This Week at the Church of the Redeemer

Wednesday, August 8th

9:30 am Christmas Market Auction Committee

Friday, August 10th

4:00 pm Wedding Rehearsal

Saturday, August 11th

5:00 pm Thompson/Saunders Wedding

Sunday, August 12th
9:00 am Holy Eucharist (Nave)
9:00 am NO Church School/Childcare Provided
10:00 am Lemonade

Please scroll down for more announcements.

Please see our website for more about upcoming events.

Dear Friends at the Redeemer;

             I am sorry to announce the resignation of Grace Long as Director of our Youth Choir.  Grace has very much enjoyed her year with us, but has been presented with an opportunity in New York for which she has long been hopeful.  It was literally “an offer she couldn’t refuse,” and while I am very happy for her professionally, I am sad to lose her.  Grace gave our children a great deal, and we will miss her a lot. 

             We have already posted the opening, and if any of you know people who might be appropriate candidates for the position, please send me an e-mail.  Our own Mary Reynders has agreed to fill the position in the interim and is very enthusiastic about doing so.  Given Mary’s talent and her experience in the program, we can look forward to beginning the fall with a rich offering for our children, and I hope you will feel free to connect with Mary and offer her your support.  Because of this new responsibility, Mary felt that she could no longer continue as a member of the Vestry and has consequently resigned from that position.  She will be very much missed but we are delighted that she will be helping us with the Youth Choir.

 Blessings in Christ,

 Dorsey+

Summer Worship Schedule

 June 10 – September 2

 9:00 am Worship Service

SUMMER LEMONADE 

We are looking for volunteers who can help with summer coffee hours of lemonade and cookies after the 9:00 am Sunday services.  Lovey is there to help organize, so the task is simple. If you will be here, please sign up on the sheet outside the Rector’s office or contact Jane Metcalf.  Your help is much appreciated and gives a welcoming touch to these summer coffee hours.

 We wish all of you a wonderful summer and look forward to picking up again in the fall.

SERVICE ASSISTANTS 

This is just a reminder that schedule postcards were due on August 1^st.  If you have not returned yours to the office, please do so at your earliest convenience so that we can finalize the fall schedule.  Thanks!

SUGGESTED SUMMER READING

Dear Friends in Christ,

As you embark on your vacations, Dorsey and I highly recommend that you read Garry Will's What Jesus Meant (Penguin, 2006, 144 pages). This is a short, very readable volume written by a Pulitzer-prize winning, Roman Catholic, classical Greek scholar and historian. His translations of the Greek text are refreshing and thought-provoking. His subject is the "Jesus of faith", stripped from many of the the accretions and traditions of the Church. Wills is writing for the lay Christian. We will be using this volume as the basis for our fall conversations in the adult education classes which will begin in mid September.

May the God bless you this summer with light, laughter and fun. We look forward to seeing you in September.

Peace and love,
Ella Auchincloss
Master of Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School
Head of the Adult Education Committee
   

Redeemer News Deadline

August 15th

Please submit your articles for the September Redeemer News

to the office no later than August 15th!  Thank you.

Baptismal Font Rear Wall Commission for Artwork

The Church of the Redeemer, an Episcopal parish in Chestnut Hill, MA, seeks proposals for a work of art to decorate the rear wall of the church above the existing baptismal font and below the existing stained glass window depicting the Transfiguration. The Gothic-style stone church was designed by Henry Vaughan and built in 1915.  The marble baptismal font was designed by Ralph Adams Cram.  The church’s decoration also includes a fine series of stained glass windows by Wilbur Herbert Burnham and Charles Eamer Kempe.  There is a carved wooden reredos on the front wall of the church. 

The back wall is 29.5 feet wide and the space available for the artwork is approximately 14 to 20 feet wide and 8 to 9 feet high. Non-acoustically sensitive materials (stone, glass, wood, metal, ceramic, enamel, paint) are desirable.  It is hoped that the depiction of all ages, including children, might be included in the final work.   

Artists nationwide are encouraged to apply.  For additional information about the site and budget, which is inclusive of all artist’s fees, materials, fabrication, shipping, insurance, and installation, please contact Suzy Westcott, the Senior Warden.  Email: suzywestcott@hotmail.com,  Telephone: 617-566-7679, ext. 12, Fax: 617-566-6678

 Deadline: September 10, 2007

Pictures of the church and site are available on the parish's website www.redeemerchestnuthill.org

DanceFIT Classes with Gina Fay

at the Church of the Redeemer

www.dancefitstudio.com

DanceFIT: Stretch & Tone
16 classes: Monday and/or Friday 9–10AM
Classes begin Monday, Sept. 10–Monday, Nov. 5

*This class is suitable for people of all ages.

Designed by Gina, Stretch & Tone is a total body workout with hints of Pilates and Yoga-style exercises that are designed to stretch and elongate your muscles. Stretch & Tone aims to increase flexibility, improve posture and balance and reduce stress and tension. The purpose of this class is to improve functional fitness, physical appearance and health.  Our class begins with a cardio-infiltrated warm-up, a series of upper body exercises using 3–5 pound weights. The crux of the class is centered on mat-work on our backs, sides and stomach designed to strengthen our core, legs and back. We end class with stretches and a cool down. Please bring a cushioned mat, suitable weights and a water bottle.

2 classes per week: $158 (16 classes) SAVE $10
1 class per week: $84 (8 classes)
Drop-in: $14 per class *if there is availability

DanceFIT for Kids: Tiny Ballerinas
16 classes: Monday and/or Friday 10-11AM
Classes begin Monday, Sept. 10–Monday, Nov. 5

*This class is suitable for children ages 2.5-3.5 and an adult must accompany their child.
Each Tiny Ballerina class is thematically based and the dancers are led through a series of stretches, movement stories, and various dance games.  With creative movement using scarves, beanbags, and parachutes the tiny ballerinas develop motor coordination as they run, leap, stretch, and move to the music. The tiny dancers will transform to fairies, princesses, animals, superheroes, and through this role-play they will learn the basic ballet positions and jumps.  The young dancers will explore Mozart, Tchaikovsky and other classical musicians.

2 classes per week: $142 (16 classes) SAVE $10
1 class per week: $76 (8 classes)

PROMOTIONS
For any adult or child who has ever had Gina as an instructor: - Find 2 friends to sign up for a DanceFIT package and get ½ off your
own package, or - Drop in with 2 friends and you'll receive ½ off that class. [adult classes only]

"To dance is to express oneself. To dance ballet is to use oneself to
express something beyond oneself." ~Pamela Brown

 REDEEMER CAFÉ

Ever go to Starbucks for “the coffee experience” before or after church on Sunday?  Would you like to have that same authentic experience right at Redeemer?  Where you and other friends can relax from the strains of daily life, build bonds of Christian fellowship and be filled with a life-giving spirit that grounds you as you prepare for the week ahead?

We’re planning to begin a Redeemer Café this September.  We need individuals or families to sign-up as Café Hosts for one Sunday per quarter.  Each Sunday, the host would help provide café food and oversee the Café.  The church and other support people will provide (illy) coffee, round coffee tables and other supplies.

 If you or someone you know is interested in being a Café Host, please contact Erik Britt-Webb at 617-899-6023 or erik@britt-webb.net.  

We’re looking for 2-3 people who are (or would like to be) computer/internet savvy to serve on a “Redeemer Technology Team.”  The immediate priority is to upgrade the office computers during August.  This team would also explore ways to improve communication and collaboration in our church community with the use of technologies such as our website, email lists, online calendar, etc. 

If you or someone you know is interested in supporting technology for a “higher purpose”, please contact Erik Britt-Webb at 617-899-6023 or erik@britt-webb.net.