Celebrating the Sacred
Worship and Sacred Arts
Altar & Eucharist | Choirs & Music | Visual & Performing Arts
Altar & Eucharist
Lay Altar Ministries
Sundays 9:30 – 11:30 am
Liturgical worship is very involved and requires a good number of volunteers each Sunday and Holy Day. Acolytes, usually youth from the parish, serve as crucifers and torches. MC’s assist at the altar and ensure that everything and everyone is in the right place at the right time. Chalice Bearers assist with the chalice when there aren’t enough clergy to do so. Lay Readers read the Old Testament and the Prayers of the People. Ushers help pass out bulletins, collect offerings, and keep an orderly flow of people. Our Altar Guild helps set up for services and keeps all the altar appointments clean and orderly. The Flower Guild provides beautiful flowers for Sundays and decorates for Holy Days. If you are interested in joining any of these ministries or have questions, please contact Fr. Brian or Fr. Samuel!
Midweek Eucharist
Wednesdays, 12:15 pm
A midweek Eucharist is offered every Wednesday in the Pendleton Chapel, beginning at 12:15. This is a simple, “Said Mass,” and typically lasts for only about 30 minutes—easy to fit into a lunch break. We also offer Holy Communion on all “Red Letter Days.” Please see the announcements in the bulletin for specific dates and times.
Children’s Liturgy of the Word
Sundays, 10:15 – 11:45 am
Children’s Liturgy of the Word for children ages 3-9 is held during the worship service. Children follow a cross during the Gloria to the Pendleton chapel where they follow and participate in a child-friendly service. Each week they sing, help read a Psalm and the Gospel reading for that Sunday and then reflect on the Gospel reading. They are given an opportunity for an art response or work on an activity page. They return to the sanctuary at the Offertory hymn.
Choirs & Music
Choir of Christ the Redeemer
Thursdays, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
The Choir of Christ the Redeemer is open to adults, teenagers, and children age 9 and up. Rehearsal takes place in the Church every Thursday, from 6:30–8:30pm. This community prays and cares for each other, and sings the 10am Eucharist most Sundays, September 10 to Trinity, plus Choral Evensongs, All Souls, Christmas Lessons & Carols, Ash Wednesday, Holy Week, and Triduum. New members are welcome. Contact Dan McKinley, our music director and choirmaster.
Treble Choir
Tuesdays, 4:00 – 5:30 pm
The Trebles (age 9 and up) of the Choir of Christ the Redeemer rehearse Tuesdays in the Church and otherwise follow the schedule of the Choir of Christ the Redeemer.
The Cherubim Choir
Tuesdays, 4:00 – 5:00 pm
The Cherubim Choir (ages 6, 7, 8) meets in the Parish Hall starting mid-October. The group sings occasionally for the Sunday morning service.
Visual & Performing Arts
Light in the World
Light in the World is the Visual Arts ministry of Christ the Redeemer. Through contacts among those interested in visual arts, we bring people from other churches and anyone interested in visual arts into our community. The most visible part of this ministry are the three annual art shows we hold each year. The Sunday evening openings of these shows coincides with Choral Evensongs. Our fall group show, with the theme “I Cry from the Depths” opens after the Requiem service and continues for six weeks. Our Winter solo show will open after Candlemas Evensong. The artist has not yet been announced. Our Spring group show, opening in May 2027 has the theme: “Whimsy” . In addition to our Art Shows we sponsor a Speaker Series. Our speaker this fall will be Artist Timothy Neill. The ministry also includes monthly gatherings in a home setting to discuss the ways Christian faith impacts the work of the artist. If interested please contact Allegra Smick or Michael Chiusano.
Liturgical Threads
This ministry involves women of the church gifted in sewing and embroidery who are using their skills to create linens, vestments and paraments for use in worship at Christ the Redeemer. A new memorial gift consisting of a Green Frontal, Pulpit Fall, Chalice Veil and Burse are under construction and will be blessed before Christmas 2026. Those interested in a memorial gift might consider working with the Liturgical Threads ministry to create more items to beautify the worship at Christ the Redeemer.
Beauty, Truth, and Goodness are One, and find their perfection in God alone, who is their sole source.
It is not an uncommon experience in our parish to suddenly feel as if we’ve been transported, in a moment of worship, to the heavenly liturgy itself, suddenly surrounded by angels, and archangels, and all the company of heaven. In those moments, as eternity becomes palpable here on earth, we can feel our whole person moved and set aflame with the glory of God. In these moments, you have had an experience of the sacred.
It is not merely through words and lessons that the faith is transmitted, but through shared patterns of worship, rituals, and symbols that transcend words, and can be apprehended by all. If anything marks the Christian tradition of sacred worship, it is beauty. That which is truly beautiful captivates the soul. Beauty, Truth, and Goodness are One, and find their perfection in God alone, who is their sole source.
Celebrating the Sacred is something at which our parish excels. Whether it is through our liturgical traditions, or through the ministry of our excellent choir and music ministries, or through our arts ministry, or through Imago Stage, we have made it a defining factor in our parish life to not only preserve our sacred culture, but to celebrate it.
Join us on Sundays at 10:00 am.