Redeemer Midweek News

Installations

This Sunday, Scott Treptow will be installed as our Youth Ministry DCE at the 8:15 and 10:45 services.

Also, please join us on October 11th at 2:00 p.m. for the installation of Pastor Matt Albright as our Senior Executive Pastor.

Reformation Choir

A special Reformation choir is being formed for the single service on Sunday, October 25th at 9:30am. Lift your voice in song in celebration of the Reformation! Those of you who enjoy singing and can read music are invited to join the Reformation Choir as we proclaim Christ and His saving Gospel through song!

Rehearsals will be:

• Wed. Oct. 21 at 7:00 p.m. – choir room
• Thurs. Oct. 22 at 7:00 p.m. – choir room

Please arrive early as doors will lock at 7:00 p.m. If you would like to participate, contact Sharon Holtan, choir director at: sholtan84@sbcglobal.net or see me in church!

“Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise.”

— Martin Luther

Hello Men of Redeemer,

We have our Annual Men’s Hog Roast coming up on Thursday, October 1st, in the Redeemer Pavilion. We will again have our car show and bags/cornhole matches starting at 5:30, serving the hog from Rabers just after 6:00, followed by s’mores making around the campfire after dark. It will be another wonderful evening of fellowship and great food! We will hopefully have our new Pastor Matt joining us to share in this time growing together. Look forward to seeing everyone soon, please RSVP to the email invite or to Jason Bloms or Mark Briggs. Please, check if you can sign up for a setup or cleanup need coming in a separate needs invite. Finally, please invite a friend, neighbor, or work colleague to come join us! See you on October 1st.

Blessings,

Men’s Leadership Team

Pastor Appreciation Breakfast

Share JOY and PEACE in Redeemer’s Life Center as we show our thanks of their FAITHFULNESS to Pastor Chip Winter and Pastor Matt Albright on Sunday morning, October 18th during the Sunday School Hour. A fruity breakfast will be served from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Baskets provided IF you would like to personally encourage them with a card. Let us show KINDNESS as we listen to a 9:50 am performance by Tone Chimes. Immediately following at 10 o’clock our LOVE-ly Farmington High School student, Chloe Briggs, will serve as our emcee as we show PATIENCE while playing a FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT game. No SELF-CONTROL or RSVP is required. We hope you will arrive hungry and attend!

Redeemer Quilting Group

Do you like to work with other Sisters in Christ? Do you know how to sew or how to tie a knot? If your answer was “YES” to either one or both of these questions, we have an opportunity for you! Our Redeemer Quilting group meets on the first and third Mondays of each month in Miller Hall from 8:30 a.m. until about 11:00 a.m. We would love to have you join us! Our quilts are sent to Orphan Grain Train each year for them to deliver to people who have a need due to a natural disaster or other tragedy. We will start meeting again on Monday, September 21st at 8:30 a.m. If you have any questions about this group, please talk to Mary Anders, Mopsey Burdick, or Rhonda Kruse. Bring a pair of scissors and join us on Monday,  September 21st!

Concordia Alumni Survey

Are you a Concordia alum, family member of a Concordia alum, or just interested in learning more about Concordia? We would love to connect and see where life has taken you since leaving Concordia, share whats new at CLS, and share where CLS is heading in the future. Please click the following link so we can be in touch.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/72MH565

October is LWML mites month! 

Help us celebrate the whole month of October by bringing in your mites any Sunday in October. Or, donate online through the Redeemer website or app. Join us in supporting the many inspirational missions that happen because of your donations! 

One such mission is for Arch Books for Immigrant Children in the USA

2025–2027 LWML Central Illinois District Mission Grant 15 — $125,000 

This project will equip LCMS entities serving immigrant and refugee populations with Arch Books, free of charge, in the heart language of the children and their families. It is estimated that up to 125,000 children and their families will be reached by the translated books. Five Bible stories will be translated and made available in Spanish, Chinese, Telugu, Arabic, and Farsi.

RightNow Media Series

RightNow Media is a wonderful resource available to our members offering a wide range of topics. Every month we plan to suggest a video series and provide a guide for individual learning and reflection. 

Our September recommendation is: Essential of Faith: Series 1 - What is a Christian?

RightNow Media gives us a way to grow in faith, to be encouraged and equipped to make disciples, and to become more like Christ. Please join us on a disciple-making journey called Essentials of Faith. This discipleship journey is great for new Christians as well as people who have been around the church for a long time but may need to be reintroduced to the foundations of the faith. There is an attached study guide that will bless those who use it. 

Ask any group what the building blocks of the Christian faith are, and we will hear different answers. But what unifies us? What are the basic beliefs of our faith that every Christian affirms? In this six-session series, Francis Chan will lead us in an exploration of the foundation that is common to all Christians through the centuries and answer important questions such as: Who is God? What makes humans unique? What went wrong? Who is Jesus? Who is the Spirit? And, What is a Christian? Our answers to these questions unite us around Holy Scriptures truths about our Faithful Holy God, who we worship and our relationship with him. 

If you do not yet have a RightNowMedia account, see Jeff Shoumaker to be linked with Redeemer’s subscription. 

Click here to visit the series page.

Uncommon Guide to Retirement

Getting close to retirement…or already retired? Wondering what you will do with ALL the FREE TIME? What if you want more from retirement? Come join Jeff Shoumaker and Gail Williamson as they read through this interesting book by Jeff Haanen. This hour-long book study/discussion group will meet again on September 2nd at 6:00 p.m. in the main conference room.

Please contact Jeff Shoumaker for a book. If you have any questions, please contact Gail Williamson at gwilliamson@liahbee.com. 

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