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THE CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER – SARASOTA, FLORIDA
The Feast of the Presentation (Tr.) (Yr B RCL)
1 February 2015
2015
WELCOME VISITORS!
VISITORS
The Church of the Redeemer is delighted to have you with us
today to share in our mission to know, love, worship and obey our Lord
Jesus Christ.
Whether this is your first, second, or third visit, please help us welcome you by wearing a visitor name tag found inside the parish brochure
in the pew racks in front of you. We also invite you to join us for coffee
and Christian fellowship after the services on the veranda (weather permitting) or inside Gillespie Hall. Look for the Welcome Table in Gillespie
Hall. As you exit the front of the church, simply follow the pathway to
your right, past our Rose Garden, and around to the veranda and Gillespie
Hall.
If you would like to receive more information about our services,
ministries, and mission, or to be placed on our mailing list, please fill out
the Visitor Card attached to the visitor name tag, and place it in the offering plate, or hand it to an usher, and be sure to come to the Welcome Table
in Gillespie Hall. We hope you will choose to return to the Church of the
Redeemer and invite you to call on us at any time (955.4263) or visit our
website (www.redeemersarasota.org).
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INFORMATION
Today . . .
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of our
Lord. This feast, also called Candlemas, reminds us of the Jewish
law that every firstborn son had to be dedicated to God. This is
when Mary and Joseph presented the infant Jesus to be blessed
in the temple.
In the Rector's Class today, at 10:15 in Gillespie Hall, we continue our series of "Essential Bible Stories," with Fr. Charleston's
analysis of John 3:1-7, "Jesus and Nicodemus: Must We Be Born
Again?"
Bridge to the Word is a small group adult Sunday School class.
Come and join the class today right after communion upstairs
above Gillespie hall in Room 207, for discussion and a cup of
coffee. All adults are welcome.
Complimentary valet parking begins today! This service is free
and open to all. Valet parking is available on Palm Avenue at the
covered entrance to Gillespie Hall from 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM.
The Bloodmobile is here today from 8:15 AM – 12:45 PM. Many
thanks to all of you who made the last Blood Drive successful,
exceeding the 10-unit requirement! Let’s continue to keep the
Blood Drive at Redeemer.
You are encouraged to take your Sunday bulletin and insert
home. Please use them to re-read the lessons during the week
and note parish activities of interest on your calendar.
Parish Office (941.955.4263) 222 South Palm Ave.
Sarasota, FL 34236
email: [email protected]
website: www.redeemersarasota.org
Sunday School meets weekly – 2 & 3 yr olds through 12th grade, 10:10AM.
Need directions to your classroom? Ask an usher, or check the "Sunday
commun
nion
School Map" in the narthex. Teachers and students receive commu
first, and head right to class.
This week . . .
Heart to Heart Women’s Book Club will meet tomorrow, 2 February, at 9:00 AM in Gillespie Hall. We will be discussing Frances
and Bernard by Carlene Bauer. All women are welcome.
All families with children 5th grade and younger are invited to
join LOGOS dinner this week, 5:45 PM for LOGOS IDOL! We’ll
start our afternoon with a look at Ananias of Damascus and the
“Heroic Risk-Taking” he demonstrated. We’ll find a modern-day
hero who demonstrates the same, and talk about what kind of
superheroes we can be for God. LOGOS is Redeemer’s mid-week
event for children in grades K-5th, 4-6:30, and includes Bible
study, playtime, proctored study hall, worship through the arts
(choir, art, or Suzuki prep), and family style themed dinner. For
more information, contact Laura Valek, 2014-15 LOGOS chair,
[email protected]
Join Men of Redeemer for a new men's study series from
Family Life, Stepping Up: A Call to Courageous Manhood. The
study is under way on Thursdays, 7:00 – 8:15 AM in Gillespie
Hall, and you are welcome to join us. Contact: Jeff Kern
[email protected] or 356.9516.
Inquirers’ classes begin this Tuesday, 3 February 2015. This
clergy-led class is an eight-week presentation about the uniqueness of the Episcopal Church. Liturgy, history, rule of life, and
other important aspects of living life as a Christian in the Anglican tradition are subjects dealt with in this class. If you intend to
receive the Sacrament of Confirmation as an adult, or to be received into this Communion, this course of instruction is required. Classes will meet on Tuesday evenings, 6:30-8:30 PM, in
Rooms 202-204. If you are interested in attending, please register
online or call the parish office, 955.4263.
"First Friday on Palm Avenue," an opportunity to introduce
Redeemer to the Palm Avenue community, is this Friday, 6 February, from 6-8 PM on Redeemer's Patio on Palm. Palm Avenues
stores will be open. Come, bring a friend, and have refreshments!
Ladies Nights Out begin this Thursday, 5 February, with “Love
at First Sight”—a walk and talk art tour at the Ringling Museum
of Art. In anticipation of Valentine’s Day, join museum staff as we
examine a history of emotion through art. We will meet at 6 PM at
the museum and end with music and refreshments in the courtyard. Cost: $10 (members of the museum free) + cash bar. Reservations are necessary. Go to the link at redeemersarasota.org/
schedules and signups. You can pay online using secure PayPal.
For more information, contact Malacy Wilson, [email protected].
Next week . . .
Redeemer's Outdoor Movie on the Lawn will be Friday, 13 February, 5:30 PM, on the Parish Lawn. Families with Children will
again host this event, complete with the one-and-only "Popcorn
Man." For dinner this year, EYC is hosting a Chili Competition
between Father Robinson and Father Bumsted! Sample the chili,
and vote for your favorite. All proceeds go to Redeemer's Youth
Ministry fund. So who will win? Father Fred? Father David? Time
will tell! Please bring a dessert to share, and the beverage of your
choice. Movie: “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.”
Future events . . .
St. Mary's will attend the Church of the Nativity Annual English
Flower Festival and Tea on Saturday, 21 February. Meet at Nativity Parish Hall, 5900 Lockwood Ridge Rd. (just SE of University
Parkway) at 11:30 AM for Tea ($14) and then move into the
church to see the flowers and stay on for the music at 1 PM. All
women are welcome to join us. For more information call Jill
Stockton, 378.8098.
"Lent with Lazarus: Unbound and Let Go!" Mark your calendars
for Redeemer's annual Lenten retreat on 21 February, which will
be led again this year by Father Charleston at DaySpring Conference Center in Parrish. The retreat begins with mass at 9:00 AM,
features a series of spoken meditations by Father Charleston,
includes lunch and time for spiritual direction, as well as confession, and ends promptly at 2:30 PM. The outdoor Stations of the
Cross will be available after closing prayers for those who wish to
walk them. The cost of the retreat is $18.00, which includes a
generous lunch. Register by visiting redeemersarasota.org. Space
will be limited to the first 50 who register.
Your attention please . . .
The volunteers of the Episcopal Thrift House invite our entire
parish to join us in this fun, full-time ministry. All are welcome to
take their place via volunteering, donating, shopping, or simply
offering up our mission and our many downstream ministries in
your prayers. Would-be volunteers should contact Pat Tate at
387-6016. Donations are cheerfully accepted (and receipts for
your taxes offered) weekdays from 10-4 and Saturdays from 10-1,
on the corner of Second and Lemon in beautiful downtown Sarasota.
Sara Howell Memorial Fund grants are available for Episcopal
women from the Diocese of Southwest Florida who need aid in
pursuit of necessary skills to enter or reenter the workplace. For
more information and application forms, please call or email Jill
Stockton, 378.8098, or [email protected].
A new class for parents (and others!) during Lent is “The Benedictine Life for Busy Parents.” Using St. Benedict’s Rule as a
backdrop, Father Charleston will lead this four-part series on how
busy moms and dads can lead more spiritual, God-centered lives
in the midst of the daily acts of juggling work, children, and a
million other things. Starting Wednesday, 25 February, the class
will meet weekly in the 1st and 3rd grade Sunday School rooms
from 6:30-7:30 PM. Dinner is available at 6 PM in Gillespie Hall
for a $5.00 donation. Nursery will be available, as well as programming for children grades K-5, and middle school youth.
Dr. Mordecai Kedar, Ph.D., Israeli professor, who served 25
years in the Israel Defense Force’s Military Intelligence will give
two presentations on Tuesday, 3 February, 6:00 – 7:30 PM and
8:00 – 9:30 PM, at the Fire Station, 2070 Waldemere Street, Sarasota, 2nd Floor Elevator. His topic will be “What You Need To
Know to Help Stop the Global Persecution of Christians.”
The parish family extends its sympathy to Anne Guisewite and her family in the
death of her husband, William Lee Guisewite, who departed this life on 25 January 2015; to Richard & Stephanie Ross in the death of Stephanie’s mother, Betty
Clark, and to Jean Wieniewski in the death of her husband, Walter Wisniewski,
who departed this life on 30 January 2015. May their souls and the souls of all the
faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace, and may light perpetual
shine upon them.
† WEEK OF 1 FEBRUARY 2015 †
Sundays, Nursery: infants & toddlers, during 9 & 11 AM, 1 PM masses
Children’s Chapel and Sunday School K-12th during 9 AM mass
Daily Morning Prayer – 8:30 AM (except Sunday)
Daily Evening Prayer – 5:15 PM (except Saturday & Sunday)
Sunday
Feast of the
Presentation
(Transferred)
EUCHARIST– 7:30, 9:00, & 11:00 AM; 1 PM (Spanish)
Rector’s Class, 10:15 AM, Gillespie Hall
Gift Shoppe open after the 9 and 11 AM Masses
Bridge to the Word, 10:15 AM, Room 207
Teacher Meeting, 11:00 AM, Upper Room
Bloodmobile, 8:15 AM – 12:45 PM, Staff Parking Lot
Senior EYC youth (gr 9-12), 6:30 PM, Upper Room
Monday
The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ
EUCHARIST – 10:00 AM
NA, 7:30 AM, Noon, & 7 PM, Sunday School Wing
Heart to Heart Women’s Book Club, 9:00 AM, Gillespie Hall
Pelican Deadline (March issue), 5:00 PM
11 AM Adult Choir rehearsal, 3-5 PM, Music Room
Canterbury Choir, 5:30-6:45 PM, Music Room
Brownie/Daisy/Girl Scout Troop 440, 6:30 PM, 1st Grade Room
Cub Scout Pack 24, 6:30 PM, Upper Room
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg,
Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865
EUCHARIST – 10:00 AM
NA, 7:30 AM & Noon, Sunday School Wing
Nashotah House Board of Trustees, Rooms 202-204
Lectionary Bible Study, Noon, Room 205
Manasota Deanery Clericus, Noon, Eva Pope Room
ALPHA, 6:00 PM, Gillespie Hall
Inquirers’ Class, 6:30 PM, Rooms 202-204
NA, 7 PM, Sunday School Wing
Cornelius the Centurion
EUCHARIST – 7:30 & 10:00 AM
Men’s Christian Leadership Concepts, 6-8 AM, Eva Pope Room
NA, 7:30 AM & Noon, Sunday School Wing
Staff Meeting, 8:00 AM. Parish office closes at 4:00 PM.
Nashotah House Board of Trustees, Rooms 202-204
LOGOS (gr K-5), 4:00-6:30 PM, Gillespie Hall
Suzuki Prep (gr K-1), 5:00-5:45 PM, Sarah Oster Room
Westminster Choir (gr 2-5), 5-5:45 PM, Music Room
Youth Confirmation (gr 7), 4:30 PM, Turner-Dabney Room
Junior EYC youth (gr 6-8), 6:00 PM, Upper Room
The Martyrs of Japan, 1597
EUCHARIST – 10:00 AM
Men’s “Stepping Up,” 7:00 AM, Gillespie Hall
NA, 7:30 AM & Noon, Sunday School Wing
Nashotah House Board of Trustees, Rooms 202-204
Needlepoint Group, 10:00 AM, Eva Pope Room
9 AM Choir Rehearsal, 7-9 PM, Music Room.
EUCHARIST with Anointing For Healing – 10 AM
NA, 7:30 AM & Noon, Sunday School Wing
Youth Bible Studies, 6:15 AM, Various Locations
Men’s Prayer Breakfast, 7:15 AM
Nashotah House Board of Trustees, Rooms 202-204
Order of St. Luke, 9:00 AM, Eva Pope Room
First Friday on Palm Avenue, 6-8 PM, Patio on Palm
Saturday
EUCHARIST – 10:00 AM
Men’s Prayer Group, 7:30 AM, Eva Pope Room
Confessions, 11 AM, High Altar (Father Bumsted)
EUCHARIST with Anointing For Healing – 5:30 PM
Sunday
EUCHARIST– 7:30, 9:00, & 11:00 AM; 1 PM (Spanish)
Solemnity of
Rector’s Class, 10:15 AM, Gillespie Hall
Absalom Jones Gift Shoppe open after the 9 and 11 AM Masses
(Transferred)
Bridge to the Word, 10:15 AM, Room 207
Senior EYC youth (gr 9-12), 6:30 PM, North Wall, Gillespie Hall
Redeemer EYC . . .
Contact: [email protected]
EYC IS MORE THAN A YOUTH GROUP! It’s a way to explore your faith
as a student here at Redeemer. We’re having an incredible time building
a piece of the Kingdom together here in SRQ! Invite your friends so they
don’t miss out on things like Problems and Solutions and Thuriball!
THE GAUNTLET IS THROWN. EYC, Fr. David needs your help to take
down his mighty foe, the Rector, in the first annual Chili Cookoff on
13 February at 5:30. Help us serve some hungry folks and see whose
chili is worthy of the title “Best Clergy Chili at Redeemer.”
SR EYC MEETS TONIGHT! Come meet us tonight at 6:30PM until
8:00PM. I heard something about an Uber Dish? Like some birds from
the northwest are going to battle with some enthusiastic Americans from
the northeast? Sounds like my kind of jam. We’ll have it playing on the
JumboTron in Gillespie and we’ll have burgs, dogs, and ‘chos. Families
welcome! Come hungry! See you there!
COFFEE AND COMMUNITY continues to work through C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters! High Schoolers and recent grads, come join
anytime. We’d love to have you and hear your thoughts! Let Fr. David
know if you’d like a copy of the book! See you at 4:00pm on Tuesday at
Pastry Art on Main St!
JR EYC MEETS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT! We’re wrapping up our long
series on Putting God First this week! It’s been amazing to hear our
friends’ and families’ stories of faith. Come join our EYC crew this
Wednesday night at 6:00PM until 7:30PM for the best junior high youth
experience in the Episcopal Church! Yeah, I said it. Also, sorry about the
confusion about the polar bear last week.
FRIDAY MORNINGS ARE NOT FOR SLEEPING. They are for hanging
out with the best people ever. At 6:15 AM on Fridays, we’re reading
Scripture together and having the best breakfasts in town. We’ll get you
out the door in time for school! Sounds crazy but it’s awesome. Talk to
Fr. David ASAP if you haven’t made it out to see us yet!
Other important dates for EYC:
☻2/13 Chili Cookoff and Outdoor Movie
☻2/27 Roller skating with St. Boniface youth
☻2/28 Beach Cleanup
Students! Ever have a question about church stuff and then forgot to
ask when you got to EYC? Ask away with #eycsupwith to our
twitter@redeemereyc or Instagram redeemereyc!
Thank you . . .
Special thanks for " Bag Blitz 2015" to all the children and
youth who made this great event happen last Sunday during the
Annual Parish Meeting. Dozens of hands worked together to prep,
bag, and bless 100 bag lunches for those in need at the Salvation
Army, and the food was delivered to Salvation Army's location on
10th Street before noon!
Thanks to your support, the Caritas Food Ministry was able to
give out about 30 tons of food to about 5,600 clients (including
repeat visits) on a budget of $30,000. God bless you for your
generous contributions of food and money.
† † † REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS † † †
Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Luwero, Uganda, The Rev. Canon Eridard
Kironde Nsubuga
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: St. Alban's, St. Pete Beach; St. Alfred's,
Palm Harbor; St. Andrew's, Boca Grande; St. Andrew's, Spring Hill;
St. Andrew's, Tampa; St. Anne of Grace, Seminole; St. Anselm's,
Lehigh Acres
Those celebrating their birthdays today: Frank Anderson, Chris
Andrews, Mary Jo Heider, Steven Hogue, Anne Murray, Dick Quigley,
Bella Strom, Diane Sykes, Dana Vega
Those celebrating their wedding anniversaries today: Hugh & Liza
Culverhouse
Thanksgiving: for the blessing bestowed upon all those awaiting the
birth of a child: Don & Mackenzie Longueuil; Michelle & Brian Supko;
Tom & Brooke Tollerton; Casey & Colby Siljestrom; Jay & Kristen
Skipper
Repose of the soul for: William Guisewite, Betty Clark, Walter
Wisniewski, Tom Purdue, Peg Santana, Richard Bubil, David Whitcomb
Safe travel: Terri Carlton, Ed Hryhor
†††
The Chapel Sanctuary Candle is given in honor of our Lord's Presence in the Blessed Sacrament in loving memory of Myrtle Lively,
Jean Gordon, JoAnn Lucas, Dianna Smith, and the loved ones of the
Boardman and Masters families.
The Altar Flowers are given to the glory of God in loving memory of
Emily Hill.
The BMO Harris Bank parking garage is available for church parking on Sundays
until 1:00 PM. The garage is locked at that time, and any cars left inside will be
locked in.
The nursery for infants and toddlers is available during the 9 and 11 AM masses
every Sunday.
Those persons who find it difficult to come to the altar to receive Holy Communion
are asked to inform one of the ushers, who will then see that Communion is
brought to your pew.
If you have fami
family members in the active military please call the parish office to
have them put on our prayer list.
Listening devices for the hearinghearing-impaired may be obtained from an usher. The
Hard of Hearing Assistance System operates on a frequency of 72.9 for those whose
hearing aids have the capability to pick it up. For those who have a T-Coil receiver
in their hearing aid, Redeemer has an Induction Loop system installed. Personal
earbuds may be purchased in the parish office.
A CD recording of today’s service may be ordered through the parish office,
955.4263.
GlutenGluten-free communion wafers are available: Sundays, 7:30 AM Mass – high altar;
9:00 and 11:00 AM Masses – chapel altar. Indicate your need to the priest administering the host.
Visit our bulletin board inside Gillespie Hall on the wall outside the kitchen for
information about your parish family, upcoming events, and volunteer opportunities. Contact Carolyn Peet, [email protected], or 955.4263 if you have
something you think belongs on our bulletin board.
Check out our website, redeemersarasota.org, to learn all the latest news and information you need to be connected to your parish. Look for the parish calendar for
details on current events.