 GIVING TUESDAY on DECEMBER 1st // Tuesday, December 1st, is international Giving Tuesday and we invite you to give a gift to Redeemer and/or invite your friends and family to match your gift, through our online giving portal or through our GiveMN site to support our ongoing ministry through this unprecedented time. WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Advent Wreath Lighting & Reading // Please register online or email Amy to sign up to record yourself and/or your family speaking the assigned lectionary readings and/or light Advent candles while speaking Advent blessings (2 for Dec. 6th, 3 for Dec. 13th, or 4 for Dec.20th) for our prerecorded worships during the season of Advent and Christmas. Know that you can speak aloud the readings linked on the sign-up or from a children’s or other translation in your home. Candle Lighting blessings are also linked on the sign up. EDU-YOUTH MINISTRY INVITATIONS // Along with lighting the Advent candles and speaking lectionary readings, Redeemer’s Edu-Youth team has some exciting opportunities for your families and children to partake of this Advent season! >> THIS Sunday, November 29: Advent Kit + Holy Communion Instruction -- Come to the church backyard at noon (and bring your Desmond Tutu children’s Bible or Action Bible along!) for Holy Communion instruction with PK, and/or pick up prepared Advent Kits from the EduYouth team between 12-2pm. >> Sundays Dec. 6 & 20 at 10:30am: Family Zoom Craft Time with ECLC -- Join ECLC and other congregations around the area for half an hour of fellowship and craft time. Join here. >> Virtual Christmas Pageant -- This year, Redeemer is teaming up with ECLC and St Paul Lutheran (in South Minneapolis) to create a children’s Christmas Pageant for Christmas Even worship. Multiple scenes mean many families from different congregations can participate, and Redeemer is seeking at least four families to volunteer to do a scene from home! Please contact Anna or Lonna for more information and instructions! PRE-ORDER YOUR “REDEEMER BELIEVES BLACK LIVES MATTER 2020” TEES // Redeemer’s Service & Advocacy ministry partnered with the Northside’s Juxtaposition Arts to create a brand new 2020 “Redeemer Believes Black Lives Matter” shirts. They are now available for pre-order for a suggested donation of $10 or more which will fund the ongoing work of the S&A committee! Please contact Amy or Holly to pre-order yours! 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.) WEDNESDAY ADVENT MEDITATIONS // During the seven weeks leading to Christmas, Redeemer is participating in the Advent Project which follows the early church’s seven-Sunday celebration of Advent. You may follow the meditations each week at www.redeemermpls.org/advent-2020, where you’ll find this and the coming weeks’ meditations set to the ancient Advent hymn, “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.” SUNDAY MORNING ZOOM FELLOWSHIP // Throughout this Advent season we invite you and your families to once again join us Sunday mornings at 9:30am via zoom for a time of fellowship and sharing! Click here to join the meetings! SAVE THE DATE: 2021 MEMBERS’ BUDGET MEETING December 13th // Members!Mark your calendars and save the date for our annual budget meeting to be held via zoom on Sunday, December 13th (Third Sunday in Advent). A link will be provided in future emails! 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 this Doodle 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 songs, poems, 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 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. *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.  First Sunday in Advent: Readings & Gospel Isaiah 64:1-9, Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19, 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 & Mark 13:24-37 This coming Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. Christ is “advancing” towards us. In the past, God came to us in the life of Jesus. In the present, God comes especially in word and sacrament. In the future, even if there is disaster, God will come to gather us into life. This Sunday we light the first candle on our Advent wreath, and we begin a year-long reading from the Gospel of Mark.
God of power and might, tear open the heavens and come quickly to this weary world. Hear our prayers for everyone in need -- We pray for the ministry we share in Christ’s name with new Redeemer members, the Lutters, Jenny, Annika and Pastor Paul and as we seek a pastor joining our open hearts to your call for justice, peace, and healing, these needs of the world, as you draw near. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. We pray for your renewing this planet and restoring relationships within devastated habitats, polluted waters, blazing fires, and swelling floods in Central America, Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. For any leaving home because of armed conflict, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Belarus and the Church in the Holy Land, for those without homes facing seasonal hurricanes, for any unemployed or underemployed, and for any in poverty or facing food insecurity supported by Metropolitan Community Church of Christ. Fill with compassion and just power all who care for others in our neighborhood and around the world by relieving burdens, sustaining bodies, and easing minds by the help of our hands for any in crisis Ione, and Sarah, living in care with Bill and all receiving hospice, our local and global siblings living with surging COVID-19 and accompanying lockdowns with quarantines, for first responders as well as disaster volunteers,the unsheltered campers at 2nd Ave North and Van White Memorial Blvd, brothers James and Bobbie, Cheryl, Cindy, Linda, Kathy, Samantha, Shoonie, Edina Community Lutheran Church and the family of Pastor Jeff Sartain . . . Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. We give thanks for the lives and witness of those who died Arlene, John, and Mary as well as any waiting for justice, peace, or healing, those whose names we know and those whose names are known only to you. Sustain all who still yearn for the completion of your redeeming work. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. Draw near to us, O God, and receive our prayers for the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.  SIGN UP to SPEAK the READINGS! // Please register 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. WEDNESDAY ADVENT PROJECT MEDITATIONS // During the seven weeks leading to Christmas, Redeemer is participating in the Advent Project which follows the early church’s seven-Sunday celebration of Advent. You may follow the meditations each week at www.redeemermpls.org/advent-project-2020, where you’ll find this and the coming weeks’ meditations set to the ancient Advent hymn, “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.” ZOOM FELLOWSHIP RESUMES THIS SUNDAY // As we end the season of parked-car worship, we invite you and your families to once again join us Sunday mornings at 9:30am via zoom for a time of fellowship and sharing! Click here to join the meetings! SAVE THE DATE: 2021 MEMBERS’ BUDGET MEETING // Members! Mark your calendars and save the date for our annual budget meeting to be held via zoom on Sunday, December 13th (Third Sunday in Advent). A link will be provided in future emails! CALL COMMITTEE REQUESTS //Firstly, please continue to review the Ministry Site Profile and email Amy Koopman any feedback you may have by Friday, November 13th. She will forward it along to the call committee. Secondly, we are currently accepting pastoral recommendations to be passed along to the Minneapolis Area Synod. Please send any potential pastoral candidates as well as two hyperlinks about each candidate to Kent Goodroad by November 20th. DRIVE-THRU HOLY COMMUNION DISCONTINUED // Drive Through Communion discontinued due to the Minnesota Governors’ mandate of a 10-person limit for indoor and outdoor gatherings, and all social gatherings will be limited to members of three households or less. We will continue to update information as we move into winter and anticipate more directives from the CDC, Governor Walz, and the ELCA. 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 songs, poems, 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.* 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, and contact 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. GOT QUESTIONS? Call the Redeemer Lutheran office on Wednesdays when Amy can point you to the answers, or email her any time at admin@redeemermpls.org. 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. *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.  Lectionary 33 / Advent Project Readings & Gospel: Amos 5:18-24, Psalm 70, 1 Thes. 4:13-18, & Matthew 25:14-30 Some people do a good job of using their talents to benefit others, but some persons, never employ their talents to the full. Come to worship this coming Sunday. Hear the parable about talents; receive God’s blessing; and at the table be strengthened to become an ever more creative and faithful servant in God’s kingdom.
Intercessor: 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 in need... Lord of the church, by the fire of your Holy Spirit, unify us across ministries, congregations, and denominations especially as we call a pastor, and refine us to participate in your activity throughout the world. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. Lord of creation, we stand in awe at the works of your hands and praise you for the beauty of nature especially Theodore Wirth Park as an example of the blessed earth for your glory and restore its integrity where exploitation has caused ruin. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. Lord of the nations, sound forth your justice in the ears of all leaders, increasing their concern for those who are most vulnerable especially the people of Nicaragua, and Honduras, Belize, Guatemala and El Salvador in the aftermath of Hurricane Eta, the people of Ethiopia, Lebanon, Belarus and the Church in the Holy Land, for siblings across the US who are experiencing violent unrest, by cooperating for international trade agreements and ending human rights abuses. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. Lord of all in need, search out all who cry to you in distress Ione, and Sarah, living in care with Bill and all receiving hospice, our local and global siblings living with surging COVID-19 and accompanying lockdowns with quarantines, for first responders as well as disaster volunteers, the unsheltered campers at 2nd Ave North and Van White Memorial Blvd, brothers James and Bobbie, Cindy, Linda, Kristen, MarySue, Shoonie, Edina Community Lutheran Church and the family of Pastor Jeff Sartain … Scatter the heavy clouds of depression, chronic illness, unemployment, and loneliness with your radiant light. Send us as encouragement and signs of your healing. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. Lord of the stranger, stir up holy restlessness in us to extend love to those at the margins. Release our desire for control and open us to learn from the perspectives of others as we interview pastors for our call. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. Lord of the living and the dead, we give you thanks for all the saints at rest from their labors, Arlene and Mary. Rouse us to live by their example, that saints yet to come may also know your love. 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.  FINAL PARKED CAR WORSHIP THIS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8th // We were disappointed that extreme weather prohibited us from gathering in person for parked car worship last week, but since this weekend’s weather is promising, we will gather for our final parked-car worship of fall at 9:30am in Redeemer’s backyard when we will worship and receive communion and you may pick up your 2021 offerings envelopes!. See you there! SIGN UP to SPEAK the READINGS! // Please register 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. GOT QUESTIONS? Call the Redeemer Lutheran office on Wednesdays when Amy can point you to the answers, or email her any time at admin@redeemermpls.org.The Redeemer church office is closed for Veterans Day, Wed. Nov. 11; please leave a voicemail message. CALL COMMITTEE REQUESTS // Firstly, please continue to review the Ministry Site Profile (attached below) and email Amy Koopman any feedback you may have by Friday, November 13th. She will forward it along to the call committee. Secondly, we are currently accepting pastoral recommendations to be passed along to the Minneapolis Area Synod. Please send any potential pastoral candidates as well as two hyperlinks about each candidate to Kent Goodroad by November 20th. DRIVE-THRU HOLY COMMUNION in NOVEMBER // We invite you to Redeemer’s alley on Sundays November 15th and November 29th at 10:00 a.m. when you may receive holy communion from the handicap entrance on the west side of the building. Please share your feedback about this sacramental experience preceded by online worship! 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, and contact 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 this Doodle 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 songs, poems, 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.  Lectionary 32 / Advent Project Readings & Gospel:Amos 5:18-24, Psalm 70, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 & Matthew 25:1-13 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 in need -- Holy God, rouse us to deep praise as we gather for worship with sincere and heartfelt songs. Sustain the work of all church musicians especially Alyssa, Dave, Emander, Steven, and Trai leading us in praise and prayer. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. Holy Creator, surprise and delight us with the beauty of the world you have made. Bless the work of landscapers, architects, artists, with local and global organizations providing shelter. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. Holy Judge, let justice roll down like waters over this world. Be present in cases, reign over courtrooms, and in the hearts of guardians of the law and with the accused, where all long for both justice and mercy to prevail especially in Belarus, Ethiopia, the U.S.... Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. Holy Companion, console those who feel lonely or abandoned. Share the hours of those who live and eat alone. Comfort those who have few friends or who struggle with their identity and place in this world. We name on our hearts and minds 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, the campers at 2nd Ave North and Van White Memorial Blvd, the nations of France and Italy, brothers James and Bobbie, Bud, Cindy, Linda, Kristen, MarySue, Shoonie, Edina Community Lutheran Church and the family of Pastor Jeff Sartain... Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. Holy Protector, be with all observing Veterans Day. Guard the lives of active duty and retired military personnel. Comfort all who mourn those who have died in the line of duty. Heal the wounds, both physical and mental, experienced by service members. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. Holy and Omnipotent One, guide Redeemer in openness to receive the pastoral candidate knowing that your Spirit is leading and preparing us for this journey in faith. Hear us, O God. Your mercy is great. Holy and Immortal One, we pray in thanksgiving for the lives of all who have died, Mary Olson Cornils Baich, Melvin Boerner... Remind us of the frailty and shortness of our own lives and inspire us to use them for the building up of your kingdom. 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.  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  GET OUT THE VOTE with REDEEMER TOMORROW! // Redeemer members and the Harrison Neighborhood Association are collaborating to distribute door hangers with clear and specific information on how to vote. The door hanger door hanging blitz will take place from 10am to 2pm tomorrow, Saturday, September 26th. Please come and join us! We have 5,000 door hangers for the Harrison and Heritage Park neighborhoods. Pastor Kelly will join with flyers announcing Redeemer’s upcoming parked car worship services (dates and details below) and Health Commons’ weekly and monthly events. We will meet in Redeemer’s backyard. This is a great activity for people who are looking for a safe way to mobilize voters and get a little exercise while they are at it. We are hoping people can commit to a 2-hour shift but will be happy to see people whenever they come and for however long they can join us. Please bring a mask to wear! We will have maps and door hanger packets prepared. See you tomorrow! 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) this Sunday, September 27th, along with October 4th, 11th, 18th, and November 1st. We will receive holy communion during worship each week, and water 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 on Facebook where we’ll be livestreaming our services. You do not need to have a facebook profile to watch the livestream from our page! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for PARKED CAR WORSHIP // We plan to host outdoor worship on September 27th, October 4th, 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 (and a mask if you don’t have one). Please sign up here for one or more of these five Sundays! SAVE the DATES for FLU SHOTS // In partnership with Fairview Health Commons, we will host Miniflu clinics on October 25th (during Reformation Zoom worship with Salem and Westwood Lutheran) and November 1st (parked car worship) in Redeemer’s backyard! 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 join us on October 1st, 17th, or 29th from 6:30-8pm, please contact Amy in the church office or church council VP Curtis Coats. SEASONS of CREATION Lectionary-Based Devotional Online // The ELCA, Anglican Church of Canada, and the Episcopal Church have joined together to provide a wonderful opportunity to reflect upon “repairing and restoring our commitments to God, to one another and to all of creation” through a series of devotionals written by various ecumenical leaders. They follow the lectionary and are offered for each Sunday, September 6th - October 4th, and are available for free online. Download the devotional guide today! HARRISON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION (HNA) CALL for PARTNER SUPPORT // As partners in the work to advance housing equity and racial justice in Minneapolis and throughout the Twin Cities region, HNA needs the Minneapolis Area Synod’s and Redeemer’s support as they face severe city budget cuts that will deeply impact their capacity to continue this critical work. For context regarding what HNA and other Minneapolis Neighborhood Organizations are asking for, please see their letter. Will you send an email by September 30th (the sooner the better) to the Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Frey in support of increasing funding for Neighborhood Organizations? HNA believes that hearing from their partners in the work will increase the City Council and Mayor's understanding of the important role Neighborhoods play in advancing equity in our communities. For city leader contact info, talking points, or a suggested letter template, click here. 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. Their next social gathering (distanced & with masks!) will be October 6th from 3-6pm. Come on out for community and light snacks! 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.  17th Sunday after Pentecost | Readings & Gospel: Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32, Psalm 25:1-9, Philippians 2:1-13, & Matthew 21:23-32 Drawn together in the compassion of God, we pray for the church, the world, and all those in need---
In all the world, where the church is powerful and where it struggles, shape us with humility and obedience so that your love and the unifying mind of Christ may be at work in us.. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Turn the nations toward life by mending and redeeming places that are polluted and damaged. Where our ways are unfair, give us new hearts and new spirits for changing our minds and trusting your authority where sin permeates our cultures and institutions in Belarus, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Japan, and the Church in the Holy Land, for siblings across the US especially in the fire damaged Western states and Louisville, KY. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Our lives are yours, O God. Defend the lives and welfare of children who are abused or neglected, hungry or exploited, bullied or lonely, Relieve the suffering of all in body, mind, and spirit: the survivors of the migrant fire in Lesbos, the family of Breonna Taylor, Claudia, Cindy, Linda, MarySue, Robin, Shoonie, Tatiana, our local and global siblings living with COVID-19 and quarantines, for the first responders, disaster volunteers, for; Marylou, Ione, and Sarah living in care, for Bill and all receiving hospice and any needing our embrace. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Turn Redeemer Lutheran away from our own interests toward the interests of others as they seek their called pastor filling them with your compassion and sympathy as you bless ministries of care in our community especially Redeemer Center for Life, the feeding ministry at Metropolitan church of Christ, Harrison Neighborhood Association; make us into signs of your mercy and justice for our neighbors. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Thank you for those who have gone into the kingdom ahead of us confessing as witnesses: Jesus Christ as Lord in life and in death -- Mark, tax collectors and prostitutes, likely and unlikely, obedient and slow to learn. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. All these things and whatever else you see that we need, we entrust to your mercy; through Christ our Lord. Amen  THANK YOU from RCFL’s GALA COMMITTEE // The 2020 RCFL Gala: Rooted in Community virtual event was a phenomenal success. Thanks to our generous supporters, donors and partners who helped us surpass our fundraising goal and raise over $115,000! These funds will go towards our workforce development opportunities, youth leadership programs and attainable housing. VIRTUAL WORSHIP with LUTHERANS RESTORING CREATION // This Sunday we are excited to share virtual worship provided by Lutherans Restoring Creation, a grassroots movement promoting care for creation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The LRC-provided bulletin and sermon transcript will be available online at www.redeemermpls.org/virtual-worship. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for PARKED CAR WORSHIP // We plan to host outdoor worship on September 27, October 4, 11, 18, and November 1 weather permitting, and we need your help! Each week we’ll need five hospitality volunteers to help with set-up, tear-down, and with distributing communion cups, bulletins, and the like to our siblings who come to worship. You will be provided gloves (and a mask if you don’t have one). Please sign up here for one or more of these five Sundays! HELPERS NEEDED for GET OUT THE VOTE EVENTS // We invite you to prayerfully consider walking a short mapped physically distanced area to distribute nonpartisan Get Out the Vote door hangers. Hold a date of your choosing for Nestor (of the Harrison Neighborhood Association), Holly, and Maggie. Pastor Kelly will join with flyers announcing our parked car worship services in September, October, and November, as well as Health Commons weekly and monthly events. Looking forward to seeing you walking with good news! PARKED CAR WORSHIP & OUTDOOR BIBLE STUDY // We will be hosting parked car worship followed by outdoor Bible study (with physical distance) on September 27th and October 4th, 11th, and 18hth. Water will be available from the Redeemer building; bring your own Bible and snacks. We will conclude by 11:30am or earlier. SAVE the DATES for FLU SHOTS // In partnership with Fairview Health Commons, we will host Miniflu clinics on October 25th (during Reformation Zoom worship with Salem and Westwood Lutheran) and November 1st (parked car worship) in Redeemer’s backyard! ZOOM FELLOWSHIP & MID-WEEK BIBLE STUDY // Along with hosting 9:30am zoom fellowship on virtual worship Sundays (including this week, Sept 20th), Pastor Kelly is hosting a weekly Wednesday evening Bible study on zoom from 7-8pm in September, when we will dig into and discuss each of the five chapters of First Peter. There is a posted recording by Pastor Kelly on each chapter. The existing recordings (available online) by Pastor Kelly were shaped by perceiving the rebellion, uprising and social unrest in Minneapolis. Through this bible study, we will examine how we perceive ourselves as agents of hope. SEASONS of CREATION Lectionary-Based Devotional Online // The ELCA, Anglican Church of Canada, and the Episcopal Church have joined together to provide a wonderful opportunity to reflect upon “repairing and restoring our commitments to God, to one another and to all of creation” through a series of devotionals written by various ecumenical leaders. They follow the lectionary and are offered for each Sunday, September 6th - October 4th, and are available for free online. Download the devotional guide today! HARRISON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION (HNA) CALL for PARTNER SUPPORT // As partners in the work to advance housing equity and racial justice in Minneapolis and throughout the Twin Cities region, HNA needs the Minneapolis Area Synod’s and Redeemer’s support as they face severe city budget cuts that will deeply impact their capacity to continue this critical work. For context regarding what HNA and other Minneapolis Neighborhood Organizations are asking for, please see their letter. Will you send an email by September 30th (the sooner the better) to the Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Frey in support of increasing funding for Neighborhood Organizations? HNA believes that hearing from their partners in the work will increase the City Council and Mayor's understanding of the important role Neighborhoods play in advancing equity in our communities. For city leader contact info, talking points, or a suggested letter template, click here. 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. Their next social gathering (distanced & with masks!) will be October 6th from 3-6pm. Come on out for community and light snacks! Follow them on Facebook to get current schedules, events, and other resources: Health Commons at the Living Room. REDEEMER COMMUNITY GARDEN EVENTS // Summertime is busy in Redeemer garden! Along with our weekly garden work days from 1-4pm and free veggie distribution from 2-4pm every Sunday afternoon, we’d love for you to join this Sunday from 4:30p-7:30p for our last Pizza Party & Drum Circle of the season. All activities are socially-distanced & masked events. For more information, contact our garden coordinator Greta. 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.  16th Sunday after Pentecost | Readings & Gospel Jonah 3:10-4:11 | Psalm 145:1-8 | Philippians 1:21-30 | Matthew 20:1-16 Intercessor: Drawn together in the compassion of God, we pray for the church, the world, and all those in need:
Generous God, you make the last first, and the first last by equipping your church for its works of service where the gospel challenges the church. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Nothing in creation is outside your concern, mighty God; have us tend to all that you have made with a spirit of generosity. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Bring peace to places of conflict and violence especiallyEthiopia, Lebanon, and the Church in the Holy Land, for siblings across the US so that inspired negotiators, peacekeepers, and development workers know your blessing upon your work. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Accompany judges and lawyers, victims of crime and those serving sentences, revealing all their needs for your grace and mercy that is slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and ready to relent from punishing. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Even beyond our expectations, you choose to give generously. Grant life, health, and courage to all who are in need especially any seeking fruitful labor and the livelihood provided by paid work , the grieving survivors of the migrant fire in Lesbos, Claudia, Mark, MarySue, Robin, Shoonie, Tatiana, our local and global siblings living with COVID-19 and quarantines, for any dealing with loss of life, livelihood, and home in the wildfires on the west coast and its air pollution, for the first responders, disaster volunteers, and all who sacrifice of themselves for the care and love of others; Marylou, Ione, and Sarah living in care, for Bill and all receiving hospice and resting on our hearts and minds. . . Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Pastor: All these things and whatever else you see that we need, we entrust to your mercy; through Christ our Lord. Amen.  RCFL 2020 GALA on SATURDAY: Registration Open! // The 2020 RCFL Gala: Rooted in Community is THIS SATURDAY, September 12th at 7:00pm, and we are so excited to have our Redeemer family be part of this night! Register today to show your support and ensure you won’t miss the event! Please connect with Mali for any related questions. We look forward to seeing you! PARKED BIKE + CAR WORSHIP with SALEM // You’re invited to join us this Sunday, September 10th at 9:30am at Salem ELCA (4150 Dupont Ave N) for parked bike and car worship on God’s Work, Our Hands: ELCA Sunday! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for PARKED CAR WORSHIP // We plan to host outdoor worship on September 27, October 4, 11, 18, and November 1 weather permitting, and we need your help! Each week we’ll need five hospitality volunteers to help with set-up, tear-down, and with distributing communion cups, bulletins, and the like to our siblings who come to worship. You will be provided gloves (and a mask if you don’t have one). Please sign up here for one or more of these five Sundays! RACIAL JUSTICE in the TWIN CITIES: A CONTINUING CONVERSATION // Summer is over. Protests and encampments continue in response to the death of George Floyd and too many others since then. What can we do? What are churches doing? What is the Minnesota Council of Churches doing? Join board members of the Minnesota Council of Churches on Thursday, September 17th from 9:30am-11am in a zoom discussion about the MCC's conversations regarding truth telling, reparations, and racial equity. Redeemer’s own Dr. Robin Bell will facilitate the discussion. NO ZOOM FELLOWSHIP on PARKED CAR WORSHIP SUNDAYS // Zoom fellowship is canceled this Sunday the 13th in lieu of our gathering for parked bike and car worship. We will livestream worship both Sundays via Facebook, and the video recording will be made available later in the day! We hope to see you there! We will resume Zoom fellowship on September 20th. WEDNESDAY EVENING ZOOM BIBLE STUDY // Pastor Kelly is hosting a weekly Wednesday evening Bible study on zoom from 7-8pm in September, when we will dig into and discuss each of the five chapters of First Peter. There is a posted recording by Pastor Kelly on each chapter. The existing recordings (available online) by Pastor Kelly were shaped by perceiving the rebellion, uprising and social unrest in Minneapolis. Through this bible study, we will examine how we perceive ourselves as agents of hope. SEASONS of CREATION Lectionary-Based Devotional Online // The ELCA, Anglican Church of Canada, and the Episcopal Church have joined together to provide a wonderful opportunity to reflect upon “repairing and restoring our commitments to God, to one another and to all of creation” through a series of devotionals written by various ecumenical leaders. They follow the lectionary and are offered for each Sunday, September 6th - October 4th, and are available for free online. Download the devotional guide today! HARRISON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION (HNA) CALL for PARTNER SUPPORT // As partners in the work to advance housing equity and racial justice in Minneapolis and throughout the Twin Cities region, HNA needs the Minneapolis Area Synod’s and Redeemer’s support as they face severe city budget cuts that will deeply impact their capacity to continue this critical work. For context regarding what HNA and other Minneapolis Neighborhood Organizations are asking for, please see their letter. Will you send an email by September 30th (the sooner the better) to the Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Frey in support of increasing funding for Neighborhood Organizations? HNA believes that hearing from their partners in the work will increase the City Council and Mayor's understanding of the important role Neighborhoods play in advancing equity in our communities. For city leader contact info, talking points, or a suggested letter template, click here. 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. Their next social gathering (distanced & with masks!) will be September 15th from 3-6pm. Come on out for community and light snacks! Follow them on Facebook to get current schedules, events, and other resources: Health Commons at the Living Room. REDEEMER COMMUNITY GARDEN EVENTS // Summertime is busy in Redeemer garden! Along with our weekly garden work days from 1-4pm and free veggie distribution from 2-4pm every Sunday afternoon, we’d love for you to join us at our upcoming Pizza Party & Drum Circle on September 20th from 4:30-7:30pm. All activities are socially-distanced & masked events. For more information, contact our garden coordinator Greta. 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.  15th Sunday after Pentecost | Readings & Gospel: Genesis 50:15-21 | Psalm 103:1-13 | Romans 14:1-12 | Matthew 18:21-35 Intercessor: Drawn together in the compassion of God, we pray for the church, the world, and all those in need-- a brief silence.
You welcome us when we are weak in faith by upholding your church throughout the world; making it a place of welcome and strength through Bible studies, Sunday schools, confirmation classes and youth ministries for forming faith. Nurture among the Northside Area Lutheran Parish new ministries of education and growth. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. The heights of the heavens show us the vastness of your world in receiving your steadfast and compassionate love for your creation which you heal, renew, and redeem when our human selfishness has brought ruin and destruction. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Make your ways known to the nations by blessing leaders with patience and wisdom especially in Belarus, Ethiopia, France, India, Lebanon, the Church in the Holy Land, Kenosha, WI, Rochester, N.Y. and Spain. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Bring healing and justice wherever harm is dealt. Free victims of human trafficking and forced labor; deliver and vindicate all who are bound by debt and oppresion. Feed all who hunger, and guard refugees fleeing famine, poverty, and war. Hold in your embrace the grieving survivors of the migrant fire in Lesbos, Claudia, Mark, MarySue, Mary Lou, Robin, Shoonie, Tatiana, our global siblings living with COVID-19 and quarantines, our front-line, first-responder, retail and delivery persons, and any on our hearts and minds . . . Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Make Christ River of Life, Redeemer, Salem, St. Olaf, communities of mercy who proclaim God’s work our hands for one another and for all our neighbors in teaching us to forgive, not accuse, still our tongues from passing judgement and arguing over opinions especially as the Redeemer Lutheran Call committee prepares to interview a pastor. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Whether we live or whether we die, we are yours. We thank you for those who have shown us faithfulness, for the knees that taught us how to bow to you and the tongues that taught us to praise you especially John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, whom we commemorate today. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer. Pastor: All these things and whatever else you see that we need, we entrust to your mercy; through Christ our Lord. Amen. |
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