An Advent Sermon from Fleming Rutledge

Father Adam thought you might like to have a copy of  the sermon,  "The Bottom of the Night, "  which Fleming Rutledge shared here on November 14, 2010. You can see the complete sermon by clicking here.

"...you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger."

 We invite you to celebrate 
the birth of our Lord.

Christmas Services 

at the Church of the Holy Spirit:

Christmas Eve

4:30 p.m. Nativity Pageant and Holy Eucharist

10:00 p.m.  Festival Holy Eucharist

Christmas Day

10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist

Come to the First Fruits Christmas Sale this weekend -- and spread some Christmas cheer!

 

The First Fruits Christmas Sale will be held this weekend after Sunday services. 

The talented ladies of the Church of the Holy Spirit have been busy all week, creating their extraordinarily gorgeous arrangements of  greenery. Here's just a small glimpse of the floral (and other!) magic at work in the Parish Hall!

First Fruits will also be offering the rosemary vinegars, and a fantastic assortment of jams and jellies. And don't miss Betty Daiute's tasty cranberry chutney...yum!

Make sure you pick up several of the beautiful arrangements for your home or to give as the most thoughtful presents ever. Know someone in a nursing home or hospital? What a lovely way to show someone you care!

So, remember, come to the First Fruits Sale and spread some Christmas cheer!

This weekend -- The 33rd Annual Holiday Antiques Show!

Friday, November 26

10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 27

10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

With more than 25 dealers from all over the New England Area, the Annual Holiday Antique Show and Sale is well-known for its wide range of choice antiques -- and it's a great way to spend a Thanksgiving weekend!

Come to the Christmas Bazaar this Saturday!

Don't miss it!

Our Famous CHS Christmas Bazaar is this

Saturday, November 20, 2010

9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Our annual Christmas Bazaar has something for everyone and the ladies of the St. Martha’s and Kimball Guilds have been busy all year, knitting, sewing, hammering and crafting great things. Wonderful vendors bring a wide variety of talents offering unusual jewelry, shell crafts, dolls, pottery, clothes, books, cards and photographs.

Visit the Elegant White Elephant in the Fireplace Room and be sure to sure to see the aluminum crosses, jewelry and trays made by our own Kimball Guild as well as a variety of handcrafts on display in Galley West.

Buy that delicious treat or hostess gift at the Food Table and fill a can with the tempting selections on the Cookie Walk. And don't miss the tasty Cabot Cheese Table, with fresh-from-Vermont cheddar!

Yummy soup and sandwiches make for a delicious lunch, too -- so please come join us from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on this special day filled with great fellowship, fun and holiday spirit! Bring a friend!

Come to CHS to hear the Reverend Fleming Rutledge

Please join us on November 13 and 14 to welcome the Reverend Fleming Rutledge to the Church of the Holy Spirit.  Fleming Rutledge was one of the first women to be ordained to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church, and she served 22 years in parish ministry. She now preaches and leads conferences  throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Her most recent book is Not Ashamed of the Gospel: Sermons from the Romans.

On Saturday, November 13, at 2:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall at CHS, the Reverend Rutledge will present an opportunity for learning, questions, and reflection. On Sunday, November 14, she will be also be preaching at the 9:00 a.m. service

Frank C. Smith -- 1924 to 2010

A musical offering and Holy Eucharist in celebration of the life in Christ of Frank C. Smith was held at the Church of the Holy Spirit on October 30, 2010. The Reverend Fleming Rutledge has shared her sermon in memory of Mr. Smith with us.

In memoriam

Frank Cedric Smith

Church of the Holy Spirit, Orleans, Massachusetts

Sermon by Fleming Rutledge

October 30, 2010

I am profoundly grateful and honored to be here today. It’s my great privilege to represent Frank Smith’s 32 years as organist-choirmaster at Grace Church in New York City, where I was one of the clergy for a mere 14 years.

I'm not sure that I’m going to be able to talk about Frank Smith without talking about Dilys at the same time. I expect some of you read the article in last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine about the contemporary Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The writer described the marriage of the composer and his wife Nora. They “formed a tight-knit unit, speaking in one voice to the [outside] world.”[1] Now we can’t say that Frank and Dilys spoke with one voice—quite the contrary!—but a tight-knit unit they most certainly were, as much so as any marriage I have ever seen. When I first arrived at Grace Church in the 80s, I wanted to get to know our esteemed choirmaster, who had already been there for almost 30 years. So I asked Frank if he and I could have lunch. He made it very clear that he wasn’t having any lunch without his wife. Afterwards, when I began to know them both better, I was standing next to the headmaster of the Grace Church School one day when Dilys made one of her fairly outrageous remarks and I observed, “Frank never seems to mind.” The headmaster and I looked at each other for a couple of seconds and then we both said with one voice, “He loves it!” That was part of their secret. Frank’s sweet serenity and unfailing equanimity were not a burden to him, because he had such a lively and freewheeling counterpart.

Were they yin and yang? Were they like two halves of an apple? Or more like a completely emulsified mixture? However we describe their union, it was a blessing to many. There are people at Grace Church still today who remember the moving service they had to renew their vows on their 25^th anniversary (their wedding hymn, which we just sang, was “Praise, my soul, the King of heaven”—which says something about where their hearts were fixed). They were both appreciated and loved, perhaps more than they knew. I imagine they were like Baucis and Philemon in the old myth, the elderly couple who did not wish to live without each other and were rewarded in their old age by being allowed to grow together as two trees side by side with intertwined branches.

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Well, that’s a classical myth, not a biblical story. The biblical story is much more separation and bereavement. The Christian hope is anchored in the resurrection, but it does not deny the pain and darkness of death. The third and fourth Scripture readings chosen for today give us a panoramic perspective on death and resurrection, encompassing both the cross and the empty tomb. The Christian gospel can never be one without the other.

Let’s hear again a few of the verses that were just read from Matthew’s account of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Behold…there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone…His appearance was like lightning...and for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen…

So they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. And behold, Jesus met them and said...“Do not be afraid; go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”

Notice that in just these few verses, we hear four times that the event caused fear, even terror. Why is so much emphasis placed on the terror caused by the resurrection of our Lord?

This biblical feature can be found all through the Old and New Testaments. This “fear of the Lord” requires us to take note of the difference between the resurrection of the dead and “life after death” (or “the hereafter,” to use the title of the new Clint Eastwood movie). The Christian gospel does not tell of a natural passage, or gentle journey, from this life into a similar sort of life on “the other side.” The resurrection of Christ is an earthquake. It’s an invasion. It’s an eruption of the divine life in the midst of this mortal life. It’s an explosion of victorious power in the very heart of the kingdom of Death. The rolling away of the stone cannot be accomplished by human means. I saw a tapestry of the resurrection in the Vatican Museum last spring—it shows the Roman soldiers falling all over each other in terror to get away from the open tomb as fast as they can. In this sense, the resurrection is actually violent. What does this mean?

It means that death is so formidable an adversary that only a greater power can overcome it—a source of power from another sphere altogether, a power so great and so much not of this world that we can only be terrified by it. That’s why all the angelic appearances in the Bible are accompanied by some form of the words, “Fear not.” The Christian life is lived in the beneficent space opened up by those words from on high. It is a space of life in the midst of death, a space of freedom in the midst of oppression, a space of light in the midst of darkness. And so it came to pass that the longtime Grace Church receptionist said a few days ago, “You could tell that Frank walked in the light.”

Walking in the light created by the divine life of Jesus Christ in the midst of a world ruled by Sin and Death does not mean treading on air. In the midst of all the comments about how sweet Frank Smith was, it’s important to hear the words of a former Grace Church vestry member who said, “Yes, Frank was sweet and mild-mannered, but he was also firm and stalwart.” He and Dilys were challenged in serious ways. He served during times of turmoil at Grace Church. The two of them knew sorrow and tragedy. Only they know what that was like, but through it all Frank was firm and steadfast, utterly dependable, a rock He had the quality which is called, in the New Testament, hupomone (also makrothumia). It’s hard to translate. It means patience, but it means patience with great strength. It means long-suffering, but it doesn’t mean being a pushover. It means endurance, but it means endurance “with joy”—the joy of the eternal age (“Count it all joy when you meet various trials—James 1:2). Hupomone was a favorite word of the former Grace Church rector FitzSimons Allison, who liked to call it longanimity—the Christian life steadfastly lived, over the long haul, in the midst of the struggle. The Epistle to the Hebrews, which Frank loved, puts it this way:

Jesus suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. Therefore let us go forth to him outside the camp and bear the abuse he endured…Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name…

Through 32 years of hupomone—“longanimity”—at Grace Church, and beyond, in his time with the people of the Cape, Frank Smith offered up a sacrifice of praise to God. He walked in the light of Christ and everyone knew it. One Grace Church member quoted Scripture when speaking of Frank: “By their fruits ye shall know them” (Matthew 7:20).

The music of Frank’s choirs were “the fruit of lips that acknowledge God’s name.” Speaking particularly of those musical offerings at Grace Church and elsewhere over the decades, Arvo Pärt has something else to tell us. To the writer from The New York Times, who most likely doesn’t know much about Christianity, Pärt said this:

“This old music, when it was written, the focus of this music was the Holy Scripture for composers for centuries. It was the reality for every artist. Through one, you can understand the other. Otherwise, you are like some teachers in the Soviet Union who said, ‘Bach was a great composer but he had a defect: he was religious.’ It means this teacher cannot understand the music of Bach.”

Frank Smith understood the music of Bach, and the music of the other composers who wrote music for Christian texts, and it was a gift for which he was greatly loved.

Everybody I talked to said the same thing: “Everybody loved Frank.” But we should not think of him without Dilys. She complemented him. She made his hupomone more than bearable—she enabled it. It was a rare partnership and, as I feel sure they knew, it was a gift of pure grace.

“Everybody loved Frank.” Was that true? You have probably heard it said that no one knows you better than your successor in your job. Frank’s successor at Grace Church is Patrick Allen.[1] I sent an email to Patrick asking him if he would like to say anything about his predecessor, and he answered by return mail. Before I read it to you, I will make just one observation. Patrick mentions a smile and a twinkle. At first I thought he meant Frank’s smile and Frank’s twinkle and I wondered how he knew, since he never met actually met him. Then I realized he was talking about people who knew Frank. I have read that babies try to imitate the expressions of adults who make eye contact with them. It’s pleasing to imagine that these people who knew Frank actually picked up some of that little smile and that twinkle. He definitely had a twinkle. It was a tiny little sign of what he knew about the joy and, indeed, the humor of serving God. Here is what the present organist-choirmaster at Grace Church, Patrick Allen, wrote to me:

I never actually met Frank, but from colleagues at Grace Church School and from former choir boys I have seen over and over the delight in the eyes and the beauty of the smile lighting the face of the person sharing memories of Frank—memories filled with the love he shared and the profound significance he made on that person’s formation. I have met grown men all over New York City who are Frank’s boys, and without fail that beautiful smile and twinkle of the eye would bloom as they spoke of him and their time in the choir. To God be the glory for Frank’s life and ministry and for all he shared with us. I never met him physically, but he will always be a part of me.

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The words from Hebrews that were read to you by Geoff Smith were chosen by Frank himself to be read at this service.[2] They are words that he loved, and they say so much to us today about the source of his strength and peace of mind—strength and peace that can also be ours, through the Giver:

We have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God…a high priest who is able to sympathize with our weaknesses, having in every respect been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

The disciples fled from the empty tomb, Matthew tells us, “with fear and great joy.” It is the combination of fear and great joy that defines the gospel. Fear because the realm of God is perfect and all of us are stained by Sin. Fear because Christ was raised by the power of the eternal God, whereas we are subject to Death. Fear because, as St John writes, this world and its ruler is judged (John 12:31). But joy—inexpressible joy—because the Lord who reigns from the right hand of God is the One who intercedes for us poor sinners, at the hour of our death and in every other hour, the One who is ever ready to receive us before his throne of grace, pouring out upon us a never-ending flow of mercy “to help in time of need.” For in the words that Frank Smith kept by his bedside,

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever. Amen.

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[1] Not his immediate successor, but we may think of him as the true successor.

[2] Derek Smith read the first lesson, from the apocryphal book of Wisdom.

The Reverend Fleming Rutledge

Please join us on November 13 and 14 to welcome the Reverend Fleming Rutledge to the Church of the Holy Spirit.  Fleming Rutledge was one of the first women to be ordained to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church, and she served 22 years in parish ministry. She now preaches and leads conferences  throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Her most recent book is Not Ashamed of the Gospel: Sermons from the Romans.

On Saturday, November 13, at 2:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall at CHS, the Reverend Rutledge will present an opportunity for learning, questions, and reflection. On Sunday, November 14, she will be also be preaching at the 9:00 a.m. service.

Service for Frank C. Smith

We at the Church of the Holy Spirit, we are deeply saddened by the loss of parishioner Frank C. Smith earlier this month. A renowned musician, Mr. Smith was also a true gentleman, and we all offer our condolences to his family. Because there have been so many inquiries about his service, we are posting the information here at the request of  Dilys Smith.

Frank's service will be here at the Church of the Holy Spirit on Saturday, October 30, 2010. The afternoon begins with a music offering at 2:00 p.m., followed by a service at 3:00 p.m. It is the family's wish that guests attend the musical offering as well as the worship service.

For directions to the Church of the Holy Spirit, please check our web site at: http://www.holyspiritorleans.org/Contact_Us.html

Rummage Sale Results...

You'll be glad to hear that the Annual CHS Rummage Sale was a resounding success.

This was a huge effort -- thanks to all who helped, all who contributed, and all who supported this event. 

The Renowned CHS Rummage Sale is this weekend!

It's here, it's here!

The Church of the Holy Spirit Rummage Sale

is underway this weekend,

Friday, October 15, 2010, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 16, 2010, from 9:00 a.m. until noon.

This year's donations are outstanding -- 

Come take a look at extraordinary assortment of bargains!

October 3 -- Bless our pets!

Father Adam Linton would like everyone in the community to know that all creatures great and small (as well as their people!) are very welcome to join us on Sunday, October 3, 2010, for the Blessing of the Animals here at the Church of the Holy Spirit.


There are two opportunities to have your pet blessed;

First during at the 11:15 a.m. service in the Church, and then a  second opportunity at 4:00 p.m in the Parish Courtyard near the fish pond -- in case of rain, we will use the Parish Hall.

We hope you'll bring your beloved pets to the Blessing of the Animals -- and if you're looking for some advice (and a very good laugh), we thought you might enjoy these Commandments of Animal Ceremonies from Blessing of the Animals (ISBN 1402729677). Just click here!

Community Blood Drive this Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Your donation makes a difference!

Please come to the 

American Red Cross Blood Drive 

here at the Church of the Holy Spirit 

on Tuesday, September 21, 

from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Please take this opportunity to support 

the fine efforts of the American Red Cross --

Donate on Tuesday.

Faith Commmunity Nursing Course this weekend

This fall, and beginning tonight, September 17, 2010, the Church of the Holy Spirit is proud to be serving as the off-campus educational site for a valuable educational series coordinated by our own Parish Nurse, Sara T. Fry, PhD., RN, FCN.

The interfaith program for registered nurses and health advocates is a basic preparation course for parish nursing, and it's offered by St. Anne's Hospital Congregational Health Ministry. The courses is a standardized curriculum which focuses on core concepts of spiritual formation, professionalism, shalom as health and wholeness, and community assessment and advocacy.

The program is taught from a Judeo-Christian theological framework of care and is applicable to and respectful of all faith traditions. The course encourages individual spiritual growth and prepares participants for leadership roles in collaborative health ministries.

For more information, please call

Sara T. Fry, PhD., RN, FCN

508-896-7023

Come Join the Parish Celebration this Sunday!

Don't forget...

 the Parish-wide Celebration Picnic!

Sunday September 12, 2010

And, remember, there will be 

two services this week, 

at 7:30 and 10:00 a.m.

As we being our new program year, let's celebrate our life as a Parish family and the first anniversary of Father Linton's call to be our new Rector.

Please join us for food, song and fun following the 10:00 a.m. service (that's around 11:30-ish). All are welcome, and please invite your friends to join us.

Hamburgers and hot dogs are provided. 
Here are the potluck contribution suggestions:

Last name A- L      Please bring a COLD side dish.

Last name M-Z      Please bring a FINGER food dessert,

                                     (cookies, brownies, cupcakes) 

Church School Registration

Church School registration is 
at 9:45  on September 12, 

in the Gathering Room
in the lower level of the Parish Hall.  

See you on Sunday!

Depression: One Family's Journey

As you may have heard, former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis and his wife, Kitty, will present a program on "Depression: One Family's Journey" here at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 11.

The Dukakis family has spoken frankly about their experience with depression, and Mrs. Dukakis is the author of  "Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy,"  which will be available for purchase and signing.

Parishioners and the public is welcome, but please be aware that both parking and seating is limited.

For more information, please call the program's sponsor, the Cape Cod Hospital Auxiliary at 508-240-7120.

Earl...on his way to Cape Cod?

A hurricane watch has been issued for southern Bristol and Plymouth counties following yesterday's alert for the Cape and Islands. 

If serious concerns develop, we will post cancellations and other news here at the CHS blog. Should the need arise, we will also request notices at radio station W-QRC, which is 99.9 FM.

 

All Together Now

The September issue of Together was mailed last week. We hope you like the new three-column format, and find the cleaner design  easier to read, especially for those with visual challenges. 


As always, if you'd like to read Together online, you can find it at the Church of the Holy Spirit website.  You'll find it under the heading Newslettter/Calendars.

Click here to read the September, August and July issues in pdf format now. 

Tanzania Mission Talk Rescheduled!

Please note:  

the program on 

Cheryl Kyle's mission in Tanzania 

has been changed to  

Wednesday, September 8, 2010.

Due to logistical changes, the program, which was originally planned for this Wednesday, August 25, at  4:00 p.m., has been rescheduled. We hope you'll join us on  September 8, to hear about the work the church is doing with our brothers and sisters in Christ in Tanzania.

For the last 18 years, Cheryl Kyle, a summer parishioner at the Church of the Holy Spirit, has worked as a long-term missionary, living in Tanzania for three years, and for the last 12 years as a short-term missionary to the Diocese of Mount Kilimanjaro, Arusha, Tanzania. Her work focuses on clean water and education.

Cheryl will share her thoughts on her journey and the work she is doing.  Currently, she works with the Maasai in a remote village which is a bumpy two-hour ride in the bush outside of Arusha. Cheryl's  presentation includes a short DVD about the primary school where more than 200 children are now receiving an education.

We're rummaging around for donations!

Does the end of summer give you an  itching to clean out your garages,your attic...or even just your closets?

If so, please keep the CHS Fall Rummage Sale in mind;  set your items aside for the big event on October 15 and 16. This is a valuable fund-raising event for the Parish -- and it's lots of fun, too!

Please remember, we are only able to accept clean items, including:

Clothing (all seasons, for both adult and children)

White Elephant finds

Small appliances in working order

Small furniture pieces

Toys and Books

Unfortunately, we cannot accept televisions, computer equipment, luggage, golf and ski equipment, LP records, food or live plants.

We are grateful for your kind donations. Remember,  if you need to have your items picked up or stored, we can help! Just call Sue Sasso before September 30. You can reach Sue at 508-255-1732.

Best of the West: "The Great Divorce: A Tour of Heaven and Hell with C.S. Lewis"

This week's "Best of the West" feature is for  "The Great Divorce: A Tour of Heaven and Hell." Father Adam will be using this short work by C.S. Lewis  in his Adult Education series for fall, which begins on September 16.

And we have good news!  To make things easy and convenient for you, Galley West has kindly agreed to take orders for copies of the book.

Order forms are available in the Reception Room, the Parish Office and in the Galley West. Just fill it out and bring it to the shop with your payment (cash or check for $12.00 made out to CHS).  The deadline for ordering  is Sunday, August 29, and you can pick up your copy without worrying about shipment fees or the hassle of running to bookstores.

Get this off your "to do list" before it's too late -- come visit us at Galley West this Sunday and place your order -- fall is just around the corner!

Psst...

...Remember, the Galley West is open EVERY DAY

Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and

during Coffee Hours on Sundays.

Come visit us and see what's new!

Have some fun....with this week's "Best of the West"

Do you have small people in your household? 

Or small guests visiting?

Bring them in to see the historic Galley West, 

where they can stand in an old-time ship's kitchen...

Then let them choose from the wonderful variety of 

great old-fashioned toys like...

 

dominoes and tic tac toe...

pick-up sticks..

wood-handled jump ropes, puzzles and more!

And don't miss 

the shop's impressive selection of  

Yo-Yos!

These  Yo-Yos are great at 
making "the sleeper" and "around the world!"

(Bet you've got a few great tricks to show off, too, don't you?)

Lots of items at Galley West are discounted right now, so think ahead for bargains on stocking stuffers..

Remember, Galley West also carries 
jigsaw puzzles, children's books, stuffed animals...

And, yes! 

The beloved Klutz-brand craft activity books.

Galley West is open EVERY DAY, 
Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 pm..

It's also open on Sunday mornings during coffee hour. 

Please stop by and see us soon!

First Fruits this Sunday!

We hope you'll visit First Fruits this Sunday morning to see the flowers, vegetables and other wonderful items available.

Remember, your guests will enjoy the flavors of our kitchen goodies, and might like to take a jar or two of "Cape Cod memories" home with them. Midsummer blooms are here to brighten up your home -- come see what we have for your delight!

The best of the West!

In this regular feature, we hope to profile some of the many unique offerings at the Galley West Gift Shop here at the Church of the Holy Spirit. Remember, the shop is open EVERY DAY, Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. as well as on SUNDAY MORNINGS from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Please stop by for cards, gifts, toys and household items  -- and remember, your visitors are sure to enjoy a visit!. 

You say tomato? We say RADA!

Tomato season on Cape Cod is fast approaching, and if you don't own a Rada tomato knife from Galley West, then you're just not equipped to, err, handle it!

 

I say this with some experience. I own a variety of expensive knives, but nothing slices through a juicy ripe tomato like the wonderful Rada tomato knife. It's a little workhorse of a knife, and it slices through a tomato like buttah. And guess what? It's available at our own Galley West gift shop!

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Nothing beats the price for Rada knives, either  -- just $7.00 for a high-quality aluminum knife that rivals the expensive versions from Wusthuf and  Henckels. Last year, I purchased one for myself and one for my mother. My sisters and cousins tried the knives, and placed their orders, too (isn't it nice they have me to take care of delivery?). The tomato knife is serrated, and it works well on anything that's difficult to cut. I like it for fresh mozzarella, and it's great for dividing a bagel, too. In fact, I use this knife so often, that when I misplaced mine a few weeks ago, I was lost without it. I'm not taking any more chances -- I went to the Galley West immediately and bought two replacements!

Rada Cutlery is the same old-time knife you may remember your mother or grandmother using. The cutlery has been made in the United States since 1948, and the products include a lifetime guarantee. Rada knives are incredibly sharp and they never seem to grow dull. 

But don't take just my word for it. Here's a great article from the Associated Press, raving about Rada and its famous long-wearing knife edges. Click here to read it.

Another reviewer even calls Rada cutlery "the best knives in the world." Read what he says here.

While it's obvious that I'm partial to the tomato knife, the Galley West carries a complete line of the Rada cutlery, so do please check it out. Remember, Galley West is open every week day this summer -- or just take a moment during Sunday coffee hour to see what's new!

---Judith Reppucci, Official Parish Knife Reviewer