PLEASE NOTE: PLEASE NOTE: This Sunday, July 12th, @ 9:30 am Summer on the Green officially beings! You can join us either in person at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in Hamilton (see map below) or online.

Dear Christ the Redeemer family,

These past months have been trying and unsettling. For some people, questions they would rather not ask and realities they would rather not face have pushed themselves forward and refuse to be easily tucked back away.

I believe the struggles of this time provides opportunity for the Gospel; for people to hear afresh or with listening ears for the first time about the God who has loved them and has drawn near to them.

If you or anyone in your life is in a place like this, I’d like to recommend the Alpha Course to you. Alpha is one of the most effective ways people have met Jesus Christ in our society over the past few decades. It is a wonderful course, well-presented, simple-without-dumbing-down, that walks people through exploring the person and work of Jesus to his Cross and Resurrection, and etc. It includes introducing them to the Holy Spirit, and orienting them to how to read the Bible.

During these last months online Alpha has seen some wonderful success: people can connect and yet remain in their own space as well, if they feel a little timid about trying out a course like this.

We are starting online Alpha July 21st from 7-9 p.m., and I encourage you to check it out or – even better! – to invite a friend, relative, colleague, or neighbor to virtually do Alpha with you. Alpha Online will run for ten weeks.

Dear friends, our Lord Jesus is with us, in the midst of all these things of these days. May you know his presence and love, and may Jesus Christ be praised,

Tim+

p.s. The clergy and staff have been busy preparing for Summer on the Green, which starts THIS Sunday, July 12th! We are SO excited to finally be able to worship and celebrate the Eucharist together in person once again for the first time since March 8th. If you’re planning to attend, we’d love it if you would check in here beforehand to let us know. For more information and safety details, please go to ctrnorthshore.org/summer. Bulletins will be available online each week at ctrnorthshore.org/sunday-liturgy by Saturday for you to print and bring, or you can follow along online using your smartphone (we wont be printing paper bulletins). We are prayerfully anticipating the things that God will do in our midst during this unique new season, and we are especially looking forward to seeing you and being together as a church body once again!