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THE CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER – SARASOTA, FLORIDA The Feast of Christ the King (Yr A RCL) 23 November 2014 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 celebrate the Feast of Christ the King today, and at 9AM all of the children through grade 3 will be in the procession. At the Rector’s Class Father Marsden’s Essential Bible Story will be Creation Part II, “Adam and Eve.” A wonderful way to share Redeemer is through our red Welcome Table which is rolled out in front of the church before each mass. Visitors receive a “Redeemer Welcome” from volunteer greeters. We need more people to “take their place” with this fun, easy ministry, and you can choose how much time you can give. It is a lovely way for visitors to feel welcome, and for regular parishioners to see different faces! To take your place on the schedule, go to redeemersarasota.org, select “Resources and Media,” then “Schedules and Sign Ups.” Bridge to the Word, a small group adult Sunday School class, meets today in Room 207 above Gillespie Hall, 10:10–10:40 AM. The Bloodmobile is here today from 8:15 AM – 12:45 PM. For the last two Blood Drives, we exceeded the 10-unit requirement! Let’s continue to keep the Blood Drive at Redeemer. Today is a make-up Sunday for those who would like to turn in an “Investment Pledge Card” and/or “Take Your Place Card.” Both cards are available in your pew pockets, or in the narthex. Place the completed cards in the basket when you go to communion, or return them to the parish office any time before 1 December. Parish Office (941.955.4263) 222 South Palm Ave. Sarasota, FL 34236 email: [email protected] website: www.redeemersarasota.org Sunday School meets today – 2 & 3 yr olds through 12th grade, 10:10AM. Need directions 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 . . . Blood Pressure screening is today in Gillespie Hall. Daughters of the King will meet tomorrow, 24 November. The meeting begins with mass at 10 AM. All ladies of the parish are invited to attend. If you wish to contribute for the Christmas altar decorations as memorials or thank offerings, please make your check payable to Church of the Redeemer, memo: Christmas altar decorations. Include the names you want printed in the Christmas bulletin on a separate piece of paper, or use the envelope which was included in your November Pelican. Additional envelopes are available in the narthex. Names and contributions must be in the parish office, “Attention: Carolyn,” by 5:00 PM this Wednesday, 26 November, to be included in the bulletin. Thanksgiving Day Celebrations at Redeemer Choral Mass at 10:00 AM Please bring a gift of non-perishable food for our Caritas food pantry ministry to the needy. The offering at this mass goes to Mission and Outreach. Nursery care will not be available. Spanish mass at 1:00 PM, followed by Thanksgiving Dinner in Gillespie Hall at 2:00 PM. Everyone is invited. Bring your favorite side dish or dessert to share. Turkey will be provided. The Parish Office will be closed this Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving Day holiday. No LOGOS, Junior EYC, or Confirmation Class this week as we prepare for Thanksgiving. Help serve needy members of our community at the Sarasota Ministerial Association’s Help our Homeless Thanksgiving Luncheon, 26 November, 11:30 AM – 1 PM, in the Baptist Church Gymnasium, 1670 Main Street. To volunteer as a table host, contact Chaplain Tom Pfaff, 724.5018, or [email protected]. The Sarasota/Manatee Bach Festival will present “Blazing Woodwinds” Saturday, 29 November, 7:30 PM— a concert of baroque music at its best. Principal Bassoonist, Fernando Traba, and Principal Oboist, Adam de Sorgo, will perform virtuoso pieces; also included are Christopher Schnell, cello, and Julane Rodgers & Ann Stephenson-Moe, harpsichord. Ticket donation: $25 (Redeemer parishioners, $15.) Next week . . . Redeemer's annual parish family Advent Event is next Sunday, 30 November, in Gillespie Hall following the 9 AM mass. Prepare to keep a holy Advent by creating an Advent Wreath to use as a household devotion and a Christ Candle made from leftover Redeemer candles to light on Christmas Eve. One wreath per household, and parents, please accompany your children. Redeemer “Families with Children” will join our Middle and High School youth for a Redeemer Kickball Event on Sunday, 30 November. Meet at Red Rock Park, 3987 Camino Real, Sarasota, 3:30-5:30 PM. Even if you are not planning to play, come join in for a great afternoon. Red Rock Park has playground equipment, plenty of shade, and lots of parking. Please bring a “munchie” to share, and the beverage of your choice. Advent organ recitals begin Wednesday, 3 December, and take place each Wednesday through 17 December, 12:10 – 12:40 PM. 3 December 10 December 17 December Richard Benedum Nancy Siebecker Dean Haig Mardirosian LOGOS invites all "Families with Children" to come see what LOGOS is all about at our Potluck Dinner on Wednesday, 3 December, 5:45 PM in Gillespie Hall. We are celebrating our amazing cook team by giving them the night out of the kitchen, and each household (visitors, LOGOS families and volunteers) is asked to bring a "family-favorite Christmas dish" to share (for 8-10 people). Bring the recipe, and tell us why it is a family favorite. A first-ever LOGOS "Christmas Traditions Cookbook" will be compiled and distributed. Future events . . . Mark your calendars now! On Sunday, 14 December, 5:15 PM, there will be a service of Advent Lessons and Carols. This is a parish-wide event with a reception following in Gillespie Hall. All of the choirs of the Church of the Redeemer participate, and acolytes, readers, and congregation are all part of this family event. SAVE THE DATE! Caroling to Redeemer shut-ins will be during the Twelve Days of Christmas, Saturday, 3 January 2015. Please plan to join us and "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord." Watch the bulletin for details. Shopping opportunities . . . Getting ready to send out your Christmas cards? Redeemer's Gift Shoppe is offering 20% off ALL items purchased through our online vendor. Visit www.redeemer.printswell.com to see all the goodies! And be sure to use promotional code "REDEEMER" when you make your purchase. Proceeds benefit the Rector's Discretionary Fund. The season of shopping has begun at your Episcopal Thrift House, and we welcome your holiday castoffs, your finery, and your seasonal whimsies for resale. Proceeds go directly to worthy charities in our community. Please drop by the corner of Second and Lemon in beautiful downtown Sarasota, and shop, share, and participate in this hardworking full-time ministry. Needs . . . Meals on Wheels of Sarasota delivers hot meals to needy persons in Sarasota County who cannot prepare meals for themselves. The demand is great, and we need temporary or permanent drivers to deliver meals. To learn more or volunteer, please call Judy Johnston, driver coordinator, 330.8683. Caritas food ministry donations may be left in the large basket in the narthex. Monetary donations are also welcome. Make your check out to Church of the Redeemer, memo: Caritas food pantry. Thank you for your continued support. Thanks . . . We give thanks to God for a remarkable season of ministry celebration and stewardship, which ended last Sunday. The parish extends special thanks to all those who participated in laying the groundwork for a future of growth and service in this our 110th year of mission and ministry. † WEEK OF 23 NOVEMBER 2014 † 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 Proper 28 Monday Tuesday Wednesday EUCHARIST– 7:30, 9:00, & 11:00 AM; 1 PM (Spanish) Rector’s Class, 10:15 AM, Gillespie Hall Sunday School, Grades K-12, 10:15 AM, all classrooms Bridge to the Word, 10:15 AM, Room 207 Gift Shoppe open after the 9 and 11 AM Masses Bloodmobile, 8:15 AM-12:45 PM, Staff Parking Lot Senior EYC youth (gr 9-12), 6:30 PM, North Wall, Gillespie Hall Blood Pressure Screening, between masses, Gillespie Hall AA, 7 PM, Sunday School Wing EUCHARIST – 10:00 AM NA, 7:30 AM, Noon, & 7 PM, Sunday School Wing Daughters of the King, begin with mass at 10 AM Canterbury Choir, 5:30-6:45 PM Brownie/Daisy/Girl Scout Troop 440, 6:30 PM, 1st Grade Room Cub Scout Pack 24, 6:30 PM, Upper Room Vestry, 7:00 PM, Rooms 202-204 James Otis Sargent Huntington, Priest and Monk, 1935 EUCHARIST – 10:00 AM NA, 7:30 AM & Noon, Sunday School Wing Lectionary Bible Study, Noon, Room 205 Inquirers’ Class, 6:30 PM, North Gillespie Hall NA, 7 PM, Sunday School Wing 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 Gift Shoppe open 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Thursday THANKSGIVING DAY EUCHARIST – 10:00 AM & 1:00 PM (Spanish) Thanksgiving Dinner, 2:00 PM, Gillespie Hall Parish Office closed. Friday Kamehameha and Emma, King & Queen of Hawaii, 1864, 1885 EUCHARIST with Anointing For Healing – 10 AM Parish Office closed. NA, 7:30 AM & Noon, Sunday School Wing No Men’s Prayer Breakfast Saturday EUCHARIST – 10:00 AM Men’s Prayer Group, 7:30 AM, Eva Pope Room Confessions, 11 AM, High Altar (Father Bumsted) Memorial Liturgy for Harriet Jean Robinson, 1:30 PM EUCHARIST with Anointing For Healing – 5:30 PM Bach Festival, 7:30 PM, Church Sunday EUCHARIST– 7:30, 9:00, & 11:00 AM; 1 PM (Spanish) 30 November Advent Event, 10:15 AM, Gillespie Hall Advent 1 Bridge to the Word, 10:15 AM, Room 207 Gift Shoppe open after the 9 and 11 AM Masses Kick Ball Event, 3:30 PM, Red Rock Park Senior EYC youth (gr 9-12), 6:30 PM, North Wall, Gillespie Hall The Heart to Heart Women’s Book Club and Redeemer men’s book group, Books and Beyond will join in sponsoring an allparish book discussion and dinner on Thursday, 15 January 2015, at 6:30 PM in Gillespie Hall. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown will be discussed after a festive dinner is enjoyed by all. The fee for this special event is $10.00 per person. You may pay by cash or check in the parish office, or if you wish, to pay online at redeemersarasota.org, sign up and pay $11.50 using Redeemer’s PayPal. A full dinner, with beverages and dessert, and a cash wine bar will precede the book discussion. Please sign up ASAP. Seating is limited. Redeemer EYC . . . Contact: [email protected] EYC is more than a youth group! It’s a way to explore your faith as a young person in community here at Redeemer. We’re having an amazing time building a piece of the Kingdom! Invite your friends so they don’t miss out on things like Chariot Races and the COTR Smash Bros. Invitational! SR EYC IS TONIGHT! End your weekend right tonight from 6:30PM to 8:00M by getting together with the best High School crew in Christendom! Tonight we’re starting on a topic the group picked: World Religions. We’ll start with Judaism and over the next few weeks find our way to Buddhism and beyond. What do other religions believe? How are they similar to ours? What is distinct about Christianity? There’s a lot to talk about! Don’t miss it! COFFEE AND COMMUNITY is a fellowship opportunity for our Senior High folks. We’ve been meeting at Pastry Art on Main St. at 4pm on Tuesdays. We’d like to start talking about C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters. Want to join? Just show up! Want a book? Let Fr. David know! JR EYC is like a tiny unicorn smashing your face with a cookie dough pie. That’s a good thing, right? Because Jr. EYC is a very good thing. BUT we will have this Wednesday night off for the holiday! Mark your calendars and we’ll see you next week! ICE SKATING is something that Fr. David has never done. We’re going ice skating on 26 November with our friends from St. Boniface. Fr. David says: “I’m sure that I’m a natural. I hope it’s easy.” Come see how that works out. Wednesday, 26 November; 1:00PM-6:00PM; $20 includes admission, skates, and dinner following! 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 eating some awesome breakfasts. Don’t worry, you’ll be out the door in time for school. Need more info? Talk to Fr. David ASAP so we can see you next Friday morning! Other important dates for EYC: ☻11/25 Thanksgiving Service Project with Salvation Army and CYD ☻11/26 Ice Skating with St. Boniface ☻11/30 FWC and EYC Event at Red Rock Park 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! Please note . . . If you are interested in being on the slate of nominees for the 2015 vestry, please contact Jody Maxwell, Senior Warden, or Father Robinson. Seats to be filled are two from 9:00 AM, one from 11:00 AM, and one from 1:00 PM. Online giving is a simple way to invest in the work of the parish. Use our online giving tool at redeemersarasota.org to support Redeemer. Make one-time gifts, pledges, pledge payments, and memorial gifts with the touch of a button, using your credit card. Why can’t we be friends? Like us on Facebook and share the goings on of the parish on your wall. We welcome the newest members of our parish family: Richard & Stephanie Ross † † † REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS † † † Anglican Cycle of Prayer: The Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain, E-P to the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain, Spain, The Rt. Rev. Carlos López-Lozano Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: St. Clement's, Tampa; St. Thomas's Chapel, Parrish; St. David's, Englewood; St. Dunstan's, Largo; St. Edmund's, Arcadia; St. Elizabeth's, Zephyrhills; St. Francis's, Tampa; DaySpring Conference Center, Parrish Those celebrating their birthdays today: Becky Cardy-Tanzosh, Lorna Clarke, Rebecca Dartt, Billy Johnson, Maria Jungquist, Patricia Paran, Marie Pressel, Susie Reeder Those celebrating their wedding anniversaries today: Edward & Frances Bermudez, Velma & Sharon Keen, Eric & Rebecca Larson, Jay & Kristen Skipper Thanksgiving: for the birth of a daughter, Wylder Malloy, to David & Lisa Arent, on 18 November 2014 Repose of the soul for: William Miller Safe travel: Mike, Katherine, & Brenda Peet; Mae Smith Miller; Stefan Stephenson-Moe ††† The Sanctuary Candle is given to the glory of God in loving memory of Beaty Bamford Maynard. The Altar Flowers are given to the glory of God in loving memory of Christopher Donald Laronge, Velda Toon Smith, John & Mary Pioletti, and Frank & Joyce DeVita. I publish the Banns of Marriage between Nancy Abate of Sarasota and Ron Aretz of Sarasota . 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. The BMO Harris 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 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.