This Week at the Church of the Redeemer

Tuesday, October 9th 

9:30 am Church School Committee

11:00 am Staff Meeting

11:30 am Worship Committee

Wednesday, October 10th

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

2:30 pm Altar Guild Captains' Meeting

Thursday, October 11th

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

Saturday, October 13th

8:30 am Senior Youth - Project Adventure

Sunday, October 14th

8:00 am Holy Eucharist (Morning Chapel) - Lay Sermons

9:00 am Parish Choir Rehearsal

9:30 am Youth Choir Rehearsal

10:00 am Junior Youth Bible Study

10:30 am Holy Eucharist - Lay Sermons

10:30 am Church School/Childcare Provided

11:30 am Coffee Hour

12:00 pm Adult Education

4:30 pm Confirmation Class

5:30 pm Junior Youth and Families

Monday, October 15th

Redeemer News Deadline

6:00 pm Cocktail Party for Concert Series Sponsors

Tuesday, October 16th 

7:30 pm Vestry

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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.

  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.

REDEEMER NEWS DEADLINE

October 15th

Please submit your articles for the November Redeemer News

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

TOUCHDOWN JESUS!

First Annual Church of the Redeemer

Fall Football Game and Picnic

 Please join us at two o’clock on Sunday, October 21^st at Cassidy Park (next to Cleveland Circle, approximately one mile from the church) for our fall picnic and football game.  The football game is two-hand-touch and will not be played at Boston College speed.  All are welcome to play, especially girls.  Even if you want no part in any football game, please come and enjoy the company of our faithful parishioners at play.  We look forward to seeing you there! 

SENIOR YOUTH MINISTRY

 On Saturday, October 13^th the Senior Youth will be going to Project Adventure.  The teens will have a great opportunity to learn to work together as a team to accomplish goals.  Project Adventure is a teambuilding camp filled with obstacle courses and puzzles that the teens will try to solve.  We will leave the church at 8:30 am to go to the course in Beverly, MA (approximately 45 minutes from church).  We will return to the church by 4:30 pm.  The teens are encouraged to contact Marc Eames for more information at 617-566-7679.

CONCERT SERIES I

Monday, November 19th

8:00 pm

More information will be forthcoming.

Advanced tickets for each concert are available at $20 each. 

Please call the church office with your reservation. 

Tickets at the door will be $25.

To be a sponsor of the Concert Series, please see below.

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 on November 19th, 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.

WINTER COATS NEEDED

If you have winter coats for children 8 years of age or younger that are no longer needed, please consider donating them to the church.  They can be dropped off in the basket in the back hallway outside the back classroom.  Many thanks.