Upcoming Music Opportunities
As we near the end of the school year, there are several extra music events scheduled at Redeemer. Please consider joining us for some (or all) of them.
Saturday May 5th-
Ninth Annual JuBell-ee Handbell Festival
Redeemer's handbell choir will be traveling to Rockford to spend the entire day with other bell choirs to improve our skill and learn some really challenging music, then performing in the concert. The concert is at 4:30 PM at Rockford Christian High School.
Cost is $5 per person and the money is benefiting Healing Pathways Cancer Resource Center. This concert will feature music by the mass bell choir as well as some really interesting handbell solos. Come support the Redeemer Ringers while enjoying a concert. If we get a good sized group together, we will work out carpools for those interested and all go out for dinner together after the concert.
Sunday May 20th- Ascension Hymn Festival
On Many 20th, all the choirs of Redeemer will join together with brass and other instruments under guest conductor Luther Gulseth to celebrate Ascension. There will be plenty of congregational singing as well. This is at 5:00 PM in the sanctuary and will last about an hour.
Please plan to attend and invite your friends and neighbors. A free-will offering will be taken at the door to support the music ministry of Redeemer.
Sunday June 3rd- Organ Recital
Our Director of Parish Music, Emily Woock, will be performing an organ recital at 4:00 PM on June 3rd before leaving for Europe for further organ study. She plans to put together a presentation after she returns to the country to share some pictures and experiences about the organs she played.
Please plan to attend this recital and then be on the lookout for more info regarding the presentation sometime in July.
Sunday School
The last day of Sunday School will be May 27th. Sunday School classes will meet on this day at their usual time. We will be planning for next year soon. If anyone is at all interested in assisting with teaching Christian education to our youth, we welcome you to sit in on a class. We are always looking for volunteers to teach or assist as a substitute throughout the year. We invite you to ask questions of any of the teachers or myself. Thank you for your consideration.
- Karen Barishman
E-mail Newsletter
The Redeemer Reporter is an occasional email church newsletter. It is a new way to strengthen communications within our congregation. This is not a replacement for the traditional newsletter you receive in the mail. We will continue to mail our monthly print newsletter. This new effort will allow us to provide supplemental information and updates in between the monthly mailings. If you would like to receive The Redeemer Reporter via email, please go to this site to sign up: http://tinyurl.com/ybcaruu
What’s In It for Me
Last Updated on Sunday, 13 February 2011 14:57
What’s In It for Me?
Why It’s Still a Good Idea to Go to Church.
Nine reasons people give for not going to church and why it’s still a good idea.
- I’m spiritual, not religious.
- I’ve gotten out of the habit.
- The church just wants my money.
- I don’t like the pastor (or some other individual or group in the
- I don’t have to go to church to be a Christian.
- I’m too busy and Sundays are my only time to rest.
- Church is boring.
- Church people are judgmental and hypocritical.
- I just don’t need God in my life.
Click here for a handy printable booklet version.
Introduction
You’ve got lots of stuff going on in your life. There is more to do than you have the time to do it in. Fitting in time for church is not easy. Maybe you were dragged to church as a kid and resented it so now as an adult, you are exercising your freedom by sleeping in on Sunday mornings. Maybe you have had a bad experience involving Christianity. Or maybe you just don’t see the point.
Whether or not you go to church is a personal decision. Everybody has his or her reasons. This booklet does not address every possible reason a person might have for not attending church. It is merely intended to be an overview of some of the more common reasons people give for staying away from church. The author has attempted to give an honest and realistic response.
If you haven’t been to church much recently, take a look at the reasons listed in this booklet to see if yours is covered. Read through some of the others too because the responses might give you something worth thinking over. Hopefully, after skimming over these pages, you will see going to church in a new way and feel encouraged to give it another go.
How You Can Help
The need is incredibly great -- the Haitian and Chilean earthquakes being the main focus at this time. Please consider helping in any way you can. As followers of the Lord Jesus we are encouraged to "bear one another's burdens." Thus the world will "know we are Christians by our love."1
LWR.org gets you to Lutheran World Relief which is noted for spending less than 10% of its income on overhead -- meaning that over 90% gets to the the crisis or disaster where the givers want to help. You can contribute on-line or by mailing your gift to Lutheran World Relief, PO Box 17061, Baltimore, MD 21298-9832 USA
Care.org is the other agency assuring that over 90% of their income goes to the places of need designated by the givers. You can contribute on-line or by mailing your gift to CARE USA, 151 Ellis Street, NE, Atlanta, GA 30303
LCMSWorld Relief & Human Care, an agency of our Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod, also directs almost 90% of its income to the designated relief services. Reach them through LCMS.org, and click on World Relief & Human Care or send your gift to LCMS World Relief & Human Care, 1333 South Kirkwood, St. Louis MO 63122.
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