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Holy Week Hymns by Kelly Brown
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Dear Members and
Friends of Redeemer,
May 31
WELCOME to Holy Communion! Let us gathers around Word and Sacrament
receiving God’s gifts for us! It is time
to gather in-person to receive God’s
blessing in worship! Please see below the details on how Holy
Communion will be served.
We gather in the main sanctuary for both services Sunday May 31st!
‘Social distancing’ will continue. Masks or face coverings are required. Holy Communion will be on May 31st
at both services.
Services found at: www.rlchurch.org Info check: 256-9881 message & website.
In
Christ, our risen Savior!
Pastor
John
Restarting
Redeemer Worship Service
Following are some ideas are
restarting Redeemer worship services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Attendance: Encourage
all members who feel sick not to attend church.
Wearing Masks: Everyone
must wear masks during the in person service:
1. Ushers
2. Pastor and
communion assistant during serving of communion.
3. All
attendees/worshipers are required to wear a mask or face-covering.
Seating in Church: The main sanctuary should be
used for all services and parties of people living in the same household should
be separated from other parties by at least 6 feet. This could mean sitting in every two rows at
opposite ends of each row.
Greeting: Greeting at the beginning of the service should be
done by waving with all parties staying at their respective seating locations.
Offering: The offering will be collected in a box in the
narthex instead of passing plates during the service.
Preparing Communion: Those who prepare the
communion meal must wear masks and sanitize hands.
Serving Communion:
1. Both pastor
and the communion assistant must wear masks and sanitize hands at the altar
immediately before serving communion.
2. Serve
communion at center aisle on the bottom of the steps.
3. Have each
party of people living in the same household come to communion separately with
at least 6 feet between parties.
4. The
communion assistant should place the bread in each member’s hand without
touching hands.
5. Pastor
should take the wine glass out of the tray and give it to each member.
6. Pastor and
the communion assistant should serve each other communion after everyone else
so that they can remove their masks.
Frequency of Communion: Communion will be served
only once per month in May to minimize contact between people. (Future
frequency: to be decided.)
Snacks After Service: No snacks or coffee will be
served before and after services.
The Meyer Minute for
May 28, 2020 [Thoughts on
Worship & what is missing.]
Do you remember staying home from grade
school because you were sick? If it was for several days, like when I had
chicken pox or scarlet fever, my mom would go to school and get my assignments.
What puzzled me was that I spent an hour or so doing homework. Why, then, am I
spending six hours in school? The answer: Being together with classmates and
learning about life from our teacher.
I have the same feeling now. Shut down at
home, teaching and meeting virtually is very efficient. Get on Zoom, have your
meeting, and then close out the program. Worshipping on line gives me more time
too. No need to put on suit and tie (I haven’t adjusted to casual clothes for
church), just watch the 45 minute stream, close out and go do whatever I want.
Why not keep this up? Answer: Togetherness.
The Creator made us social beings. Think
about the Ten Commandments. Except for the First, which is about our
relationship to God, all the other commandments have a social dimension. Think
about the Lord’s Prayer. “Our Father” it begins, not “my Father.” The prayer
has plurals. “Give us this day our daily bread,” and so on. The pandemic
reminds us not to take physical closeness for granted. We were made to be
together.
Together: The Healing Power of Human
Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World is a new book by Dr. Vivek Murthy, former
Surgeon General of the United States. I haven’t read the book but did read a
review by Matthew Rees of Dartmouth University (Wall Street Journal, May 26;
A15). One study says 61% of Americans “feel lonely or socially isolated….” A
lonely person feels shame, which Dr. Murthy says “can wreak havoc on our
physical and emotional lives”… and creates “a cascade of consequences for the
individual and for society.”
“At a time when technology supposedly
fosters new levels of interpersonal connectivity, how did we get to this
place?” More important, how do we get out of this place? The reviewer says Dr.
Murthy “does describe organizations and initiatives focused on overcoming the
differences between people and deepening their bonds.” Isn’t that what your
congregation does? Gathered together before God, we learn how to interact with
other people and together pray to our Father. The Gospel of Jesus is not a
virtual experience. It’s flesh and blood Good News for us creatures, shared
within our church family and inviting all lonely people to His love.
Devotional readings from the Psalms:
__ Psalm 111 WHY
praise God!
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Psalm 112 WHY praise God!
__ Psalms 113 WHY praise God!
__ Psalms 114
History teaches: praise!
__ Psalms 115
History teaches: praise!
__ Psalms 116
History teaches: praise!
__ Psalms 117 Love’s faithful status: forever!
__ Psalms 118
Love s good status: forever!
__ Psalms 119: 1-8 A Love Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 9-16 A Love
Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 17-24 A Love Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 25-32 A Love Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 33-40 A Love Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 41-48 A Love Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 49-56 A Love Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 57-64 A Love Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 65-72 A Love Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 73-80 A Love Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 81-88 A Love Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 89-96 A Love Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 97-104 A Love Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 105-112 A Love Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 113-120 A Love Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 121-128 Love Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 129-136 A Love Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 137-144 A Love
Song to God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 145-152 A Love
Song
__ Psalms 119: 153-160 God’s Guidance!
__ Psalms 119: 161-168 A Love
Song to
__ Psalms 119: 169-176 God’s
Guidance!
__ Psalms
120 WHAT
do pilgrims say!?
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Please join us for in-person Bible Study: Tuesdays, 6:30 pm,
Room # 11, ‘office entrance’ “Time of
Turmoil: 1 Samuel!”............................................................................................................................................................................................................ FREE COFFEE & DONUTS
MINISTRY
date & time: The last Monday of every month,
9:00am
May 25, 2020
Come
join in on this community fellowship with our neighbors!
Come
to the northwest entrance, across from the Post Office
We
will be offering coffee, donuts, oatmeal, and fellowship!..............................................................................................................................................................................................................
Restarting
Redeemer Worship Service
Following are some ideas are restarting
Redeemer worship services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Attendance: Encourage all
members who feel sick not to attend church.
Wearing Masks Everyone must
wear masks during the in person service:
- Ushers
- Pastor and
communion assistant during serving of communion.
- All
attendees/worshipers are required to wear a mask or face-covering.
Seating in Church: The main
sanctuary should be used for all services and parties of people living in the
same household should be separated from other parties by at least 6 feet.
This could mean sitting in every two rows at opposite ends of each row.
Greeting: Greeting at the
beginning of the service should be done by waving with all parties staying at
their respective seating locations.
Offering: The offering
will be collected in a box in the narthex instead of passing plates during the
service.
Preparing Communion: Those who
prepare the communion meal must wear masks and sanitize hands.
Serving Communion:
- Both pastor
and the communion assistant must wear masks and sanitize hands at the
altar immediately before serving communion.
- Serve
communion at center aisle on the bottom of the steps.
- Have each
party of people living in the same household come to communion separately
with at least 6 feet between parties.
- The communion
assistant should place the bread in each member’s hand without touching
hands.
- Pastor should
take the wine glass out of the tray and give it to each member.
- Pastor and the
communion assistant should serve each other communion after everyone else
so that they can remove their masks.
Frequency of Communion: Communion will
be served only once per month in May to minimize contact between people.
(Future frequency: to be decided.)
Snacks After Service: No snacks or
coffee will be served before and after services.
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When we are no longer asked to "Stay at Home" we will enjoy the following Bible Studies.
BIBLE
STUDIES: (1 hour long)
Sundays, 10:30 am,
Room # 11,‘office entrance’ “Bible Passages for us!”
Tuesdays, 6:30 pm,
Room # 11, ‘office entrance’ “Time of
Turmoil: 1 Samuel!”
HC = Holy Communion offered at this service. Most of the time we alternate weekly between the 9:00 and the 11:30 services.
Background watercolor by Willard Schroeder, a former member of Redeemer who has gone on to heaven.
Bible Studies & Classes!
Sunday
School – classes for the younger
ages available on Sundays, 10:15 a.m.
Call Church Office 505-256-9881
Sunday
Adult Bible Class – studying
passages of the Bible on Sundays, 10:15am.
Tuesday
Evenings Bible Class with the Pastor - Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 pm...
Meet in
room 11.
FREE COFFEE & DONUTS
MINISTRY
date & time: The last Monday of every month,
9:00am
May 25, 2020
Come
join in on this community fellowship with our neighbors!
Come
to the northwest entrance, across from the Post Office
We
will be offering coffee, donuts, oatmeal, and fellowship!
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