Click on the hyperlinked text below to read the March 26th Sarasota Herald Tribune article featuring Rev. Fredrick Robinson:

‘Stations’ at Church of the Redeemer

Noted Christian theologian and Duke University ethicist Dr. Stanley Hauerwas preached at morning services at the Church of the Redeemer on Sunday, March 6. That same evening at 7 p.m., he lectured on “Moral Theology” to a very large audience of parishioners and folks from the community.

Dr. Hauerwas is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professors of Theological Ethics at the Divinity School of Duke University, and is an internationally renowned moral theologian who has devoted his life to the study of current issues and how they relate to Christian moral teaching.

Listen to the audio of his lecture here:

Scottish members of the St. Andrew Society of Sarasota — including Gary Reinstrom, Pipe Major and one of the founders of the Jacobites Pipe & Drum Band — with Clergy of the Church of the Redeemer, after the 13 February Solemn Evensong, which featured a celebration of the Kirkin o’ the Tartan.

The practice dates to the 18th Century when the English prohibited public display of Scottish Clan tartans and Scots began to secretly bring pieces of their tartans to church to be blessed.

The Church of the Redeemer in downtown Sarasota has a new Assistant Priest – the Rev. Lance Wallace was ordained on December 7, 2010. Among other responsibilities, Fr. Wallace will oversee Redeemer’s clergy visits to the home-bound program, work with the young adult ministry, and coordinate with missions and outreach volunteers.

Fr. Wallace holds a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from the Reformed Theological Seminary; and in 2010 took his Certificate in Anglican Studies from Nashotah House Theological Seminary. He earned his B.A. in English from Northern Illinois University.

Read the full story and see fabulous photographs of this newly installed icon created by Sister Eliseea Papaciocat and installed this year at the Church of the Redeemer. There’s also a video of an interview with Sister Eliseea.

Click here for the story.http://images.acswebnetworks.com/1/371/InFocusIcon.pdf

Click on the hyperlink below to read the article on Redeemer’s 60th anniversary that appeared in the Pelican Press on October 7, 2010:

Community gathers to celebrate Redeemer’s 60th anniversary

Click on the hyperlink below to see photos from Redeemer’s 60th anniversary that appeared in the Sarasota Observer on September 30, 2010:

Church of the Redeemer celebrates its anniversary

(To see slideshow of entire event, scroll down to bottom of this news story.)

Sunday, September 26, the Church of the Redeemer celebrated its 60th Anniversary of being on Palm Avenue in downtown Sarasota. The evening’s events began at 5:15 p.m., with the first Solemn Evensong of the season, which was followed by a Blessing, Dedication, and Ribbon-Cutting for the newly constructed Palm Avenue terrace and entrance to the church’s Gillespie Hall.

Over 300 parishioners and guests from the community attended, including Mr. Timothy Hensey, Executive Vice President of W.G. Mills, Inc., whose company oversaw construction of the terrace addition; project architects Javier Suarez and Javi Suarez of Apex Studio Suarez; mosaic artist Truman Adams; and Tom Younkman, who designed and installed the landscaping along the new terrace and Palm Avenue sidewalk. Members of the Downtown Sarasota Alliance and Sarasota City Commissioner Suzanne Atwell attended as well, and Sarasota Mayor Kelly Kirschner spoke during the ribbon-cutting.

The new terrace, entry, wall mosaic, stained glass windows, and trees and plantings were all blessed by the Rt. Rev. Dabney T. Smith, the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Southwest Florida, attended by the Rev. Fredrick A. Robinson, Redeemer’s Rector, the Rev. Richard Marsden, Associate Rector, and Reverends Richard Lampert and Lance Wallace.

The event featured University of Florida student soprano Adelaide Boedecker singing solo, Ann Stephenson-Moe on organ, Principal Trumpet for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Daniel Mendelow in accompaniment, and a full choir, under the direction of Dr. Daniel Moe, Composer in Residence. A reception followed inside Gillespie Hall.

A traditional Episcopal parish with nearly 2,000 members, the Church of the Redeemer has been serving the Sarasota community since the mid-1880s. Sarasota’s first mayor – Colonel J. Hamilton Gillespie – was among the church’s earliest members and served as a deacon. Over the years, under the leadership of Redeemer clergy and laity, Episcopal congregations were established at St. Mark’s Church in Venice, St. Boniface Church on Siesta Key, and St. Wilfred’s Church on Clark Road in Sarasota. Lay people from Redeemer were also instrumental in initiating All Angels by the Sea on Longboat Key, Holy Spirit Church in Osprey, St. Margaret of Scotland and Church of the Nativity, both in Sarasota, and St. Mary Magdalene in Manatee County.

The Church of the Redeemer established Resurrection House in 1990, to serve as a daytime care and resource center for homeless persons in the community. Resurrection House has since become an ecumenical facility serving over 150 people every day; Redeemer’s Rector, the Rev. Fredrick Robinson is the President of Resurrection’s Board of Directors. As well, Redeemer runs the Episcopal Thrift House located on Second Street in downtown Sarasota; all profits from the Thrift House are funneled back into local, national, and global charities.

Sunday worship services are offered at 7:30, 9, and 11 a.m., as well as a 1 p.m., service in Spanish; Saturday, a contemporary worship service is offered at 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, the Holy Eucharist is offered twice — Wednesday at 7:30 a.m., and Thursday at 5:30 p.m., with Morning and Evening Prayer offered daily at 8:30 a.m., and 5:15 p.m.

Click on the hyperlink below to read the Sarasota Herald Tribune article on the LOGOS program that appeared on September 2, 2010:

Owning the faith early on

Click on the hyperlink below to read the Sarasota Herald Tribune article on the Episcopal Thrift House that appeared on August 19, 2010:

Thrift House serving a need