This Week at the Church of the Redeemer

Daylight Savings Time Ends

This Sunday, November 1st

Please remember to set your clocks back one hour.

Stewardship Update 10/27/09

111 Pledges: $315,809

"Knowing God:

An Exploration of Faith"

Wednesday, November 4th

Light Supper at 7:00 pm

Program at 7:30 pm

At the Rectory, 381 Hammond Street

The class will meet the first Wednesday of every month

Please contact the office to sign up

Christmas Market 2009

Save the Date

Mark your calendars for this year’s

Silent Auction Preview!

Silent Auction Preview

Beginning immediately after the 10:30 am service in the Parish Hall.

Get a head start on bidding for unique items.

Sundays, November 22^nd and November 29^th

  The Auction Committee wishes to thank everyone for their bountiful outpouring of Auction items.  We are truly grateful for your generosity of spirit and support. 

Please note that if you wish for your donation to be included in the Silent Auction preview, please drop it by the office by November 16^th or contact Lisa Farber at farmince@aol.com to arrange for pickup.  All auction items, both Silent and Live, must be dropped off at the Redeemer no later than Friday, November 27^th.

November 8^th

11:45 am

Bible Study with the Rector

Song of the Soul: The Psalms in Ordinary Life

Join us for 75 minutes of study, conversation and prayer as we look at the Psalms of the Old Testament, their significance in the work and teaching of Jesus, and their power in daily life.  There is always great coffee and warm fellowship.

Men’s Bible Study, Wednesdays, 7:00 am

Women’s Bible Study, Thursdays, 9:15 am

Both Bible Studies meet at the Rectory, 381 Hammond Street

Instead of the Yard Sale that we have had in the past to raise money for our Mission Trips,  the Church of the Redeemer is proposing a 'virtual yard sale' this year.  Please send to Laine in the office a picture, description, price, and contact information of anything that you would like to donate to the "Yard Sale". 

Your offering will be posted in the classified donations section on our website and other publications.  Parishioners interested in your item will pay the church and then arrange pick up of your item directly with you.  No need to ever bring your item to the church or have Elton pick it up or wait for a certain date.  The 'virtual Yard Sale' will take place all year.  Money from the sale of your item will go towards funding the parish's mission trips.

9:40 am Back Classroom

 Foyers Reminder

Foyers  is for newcomers, long-time parishioners and everyone in between.  In the relaxed environs of someone’s home, while eating good food and perhaps even having a few drinks, take this opportunity to get to know or perhaps get-to-know-better your fellow parishioners.  This is a wonderful program sponsored by the Fellowship Committee and we hope many of you will consider signing up in the office (office@redeemerchestnuthill.org) this fall for this wonderful program.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact Fellowship Committee co-chairs, Liza Jones (lizajones1@verizon.net) or Mary Crown (mecrown@lotsoc.com).

The Nominating Committee seeks your nominations  for the following positions on the Vestry:

NOMINATION BALLOTS can be found in this Sunday's leaflet

and outside of Dorsey's office.

Please return the ballot by November 8^th

to any member of the Nominating Committee.

The Confirmation Class in October had a great deal of fun talking about sin.  We started in the Bible by talking about Adam and Eve and concluded by watching the popular teen movie Mean Girls.  We had fun and learned a lot.  In November, we will begin our look at church authority by discussing what is often called the three-legged “Anglican Stool” of determining our theology through the three sources of scripture, tradition, and reason.  We will discuss the first two this month, and will watch a Harry Potter movie dealing with tradition.

Confirmation Class Dates

 11/1             5:00   Church Authority (Leg one) – The Bible - What’s in it,  and why does it matter?

11/8             5:00   Church Authority (Leg two) – Tradition and Church History

11/15           5:00    Confirmation Movie Night – Harry Potter-Edition TBA

Local Octet, Zefiro, to Perform

at the Redeemer November 19th

   Zefiro--a Boston/Providence-based octet devoted to performing vocal music of the 14th-17th centuries--looks forward to performing for the first time at Church of the Redeemer on Thursday, November 19, 2009, at 7:30 pm.

The concert pairs Tomás Luis de Victoria’s joyous Missa O quam gloriosum for All Saints’ Day with the haunting Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday by Gesualdo di Venosa.  Founded by six members of the group formerly known as Passio, Zefiro takes inspiration from specialist groups from around the world such as the Tallis Scholars, the Sixteen, and the Taverner Consort. Zefiro's credits include winning a project grant from the Somerville Arts Council, the chapter of the Massachusetts Cultural Council and National Endowment for the Arts, and serving as artists in residence (as Passio) to Bennington College in Vermont.

          Zefiro will also offer the Victoria/Gesualdo concert program on Friday, October 30, 2009 at Blessed Sacrament Church in Providence at 8:00 pm, and on Saturday, December 12, 2009 at Brickbottom Artists Association Gallery in Somerville at 8 pm.

Admission is $15 per person ($10 for students and seniors).

Please visit http://www.zefiroensemble.com/ for more information.

Christmas Market 2009

 Mark your calendars for fun and fellowship!

 Christmas Market

Friday, December 4^th, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Saturday, December 5^th, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

 Cocktails, Dinner, Live and Silent Auction

Friday, December 4^th at 6:00 pm

GREENS FOR WREATHS

Please save your evergreen pruning until November and bring the clippings to the old parish hall Monday, November 30th or December 1^st.  We especially appreciate boxwood, holly, leucothoe, juniper, and white pine!!

Questions? Call Tish 617-566-5147 or Louisa 617-739-6884.

This year the Church of the Redeemer will host the Thanksgiving service we hold jointly with the First Church of Chestnut Hill.  Please plan to join your neighbors for this 10:00 am service at the Redeemer.

Please contact the office if you've:

• moved

• changed email addresses

• changed phone numbers

PLEASE REMEMBER THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE IN YOUR PRAYERS:

for those who have died in the past year: Rosalind Ayin, Stewart Oliver Bates, Marlee Cairns, Ralph D. Cies, the Right Reverend John Coburn, Bishop, Theodore C. Haffenreffer, Jr., Sarah Emlen Haydock, Richard Janson, Sharon Kelley, Peter Kerr, George H. Kidder, Esq., Doug Langer, Grover Sefton Parnell, Jr., Charlotte Worthen de Pedroso, Ruth Stott Peters, Rebecca Robinson, Harry H. Root, Jr., Linda Kandarian Ryan, Ellen Simonds Stout, William D. Strohmeier, Robert A. Tappan, and Fabia C. Windle

for those in need of prayer: Sarah Arguin, Robert Armstrong (Debby Hunter Mills' uncle), Elizabeth Bachelder, Charlie Baker, Doris Bartlett (Rick Weed’s grandmother), Peter Bosch,  Doris Chambers, Gavin Gunnigle (Graham Gunnigle's brother), Elizabeth Hitchcock,  Laura Koury, Peter Lavelle, Inell McGee, Patrick Paolella, Bill, Katrina, James and Alexander Reinhart, Carolyn Snyder (Amy Weed's mother), Aidyn Stephany, Christopher Villon, Arturo Villon, Shinichi Wakao (Keisuke Wakao's father), Ceanne Zimopoulos, Ann, Bill, Charlotte, Margaret, James, Gayle, Jim, Hilary, Tom