A Newsletter for Members and Friends of Redeemer Lutheran Church. Week 1: Blessed Are You March 3, 2019 Welcome to worship at Redeemer!

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1 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. Week 1: Blessed Are You March 3, 2019 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 Connect Card: in pew racks, please sign and fill out your name & contact info and place them in the offering basket 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 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. Church Nursery Available at all services; located in the Nursery room off the middle hallway; for children kindergarten age and younger, staffed by volunteers. 1

2 LCMS Youth Gathering If you or a loved one is hospitalized, please contact the church office or note it on the back of your Connect Card so a member of our clergy staff can visit and bring a word of encouragement. Flowers The flowers in the chancel this week are given to the glory of God by Mary Yelle & Pam Korpi in loving memory of their dear friend Shelly Johnson. Collection Items These collection items can be left in the narthex outside the offices: Be on the look-out in March for the next National Youth Gathering Fundraiser! This month s fundraiser is called Select -A-Stock. Near the welcome center for the month of March you will find a board that has envelopes labeled with different amounts. If you wish to support our 21 students who are attending NYG, simply take an envelope with the donation to the office! It s that simple! Around the envelope display you will find pictures and information about the 21 students who are attending NYG. We invite you to take some time to look at these pictures and information and get to know the students a little better! FOR THE YOUTH Inkjet printer cartridges Returnable cans & bottles FOR THE CHILD CARE Our Family Labels for Learning Congregational Meeting Join us on Sunday March 17th at for our next congregational meeting. FOR THE PRESCHOOL Econo Foods receipts FOR THE LWML Cancelled stamps for Missions FOR THE HOSPITALS & BAY CLIFF Can Tabs March 9:30 am 2

3 Women s Ministry to Host Spring Gathering Redeemer s Women s Ministry is hosting a gathering for women on March 9, 9 am 2:30 pm. This gathering will bring women from the UP together with a focus on mission outreach. All women are invited to join with ladies from Lutheran churches around the UP at the Zone 2 Spring LWML Rally on Saturday, March 9, at Redeemer. Registration will open at 9:00 am, and coffee and refreshments will be available until the program begins at 9:30 am. Members of Redeemer s Mission Team will present on their missions to Honduras. Allison Hein, Christian Life leader, and her team, will share a Bible study called True Worship Hinges on Honor. Deaconess Betty Knapp will share a celebration of 75 years of LWML history, based on her study given at the 75 th Anniversary National Convention. Participants are asked to bring cereal, fruit cups, dried fruit, granola/protein bars, peanut butter and crackers, or shelf stable milk, to be distributed to school children at KI Sawyer. There will be a $5.00 registration fee. The event will conclude around 2:30 pm. Please sign up on the Women's Ministry board by March 4. Babysitting can be available upon request for children age 10 and under. Notify Amy Gawry of babysitting needs by February 28 at amgawry@gmail.com. Some donations for refreshments will also be needed - check the bulletin board for specifics and to sign up. Spring Food Drive Redeemer Women s Ministry will be collecting food for school children at KI Sawyer as an in-gathering at the upcoming LWML Zone 2 Spring Rally, and would like to invite the congregation to participate. By making this food drive church wide, our efforts can go much farther in helping these children. Hunger is not a seasonal problem that only needs to be addressed at the holidays. While many of these families receive other assistance, the sad reality is that the assistance gets used for goods for the parents, rather than nutritional food for the children. We are asking people to bring items that children can use without parental assistance - cereal, fruit cups, dried fruit, granola/protein bars, peanut butter and crackers, or shelf stable milk. Food items will be collected on the tables near the office the weekends of March 2-3 and March

4 New Member Class This class is for those people interested in joining Redeemer or finding out more about the Christian faith and the Lutheran Church. The class will be held on Sunday mornings beginning March 24, 31, and April 7, 14 from 9:30-10:30 a.m. The class will run for four weeks. If you are in need of child care please contact the church office to let us know so that it can be arranged. Widows in Fellowship Widows in Fellowship will meet for lunch on Thursday, March 14 at Red Lobster at 1 pm. This group offers Christian fellowship and good company to all widows. We welcome new faces! It is not grief support; we focus on upbeat conversation, but also know the challenges of widowhood and understand the need to share experiences. Please use the signup sheet on the Women s ministry board so we can make reservations. If you have any questions, please call Carolyn Snyder at If you have any more questions about the class please feel free to talk to Pastor Chad or Pastor Daniel. If you plan to attend these classes please let us know by calling This will help the office plan for the correct amount of materials. Tool Box Guy s The Tool Guys will be tooling around at Redeemer on Monday, March 11, We will start at noon with a bag lunch and devotion, then the real tooling begins with projects around the church. Please join us if you can. All are welcome! Victory Meal Help us serve a nourishing meal to our Mission-Victory family on March 10th. We will be serving up Shepard s Pie. Please see the sign-up sheet on the Welcome Center in the Narthex. Call Melissa Wihowski or Phyllis James with any questions. Any questions call John at Be a Victory Volunteer - it s a good thing! 4

5 Lenten Series Begins March Convicted A Worship Series for Lent Convicted is a themed Lenten series that includes full worship liturgies and sermons that enable the congregation to step into a court room for Ash Wednesday and the following five weeks of Lent. Each Convicted service puts a different Biblical person on trial, accused of a 21st century crime. An overall guiding question leads the arguments of each case while the congregation serves as the jury. March 6: Ash Wednesday Defamation of Character Mark 14:9 March 13: Lent 2 Dereliction of Duty Matthew 26:40 March 20: Lent 3 Treason Matthew 26:15 March 27: Lent 4 Perjury Matthew 26:74 April 3: Lent 5 Obstruction of Justice John 18:38 April 10: Lent 6 Rebellion Matthew 27:17 Everyone is invited to enjoy a delicious meal before we worship together at 7:00 pm. Sign up sheets are posted in the narthex. Please sign up on the sheets if you are able to help by donating food or serving. March, 13, 20, 27, and April 3 & 10. Sermon On the Mount Message Series Join us every Saturday or Sunday during Lent as we study the Sermon on the Mount. This six-week series will take us through some of the most familiar teachings of Jesus from his Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7 and relates them to the events surrounding Christ s life, death and resurrection. In the process, the services will powerfully reveal that the cross itself is the ultimate sermon on the mount for our journey of faith in this sacred season. Blessed Are You Matthew 5:1-11 Salt and Light Matthew 5:13-16 Prayer and Fasting Matthew 6:5-18 Do Not Worry Matthew 6:25-34 Judge Not Matthew 7:1-5 Build on Rock Matthew 7:

6 Camp Luther Scholarship Opportunities WEBER CAMP LUTHER SCHOLARSHIP FOR HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH The Pastor Weber Scholarship for High School Youth to attend Camp Luther was established in honor of Pastor Weber s 30 years of service to the Redeemer congregation. This scholarship is designed for high school youth, grades 9-12, who want to attend Camp Luther in Three Lakes, WI. If you are a high school student and plan to attend Camp Luther this summer, please submit the form below to the church office by March 31, If multiple requests are received, a drawing will be made for the recipient of the $300 scholarship. (Please note: high school students are eligible to receive the regular Camp Luther Scholarship should they not be drawn for the Weber Scholarship.) Weber Camp Luther Scholarship for High School Youth Name: Dates registered for Camp: Current High School Grade: Phone: Address: Parent Signature: Your parents signature gives permission to have your name submitted for the scholarship drawing. Return this form to the church office by March 31, REDEEMER CAMP LUTHER SCHOLARSHIP FUND Redeemer has a Camp Luther Scholarship Fund that provides scholarship monies for children attending Camp Luther in Three Lakes, WI. All kids from the preschooler to the high school senior are eligible to request scholarship funds. If funds are available the scholarship fund awards up to 50% of the cost of camp per child. To apply for these monies, complete the form below and return it to the church office by March 31, Redeemer Camp Luther Scholarship Fund Name: Dates registered for Camp: Current Grade: Phone: Address: Parent Signature: Return this form to the church office by March 31, Donations to the Redeemer Camp Luther Scholarship Fund are always welcome. Your gift will give children an opportunity of a lifetime to experience Camp Luther, God s beautiful outdoors, and the blessings of a Christian camping experience. To make a donation, please designate Camp Luther Scholarship Fund on your Offering Envelope. 6

7 CALENDAR Sunday, March 3 Monday, March 4 Tuesday, March 5 8:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 10 a.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 10 a.m. 1 p.m. Service of Praise with Communion Education Hour Coffee Fellowship Communion Little Lambs Staff Meeting Trustee Meeting Elder Meeting Little Lambs Prayer Shawl Wednesday, March 6 Thursday, March 7 7 a.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. ASH WEDNESDAY Men s Breakfast Bible Study Women s Bible Study Worship Jubilation Choir Campus Ministry Praise Team Practice Praise Choir Friday, March 8 10 a.m. Little Lambs Saturday, March 9 5 p.m. 5 p.m. Service of Praise King s Kids Sunday, March 10 8:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 11 a.m. Service of Praise Education Hour Coffee Fellowship Worship Victory Meal 7

8 Christian Education Opportunities Sunday Mornings Adult Bible Study 9:30 a.m Led by Pastor Chad & Pastor Daniel High School Youth Bible Study Led by DCE Anna Dauffenbach 7th & 8th Grade Bible Study Led by DWO Larry Bruce & Karen Bruce Wednesday Mornings Men s Bible Study 7:00 a.m. Meets year round Led by Pastor Chad & Pastor Daniel Women s Bible Study Led by DCE Anna Dauffenbach Wednesday Evenings Adult Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Led by Pastor Chad & Pastor Daniel LIFT Midweek Youth Experience Food Faith Friends Fun A Ministry for 7-12th graders and their friends. We gather every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month (see dates below) from 5:30-7 pm. This exciting program is focused on four things: Food: We are providing dinner! Join us right after your extra curricular or sports at 5:30 pm for dinner! Faith: We learn together and dig deeper into our Christian faith and what that means for us. Friends: We split into small groups and have an in-depth discussion on the main point and Bible study of the night. Fun: We will come back together and play a large group game before we go our separate ways! We hope you will join us for LIFT from 5:30-7 pm: March 13 8

9 SCRIPTURE READINGS Joel 2: Even now, declares the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. 13 Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity. 14 Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave behind a blessing grain offerings and drink offerings for the Lord your God. 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly. 16 Gather the people, consecrate the assembly; bring together the elders, gather the children, those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room and the bride her chamber. 17 Let the priests, who minister before the Lord, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, Spare your people, Lord. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God? 18 Then the Lord was jealous for his land 9 and took pity on his people. 19 The Lord replied to them: I am sending you grain, new wine and olive oil, enough to satisfy you fully; never again will I make you an object of scorn to the nations. 1Peter 2: Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. 4 As you come to him, the living Stone rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For in Scripture it says: See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame. 7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone, 8 and, A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. (continued on next page...)

10 SCRIPTURE READINGS They stumble because they disobey the message which is also what they were destined for. 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Matthew 5: Now then Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them. He said: 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. 10

11 Saturday, March 2, 5:00 p.m. Acolyte: Cooper Keough Elders: Todd Keough, Dan Wihowski Altar Guild: Penny Hassell Ushers: Lynn & Dave Stahmann, Chris Barber, Penny Hassell, Ruth Pickering Media: Melissa Wihowski & Gavin Poquette Sound Tech: Ben Sager Greeter: Mike Pond Nursery: Jennifer Snyder Musicians: Larry Bruce, Donna Fegan, Dan Miller, Julien Malherbe, Katrina Keough, Samantha Conklin Sunday, March 3, 8:30 a.m. Acolyte: Isaiah Rasmussen Elders: Sean Hindman, Dennis Yelle Ushers: Kim Marsh & Donna Taylor, Linda Boyle, Harry & Sue Erickson Media: Sound Tech: Ben Sager Greeter: Gorda Schuettpelz Nursery: Donnie Berglund Musicians: Larry Bruce, Donna Fegan, Dan Miller, Julien Malherbe, Katrina Keough, Samantha Conklin Acolyte: Elders: Ushers: Media: Greeter: Reader: Coffee: Nursery: Organist: Sunday, March 3, 10:45 a.m. Callie Barber Sean Hindman, Dan Wihowski Ray Kuczwara, Perry Laing, Steve Peters, Chris Stanley Sarah Stanley Pastor Dan & Sandy Miller Donna Brege Dawn Betts Redeemer Lutheran Church 1700 West Fair Avenue Marquette, MI P F Web Site: MINISTRY STAFF Rev. Chad Ott W Lead Pastor H Rev. Daniel Ondov W Associate Pastor Anna Dauffenbach W Director of Christian H Education Larry Bruce W Director of Worship & Outreach Carmen Albert W Preschool & Child Care H Director Amy Gawry W Women s Ministry Director Pam Ott H King s Kids Coordinator Carl Pace H Gift Planner Donna Koskiniemi Praise Choir Director Dawn Betts Jubilation Choir Director and Organist Rev. Paul Weber, Emeritus Deaconess Betty Knapp, Emeritus ATTENDANCE LAST WEEK 194 STEWARDSHIP LAST WEEK General Fund $14,516 Connect Card QR Code 11