This Week at the Church of the Redeemer

Saturday, September 8th
10:00 am Acolyte/Server Training Session
4:00 pm Parish Choir Rehearsal

5:00 pm Youth Assistants Meeting

Sunday, September 9th
8:00 am Holy Eucharist (Morning Chapel)
9:00 am Parish Choir Rehearsal

10:30 am Church School/Childcare Provided

10:30 am Holy Eucharist (Nave)

12:00 pm All Parish Picnic

5:00 pm Recording

Monday, September 10th

9:00 am Church Service League Meeting

6:00 pm  Recording

Tuesday, September 11th

9:30 am Church School Committee

10:30 am Christmas Market Auction Committee

6:00 pm Recording

Please scroll down for more announcements.

Please see our website for more about upcoming events.

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

8:00 am

Holy Eucharist in the Morning Chapel

 10:30 am

Morning Prayer - Third Sunday of the month

All Parish Eucharist – Last Sunday of the month

Holy Eucharist – All other Sundays

Wednesdays at 8:30 am (beginning September 12th)

Morning Prayer with Healing in the Morning Chapel

SERVICE ASSISTANTS 

Please return your schedule postcards immediately as we need to finalize the fall schedule.  Many thanks.

ACOLYTES AND SERVERS

There will be a training session for acolytes and servers on

Saturday, September 8^th at 10:00 am in the Nave. 

Make more Sense of your Life

with

What Jesus Meant

Led by the Reverend Dorsey McConnell

Garry Wills is a noted author, a professor emeritus of classics at Johns Hopkins, a thoughtful and faithful Christian, a fractious Catholic.  In this book, Wills explores the biblical witness to Jesus, who Jesus is, what he said, and whether the Jesus of the Church is actually the “real” Jesus.  At times humble and devout, at other times skeptical and irascible, Wills asks in a loud voice the sort of questions we might be embarrassed to admit we have asked ourselves! 

In the course of six conversations we will engage Wills’ passionate confession, connect it more deeply to the Scriptures, and see how the provocative questions and answers he comes up with might help us all come to a deeper knowledge of the God who rejoices to live in our hearts, but will not be kept in a box.  On the way we will also consider a few powerful examples of literature, music and film that will expand on Wills’ inquiry and perhaps open the way for our own encounter with the Lord of the Emmaus Road.

Books are available for sale in the office at the cost of $11.  Childcare and a light lunch will be available throughout the course.

All classes begin at 11:55 a.m. in the back classroom.

September 16^th - Introduction:  The Hidden Years of Jesus, and the Beginning of Jesus’ Work

 September 23^rd - Jesus Against Religion

 September 30^th - Jesus and the Reign of Heaven

October 7^th - No Class (Columbus Day Weekend)

October 14^th - The Descent into Hell and the Death of God

October 21^st - Jesus and the Life of God

October 28^th - Conclusion:  Joining Jesus on the Emmaus Road

Bible Study with the Rector

The Radiant World:

Midweek Bible Studies for Ordinary Life

The Letter to the Hebrews is one of the most beautiful works of Western literature and among the most compelling books of the Bible.  It has influenced all the Church’s greatest thinkers, and gives an astonishingly rich portrayal of the work of Jesus Christ and its relation to human affairs.  Over coffee at the Rectory, we will explore the depth and power of this work, at the rate of about a chapter a week, showing its relation to other major texts of Scripture and classic sermons from Christian history, and mining it as a source of creative strength and encouragement for our own ordinary lives.  Come, spend some time with a few fellow pilgrims, and fill the rest of your week with the grace of the Lord in the power of the Spirit.

 Men’s Bible Study, Wednesdays, 7 a.m., beginning September 12^th

Women’s Bible Study, Thursdays, 9 a.m., beginning September 13^th

Both meet at the Rectory, 381 Hammond Street.

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

 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.