Spring Dinner at University of Mary Washington. Voter s Meeting and Town Hall

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1 MARCH 30- APRIL 8, 2018 The Messenger Inside this issue:...the newsletter of Redeemer Lutheran Church Easter Egg stravaganza 2 Spring Dinner at University of Mary Washington Silent Auction & Office Volunteer 3 Prayer Breakfast 4 Frank Wolf Biography Old Dominion Spring Rally FPU and Christianity Weekly Schedule, 8 Monthly Calendar 9 Scheduling 10 Redeemer Lutheran Flood Relief Project 11 Our God given mission is to connect people with Jesus. Our vision sees people connected with Jesus through a discipling process that gathers them into our fellowship of believers where we are nurtured in the Christian faith, as we go into our neighborhoods and beyond to do the work of our Lord and Savior. Redeemer is hosting the spring CCC(Campus Christian Community) dinner at UMW on Thursday, April 5th. The CCC is a student ministry on campus where they share worship, fellowship and service to the community. We are looking for contributions for food for the dinner as well as help transporting the food to UMW. A sign-up sheet is on the welcome table in the Narthex. Any questions? Contact Anita Diederen. Thanks so much for your support for this important ministry in our community! Voter s Meeting and Town Hall Reminder that there will be a Voters' Meeting to present and discuss the proposed changes to the Constitution and By Laws, and a Town Hall for all topics on Sunday, 8 April, immediately after second Service. The Town Hall luncheon will be a potluck and the entree will be provided. Please bring a side, appetizer or dessert to share. Secret Saint Update Trouble keeping a secret? No worries. Please feel free to reveal yourself to the person you have been the Secret Saint for on Easter or anytime up to Sunday the 8th of April. The Secret Saints are going to be recognized at the beginning of the Town Hall meeting on Sunday April 8th after the second service. There will be a luncheon served with the Town Hall and the entree will be provided. Please bring a side, appetizer or dessert to share and stay for the Town Hall! See you there! Redeemer Ladies Great Palm Crosses; Blessed fellowship. Thank you so much!

2 Page 2 Easter Egg stravaganza Easter Egg stravaganza March 31 st From 1-3 pm Kids of all ages come join in on the fun here at Redemeer Moonbounce Games Crafts Music Food/Tailgating Easter Egg Hunt at 2 pm Outreach will be providing the hotdogs and bratwurst. We would like church members to bring a side dish/dessert to share with everyone at the tailgate. We are also in need of candy donations for the Easter egg hunt. If you have any questions please contact Josie Douglas

3 Page 3 Silent Auction We will be having a Silent Auction on Sunday April 8th in conjunction with the town hall meeting, that will be on the same day in the fellowship hall directly after 2nd service. The auction is to raise money for the mission team going to Texas in June. We will be doing Hurricane Harvey Recovery on the trip. The team will be leaving June 17th and coming back June 25th. If you need more info, please contact Rachelle Moles. Church Office Volunteers If you are willing to volunteer in the church office, please contact Tonaka at the Church Office. Even if you have volunteered before, please let Tonaka if you are still willing to do so.

4 Page 4 Prayer Breakfast Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper. Jeremiah 29:7 Salaam Isa Mission Society Prayer Breakfast Former Congressman Frank Wolf Saturday, April 28 8:45 a.m. 11 a.m. Prince of Peace 8304 Old Keene Mill Road Springfield, VA RSVP by April 25 to Yvette Moy, Metro D.C. Area Coordinator for Crescent Project

5 Page 5 Frank Wolf Biography Frank Wolf was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in He announced that he would leave the Congress in December 2014, at the end of his 17 th term, to focus exclusively on human rights and religious freedom. In announcing his decision, Wolf said that as a follower of Jesus, he is called to work for justice and reconciliation, and to be an advocate for those who cannot speak for themselves. In January 2015, Wolf was appointed the first-ever Wilson Chair in Religious Freedom at Baylor University, a post he held through That same month he joined the 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative, a newly created religious freedom group as Distinguished Senior Fellow. Wolf is the author of the International Religious Freedom Act, which infused America s first freedom religious freedom into U.S. foreign policy by creating the International Religious Freedom Office at the State Department headed by an Ambassador-at-Large. It also established the bipartisan, independent U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom as both a watchdog of repressive regimes and a truth-teller to our own State Department, which is too often reluctant to champion human rights issues abroad lest it complicate bilateral relations. Wolf also is the author of the legislation to create a special envoy at the U.S. State Department to advocate for religious minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia. Long before the Arab Spring turned into an Arab Winter, Wolf sounded the alarm about the worsening plight of religious minorities, notably the ancient Christian communities in both Iraq and Egypt. Wolf founded and served as co-chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, a bipartisan organization made up of nearly 200 Members of Congress who work together to raise awareness about international human rights issues. He has traveled to Ethiopia, Sudan, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and other countries in Africa to see firsthand the tremendous suffering due to corrupt governments, war, AIDS and famine. He led the first congressional delegation to Darfur. He also has worked to call attention to the human rights abuses and religious persecution in the People's Republic of China, Tibet, Romania, Nagorno-Karabakh, Chechnya, Bosnia, Kosovo, East Timor and the Middle East. Wolf's 2011 memoir, "Prisoner of Conscience," focuses on some of the work he has done. Wolf has been honored by several organizations for his work on human rights and religious persecution. Among them: The Presidential Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights; the Christian Legal Society s William Bentley Ball Life and Religious Liberty Defense Award; the Alliance for Defending Freedom s Originalism & Religious Freedom Award; and Prison Fellowship Ministries William Wilberforce Award. He also received the 2014 Democracy Service Medal from the National Endowment for Democracy and the Leadership Award from Freedom House. Wolf was named World Magazine's Daniel of the Year for In addition to his work on human rights and religious persecution, Wolf was a leader in a few other areas in Congress addressing some of the most challenging issues of our time. He is the author of the legislation that created the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, also known as the Baker-Hamilton Commission, which played a critical role in building public support among the American people for the surge of U.S. troops in 2007 that effectively defeated the insurgency. He was the driving force behind the National Commission on Terrorism, the National Gambling Impact Study Commission and the Attorney General s Commission on Pornography, also known as the Meese Commission. He also worked with Mothers Against Drunk Driving to lower the national blood alcohol, making.08 BAC the new standard for drunk driving. Wolf authored legislation to create a National Hunger Commission to find ways to alleviate hunger in the United States. He also successfully pushed for the creation of a bipartisan blue ribbon commission to reform our nation s prisons named after the late Chuck Colson, the founder of Prison Fellowship. Wolf was born in 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received his B.A. degree from Penn State University in 1961 and his law degree from Georgetown University in He lives in Vienna, Virginia, with his wife, Carolyn. They have five adult children and 16 grandchildren.

6 Page 6 Old Dominion Zone Spring Rally Lutheran Women s Missionary League Saturday, April 7, 2018 Redeemer Lutheran Church 9400 Redbridge Road, N. Chesterfield Registration begins at 9:00 AM $5.00 Registration Fee includes Brunch Guest Speakers Missionaries J.P. and Aimee Cima Ingathering: Donations for the Cima Family We will enjoy fellowship with one another while sharing a meal together. There will be an update from LWML and we will elect new officers for our zone. We hope you can join us!

7 Page 7 Financial Peace University Did you know 7 out of 10 families are living paycheck to paycheck? Do you want to get a handle on your finances but don t know where to start? Are you nearing retirement and don t know if you'll have enough to live on comfortably? Are you completely debt free and want to be a generous giver and positively impact those around you? All these concerns and more are taught in Financial Peace University. The 9 week course will radically change your life as you learn to handle your finances God s way. Perry and Lisa Darley are committed to helping change the financial culture at Redeemer thru FPU. You may sign up and purchase your FPU kit over the next couple of weeks. Class starts Sunday, April 15th from 1:00-3:00 in the double classroom. The cost of the FPU kit is only $129 the benefits far exceed the cost. Still not sure if you want to sign up? Then we encouraged you to attend one class for free! Christianity 101 For those who would like to know more about what Lutheran Christians teach and believe this course is provided periodically to provide this information. The course assumes that you have little working knowledge of the scripture (though you might) and little knowledge of Lutheran doctrine (again you might) the class leads to church membership if you desire. Our next offering will be Friday evening April 27, 2018 from 7p-9:30p and Saturday April 28, 2018 from 9:30a-5:30p Lunch is provided. A signup line can be found in the record of fellowship binder Sunday. We pray you ll consider taking this class.

8 This Week at a Glance Friday, March 30th - RAAI - Saturday, March 31st - Easter Egg stravaganza - 1pm Sunday, April 1st - Sunrise Service at Old Mill Park- 6:30 am (Please bring folding chair) - Worship Services - 8:30am and 10:30 am at Redeemer Monday, April 2nd - Church Office Closed- Easter Monday - Boy Scouts - 7pm - Bible Study - 7pm Wednesday, April 4th - Bible Study - 10:30am - Art Group - 2:30pm - Elder s Meeting - 7pm Thursday, April 5th - RAAI - - Agape Ringers - 6:15pm - Sanctuary Choir - 7pm - Outreach Meeting - 7pm Friday, April 6th - RAAI - - Kohathites - 6:30pm Sunday, April 8th - Worship Services - 8am & 10:45 am - Sunday School - 9:30am - Town Hall & Voter s Meeting & Luncheon after 2nd Service - Silent Auction after 2nd Service Page 8 This Week s Birthdays! March 30th - Candace Joy March 31st - Mark Fife - Candance Wiltenmuth April 2nd - David Jenkins Jr. - Craig Nehls - Vicki Sullivan - Elizabeth Williams April 4th - Avery Schwenzer - Lillian Tisdale April 5th - Marjorie Miner April 6th - Charlie Stello April 8th - Kim Stahlman Anniversaries March 30th - John & Lea Wiltenmuth(33 Years) *If we missed your birthday or anniversary, please contact the office so we may update our records and join with the church in remembering these precious moments.

9 Page 9 The Messenger April 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 30 RAAI 31 Easter Egg stravaga nza 1-3pm He is Risen!! Happy Easter!! 1 Worship Sunrise Service at Old Mill Park 8:30am & 10:30am 2 Boy Scouts 7pm Bible Study 7pm 3 4 Bible Study 10:30am Art Group 2:30pm Elder smeeting 6 pm 5 RAAI Agape Ringers 6:15pm Sanctuary Choir 7pm Outreach Meeting 7pm 6 RAAI Kohathite s 6:30pm 7 8 Worship 8am & 10:45am Town Hall and Voter s Meeting after 2nd service 9 Peace choir 6pm Boy Scouts 7pm Bible Study 7pm 10 From the Heart Stitchers 10 am 11 Bible Study 10:30am Council Meeting 7pm 12 RAAI Homeschool Group 12:30pm Agape Ringers 6:15pm Sanctuary Choir 7pm 13 RAAI 14 Men s Breakfast 8am 15 Worship 8am & 10:45am Confirmatio n -6pm 16 Boy Scouts 7pm Bible Study 7pm 17 Ladies Night Vinny s 6pm Compassionate Friends 7pm Theology on Tap 7pm 18 Bible Study 10:30am Art Group 2:30pm inieghborhood 6:30pm 19 RAAI Agape Ringers 6:15pm Sanctuary Choir 7pm 20 RAAI Romans Game Night 21 Quilters Worship 8am & 10:45am Confirmatio n -6pm 23 Peace choir 6pm Prayer Shawl 6pm 24 From the Heart Stitchers 10 am 25 Bible Study 10:30am Cub Scouts 6:30pm 26 RAAI Agape Ringers 6:15pm Sanctuary Choir 7pm 27 28

10 AprilScheduling Acolytes Early April 1 - Jenna Sullivan/Walker Berndt April 8 - TBD April 15 - TBD April 22- TBD April 29 - Jenna Sullivan/TBD Page 10 Late April 1 - Rachel Ward/Aiden Koehler April 8 - Ethan Schwenzer/Johnny Hinz April 15 - Lucas Woollard/Jonah Unruh April 22- Regan Schwenzer/Rachel Ward April 29 - Johnny Hinz/Sonya Hinz Lay Readers April 1st (E) Louis Wiltenmuth (L) Walker Berndt First Reading: Isaiah 25:6-9 Epistle: I Corinthians 15:1-11 April 8th (E) TBD (L) TBD First Reading: Acts 4:32-35 Epistle: I John 1:1-2:2 April 15th(E) TBD (L) TBD First Reading: Acts 3:11-21 Epistle: I John 3:1-7 April 22nd (E) TBD (L) TBD First Reading: Acts 4:1-12 Epistle: I John 3:16-24 April 29th (E) TBD (L) TBD First Reading: Acts 8:26-40 Epistle: I John 4:1-11 Ushers Early April 1st -Craig Nehls, Mike Evenson, Jason Biscamp, Michael Biscamp April 8th - Dave Allen William Lewis, Moe Long, Richard Rush April 15th - Frank Misemer, Mike Eastman, Mike Weiland, Rob Hybl Late April 1st - Marcus Woollard, Adam Tisdale, Douglas Berndt, Perry Darley April 8th -ROMANS April 15th - Berner Johnson, Craig Nehls, Josiah Koehler, John Wiltenmuth April 22nd - Rick Moseley, David Bye, Randy Mayer, Mike Diederen April 29th - Sam Henley, Tom Church, Frank Misemer, Dave Allen Men s Ministry Breakfast for Thurman Brisben TBD If you are unable to usher, please arrange for your replacement or contact Craig Nehls ( ). Additional Ushers are always welcome. Contact Craig if you re interested in becoming one. April 22nd -John Sullivan, Rich Gasperoni, Chris Koehler, John Overbey April 29th - Matt Unruh, Ken Elam, Chris Koehler, John Overbey April Lead Elders: (E) Randy Mayer (L) Steve Schwenzer

11 Redeemer Lutheran Church Flood Relief Project Redeemer Lutheran Church 5120 Harrison Road Fredericksburg, VA Phone: Fax: We re on the web! Embracedbyhim.org Contact Us! Redeemer Staff: Pastor: Rev. John Kassouf Music Director: Jacob Drengler Office Manager: Tonaka Gary Treasurer: Susan Biscamp Preschool Administrator: Michelle Gasperoni After the emergency is over and people return to their homes they are often faced with an enormous amount of clean-up just to make the house habitable. The problem they face is they don t have access to cleaning supplies. To help solve that problem, the Outreach & Evangelism Committee is sponsoring an Emergency Bucket Drive to collect cleaning supplies which can be shipped to disaster areas to assist in clean-up efforts. How can you participate? Pick up a Bucket and lid Fill the bucket with the supplies on the list (see below) Return the bucket to the church Help label the buckets if you can The Outreach Committee will ensure the buckets are delivered to the LCMS District Disaster Response staging area for delivery when needed. Suggested items: Devotionals Bleach Paper towels Scrub Brushes Disposable rags 2 pairs of Rubber Gloves-various sizes Glass Cleaner Sponges Cleansing powder (Comet/Ajax) Plastic scrapers Liquid cleaner (Pine Sol, etc ) Garbage Bags For more information follow the link: resources#disaster-response-3 The buckets will be available for pick-up in the Narthex on April 8th and 15th. We will be collecting the buckets on April 22nd and April 29th. Please return your buckets so we can load them for transport to the Disaster Response staging area. Contact Rachelle Moles for more information. Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9am - 3pm