A Newsletter for Members and Friends of Redeemer Lutheran Church
Redeemer’s Mission… inviting all people to become students, believers and followers of Jesus Christ.
CHRIST THE KING SUNDAY — November 20, 2016 Welcome to worship at Redeemer! We are pleased to have you with us today. We want to help make your time with us more worshipful by providing you with the following information: Welcome Center: in the narthex, please take home a water bottle with information about Redeemer as our gift for first time visitors Service of Friendship Cards: in pew racks, please sign and pass to the center aisle during the offering or scan the QR code Large Print Orders of Service: available from an usher Children’s Activity Bags: in the narthex, contain simple activities for children to do during the worship service Children’s Bulletins: in the narthex or from an usher, provide activities for older children to do during the service Fellowship Time: coffee is served in the narthex Restrooms: men’s, women’s and family restrooms are down the west hallway, an additional women’s restroom is down the middle hallway Changing Tables: located in the family restroom and in the women’s restroom down the middle hallway Questions? Please ask an usher, they would be happy to help Sunday School and King’s Kids Each family is encouraged to complete a registration form and leave it with your child’s teacher or in the church office. Completing a form will help us keep accurate and up to date information concerning the children and how we can best serve them.
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Church Nursery Available at all services; located in the Nursery room off the middle hallway; for children Kindergarten age and younger, staffed by volunteers.
Family Advent Worship Event During the very hectic days before Christmas, we take time to experience the comfort and joy that Christ brings with our Midweek Family Advent Event.
If you or a loved one is hospitalized, please contact the church office or note it on the back of your Service of Friendship card so a member of our clergy staff can visit and bring a word of encouragement.
The Family Advent Event will be on Wednesday, December 7. It will begin with supper and fellowship at 6:00 p.m. Our time together will conclude with worship at 7:00 p.m.
Collection Items These collection items can be left in the narthex outside the offices:
Flowers
FOR THE YOUTH Inkjet printer cartridges
The flowers in the chancel are given to the glory of God by Daryl & Sue Longtine in loving memory of Doris Longtine.
FOR THE CHILD CARE Our Family Labels for Learning FOR THE PRESCHOOL Econo Foods receipts
Youth Events
FOR THE LWML Cancelled stamps for Missions
Lift 7-12 Midweek Youth Experience Wednesday, November 23 and December 14 from 5:30-7 pm
FOR THE HOSPITALS & BAY CLIFF Can Tabs RETURNABLE CANS & BOTTLES are being accepted by the high school youth. Please leave them by the pop machine in the gym. 2
THANKSGIVING IN-GATHERING
CHRISTMAS GIFT DONATIONS
Redeemer members and preschool families shared their blessings with donating food for the Thanksgiving Holiday to local food pantries. The food will be distributed to the Salvation Army, St. Vincent DePaul, and Victory Lutheran Church. Your generosity is greatly appreciated!
Please sign up today to donate a Christmas gift to someone who may not otherwise have gifts on Christmas morning. Sign up boards are in the narthex. Sign up by: 1) Finding an item on the boards to donate. 2) Sign up on the sheet. 3) Take the tag from the board. 4) Buy the gift. 5) Wrap the gift. 6) Attached the tag to the gift. 7) Return the gift to the church by December 11. Thank you to everyone who participates in the very important Christmas program. Please return gift cards to the office.
White Elephant Table Redeemer Lutheran Preschool will once again be hosting the White Elephant Table at the Women’s Christmas Bazaar this year. Not only do you have the opportunity to shop at the Christmas Bazaar, you also have the opportunity to help the Preschool raise funds through the Christmas Bazaar. Donations are needed for the White Elephant Table. What are White Elephant items? They are things that you once treasured but no longer need, such as dishes, knickknacks, toys, games, books. No clothes, furniture or computers will be accepted. Please begin bringing your donations on Monday, November 28. All the funds raised through the White Elephant table go directly to Redeemer Lutheran Preschool. 3
Christmas Bazaar 2016 The 2016 Christmas Bazaar will be held on Saturday, December 3 from 11 a.m. 1:30 p.m. at Redeemer. Watch for the Bazaar signup sheet on the Women’s bulletin board. See if there’s a spot for you! The Christmas Bazaar is the main fund-raiser for Women’s Ministry. We are able to fund many grants with proceeds from the bazaar along with funding our women’s ministry. It would be wonderful if you would bake things at home for the bazaar or attend some work bees that are scheduled. There will be a lot to choose from.
Sunday, November 20, 1:00 p.m. – Cardamom Baking 101 Monday, November 28, 6:30 p.m. – WCP — Evergreen Arrangements Class
Bring in any items you have made at home to the church on Friday, December 2. Contact the Bazaar Chair, Donna Fegan at 249-2114 for more information.
“WCP” Evergreen Arrangement Class
Cardamom Baking 101 It’s time to tie on your aprons and sign up for the popular Cardamom Baking 101 class. This fun class will be held on Sunday, November 20 at 1:00 p.m. here in the church kitchen. Our teacher, Betty Gustafson will be on hand to help us learn this almost lost art. You need to sign up for the class and bring the listed baking ingredients and supplies for your own bread making. The cardamom bread you make will be sold at the Christmas Bazaar. Join us for the afternoon if you want to learn, already know how, or just want to have fun. Watch for the information by the Women’s bulletin board.
WCP or Women Crafting for a Purpose will meet on Monday, November 28 at 6:30 p.m. The craft projects will be evergreen wreaths and arrangements. We welcome men to this crafting event. Please bring small clippers if you have them. Christmas containers, wreath forms and Christmas decorations will be used to make our creations. Come and bring your friends. The evergreen arrangements will be sold at the December 3 Christmas Bazaar. Call Donna Fegan at 249-2114 with any questions or ideas. Come and share in the fun.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY Pat Honch Tonia Kroll Karla Morris Dorance Brege Ivan Martysz John Thomson Karen Wuokko Irene Niemi Pam Reynolds Lexi Anderson Fran Hyska Addison Kramer Ethan Richards Katie Schoonveld Dariya Goin Michael Johnson Wyatt Lakenen Angela Brown Wendy Freeman Lydia Harman Shamus Overland Roland Young Stephen Brey Ann Clark Destinee Craft Colleen Creech Randy Hubinger Jacob Kalcich Isabella Morrison David S. Niemi Joel Wealton Carol Young Taylor Anderson Matt Bonefeld
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CALENDAR 8:30 am
Service of Praise with Communion 9:30 am Meet and Greet with Sun., Pastor Michael & Joy Heiden Nov. 20 10:30 am Coffee Fellowship 10:45 am Worship with Communion 1 pm Chamber Chorale 10 am Mon., 1 pm Nov. 21 4:30 pm
Little Lambs Staff Meeting Faith Moves
10 am Tues., 7 pm Nov. 22 7 pm
Little Lambs Bible Study Divorce Care
Wed., 7 am Nov. 23 5:30 pm 7 pm
PRESCHOOL CLOSED Men’s Breakfast Bible Study Youth LIFT Midweek Program Adult Choir
Thurs., Nov. 24 10 am
PRESCHOOL & CHILDCARE CLOSED Thanksgiving Worship
Fri., Nov. 25 6 pm
CHURCH OFFICE , CHILDCARE & PRESCHOOL CLOSED AA Meeting
5 pm Sat., 5 pm Nov. 26
Service of Praise King’s Kid’s
8:30 am 9:30 am Sun., 10:30 am Nov. 27 10:45 am 1 pm
Service of Praise Education Hour Coffee Fellowship Worship Chamber Chorale
Thanksgiving Day Worship Thursday, November 24 10:00 a.m. 5
Weekly Bible Study Opportunities SUNDAY MORNINGS Adult Study Led by Pastor Chad Location: Fellowship Hall (gym) 9:30 a.m. Please join us for a Meet–and–Greet with Pastor Michael and Joy Heiden.
TUESDAY EVENING STUDY Adult Study Led by Pastor Chad Location: Room 1A & 1B (Northwest Corner) 7:00 p.m: “Jesus>Religion” Life isn’t about us. It’s about HIM. No more white-knuckling, teeth-gritting effort and comparison. We can never earn salvation, deserve God’s blessing or climb our way to heaven. Full of grace and hope, this Bible study points beyond the exhausting cycle of performance and routine to the freedom of following Christ and living as part of His church. Jefferson Bethke creatively moves us from things that can never satisfy our souls to the joy of being truly known and deeply loved.
WEDNESDAY MORNING STUDY Women’s Bible Study Led by DCE Anna Location: 2A&B 9:30 a.m. There will be no women’s bible study on November 23. We will resume bible study on November 30. THURSDAY EVENINGS 7:00 p.m. Adult Study Led by Mark Mankowski and Tom Buck Location: Church Library
WEDNESDAY MORNINGS 7:00 a.m. Men’s Study Meets Year Round Led by Pastor Chad — Location: Chapel Lounge 6
SCRIPTURE READINGS
Malachi 3:13-18 13 "You have said harsh things against me," says the LORD. "Yet you ask, 'What have we said against you?' 14 "You have said, 'It is futile to serve God. What did we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the LORD Almighty? 15 But now we call the arrogant blessed. Certainly the evildoers prosper, and even those who challenge God escape.' " 16 Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored his name. 17 "They will be mine," says the LORD Almighty, "in the day when I make up my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as in compassion a man spares his son who serves him. 18 And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.
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Colossians 1:13-20 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.
SCRIPTURE READINGS
Luke 23:27-43 27 A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him. 28Jesus turned and said to them, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. 29For the time will come when you will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!' 30Then " 'they will say to the mountains, "Fall on us!" and to the hills, "Cover us!" ' 31 For if men do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?" 32 Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. 33When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. 34Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. 35 The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One." 36 The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar 37and said, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself." 38 There was a written notice above him, which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and 8
us!" 40 But the other criminal rebuked him. "Don't you fear God," he said, "since you are under the same sentence? 41We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong." 42 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." 43 Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise."
Saturday, November 19, 5:00 p.m. Worship Service Page 1
MINISTRY STAFF Rev. Chad Ott
Acolyte: Elders: Altar Guild: Ushers:
Erin VanderSchaaf Mark Welke, Brett Conklin, John Fegan Cheryl Anderegg & Donna Brege Ivan & Susan Martysz, Randy Bertram, Brett Conklin, Todd Keough, Warren Larson Greeter: Kim DiLoreto Scrip: Jill Fleury Media: Jessica Barber Nursery: Jennifer Snyder Musicians: Donna Fegan, Jeff Phelps, Dan Miller, Katrina Keough, Kristi Evans, Samantha Conklin Sunday, November 20, 8:30 a.m. Worship Service Page 1 Acolyte: Elders: Ushers: Greeter: Scrip: Media: Nursery: Musicians:
Greeter: Reader: Scrip: Media: Coffee: Nursery: Organist:
Anna Dauffenbach Director of Christian Education
Carmen Albert Preschool & Child Care Director
Donna Fegan
W. 228-9883 H. 228-3047 W. 228-9883 H. 228-5439 H. 249-2114
Women’s Ministry Director
Pam Ott
H. 273-0280
King’s Kids Coordinator
Carl Pace
H. 204-5399
Gift Planner
Will Holder Sean Leahy, Tom Buck, Carl Pace Phil Creech, Rich Demboski, Debbie Mattson, Lin Metzger
Donna Koskiniemi Praise Choir Director
Dawn Betts Adult Choir Director
Debbie Mattson Bob Weisenberger Donnie Berglund Donna Fegan, Jeff Phelps, Dan Miller, Katrina Keough, Kristi Evans, Samantha Conklin
Sunday, November 20, 10:45 a.m. Worship Service Page 10 Acolyte: Elders: Ushers:
Lead Pastor
W. 228-9883 H. 273-0280
Lexi LaCombe Joe Goin, Brett Conklin, Kyle Gawry Ray Kuczwara, Perry Laing, Steve Peters, Chris Stanley Ann Haseltine Larry Carey Sheila Laing Anna Dauffenbach Dan & Sandy Miller Donna Brege Lois DeWell
“Service of Friendship” card QR Code 9
Lois DeWell Organist
Rev. Paul Weber, Emeritus Deaconess Betty Knapp, Emeritus
ATTENDANCE LAST WEEK 391 STEWARDSHIP LAST WEEK General Fund $8,478 Special Gift $1,788 Gathered to Grow $1,620 (Total given to Gathered to Grow to date: $592,078) Redeemer Lutheran Church 1700 West Fair Avenue Marquette, MI 49855 P. 906-228-9883 F. 906-228-8912 Email:
[email protected] Web Site: www.redeemermqt.org
