Redeemer Announcements | January 14, 2023

MLK Community Weekend

MLK Weekend: January 14 - 16, 2023
Thank you to all you showed up today for our Day of Service at MCCC
and Salem ELCA to distribute food and goods to our neighbors!
If you'd like to volunteer tomorrow or Monday, please Contact
Pastor Jen Collins, Kelly Sherman-Conroy, or Joe Davis

What's Happening:
January 15: Day of Fellowship
CommUNITY Meal after worship
Join us at Redeemer for a meal, 12-2pm.
We'll gather to be fed and connected.
This is a Potluck Style Meal so bring a dish to share! (Main dish provided)
Please label for those who have allergies and dietary restrictions.

Monday, January 16th: Day of Celebration
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day!
Bring the entire family to Redeemer at 2pm
for a celebration of unity through music, poetry readings, and more!
Featured artists will be Ayssa Schwitzer, Joe Davis, and Theo Brown

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Sunday Morning Worship: The Flight to Egypt

Tomorrow, January 15, 2023 | 10:30am
Second Sunday of Epiphany

Join us for Coffee Hour before worship
at 9:00am in the Library

In-Person and Streaming:
Facebook & Zoom (passcode: Redeemer)
If you are joining us online, you may follow along in the
service with the bulletin here.

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The God Who Sees

Over the next 6 weeks we will be on a journey of seeing, taking time to see where God is showing up. We will meet the Holy Family as they will have to flee their homeland seeking safety in another land and fast forward to Jesus, in his 30s, beginning his ministry. Through these weeks, we will see a God who is ever present, truly seeing us in our journeys of alienation, loss, and belonging.

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Calling Thrivent Members

Are you a member of Thrivent Financial? Then you may be able to support Redeemer with a Thrivent Action Team ($250 2x annually) and Choice dollars. Reach out to your Thrivent representative or Pastor Jen to learn more.

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Diapers Needed!
RLC Volunteer Day: Saturday, January 21st
(Diaper Drop off at Redeemer at 10am)

Our neighborhood food shelf (at MCCC) is in desperate need of diapers for distribution. Remember Redeemer drops off our collected diapers on 3rd Saturdays. If you can help deliver or volunteer, reach out to Sally Ankerfelt. Please bring boxes of diapers of any size (sizes 3, 4, 5, and 6 are the most requested) to church on Sundays or drop off during office hours Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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Interfaith Legislation Hearings & Rallies
Democracy Day at Capitol | January 17, 9:30am
(We Choose Us Campaign action)

Hello Redeemer family, it’s Mannie ( They/He ) -- you might have seen me around! I’m a community organizer with ISAIAH/ FAITH IN MN under the Barbershop and Black Congregation Cooperative. Right now we are working to create some huge change within Minnesota and especially in Minneapolis. We are working to bring legislation around rent stabilization to create equitable forms of living, and on building an equitable multiracial/multicultural democracy by fighting to pass the Restore the Vote bill to allow those who have finished time in prison to rejoin community and participate in democracy through the right to vote. These are huge opportunities to see change in our communities, especially for some of us who come from marginalized communities.

I am looking for people who are intrigued and eager to get involved to come with me and create noise around these issues. If you are someone close to you who has been affected by unfair living or is victim of the justice system, let me know and register to join me in this fight.

Thank you so much!

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Hocokata Ti
January 28, 2023

Hoċokata Ti’s (pronounced 'ho-cho-ka-ta tee' ) provides visitors with a cultural experience that enhances their knowledge and understanding of the Mdewakanton (pronounced ‘med-ah-wah-kah-ton' ) Dakota people and their history.

Join Center for Leadership and Neighborhood Engagement (CLNE) for a guided tour and reflection. Family friendly for school-aged kids! We'll provide a space to connect, reflect, and build community afterwards!

Learn more and register here.

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Sharing & Caring Hands
Mary's Place is A Minneapolis organization, who compassionately responds to the needs of the poor. They provide an array of services to unhoused and poor persons stand as a beacon of hope to the alone, afraid, and in need.

They are in need of volunteer tutors to help the children living at Mary’s Place homeless shelter, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 4pm-6pm. Volunteers must be age 16+.

Please email them for more information or to volunteer!

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Health Commons at the Living Room
    Drop-In Services resumed January 3rd and will continue every Tuesday from 3-6pm. For more information, visit their facebook page or
call Bertha (763-843-9988) or Angela (651-529-6003).

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Welcome Leon Dixon, Jr.
Meet & Greet with RCFL Executive Director January 22, 2023

Come meet, greet, welcome, and bless Leon
at Redeemer during worship and in a fellowship celebration to follow, and stay tuned for opportunities to meet him and welcome Leon to the neighborhood. 

This is another monumental transition in our partnering organization Redeemer Center for Life. Pastor Jen Collins has been actively involved in the process to hire the new executive director. She has been a part of the interviews, continued prayerful conversations with RCFL board members as they made the decision to offer Leon Dixon Jr. the position to join us.

Pastor Jen has met with Leon and has said, “There is a good energy and synergy here, I am hopeful for what can and will happen. God is good and will work through us to do good work for this community as we strive to be a beacon of hope. I look forward to welcoming and working alongside Leon.”

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January 16, 2023: MLK CommUNITY Celebration

January 17, 2023: Democracy Day @ The Capitol

January 22, 2023: Meet & Greet with Leon Dixon

January 28, 2023: Hoċokata Ti’ Tour with CLNE

January 29, 2023: Redeemer Annual Meeting