FORTY DAYS
FORTY NIGHTS
Lenten Journey 2021
Weaving Individual Faith into Community
Lent is typically a time for individual inward reflection on our lives of faith...the many tiny fibers within each of us that make up the fabric of our souls. We are encouraged to explore what it means to be mortal and because of that, what God wants us to do with our earthly lives. We certainly hope that will once again be part of your Lenten journey but because of the physical distancing involved with the Covid-19 pandemic, many of us are feeling like we have had quite enough 'alone time'...we are aching for community.
So perhaps this Lenten season we can all contemplate individually and inwardly how we might best come back together once we are able; how our individual fabrics may best be woven together in the tapestry of God's family. Even though deepening our individual faith is vital, we are also called to community...both as the family of Redeemer and as the greater body of Christ to be God's example of true community to the world around us.
Love & Blessings,
Robert+
HOLY WEEK & EASTER
PALM SUNDAY
March 28
Blessing of the Palms
8 AM
Meet in Pinder Hall
10 AM
Meet in Courtyard
MAUNDY THURSDAY
April 1
7 PM
Agape Meal & Service
Join Redeemer on Zoom for our parish-wide agapé meal on Maundy Thursday (April 1) at 7:00pm. In Christianity, agapé meals are known as love feasts during which Christians share a simple meal with food such as soup, cheese, olives, dried fruit, bread, and wine. The set up for the agapé meal will be similar to our Annual Meeting, which means you can scroll through participants on Zoom and see your friends! The liturgy for the service can either be found here or in your Lent in a Box.
3 PM
Stations of the Cross
Meet in the Memorial Garden
On Good Friday, we walk the Stations of the Cross to remember the walk Jesus took to the cross 2000 years ago. We do not take these steps alone. Just as our intention is to walk with Christ, He walks with us. We are all one body of Christ. Join us outside to walk the Way of the Cross with your fellow parishioners. We will walk around the church, stopping at each of the 14 stations.
HOLY SATURDAY
April 3
12 PM
At noon The Rev. Grace M. Rigby will lead us in a solemn service held in the memorial garden. Click here to watch the video at noon.
8 PM
Glow in the Dark Egg Hunt!
All Youth in 6th -> 12th grades are invited to a Glow in the Dark Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 3rd at 8pm using the entire church campus as our hunting ground. There will be candy and other goodies hidden in glow in the dark eggs and scattered outside the church buildings. Please RSVP to Helen so we know how many youth to expect.
6 AM
The Great Vigil of Easter
Meet in Memorial Garden
11 AM
Easter Egg Hunt
Learn more here.
Children ages 0 -> 5 will gather in the courtyard to hunt for eggs and children in grades kindergarten -> 5th grade will gather in the grassy area in the front of the church (where we hold the Christmas Tree sales). Find J-E-S-U-S on your eggs and turn them in for a goodie bag of Easter candy and toys. Please reach out to Helen with any questions or to help with the egg hunts.
Except for Maundy Thursday, services are in-person and live streamed. Please sign up to attend in-person worship as seating is limited.
Compline
During the season of Lent, Redeemer vestry members will lead Compline services for our community every Sunday-Thursday at 8:30pm through Zoom. This service is rooted in tradition, "descend[ing] from the night prayers said before bed at the end of the monastic round of daily prayer," (episcopalchurch.org). Compline is a great way to end the day and we hope you will join us as we weave individual faith into community.
Holy Eucharist
Episcopal Church of the Redeemer offers contemplative, virtual worship services including music from our organ and other instruments. We follow the Rite I (8AM) + Rite II (10AM) Order from the Book of Common Prayer. It is a very intimate service for prayer and worship.
Starting March 14th, services will return to limited in-person worship with sign ups to reserve your seat. The services will continue to be live-streamed for those worshiping from home!
Easter Sunday
We have three services on Easter Sunday!
Palm Sunday
Bring your palms to service!
Lent Five
How to use the play-doh in your “Lent in a Box”
John 12:20-33
Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.
“Now my soul is troubled. And what should I say—‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” The crowd standing there heard it and said that it was thunder. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die.
Lent Four
How to use the paper lantern in your “Lent in a Box”
John 3:19-21
[Jesus said,] "And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God."
Lent Three
How to use the yeast in your “Lent in a Box”
John 2:18-22
The Jews then said to [Jesus], “What sign can you show us for doing this?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking of the temple of his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
Lent Two
About the worry stone in your “Lent in a Box”
Mark 8:33
But turning and looking at his disciples, [Jesus] rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.”
Lent One
How to use the Holy Water in your “Lent in a Box”
Mark 1:9-11
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”
Ash Wednesday
February 17th 2021
How to impose ashes on yourself + others