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News and Announcements
Crucial Events This Sunday!
There seems to be great Spirit-fueled momentum toward what we’ve been praying for together for over five years...the purchase of a permanent home for Redeemer!
Join with us at 9AM in the Fellowship Hall (downstairs) as we continue together in this prayer!
Then later, it’s time to talk about the financial resources it will require. To that end, we’re hosting two opportunities for you hear some truly incredible stories about great things that are already happening, to answer your questions, to share our vision for the future of Redeemer, and to talk specifically about the financial commitment it will take to get us there.
We will be meeting:
Today following worship and some refreshment (care for younger children will be provided)
Tuesday, November 21, 7PM at the Wishart home (for space and parking reasons, registration is required)
As I’ve said, one of our goals is to answer any questions you have regarding this purchase. And so that we can be as thoughtful and thorough as possible in our response, please submit questions in advance. You can still do so here.
Another goal is to secure financing by the end of our “free look study period” which means we must have commitments in hand (in the offering) or postmarked by or before Sunday, November 26. I know this doesn’t allow a lot of time, but with the speed at which doors have opened to us, it is necessary. We will ask for one-time gifts and/or three-year commitments for future expenses. The most urgent thing right now, though, is having as much cash on hand as possible at closing.
I hope you’ll take one of these opportunities to hear more about this amazing possibility, and accept the invitation to join is in its pursuit.
Steve+
Membership Sunday, December 3
From Redeemer’s By-Laws:
Article VIII, Section 2: Membership in the Congregation shall extend to those who:
1. have reached the age of majority;
2. have been baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (and preferably Confirmed by the Bishop);
3. assent unreservedly to the three Ecumenical Creeds (Apostles’, Nicene, Athanasian);
4. sacrificially steward their time, talent, and treasure in the furtherance of Redeemer’s Shared Vision*;
5. regularly attend the public worship of Redeemer Anglican Church (regular attendance being here defined as at least monthly, to the greatest extent possible at a worship service, or if shut-in, to have receive communion monthly); and,
6. publicly sign the Redeemer Parish Registry (The Big Green Book).
Article VIII, Section 3: Membership shall be considered Inactive when voluntarily withdrawn or transferred, or after a period of two years (24 months) of inactivity.
*To Proclaim and promote the Gospel; giving ever more time, talent, and treasure to seeking the flourishing of our neighbors.
To this point, Membership at Redeemer has been “passive” in the sense that if a person were fulfilling certain expectations, they were considered a “Communicant Member”—a member in good standing—with no “official act” on their part. Our Province and Diocese, however, strongly urge that membership our churches be “active”—an act on the part of each member that indicates who’s “with us”. Additionally, that accurate records be kept (Active Members, weekly attendance, giving, baptisms, confirmations, events, etc.). Historically, Anglicans are a devout record-keeping bunch.
The Vestry has been working since mid-2022 to develop an active and meaningful membership—amending our By-Laws accordingly—that expresses certain fundamental expectations and provides flexibility for how these expectations are lived out in community. Catechesis and Confirmation, for example, are not required within the membership framework (baptism and historic Creedal assent are), nor do we narrowly define how “time, talent, and treasure” be stewarded. We believe our stakeholders are responsible, intelligent, and creative and can best decide these things.
Sunday, December 3rd has been designated Redeemer’s inaugural “Membership Sunday” where we will publicly declare our intentions to be “officially” united with our sisters and brothers in the Redeemer community.
Other Important Events:
Sunday, December 10—Redeemer Annual Meeting
Sunday, December 24—Christmas Eve Lessons and Carols
Monday, December 25—Christmas Day Holy Communion
Sunday, December 31—Fifth Sunday Potluck
