This Week at the Church of the Redeemer

Tuesday, October 16th 

7:30 pm Vestry

Wednesday, October 17th

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

Thursday, October 18th

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

Saturday, October 20th

4:00 pm Chamber Choir Rehearsal

Sunday, October 21st

STEWARDSHIP SUNDAY

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 Morning Prayer

10:30 am Church School/Childcare Provided

11:30 am Coffee Hour

12:00 pm Adult Education class

2:00 pm Family Touch Football Game and Picnic

5:30 pm Senior Youth and Families

Tuesday, October 23rd

6:00 pm AGO Dinner

7:30 pm Outreach Committee

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.

   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.

Give to God First

A Redeemer for the Light of the World

How to Pledge for 2008

Make Your Pledge

• Take your personalized envelope from the bag

• Make any necessary corrections to the information listed on your enclosed pledge form (name, home address, phone, email, etc.)

• Write down your 2008 pledge to the Church of the Redeemer on your pledge form.  We urge you to consider an increase!

• Funds to fulfill your pledge may be paid through December 31, 2008

• Seal your completed pledge form in the return envelope.  Place that envelope in the large envelope labeled “Completed Pledges” and return it to the bag.

• If you are unable to pledge at this time, please note that on your card before returning it to the bag.

• Check off your name as “Completed” on the Neighborhood List in the bag

Stewardship Pledge Drive, October 21 through November 3, 2008

Please Keep the Tote Bag Moving

• Call first and then deliver the bag in person to another available family on the Neighborhood List

• Call your neighborhood captain and tell him or her to whom you have delivered the bag

• Join us on November 4, 2008, when the bags filled with pledges are brought up to the altar at the 10:30 Service

Children’s Pledges

• There will be additional blank pledge forms in the bag for children

• Assist each child with completing the pledge form

• Please put each child’s pledge with yours and seal it in the envelope provided

Stewardship Timeline

• October 21^st through November 3^rd: Stewardship Pledge Drive, Bags circulate in Redeemer Neighborhoods

• Sunday, November 4^th at 10:30: All completed pledge forms returned to the Church

• December 31, 2008: All funds pledged paid to the Church of the Redeemer

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 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.

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! 

CONCERT SERIES I

Monday, November 19th

8:00 pm

Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Keisuke Wakao, Oboe

Robert Sheena, English Horn

Chikao Inomata, Oboe

String Quartet from the Boston Symphony Orchestra

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.

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.