 PARKED CAR WORSHIP CANCELED NOVEMBER 1st // Due to projected cold temperatures, there will be no parked car worship this Sunday, November 1st. Instead, we will livestream worship via Facebook at 9:30am, and we invite you to receive drive-through communion between 10am and 11am from Redeemer’s backyard. FREE FLU SHOTS at MINIFLU CLINIC SUNDAY // In partnership with Fairview Health System we will be providing flu vaccines this coming Sunday November 1st from 10am - 2pm. People six months and older are eligible. The senior dose for those 65+ will not be available. There is no need topre-register (but it's helpful if you do!). The vaccines will be given inside the church in the library as in years past. We will need to physically distance and have you wear a mask that completely covers your nose and mouth. A team will be on site to assist with paperwork and flow, and those who receive flu shots will also get a free meal from Milda’s. VOTE VOTE VOTE! // Due to recent changes in Minnesota's voting laws, the Secretary of State has advised that it is too late to send absentee ballots in through the mail as all ballots must be received by November 3rd. Instead, voters should plan to vote early or on November 3rd at their polling place, or physically deliver absentee ballots to your polling location or to an official drop box! PROVISIONS for NEAR-NORTH HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT // A new homeless encampment has moved to near north within blocks of Redeemer and they need a lot of provisions: Firewood, consistent propane refills, winter gear, hand warmers, meals, and more. If you would like to help, you may visit the signup genius or text organizer Kristen (or contact her via Signal) for more information at 760-898-4004. (She responds quickly to text message but does not answer calls from unknown numbers.) SIGN UP to SPEAK the READINGS! // Pleaseregister online for speaking aloud the assigned readings and recording yourself as well as those in your household for our prerecorded worships during the season of Advent and Christmas. Know that you can speak aloud the readings located on the website or from a children’s Bible in your home. GIFTS of THANKS TO CHRISTINE BELFRY JOHNSON and KENDRICK HALL // Would you like to send a gift of thanks or encouragement to Christine or Kendrick? You may view their October 11th conversation from October 11th online, andcontact Amy in the church office to receive their personal contact information if you'd like to send encouragement! Expect to hear from these seminary graduates again. STEWARDSHIP BRAINSTORMING // Stewardship minister Kristin Gilbert invites each of you to join her for a meeting to dream and brainstorm about stewardship in the coming year, to align our stewardship plan with our values during this time of Covid, the Minneapolis uprising, and the election, as well as a pastoral transition. Do you or others you know want to be a part of this 1-hour conversation? If so, complete thisDoodle poll so we can find a time that works best for the group. Let her know if you have questions or would like to share your thoughts but can't make the meeting. CELEBRATING ADVENT and CHRISTMAS: Seasons of Gratitude // Given that we are gathering online (live and pre-recorded) rather than inside of Redeemer Lutheran for celebrating the seasons of Advent and Christmas, here are some invitations for sharing your household faith expressions with Redeemer Lutheran (and visitor viewers) in quarantine: >> Send your online (video recorded) Advent and Christmas devotionals and greetings to Redeemer that we can include in our pre-recorded worships. Maybe we will receive enough videos to make a montage! >> Share gratitude with greetings and making ornaments. We welcome your biodegradable ornaments for the ornamental tree of gratitude at Logan and Glenwood. Take a snapshot for sharing on Facebook. Expect more invitations for celebrating these seasons of the church year that commemorate the calendar year. IRA CHARITABLE DISTRIBUTION // We invite you to prayerfully consider sharing with Redeemer Lutheran Church your qualified charitable distribution from your Individual Retirement Account. Basic requirements and limitations for a Qualified Charitable Distribution include: The donor must be at least 70½ years of age at the time of the distribution; The distribution must be from a Roth or Traditional IRA; And the distribution must be made directly from the IRA administrator to a qualifying charity such as Redeemer Lutheran Church. Qualified Charitable Distributions are limited to $100,000.00 per individual per year (a spouse who qualifies may give a similar amount from his or her IRA). Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) benefits include: A QCD from a traditional IRA uses pre-tax dollars; Generally, a QCD is excluded from taxable income*; and a QCD can be applied to required minimum distributions, if applicable.* HEALTH COMMONS at the LIVING ROOM currently offers Zumba in Redeemer’s backyard, Book Club Discussions, and Health Q & A's online or in-person -- all with social distance and masking. Follow them onFacebook to get current schedules, events, and other resources: Health Commons at the Living Room. MENTAL HEALTH CONNECT is a local non-profit based out of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in South Minneapolis offering free, non-biased support for anyone seeking mental health resources. VisitMHC’s website to learn more or contact Mali, Redeemer's MHC ambassador. *The SECURE Act, which became effective January 1, 2020, raised to 72 the age for beginning required minimum distributions, but retained the age of 70 ½ for making QCDs. It also authorizes tax-deductible contributions to IRAs after age 70 ½ if the IRA owner is still working. If a tax-deductible contribution is made to an IRA after age 70 ½, the amount that may be excluded from income for a later-made QCD may be affected. Please consult your tax advisors for more information about this and other questions regarding IRA QCDs.  All Saints Sunday | Readings & Gospel: Revelation 7:9-17, Psalm 34:1-10, 22, 1 John 3:1-3, & Matthew 5:1-12 On All Saints Day, we thank God for all the baptized, both the famous and the forgotten, both those who lived in the past and those around us today. Come to worship, to gather at Jesus’ feet and to receive his words of blessing.
Longing for Christ’s reign to come among us, we pray for the outpouring of God’s power on the church, the world, and all with needs... Lord of all the saints, we praise you for evangelists and martyrs who inspired us with their courageous sacrifices to witness to your gospel across time and space carrying our faith to new people and places around us. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. Lord of every nation, guide this country—red states and blue states, rural voters and urban voters, young and old—as we share in another national election seeking our common needs especially where lives have been disrupted by protests in Philadelphia, North American Wildfire Season, Atlantic Hurricane Season, Sudan and Monsoon flooding, Venezuelan Humanitarian and Refugee Crisis and any unnamed natural disasters. Renew us by the blessed work of naturalists, conservationists, and park rangers training our attention to the wonders of the world you have made. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. Lord of every blessing, your Son’s blessing came to those living with poverty, grief, hunger, thirst, persecution; accompany any in new and unfamiliar places Ione, and Sarah, living in care with Bill and all receiving hospice, our local and global siblings living with COVID-19 and accompanying lockdowns with quarantines, for first responders as well as disaster volunteers. We raise any needing an invitation to community, the campers at 2nd Ave North and Van White Memorial Blvd, brothers James and Bobbie, Bud, Cindy, Linda, Kristen, MarySue, Shoonie, Edina Community Lutheran Church and the family of Pastor Sartain, the recently moved to start their first year of college, a new job, or a missionary position in another land and our hope for a new pastor. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. Lord of every time, countless are the multitudes you have called by name and gathered to yourself. Comfort us as we grieve Delores Runsewe, a Redeemer member, with Mary Olson Cornils Baich, Mark, and all who died this year. In faith, may we join with them in ceaseless praise. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. Receive our prayers in the name of Jesus Christ our Savior, until that day when you gather all creation around your throne where you will reign forever and ever. Amen.  We are asking for as many members of the congregation, REFORMATION WORSHIP ONLINE THIS WEEK // For Reformation Sunday, we've collaborated with our friends at Westwood Lutheran, Salem Lutheran, and Augsburg University to offer online worship which you may watch here! Be sure to share your comments. SOUL FOOD TO-GO THIS SUNDAY // The Fellowship Ministry at Redeemer is hosting Soul Food To-Go Sunday this week, October 25th. Sign up here, email Amy, or call 612-886-1468 and leave a message by tomorrow (Friday) evening to guarantee your to-go soul food plate. Retrieve your “soul food to go” at 12pm. As your car enters the alley, the distributors will come from the west side of Redeemer Lutheran handicapped-accessible door. Pedestrians can come from Glenwood Avenue. We thank Redeemer members and RCFL community supporters for providing this meal! ECLC CAR PARADE SUNDAY // Along with Drive-By Soul Food Sunday, members of our partner congregation Edina Community Lutheran Church will be at Redeemer between 12-2pm to share gratitude with us and appreciation for our partnership! Come masked and ready to share and receive their greetings! TUESDAY (10/27/20) CONGREGATIONAL MEETING with CALL COMMITTEE and BISHOP SVENNUNGSEN // Greetings from the Redeemer call committee! We recently completed and submitted the Ministry Site Profile (attached below for congregational review). The Ministry Site Profile was intended to tell the story of who Redeemer is and was. The next step is for the congregation to meet with Bishop Ann Svennungsen. This meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 27th, @ 7:00pm via Zoom/video call. Click here for the Zoom link, or contact Amy for the call-in information. We are asking for as many members of the
FREE FLU SHOTS at MINIFLU CLINIC Next Sunday, Nov 1st // Next Sunday, November 1st, Fairview Health Commons will be providing free flu shots during and after parked car worship. Please register here so they are sure to have enough supplies! Those who register will receive a free meal from Milda’s! PARKED CAR WORSHIP & OUTDOOR BIBLE STUDY // We will host our final parked car worship of the season in Redeemer’s backyard at 9:30am, November 1st. We will receive holy communion during worship. If inclement weather prohibits outdoor worship, it will be announced by 8am Sunday morning, and we will provide indoor live-streamed worship online via facebook. PASTOR KELLY ON VACATION // Pastor Kelly will be on vacation October 25-31, 2020. Pastor Hoffer of Salem Lutheran will provide emergency pastoral care. GROWING OUR POWER Garden Events this Saturday! // During this time of COVID and political unrest, gardens and outdoor spaces have provided connection and grounding. Join us for a time to gather at the garden before the snow flies! Growing our Power will be held at four outdoor locations around the synod. Each event will include spiritual reflection, learning about local food movements, and exploring ways to live out our commitments to environmental justice. The synod’s EcoFaith team hope this will be an opportunity to connect and grow together. LOCATIONS: Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 10-11:30am (2315 Chicago Ave., Mpls); Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2-3:30pm (8600 Fremont Ave. S., Bloomington); Faith Lutheran Church, 2-3:30pm (11115 Hanson Blvd NW., Coon Rapids); Spirit of Joy, 2-3:30pm (3477 10th St. NE., Buffalo). FREE NORTHSIDE PUMPKIN GIVE-AWAY, October 24th // Stop by Cub Foods (701 W. Broadway) on October 24th from 10am-3pm to receive a free pumpkin, sponsored by the Minneapolis Northside Roaring Lions.They are also seeking financial sponsors, so please call 612-800-2788 or 763-227-4881 to learn more. HEALTH COMMONS at the LIVING ROOM currently offers Zumba in Redeemer’s backyard, Book Club Discussions, and Health Q & A's online or in-person -- all with social distance and masking. Follow them on Facebook to get current schedules, events, and other resources: Health Commons at the Living Room. MENTAL HEALTH CONNECT is a local non-profit based out of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in South Minneapolis offering free, non-biased support for anyone seeking mental health resources. Visit MHC’s website to learn more or contact Mali, Redeemer's MHC ambassador.  Reformation Sunday | Readings & Gospel: Jeremiah 31:31-34, Psalm 46, Romans 3:19-28, & John 8:31-36 Over the centuries, Lutherans have kept a special day to thank God for the freedom that the word of God grants to believers and to pray that with the help of God’s Spirit, the church will be continually reformed and renewed. You are invited to worship with us on this Reformation Sunday, in praise and petition to God for the ongoing health of the church. With confidence in God’s grace and mercy, let us pray for the church, the world, and all those in need...
Renew and inspire the church in the freedom of the gospel, O God. Where the church is in error, reform it. Where the church speaks your truth, strengthen it. Where the church is divided, unify it. Ignite all houses of faith with these Christ the King, Edina Community, Faith Evangelical, Immanuel, Redeemer, St. Barnabas, Salem, Westwood, and Zion in the working of the Holy Spirit. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. As the earth changes, as mountains shake and the waters roar, may we care for this planet as a holy habitation for all living things, sustaining all peoples and lands recovering from the North American Wildfire Season, Atlantic Hurricane Season, Sudan and Monsoon flooding, Venezuelan Humanitarian and Refugee Crisis and from natural disasters of any kind . . . Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Guide areas of the world divided or traumatized by conflict Armenia Armenia-Azerbaijan, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Church of the Holy Land, Nigeria, U.S. civil unrest . . . Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Release those living in bondage to debts, chronic pain, or addiction. Grant healing touch to those who are ill and recovering, brothers James and Bobbie, Bud, Cindy, Linda, Kristen, Mark, MarySue, Shoonie, Edina Community Lutheran Church and the family of Pastor Sartain, . . . Marylou, Ione, and Sarah, living in care with Bill and all receiving hospice, our local and global siblings living with COVID-19 and accompanying lockdowns with quarantines, for first responders as well as disaster volunteers. Free all from slavery and human trafficking, and protect all in harm’s way. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. In this family of faith we give thanks for courageous voices that have remained firm in their commitment to the one who frees us from sin and death. Centered in your grace, unify us in the hope of the gospel as we call a pastor. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Even in death, you free us and give us a place in your house. We give thanks for our ancestors who have shown us truth and freedom, especially Martin Luther and any working for the renewal of the church. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Listen as we call on you, O God, and enfold in your loving arms all for whom we pray, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen  FAMILY TREE: MAPLE PLANTING DAY TOMORROW // Family Tree is a tree-planting organization hosting a maple tree planting day tomorrow, Saturday, October 17th with the hopes of planting more than 230 baby maples. Anyone interested in participating should call Divine at 612-707-9136 for more information! REFORMATION WORSHIP ONLINE NEXT WEEK // There will be no Parked Car Worshipnext Sunday, October 25th. Instead, we will celebrate Reformation Sunday with Westwood and Salem online. Watch next week’s announcements for more information! SOUL FOOD TO-GO SUNDAY, NEXT WEEK // The Fellowship Ministry at Redeemer will be hosting Soul Food To-Go Sunday next week, October 25th. Sign up here or email Amy or call 612-886-1468 and leave a message to guarantee your to-go soul food plate. Retrieve your “soul food to go”at 12pm. As your car enters the alley, the distributors will come from the west side of Redeemer Lutheranhandicapped-accessible door.Pedestrians can come from Glenwood Avenue. We thank Redeemer members and RCFL community supporters for providing this drive/walk-by meal! ECLC CAR PARADE NEXT SUNDAY // Along with Drive-By Soul Food Sunday, members of our partner congregation Edina Community Lutheran Church will be at Redeemer between 12-2pm to share gratitude with us and appreciation for our partnership! Come masked and ready to share and receive their greetings! SAVE the DATES for MINIFLU CLINIC // In partnership with Fairview Health Commons, we will host a free Miniflu clinic on November 1st (parked car worship) in Redeemer’s backyard! Come for worship and ready to get your annual flu shot. PARKED CAR WORSHIP & OUTDOOR BIBLE STUDY // We are excited to be hosting parked car worship in Redeemer’s backyard at 9:30am followed immediately by outdoor Bible study (with physical distance) on November 1st. We will receive holy communion during worship each week, and water and restrooms will be available from the Redeemer building for Bible study participants. Please bring your own Bible and snacks. We will conclude by 11:30am or earlier. PLEASE NOTE: If inclement weather prohibits outdoor worship, leadership will move indoors and provide live-streamed worship online via facebook. Announcements regarding the cancellation of outdoor worship will be posted to facebook and our website by 8am Sunday morning. THANK YOU to Kendrick Hall and Christine Belfry Johnson for speaking about your call journey and theological education during October 11’s Parked Car worship. These recent Luther Seminary graduates have been approved and blessed! for ordination in the ELCA. This Sunday (October 18th), we will hear Madaline Troyer, graduate of Messiah College in PA and Lutheran Volunteer Corp staff member at the Minneapolis Area Synod. Pastor Kelly is on vacation October 25-31, 2020. Pastor Hoffer of Salem Lutheran will provide emergency pastoral care. GROWING OUR POWER Garden Events, October 24th // During this time of COVID and political unrest, gardens and outdoor spaces have provided connection and grounding. Join us for a time to gather at the garden before the snow flies! Growing our Power will be held at four outdoor locations around the synod. Each event will include spiritual reflection, learning about local food movements, and exploring ways to live out our commitments to environmental justice. The synod’s EcoFaith team hope this will be an opportunity to connect and grow together. LOCATIONS: Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 10-11:30am (2315 Chicago Ave., Mpls); Christ the King Lutheran Church, 2-3:30pm (8600 Fremont Ave. S., Bloomington); Faith Lutheran Church, 2-3:30pm (11115 Hanson Blvd NW., Coon Rapids); Spirit of Joy, 2-3:30pm (3477 10th St. NE., Buffalo). FREE NORTHSIDE PUMPKIN GIVE-AWAY, October 24th // Stop by Cub Foods (701 W. Broadway) on October 24th from 10am-3pm to receive a free pumpkin, sponsored by the Minneapolis Northside Roaring Lions.They are also seeking financial sponsors, so please call 612-800-2788 or 763-227-4881 to learn more. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for OUTDOOR WORSHIP // We plan to host outdoor worship on November 1st (weather permitting) and we need your help! Will you plan to stay after worship and help load equipment back into the church? If so, email Amy or simply stay after to help out! REDEEMER RACIAL JUSTICE & EQUITY MEETINGS // Redeemer’s Racial Justice & Equity group (formerly referred to as Seeing White) continues to meet every-other Thursday to discuss current events and our sustained efforts toward racial equity, along with The Racial Healing Handbook. If you’d like to join us on October 29th from 6:30-8pm, please contact Amy in the church office or church council VP Curtis Coats. HEALTH COMMONS at the LIVING ROOM currently offers Zumba in Redeemer’s backyard, Book Club Discussions, and Health Q & A's online or in-person -- all with social distance and masking. Follow them on Facebook to get current schedules, events, and other resources: Health Commons at the Living Room. MENTAL HEALTH CONNECT is a local non-profit based out of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in South Minneapolis offering free, non-biased support for anyone seeking mental health resources. Visit MHC’s website to learn more or contact Mali, Redeemer's MHC ambassador.  20th Sunday after Pentecost | Readings & Gospel: Isaiah 45:1-7, Psalm 96:1-13, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 & Matthew 22:15-22 With confidence in God’s grace and mercy, let us pray for the church, the world, and all those in need--
Gracious God, send your Holy Spirit among preachers, missionaries, and evangelists, whom you call by name with all, to share your good news, as we give thanks for your servant Luke, the evangelist, whom the church commemorates today, the ministry of the Call Committee and our new and existing disciples joining Redeemer,Cheryl & Jonathan, Sam, Sally with Jordan. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. God of praise, from the rising of the sun to its setting, may the whole universe show forth your goodness by raising up devoted stewards of all that you have made. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. God of all, restore divided nations and communities Armenia-AzerbaijanEthiopia, the church of the Holy Land, these United States, with your reconciling truth. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. God of light, we pray for those living at home and hospitalized with pain, illness, isolation, grief, anger, or doubt Bud, Cindy, Linda, MarySue, Shoonie, Edina Community Lutheran Church and the family of Pastor Sartain recovering from surgery, . . . Marylou, Ione, and Sarah, living in care with Bill and all receiving hospice, our local and global siblings living with COVID-19 and quarantines, for the first responders, disaster volunteers, join their voices in a new song, assuring them that you call them each by name. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. God of truth, you show no partiality in the Spirit guiding the work of justices, magistrates, court officials, and all vocations of the law, that your promised restoration may be known. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Living God, as you raised Jesus from the dead, so raise up those who have died in you Mary Olson Cornils Baich, mother of Carolyn. We give thanks for their witness, confident of your rescuing welcome for all. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Listen as we call on you, O God, and enfold in your loving arms all for whom we pray, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.  BLESSING of ANIMALS & PETS THIS SUNDAY // This Sunday, October 11th, we will host a Blessing of Animals and Pets in commemoration of Saint Francis of Acissi and his care and communion with creation, and in celebration of God’s goodness to us through our furry family. You may bring your (well-trained) animals for our pet parade or bring a stuffed animal or photo to represent them if bringing them is not possible. VENTURE NORTH GARAGE SALE this Saturday // Stop by Redeemer’s backyard THIS SATURDAY between 11am and 3pm for Venture North’s semi-annual garage sale where they’ll be selling bikes and gear, new and used, for as little as $20! LEADING WITH LOVE OCTOBER FORUM ft. Dr. Robin Bell and Amy Koopman, October 13th // Over the past few months, the MInneapolis Area Synod has hosted a number of Leading with Love forums to address and discuss the Minneapolis uprising and unrest, unhoused encampments, state violence, political division, and the ongoing public health crisis. The trauma of this year is unavoidable and all-encompassing. But these crises are not unprecedented for the people of God. We read of the prophets, who spoke truth and called their communities into service of the vision of the world as it could be. October 13th’s forum is titled Answering the Call: Leading with Love Now, in the Time of the Prophets and will feature Redeemer’s Dr Robin Bell (minister of racial justice & equity) and seminarian Amy Koopman along with other synod leaders reflecting on reading the prophets in 2020 and who they look to as modern-day prophets. Register today to join us via zoom from 9:30-11am on Tuesday, October 13th. FAMILY TREE: MAPLE PLANTING DAY October 17th // Family Tree is a tree-planting organization hosting a maple tree planting day on October 17th with the hopes of planting more than 230 baby maples. Anyone interested in participating should call Divine at 612-707-9136 for more information! SAVE the DATES for MINIFLU CLINICS // In partnership with Fairview Health Commons, we will host a free Miniflu clinic on November 1st (parked car worship) in Redeemer’s backyard! Come for worship and ready to get your annual flu shot. PARKED CAR WORSHIP & OUTDOOR BIBLE STUDY // We are excited to be hosting parked car worship in Redeemer’s backyard at 9:30am followed immediately by outdoor Bible study (with physical distance) on Sundays October 11th, 18th, and November 1st. We will receive holy communion during worship each week, and water and restrooms will be available from the Redeemer building for Bible study participants. Please bring your own Bible and snacks. We will conclude by 11:30am or earlier. PLEASE NOTE: We will not host Sunday morning Zoom fellowship on parked car Sundays! Instead, we invite you to join us onFacebook where we’ll be livestreaming our services. You do not need to have a facebook profile to watch the livestream from our page! If inclement weather prohibits outdoor worship, leadership will move indoors and provide live-streamed worship online via facebook. Announcements regarding the cancellation of outdoor worship will be posted to facebook and our website by 8am Sunday morning. GROWING OUR POWER Garden Events, October 24th // During this time of COVID and political unrest, gardens and outdoor spaces have provided connection and grounding. Join us for a time to gather at the garden before the snow flies! Growing our Power will be held at four outdoor locations around the synod. Each event will include spiritual reflection, learning about local food movements, and exploring ways to live out our commitments to environmental justice. The synod’s EcoFaith team hope this will be an opportunity to connect and grow together. LOCATIONS: Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 10-11:30am (2315 Chicago Ave., Mpls); Christ the King Lutheran Church, time TBA (8600 Fremont Ave. S., Bloomington); Faith Lutheran Church, 2-3:30pm (11115 Hanson Blvd NW., Coon Rapids); Spirit of Joy, time TBA (3477 10th St. NE., Buffalo). FREE NORTHSIDE PUMPKIN GIVE-AWAY, October 24th // Stop by Cub Foods (701 W. Broadway) on October 24th from 10am-3pm to receive a free pumpkin, sponsored by the Minneapolis Northside Roaring Lions.They are also seeking financial sponsors, so please call 612-800-2788 or 763-227-4881 to learn more. ECLC GRATITUDE PARADE, October 25th // Are you available for receiving gratitude greetings from our mission partner, Edina Community Lutheran Church? They will be arriving at Redeemer on October 25th from 12-2pm! Come masked and ready to greet members of ECLC (in their cars) to receive their gratitude for us and for partnership in the gospel. Our October 25th Reformation worship will be pre-recorded and posted online with Westwood Lutheran and Salem Lutheran. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for OUTDOOR WORSHIP // We plan to host outdoor worship on October 11th, 18th, and November 1st (weather permitting) and we need your help! Each week we hope to have five hospitality volunteers to help with set-up, tear-down, and with distributing communion cups, bulletins, etc. to our siblings who come to worship. You will be provided gloves Pleasesign up here to volunteer! REDEEMER RACIAL JUSTICE & EQUITY MEETINGS // Redeemer’s Racial Justice & Equity group (formerly referred to as Seeing White) continues to meet every-other Thursday to discuss current events and our sustained efforts toward racial equity, along with The Racial Healing Handbook. If you’d like to join us on October 17th or 29th from 6:30-8pm, please contact Amy in the church office or church council VP Curtis Coats. HEALTH COMMONS at the LIVING ROOM currently offers Zumba in Redeemer’s backyard, Book Club Discussions, and Health Q & A's online or in-person -- all with social distance and masking. Follow them onFacebook to get current schedules, events, and other resources: Health Commons at the Living Room. BE COUNTED on the 2020 CENSUS! // If you and your family haven't yet completed the 2020 Census, there's still time! Visit the2020 Census online and fill yours out today. Every voice matters, and everyone deserves to be counted!  19th Sunday after Pentecost | Readings & Gospel: Isaiah 25:1-9, Psalm 23, Philippians 4:1-9 & Matthew 22:1-14 With confidence in God’s grace and mercy, let us pray for the church, the world, and all those in need…
We pray for bishops, teachers, church leaders, the Redeemer Lutheran Call Committee and all children of God as they share the joyous hospitality of inviting others to your table of boundless grace. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Gracious host, protect all you have created especially any creatures endangered and mistreated longing for your redemption. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Gracious host, as you set a table in the presence of enemies, so bless the efforts of diplomats, international peace workers, and world leaders who navigate conflict by proceeding with dialogue and understanding, so that justice and peace prevails in Armenia-Azerbaijan, Israel, Ireland, United Kingdom, and the United States. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Gracious host, when we are quick to judge outward appearance, remind us how you clothe all in your mercy. We pray for ministries that provide needed clothing and other personal care assistance in this community Zion Baptist, Masjid al Furqaan Mosque, and Metropolitan Community Church of Christ. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Gracious host, let your gentleness be known among those who are weary or ill , Cindy, Linda, Shoonie, Edina Community Lutheran Church and the family of Pastor Sartain receiving surgery, our local and global siblings living with COVID-19 and quarantines, for the first responders, disaster volunteers, Marylou, Ione, and Sarah, with Bill and all receiving hospice. Strengthen doctors, medical care workers, and caretakers who see to their and others’ needs . . . Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Gracious host, we remember Francis of Assisi who lived calling pets and animals his siblings. Comfort us with your presence. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Listen as we call on you, O God, and enfold in your loving arms all for whom we pray, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen |
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