This Week at the Church of the Redeemer

Christmas Pageant

 Sunday, December 23rd

9:30 am Youth Choir Rehearsal

10:15am Children gather in the undercroft

 If you are interested in helping, we will need help corralling the sheep/animals, the shepherds and general costume help.  Please contact : Maisie Pollard mpollard@bidmc.harvard.edu, (617) 731-8171 or Amy Luster, atluster@rcn.com, 617-734-6818.

 St. Stephen’s Christmas Party

For the children of the St. Stephen’s After School Program

Friday, December 21^st, 2:30pm – 5:30pm

 We Need Redeemer Volunteers To Help With This Event!

 If you are interested in a rewarding volunteer experience at Christmas, please consider volunteering at the St. Stephen’s Christmas Party.  The party is for the children of the St. Stephen’s After School Program.   The party is organized, we have ordered the supplies (craft activities, cookie decorating etc…), we just need volunteers to help with the children at the party!  For many of these children, this will be the only festive occasion of their Christmas – so it is truly rewarding to volunteer at this event.  If you have high school or college aged children home, this is a wonderful volunteer activity that you can do together with them – and it is also fun!  If you can help or if you have questions, please contact Laura Patton 617-232-5175 or laurated@rcn.com.

Christmas Caroling in Chestnut Hill
 
Please join us at 6:00 at the church for a quick snack and some warm cocoa before Christmas Caroling.  Mary Reynders has put together some wonderful Christmas Carols for us to sing, which should be great fun.  From the church, we will be going door to door singing and spreading holiday cheer.  Children and members of the youth choir are especially encouraged to participate.  See you on Friday. 

Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Concert Series II

Sunday, January 27, 2008

4:00 pm

Trio in E flat Major, Op. 38, for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano                                         

        Adagio    Andante Con Moto Marcia - Presto                      L.V. Beethoven (1770-1827)

                           Quintet in E flat, K 452, for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon                                                                                                                                                       Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano                                   Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Piano Solo: The Wind                                           Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888)

Woodwind Quintet  No. 1                                                   Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)

 Advanced Tickets $20; Tickets at the Door $25; Students $10

 We wish to thank the Sponsors of this Concert Series,

without whose generous support this afternoon would not be possible.

▪The Christmas Pageant will take place at the 10:30 am service on Sunday, December 23rd.

▪Final Book pick-up for St. Stephen's has been extended to tomorrow, Wednesday, December 19th. 

It would be most helpful if you could leave Pam Mathews (617-527-0496, psmathews@comcast.net ) a message that your book is at the church.

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.

On Thursday, December 20^th, please join us for a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at 7:30 pm.  There will be a light supper at 6:30 pm in the parish hall.  Please sign up in the office hallway if you are planning to attend the dinner.