NEWSLETTER. Historic. Rev. Corey Grunklee. Vacancy Pastor OFFICE HOURS. Tuesday thru Friday 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

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1 NEWSLETTER Historic Rev. Corey Grunklee Vacancy Pastor OFFICE HOURS Tuesday thru Friday 10:00 am to 3:00 pm 2221 Avenue W Lubbock, TX

2 Amos 3:8 The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy? John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! Dear Fellow Redeemed, As I write this, we are approaching the halfway point of our Lenten journey, and of course, March is upon us. It has been windy in Lubbock (surprise!) and the old saying about March s weather, In like a Lion and out like a Lamb, has been playing in my mind. I got to thinking about it, and how terribly appropriate that is for our focus on Jesus this time of year. We began Lent with a focus on the roar of God, like a Lion, warning people to repent and turn to God for forgiveness and life. Indeed, we see Jesus, the King of the World, turning over tables and demonstrating zeal for the House of the Lord. We see Jesus rebuking the self-righteous, the proud, and the unteachable. We see His relentless march to the cross in order to pay the price for sin and satisfy the wrath of God. We hear His roar, feel the heat of His breath, and suffer under the weight of our disobedience. March, this year, will end on the Holiest of weekends. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday will bring March to an end. Regardless of the weather, we will turn our attention to the only relief, peace, and salvation there is: The Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world. We will see how Jesus became sin for us. He became the sacrifice to satisfy God and pay for our stubborn, sinful ways. His blood that He shed covers us like a comforting blanket of forgiveness, righteousness, grace, and power. May God fix your eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of your faith: the faith in Christ that saves! Yours in Christ, Pastor Grunklee

3 Elder: Sunda y Monda y Tuesda y Wednesda y Thursda y Frida y Saturda y Choir Rehearsal 6:30 p.m. Lenten Darryl Lippe Men s Prayer Breakfast 9:00 a.m Worship 9:30 am Bible Study & Sunday School 10:45 am Worship 9:30 am 18 Bible Study & Sunday School 10:45 am Worship 9:30 am Bible Study & Sunday School 10:45 am 5 Seniors On The Go 1:00 pm 6 7 Choir Rehearsal 6:30 p.m. Lenten Choir Rehearsal 6:00 p.m. 19 7:00 pm Lenten Choir Rehearsal 6:00 p.m. Lenten LWML LWR Packing Day 10:00 a.m. 25 Worship 9:30 am Bible Study & Sunday School 10:45 am Hearts of Hope 10:00 a.m. At Jonelle s 28 Choir Rehearsal 6:00 p.m. 29 Maundy- Thursday 30 Good Friday 31

4 DATE USHERS ACOLYTES March 4 (Communion) Jim Earley Harvey Fleischhauer Isaiah Clark Richard Holder Curtis Campbell March 11 March 18 (Communion) March 25 April 1 EASTER (Communion) Hubert Lingnau Steven Platten Joshua Clark Clifford Gruetzner Richard Holder Harvey Fleischhauer Jim Earley Isaiah Clark Clifford Gruetzner Joshua Clark Hubert Lingnau Steven Platten Harvey Fleischhauer Jim Earley Isaiah Clark Richard Holder Isaiah Clark Olivia Frank Brady Brigance Curtis Campbell Olivia Frank Brady Brigance Counters Marcia Earley Richard Holder Altar Circle Betty Blessing Teresa Hagood Kaille Sweeney 3/3 Olivia Frank 3/7 Brady Brigance 3/13 Gabriela Tinglund 3/16 Cheryl Gruetzner 3/18 Joyce Williams 3/19 Holly Torres 3/22 Roger & Angela Beikmann 3-12 Theo & Danielle Frank 3-12

5 The Student Center at Texas Tech University The Texas Tech Lutheran Student Center, right across the street from the Texas Tech campus, would like to invite all incoming freshmen (and any other students) to come to our SOS (Supper On Sunday). Local pastors lead a Bible Study from 5:30-6:00. Area churches provide home cooked meals on Sunday evening from 6:00-7:00. (Dorms do not provide meals on Sunday evenings). After 7, there will be time for fun and fellowship. The Lutheran Student Center is a place where students can come and have a quiet, relaxing place to just hang out, study, or play games. There is always a stocked refrigerator (waters and sodas). There is also a kitchen if students would want to come and cook. Our address is th Street, Lubbock, TX The address is lsclubbock@gmail.com. The phone number is The Student Center is equipped with WIFI throughout the building. There is a ping-pong table, foosball table, pool table, big screen TV with cable and board games. Please check out our webpage at Kay Arellano The spring semester is up and running. We are still in the process of calling a pastor to serve both Redeemer and the Lutheran Student Center. Please continue to pray for these ministries. We have filled all of the needs to provide the Sunday meals for SOS (supper on Sunday). Thanks to everyone who volunteered for this service to the Student Center and the students. I t is greatly appreciated. Please contact Kay Arellano at kay.arellano@ttu.edu or or Monica Arellano at monica-m-arellano@yahoo.com or if you have any questions or comments about the Lutheran Student Center. Thank you! Redeemer s representatives to the Student Center are Corlis Norman, Kathryn Patterson, and Steve Platten. Please see one of these representatives if you have any questions about the activities there. Kay Arellano is working part-time at the Student Center. Her hours are Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday, 1 pm to 4 pm.

6 LUBBOCK UPBRING ADVISORY BOARD NOTES February 12, 2018 Opening prayer led Joy Loper. There were 8 in attendance. FOSTER KIDS (FIT)/ University, Suite 2, Lubbock, phone There are 41 kids in placement. There were two adoptions last month. There are five new families in process and should have two new homes open this month. One Case Manager is leaving at the end of the month so a new employee has been hired to take her position. Please keep the FIT office in your prayers as their days are not just Monday-Friday from 8-5 but is 365 days a year 24/7, which makes life complicated. (HFF) HEALTH FOR FRIENDS th, Lubbock, 79401, phone Numbers are down a little at some of the sites, mostly due to the cold weather and a holiday. The clinic shows 77, Lubbock Seniors 66, Methodist Mission 61, and most of the other outreach sites were less. A total of 494 were screened during the month. Nurses are presenting a nutrition class at the Food Bank so the number should go up from the 23 that was screened during January. Twelve showed up for the glucose test strip program and one glucometer was distributed. The prescription program assisted 13 for a total of $371. There were 94 screened in the outreach sites for the first time ever and 6 in the clinic. Six clients were assisted with diabetic education and one newly diagnosed client. They are getting more referrals for the community health center so numbers should go up. (NH) NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE th Street, Suite 102, Lubbock 79401, phone The funds from the CEAP grant (Community Energy Assistance Program) was received early this year so 100 received utility assistance for just under $32,000. There were 259 households assisted and the value of the services was approximately $43,570. Last week, the Tech Club held Cocktails for a Cause benefitting Upbring programs. Our programs received the proceeds from the cash bar and tips, a live and silent auction, and a drawing for a year s membership to the Tech Club. Approximately $ was raised. We look forward to the possibility of the Tech Club presenting this again. It also promoted our annual Spring Fling, April 6, The allocation request for United Way is being prepared and gearing up for the annual report to United Way. We are in the third year of our five year approval for funds. We received $15,000 from the CH Foundation which helps with our program costs. NEEDS Bars of Bath Soap and always needed Children s books from toddler to teenage chapter books. Most needed are the toddler board books. Can always use the sandwich size plastic bags with a sealed closure. Walmart has some reasonable priced ones. STATE BOARD A report was distributed detailing a previous State Board meeting. SPRING FLING April 6, 2018 at the McKenzie-Merket Center. Tickets can be purchased online at Upbring.org; Select the Events tab and scroll to Spring Fling and follow directions. Donations for items for the live and/or silent auction will be appreciated. Just bring them to Neighborhood House. Gift cards are always useful and are a good addition to baskets. Unfortunately, Monica missed our meeting today as she had jury duty and will be serving on a jury all week. Keep her in your prayer! Meeting closed with the Lord s Prayer. LaVerne Stolle, Secretary

7 The LWML Mission project for March is the Baby Care Kits for Lutheran World Relief and Diapers for Neighborhood House. The list of needed items is displayed in the Parish Hall. The LWR Packing Day is on March 24th at 10:00 a.m. Remember to bring your postage stamps to LWML. Just cut them off the envelopes, with a generous space around them, bring them to church with you, and place them in the mail box in the LWML Area. These stamps are sent to Austin and are sold to a collector. Funds from this sale are used to ship items to Lutheran World Relief. If you don t have time to trim the stamps, just bring the envelopes in and we will trim them as required by the collector. MITES! If you would like to be involved in the good works that our Mites do, you can pick up a box from the LWML table in the Parish Hall. The Mission Grants approved for the biennium is $175,000, as approved at the Texas District LWML Convention. It is amazing what these small amounts will do. At the end of the day, you can put your loose change in the box then bring your full box to church and give it to Jana Taff or Jonelle Oswalt. LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF BABY CARE KITS Redeemer LWML voted to collect items for Lutheran World Relief throughout the entire year instead of just one month. We collect items for the Baby Care Kits which are sent in April each year. The items listed are for each "Baby Care Kit" for Lutheran World Relief, sizes can be 0 to 24 months, and gently used items can be used: 2 lightweight cotton t-shirts 2 gowns or sleepers WITHOUT feet 2 blankets, up to 52" square 4 cloth diapers, flat-fold preferred 1 jacket, sweatshirt OR sweater with hood or cap 2 pair baby socks 1 hand towel, dark color 2 bath-size bars soap (4-5 oz. ea.), in original packaging 2 diaper pins or large safety pins If you can help with any of these items, we have a cradle and display in the Parish Hall. Please put your items there. Thank you all for your support of the LWML Mission projects. Redeemer is collecting Box Tops for Dupre Elementary School. There is a basket in the Parish Hall for these coupons. Krista Holder is in charge of this program, please see her if you have any questions. Thanks for your help to support our adopted school. The Quilting Group meets regularly, on the second Monday of each month, to prepare quilts for Lutheran World Relief. The group would like to thank all of you who have donated sheets for this project. At this time, they have enough to complete quite a number of quilts. If you like to quilt, please come join them.

8 REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH 2221 Avenue W, Lubbock, Texas Redeemer Men s Network The Men s Network group will be painting the interior of a house for MOSAIC for our next project. If you know of someone that needs this kind of assistance, please forward this information to Harvey Fleischhaauer. This project is not limited to members of the congregation. The Pastoral Call Committee is still searching for the person that God has in mind to serve as our Pastor. Please keep the committee in your prayers as they deliberate candidates. Bill and Gladys Whitehead have announced their intention to transfer membership from Christ Lutheran to Redeemer. If you have not introduced yourself to them, please do so and make them feel welcome. The official Sunday of recognition has not yet been determined. The Board of Elders will meet on Sunday, March 4th following Adult Bible Study. Lenten s continue through March 21st at There is no Wednesday service during Holy Week. Maundy Thursday and Good Friday s are at Redeemer Lutheran Church and The Campus Ministry of Lubbock Memo of Understanding May 11, 2017 We are a Lutheran Ministry for students. The mission of the Campus Ministry is: To bring a Gospel presence and witness to the campus community; To provide opportunities for student fellowship in a gospel context; and To prepare Christian disciples for lifestyle leadership.

9 BOARD OF ELDERS: The Elder s meeting is normally scheduled for the first Sunday of each month. MEN S PRAYER BREAKFAST: The Men s Prayer Breakfast meets on the first Saturday of every month. We will discuss our association with the Lutheran Laymen's League and Lutheran Hour Ministries. We typically have a wonderful breakfast and then relax and have a good discussion. All men are invited. SENIORS ON THE GO: Meets monthly on the first Monday at 1:00 p.m. in the Activities Room. Check your Redeemer Reporter for more information on these meetings. HEARTS OF HOPE CARE GROUP: Normally meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Look for more information in January, in the Redeemer Reporter. APPLE CORE CARE GROUP (NO MEETINGS IN THE SUMMER) Normally meets on the second Monday of the month at at Jonelle Oswalts home. Please check the weekly Redeemer Reporter in the bulletins for updates. Please contact Patty Perkins if you would like more information about this group. Remember to tune in to KYFO 790 AM at 8:00 a.m. each Sunday morning to hear The Lutheran Hour broadcast. This is especially good if you can t get to church on a regular basis. If you are outside the Lubbock broadcast area, The Lutheran Hour is also broadcast on KPET 690 AM in Lamesa at 11:30 a.m. There are CD s of the broadcasts available in the office if you have someone that can get them for you. Please use these resources to enhance your worship experience. Check out the new website that James Clark has set up for Redeemer. The address is You can read the monthly Newsletter on line and there is a link to the monthly calendar. Thanks, James! SERMONS ARE NOW BEING STREAMED LIVE AND CAN BE VIEWED LATER ALSO. NEED A NOTARY? Kathryn Patterson is a Notary Public and always has her equipment for these activities with her in her car. If you are in need of these services, see her at church or call her at We have CD s of our Sunday Morning Worship s available for the use of our members who cannot attend church regularly. Please call Darryl in the office at

10 REDEEMER BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2017 Chairman - Clifford Gruetzner Vice-Chairman - Mike Atcheson Treasurer - Patty Perkins Secretary - Jana Taff BOARD OF ELDERS Chairman - Harvey Fleischhauer Secretary - Steve Platten Jim Earley Richard Holder Darryl Lippe TASK FORCE LEADERS Krista Holder - Education Jonelle Oswalt - Maintenance Danielle Frank - Publicity Hubert Lingnau - Evangelism Donnetta Lippe - Human Resources Cynthia Merrell - Keeper of the Keys Rieka Obenhaus - Sunday School Superintendent MEETING DATES FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018 CONGREGATIONAL MEETINGS 2017 The 2018 Flower Calendar is posted on the Sacristy door in the Parish Hall. If you would like to honor an occasion with flowers, please sign up. The cost of the flowers in based upon the size and number of arrangements. Please contact Joyce Outka for further information. The 2018 Church Calendar is up in the office. If you have an event that needs to be on this calendar, please plan on coming by the church office any time you are at the church to have your event placed on the calendar.