off to their best start!
      • Popsicle Place. Provides comfort and care in a more private setting for medically-fragile children and their families, many of whom are recovering from chemo, dialysis, and other treatments while living in their cars outside hospitals.
    • Housing and Stability
      • Housing Specialists, Housing Specialists work with unsheltered families and families in shelter to help them develop and meet financial and housing goals and quickly transition into permanent housing.
      • Housing Locators. The Housing Locators at Mary’s Place family shelters work with landlords, property managers, and housing providers to build relationships and identify affordable housing solutions for our families.
      • Outreach Team. Our Mobile Outreach team works with families who are currently unsheltered and living in cars and tents.
      • Kids Club. The Mary’s Place Youth Services program offers programming to meet the social and developmental needs of our shelter guests between the ages of 0-18.

    Read more information on programs provided by Mary’s Place.

    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 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.

  • Prophetic Voices podcast available the Easter Vigil

    Prophetic Voices podcast available the Easter Vigil

    In this episode of Prophetic Voices, we’ll be discussing the lectionary for the Easter Vigil. The texts covered in this episode are Genesis 1:1-2:4a; Genesis 7:1-5, 11-18, 8:6-18, 9:8-13; Exodus 14:10-31, 15:20-21; Ezekiel 37:1-14; and Mark 16:1-8.  

    Our amazing guests this week are: 

    • The Rev. Jazzy Bostock, a kanaka maoli woman serving St. John the Baptist and Maluhia Lutheran Church in Waianae, Hawaii. She and her wife are foster parents, currently fostering a wee one. They have a small homestead, consisting of raised garden beds, a flock of hens, a hive of bees, a dog, and a cat.   
    • The delightful Canon Myra Garnes, officer for youth ministries serving on the presiding bishop’s staff in the Department of Faith Formation. Canon Myra leads a ministry with young people grounded in principles of social justice and rooted in the gospel. She loves traveling with family and friends and cheering on the Ohio State Buckeyes. 
    • The Rev. Canon Lydia Bucklin, from Marquette, Michigan. She is the canon to the ordinary for discipleship and vitality with the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan. Lydia is a mother who is passionate about living into our call toward reconciliation and justice. 

    Prophetic Voices is hosted by the Rev. Isaiah “Shaneequa” Brokenleg, The Episcopal Church’s staff officer for Racial Reconciliation. For more information on Becoming Beloved Community, visit iam.ec/becomingbelovedcommunity.

    Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community from the Episcopal Church

    Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community

    Across our church and our society, we are having profound dialogues about race, truth, justice, and healing. Coming this Advent, Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community explores where that dialogue intersects with our faith. Join us and our invited guests as we share prophetic voices and explore the readings for each week of Advent and Christmas Day through the lens of social justice.

    You’ll hear ancient texts interpreted in new ways, find fodder for preaching and teaching, and make present day connections to the prophetic voices of the Bible. This podcast will help us rethink how we hear, see, and interact with the lectionary readings.

    Find other podcasts available from the Episcopal Church.

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    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.

  • Prophetic Voices podcast available for Good Friday

    Prophetic Voices podcast available for Good Friday

    In this episode of Prophetic Voices, we’ll be discussing the lectionary for Good Friday. The texts covered in this episode are Isaiah 52:13-53:12 and John 18:1-19:42

    Our amazing guests this week are: 

    • The Rev. Dr. Cameron Partridge, from the San Francisco Bay area and rector of St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church in San Francisco. Cameron is married to Kateri and they have two children, three cats, and a bunny. Cameron enjoys hiking, reading, and watching movies. 
    • Brother Angel Gabriel, born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He has ministered in several capacities, most recently as a diocesan missioner for youth and young adults as well as a camp director. Angel is currently a seminarian at Seminary of the Southwest.  He is a life professed brother of the Brotherhood of St. Gregory, an Episcopal community of friars. 

    Prophetic Voices is hosted by the Rev. Isaiah “Shaneequa” Brokenleg, The Episcopal Church’s staff officer for Racial Reconciliation. For more information on Becoming Beloved Community, visit iam.ec/becomingbelovedcommunity.

    Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community from the Episcopal Church

    Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community

    Across our church and our society, we are having profound dialogues about race, truth, justice, and healing. Coming this Advent, Prophetic Voices: Preaching and Teaching Beloved Community explores where that dialogue intersects with our faith. Join us and our invited guests as we share prophetic voices and explore the readings for each week of Advent and Christmas Day through the lens of social justice.

    You’ll hear ancient texts interpreted in new ways, find fodder for preaching and teaching, and make present day connections to the prophetic voices of the Bible. This podcast will help us rethink how we hear, see, and interact with the lectionary readings.

    Find other podcasts available from the Episcopal Church.

    Church of the Redeemer logo

    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.

  • The bulletin insert for February 25, 2024

    The bulletin insert for February 25, 2024

    This is the weekly bulletin insert from Sermons That Work.

    Life Transformed

    Quick response code for "Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent"

    The journey through Lent into Easter is a journey with Jesus. We are baptized into his life, self-giving, and death; then, we rise in hope to life transformed. Together, we will reflect anew on the loving actions of God as recounted in the Easter Vigil readings. Together, we will walk through the depths of salvation history into the fullness of redemption. Throughout Lent, come along with us as we explore Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent, produced by Hillary Raining and Jenifer Gamber. You can find resources mentioned below at iam.ec/lifetransformed or by scanning the QR code to the right.

    Week 2

    Sunday, February 25

    Today’s Practice: Watch the Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining’s video at iam.ec/lifetransformed for Week 2. The topic is based on the practice “Pray” and is titled, “Israel’s Deliverance at the Red Sea”.
    Read: Exodus 14:10-15:1

    Monday, February 26

    Today’s Prompt: Notice the pattern of your breathing. Pray for awareness of blessings.
    Read: “Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.” – Genesis 2:7

    Tuesday, February 27

    Today’s Prompt: What passage of scripture is important to you? Why?
    Read: “The grass withers; the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.” – Isaiah 40:8

    Wednesday, February 28

    Today’s Prompt: Listen to the Daily Office today at missionstclare.com.
    Read: “But I will call upon God, and the LORD will deliver me.” – Psalm 55:17

    Thursday, February 29

    Today’s Prompt: How did you turn back toward God’s love when you made a big mistake?
    Read: “I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.” – Luke 15:18

    Friday, March 1

    Today’s Prompt: Where can you seek and serve Christ in someone unlike you?
    Read: “And you shall be my people, and I will be your God. Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall adorn yourself with your tambourines and go forth in the dance of the merrymakers. Again you shall plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant and shall enjoy the fruit.” – Jeremiah 30:22, 31:4-5

    Saturday, March 2

    Today’s Prompt: In your prayers today, what new words or thoughts touch you?
    Read: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” – Philippians 4:6

    Reflections from “Living the Way of Love” by Mary Bea Sullivan (Church Publishing, 2019). Used with permission. Quotations from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.


    Published by the Office of Formation of The Episcopal Church, 815 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017

    © 2024 The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. All rights reserved.

    Weekly bulletin inserts

    This weekly bulletin insert provides information about the history, music, liturgy, mission, and ministry of The Episcopal Church. For more information, please contact us at stw@episcopalchurch.org.

    Sermons That Work from the Episcopal Church

    Sermons That Work

    For more than 20 years, Sermons That Work, a ministry of The Episcopal Church’s Office of Communication, has provided free sermons, Bible studies, bulletin inserts, and other resources that speak to congregations across the Church. Our writers and readers come from numerous and varied backgrounds, and the resources we provide are used in small house churches, sprawling cathedrals, and everything between.

    The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, reaching out to the world.

    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 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.

  • The bulletin insert for February 18, 2024

    The bulletin insert for February 18, 2024

    This is the weekly bulletin insert from Sermons That Work.

    Life Transformed

    Quick response code for "Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent"

    The journey through Lent into Easter is a journey with Jesus. We are baptized into his life, self-giving, and death; then, we rise in hope to life transformed. Together, we will reflect anew on the loving actions of God as recounted in the Easter Vigil readings. Together, we will walk through the depths of salvation history into the fullness of redemption. Throughout Lent, come along with us as we explore Life Transformed: The Way of Love in Lent, produced by Hillary Raining and Jenifer Gamber. You can find resources mentioned below at iam.ec/lifetransformed or by scanning the QR code to the right.

    Week 1

    Sunday, February 18

    Today’s Practice: Watch the Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining’s video at iam.ec/lifetransformed for Week 1. The topic is based on the practice “Turn” and is titled, “Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ”.
    Read: Romans 6:3-11

    Monday, February 19

    Today’s Prompt: Who has taught you to live a Jesus-filled life? Who have you taught?
    Read: “So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.” – 2 Corinthians 4:16

    Tuesday, February 20

    Today’s Prompt: How do you incorporate rest into your life?
    Read: “Thus says the Lord: Stand at the crossroads and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way lies; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, “We will not walk in it.”” – Jeremiah 6:16

    Wednesday, February 21

    Today’s Prompt: Go for a walk today and pray with your feet, each step with intention.
    Read: “Many peoples shall come and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.’” – Isaiah 2:3a

    Thursday, February 22

    Today’s Prompt: How do others experience the love of Christ you bring?
    Read: “By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.” – Galatians 5:22-23

    Friday, February 23

    Today’s Prompt: Where are you being encouraged to “show up”?
    Read: “Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not take care of you?’ Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’” – Matthew 25:44-45

    Saturday, February 24

    Today’s Prompt: What is most meaningful to you in worship?
    Read: Book of Common Prayer, p. 281 (see following)

    Anthem 1

    We glory in your cross, O Lord,
    and praise and glorify your holy resurrection;
    for by virtue of your cross
    joy has come to the whole world.


    May God be merciful to us and bless us,
    show us the light of his countenance, and come to us.

    Let your ways be known upon earth,
    your saving health among all nations.


    Let the peoples praise you, O God;
    let all the peoples praise you.

    We glory in your cross, O Lord,
    and praise and glorify your holy resurrection;
    for by virtue of your cross
    joy has come to the whole world.

    Anthem 2

    We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,
    because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

    If we have died with him, we shall also live with him;
    if we endure, we shall also reign with him.

    We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,
    because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.

    Anthem 3

    O Savior of the world,
    who by thy cross and precious blood hast redeemed us:
    Save us and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord.

    Book of Common Prayer, pages 281-2

    Reflections from “Living the Way of Love” by Mary Bea Sullivan (Church Publishing, 2019). Used with permission. Quotations from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.


    Published by the Office of Formation of The Episcopal Church, 815 Second Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10017

    © 2024 The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. All rights reserved.

    Weekly bulletin inserts

    This weekly bulletin insert provides information about the history, music, liturgy, mission, and ministry of The Episcopal Church. For more information, please contact us at stw@episcopalchurch.org.

    Sermons That Work from the Episcopal Church

    Sermons That Work

    For more than 20 years, Sermons That Work, a ministry of The Episcopal Church’s Office of Communication, has provided free sermons, Bible studies, bulletin inserts, and other resources that speak to congregations across the Church. Our writers and readers come from numerous and varied backgrounds, and the resources we provide are used in small house churches, sprawling cathedrals, and everything between.

    The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, reaching out to the world.

    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 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.

Second Sunday in Advent (Year A), December 7, 2025. Services at 8:00 am and 10:30 am. Christian education for children and adults at 9:15 am. Our King and Savior draws near!

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