Announcements & Prayers of Intercession | May 15, 2020

WEEKLY SUNDAY FELLOWSHIP & WEDNESDAY NIGHT TRANSITION TALKS: We extend much appreciation to Stewardship Minister Kristin Gilbert and the Redeemer Council for agreeing to call members especially at the close of the 2020 Stewardship Pledge Campaign. Instead of just asking Redeemer Council making calls to members, Pastor Kelly asks anyone who joins the Sunday Zoom Fellowship to call one or two people and invite them to speak and/or listen during our next Zoom meetings. More and more congregations are committing to this practice for engaging as many members in conversation during this global public health crisis. Join us -- and invite others to as well -- every Sunday at 10:30am via this link and every Wednesday evening at 7pm via this link. Sundays are a time for checking in and praying for each other, while Wednesdays we are focusing on Redeemer's transition, including discussions about who to call as our next pastor.

JOIN REDEEMER'S CHURCH DIRECTORY: We are transitioning from Instant Church Directory to Breeze Church Management for our online directory and we need your updates! If you have not received an invitation to create or update your account, or if  you need help doing so, email Amy: admin@redeemermpls.org.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON GARDENING CLUB: Greta, Redeemer’s gardening coordinator,, invites you to join us each Sunday from 1-4pm in the Redeemer Community Garden to learn about gardening, plant and tend produce and flowers, and get to know other community members -- all at a safe social distance. For more information, contact Greta at gklawiterlein@gmail.com or 507.649.0663. On May 24th we’ll host a free plant swap, and on May 31st she’ll teach us Gardening 101. Join us!

MENTAL HEALTH CONNECT (MHC) is a local non-profit based out of Bethlehem Lutheran in South Mpls offering free, non-biased support for anyone seeking mental health resources. Click here to learn more or contact Redeemer’s MHC ambassador: Mali@redeemermpls.org.

HEALTH COMMONS ZUMBA & NURSE CONSULTATIONS: Health Commons continues to offer nurse consultations via zoom. And as weather warms and summer nears, Zumba classes each Monday, Tuesday (at River of Life), and Thursday will be held outside, weather permitting! (If weather is not conducive to outdoor Zumba, Monday classes will be held via Zoom  and Thursday classe will be through Facebook live.)  Click here to learn more!

Gospel & Readings: 
Acts 17:22-31 | Psalm 66:8-20 |
1 Peter 3:13-22 | John 14:15-21

Intercessor: Uplifted by the promised hope of healing and resurrection, we join the people of God in all times and places in praying for the church, the world, and all who are in need. ~ a brief silence ~

Abiding God, embolden followers in your church, to reveal your love to everyone in our speaking and in our living especially as Redeemer seeks their called pastor. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

You are the revitalizer of health for oceans, rivers, lakes, springs, glaciers as we name the Mississippi, Theodore Wirth Lake giving life to your creatures. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

In calling us your children, judge the nations justly, show mercy to the oppressed, and speak truth to power in the deaths of Ahmaud and Breonna.  Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

You come near to us when we are lost, and you hear our distress. We pray for those who suffer in any way, for the grieving Hanson family in the death of Cordelia, mother of Ione, Claudia Runnels father DeVer, receiving hospice care, Sarah Stadie in the death of her grandparents,  the Arbery and Taylor households, with all resting on our hearts and minds . . .Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. 
​
Your commands are good and merciful for living our baptismal promises in working for justice, advocating for the voiceless, and freeing the imprisoned in body, mind, or spirit. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Pastor: With bold confidence in your love, almighty God, we place all for whom we pray into your eternal care through Christ our Lord. Amen.

---