All Recordings from The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
Mar 16, 2023 |
Thursday, March 16, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulThursday, March 16, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, March 16, for online Morning Prayer led by the Rev.Philip DeVaul.
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
Mar 15, 2023 |
Wednesday, March 15, 2023 A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary LubinWednesday, March 15, 2023 A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, March 15, for a Devotion for Early Evening, led by the Rev. Gary Lubin with special music.
This worship service is available here and through our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or simply ask your smart speaker to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship."
Mar 14, 2023 |
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| Anny Stevens-GleasonTuesday, March 14, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, March 14, for online Morning Prayer led by Anny Stevens-Gleason.
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
Mar 12, 2023 |
Direct Access to Grace
| Tym HouseDirect Access to Grace
...the reality is, is that God shows up through Christ
and the Spirit to show us that we are a blessing. He has come to heal us and to
reconcile us, and for us to then go and share that hope with the world because
God is with us where we are presently and where we are moving forward. But how
is that possible?
Well, that's where Romans 5 enters in. Before we jump in to explore the text together, though, I would just like to share a little bit of my own story with you all, not unlike all of us, I am a makeup of many things that make me who I am and create my identity. To share a few; I am a father, I'm a son, I'm a brother.
But also, I am divorced, I'm gay, and I'm a youth minister. So let me maybe unpack a little bit of that for you. I grew up going to a very conservative evangelical church. Now, I will not stand up here and say that it was all bad because I gained a lot of things from my church home. A lot of good things that have shaped me, informed me, and that have rooted me in the faith that I have today.
But as you can imagine, there were also things that I learned growing up that made me question, and really caused harm to me for things that I came to learn later about myself, specifically regarding my sexuality. It wasn't until later in high school where I started to even understand what that looked like, but my foundation had already been laid for me to question that part of who I was.
Well, that's where Romans 5 enters in. Before we jump in to explore the text together, though, I would just like to share a little bit of my own story with you all, not unlike all of us, I am a makeup of many things that make me who I am and create my identity. To share a few; I am a father, I'm a son, I'm a brother.
But also, I am divorced, I'm gay, and I'm a youth minister. So let me maybe unpack a little bit of that for you. I grew up going to a very conservative evangelical church. Now, I will not stand up here and say that it was all bad because I gained a lot of things from my church home. A lot of good things that have shaped me, informed me, and that have rooted me in the faith that I have today.
But as you can imagine, there were also things that I learned growing up that made me question, and really caused harm to me for things that I came to learn later about myself, specifically regarding my sexuality. It wasn't until later in high school where I started to even understand what that looked like, but my foundation had already been laid for me to question that part of who I was.
Mar 12, 2023 |
Sunday, March 12, 2023 Rite II Holy Eucharist
| Tym HouseSunday, March 12, 2023 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, March 12, Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music. The Rev. Melanie Slane as Celebrant and Tym House as Preacher.
Michael Delfin on the organ and the Church of the Redeemer choir.
This worship service is also available live at 9:00 am on Sunday, and as a video following that at https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/online-worship/
Michael Delfin on the organ and the Church of the Redeemer choir.
This worship service is also available live at 9:00 am on Sunday, and as a video following that at https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/online-worship/
Mar 10, 2023 |
Rector's Blog, Conversions - Part 2
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulRector's Blog, Conversions - Part 2
I was 41, standing in my kitchen with my hand in a bowl full of flour and water and salt, and I did not hear God talk to me. I didn’t hear much of anything, other than the same Ella Fitzgerald album on endless repeat from the speaker on the kitchen counter. I was about 5 months into leading our church in a pandemic. I felt isolated and stir crazy and very tired of my beautiful family. I was insecure about the future of our church, which felt small compared to the fact that I was scared for the future of our country. On top of that, In the last month our dog had died, and we had moved into a smaller house. I was confused and exhausted and heartbroken.
For whatever reason, COVID-19 did not bring about a crisis of belief for me. That is not a brag, just a strange statement of fact. It had been 21 years since the moment on the hillside when I heard God’s voice and realized I believed. 21 years later, and I was pretty sure I believed in God at least once a day every day. But I was in despair because I wasn’t sure I believed in people anymore. I mean, I knew people existed, I just wasn’t sure why, or what we were doing with this gift of life. A lot of despair there.
And though I believed in God, I did not hear their voice. So, I did what many sensible White men did during the pandemic: I started making sourdough bread.
Mar 09, 2023 |
Thursday, March 9, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneThursday, March 9, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, March 9, for online Morning Prayer led by the Rev.Melanie Slane.
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
Mar 08, 2023 |
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary LubinWednesday, March 8, 2023 A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, March 8, for a Devotion for Early Evening, led by the Rev. Gary Lubin with special music.
This worship service is available here and through our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or simply ask your smart speaker to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship."
Mar 07, 2023 |
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| Anny Stevens-GleasonTuesday, March 7, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, March 7, for online Morning Prayer led by Anny Stevens-Gleason.
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
Mar 06, 2023 |
Being Righteous
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulBeing Righteous
If when you see God coming down the lane, you say, here
comes blessing, here comes love. My heart is filled. I can't wait to find out
how I'm loved. That is good and healthy relationship, and you don't have to be
religious to get this because again, you know this in your real friendships and
relationships in your life, you know the people that when they come over, you
don't even care that your house is a mess.
You know those people where you don't even say, I'm sorry, it's a mess cuz they're just in and they love you and you know it. Are those the good relationships, the healthy ones, the people who, when you see them, you see something beautiful and powerful and you recognize how they're loving this world and the people who make you feel like loving more? That is a good and healthy relationship.
And what Paul's talking about today is simply howwe have a good and healthy relationship with the one who made us. We do it first and foremost by just having the right lens at which we look at God.
You know those people where you don't even say, I'm sorry, it's a mess cuz they're just in and they love you and you know it. Are those the good relationships, the healthy ones, the people who, when you see them, you see something beautiful and powerful and you recognize how they're loving this world and the people who make you feel like loving more? That is a good and healthy relationship.
And what Paul's talking about today is simply howwe have a good and healthy relationship with the one who made us. We do it first and foremost by just having the right lens at which we look at God.
Mar 05, 2023 |
Sunday, March 5, 2023 Rite II Holy Eucharist
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulSunday, March 5, 2023 Rite II Holy Eucharist
Join us for worship this Sunday, March 5, Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music. The Rev. Melanie Slane as Celebrant and the Rev. Philip DeVaul as Preacher.
Michael Delfin on the organ and the Church of the Redeemer choir.
This worship service is also available live at 9:00 am on Sunday, and as a video following that at https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/online-worship/
Michael Delfin on the organ and the Church of the Redeemer choir.
This worship service is also available live at 9:00 am on Sunday, and as a video following that at https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/online-worship/
Mar 03, 2023 |
Rector's Blog, Conversions - Part 1
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulRector's Blog, Conversions - Part 1
I had been raised Christian but had left my church as a teenager with no intention of returning to organized religion. I had not been traumatized and did not leave angrily. But I increasingly did not see a place for myself in it. In the intervening time, I self-described as Christian, but spent a lot of time really wondering if I believed God was real at all. It really bothered me that I couldn’t prove God’s existence. I mean, really bothered me. Somehow, in my childhood, I had assumed God was obvious, and when God became anything but obvious, and the church could no longer guilt or scare me into saying I believed, God shifted to an idea or a concept more than a divine being. I was even slightly embarrassed that any of the God stuff mattered to me. It did not seem very cool to care. But I did. I always did. I had no idea what to do with God. And then God spoke.
Mar 02, 2023 |
Thursday, March 2, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulThursday, March 2, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, March 2, for online Morning Prayer led by the Rev.Philip DeVaul.
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
Mar 01, 2023 |
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 A Devotion for Early Evening
| The Rev. Gary LubinWednesday, March 1, 2023 A Devotion for Early Evening
Join us today, Wednesday, March 1, for a Devotion for Early Evening, led by the Rev. Gary Lubin with special music.
This worship service is available here and through our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or simply ask your smart speaker to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship."
Feb 28, 2023 |
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
| Anny Stevens-GleasonTuesday, February 28, 2023 Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Tuesday, February 28, for online Morning Prayer led by Anny Stevens-Gleason.
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
Feb 27, 2023 |
Two Sides of the Same Coin
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneTwo Sides of the Same Coin
Today in Paul's letter to the Romans, we are presented with
two diametrically opposed realities of human life as we know it. On one side,
we have sin brought about by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden; the wanting to
be like God, knowing good and evil. And we hear that this way brings death. And on the other side, we have Jesus, the pioneer and
perfector of our faith, the giver of grace and life and love. On this side is
life.
For a long time, I viewed these two divergent certainties as separate conundrums that I myself stood in the middle of and dabbled in each some of the time. But after years of contending with the two, I realize that they're not actually separate currencies, but two sides of the same coin.
Two sides of our true human condition, painfully captivated by revenge, dishonesty, and self-centeredness on the one side, and at the same time, capable of immeasurable good, and loving kindness and fortitude for the way ahead. Rooted in our deepest longing to be in loving relationship with our creator. The truth of who we are is sin and righteousness fused together in form and function, but wholly committed to different currencies.
For a long time, I viewed these two divergent certainties as separate conundrums that I myself stood in the middle of and dabbled in each some of the time. But after years of contending with the two, I realize that they're not actually separate currencies, but two sides of the same coin.
Two sides of our true human condition, painfully captivated by revenge, dishonesty, and self-centeredness on the one side, and at the same time, capable of immeasurable good, and loving kindness and fortitude for the way ahead. Rooted in our deepest longing to be in loving relationship with our creator. The truth of who we are is sin and righteousness fused together in form and function, but wholly committed to different currencies.
Feb 26, 2023 |
Sunday, February 26, 2023 Rite II Holy Eucharist with Baptism
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneSunday, February 26, 2023 Rite II Holy Eucharist with Baptism
Join us for worship this Sunday, February 26, Holy Eucharist, Rite II with music. The Rev. Philip DeVaul as Celebrant and the Rev. Melanie Slane as Preacher.
Michael Delfin on the organ and the Church of the Redeemer choir.
This worship service is also available live at 9:00 am on Sunday, and as a video following that at https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/online-worship/
Michael Delfin on the organ and the Church of the Redeemer choir.
This worship service is also available live at 9:00 am on Sunday, and as a video following that at https://www.redeemer-cincy.org/online-worship/
Feb 24, 2023 |
Rector's Blog, Better Not Easier
| The Rev. Philip DeVaulRector's Blog, Better Not Easier
Earlier this week, I looked dozens of people in the eyes and told them they were going to die. And nobody got mad at me for it. Some of them even said Amen. It’s a day in the life of the church we call Ash Wednesday. It marks the beginning of Lent – a Christian season of fasting and penitence that leads up to Easter. The whole focus of the day is our mortality, and we spend our time together reflecting on the part death plays in our understanding of life.
Halfway through the service, people come forward and kneel at the altar rail. This is the place where we usually give them communion – that spiritual food and drink that connects them to their eternal life with God. But on this strange day, as they kneel at that same rail, I dip my thumb into a little jar and coat it with ashes, then smudge those ashes in the sign of a cross in the middle of their foreheads. While I do it, I say directly to them, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” I do it over and over again. I get good at it – good at getting the right amount of ash on my thumb, on not getting ash all over my vestments, on saying the words as if I mean them, on making eye contact with those who want it. It becomes automatic. But one thing I am realizing each year I do this: It is not getting easier.
Feb 23, 2023 |
Thursday, February 23, 2023, Morning Prayer, Rite II
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneThursday, February 23, 2023, Morning Prayer, Rite II
Join us this morning, Thursday, February 23, for online Morning Prayer led by the Rev. Melanie Slane.
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
To assist you in following along you may use your Book of Common Prayer (BCP) beginning on page 80. If you do not have a BCP at home, use the buttons below to use the online version or download a pdf version.
Our worship services are all available here and in our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or ask Alexa, Google, or Siri to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship
Feb 22, 2023 |
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Rite II Holy Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes
| The Rev. Melanie W. J. SlaneWednesday, February 22, 2023 Rite II Holy Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes
Join us tonight, Wednesday, February 22, for Rite II Holy Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes, led by The Rev. Philip DeVaul as Celebrant and the Rev. Melanie Slane as Preacher.
This worship service is available here and through our Online Worship podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple podcast, Stitcher, and Spotify or simply ask your smart speaker to play the podcast “The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Online Worship."