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Lent, Holy Week, And Easter
The
Beginning of Lent February 13, 2002 Services
at the Church
of the Redeemer 12:00 pm Holy Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes 7:30 pm Holy Eucharist with hymns, Imposition
of Ashes Dear People of God: The
first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord’s passion
and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church to prepare for them by
a season of penitence and fasting. This
season of Lent provided a time in which converts to the faith were prepared for
Holy Baptism. It was also a time when those who, because of notorious sins,
had been separated from the body of the faithful were reconciled by penitence
and forgiveness, and restored to the fellowship of the Church.
Thereby, the whole congregation was put in mind of the message of pardon
and absolution set forth in the Gospel of our Savior, and of the need which all
Christians continually have to renew their repentance and faith. I
invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy
Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and self-denial;
and by reading and meditating on God’s holy Word. And, to make a right beginning of repentance, and as a mark
of our mortal nature, let us now kneel before the Lord, our maker and redeemer. -From the Book of Common Prayer The
Five Sundays of Lent
The unifying theme of our preaching this year for all
the five Sundays of Lent is THE MINISTRY of the BAPTIZED.
Lay people as well as clergy share ministry in the Church and the world.
Our ministry takes many forms, and we have assembled a group of people as
our preachers on Lent Sundays, whose stories reveal unique as well as
traditional ministries. February 17: First Sunday in Lent8:00 am
Holy Eucharist, The Rev. Robert Ives, preacher 10:30 am
Holy Eucharist, The Rev. Robert Ives, preacher 11:30 am
Adult Forum with Robert and Ruth Ives
February 24:
Second Sunday in Lent
8:00 am
Holy Eucharist, The Rev. Craig R. Swan, preacher 10:30 am
All Parish Eucharist, The Rev. Craig R. Swan, preacher March 3:
Third Sunday in Lent
8:00 am
Holy Eucharist, John H. Finley IV, preacher 10:30 am
Holy Eucharist, John H. Finley IV, preacher March 10:
Fourth
Sunday in Lent
8:00 am
Holy Eucharist, The Rev. Richard H. Downes, preacher 10:30 am
Holy Eucharist, The Rev. Richard H. Downes, preacher
March 17:
Fifth Sunday in Lent
8:00 am
Holy Eucharist, Dr. Eric T. Fossel, preacher 10:30 am Holy Eucharist, Dr. Eric T. Fossel, preacher GUEST
PREACHERS
Sunday, February 17, 2002The Rev. Robert Ives is
a graduate of Deerfield Academy, Bowdoin College, and the University of
Edinburgh where he earned his Master of Divinity degree in 1973.
He married his wife Ruth in the same year, and they returned to Maine to
serve as ministers on Monhegan Island. Bob
was ordained in the United Church of Christ on Monhegan in 1974.
In 1975 the Iveses moved to another coastal island, Moscongus, commuting
weekly in a “peapod” to serve the Sheepscott Community Church.
By 1977 they became ministers of the New Harbor and Around Pond United
Methodist churches until 1979 when they began their current ministry at the
Carpenter’s Boatshop in Pemaquid. Following
the 10:30 service, Bob and Ruth will hold an Adult Forum in the Parish Hall.
Sunday, March 3, 2002
John H. Finley IV, founding head of the Epiphany School in Dorchester, is no
stranger to this parish. John was
raised at the Church of the Redeemer, attended the Groton School and
subsequently graduated from Harvard. John’s
ministry among inner-city people began while he was an undergraduate and
continues today at the Epiphany School, one of the great ventures that we are
proud and pleased to support through Outreach grants as well as volunteer food
service and tutoring efforts. John is sponsored by this parish as a postulant for
ordination, a process currently “on hold” given the demands of the Epiphany
community, now housed in its brand new building at Shawmut Station in
Dorchester.
Sunday, March 17, 2002 Wednesday
Evening Lent
Series:
“Religious
Pluralism in our Time ” 6:30 PM: Table Eucharist 7:00 PM: Dinner 7:30 to 8:30PM:
Presentation Increasingly our nation finds itself in parallel with
the world in the variety of different religions present and growing in the U. S.
As Christians, as Episcopalians, we cannot thrive in isolation from
others. So it is that we ask the
question posed by Professor Diana L. Eck of Harvard: “How do I articulate my
faith in a world in which neighbors, colleagues, and students live deeply
religious lives in other communities of faith?”
Our challenge is to learn as much as we can from reliable spokespeople
for those ‘other communities of faith’.
Five evenings can but begin the task, yet we shall be enriched by this
opportunity to begin our journey through faiths. February 20: Judaism
with Kasey Kaufman:
Kasey
Kaufman is a familiar face to Boston television viewers since joining WBZ-TV 4
in January 1986 as a news anchor and reporter.
A graduate of the University of California in Los Angeles, Kasey also
studied at Pembroke College, Cambridge University. With her family she lives in our neighborhood and is a friend
to many people in this parish. A
practicing Jew, she will share with us her personal faith, commitment, and
experiences in the greater ecumenical community. Kasey Kaufman is the co-founder of the Max Warburg Courage
Curriculum, a literacy program in the Boston Public Schools.
February 27: Islam I with the Rev. Anne M. Minton: Anne Minton holds a PhD from New York University and a Master of Theology from Andover-Newton. Ordained an Episcopal priest in 1994, she served parishes in Concord, N.H. and Attleboro, MA. In 1996 she became rector of Christ Church in Somerville where she remained until 2000. At present the Rev. Ms. Minton is professor of History and Religion at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston. She will lead two evenings in our Series. March 6:
Islam II with the Rev. Anne M. Minton: March 13:
Buddhism with Karen Anne Derris:
Since 2000,
having earned her PhD at Harvard University, Karen Derris has remained in
Cambridge to serve as lecturer in Buddhist Studies, Committee on the Study of
Religion, at Harvard. She teaches introductory courses and advanced seminars for
undergraduates and graduate students on Buddhism, South and Southeast Asian
religious tradition, comparative ethics, and methods and theories in religious
studies. A magna cum laude graduate
of Brown University, Karen Derris also holds the Master of Theology degree from
Harvard Divinity School. March 20: Christianity and our Neighbors with the Rev. Richard
H. Downes: Rector
of the Church of the Redeemer, and participating in his eighth Lenten Series
with us, Dick Downes is a ‘cradle Episcopalian’ whose personal knowledge of
neighboring religions, save for Judaism, no doubt parallels that of many fellow-
Christians in its incompleteness. Pluralism
is perforce a late but important understanding for this, our final speaker in
the Lent Series. The Rev. Mr.
Downes is a graduate of Bowdoin College and the General Theological Seminary. SUGGESTED READING Karen
Armstrong. Islam.
Modern Library, 2000 Karen
Armstrong. Buddha.
Penguin Putnam, 2001 Nicholas
DeLange. Introduction to Judaism.
Cambridge Diana
L. Eck. A New Religious America.
Harper Collins, 2001 Donald
S. Lopez. Asian Religions in
Action. Princeton Donald
S. Lopez. Religions of India in
Practice. Princeton Richard R. Losch. The Many Faces of Faith. Wm B. Erdmans, 2001
Holy Week and Easter
March
24:
Palm Sunday 8:00 am
Holy Eucharist and Distribution of Palms 10:30 am Holy Eucharist, Congregational Reading of the
Passion,
and Distribution of Palms March
25:
Monday in Holy
Week 8:30 am
Morning Prayer 6:30 pm
Holy Eucharist March
26: Tuesday
in Holy Week 8:30 am
Morning Prayer 6:30 pm
Holy Eucharist March
27: Wednesday
in Holy Week 8:30 am
Morning Prayer 6:30 pm
Holy Eucharist March
28:
Maundy Thursday 8:30 am
Morning Prayer 7:30 pm
Holy Eucharist and Stripping of the Altar March
29: Good
Friday 8:30 am
Morning Prayer 12:00-1:00 pm
Good Friday Liturgy 5:00 pm
Family Liturgy March
31:
Easter Day 9:00 am Family Festival Eucharist of Easter with all Choirs,
Brass and Tympani 11:00 am
Festival Eucharist of Easter with Senior Choir, Brass Return to March 2002 News Letter
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