Signup for the Matter benefit dart tourney today!

To sign up, click here.

Team B, captain Krissy Lagemann, will be cleaning this week

Matins has resumed at 8:30am each weekday morning as well as Private Confession and Absolution 6:00pm each Thursday evening.

The September Newsletter is available in the narthex.  We have also included a separate sheet with information about an opportunity to have a will done free of charge.  This opportunity is being provided by Concordia Theological Seminary and all of the details are in the sheet we are providing.

Not Too Late to Join – Christian Wisdom Tuesdays at 7:00 pm.  This fall’s session will focus on Luther’s life and theology as seen in the Catechisms.  Participants will be given a copy of Luther’s small and large catechisms for the class, free of charge.  They will then be given assigned readings each week from those books and also from the book of Galatians.

Here is Pastor Petersen with more details on the course: Video on Christian Wisdom 2017  

• Registration is required for Christian Wisdom.  Please click here to sign up.

Dart competition September 23rd to benefit the Matters.  $15 will get you into the games, plus pizza, snacks, one beer, and a raffle ticket.  $12 will get you pizza, snacks a beer, and a raffle ticket.  Additional beer and raffle tickets will be available for purchase.

• Please register for this event by clicking here.

Work Day October 7th!  Please join us to help tidy up the landscape and other projects around the church.  We’ll be starting at 8 am and breaking for Matins at 10:30.  Food will be provided.

Fall Voter’s Meeting is Sunday, October 22nd at noon.

The Sauerkraut Supper is returning as part of our 125th anniversary celebration.  It will be on Friday, October 20th.

Mark Your Calendars: 

• September 9th – Ladies Aid
• September 10th – Welcome Brunch
• September 12th – Christian Wisdom Begins
• September 15th – Luther Movie Night
• September 17th – Church Council
• September 23rd – Darts Fundraiser
• October 1st – City-wide Reformation Service at St. Paul’s
• October 7th – Work Day
• October 20th – Sauerkraut Supper
• November 5th – Church Anniversary/ Potluck
• December 8th – City of Churches Tour

For details and sign up click here!

Team A, captain Donna Petersen, will be cleaning this week.

Church council meeting postponed until September 17th.

Ladies Aid will meet at 9:00 due to the memorial service for Wayne Rutz at noon.

Welcome Brunch for seminary families is September 10th at noon.  We will be serving a variety of egg casseroles and breakfast pastries as well as fruit.  Please talk to Jane Casey if you are willing to help.  (secretary.redeemer@gmail.com or 260-602-4924)

Christian Wisdom begins Tuesday, September 12th at 7:00 pm.  This fall’s session will focus on Luther’s life and theology as seen in the Catechisms.  Participants will be given a copy of Luther’s small and large catechisms for the class, free of charge.  They will then be given assigned readings each week from those books and also from the book of Galatians.

Here is Pastor Petersen with more details on the course: Video on Christian Wisdom 2017  

• Registration is required for Christian Wisdom.  Please click here to sign up.

Join us for the Luther movie Friday, September 15th at 6:00 pm in the undercroft.  This is part of the Christian Wisdom class, but everyone is invited that evening.  Pizza and snacks will be provided.

Dart competition September 23rd to benefit the Matters.  $15 will get you into the games, plus pizza, snacks, one beer, and a raffle ticket.  $12 will get you pizza, snacks a beer, and a raffle ticket.  Additional beer and raffle tickets will be available for purchase.

• Please register for this event by clicking here.

Work Day October 7th!  Please join us to help tidy up the landscape and other projects around the church.  We’ll be starting at 8 am and breaking for Matins at 10:30.  Food will be provided.

The Sauerkraut Supper is returning as part of our 125th anniversary celebration.  It will be on Friday, October 20th.

Mark Your Calendars: 

• September 9th – Ladies Aid
• September 10th – Welcome Brunch
• September 12th – Christian Wisdom Begins
• September 15th – Luther Movie Night
• September 17th – Church Council
• September 23rd – Darts Fundraiser
• October 1st – City-wide Reformation Service at St. Paul’s
• October 7th – Work Day
• October 20th – Sauerkraut Supper
• November 5th – Church Anniversary/ Potluck
• December 8th – City of Churches Tour

Dart competition September 23rd to benefit the Matters.  $15 will get you into the games, plus pizza, snacks, one beer, and a raffle ticket.  $12 will get you pizza, snacks a beer, and a raffle ticket.  Additional beer and raffle tickets will be available for purchase.

Please register for this event by clicking here.

Christian Wisdom begins Tuesday, September 12th at 7:00 pm.  This fall’s session will focus on Luther’s life and theology as seen in the Catechisms.  Participants will be given a copy of Luther’s small and large catechisms for the class, free of charge.  They will then be given assigned readings each week from those books and also from the book of Galatians.

Here is Pastor Petersen with more details on the course: Video on Christian Wisdom 2017  

Registration is required for Christian Wisdom.  Please click here to sign up.

Congregational Notices – Week of August 27th, 2017

Summer is ending and things are getting busy around here!  Look for the August newsletter here or in the narthex, and make note of the events under “Mark Your Calendars” below.  You can also keep an eye out here on the website and on our Facebook page.

Team C (captain Pastor Frese) will be cleaning this week.  (Team C could really use another member or two!  Contact Donna Petersen if you would be willing to help clean for an hour or two every four weeks.)

Ladies Aid will meet September 9th at 9:00 am due to the memorial service for Wayne Rutz at noon.

Welcome Brunch for seminary families is September 10th at noon.  We will be serving a variety of egg casseroles and breakfast pastries as well as fruit.  Please talk to Jane Casey if you are willing to help.  (secretary.redeemer@gmail.com or 260-602-4924)

Christian Wisdom begins Tuesday, September 12th at 7:00 pm.  This fall’s session will focus on Luther’s life and theology as seen in the Catechisms.  Participants will be given a copy of Luther’s small and large catechisms for the class, free of charge.  They will then be given assigned readings each week from those books and also from the book of Galatians.

Here is Pastor Petersen with more details on the course: Video on Christian Wisdom 2017  

Registration is required for Christian Wisdom.  Please click here to sign up.

Join us for the Luther movie Friday, September 15th at 6:00 pm in the undercroft.  This is part of the Christian Wisdom class, but everyone is invited that evening.  Pizza and snacks will be provided.

Dart competition September 23rd to benefit the Matters.  $15 will get you into the games, plus pizza, snacks, one beer, and a raffle ticket.  $12 will get you pizza, snacks a beer, and a raffle ticket.  Additional beer and raffle tickets will be available for purchase.

Please register for this event by clicking here.

The Ladies Aid fundraiser for the Ritzmans raised $852.  Thank you to all who helped!

Mark Your Calendars: 

• September 9th – Ladies Aid
• September 10th – Welcome Brunch
• September 12th – Christian Wisdom Begins
• September 15th – Luther Movie Night
• September 17th – Church Council
• September 23rd – Darts Fundraiser
• October 1st – City-wide Reformation Service at St. Paul’s
• October 7th – Work Day
• October 20th – Sauerkraut Supper
• November 5th – Church Anniversary/ Potluck
• December 8th – City of Churches Tour

To register for this year’s “Christian Wisdom” click HERE

Redeemer News

August 2017

(Download/ Print in MS Word Here: Redeemer News August )

–Sunday School resumes September 10. Everyone will gather in the undercroft

-The Welcome Brunch for the seminary families is September 10 at noon. We will be serving a variety of egg casseroles and breakfast pastries, and fruit. Please talk to Jane Casey if you are willing to help. (secretary.redeemer@gmail.com

– Because of the brunch, the church council will meet on September 17

-On August 27, Winston Grieser is being installed as pastor at Abiding Faith Lutheran Church in Florence, Kentucky. There is an invitation to the Installation and the dinner following on the bulletin board. They will be held at Receptions Banquet and Conference Center in Erlanger, Kentucky. At 3:30 p.m. If you plan to attend, they ask that you RSVP to rsvp@abidingfaithlutheran.org

– On October 7, we will have a fall work day. There will be projects both inside and outside of the church

– All Saints Day 2017, which we will be observing on November 5, will mark the 125th Anniversary of Redeemer Lutheran Church.  The Rev. Dr. Wallace Schulz, former Lutheran Hour speaker, will be preaching that Sunday. We will also have a potluck after church. More special events are being planned for the anniversary year

– In celebration of the 125th anniversary, we are bringing back the sauerkraut supper this year. It will be on Friday evening, October 20. Be watching for more details

-Join us to play darts the third Saturday night of each month in the undercroft. Adults and teens are welcome. If you don’t really want to play, but would like to come and socialize, that’s fine, too! Talk to Pastor Petersen for more information, or look for “Redeemer Darts” on Facebook

-Speaking of darts, on September 23 we will be having a dart competition to raise funds for the Matters. $15 will get you into the games, plus pizza, snacks, one beer, and one raffle ticket. Additional beer and raffle tickets will be available for purchase. There will also be a lower-cost option for those who would like to come and hang out, but not play darts

-Thank you to everyone who has contributed generously to help the Matter family. In addition to the donations of friends and family, we received a $5,000 grant from the LC-MS to help with their expenses

-On October 1, there will be a city-wide Reformation service at St. Paul’s downtown at 3:00 p.m. It will be followed by a time of fellowship, food, and drink. Redeemer has contributed to help support the event, so go! Enjoy the service, the fellowship, the food, and the beer

– Thank you to everyone who helped with the Family Retreat! Planning is already under way for next year, which will be our 10th annual retreat.

– On Sunday, August 13 we dedicated our newly renovated Luther Room. The room was done with funds from Mark Johnston, as well as donations and help from Pastor Petersen& Jacqui, Kantor Reuning, Maureen DeLassus, Colin & Jane Casey, Kristine Lagemann, Angie Crouch, Carol Rutz, Ron & Effie Sheron, and Nathaniel Pullmann.

– Pastor Petersen’s Bible Class on Sunday mornings meets in the undercroft. They will be moving through John’s Gospel until September. Everyone is welcome. Pastor Frese leads a Sunday morning adult Bible Class in the meeting room in the administration building. This study’s focus is the “Sunday School” Bible Stories you learned as a child, covering the major events and characters that are leading to God’s fulfilled promise of a Savior. This discussion-format environment allows us to explore the basic biblical doctrine in these accounts, along with basic Lutheran doctrine drawn from them. Questions and comments from participants are welcomed. Involvement by participants is fluid between Pastor Frese’s and Pastor Petersen’s classes. Feel free to jump back and forth as you want.

– The work on Redeemer Classical School is continuing. The fence around the courtyard on Harrison St. is almost finished, and work continues to get the classrooms ready to go. We want to thank all of you who have devoted time to helping us. If you are interested in helping in the future, please let Joy or Nathaniel know and we will certainly find something for you to do. As always, if you know anyone who has children who might be interested in our school, do send them our way.  at www.fortwayneclassical.com

– Keep an eye on the website. Matthew Garnett and Emily Thompson are both helping with various aspects of it, and we are adding more features. Soon you will be able to access the directory in a password protected part of the site. www.redeemer-fortwayne.org

-The new video equipment is in and Redeemer’s services are being recorded. They are available on YouTube. You can enter the following in your browser to go straight to Redeemer’s page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd4ESqUC_V-HdFwz3WTs3_w or go to www.youtube.com and search for Redeemer Fort Wayne. If you subscribe to the channel you will receive notifications af new videos and live streaming.

-The hearing loop has been installed in the sanctuary.

-Preliminary information from the end of the fiscal year:  While spending came in at 106.6% of budget, that was balanced by giving at 107.9% of budget. Once again this year, we have ended in the black, and with all dedicated funds fully funded.