Announcements & Prayers of Intercession | May 7, 2020

VIRTUAL WORSHIP CONTINUES ONLINE: Redeemer continues to host online worship services every Sunday which are available on our website, YouTube channel, and on our Facebook page. We hope you are being fed and enjoying the services from the courtyard!

WEEKLY SUNDAY & WEDNESDAY NIGHT ZOOM FELLOWSHIP: 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 only the Redeemer Council making calls to members, I am asking everyone who joins the Sunday Zoom Fellowship to call one or two people and invite those members 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 10:30amvia this link and every Wednesday evening at 7pm via this link. 

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! CLICK HERE to create your Breeze account. You can then view your own family profile and gain (limited) access to fellow Redeemer congregants’ contact information. If you need help, email Amy: admin@redeemermpls.org.

NEWS FEATURING REDEEMER & VENTURE NORTH: In late March Dave Pierini of North News featured Redeemer in an article about Northside worship during coronavirus, and just this week Patagonia Outfitters featured Venture North in their story about mountain biking. We hope you'll check out both!



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 hereto learn more or contact Redeemer’s MHC ambassador: Mali@redeemermpls.org.

ZOOM ZUMBA & NURSE CONSULTATIONS: Health Commons continues to offer zumba classes and nurse consultations via zoom! Click here to learn more!

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PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION
May 10, 2020 | Fifth Sunday of Easter
Readings & Gospel: Acts 7:55-60 | Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 | 1 Peter 2:2-10 |  John 14:1-14

"She Gives Birth to Living Water" (c) 2014 Shiloh Sophia McCloud

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 ]

Build us up, mothering God, as living stones united in your strengthened spiritual houses sent forth to proclaim your love. We pray especially for new congregations, any in redevelopment, and seeking a pastor. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Humble us, creator God, as part of your creation by filling us with respect and awe for the world, and natural forces that both destroy and create. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Align our ways to your love, O God. We pray for countries, leaders, and other organizations as they prepare places for those seeking refuge and safety by advocating for immigrants and asylum seekers especially Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

God of healing and rest, help any whose hearts are heavy and weighed down by comforting their suffering, easing their distress, and carrying their burdens especially Bud Klippen, Mark Hanson, and the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria... Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

Nurturing God, we pray for those who tend and teach young children, for the safe pregnancies of expectant parents, and for families who struggle with infertility and miscarriage. We give thanks to all who have shown mothering care, and we remember all for whom this day is difficult. 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.