In ministry since 1955,
Redeemer is a Christ-centered community sharing God’s love. Redeemer is
uniquely located and staffed to offer many opportunities for ministry and
serving. If you would like to know more about our church and school, we would
like to meet you and give you information about the Redeemer community. Please
take a few moments to fill in the gold visitor card located in the pew rack and
hand it to an usher. Also, introduce yourself to those around you.
SUNDAY ADULT AND YOUTH BIBLE CLASSES meet 9:45-10:45 a.m. as
follows:
Adult Bible class:
Pastor Dave’s class on “Today’s Light” meets in Albracht Hall.
(See reading list below.)
Summer Sunday School for
2-year-olds through 5th grade meets in the
Conference Room for a video and Bible games.
Youth Bible class for Grades 6-12 meets with Ms. K in the
Youth Room.
Today’s Light Bible Readings
Monday: 1
Samuel 16 Thursday: 1 Samuel 20-21
Tuesday: 1
Samuel 17 Friday: 1 Samuel 22
Wednesday: 1 Samuel 18-19 Saturday/Sunday: 1
Samuel 23
COTTAGE MEETING. What is Redeemer doing now?
Where are we going? How will we get there? Come, find out! Please attend today’s
cottage meeting in the Music Room at 9:45 a.m. Call Pete Savage (336-5317) for
more information or to host a meeting in your area.
GIRLS’ SLEEP OVER at Ms. K’s, June 18-19, 6:00
p.m.-10:00 a.m. Sign up in the Youth Folder or contact Ms. K.
WOMEN ON WEDNESDAY (WOW). At the next meeting of WOW on June
18, 6:00 p.m. in Albracht Hall, we will have a Bible study led by Karen
Schlamp, discuss the LWML District Convention (September) and Women of Faith
(November) spiritual growth events, and put together more health kits for
Lutheran World Relief. Items needed for the kits:
hand towels (dark colors recommended) wrapped
soap (4-5 oz. bars)
new adult-size toothbrushes (in wrappers) wide-tooth
combs
metal
nail files or nail clippers with the file attached
Donations can be brought to the church office. Monetary donations are also
welcome to help cover postage and any additional purchases necessary to
complete the kits. Checks should be payable to “Redeemer Lutheran Church” and
be designated to “WOW/LWR.”
THURSDAY NIGHT CHILL OUT starts on June 19, 6:00-7:30
p.m. Red Folk (senior high youth), meet up at Barnes and Noble in Jensen Beach
to hang out and chill out from summer’s heat. We will be having a
conversational devotion guided by Ms. K.
SPECIAL BENEFIT. There will be a benefit for Scott, Jill, and Chase Junck (Matt
Grubb’s toddler cousin recently injured) on Saturday, June 21, at the church Jill (and Matt, too) grew up in.
Thrivent is matching the funds raised. If you feel God leading you to help the
family financially, you can mail a check payable to “Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans” to Immanuel Lutheran Church, 500 South Center Street, Tilden,
Nebraska 68781. Matt’s mother is the secretary there and should be able to
figure out what it is for, but it would help if you would mark in the memo
section that it is for Chase. Your prayers mean so much. It is such a blessing
that Christians would pray for someone they have never met and probably never
will. Crislyn and Matt Grubb
OUR THRIVENT
BUILDS Habitat for Humanity site in Port St.
Lucie is in need of more volunteers and would like you to RSVP the dates you
could possibly help. Contact Ed Coombs at 334-5827 or klcelc@yahoo.com to say you can help! Upcoming “special theme Saturdays”
are: June 21-Couples Day, July 19-Ladies Day, and August 2-Financial
Rep Day. But helpers are needed on all days, not just weekends!
JUNIOR REDS AND RED FOLK Summer Fun Days will start on
Tuesday, June 24, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. To find out the summer events and
details, contact Ms. K and keep reading the yellow pages for weekly updates.
HABITAT BUILD. Youth, please sign up in the Youth Folder for the
Thrivent Habitat project on June
28, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Ms. K will
be calling you with details after you have signed up.
YOUTH SUNDAY is June 29.
Youth, please sign up in the Youth Folder to participate and serve during
worship.
CONCERT. On Sunday, June 29, at
6:00 p.m. the Avenue D Boys Choir will perform at St. Andrew Lutheran Church,
295 NW Prima Vista Boulevard, Port St. Lucie. A freewill offering will be
taken, and an ice cream social will follow the concert. For more information or
directions to the church, call 772-878-0954 or visit their website at
www.standrewpsl.org
PRIVATE INVITATION.
You are invited to join other Lutherans and Thrivent members for a fun-filled
day of golf benefiting St. Lucie Habitat for Humanity. The four-person best
ball scramble will be held at Sandpiper Golf Club at Club Med on Saturday,
July 26 (tee off at 8:30 a.m.) Cost is $60 per player (teams of four
preferred). Private RSVP by July 1 to Rob Whitlach (772-408-0771 or robert.whitlach@thrivent.com)
to save your spot before it opens up to the public. Sponsorships are also still
available.
SUMMER WATER PARK TRIP! Sign-up has
begun for this summer’s water park trip to Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon or Blizzard
Beach on Saturday, July 26. Sign up
in the Youth Folder.
MS. K is updating the youth contact list. If you are not on the e-mail list to
receive event updates, little pick-me-ups, and useful information, please
e-mail her at bklosowski@redeemerstuart.com to be added.
DO YOU NEED spiritual energy? In a
slump? It’s time to fast and pray before the Lord! I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God,
to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which
is your spiritual worship. (Romans 12:1) On Saturday, July 26, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the sanctuary, join
us for an hour or two or twelve for prayer and fasting. What will you sacrifice
for the Lord—food, TV, golf, the Internet, boating? Fast for 12 hours or more!
Call Dennis Tonniges (283-6301) or Pete Savage (336-5317) for more information.
Please submit your prayer requests on prayer request cards (located in the pew
racks) and also indicate what you are giving up; cards can be turned in to an
usher or the church office.
THRIVENT BUILDS WORLDWIDE. Join Thrivent Financial members and other Lutherans and volunteers to
help build a home with a partner family in need of simple, decent, affordable
housing. If you are a member of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, you will
receive a discount on trip costs. A donation also will be made to the Habitat
for Humanity host program on behalf of members who participate in the volunteer
work trip. Two trip opportunities are available: El Salvador (August 2-10)
and Biloxi, Mississippi (October 6-11). For more information, visit
lutheransonline.com/rfo190 or thriventbuilds.com/worldwide or contact John
Schultz at john.schultz@thrivent.com or 877-682-0370.
ADDRESSES NEEDED. If you have addresses of former members, please call, e-mail, or mail
them to Mitzi in the church office so the 50th Anniversary Committee
can send them invitations to our celebration in October. Thank you!
HELP MAKE A HOME. Redeemer
and other churches, along with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Martin/St.
Lucie Chapter, are helping construct a home in Port St. Lucie
in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity. Our Redeemer family is not
only invited to help build the home but also to participate in a “Shower of
Love” for the new homeowner and her family. Anyone wishing to donate items for
the family’s new kitchen, bathroom, or laundry room can bring the items to the
church or school office—paper towels, toilet tissue, facial tissues, dish soap,
laundry soap, and cleaning supplies are just a few ideas. Thank you for
helping us to make this house a home!
A WONDERFUL DONOR has once again challenged the Redeemer family with a $10,000 donation as
matching funds if we can raise $10,000 to match it in 2008 for the Educational
Assistance Fund. The Fund is distributed by the Tuition Assistance Committee,
which gives parents tuition help so they can send their students to Redeemer
Lutheran School. A white envelope labeled “Educational Assistance” (found in
the church and school offices or at the table at the back of the church) can be
used for making your donation. For more information, contact Principal Johnny
Goetz at 286-0932. (P.S. to Thrivent members: Don’t forget to also fill out a
matching funds form with your donation so that your gift can also be matched by
Thrivent! Forms are available in the church and school offices. Just be sure
your check is made payable to “Redeemer Lutheran School,” not to the church, to
qualify for the match.)
THE CHURCH
COUNCIL, at their June 3 meeting, unanimously
recommended that special recognition of our quilters be acknowledged. It was a
special moment in our Sunday service when their works of art were displayed and
Pastor Dave announced that each high school graduate would receive a quilt of their
own created by Redeemer’s Quilters. They have done similar deeds in the past
for confirmands, baptisms, Care Net, other high school graduates, and school
auctions and are an example of Redeemer’s compassionate and inspiring
ministries. The caring quilters are Kathy Barger, Mary File, Jan Hanssen, Alma
Keeling, Denise McLendon, Pearl Peterson, Trudy Remelius, Margrethe Thayer
(deceased April 22, 2008), and Aida Viotti. A brick commemorating their good
works will be placed in our Memorial Plaza. It’s good that their work will
truly be remembered by all.
REDEEMER’S
50TH ANNIVERSARY dinner is set for
October! To keep expenses down, the committee would like you to consider making
a donation of any size to their Wish List of items for the following expenses:
Invitations (paper and envelopes for doing in-house) $500.00
14 rolls of stamps 588.00
Pastor Zehnder’s expenses (airfare and lodging) 500.00
Decorations 400.00
Round tablecloths (approximately 25 needed at $20 each) 500.00
The committee has been working hard to make this a great celebration for
all the families and friends of Redeemer over the past years as well as our
members today. Please place your gift in an envelope, designate it to the “50th
Anniversary,” and drop it in the offering plate or deliver it to the church
office. If you have any questions, please call Sally Hellyer (263-2312).
SOME OF YOU may have already noticed the new addition to the music area in the church.
Heartfelt thanks to the Morris family for their generous donation of the grand piano
to Redeemer. This beautiful instrument was built in 1919 and recently rebuilt.
We look forward to many years of praising God with our new piano.
BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH, one of our daughter congregations, is seeking a Preschool Director for a
large, fully accredited program. The qualified candidate needs to have a
Florida Child Care and Education Program Director credential, 5-years’ work
experience in early childhood education, and be able to work with both the
church and preschool. A Lutheran with solid management skills and a passion for
the Gospel is preferred. Send resumé to Ms. Sandra Frazier, P. O. Box 8552,
Hobe Sound, Florida 33475-8552.
Stewardship Corner:
Stewards find joy in giving back what God has freely given. Jesus said,
“Freely you have received, freely give.” (Matthew 10:8)
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