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APRIL 2020
TheVisitor
Special
“How We’re
Doing it Now”
COVID-19 Edition
A Community in the Model of Christ
All Our Redeemer’s building facilities are closed to non-essential activities until further notice.
Staff members are working remotely and can be contacted by email or by calling 206 783 7900.
Contents
FROM THE PASTOR 3 COMMUNITY 11
WORSHIP & MUSIC 4 SOCIAL JUSTICE 16
LIVING GENEROUSLY 8 RESOURCES 18
FAITH FORMATION 10 CALENDAR 19
COVER/INSIDE COVER
On the Cover: Virtual worshippers (and some pets)
participating from home.
Right: Virtual worshipper (and their dog).
Below: How we all are feeling....
• Katherine Hawks, Pastor kathyh@ourredeemers.net
• Gretchen Mertes, Pastor pastor.gretchen@ourredeemers.net
• Karie Stearns, Parish Administrator administrator@ourredeemers.net
• Karen Lee, Traditional Worship & Music Director
• Shannon Beck, Interim Social Justice Coordinator
• Debbie Lematta, Communications Coordinator
• Katlin Dickinson-Laurence, Office Coordinator & Co-Welcome Minister
• Amy Hammett, Co-Welcome Minister
• Hannah Wetter, Nursery Care Provider
2400 NW 85th St. • Seattle, WA 98117 • 206-783-7900 • www.ourredeemers.net
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From the Pastor...
Are We Really Alone...
John 16:32 - 32The hour is coming, indeed it has days. (Can you imagine if this was happening in the
come, when you will be scattered, each one to his days before the internet!? It blows my mind to think
home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone of it.) Our topic was: What does it mean to face an
because the Father is with me. enemy that you cannot see? As we were sharing
our coping strategies, and our hopes for the coming
Greetings, my scattered friends! What strange days days, we noted that there are many places around
we are living in. Wilderness, indeed. A more apt Lenten the world where living in fear and uncertainty of an
theme could not have been chosen, as we are in the unseen enemy is normal daily life. And that we are
middle of journeying 40 days until Easter, and 40 days an extremely privileged country to not have had to
of social distancing (at least) and wondering what experience something like this for at least 100 years.
more the future holds for us. And even in our experience, we still have access to
food, wifi, and Netflix as we ‘suffer’ through these
One of the hardest parts of these days is not being times. So perhaps there is some deep humility that we
able to gather together in person. The effects on our can immerse ourselves in as part of this process. At
mental well-being may actually be quite profound! As least, that’s my prayer.
a fairly obvious extrovert, (shocking! I know!), I know
that I like to be by myself sometimes, but definitely The deepest truth is that even in our loneliest times,
not all the time. I’m already excited for the party that in the darkest night, and in the scariest places, we are
will be the next time we get to be together in worship, not alone. We never were. God, who is love, is with us.
and in fellowship. It’ll be a blowout for sure! God, who is hope, is comforting us. God, who inspires
faith, has a word for us. God knows we suffer, God
I’ve found myself reflecting on what it must have been sees us, and God will resurrect our lives even when
like to be on Noah’s Ark. Just Noah, his family, and a we can’t see the path forward. So pray, read your
million animals for 40 days and 40 nights. As of this Bible, download Zoom, and remember that in the end,
writing, we’re only sequestered for 14 days and nights, everything will be good.
but who knows what will be? Things seem to shift
daily, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole Corona You are not alone.
Virus experiences ends up being Biblical in proportion.
I imagine folks got pretty snappy on the ark, and Amen.
tensions must have run pretty high. I’m praying that
as we muddle through this time that we remember to
give patience to ourselves, and whoever else is stuck
in the ark with us. Eventually, the clouds will part, and
the dove will come with the olive branch, and there
will again be peace and eating in restaurants again. Pastor Gretchen
I was happy to see some familiar faces last night
at Theology on Tap via Zoom, a meeting app that’s
allowing us to worship and hang out together these
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Worship and Music
How We’re Worshipping
Ways to Remotely Worship on Sundays
Each Sunday we will be gathering online at 11:00am. There are three ways to do this.
By Facebook Live. Simply go to www.facebook.com/ourredeemers. You don’t have to have a Facebook
account – it’s a public channel.
By Phone. call 1 669 900 9128 , and then enter this number when prompted: 822 691 346. This method
only lets you listen, but it works well, and is less technologically fraught.
By Zoom.
• Download the Zoom app to your computer, tablet, or cell phone. It’s free!
• Click this link: https://zoom.us/j/822691346. The link works from 10:45am – 12:15pm every Sunday.
• Make sure your video is on, and your audio is muted. The controls are in the lower left corner of your screen.
Your audio should be muted throughout the service.
• Use “Speaker View” from the upper corner of your computer screen.
• You can chat using the chat function throughout the service. This can be to add prayer requests, ask
questions, and high five your friends.
Katlin, our Welcome Minister, will be monitoring the chat and make sure that our worship leaders know what
questions you have.
The bulletin for Sunday will be available on our website for download at www.ourredeemers.net/virtual-
worship/. You can print it at home, or save a tree and look at it on a screen.
If you have questions about live-streaming, please email Pastor Gretchen or Katlin and we will do our best to
help.
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HOLY WEEK 2020 AT OUR REDEEMER’S (PLAN C)
Yep. Our staff started planning Holy Week last summer, and finished by the end of January. THEN, the pandemic!
Enter Plan B. We made a whole new plan for creating “Holy Week Kits” for each household, with palms, bread
and wine, votives and bells for each service during the holiest of weeks. THEN, the “stay at home” order, keeping
worship leaders from being in the church. So now, PLAN C! Different from anything we’ve done before – but
meaningful, even so.
Holy Week 2020 – The Journey to New Life
Re-living the Passion of Jesus…which is our story!
This year’s Holy Week will center simply and fully on the scriptural story of Jesus’ last days, crucifixion and
resurrection. All our worship will be streamed, with simple in-home, hands-on ways to participate (except our
24-Hour Prayer Vigil, which will take place at home).
There are some simple things that we can use as part of our worship services together to make things more
interactive and meaningful. The tools you might consider finding around your house are as follows:
April 5 @11am - Palm Sunday – Enter Jerusalem with Jesus!
You will need a branch or leaf. If you have a palm branch – GREAT! But if not, any branch will do. We will also be
celebrating Holy Communion, so have your bread and festive beverage ready to participate.
April 9 - Maundy Thursday – Share Jesus’ Last Supper and a New Commandment.
At 6pm we will share a special meal together, each from our own homes. At 7pm, we will share communion
together. You will need: a small loaf of bread, and some port wine, or the beverage of your choice.
April 10 - Good Friday – two ways to participate.
1) Pray with Jesus.
Our Good Friday Prayer Vigil will continue this year, with those who volunteer to pray praying from home. The
vigil runs from 12pm April 10 to 12pm April 11, with individuals signing up for each hour. Prayer requests to be
prayed during the vigil should be sent to Kari Guddal at kari_guddal@outlook.com.
2) Listen to Jesus on the Cross.
During the day, you are invited to listen to the Faure Requiem, available at this LINK.
At 7pm, we will join others from our synod at a Service of Tenebrae (shadows) which include Jesus’ seven
last words from the cross. The link for the service is www.LutheransNW.org/HolyWeek. To enhance your
participation, try and find seven candles, and a room that will be dark when the candles are out. They are
extinguished one at a time, throughout the service.
April 12 – Easter Sunday @11am – Rise with Jesus!
We will be worshipping virtually with our whole synod, with our Bishop, Shelley Bryan Wee, preaching. The link
for the service will be found at www.LutheransNW.org/HolyWeek.
We will have Holy Communion together. Some tools to make the day more festive: find a bell that rings! You can
ring it every time we say Alleluia! And make a sign or banner that says “ALLELUIA!” with as many colors as you
can find, to display in your windows, or parade around your house and yard.
Each of these simple things will enhance our worship experience together. Of course, if they’re not handy, it’s no
big deal – come as you are!
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Worship and Music
Our Redeemer’s Prayer Chain is Here
Do you have a prayer request? Are you feeling
particularly anxious or concerned right now, and would
appreciate someone praying for you or with you?
Although you may not know it, Our Redeemer’s has a
wonderful group of people dedicated to praying for any
and all concerns or joys in our community. In these times
when prayer is such a comfort and strength, these folks are
available for all of us.
You can:
• Email or call Mary Peters at maryinballard@msn.com, 206 784-8403
• Email, call or text Valerie Tung at valolin@gmail.com, 206-999-8318 (best times: 10om-midnight)
• Eric Olson at ericolson33@msn.com 206-713-4379
• Linda Carbone lindac19@comcast.net 206-783-2476
• Stephanie Running ewrunning@earthlink.net 206 551-8695
And, of course, your pastors are available by phone, text, or email. God’s peace be with you!
Good Friday 24-Hour Prayer Vigil
April 10 Noon to April 11 Noon
Although we won't be having 24-hour Prayer Vigil in church, you can take part at home! Sign up by:
Emailing or calling Kari Guddal, 206-790-1780, kari_guddal@outlook.com, or
Sign up online to pray for an hour filling out this online form.
Prayer requests and resources will be provided later. Thank you!
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Worship and Music
Holy Week
All Activities will be Live-streamed
Go to www.ourredeemers .net for updates and details
Palm Sunday
Sunday, April 5, 11am
The story of the passion - Enter Jerusalem with Jesus!
Maundy Thursday
Thursday, April 9, 6pm - Share Meal; 7pm - Share Communion
Share Jesus’ Last Supper and a New Commandment
Good Friday
Friday, April 10, 7pm
Tenebrae Service
24-Hour Prayer Vigil
April 10-11, Good Friday Noon to Holy Saturday Noon
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP AND PARTICIPATE FROM HOME
Easter Celebration - Rise with Jesus!
Sunday, April 12, 11am
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Living Generously
How We’re Giving
Dear Friends,
In the last few weeks, I’ve had fresh appreciation for our community.
Despite the changes and challenges right now, the ministries and community of Our Redeemer’s
continue. We are caring for our Road to Housing guests, the Ballard Food Bank, and the people whose
lives are most compromised by the virus.
We are reaching out to one another. Phone calls. Texts. Emails. Offers to help. Prayers. Setting up new
groups and new technology. Words of ready thanks and appreciation. Our strong staff are working
harder than ever.
But there’s no question the pandemic hits many of us financially—and our ability to give. If that is you,
please know, your giving to God is between you and God, and there is no shame or judgment about
any choices you make. We pray for all of us who face such challenges.
On the other hand, our congregation’s financial generosity keeps us strong and stable into the future.
If your circumstances haven’t changed, please keep giving at the same level or perhaps pray about
whether you can give a bit more to offset those who cannot right now. (See the next page for ways to
make giving easier during this time.)
With kindness, compassion, strength, and desire to welcome all, without exception, Our Redeemer’s
continues to be Christ’s hands and heart and voice. And right now, we seek to be Christ’s light in this
difficult time.
God is with us. Always. And God will provide, as God always has, from generation to generation.
And when we look back on this time, we will know more deeply than ever before how faithful God is
and how fortunate we are to be part of this beloved community.
THANK YOU, VERY MUCH - for Living Generously and Giving Faithfully+
Pastor Kathy
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Living Generously
Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church
Electronic Giving Options
1. Online Giving
Go to ourreedemers.net and click on the “Donate” button on the upper right
hand of home page to see online giving options,
-OR-
Contact Parish Administrator Karie Stearns (administrator@ourredeemers.
net , 206-783-7900 x107) and she can get you set-up or make changes to
existing accounts.
2. Mobile Giving App
Go to the App Store or Google Play and search for “GivePlus+ Church” to
download for FREE.
3. Give-by-Text
From your smart phone, enter the 10-digit number: 206-717-8465 and
the amount you wish to donate, then press send.
4. Mail a Check
Make a check out to Our Redeemer’s, c/o Karie Stearns,and mail or deliver to
the church, 2400 NW 85th Street, Seattle, 98117.
Thank you for your generosity. We appreciate whatever you can do.
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Faith Formation
How We’re Connecting
New! Circles of Connection
Our pastors are working to form up intentional groups of folks to stay connected to each other. Groups will
meet by zoom at set weekly dates and times (as they schedule individually). Each group will have the following
purpose:
• Check in – remind each other of your names, and then answer one question to help you know each other
well.
• Dig deep – Join in conversation around a short list of questions based on the pastor’s sermon from the
previous Sunday.
• Pray – Pray extemporaneously or using a set prayer from a list of choices. Include specific prayer requests
from within your group.
• If you would like to be part of a group, or lead a group, please email Pastor Kathy or Pastor Gretchen, and
we will be in touch very soon!
Groups/Classes/Meetings on Zoom
Katlin Dickenson-Laurence, our office guru and welcome minister extraordinaire, has been working to create
Zoom meetings for each group that regularly meets at church for whom meeting virtually makes sense. That
schedule is the same schedule as the times you had been meeting in person.
The groups we are scheduling are as follows: Theology on Tap, Road2Housing, Caring Community Team, Choir,
Madonna’s Book Group, Men’s Breakfast, Life Masters, Staff Meeting, Faith Formation Team, Church Council,
Executive Committee, Social Justice Team, Traditional Worship Team, Generosity Team, Vision Aligned Building
Team, and our new Circles of Connection.
If your group isn’t listed here, and you would like a zoom meeting scheduled, please contact Katlin at
office@ourredeemers.net.
Council Calls
Our council not only works hard to ensure Our Redeemer’s mission is strong, they care! And they’ve decided
that this time when we are separated in so many ways is an excellent opportunity to reach out individually, and
see how each of Our Redeemer’s’ households are doing.
Expect a call or voice mail in the next few weeks, simply checking in, but also listening ears for any church
matters you’d like to mention, or personal concerns you’d like support with.
Our council members are: Dinah Coble, Amy Dahlgren, Morgan Fowler, Matt Grover, Mike Hlastala, Shelbe
Kukowski, Emilie Purvine, and Terrence Rindler.
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What Happened in March? AUCTION!
Go raibh maith agat! Or, THANK YOU to everyone who helped make our auction a huge success! We had over
thirty-five donors, forty volunteers, and two hundred people attend our annual festival and auction.
• Big thanks to the Tara Acadamy of Dance for donating their time and talent for our amusement, and to the
Fork and Fin food truck for making a donation as well!
• For our annual Fund-A-Need, we raised the paddle to get a new commercial-grade dishwasher for our
church kitchen, and were grateful to surpass our goal of $9,000. Amazing!
• For our general fund, we raised over $17,000. This is GREAT!
I love that our auction is an event where we build community, donate from our gifts and talents, and have the
win-win-win of supporting this congregation financially, getting something cool out of it, and hopefully building
relationships along the way. Let’s do it again next year!
Just a note that if you purchased something at the auction, invoices were mailed the last week of March, and we
would love to be able to close the books on the auction quickly. Thank you for your timely payment!
Thank Yous:
Team
Donors The McCarthy-Fredericks Family
Jerry & Ronda Andrews
Harold and Carol Alley America Mejia
Karen Carlson
The Altman-McBride Family The Mertes Family
Carolyn Davis
Sandy Box The Neu Family
Paula Hlastala
Bob Carlson Eric and Melanie Olson
Tim Hunter
Linda and Karl Christensen Sally Parker-Henderson
Lynne McNeill
Barbara Dougherty Denny Palmason
Nancy OldenKamp
Phillipa Dugaw The Running Family
Erica Prentice
John and Linda Ellingboe Joe Saldin
Stephanie Running
The Fork & Fin Food Truck The Seattle Mariners
Lisa Thompson
Morgan Fowler Don and Mary Simpson
Sam Trussell
Brandy Fox The Somm Family
Margaret Wetter
Jerri Harden Ed & Jenn Steidl
Shelley Wetter
Mike and Paula Hlastala Hannah, Margaret, and Shelley Wetter
Ed and Tricia Kloth
Talent
Shelbe & Chauntae Kukowski
The Devilies & Steven Rystrom
Harold Laurence
The Tara Academy of Dance
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AT THE 2.29.2020 AUCTION!
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AT THE 2.29.2020 AUCTION!
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How We’re Caring for Each Other
Friendship Calls
Our Caring Community Team is creating a list of some of the more vulnerable members of our community (folks
over 60 and those who are immune compromised), and coordinating Friendship Calls to check in and remain
connected to folks who are truly isolated during this time. If you would like to participate in our Friendship Calls,
please contact Linda Carbone at lindac19@comcast.net.
Intergenerational Pen Pals
Pastor Gretchen and Mandy Neill have started working together to pair some of our younger folks with people
who might like to receive some creative mail and maybe form a pen-pal relationship. If your young person would
like to give it a try, or if you’re someone who would love to receive some mail from a kid, please contact Mandy
or Pastor Gretchen and we’ll get you some details. neillmandy@gmail.com or pastor.gretchen@ourrdeedemers.
net.
How We’re Helping
Giving to the Food Bank by Tom Bernard
The Ballard Food Bank is continuing to serve our hungry neighbors during this crisis, though in a slightly different
format. Instead of allowing clients to shop our grocery model, as we’ve been doing for many years, we have
prepacked bags of food that we offer to clients and then amazing volunteers that augment those bags with
meat, cheese, produce, sandwiches etc.. . This allows us to service the specific dietary needs of clients while
reducing the amount of social interaction.
If you’re wanting to help out, the Food Bank could really use more volunteers. Monetary donations, as well,
are very much appreciated as those enable us to be nimble and buy what we specifically need. There is also an
Amazon wish list on the website if you’d like to check that out as well. Go to ballardfoodbank.org to find out
more.
Helping with Worship by Pastor Gretchen
We would love to have your talents and abilities through our online services! If you would like to read
scripture, pray the prayers, or sing a song of special music, you can totally do that! And it would be a gift to
our community. Simply contact Pastor Gretchen (pastor.gretchen@ourredeemers.net) or Karen Lee (karen@
ourredeemers.net) with your ideas or desires to help, and we’ll plug you in, gratefully! Kids and youth are
encouraged to participate, as well as folks of all ages. You don’t have to be a professional, or even polished. God
loves gifts that are offered with heart. Thank you for thinking of ways to participate!
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APRIL BIRTHDAYS
1 Susan Hanson 4 Connor White 18 Hazel Prentice
1 Kirsten Malone 4 Nicholas White 19 Earl Ecklund
1 Kenneth Prentice 7 Joanne Marson 20 Philip Dovinh
2 Stephanie Fowler 9 Peter Richmond 21 Laurie Soine
2 Jeanne Gersten 10 Tyler Glover 22 Pamela Altman
2 Aden Michaelsen 13 Christina Forssen 22 Connor Osborn
3 Torin Ege 15 Theodore Fowler 26 Mandy Neill
3 Lucas Frantz 16 Genevieve Knight 26 Janis Ward
3 Carolyn Swanson 17 Ava Haroldson 27 Jacoby Wander
4 Maren Rindler 17 Candace Todd-Robbins 30 Nora Jancola
Please Support Ballard P-Patch’s
Fundraising Efforts
Our Redeemer’s supports the Ballard P-Patch in their efforts to
raise money to Save the P-Patch. Can you help? Start by going
to www.mightycause.com/organization/Ballard-P-Patch. Check
out all the different ways you can participate to give the gnome a
home!
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How We Do Social Justice at Home
If you want to get an earful, just ask a team of social justice advocates to stay home for a few weeks. It can feel
like being asked to disengage from the work we feel matters most. This is our calling as faithful social justice
advocates. And sometimes, we are NOT to be messed with. Although staying home does not feel particularly
satisfying, there are many things we can do from the comfort of our couch. Consider using this time as an
opportunity to expand your wheelhouse of options. Perhaps one of these:
• Speak up about racism associated with the virus. People are concerned for their safety.
• Report price gouging https://www.atg.wa.gov/file-complaint.
• Support local businesses that are still open or who are doing online shopping and delivery.
• Sign this petition to address the COVID-19 crisis for people experiencing homelessness: https://p2a.
co/9k9aJho
• Donate food or money to the Ballard Food Bank. If you feel comfortable, volunteer. https://www.
ballardfoodbank.org/
• Call your senators to demand a moral stimulus that speaks to the needs of all people. People before profit!
855-999-1663
• Read/educate yourself. Here are a few excellent choices which I would be happy to loan if you cannot find
them at a local bookstore.
1. The autobiography of Dorothy Day: The Long Loneliness. A fascinating look at the Catholic Worker
Movement and the life of Dorothy Day.
2. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Strength to Love. This collection of MLK’s letters and speeches is life
changing.
3. Michelle Alexander: The New Jim Crow. Find out what all the conversation is about regarding mass
incarceration. This is an intense read, but well worth it.
4. Soong-Chan Rah: Prophetic Lament. Rah is an important voice for the church today and as powerful in
person as his books. It is a study of Lamentations.
5. Desmond Tutu: No Future Without Forgiveness. This book is his account of the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission in South Africa.
6. Miguel A. De La Torre: Doing Christian Ethics from the Margin. This academic book will give you new
language to talk about faith and justice.
Let Shannon know if you are interested in participating in a Social Justice book study and which are most
compelling to you, outreach@ourredeemers.net.
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Road to Housing Update
Road to Housing currently has five vehicles in our program. We are keeping these folks but not bringing any new
people in for the well being of our current guests during the COVID-19 season.
If you are interested in supporting our current residents, gift cards are helpful. They should be delivered to
Shannon (outreach@ourredeemers.net) and she will take care of distribution.
Ballard Sunday Dinner
Currently, our Ballard Sunday Dinner, April 19th and we are planning to prepare a to go meal as we did in March.
Interested in helping out? Contact Shannon: outreach@ourredeemers.net or sign up ONLINE.
Sandwich Sunday
Sandwich Sunday is postponed until further notice.
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Resources To Help Survive These Times
St. Paul lived in dangerous times. He wrote his beloved church in Philippi:
The Lord is near. 6 Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts
and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8
Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever
is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence
and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 9 Keep on
doing the things that you have learned and received and heard and seen in me,
and the God of peace will be with you.
Philippians 4:5-9
So true! Do you set aside time for prayer? Here are some resources for you to explore and use during our trying
times. Blessings on your time with God.
• Pray As You Go: An app with a daily 10-14 minute music/scripture/prayer prompt, but also prayer tools
for breathing, special prayer focuses on anxiety, loneliness, insomnia, etc. The readers have lovely, (usually)
non-stuffy voices.
• Christ in Our Home Devotions: With this current health crisis, some people may be without a physical
copy of Christ in Our Home. To assist with devotional life during this time, a limited-time complementary
email subscription is being offered. Sign up and receive the daily devotional to your email for the remainder
of March and April 2020. Sign up here.
• Unfolding Light Unfolding Light is a daily reflection (weekdays) by Steve Garnaas-Holmes rooted in a
contemplative, Creation-centered, justice-oriented spirituality. unfoldinglight.net.
• Celtic Christianity and Music Facebook Group: They describe themselves as “a Sanctuary with a Celtic
soul. We hope to encourage you with posts that reflect God in our world. Through music. Through prayers
both new and ancient. Through poetry and prose. ….a community of care…celebrating and living out the
unconditional love Christ has for all creation.”
• Centering Prayer App: Create your own quiet time, with an opening prayer, beginning sound (lute, gong,
bells, etc.) how long you would like to enter silence, and then an ending sound to let you know when the
time is complete.
• Our Redeemer’s Spiritual Life-hack Group: Not specifically for prayer, but frequently inspirational. And
perhaps we can share what prayer practices and prayers are especially helpful to us right now.
How about you? What prayer resources do you use that you would like to share? Please forward them to
Pastor Hawks, and we will figure out a way to share them more broadly.
18 The Visitor April 2020Note: The events on this calendar are not in-
person meetings; all gatherings may choose to
meet online. Check with your group leader for ourredeemers.net/calendar
details or email office@ourredeemers.net. April 2020
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3 4
Office Closed#
7am Men’s Breakfast 3:45PM Staff Meeting
10:30am Bible Study
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
PALM SUNDAY MAUNDY THURSDAY GOOD FRIDAY
11am Online 7pm Faith Formation 10am Staff Meeting 7:30pm 12pm Prayer Vigil 12pm Prayer Vigil
Worship Service Team Online Service Begins Ends
10:30am Bible Study Stripping of the 7pm Online
Altar Tenebrae Service
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
EASTER SUNDAY 10am Staff Meeting
11am Online 7pm Executive Team 10:30am Bible Study Newsletter Content 7pm
Festival Celebration Meeting 12pm R2H Meeting Deadline
Service
Tenebrae Service
12:15pm Life Masters
Prayer Around
the Cross
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
11am Online 6:30 Church Council 10am Staff Meeting
Worship Service Meeting
10:30am Bible Study
2-7pm Ballard
Sunday Dinner
26 27 28 7pm 29 30
11am Online 10am Staff Meeting
Festival Celebration
10:30am Bible Study
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The story of the passion - Enter Jerusalem with Jesus!
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Share Jesus’ Last Supper and a New Commandment
Good Friday
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