This Week at the Church of the Redeemer

Tuesday, September 18th

Voting - all day

7:30 pm  Vestry

Wednesday, September 19th

7:00 am Men's Bible Study (Rectory)
8:30 am Morning Prayer Healing Service (Morning Chapel)
9:00 pm Grounds Committee

7:30 pm Facilitators' Training Session

Thursday, September 20th

9:00 am Women's Bible Study (Rectory)

Sunday, September 23rd

8:00 am Holy Eucharist (Morning Chapel)

9:00 am Parish Choir Rehearsal

9:30 am Youth Choir Rehearsal

10:00 am Junior Youth Bible Study

10:30 am Holy Eucharist (Nave)

10:30 am Church School/Childcare Provided

11:30 am Coffee Hour

12:00 pm Adult Education class "What Jesus Meant"

12:00 pm Confirmation Class - Common Cathedral

12:00 pm House Meeting at the Codinhas'

5:30 pm Senior Youth Ministry and Families

6:00 pm  House Meeting at the Mills'

7:00 pm Recording

Monday, September 24th

11:30 am Holy Eucharist at Fox Hill

12:00 pm Lunch at Fox Hill

7:00 pm House Meeting at the Chopes'

Tuesday, September 25th

Chestnut Hill Garden Club

7:30 pm Outreach

Please scroll down for more announcements.

Please see our website for more about upcoming events.

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 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, 7:00 am

Women’s Bible Study, Thursdays, 9: 00 am

Both meet at the Rectory, 381 Hammond Street.

HOUSE MEETINGS

Please join your neighbors for fellowship and reflection

on the future of the Church of the Redeemer

Sunday, September 23, 2007                                              12:00 pm                                                 Codinha/Ross

Sunday, September 23, 2007                                                6:00 pm                                                 Mills

Monday, September 24, 2007                                               7:00 pm                                                Chope

Wednesday, September 26, 2007                                          7:00 pm                                                Stanbury

Sunday, September 30, 2007                                               12:00 pm                                                Redeemer

Sunday, September 30, 2007                                                 6:00 pm                                                Kline

Monday, October 1, 2007                                                      7:00 pm                                                Reece

Wednesday, October 3, 2007                                                7:00 pm                                                Cooney/Reiser

Invitations were mailed yesterday.  If you are unable to attend the house meeting to which you were invited, please feel free to attend a different one but kindly let the office know.

Carry a Curate

HIKE AND TREE PLANTING

at Walden Pond on National Public Lands Day

Saturday, September 29^th

Saturday, September 29^th will be the first All Family event of the year.  The Church of the Redeemer has been invited by the Park Rangers of Walden Pond to participate in a couple of hours of tree planting in honor of National Public Lands Day.  I have been told by a number of parents that there is a great interest around environmentalism and conservation in the parish.  Stewardship of the land is one of the earliest messages from the book of Genesis, and what better way to honor God’s creation than a day of enjoying nature and planting trees?

Why Walden Pond?  Henry David Thoreau, whose book Walden made Walden Pond famous, was one of the first great environmentalists.  His writings helped inspire the later conservation movement, which today helps protect the pond that Thoreau knew and loved.  Please come join us as we have a fun day while taking in the exquisiteness of God’s creation.

 Walden Pond is located at 915 Walden Street, Concord, MA.  It is approximately 30 minutes from the parish.  At 10:30 am, we will be meeting the park ranger at the replica of the cabin where Thoreau lived.  For anyone who would like to drive to Walden Pond as a caravan, I will leave the church at 9:45 am.  Our day will consist of a half-hour talk from the Park Ranger followed by two hours of planting and exploring.  Certainly, any family may leave early if their children get tired.  Children of all ages are encouraged to come and get dirty.  There is a sign up sheet on the desk by the office, or you may call me  at the church, (617) 566-7679, so that I can get an estimate of the number of people participating to the park ranger’s office by Wednesday. 

                                                                                                                                                       - Marc Eames

The Fellowship Committee is pleased to introduce

 FOYERS 2007

We invite you to join in this opportunity to meet some of the wonderful new people in the parish, to stay in touch with old friends, and strengthen the bonds that make being a member of the Church of the Redeemer so special. Sign up today to join in the fun! The Fellowship Committee will do the rest to put together all the participants into groups of 8-10 people.  The groups meet 3 to 4 times a year for a low key pot-luck supper rotating between different people’s homes.  Each group will have a Captain to keep things organized.

 We hope you will take part of this special Redeemer tradition...ask anyone who has participated in Foyers in the past…and you’ll find what fun it can be.  Sign up today!   Call the Redeemer Church Office at 617 566-7679 (office@redeemerchestnuthill.org) or sign up on the table outside the Church Office.  For more information, please call Martha Gangemi at 617-795-7240 (magangemi@rcn.com) or Teresa Chope at 617-734-3103 (teresachope@aol.com)

CONCERT SERIES

2007-2008

Our own Keisuke Wakao, oboist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is arranging for three concerts to be held at the Church of the Redeemer this year.  These will be with a variety of professional musicians of the highest caliber and each concert will be followed by a reception.  One will be in November, one in January and another in April.  This is a wonderful opportunity to hear fabulous music and to invite friends and neighbors to visit our parish. 

Please consider being a sponsor to help underwrite the costs of these events.  For a minimum donation of $150, sponsors will receive two tickets to a concert of their choice in addition to an invitation for two to a special cocktail party with Keisuke on October 15^th where he will be accessible for conversation and, accompanied by a pianist, will play the oboe in a mini-performance.

Additional advanced tickets for each concert are available at $20 each.  Tickets at the door will be $25.

More information will be forthcoming.  Please call the church office if you would like to purchase tickets or be a sponsor.  Forms are also available on the table outside the office.