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Rector's Blog

This blog is also available as a podcast.


Rector's Blog: Sent Ones

Rector's Blog: Sent Ones

This blog post is also available as a podcast. I originally wrote this a little over a year ago as we meditated on The Way of Love – The Episcopal Church’s rule of life. My focus, as you’ll see, was on our movement out into the world...
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Rector's Blog: Church, Dead and Resurrected

Rector's Blog: Church, Dead and Resurrected

This blog is also available as a podcast. I really thought we’d be back indoors by now. We saw the COVID case numbers start to dip after the holiday surge, and the vaccines started to come out, and I thought, “This is it: We&rs...
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Rector's Blog: Proclaim the Blessing You See

Rector's Blog: Proclaim the Blessing You See

The blog post is also available as a podcast. I believe that LGBTQ+ people are a blessing to this world. The church community I serve, the Church of the Redeemer, affirms this belief, as does the Episcopal Church to which we belong. We do ...
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Rector's Blog: One Year

Rector's Blog: One Year

This blog is also available as a podcast. This week marks the one-year anniversary of the day the Church of the Redeemer decided to cease in-person worship and indoor gathering. Friday, March 13th, 2020. The clergy, staff, and wardens gath...
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Rector's Blog: Hard Times Come Again No More

Rector's Blog: Hard Times Come Again No More

The blog is also available as a podcast. Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears while we all sup sorrow with the poor. There's a song that will linger forever in our ears Hard times come again no more 'Tis the so...
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Rector's Blog: Proclaiming Suffering, Proclaiming Joy

Rector's Blog: Proclaiming Suffering, Proclaiming Joy

This blog is also available as a podcast. Something really beautiful happened during the Annual Meeting this Sunday. Actually, it happened more than once, and it kept happening. First of all, I want to say that the meeting itself was magical...
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Rector's Blog: A Vision of Beloved Community

Rector's Blog: A Vision of Beloved Community

The blog is also available as a podcast. At the Church of the Redeemer, we have a vision . We have a vision of a worshiping community that knows Jesus and grows in Love: United in relationships of holy connection and communion; growing w...
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Rector's Blog: Proclaiming the Dream

Rector's Blog: Proclaiming the Dream

This blog is also available as a podcast. What if you knew you were loved fully, totally, unconditionally exactly as you are right now? Knew it in your bones and felt convinced of your belonging in this world? Now, on top of that, what if ...
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Rector's Blog: Update On Regathering

Rector's Blog: Update On Regathering

This blog is also available as a podcast. Friends, it’s been a while since we spoke about how our church is dealing with the pandemic, and I thought it might be time to catch up, and to provide as clear a picture as I can give you abou...
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Rector's Blog: Real Unity

Rector's Blog: Real Unity

This blog is also available as a podcast. Unity is the buzzword of the month. In the aftermath of the deadly insurrection that capped off a traumatic election season that took place in the midst of the (still ongoing) greatest public health ...
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Rector's Blog: Stubborn Christians

Rector's Blog: Stubborn Christians

This blog is also available as a podcast. I became a priest, in part, out of stubbornness. I was a waiter at the time, and my coworkers had a lot to do with my decision. Throughout our time working together, many of them consistently commu...
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Rector's Blog: When We Repent

Rector's Blog: When We Repent

This blog is also available as a podcast. Last week I wrote that throughout the Epiphany Season, I planned to interview parishioners about their vocation for my blog. Then Wednesday, January 6th happened. We watched a violent act of insurr...
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Rector's Blog: Your Epiphany

Rector's Blog: Your Epiphany

This blog is also available as a podcast. Ok, so Christmas is over. The baby was born. Jesus is here. God with us. Now what? In the church we celebrate a season called Epiphany, and I’m here to tell you it’s underrated. Epiphany ...
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Rector's Blog: Wait and Wonder

Rector's Blog: Wait and Wonder

This blog is also available as a podcast. Every year is the same. Every Christmas, as the day approaches, we stress about the same things: About our expectations for the day, for the season, about if we will give and get the right things for...
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Rector's Blog: Rest in Peace

Rector's Blog: Rest in Peace

This blog is also available as a podcast. Yesterday I held my friend David’s hand. He told me he loved me. I told him I loved him. We talked about what had been, and what was coming. He told me he was ready. He told me he loved me again. I...
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Rector's Blog: Rest Dysfunction

Rector's Blog: Rest Dysfunction

This blog is also available as a podcast My wife has a sleep disorder. It’s called Narcolepsy. You’ve probably heard of it, though you don’t necessarily know what it does. I remember thinking narcolepsy meant someone would fall aslee...
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Rector's Blog: I am Thankful for You

Rector's Blog: I am Thankful for You

This blog is also available as a podcast. One Thanksgiving we put our names in a hat. There were four families of people together that Thanksgiving – which feels so odd to imagine heading into this quiet little COVID holiday, but there...
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Rector's Blog: We're Taking a Break

Rector's Blog: We're Taking a Break

This blog is also available as a podcast. Back in April, shortly after Church of the Redeemer transitioned to remote and digital ministry, we had a realization: We were losing money. In response to the pandemic and based on our B...
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Rector's Blog: Are You Tired?

Rector's Blog: Are You Tired?

This blog is also available as a podcast. Can we rest yet? Is it time? The dizzying, never-ending buzz, the exhausting, contentious election season, and the marathon Groundhog Day experience of a four-day Election are all in our rearview m...
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Rector's Blog: In the Hands of a Competent God

Rector's Blog: In the Hands of a Competent God

This blog is also available as a podcast. Do you have your plan? We’ve been hearing this question a lot lately as Election Day approaches. And of course, it’s referring to your need to come up with a plan for how you will vote:...
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Rector's Blog: When Jesus Votes

Rector's Blog: When Jesus Votes

This blog is also available as a podcast. In Ireland, during the Troubles, if someone was asked, “Are you a Catholic or a Protestant?” and they responded, “I’m an atheist,” the question would come back immediate...
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Rector's Blog: Why Christians Must Say Black Lives Matter

Rector's Blog: Why Christians Must Say Black Lives Matter

This blog is also available as a podcast. I do a lot of premarital counseling with couples. I don’t spend any time trying to figure out if these two belong together – that’s above my paygrade. And I don’t test them ...
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Rector's Blog: Your Commitment in 2021

Rector's Blog: Your Commitment in 2021

This blog is also available as a podcast. I’m writing to you today about how I’d like you to make a financial commitment to Church of the Redeemer in 2021. If this makes you uncomfortable, I hope you stick around anyway: Your u...
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Rector's Blog: A Place for This Church in Your Life

Rector's Blog: A Place for This Church in Your Life

This blog is also available as a podcast. It seems like we're supposed to preface everything these days with, "I know this not how we'd like things to be but..." We have an understanding, of course, that our lives have been radically up...
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Rector's Blog: Unity not Uniformity

Rector's Blog: Unity not Uniformity

This blog is also available as a podcast. When I was growing up, we talked about politics in my family. Which is to say we argued a lot. Mostly around the dinner table. I’m not sure what there was to argue about – for all inten...
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Rector's Blog: Last Sunday I Stayed Home

Rector's Blog: Last Sunday I Stayed Home

This blog is also available as a podcast. I stayed home and watched church on Sunday. I know you probably did too, since there were only 9 people in the building that day. But, y’know: Normally I’m in it. So even when we’...
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Rector's Blog: Holy Connection and Communion

Rector's Blog: Holy Connection and Communion

This blog is also available as a podcast. When we first started piecing together our Vision Statement a couple years ago, we knew we needed to talk about relationships. The relationships we build and foster here are like the marrow of the ...
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Rector's Blog: I miss taking Communion

Rector's Blog: I miss taking Communion

This blog is also available as a podcast. "I miss taking Communion." "Really? What do you miss about it?" I was not prepared to be challenged by a priest when I said I missed communion. But that was what was happening. I wanted him to say, ...
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Rector's Blog: Building Unity

Rector's Blog: Building Unity

This blog is also available as a podcast. Last Sunday I walked down the center aisle of our Church for the first time in a long time. What’s more, I wasn’t alone! A small group of us had gathered together to rehearse the st...
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Rector's Blog: No Such Thing As Secular

Rector's Blog: No Such Thing As Secular

Last Spring, I preached a sermon about the political implications of the Gospel. It was, I have to tell you, not my favorite topic. Talking about divisive things in the church makes me squirm, and what’s more divisive than politics in our curre...
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Rector's Blog: What Percentage of Your Income Do You Give to The Church?

Rector's Blog: What Percentage of Your Income Do You Give to The Church?

This blog is also available as a podcast. What percentage of your income do you give to the church? Do you know the number? I have almost never known this number my entire life. I remember learning that in the Bible there was a mandate fo...
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Rector's Blog: Where is Jesus in Your Spending?

Rector's Blog: Where is Jesus in Your Spending?

This blog is also available as a podcast. Where is Jesus in your spending? I asked you this question last week, but I sort of hid it at the bottom of the blog, so maybe you didn’t notice it. We don’t get to avoid that question ...
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Rector's Blog: We Sold Our House

Rector's Blog: We Sold Our House

This blog is also available as a podcast. Last Fall I was sitting in a presentation at our Annual Clergy Day and had no intention of having my life changed. My preference would have been to simply survive the day and get home before Cincin...
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Sermons

  • Apr 11 | The Rev. Gary Lubin
    The Mutuality of Love
  • Apr 4 | The Rev. Philip DeVaul
    Don't Cling to Me
  • Apr 2 | The Rev. Joyce Keeshin
    What About Us?
  • Apr 1 | The Rev. Gary Lubin
    No Need to Rush
  • Mar 28 | The Rev. Melanie W. J. Slane
    We Do This Every Year

Becoming Beloved Community

  • Nov 4 | Anny Stevens-Gleason
    Story-Sharing from the Dicoese
  • Oct 5 | Anny Stevens-Gleason
    Awareness, Relationship, and Commitments
  • Feb 14 | Anny Stevens-Gleason
    Becoming Beloved Community: The Long Journey
  • Jan 9 | Redeemer Podcast Team
    Becoming Beloved Community: We're Here to Wrestle
  • Oct 31 | Redeemer Podcast Team
    Inspired

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Welcome to Church of the Redeemer! We invite and welcome ALL to join us in worship and community. In addition to worship, we have a vibrant music community, a fun and welcoming community for children and youth, plus offerings for everyone from young adults to seniors, covering many varied interests.

And we are interested in and want to meet our neighbors! Feel free to come by and introduce yourself to us anytime.

The Rev. Philip DeVaul, Rector

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We love children, and children love Redeemer!

Children are at the heart of life at Redeemer. Children learn about the word of God through our Children's Christian Education programs; they are involved in worship services, they play music in our services, and they form lifelong friendships with each other through their experiences.

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On Sundays we have a livestream 9:00 am Traditional Rite II Liturgy of the Word service. We occasionally, weather permitting, also have Pop-Up Church in Ault Park at 9:00 am and 11:00 am. (Registration is required.)

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, we offer Morning Prayer on our Worship Podcast.

On Wednesdays, we offer a Daily Devotion for Early Evening on our Worship Podcast.

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The community of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer welcomes you! We are glad that you have chosen to explore your faith here and hope that this document can answer some of the questions you may have about Church of the Redeemer. We seek to be an open, inviting community. Our invitation to you is to join us as we grow in faith and reach out in love to others. At Church of the Redeemer we are always seeking to know Jesus and grow in love. We hope that in whatever ministries you undertake will strengthen your relationship with him through your ministry and fellowship here.

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PARKING: Parking is on the street. Please pay attention to the signs indicating proper parking zones. Handicapped parking is available in the front on Erie, in the back parking lot, and on the south side of Raymar.

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