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  This Week at the Church of the Redeemer

 

Tuesday, April 24th
7:30 pm Outreach Committee Meeting

Wednesday, April 25th
8:30 am Morning Prayer Healing Service

Thursday, April 26th
7:00 pm Musical Rehearsal for Lead Roles

Saturday, April 28th
12:00 noon - 3:00 pm Musical Dress Rehearsal
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Chamber Choir Rehearsal

Sunday, April 29th
8:00 am Holy Eucharist (Morning Chapel)
9:15 am Pastoral Care Ministry Team
9:30 am  Daniel Rehearsal
10:30 am All Parish Morning Prayer and Daniel (Nave)

10:30 am NO Church School/Childcare Provided
11:30 pm Festive Coffee Hour
5:00 pm Evensong (Nave)

Monday, April 30th
7:00 am NO Men's Bible Study at the Rectory (changed to Wednesdays)


Please scroll down for more announcements.

Please see our website for more about upcoming events.

 
Kate Carleton Marian Dioguardi

Newton Open Studios  

May 19th and May 20th

11:00 am – 5:00 pm

 

Visit Artists Seven at the Church of the Redeemer

 

Kate Carleton

Marian Dioguardi

Remmi Franklin

Anne D. Grandin

Will Kirkpatrick

Sandy Mueller-Dick

Nancy Simonds

 

The Live Music of October Rose on Saturday at 2:00 pm

 

10% of sales are donated to outreach charities

 

Anne D. Grandin
Nancy Simonds
 

Finish Line at the 2006 Walk for Hunger

Walk for Hunger

The Church School is hoping to involve all children to raise money for Project Bread.  The younger children will be doing a neighborhood walk for groceries.  The older children, grades 4, 5, 6, and 7, will meet at the Chestnut Hill T Stop at 7:30 am on Sunday, May 6th to go down to the Boston Common to begin their walk back to the Church of the Redeemer to raise money.  We will plan to be back by 11:30 am for coffee hour.  If you are interested either in walking or sponsoring a walker, please sign up in the church school.

 

 MAY 6, 2007

MINI-WALK FOR HUNGER
 

SUPPORT THE YOUNGER CHILDREN OF OUR CHURCH SCHOOL IN THEIR 

MINI-WALK FOR HUNGER

AND FOOD DRIVE

PLEASE SPONSOR THE CHILDREN BY BRINGING IN TWO BAGS OF GROCERIES ON MAY 6TH.

CHILDREN WHO PARTICIPATE WILL TAKE A SHORT WALK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DURING THE SERVICE ON May 6.  EACH CHILD WILL BE HONORED WITH A CERTIFICATE OF THANKS.

 

Children’s Opera

    The children are working on the opera Daniel commissioned by the Church of the Redeemer and composed by Melissa Carubia. The calendar is below. 

April 26th; Rehearsal for Lead Roles 7:00-9:00PM

April 28th; Final Rehearsal 12:00-3:00PM

April 29th; Rehearsal and Performance during the 10:30 am service 9:30-12:00 Noon

May 13th; Rehearsal 9:00-11:00AM

May 20th; Rehearsal and Performance during the 6:00 pm PALS Concert 5:00-7:00PM

 

Choral Evensong

 

Sunday, April 29th

5:00pm

 

Chamber Choir of the Church of the Redeemer

Michael S. Murray, Choirmaster

Stuart Forster, Organist

 

Featuring music by Richard Shephard, John Stainer,

Robert Lehman, William Byrd, and others.

 

379 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill     617-566-7679

www.redeemerchestnuthill.org 

 

 

Please join us for a

Newcomers’ Orientation

 

Where:            Church of the Redeemer

       379 Hammond Street

       Chestnut Hill

When:            Wednesday, May 9th

Time:             7:00 p.m.
Please RSVP to the Church Office at 617-566-7679.
 

 
 
 

Christmas Market 2007

The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming and naturally our thoughts turn to Christmas!  Join in the spirit of comradarie!  We need volunteers to help out with all aspects of this year’s Market and Auction.  We have different roles that can fit different schedules -- from an hour free here and there to a more substantial involvement.  If you’re interested in helping out, please  join us for a meeting of interested volunteers on Tuesday, May 15 at 9:30, or contact the co-chairs, Amy Weed (aweed01@yahoo.com, 617- 879-0123) or Julia Woodard (jebillo@aol.com, 617-522-5021). 

 

Committees include:  Food , Greens, Consignors,  Auction, Baked Goods, Crafts.  Visit our new web site:  www.redeemerchestnuthill.org/cmarket for photos, details, and more! 

 

It’s never too early to donate to the Christmas Market Auction!  If you have an auction item to donate, please contact Mary Crown (mecrown@lotsoc.com) or  Amy Weed.   If you are interested in participating in the Auction committee, please come to a meeting on Wednesday, May 23 at 9:30, or contact Mary Crown.

 

 Yard Sale

Save the Date

 

Please consider donating your treasures to this year’s Yard Sale, which will take place on

 

Saturday, June 2nd from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm and 

Sunday, June 3rd following the 10:30 am service.

 

All funds will go towards our pledge to

the Barbara C. Harris Camp and Conference Center.

If you are interested in helping with this project, please call the office at 617-566-7679.

 

All donations are tax-deductible.

Pick up of large items is available if needed. 

 

A Message from Chris Eastburn

Dear friends,

 

Below is information about 3 exciting upcoming performances.  

  • On Sunday May 6th "Consent to Gravity" will be performed on a concert called "Voices of the Spirit- Voices of New England" at Grace Episcopal Church in Newton, MA under the direction of Vivian Montgomery & Linda Clark.  Even if you've already heard "Consent on Gravity" live in L.A., N.Y.C, Boston, Providence or on CD this promises to be a very unique and exciting performance as it will also include the lush and lovely voices of a choir in addition to soloists and string quartet.  (See below for a complete listing of the many excellent works and living composers featured on the concert)

 

  • for those of you in Maine- Also on Sunday May 6th, "Castles in the Air" will be performed by the Southern Maine Children's Chorus directed by Lise Dunn.  "Castles in the Air", written by Eliza Moore and myself, was originally commissioned and performed by the PALS Children's Chorus as an energetic finale to their performance at the American Choral Directors Association conference in Boston.  The Southern Maine Children's Chorus is doing a terrific job with it.  (I heard them in rehearsal last week.)   Also on the program is music by Mozart, Hungarian Folk Songs, a "My Favorite Things" etc... (see below for complete info)

 

  • On Saturday May 12th a bluegrass inspired musical setting I did of the "For the Beauty of the Earth" text is being performed by the Treble Chorus of New England at Merrimack College in North Andover, MA directed by Darren Dailey.   This will be the premiere of a new arrangement of the piece which I originally composed in 2002.  (I was pleased to realize in the rearranging that it's possible to infuse the energy of a bluegrass band into the 10 fingers of a pianist!)  The song has a very joyous, celebratory spirit.  Also on the program are works by Alice Parker, Nick Page and many American standards.  (see below for complete info)

 

“Voices of the Spirit - Voices of New England,” a Collaborative Concert Presented by Grace Episcopal Church Newton and First Parish Unitarian Needham, on Sunday, May 6, 4:00 p.m., Grace Episcopal Church, Newton

Contact: Vivian Montgomery (Music Director, First Parish Needham), 617-969-5806/ vmontgomery@verizon.net; Linda Clark (Music Director, Grace Episcopal Church), 508-668-5055/ Clarkpease2@cs.com

On Sunday, May 6, the music program of First Parish Unitarian Universalist Needham will be collaborating with the music program of Grace Episcopal Church in Newton on a program entitled "Voices of the Spirit - Voices of New England: Recent Works by Regional Composers."  The concert will take place at Grace Episcopal Church at 76 Eldredge Street in Newton Corner at 4:00 p.m. Suggested donation is $10/ $5 for students, youth, & senior citizens. To contact the church, please call 617-244-3221 or go the website at Gracenewton.org.

The program involves performances by the adult AND children's choirs from both congregations as well as soloists Eva Kendrick (soprano), Diane Droste (mezzo), Daniel Molkentin (tenor), and Bradford Gleim (baritone). The performers also include a string quartet of the most prized graduate students from the Longy School of Music.The repertoire includes Christopher Eastburn's "Consent to Gravity" (settings of texts by painter Frederick Sommer), Christopher Montgomery's setting of Robert Blake's "The Mental Traveller," and the world premiere of Eva Kendrick's treatment of Naomi Shihab Nye's poem "Famous," commissioned for the occasion. Other compositions will be by Daniel Pinkham, Frank Pesci, Elena Ruehr and John Howell Morrison. Such cooperation as has developed between music directors Vivian Montgomery (First Parish) and Linda Clark (Grace Episcopal Church) is a great demonstration of the nourishing exchange of artistic resources that can take place among religious institutions in the Boston area. And the music is full of fresh and amazing sounds, along with moving, challenging texts.

 

Sunday, May 6, 3:00 P.M Immanuel Baptist Church, Portland.
SOUTHERN MAINE CHILDREN’S CHORUS

 

Come listen to the beautiful voices of the Southern Maine Children's Chorus as they usher in the season. The 100 voice Southern Maine Children's Chorus will be performing a spring concert on Sunday afternoon, May 6 at 3:00 p.m. at the Immanuel Baptist Church in Portland, Maine.  The  chorus, which includes a training choir and concert choir,  will perform a varied repertoire including Laudate Dominum by Mozart,  Matyas Seiber's Three Hungarian Folk Songs, a jazz arrangement of My Favorite Things and Castles In the Air by Chris Eastburn and Eliza Moore.  Donations accepted at the door.
 

The Treble Chorus of New England presents: “Sing, New England, Ring!”

Saturday, May 12, 7:30 p.m. - Rogers Center, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA
 

Director, Darren Dailey

Associate Director, Valerie Becker

With featured guests, Back Bay Ringers, and the Treble Chorus of New England will perform classics from patriotic American standards and showcase musical gems from New England composers Alice Parker, Nick Page, and Chris Eastburn.

Tickets: $14.00

Seniors and Students: $8.00

Reservations and Information: 978-837-5461 or www.treblechorus.com

 

 

 

This Week's Service Assistants

10:30 am

Server: C. Sampson
Acolytes: K. Weed, TBD
Lector: F. Sockwell
Ushers: E. Alexander (Head Usher), W. Dick, Youth TBD
Greeters: D. Tucker, L. Dahmen

 

Evensong

5:00 pm

 

Lectors: T. Contos, V. Perry
Ushers: R. Schmalensee (Head Usher), D. Schmalensee
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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www.redeemerchestnuthill.org
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