This Week at the Church of the Redeemer

On behalf of the Church of the Redeemer,

the Charles River Deanery has awarded a House of Mercy Grant of $1,250

to the Roxbury Presbyterian Social Impact Center to support its work

Keep connected with the Uganda Mission online!

Debby Mills will be posting updates and other material online as missioners

prepare for the trip and when they are in Africa.

Know of a good web developer?

We are looking for one!

Keep your loved ones on the prayer list!

Contact the office!

On the Feast of Pentecost (May 31^st), we will be updating our prayer list and the policy around the list.  Out of concern that the prayer list was getting too unwieldy to be prayed, and that some on the prayer list might have recovered without our knowledge (especially true for the people who are identified only by their first names), we will be starting the prayer list over. 

First, this will mean that the names on the prayer list that were added before the month of April will need to be renewed to stay on the list.  New names may be added at any time.  The Executive Assistant to the Rector, Laine Walters Young, is keeping track of all new additions to the prayer list.  At the end of each month, Laine will call or e-mail the person who made the prayer request. If you make a prayer request, she must also have your contact information so that she can call you at the end of the month.  If the person who requested the prayer wants to continue having the name on the list, the name will stay on the list.  If a person who was being prayed for has recovered, or no longer wishes to be prayed for in this way, then the name will be removed. 

Names can stay on the list as long as needed, but the office and clergy ask  to be updated by requesters from time to time on the condition of people for which we are praying.  If you requested that a person be prayed for several months or even years ago, and you would still like them on the prayer list, please contact the office. 

People on the prayer list are always prayed for at the Wednesday Morning Prayer and Healing Services, whether or not the list was prayed during the Sunday church service on the previous Sunday.

Laine can be reached at 617-566-7679 or at office@redeemerchestnuthill.org. She will call or email back to verify that the names requested have been added to the prayer list.

Summer Worship Service

Starting June 7th

9:30 am Service

10:30 am Lemonade

Church School in June

Can you volunteer for

the St. Stephen’s B-SAFE Summer Camp?

The Church of the Redeemer would like to responsible for the lunches for the training week for the St. Stephen’s B-SAFE Summer Camp (for low income inner city children in Boston). In order to do this, we need Redeemer volunteers. The details are as follows:

Dates for which we need volunteers: June 29^th – July 2^nd

Volunteering choices:

• Help serve lunch at Epiphany School on one day of the B-SAFE training week
• Prepare a casserole at home and bring it into the Redeemer (to be served at Epiphany for the B-SAFE training week).  If you can make a casserole, we will provide you with the casserole dish along with Nancy Avery’s fabulous casserole recipe.  Casseroles can be made in advance and we will keep them frozen.
• In lieu of cooking, you could contribute a check. We will use the funds to purchase lasagnas that we will be serving on another day of the training week. Please send your checks to the Redeemer, made out to the Church of the Redeemer and put B-SAFE in the memo section of your check. 

Our capability to provide and serve lunches over the week of June 29^th will depend on whether or not there are Redeemer Parishioners who are available to volunteer over that week.  If you are interested in helping with the St. Stephen’s B-SAFE Summer Camp sometime over that week of June 29^th – July 2^nd please contact Pam Mathews (pam@mathewshome.net) or Laura Patton (laurated@rcn.com).

Summer Children’s Liturgy:

The Adventures of Paul

Sunday, June 14^th at 9:30 am

Local Mission Project at St. Mark’s in Dorchester

June 12^th& 13^th 8:30-3:00 pm

St. Mark’s  is home to a fabulous congregation, largely of West Indian descent, located on Columbia Road in Dorchester.  The Curate Eric Hillegas is helping run one of the B-SAFE sites at St. Mark’s this summer, but he needs help making some improvements on an under-maintained property.  There is a great deal of sanding, buffing, and painting to do. 

Please let our Curate Marc know if you have interest in participating.  The church van will be making trips from the work site to the parish at the beginning and end of the day.  Other trips may be scheduled.

Calling all Foyers and Newcomers

For cocktails

Seeking Service Assistants

for 2009-10  

If you are interested in serving as a Lay Eucharistic Minister, Lector, Acolyte, Server, Usher or Greeter, please contact the office and submit the availability card below by August 1^st. 

If you have any questions about the responsibilities of these positions, please feel free to contact an active service assistant, Dorsey, or our verger, Suzy Westcott.

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Notice

The Heartbreak Hill 5K Run and Walk

Will take place on Hammond Street

near the church on

June 14^th

Rolling street closures will occur from 8:15 am to approximately 11:00 am

Please plan your route and schedule for church that Sunday accordingly.

Paint and Plant Uganda

Donations Needed!

 We need donations of:

• Large plastic containers to mix paint (ex. used quart-sized yogurt containers)
• Paint brushes of various sizes
• Garden tools for pruning and other agricultural work

 Item donations can be dropped off in the box by the Back Classroom.  Monetary donations can be made to Church of the Redeemer, earmarked “Paint and Plant Uganda” and given to the office. 

For more information, contact Anne Grandin