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Weekly Worship Service Hours
Worship on Sunday - through August 2020:
8:00AM & 10:30AM
Sunday School:
Postponed - for now
The Sanctuary is being Carefully Cleaned and Sanitized!
Masks ARE NOW being required at our in-person Sunday services.
Please respect other folk's personal space and safety
REMEMBER to remain, "Prayerful & Careful" as we gather together!
Being Prayerful & Careful in our response to the Covid-19 situation -
ALL Bible studies and regularly scheduled group meetings are still suspended:
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
YET - THE CHURCH OFFICE IS STILL OPEN!
We are here for you: 455-0330 or 449-1283.
We are here to provide spiritual care and counsel, worship and devotional resources. Resources are being mailed out to our members & Friends of Redeemer. If you are NOT on our mailing list -please contact us and give us your contact info, including your email address and most often used phone number.
If you feel ill, are injured or going to hospital - PLEASE CALL US for prayer and care!
If you are well, but feel vulnerable - PLEASE STAY AT HOME and stay safe, yet you can call us if you need counsel, or if you want devotional items while sheltering at home.
The office is open Monday to Friday: 8am - 1pm. Someone can meet you at the door, or curbside if you call.
We are trying to keep the church/school facilities clean and safe for the staff who are still working on site - so we have enacted some temporary safety protocols at our church and school facilities. Please SIGN IN at the "Welcome Table" when entering the main building, and sanitize your hands, and put on a mask. We have simple surgical style masks available - if you don't own one, or have it with you when coming by the church building.
IF you would like to meet with pastor privately, or in small groups (just a few folks) in the sanctuary - please call for an appointment. Our Lord bless and keep you and your family as we all get through this - Pastor Cole
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Special Worship Service & Events
Special Announcement:
On Sunday 8/2 - we will gather once again for worship in our beautiful Church Sanctuary!
As we gather, please remember to remain "Prayerful & Careful" during this time of our dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. The Pastor, Elders, and Leaders of the Church have made the decision to require the use of face-masks within our church sanctuary and upon the entrance to our main buildings on campus. We are also asking folks to keep a personal distance of 6 feet apart when together at all of our gatherings here on the church and school campus. Every 3rd pew will be open for use by worshipers; and we ask that if one is sitting near someone with whom they did not ride to church, that they sit on the opposite ends of each open pew (maintaining a 6 ft. distance between each other). Of course, if a family and friends have traveled here together, they are free to fill a pew as they sit together. Please be respectful of your neighbors and their health and well-being by observing these temporary group safety measures. Thanks!
Questions? Call - (850) 455-0330
Christ Jesus IS Risen! Alleluia!
Come to share in the gifts of God's Word & Sacrament!
You are warmly invited to attend worship here at Redeemer; yet if you are not able to attend, or still feel vulnerable going out - that's okay too! Please feel free to continue to remain "Safer-at-Home". But if you do, then check your email for a link sent by the church that will take you to a video of a recorded worship service for this weekend. It will follow the service propers and sermon that has been sent out in a recent mailing.
If you haven't received a mailing recently ~ PLEASE call us! We can send one to you. Warmly ~ Pastor Cole
Also: You can check out Pastor Cole's devotional posts on his personal Facebook Page: Christopher Cole Pensacola
While at home - you can attend weekly video Sunday Lutheran Worship at :
www.worshipanew.org
[CLICK ] on the above LIVE LINK to Proceed Directly to their website! You can watch anytime!
You can find devotional resources and Lutheran Hour messages at:
www.lhm.org
The Lutheran Hour is radio broadcast Sunday Morning @ 7am on WCOA 1370AM + Tune in! +
Home devotional, Bible studies, and family resources may also be found at synod's website:
www.lcms.org
[click on the "Covid-19 Resources" on the synod's Home Page]
FREE printable Children's Devotions and Bible Oriented Activities can be found at:
www.sermons4kids.com
Hymnals, Devotionals, Bible Studies, and Children's Resources can be ordered from Concordia Publishing House by calling: 1 (800) 325 - 3040 or visiting -
www.cph.org
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Redeemer Lutheran School has concluded classes and our 2019-2020 educational program. Our Lutheran School will resume classes this coming August for the 2020/2021 school year! The Church & School OFFICES are both still open to receive calls and inquiries. The Church Office is staffed, by either the church secretary or pastor, from 8am to 1pm : Monday thru Friday. Call us if you have a question: 455-0330 .
This Week at Redeemer: A mailing for this Sunday 8/2 is being sent out to Members & Friends
This mailing contains: Worship Propers (Scripture Readings, Hymns, Prayers) for Sunday worship at home this season; A Sermon to read, and A weekly News Bulletin - with a prayer list, brief devotions, and info to stay connected.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE THIS BY SATURDAY EVENING - PLEASE CALL US, AND ONE WILL BE SENT!
Sunday
The Lutheran Hour is broadcast on WCOA 1370AM @ 7:00-7:30am
Also "Attend Worship" this Sunday at: Worship Anew
[ To participate: go "CLICK" on the Live Link in the section ABOVE this: {Special Worship Service & Events}]
ORDER OF WORSHIP - 9th Sunday in Pentecost - 8/2 ~ LSB: page 184 ; TLH - pg 15.
THE WORSHIP PROPERS -
Psalm 105:1, 39-43
Isaiah 55:1-5
Romans 9:1-11
Matthew 14:13-21
COLLECT OF THE DAY - Heavenly Father, though we do not deserve your goodness, still You provide for all of our needs of body and soul. Grant us Your Holy Spirit - that we may acknowledge Your gifts, give thanks for all Your benefits, and serve You in willing obedience; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
HYMNS for this Sunday in the Season of Pentecost :
Opening Song - LSB #790 or TLH # 39: "Praise to The Lord, The Almighty"
Hymn of the Day - LSB #774 or TLH # 659: "Feed Thy Children, Lord Most Holy"
Closing Hymn - LSB #924 or TLH #50: "Lord, Dismiss Us With Thy Blessing"
[LSB = the "Lutheran Service Book" (2006); TLH = "The Lutheran Hymnal" (1941) ~ copyrights - cph.org ]
To order a new hymnal or other devotional material, call: 1-800-325-3040 ; or visit www.cph.org
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Changes and Notifications
Our Church Council usually meets the second Monday of every month at 6:00PM in the Fellowship Hall.
Our next meeting is scheduled for the 10th of August 2020
President: Carolyn Johnson
Vice President: Steve Smothers
Secretary: Cynthia Henderson
Treasurer: Sharon Barger
Financial Secretary: currently vacant
Board of Christian Education Chair: Warren Paul
Board of Elders Chair: Neal Smith
Board of Youth Chair: Melanie Cole
Evangelism Chair: Jeff Williams
Property & Grounds Chair: Bob Heinicke
Stewardship Chair: John Hanke
Our Board of Elders usually meet the 1st Monday of each month @ 7pm in the Fellowship Hall.
(If you have a prayer request for your elder or the pastor - please let one of them know. Contact info is on the back of each weekly bulletin - given out in weekly worship services - or sent out to our homebound members. You can also call the church office to leave a personal prayer request for yourself or a loved one.)
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Notes from Pastor Cole
Warmest Summertime Greetings! Welcome to our website!
CHRIST JESUS IS RISEN & GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT IS SENT TO US! ALLELUIA!
During this Summer Season -the people of Redeemer join with others in prayer - that God would bless, give us life, and protect us and our nation's leaders as they manage this epidemic outbreak of Covid-19 "The Coronavirus". The church leadership here at Redeemer has seen fit to carefully re-open in-person worship services at our church and school campus. Yet we also still providing distance based worship materials and video services for those still "sheltering in" and staying "Safer-at-Home". This we are doing through the internet, phone contacts, and print media resources. If YOU are "Staying-Safer at Home" - and desire us to contact you for prayer, or to share some spiritual resources - PLEASE contact us! You can reach us by email at: [redeemerpensacola@yahoo.com or pastorcole@ymail.com]
Please also consider joining us in worship again, as we have re-opened Sunday Church Services as of May 31st.
God's gift of new life to us realized in the Life of His Son: Jesus Christ our Risen Lord! This life is given us in both Word and Sacrament, and is enriched by God's Holy Spirit - sent forth to those who need the peace, forgiveness, and healing presence of our Savior. This we share together each Sunday in worship, and each day in prayer!
Life and well-being have been promised to those who believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ. God's gifts are shared with all those who gather around His Word for worship. In God's eternal Word, we receive true blessings! Jesus said that His Word and Truth will set us free. And He has promised to meet us here today - just as sure as He first appeared in Israel to heal people and bring them God's kingdom so long ago. Where two or more are gathered in Jesus' name - there HE is also! Our Lord told us so in Matthew 18:19-20 (ESV) "Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I among them.”
Though some may still desire to be at a distance physically - for the sake of health and safety, let us come together in faith, hope, and love! We ARE here - in and near God's house, being "Prayerful and Careful" to remain healthy and hopeful during these troubled times. God IS our ever present Help in trouble (Ps. 46) and a Mighty Fortress to protect and defend us from ills and enemies.
The Peace of our Lord and God be with you - until we meet!
In the Grace and Favor of our Risen LORD ~ Blessings to you!
Pastor Cole
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Martin Luther's Seal - Expressive of His Theology
 The Seal of Martin Luther was designed by Martin Luther himself. He explained his design in the following words:
The first thing expressed in my seal is a cross, black, within the heart, to put me in mind that faith in Christ crucified saves us. "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness."
Now, although the cross is black, mortified, and intended to cause pain, it does not change the color of the heart, does not destroy nature -- i.e., does not kill, but keeps alive. "For the just shall live by faith," -- by faith in the Savior.
But this heart is fixed upon the center of a white rose, to show that faith causes joy, consolation and peace. The rose is white, not red, because white is the ideal color of all angels and blessed spirits.
This rose, moreover, is fixed in a sky-colored ground, to denote that such joy of faith in the spirit is but an earnest beginning of heavenly joy to come, as anticipated and held by hope, though not yet revealed.
And around this ground base is a golden ring, to signify that such bliss in heaven is endless, and more precious than all joys and treasures, since gold is the best and most precious metal. Christ, our dear Lord, He will give grace unto eternal life.
Amen
Redeemer Lutheran Church & School Happy Times Newsletter
The official newsletter of Redeemer Lutheran Church & School is the "Happy Times." It is published monthly with submissions deadline of the third Monday of each month by 1:00PM. If you are a member or a Friend of Redeemer, and would like to submit something, you must send it to the church office via the E-Mail address: redeemerpensacola@yahoo.com. If YOU would like to receive a copy, let us know!
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