THE CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER – SARASOTA, FLORIDA
The Solemnity of Absalom Jones (Tr.) (Yr B RCL)
8 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 . . .
We welcome the Rev. Canon Benjamin Twinamaani, our guest
preacher today. Father Twinamaani is the Rector of Grace Episcopal Church in Tampa. A native of Uganda, he was raised in that
country's Anglican Province, and he moved to the United States to
attend college. In his 24 years of ordained ministry, he has served
under five archbishops and six bishops in four dioceses: Kampala,
Uganda; Dallas, Texas; Delaware; and Southwest Florida. He
joined Grace Episcopal Church in 2005.
Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Absalom Jones, transferred from 13 February. Absalom Jones, born a slave in Delaware
in 1746, bought his freedom and went on to be ordained a deacon
and priest in the African Episcopal Church. He was known as “the
Black Bishop of the Episcopal Church.”
In the Rector's Class today, at 10:15 in Gillespie Hall, Father
Twinamaani will tell the story of his life in Christ.
Bridge to the Word is a small group adult Sunday School class.
Join the class today after communion above Gillespie hall in
Room 207, for discussion and a cup of coffee. All adults welcome.
You are invited to take advantage of our complimentary valet
parking. This service is free and open to all. Valet parking is
available every Sunday on Palm Avenue at the covered entrance to
Gillespie Hall from 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM.
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 . . .
Do you have old palms from Palm Sundays gone by? Please
bring them to Redeemer and drop them off at the parish office so
we can burn them to make ashes for Ash Wednesday.
Daughters of the King will meet tomorrow, 9 February. The
meeting begins with mass at 10:00 AM. All ladies of the parish are
invited to attend.
This week, our last LOGOS for 2014-15, we’ll look at the apostle
Paul and the “Heroic Vision” he demonstrated. We’ll see if we can
discover a modern-day hero who demonstrates that vision, and
talk about what kind of superheroes we can be for God. It’s also
5th Grade Graduation! To RSVP for dinner, contact Laura Valek,
2014-15 LOGOS chair, [email protected].
Inquirers’ classes continue this Tuesday, and it is not too late
to join us! This is an eight-week presentation about the uniqueness of the Episcopal Church. 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 meet
on Tuesdays, 6:30-8:00 PM, in Rooms 202-204.
Redeemer's Outdoor Movie on the Lawn is this Friday, 13 February, 5:30 PM, on the Parish Lawn. Hosted by Families with
Children and EYC, the event will include a Chili Competition between Father Robinson and Father Bumsted, and the one-andonly "Popcorn Man!" Sample the chili, and vote for your favorite.
All proceeds go to Redeemer's Youth Ministry fund. Please bring a
dessert to share, and the beverage of your choice. Movie: “Cloudy
with a Chance of Meatballs.”
Next week . . .
Redeemer’s Girl Scout Troop 440 will be selling cookies on the
veranda after the 9 AM mass on Sundays, 15 and 22 February
and on 1 March.
Shrove Tuesday is on 17 February. This is a traditional time for
confessions. The schedule for confessions is 5:30-6:00 PM – Father Robinson (high altar) and Father Bumsted (chapel altar);
6:00-6:30 PM – Father Marsden (high altar) and Father Wilson
(chapel altar). If you need the assistance of a priest in preparing
for your confession, please call the parish office for an appointment.
Lent begins next week on Ash Wednesday, 18 February. Rite
One services will be at 7:00 AM, 10:00 AM, and 12:10 PM; 6:00
PM will be a Rite Two service. All four liturgies will be celebrations
of the Holy Eucharist with the Imposition of Ashes. Remember,
Ash Wednesday is one of two fast days of the Church Year.
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. at 11:30 AM for Tea
($14) and then move into the church to see the flowers, and stay
for music at 1 PM. Contact: Jill Stockton, 378.8098.
There are no longer any openings for Redeemer's annual Lenten
retreat, "Lent with Lazarus: Unbound and Let Go!"
Do not miss Solemn Evensong next Sunday, 15 February, at
5:15 PM! This time of worship is a wonderful way to end your day.
In addition to the music of psalms and canticles, the anthem will
be G.F. Handel’s Laudate Pueri Dominum with Soprano Soloists Kira Gaillard and Lorraine Murphy - beautiful Baroque music
with a small chamber orchestra. The service will be Magnificat
and Nunc Dimittis in b minor by Herbert Howells. At this Evensong, Father Robinson will commission all Vergers, Sub Deacons,
Chalice Bearers, Lectors, Intercessors, and Daily Office readers
who serve at Redeemer. The nursery will be open for children
ages 4 and under. A reception will follow in Gillespie Hall.
Lenten offerings . . .
Dinner is available at 6 PM in Gillespie Hall for a $5.00 donation (family-$20) for the Wednesday evening Lenten classes this
year. This simple meal in a fun atmosphere is prepared by Mary
Hills and crew. Nursery also will be available, as well as programming for children grades K-5, and middle school youth.
“The Benedictine Life for Busy Parents,” a new class being led
by Father Charleston, uses St. Benedict’s Rule to teach how
moms and dads can lead more spiritual, God-centered lives in the
midst of their busy days of work, children, and a million other
things. The class will meet on Wednesdays, 25 February –18
March in the 1st and 3rd grade rooms, 6:30-7:30 PM.
Pascal’s Pensées will be presented on Wednesdays, 25 February–
18 March, at 6:30 PM in Gillespie Hall. The Pensées (literally
"thoughts") represented a defense of the Christian religion by
Blaise Pascal, the renowned 17th century philosopher and mathematician. Pascal's religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism and the Pensées was in many ways his life's work. Mike
Hartenstine will lead a 4-week discussion of this work.
“One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church: Rome, Constantinople, & Canterbury” will be offered by Dr. Stuart Prall on Thursdays, 26 February – 19 March, 10:30 AM-12:00 Noon or 6:308:00 PM in Gillespie Hall. The class will look at the Church as it
involves the relationship between Rome, Constantinople, and
Canterbury. Dr. Prall will discuss the Church and its development
from the Apostles, through the early periods, the division of the
Roman Empire, Charlemagne, the Ottoman period, to the modern
contemporary period.
Future events . . .
An outstanding concert will take place at Redeemer on Friday, 27 February, 7:30 PM with Charles Chocallo, Concert Pianist and a Night Of Opera and Arias. Charles Chocallo, a recent
graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, will play Rachmaninoff and Chopin Etudes along with the QOL Opera Quartet. Our
own Redeemer Tenor, Adam Bielamowicz, will be featured. Pick up
a Great Music Concert Series brochure in the narthex or the parish
office for more information.
I publish the Banns of Marriage Elizabeth Margaret Lindsay of Dallas, Texas
and Nicholas Bobrinskoy Shepherd of Dallas, Texas . If any of you know just
cause why they may not be joined together in Holy Matrimony, you are bidden
to declare it. This is the first time of asking.
† WEEK OF 8 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
EUCHARIST– 7:30, 9:00, & 11:00 AM; 1 PM (Spanish)
Monday
EUCHARIST – 10:00 AM
NA, 7:30 AM, Noon, & 7 PM, Sunday School Wing
Daughters of the King, begin with Mass at 10 AM
11 AM Adult Choir rehearsal, 3-5 PM, Music Room
Canterbury Choir, 5:30-6:45 PM, Music Room
Tuesday
EUCHARIST – 10:00 AM
NA, 7:30 AM & Noon, Sunday School Wing
Lectionary Bible Study, Noon, Room 205
ALPHA, 6:00 PM, Gillespie Hall
Inquirers’ Class, 6:30 PM, Rooms 202-204
NA, 7 PM, Sunday School Wing
Wednesday
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
Last 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
9 AM Choir Rehearsal, 7-9 PM, Music Room.
Solemnity of
Rector’s Class, 10:15 AM, Gillespie Hall
Absalom Jones Gift Shoppe open after the 9 and 11 AM Masses
(Transferred)
Senior EYC youth (gr 9-12), 6:30 PM, Gillespie Hall
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
EUCHARIST – 10:00 AM
Men’s “Stepping Up,” 7:00 AM, Gillespie Hall
NA, 7:30 AM & Noon, Sunday School Wing
Needlepoint Group, 10:00 AM, Eva Pope Room
S.U.R.E., 6:00 PM, Eva Pope Room
Absalom Jones, Priest, 1818
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
Order of St. Luke, 9:00 AM, Eva Pope Room
Wedding Rehearsal, 4:00 PM
Chili Cook-off and Movie on the Lawn, 5:00 PM
Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop,
Missionaries to the Slavs, 869, 885
EUCHARIST with Baptism – 10:00 AM
Men’s Prayer Group, 7:30 AM, Eva Pope Room
Confessions, 11 AM, High Altar (Father Strohm)
Wedding of Nancy Abate & Ron Aretz, 3:00 PM
EUCHARIST with Anointing For Healing – 5:30 PM
Sunday
EUCHARIST– 7:30, 9:00, & 11:00 AM; 1 PM (Spanish)
15 February 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
Senior EYC youth (gr 9-12), 6:30 PM, Upper Room
Solemn Evensong, 5:15 PM
Evensong Reception for those commissioned, Gillespie Hall
We welcome the newest members of our parish family:
Andrei & Lisa Malaev and Nicholai Malaev
A. Leslie (Lee) Holden
Lorraine Murphy
Eric & Nancy Unsworth
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.”
MISSION TRIP INFO IS OUT! Grab a flyer from Sunday School and start
making plans to join Jr EYC in Atlanta or Sr EYC in the Dominican Republic! We have limited space so reserve your spot ASAP!
SR EYC MEETS TONIGHT! Come meet us tonight at 6:30PM until
8:00PM. A couple of weeks ago we had a great talk about Scientology
and this week we’re focusing on Buddhism. Who was the Buddha and
what’s with all the golden dudes with their bellies out? Find out that and
more tonight in Gillespie Hall. Come hungry!
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! Guys! It’s almost Lent! Let’s
help out our Altar Guild by preparing some ashes for Ash Wednesday.
How do you do that? Burn some dried palms! It’s one of our favorite
traditions and you won’t want to miss it. We’ll see you from 6:00-7:30PM!
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
☻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!
From the Annual Parish Meeting . . .
Redeemer had its Annual Parish meeting on Sunday, 25 January, and we have the following news to report:
o Receiving the Lay Ministry awards this year:
Jill Stockton and Don Peet.
o Four newly elected vestry members:
Hector Antezana, Raul Elizalde, Gussie Haeffner, and
Kristin Morton.
o The Rector appointed Brigham Clegg as his new Senior
Warden.
o The Vestry elected Dora Thomas as Junior Warden, John
Mercurio as Treasurer, and Carolyn Peet as Clerk of the
Vestry. Gussie Haeffner, Brigham Clegg, and George
Mims were elected as Delegates to Diocesan Convention
and Doug Spangler was elected as Alternate.
Congratulations to everyone!
† † † REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS † † †
Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Maiduguri, Jos, Nigeria, The Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Kana Mani
Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: St. Anselm's Chapel, University of South
Florida Chapel Center; St. Augustine's, St. Petersburg; St. Bartholomew's, St. Petersburg; St. Bede's, St. Petersburg; St. Boniface, Sarasota; St. Catherine's, Temple Terrace; St. Chad's, Tampa
Those celebrating their birthdays today: Walter Pierce, Lynne Reutener, Linda Robinson, Mary Etta Sumpter
Those celebrating their wedding anniversaries today: Jerry & Patti
Del Tufo
Thanksgiving for: the birth of a daughter, Margaret, On 14 January
to Grace Williams Hamlin & Curtis Hamlin
Repose of the soul for: Richard Quigley, George Dartt, Dudley Walker, Nick Christopher, Dulcena West, Dolores Kauffman, Earl Fowler
Safe travel:
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The Altar Flowers are given to the glory of God in loving memory of
Ernest & Dulcena West.
The parish family extends its sympathy to Rebecca Dartt and her family in the
death of her husband, George Dartt, who departed this life on 30 January 2015;
May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God,
rest in peace, and may light perpetual shine upon them.
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.