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This Week
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Wednesday, December 13th
8:30 am Morning Prayer Healing Service
7:30 pm Quarterly Committee Meeting
POSTPONED
Thursday, December 14th
9:00 am Women's Bible Study at the Rectory
6:30 pm Choir Rehearsal
6:30 pm Supper
7:30 pm Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
Friday, December 15th
REDEEMER NEWS DEADLINE
Saturday, December 16th
8:30 am Christmas Pageant Rehearsal for Readers
9:00 am - 11:00 am Christmas Pageant Rehearsal
for everyone
Sunday, December 17th
Advent III
8:00 am Holy Eucharist (Morning Chapel)
9:00 am Parish Choir Rehearsal
9:30 am Youth Choir Rehearsal
10:30 am Morning Prayer and Pageant (Nave)
10:30 am No Church School/Childcare Provided
11:30 am Coffee Hour
REMINDER: ANNUAL REPORTS DUE - JANUARY 8TH
Please scroll
down for more announcements.
Please see our
website
for more about upcoming events.
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December 15
Redeemer News Deadline
Please submit your articles for the January Redeemer News to the
office no later than December 15th!
Thank
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Festival
of Nine
Lessons
and Carols
by
candlelight,
in the tradition of
King’s College, Cambridge, England.
Thursday, December 14
at
7:30 in the Evening
The
Parish and Chamber Choirs
of the
Church of the Redeemer will sing works by:
Poston,
Handel, Near, Carter, Mathias, Pilkington,
with
traditional carols arranged by Sir David Willcocks
The
Parish & Chamber Choirs
of the
Church of the Redeemer
Michael S.
Murray, choirmaster
stuart
forster, organ
robert
schulz, tympani
karen
bliznik & kevin maloney, trumpet
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Supper before Lessons and Carols
If you are planning on attending the light
supper before the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, please sign up in the
office hallway or let the
office know. |
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Christmas Pageant
Saturday, December 16
(please note change of time)
8:30 am
Speakers/Readers Rehearsal
9:00 –
11:00 am Everyone in Pageant Rehearsal
Sunday, December 17
Children gather in the undercroft at
10:15 am. |
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Stewardship 2007
If you have not yet made your pledge to the
church in support of the 2007 Annual Operating Budget, please do so at your
earliest convenience. Your pledge card can be put in the mail, you can
call the church financial office, you can hand deliver your pledge, or you
can pledge on-line at
www.redeemerchestnuthill.org. Your timely pledge will allow the
Vestry, at its December 12th meeting, to set a realistic budget for the coming year. Thank you in
advance for your prayerful consideration.
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CHRISTMAS SERVICE ASSISTANTS NEEDED
We still need
four ushers for the 10:30 pm Christmas Eve service which has a choral
prelude beginning at 10:00 pm. We also need three ushers for the 10:30
am service that day.
In addition,
we need one more acolyte for the 10:00 pm prelude/ 10:30 pm Christmas Eve
service.
We also need
one more LEM for both the 4:00 pm and 10:30 pm services.
If you are
able to help in any of these positions, please let the
office know.
Many thanks |
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Annual Christmas Book
Collection for St. Stephen's Afterschool Program is well underway!
Thank you to everyone who is participating in the book collection for
St. Stephen's Afterschool Program. A reminder: Your wrapped gift
(don't forget a gift tag!) is due at the church office on or before
Friday, December 15th. Your gift will be presented at the St. Stephen's
Afterschool Program Christmas Party (which Redeemer sponsors) on
Thursday, December 21st. Please contact Pam Mathews at 617-527-0496 or
psmathews@comcast.net with questions, etc. |
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Please Help Those In
Need
We have some families
who have appealed to us for help during the Christmas
season. Below is a list of the requests we have
received to date. If you are able to help provide any
of these items, please contact the
office to let us know which gift you would like to
choose (so that we don't have duplicates). We would
appreciate your bringing your wrapped present to the church
by December 18th. If you would prefer to contribute
funds, we would be most appreciative of that as well since
we will probably receive more requests before December 25th.
Many thanks in advance for your generous help and may the
blessings of Christmas be with you and your family.
| Isaace |
19 year old boy |
clothes in size 3X Men's |
| Shania
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17 year old girl
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radio |
| Zachary |
15 year old boy |
XBox games |
| Michael |
9 year old boy |
Trucks, race cars |
| Shanika |
14 year old girl |
Music CD's, clothes |
| Tamara |
6 year old girl |
Cabbage patch doll |
| DaQuani
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5 year old boy
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Trucks, race cars |
| Deshanna
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20 year old girl |
clothes in 2X big size |
| Maria |
44 year old woman |
clothes in 4X big size, 2
twin beds, 2 double beds, 2 bureaus |
| Christina
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18 year old girl
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size 8 clothes, size 9 shoes,
medium or large top, socks, gloves, jewelry |
| Erica |
16 year old girl |
medium or large top, jewelry,
size 11 shoes, socks, gloves, gift card from
Kmart or Target |
| Judy
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mother |
turkey (food gift card) |
| Rashawn |
18 year old boy |
black Ipod, weight bench with
weight bar, gift card to Dick's Sporting Goods,
Playstation 2 game: NBA Live 2007, black Ihome
for Ipod, black backpack, gift card for clothes |
| Shakayla |
girl |
pink Ipod, sewing machine,
gigi pet or little pet shop digi, Ihome for Ipod,
Digi Makeover (TV game), Playstation 2,
Playstation 2 game: Avatar, the Last Airbender,
kid's cookbook, Jeans junior size 5, gift card
for CD's |
| Mother |
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black toaster, digital camera |
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Service Assistants for this spring!
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If you are
interested in serving as a Lay Eucharistic Minister, Lector, Acolyte,
Server, Usher or Greeter, please contact the
office.
If you have
any questions about the responsibilities of these positions, please feel
free to contact an active service assistant, a member of the clergy, or
Suzy Westcott.
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This
Sunday's Service Assistants
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Server: |
C. Sampson |
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Acolytes: |
K. Weed, W. Paolella |
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Lectors: |
(I) D. Brewster, (II) J. deJong |
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Ushers: |
D. Brewster (Head Usher), P. Bianchi, J. Grandin, F. Lloyd |
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Greeters: |
G. Murphy, K. Murphy |
If you are
available to serve in any of the positions marked ‘TBD’,
please contact the office!!
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If you have recently moved, changed phone numbers or any other contact
information, please call or e-mail the church
office so that we may update the Parish
Directory |
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Church of the Redeemer
379 Hammond Street
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467
617-566-7679
www.redeemerchestnuthill.org
office(at)redeemerchestnuthill.org
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