Redeemer Lutheran Church
News and Announcements are published on Friday each week.
St. Michael and All Angels
Readings: Daniel 10:10-14; 12:1-3; Revelation 12:7-12; Matthew 18:1-11
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Witness
Issues, Etc. Listeners! It’s time to renew our annual sponsorship. Because we have so many Issues, Etc. fans in our church, we choose to support this valuable program through designated offerings rather than including it in our church budget. Through our $1000 sponsorship our church is publicized on the Issues, Etc. podcast, at their website, and in the quarterly Issues, Etc. Journal. You may write a check to our church and put "Issues, Etc" in the memo line or use the preprinted envelopes on the bulletin board by October 13.
The LCMS celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month this month. For information about how the LCMS reaches out to the Spanish speaking community, checkout https://www.lcms.org/how-we-serve/national/hispanic-ministry . We have some Spanish language Bibles and other resources available in the narthex.
Are you prepared to come alongside friends and family when they are experiencing difficulties? Every One His Witness teaches how to share Christ’s love with our nonchurched friends, co-workers, neighbors, and family members. Using the LASSIE approach to witnessing (listen, ask, seek, share, invite, and encourage), we learn how to share the Good News of Jesus Christ in a natural way with people who are part of our everyday lives. Check it out on Facebook at LCMSE1HW.
Mercy
Cressey Road – Cressey Road Church at 81 Cressey Road in Gorham is collecting clothes of any kind for the indigent in the community. It is done 9-noon on the first and third Saturdays.
The Gorham Backpack Program is distributing weekend food bags and school-day snack bags to Gorham students facing food insecurity. The current need is to stock the Food Closet at Gorham High School. We will be collecting items for the rest of September and October. Please bring your donation to church. There will be a box in the narthex for the collection.
They are requesting the following items: Pretzels, Cheez its, Trail mix, Granola bars, Capri sun or other juice boxes, Fruit snack, Goldfish, Mac and cheese (Velveeta cups), Ramen Individual size, cereal boxes, Individual size popcorn bags, Spaghettios, Deodorant, Chapstick.
MAP INTERNATIONAL is a Christian based organization that provides medical care and antibiotics to people in 91 nations. Every $10 donated generates $400 worth of medicine. To make a donation MAP INTERNATIONAL p.o box 96487 Washington D.C 20077 or map.org on line
If you need anything (rides, supplies, medicine pickups) or any assistance please feel free to contact Sandy or Tom DiPasqua at 207-883-2730 or tjdipasqua@aol.com.
Life Together
Pastor Strawn has made it his goal to visit with Redeemer’s members at their homes. He wants to keep it very informal. Please email him at pastorgstrawn@gmail.com to schedule a date and time for your visit with him.
The September issue of the LWML-NED “Pass It On” newsletter is available via this LINK. A note about Redeemer’s fund raising via the Mite challenge is on page 7 of the issue.
The 2024-2025 Council Vacancy Nomination Committee has been formed. Members are Darik Day, Stephen Schaefer, and Brian Watt. Positions to be filled are President, Vice President, Trustee, Missions and Evangelism, and Tech Committee. If you are interested in filing a Council position or want to suggest/nominate a candidate, please reach out to Darik at dcday@aol.com, Steve at stephenschaeffer@outlook.com, or Brian at brian.watt@gds-ots.com.
Please join us for the ABBA Walking in Hope fundraising walk on Saturday, 12 October 2024. Registration is at 09:00; coffee, donuts, and fellowship will be provided, the walk begins at 11:00. Location is ABBA, 1259 Forest Ave., Portland, Maine. If you can't participate but would like to contribute, please see Darik Day.
Please join us for the ALPA PRC Annual Fundraising Banquet on October 18th at 6:30pm at Sea Road Church in Kennebunk, ME. Speaker and details to be released soon! Let's fill a table! Contact Darik Day to attend, support or contribute.
Looking for hosts for our coffee hours following service. Sign up on the Fellowship Board near Pastor’s office. This can be one family or several families.
A Life Thought in the Church Year for September 29 – Pentecost XIX (Proper 21B): The God of the Gospel leaves no one alone. So the Christian fellowship does not ignore or avoid its members in distress. We fetch cups of cold water for each other (Mark 9:41). We absolve and intercede for one another (James 5:14-16). We assist in preserving surprise pregnancies instead of abandoning them to abortion. And we serve in terminal diagnoses instead of dismissing them to assisted suicide.
A LUTHERAN VIEW OF DEPRESSION… You can listen to the audiobook, "I Trust When Dark My Road: A Lutheran View of Depression" by Pastor Todd Peperkorn at issuesetc.org/depression. The audiobook is produced by Lutheran Public Radio based in Collinsville, IL. LPR produces radio talk shows, podcasts, and 24/7 sacred music and talk stations.
Communications
Newsletter Deadline – If you wish to contribute to the November church newsletter, please email your submission to the church office by October 22.
All announcements and prayer requests received in the church office by noon on Thursday will appear in print that week in Friday’s email. If there is an announcement that you would like Pastor to make following Sunday’s FB live stream, please email him that information.
Looking Forward to Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost
Readings: Genesis 2:18-25; Hebrews 2:1-18; Mark 10:2-16
Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost
Readings: Genesis 2:18-25; Hebrews 2:1-13; Mark 10:2-16
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Witness
Halloween: Love it or Hate it? There are differing perceptions among Christians regarding Halloween. Issues, Etc. has several podcasts about Halloween including the history of it and current cultural views. Go to issuesetc.org/?s=halloween to listen. Because we have so many Issues, Etc. listeners in our church, we choose to support this valuable program through designated offerings rather including it in our church budget. Through our $1000 annual sponsorship our church is publicized on the Issues, Etc. podcast, at their website, and in the quarterly Issues, Etc. Journal. You may write a check to our church and put "Issues, Etc" in the memo line or use the preprinted envelopes on the bulletin board by October 20.
The LCMS celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month this month. For information about how the LCMS reaches out to the Spanish speaking community, checkout https://www.lcms.org/how-we-serve/national/hispanic-ministry . We have some Spanish language Bibles and other resources available in the narthex. While we don’t have a Spanish language service, we know that the Word is always present in our worship.
Election season can be challenging as we discuss the issues with friends and family. One issue that may be encountered surrounds Critical Theory. The Every One His Witness "Witnessing to People Influenced by Critical Theory" module provides practical guidance to Christians for bringing God’s Word to nonchurched people who support, embrace, or promote the tenets of Critical Theory. Using the LASSIE approach to witnessing (Listen, Ask, Seek, Share, Invite, and Encourage), we learn how to share the Good News of Jesus Christ in a natural way with people who are part of our everyday lives. Check it out at https://www.everyonehiswitness.org.
Mercy
Hurricane Helene Relief - The LCMS Southeastern District Disaster Response Team has been activated. Redeemer has sent the Complete Hygiene Kit to St. Peters. This will enable them to create 100 hygiene bags. Details can be found here:
https://se.lcms.org/resources/disaster-response-and-recovery/
The most immediate need is for 18,000 personal hygiene kits and 15,000 flood clean-up kits. They created Amazon shopping lists for those who are looking to directly send supplies. One list is for flood clean-up and the other is for hygiene kits.
https://a.co/iFYQXsy – Flood Clean-up Kit
https://a.co/8UP8S00 – Hygiene Kits
https://a.co/c7a1ekm – Complete hygiene Kit (need to manually add St. Peter’s address at check out)
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Address: 6175 St. Peter’s Church Rd. Conover, NC 28613 USA
Phone: 828-256-2970
The address of the church that is accepting these on behalf of the community will be an option as an address at checkout – make sure to choose “St. Peter’s Gift Registry Address”
Cressey Road – Cressey Road Church at 81 Cressey Road in Gorham is collecting clothes of any kind for the indigent in the community. It is done 9-noon on the first and third Saturdays.
The Gorham Backpack Program is distributing weekend food bags and school-day snack bags to Gorham students facing food insecurity. The current need is to stock the Food Closet at Gorham High School. We will be collecting items for the rest of September and October. Please bring your donation to church. There will be a box in the narthex for the collection.
They are requesting the following items: Pretzels, Cheez-Its, Trail mix, Granola bars, Capri sun or other juice boxes, Fruit snack, Goldfish, Mac and cheese (Velveeta cups), Ramen Individual size, cereal boxes, Individual size popcorn bags, Spaghettios, Deodorant, Chapstick.
MAP INTERNATIONAL is a Christian based organization that provides medical care and antibiotics to people in 91 nations. Every $10 donated generates $400 worth of medicine. To make a donation MAP INTERNATIONAL p.o box 96487 Washington D.C 20077 or map.org on line
If you need anything (rides, supplies, medicine pickups) or any assistance please feel free to contact Sandy or Tom DiPasqua at 207-883-2730 or tjdipasqua@aol.com.
Life Together
The trustees are planning a workday on Saturday October, 26 @ 9am. There is a work list on the bulletin board downstairs. Please reach out to Matt or Brian for more information or if there are other items you wish to add to the work list.
Pastor Strawn has made it his goal to visit with Redeemer’s members at their homes. He wants to keep it very informal. Please email him at pastorgstrawn@gmail.com to schedule a date and time for your visit with him.
The 2024-2025 Council Vacancy Nomination Committee has been formed. Members are Darik Day, Stephen Schaefer, and Brian Watt. Positions to be filled are President, Vice President, Trustee, Missions and Evangelism, and Tech Committee. If you are interested in filing a Council position or want to suggest/nominate a candidate, please reach out to Darik at dcday@aol.com, Steve at stephenschaeffer@outlook.com, or Brian at brian.watt@gds-ots.com.
Please join us for the ABBA Walking in Hope fundraising walk on Saturday, 12 October 2024. Registration is at 09:00; coffee, donuts, and fellowship will be provided, the walk begins at 11:00. Location is ABBA, 1259 Forest Ave., Portland, Maine. If you can't participate but would like to contribute, please see Darik Day.
Please join us for the ALPA PRC Annual Fundraising Banquet on October 18th at 6:30pm at Sea Road Church in Kennebunk, ME. Speaker and details to be released soon! Let's fill a table! Contact Darik Day to attend, support or contribute.
Looking for hosts for our coffee hours following service. Sign up on the Fellowship Board near Pastor’s office. This can be one family or several families.
A Life Thought in the Church Year for October 6 – Pentecost XX (Proper 22B): Our Almighty Maker carefully creates every human male or female (Genesis 2:21-22). Jesus Himself took on the same flesh in fertilization and gestation to redeem our entire race (Hebrews 2:14, 17). And the Lord our God calls even the littlest among us for His own (Mark 10:14). Could the Scriptures get any clearer about the sanctity of life? Can we?
A Stewardship Thought for Oct. 6 – Proper 22 Mark 10:6 – “But from the beginning of creation ...” In recent years our country, along with most (formerly) Christian nations of Europe, have lost their way when it comes to marriage. We have ignored the fact that it is God who created us. We always go off-the-tracks when we forget that He made us and that everything good in this world comes from His hand. In big things and in small things, in the life of a nation or the life of an individual, things go dreadfully wrong when we ignore the Creator’s instructions for life.
YOUR COMPREHENSIVE SOURCE FOR NEWS, INFORMATION & TRUTH… Issues, Etc. is a radio talk show and podcast produced by Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, IL and hosted by LCMS Pastor Todd Wilken. This week’s topics are: Pro-Child Politics & Race, Using Legal Reasoning with Unbelievers, The Minor Prophets Haggai & Malachi, Hurricane Helene Relief Efforts and more. You can listen at on-demand at issuesetc.org, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomePod, TuneIn, the LPR mobile app and a podcast provider.
Communications
Newsletter Deadline – If you wish to contribute to the November church newsletter, please email your submission to the church office by October 22.
All announcements and prayer requests received in the church office by noon on Thursday will appear in print that week in Friday’s email. If there is an announcement that you would like Pastor to make following Sunday’s FB live stream, please email him that information.
Looking Forward to Twenty-first Sunday After Pentecost
Readings: Amos 5:6-7, 10-15; Hebrews 3:12-19; Mark 10:17-22