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Gatheringthe Newsletter of the Church of the Redeemer Dear Friends, Suddenly the Summer Is Over and the Unofficial New Year Is Upon Us the Harvest 2016 GatheringThe Newsletter of the Church of the Redeemer Dear Friends, Suddenly the summer is over and the unofficial new year is upon us. The weekdays at Redeemer are buzzing with meetings, guests for the drop-in, and jackhammers making way for the new and long expected entrance to our church. There is a feeling of the launch into change and growth and challenges. Our leadership teams are look- In most churches these tasks are set up, ing ahead and planning worship and enabled by the priest, but here the job and music, learnings and activi- of the clergy, the staff and the musicians is to enable, support and bring to fullness ties, outreach and ministry. The those who step forwards. Church of the Redeemer is an This is how a church ought to be. The enviable circle of ministry. Here vibrancy of the church makes it vibrant. the work of the church is done by the But I haven’t answered my “Why” question yet. people of the church. Bright and able I cannot tell you for sure, as each person’s jour- people who have chosen to become ney is different, but here is my hunch. People see something worth doing and want to do it. People active are those who drive and imagine grasp hold of a vision of hope and follow it. People and plan and put into action so much of see something happening that is good and beau- what we do. tiful and healing and they want to contribute As your interim priest I get to stand slightly to its growth. Church at Redeemer is not a duty outside the circle and watch it and wonder at or a chore, it is a blessing and a joy. People here how this all works. What I notice is that people know that, and in response they find themselves here have taken steps forward into ministry in telling friends about how good this place is that they have found, and they find themselves getting ways that people often do not in other church- involved in it, and the more they put in the more es. “Why?” I wonder… I think that when you they receive back. come to Redeemer, if you open your ears and As we look ahead we are considering how the eyes, you notice that this is a church where books are balancing. It’s the end of summer and you can just come to rest and recover. It is a the books are never good right now, and you’ll be place of nurture in the beauty of holy wor- hearing more about that in the weeks to come. But ship. Sunday-by-Sunday we offer an oasis of I just discovered something which absolutely stag- sacred space led by choirs and all who bring gered me. There are members of this church who the worship together each week. But read on have seen, perhaps as I am seeing, the real value of in the bulletin and see what else is happening the ministry we do, and they are offering not just $500 a month, or $1000 a month, but double and here. Redeemer is a place where you can move treble and more. There are staff who are paid part- in the “ship of the church” from passenger to time who work full-time, and the full-time people crew! There is a banquet of activities: places work easily 150-percent. There are volunteers who to study and learn, to serve and help, to lead take responsibility as if they were on salary! No and explore, to reach out and to be nurtured. one complains! 1 That the Church of the Redeemer, your church, mation, hope and joy. May you find in this church, is “worth so much” is shown to me over and over with delight and thanksgiving, that pathway that again. I really hope your summer was a time of rest, leads you into God. reconnecting with people, places and activities In peace that feed you. And I hope that you will find, in the life of this, your church, challenges, healing, affir- David This Year in Youth Ministry Megan Jull This October we welcome our own Ali McIntosh into the role of Youth Ministry Apprentice. Ali begins officially in this capacity on October 9, 2016. She will be commissioned at the 9.30AM service at a later date in October. The Youth Ministry Apprenticeship Program (YMAP) began a number of years ago under the auspices of the Archbishop’s Committee on Youth Ministry. It is meant to educate and equip potential youth leaders for minis- try in a parish setting. There is the opportunity to “job shadow” a youth ministry professional and to learn on the job, leading ministry and programs for youth. Ali McIntosh was formed by the youth ministry pro- serve as greeters, readers, intercessors, communion gram at Redeemer and has volunteered in its leadership ministers, and host refreshments on the third Sunday for a number of years. Ali has facilitated Sunday morn- each month. This program has done much to shape ing programming and has planned and chaperoned our young people and shape us as a worshipping com- events. This apprenticeship is a way for her to continue munity. Our youth are ready for the next level. With that work in a paid capacity. Her work Ali’s help, they will experiment and here will be funded by a YMAP grant. re-imagine their participation, they As well, she will have the opportu- Adolescents are looking for a will learn about the various compo- nity to follow a course of independ- soul shaking, heart waking, nents of the liturgy, and they will ent study, network with other youth world changing God to fall have the opportunity to reflect on leaders in the diocese, and complete their experiences. We hope that this a project in ministry. Welcome to this in love with; and if they deeper and more reflective partici- new and enhanced role, Ali! do not find God in the pation in the leadership of the litur- For her project, Ali will help us to Christian church, they will gy will help to nurture our youth as re-imagine how we might continue they grapple with the big questions to include youth in leadership in most certainly settle for lesser of faith. Why God? Why Jesus? Why liturgy, particularly at the 9.30AM gods elsewhere…So will we. should I pray? Why should I come service. You might be familiar with to church? Why is faith important? the existing model, where youth – Kenda Creasy Dean Does this matter to me? • 2 For This Gathered Community: tentment that the Holy Spirit will reveal God’s call to us. We are at peace to offer the best that we can to God, con- tent that God will use our gifts to transform and delight. Thanks Be Trust: We are a community that trusts in the Holy Spirit. We trust that God will provide us with the gifts we need to provide ministry at the corner. We are a com- To God munity where we can be trusted to allow our members to express themselves, to offer their gifts, in a way that Peter Bennett is pleasing to God. I had the privilege of attending two significant confer- Power of the Holy Spirit: We are not a service club, ences in the last six months and I want to use this article and let me assure you, this is not to take anything away to try and distill my thoughts on the characteristics of from service clubs. When we prepare our budget, organ- community that resonate with me. ize a meeting or event, arrive in the kitchen to offer The first conference was sponsored by Waterloo hospitality, go to the airport to meet a stranger, enter a Presbytery at Knox Presbyterian Church featuring Dr conversation that truly means “how are you?,’ we have Kenyon Callahan. The second was ‘Inspire, Ask, Thank,’ no idea what God has in store for us. We engage because a three-day national gathering of Anglicans with an we are confident in the power of the Holy Spirit, we’re interest in stewardship. confident we are endowed with the gifts we need to ful- I find scripture a good place to start, so let’s begin fill God’s will for us. with Paul’s statement to the Romans chapter 15, verse Overflow: As I write this, I am looking at the garden 13. ‘May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace, my wife, Heather, planted. It’s not a big plot but we as you trust in him, until, by the power of the Holy Spirit, have enjoyed more fresh vegetables in the last month you overflow with hope.’ than we have eaten in the last six months. The garden Hope: People gather in community because we is overflowing. We’ve shared the abundance with our are looking for hope. We are looking for assurance, neighbours, and our hostess gift on more than one not despair. We are confident in God’s call to us, not occasion has been a basket of herbs and vegetables. We depressed by the task at hand. We encourage and are are truly blessed. One time, when Jesus preached too encouraged. We grow in faith and ministry that at this long, his disciples realized they would have to feed the corner, or around the world, we have a vision that moves crowd.
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