Reflection

Mary Knott, Head of Parish Day School

Dear Redeemer Community,

It is hard to believe that it has been 15 years since I made the decision to join the Parish Day School faculty as a kindergarten teacher. It was the perfect opportunity at that juncture in my life. I was thrilled to be teaching in a community I loved in a position that was conducive to the growth of my young family. With the majority of my experience as a fourth-grade teacher, at the time I thought it would be a brief stop before I would return to teaching older elementary students. While I had been a teacher for over ten years, I did not understand the enormous value of a high-quality early childhood education. 

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The Rector's address from last Sunday's Annual Meeting is available in print here and in audio here.

Confirmation and Reception this Sunday

This weekend Bishop Carrie Schofield-Broadbent will visit Redeemer for all three services and at the 10:00 a.m. Sunday service will confirm and receive the following youth and adults into the Episcopal Church:

Eliza Bright Barczak, Sarah Bruns, Lynn Brynes, Sophie Reese Brynes, Sue DeSantis, Catherine Emily Green, Lucy McKay Guyton, William Seth Holaday, Holly Maddux, Claire McGagh, Keith McGill, Lisa McGill, Luke Bayard Morelli, Benjamin David Paglinauan-Warner, Henry Dodson Poe, Ian Herbert Thomas and Erica Wilkinson.

Evensong this Sunday @ 5:00 p.m. in the church

Join the Redeemer Choir, the Choir School of Baltimore, and Redeemer clergy for a festive Evensong this Sunday, May 5, at 5:00 p.m. The choirs will be offering Philip Radcliffe’s Preces and Responses, Herbert Murrill’s Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in E, and Philip Moore’s exciting setting of All wisdom cometh from the Lord. The Choir School of Baltimore will offer Derek Holman’s Prevent us, O Lord. This will be the last of our current season of Evensongs. We hope that you will plan to join us and invite friends and family to come with you.

Our guest conductor, Jack Warren Burnam, has pursued and active career in music in Delaware for more than fifty years, as a choir trainer, conductor, organist, accompanist, and composer. He has served as Organist/Choirmaster at Immanuel on the Green in New Castle, Delaware, as well as Parish Musician of Immanuel Church, Highlands; Music Director of Congregation Beth Emeth; Director of Choral Activities at Tower Hill School; and Artistic Director and Conductor of the chamber chorus CoroAllegro. For over twenty years he was a member of the core music staff of the RSCMA Summer Choir Course in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Jack is an active member and Past President of the Association of Anglican Musicians. He lives in Delaware with his wife, Jeannette

Wednesday, May 15 @ 7:00 p.m. in the church

A Sacred Argument: Dispatches from the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Encounter is a memoir written by ICJS founding Executive Director Chris Leighton, who retired in 2018. In this work, he recounts his friendship and collaboration with the late Rabbi Joel Zaiman, who was a driving force in the creation and work of ICJS. A Sacred Argument also addresses the sharp political, social, and religious polarization in society, equipping readers with practical and theoretical resources to engage problems that all too often break down trust, shut down honest conversations, and disrupt collaborative action. 

Christopher M. Leighton, Ed.D., is the founding director of the Institute for Islamic, Christian, Jewish Studies (ICJS), successfully leading the organization until his retirement in 2018. In addition to his 33 years of interreligious leadership at the ICJS, he has served as an adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins University and at St. Mary’s Seminary and University. Chris and his wife now reside in New Harbor, Maine.

On Wednesday evening, May 22 at 7:00 p.m., join us for a screening of Philadelphia Eleven, a compelling new documentary film about the first women to become Episcopal priests. Free and open to the public.

In 1974, a group of women and their supporters organized their ordination as Episcopal priests in an act of civil disobedience and challenged the very essence of patriarchy within Christendom.

This documentary film tells their story. The ordinations of the Philadelphia Eleven opened the way for fifty-years of living more fully into equity across the gender spectrum in an historically patriarchal institution. While there is still much work to do to dismantle oppression in all its forms, the Episcopal Church has inarguably been changed because of what happened on July 29, 1974 at the Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia.

Supporting the Belize Pilgrimage on May 12

Back by popular request after a delicious first run in December, the Belize pilgrims are back with another cookie sale on 5/12! Stop by their tables after church to purchase some delicious homemade cookies and support their fundraising for this summer’s pilgrimage to Belize. The pilgrims will also have bespoke, handmade bouquets – created under the tutelage of our own Flower Guild! – available for purchase as well. Both make excellent gifts for moms, mother figures, or really anyone in your life. We are just under half way to our fundraising goal – can you help us get all the way there?

If you aren't able to be with us on May 12 you may support the pilgrims by making a contribution through online giving. Click here to support the trip to Belize.

Join Redeemer's BUILD team on Tuesday evening, May 7 @ 6:30 p.m. at St. Frances Academy, 501 E. Chase Street for a Mayoral Action. We’ll hear from Baltimore’s mayoral candidates prior to the May 14 primary election. Redeemer has committed to bring 75 people to this action.  Click here to register and join us on May 7 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.! Carpools will form in Redeemer's parking lot at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Questions? Contact Ted Winstead

Wear your BUILD t-shirt to services this weekend!

Rejoice in the Arts!

We’d like to give a huge shout out to all of the artists who graciously shared their creativity in the art show currently on exhibit in the church. Enormous thanks are also due to the organizers and behind-the-scenes workers who made this possible. It’s a fabulous exhibit, and we hope that everyone has had a chance to enjoy it at a leisurely pace. Just a reminder that 30% of all sales go to support the art department at Govans Elementary School; and if you’re interested in purchasing any of the art which is marked for sale, please contact the artist directly. The show will be up through May 19. Many thanks for your support of the visual arts within our parish!

Sunday School



Sunday school is offered each Sunday during the program year for pre-school through 5th grade. Sunday school begins at 9:45 am. Children will join their families at the 10 am Eucharist during the Peace. Please contact Rebecca+ with any questions. 

Services this Weekend

Sixth Sunday of Easter

Saturday, May 4 @ 5:00 p.m. in the church

Faith@Five

Holy Eucharist, Rite 2

PREACHER The Rt. Rev. Carrie Schofield-Broadbent

CELEBRANT The Rev. David J. Ware

READERS Wendy Moskowitz & Alice Pinderhughes

Sunday, May 5 @ 8:00 a.m. in the chapel

Holy Eucharist, Rite 1 

PREACHER The Rt. Rev. Carrie Schofield-Broadbent

CELEBRANT The Rev. David J. Ware

Scheduled to Serve

LAY EUCHARISTIC MINISTER Peter Shafer 

READER Kathy LaPlant

FLOWERS Ally Abernathy, Mary Carpenter 

ALTAR GUILD Joanne Calvert

Sunday, May 5 @ 10:00 a.m. in the church

Holy Eucharist, Rite 2 with Confirmation

Click here to join the service via livestream

PREACHER & CELEBRANT The Rt. Rev. Carrie Schofield-Broadbent 

OFFICIANT The Rev. Rebecca E. Ogus

DEACON The Venerable Ruth Elder 

ASSISTING The Rev. David J. Ware & The Rev. M. Cristina Paglinauan

Scheduled to Serve

VERGER Anne Suydam Haskins 

ACOLYTES Clare Cheston, Sam Coons

LAY EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS Margaret Daley, Lucy Neale Duke,

Ann Warfield, Judy Wright

READERS Vanessa Lowery, Lois Schenck 

INTERCESSOR  Susan Millard    

 FLOWERS Ally Abernathy, Mary Carpenter

USHER SUPERVISOR Steve Skeen 

USHERS Carrie Goldrick, Sean Goldrick, Anita Richardson  

ALTAR GUILD Brenda Ehlers, Alex McMahon, Ann Warfield, Betsy Willett

Sunday, May 5 @ 5:00 p.m. in the church

Evensong

Weekday Service Schedule

Tuesdays 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist in the church

Wednesdays 8:00 a.m. Embodied Eucharist in the chapel

2024 Stewardship

Collectively, we are on a pilgrimage. We are encountering. We are being transformed, even as we seek to be the change we wish to see in our lives, our city and our world. In order to keep going, we need you. Thank you for prayerfully considering how you might contribute financially to our collective pilgrimage in 2024 and for making as generous a pledge as you can. 

Thank you for thoughtfully considering your pledge to Redeemer in 2024. 

Download a 2024 pledge form or make your pledge online here.

FAQs about stewardship at Redeemer.  

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Questions? Email Ellen Chatard

Bible Study

If you never thought you would study the Bible, then this is the class for you! Join us in person or on Zoom for a far-ranging, free-wheeling, intelligent and emotionally honest discussion of this amazing resource. The Wednesday morning class meets from 10:00-11:30 a.m. in person and on Zoom. The Wednesday lunch time class meets from 12:00-1:00 p.m. on Zoom (only) and the Thursday evening class meets at 6:00 p.m., in person only in the Women's Council Room. 

Zoom Links:

Join 10:00 a.m. Bible Study on Zoom

Meeting ID: 863 7962 7803

Passcode: N3GA0M

Join 12 noon Bible Study on Zoom

Meeting ID: 831 6876 2958

Passcode: B9r07u

Going Deeper @ Redeemer



Click here for the March 2024 Vestry Minutes

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Vestry Minutes from the last 12 months are available here.