Dear Redeemer Family,

Normally I would announce each of these things one at a time, week by week, but there are so many new and joyful things happening in our church that I need to bundle these announcements together. Please, if you can, read this all the way through to the end!

PARISH HOUSE

Your Vestry has located and purchased a row house in the Museum District (3328 Hanover Ave.) for use as Redeemer Parish House!

Review: for those of you who were not able to attend the Town Hall meeting this past Sunday evening, here is how we arrived at that decision and navigated the purchase.

Over the Summer, our staff and Vestry realized that the growth of our church necessitated repurposing all of our staff offices at 2715 Grove Ave. for Redeemer Kids and Nursery ministry.
This moved our staff to working off-site at Common House on Broad Street.
We explored a wide variety of possible solutions, and decided that the most responsible financial option was to purchase a property that could be used both for worship/ministry purposes and for staff offices.
In early November, the search team identified 3328 Hanover Ave. as a viable property; having the necessary group gathering space on the first floor and the necessary staff workspace on the second floor.
The Vestry formed an LLC, New City Properties, to serve as the legal entity for purchasing and owning the property.
The LLC made an offer of $659,000 and after some negotiation, it was accepted.
Following inspection and further negotiations regarding some minor roof and electrical repairs, we closed on Dec. 1.
We expect to spend December and January painting, fixing-up, and furnishing the house so that we can all begin to use it in February of the new year.

Big thanks to our Junior Warden, Matt Morgan and our Director of Operations, Jeff King for doing the lion’s share of the work in making this purchase happen. Well done!

If you would like to read more about the vision for how the Parish House will be used, click here.

ANNUAL REPORT & TOWN HALL MEETING

Each year, our team puts out an annual report to review the past season of ministry and to look ahead to the coming season.

You can pick up a hard copy of the annual report at Sunday worship services or you can read a digital version here.

Additionally, those of you who missed the Town Hall meeting this past Sunday evening might like to listen to the audio recording. You can find that here.

HIRING NEW STAFF

As our church continues to grow, we must continue to hire new staff to shepherd people and facilitate the many expanding ministries of the church. To that end, we are searching for three new staff positions:

Parish Administrator: This is a 10 hr/week paid position that is focused on behind-the-scenes administrative tasks that assist the rest of the staff in doing their jobs with excellence and efficiency. We are searching for someone that is a detail-oriented, self-motivated, problem-solver. For a full job description, click here.
Associate Rector: This is a full-time + health benefits salaried position that is focused on a wide variety of general pastoral work across many ministries of our parish. We are searching for someone who is warm, mature, theologically trained, and gifted in discipleship and spiritual formation. For a full job description, click here.
House Manager: This is a 3-5 hr/week volunteer position to oversee the physical maintenance of the new Parish House at 3328 Hanover Ave. We are searching for someone within the church who would enjoy helping us steward this physical property and who has a flexible weekly schedule that would allow them to attend to needs at the House as they arise. For a full job description, click here.

Thank you for reading all the way to the end! I know that’s a lot of new information to take in all at once. As always, if you have any questions, please ask them!

Questions re. the Parish House: Matt Morgan, Junior Warden
Questions re. Financial aspects of the Annual Report—Ben Gurley, Treasurer or Webb Estes, Finance Team Chair
Questions re. Hiring New Staff Positions—Dan Marotta

Thanks, Redeemer family!
I love you all and I’ll see you on Sunday.

In the Father’s love,