5th Sunday Potluck
5th Sunday Potluck
We will share a meal and welcome new members to Redeemer this Sunday following worship. Bring an entree to share and (if possible) a side dish or dessert. We’ll take care table service and bottled water. If you’d like something else to drink, bring it (and some to share).
The Path of Life
In our lectionary readings for Sunday, David praises God for disclosing to him “the path of life” where he encounters God's presence wherein “there is fullness of joy...pleasures forevermore.” I love paths. I am grateful for many fond memories of intimate forests, expansive vistas, meandering dialogue with friends along the way, surprises around the corner that nature grants such us wildflowers, birds, insects, deer, and other creatures.
But paths are not always so agreeable. I can also recall inclimate weather, arguments, stings and bites, steep climbs, hunger and thirst, and being lost.
On Sunday, we'll actually be exploring St. Paul’s description of the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5, but they apparently come to those who are on a journey and “walk by the Spirit.” What do we do when we find that the “path of life” seems like it’s taking us through the wilderness rather than through the flower garden? How do we “keep in step with the Spirit” as Paul encourages us to do?
Those of you who’ve read or seen Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings will know that even though it is hard to stay on the path, we are never alone on the journey, and that makes all the difference.
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with weary feet,
Until it joins some larger way,
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
Still ’round the corner there may wait
A new road or secret gate;
And though I oft have passed them by,
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun.—Bilbo Baggins
I look forward to taking another few steps on the path with you Sunday.
Steve E+
OTHER NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Membership Sundays—June 29 and August 31
Pause on Evening Prayer—we will pause our gatherings for Evening Prayer for the month of July.
Summer Compline—During the summer pause in Redeemer’s Evening Prayer, you are warmly invited to join The Maryland State Boychoir for compline at The MSB Center for the Arts, 3400 Norman Avenue, in the charming Mayfield neighborhood of Baltimore.
Compline is a service of prayer and reflection that originated in the daily “offices” of the monastic tradition, offered when work is complete in the quietness of evening. It provides an opportunity to give thanks for the day’s blessings and anticipate God’s gift of a new day.
A chamber group of Boychoir alumni and current young adult choristers sing the service’s responses and anthems, illuminated by candles and light from the church’s stained-glass windows, with a guest clergy member officiating. A wine and cake reception follows on the patio (weather permitting).
Flyers with the full schedule of the Maryland State Boychoir’s Summer Series, including compline, are available Sunday on the table at the rear of the Sanctuary. All events are free and open to the public.
Morning Prayer—Tuesday-Friday mornings, 8AM on Zoom
Men’s Bible Study—Thursdays, 7AM @ 1309
Chesapeake Baysox Baseball and Fireworks (all 6:35PM)—
· Saturday, July 12
· Friday, August 22
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