A Newsletter for Members and Friends of Redeemer Lutheran Church

1700 West Fair Avenue, Marquette, Michigan 49855 — www.redeemermqt.org

Redeemer’s Mission...inviting all people to become students,

believers and followers of Jesus Christ.

REDEEMER MONTHLY August 2017

National Night Out Block Party

Redeemer Welcomes DCE Intern Susie Danner

Susie Danner, Redeemer’s new Director of Christian Education Intern will arrive in Marquette in early August. Her internship at Redeemer will begin on August 7. Susie’s commissioning will take place during the worship services on Saturday, August 5 and Sunday August 6. A reception will follow each worship service in the church narthex. This will give everyone an opportunity to meet Susie and her husband Caleb and welcome them to Marquette and Redeemer.

Redeemer will host a National Night Out Block Party for neighbors and members on Wednesday, August 2, 5:00-8:00 p.m. Games, food, visits from our local law enforcement agencies, and fun for all ages will highlight the evening.

Volunteers are needed to help in all areas of the event — from games to health checks, from food preparation to food service, from set up to clean up. Volunteer sign-up sheets are in the narthex.

Please find a time and a job that will work for you and volunteer to help make our "Night Out Against Crime" an unforgettable evening.

Blood Drive at Redeemer

Wednesday Morning Study

Tool Box Guys

All women of Redeemer, friends, and daughters are invited to the home of Donna and John Fegan on Wednesday, August 16 for the 8th Annual Lake Day Open House from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Please drop in for a fun time. Gather some friends to carpool. It’s only five miles from church. There will be valet parking once you arrive (Donna’s husband, John.) There will be kayaks, a canoe, and a paddle boat to use. Swimming and a sauna are available, bring your favorite game to play, some shoes to hike or just sit and enjoy looking at the water. Please bring an appetizer, salad or dessert to share. Appetizers will start at 5:00. Donna and John live at 585 Forestville Basin Trail in Marquette Township. An R.S.V.P. signup sheet will be posted at the Women in Mission posting area in the narthex. Contact Donna at 249-2114 to have your questions answered.

7:00 a.m. Men’s Study

Meets Year Round Led by Pastor Ott — Location: Chapel Lounge

This study meets regularly for a quick donut, coffee and lively Bible discussion before heading off to work. The study focuses on the appointed lessons for the week.

Lake Day Invitation

The U.P. Regional Blood Center (a service of Marquette General Hospital) will have the Bloodmobile at Redeemer for a Blood Drive during Redeemer’s Block Party on August 3.

In order to give blood you must:

* not have given blood within the previous eight weeks;

* be 17 years or older;

* be free of flu, colds, sore throat;

* weigh at least 110 pounds;

* have a picture ID.

Have you heard about the “Tool Box Guys”? They meet at the church to make repairs at the church or at member’s homes who need assistance. All men are invited to join them on Monday, August 14, 12:00 p.m. Bring along your brown bag lunch and plan for a servant afternoon.

Congregational Meeting

Please join us on Sunday, August 6, at 3:00 p.m. for our next congregational meet-ing where we will discuss the call process, as well as several other items

Women’s Summer Walk & Dinner Series

LWML Ruth Pond Scholarship Fund

The Ruth Pond Scholarship Fund continues to assist families with Preschool tuition when it is difficult for them financially. Memorials received in memory of Ruth Pond, former teacher for Redeemer Lutheran Preschool, are used for tuition scholarships. These monies give us a new opportunity to provide financial assistance to children who might otherwise not be able to attend preschool where they can learn of Jesus and grow in faith.

If you would like to donate to this very important Scholarship Fund please place your donation in an envelope marked “Ruth Pond Scholarship Fund” and place it in the offering or deliver it to the church office.

The next summer walk will be Monday, August 14 with a rain date of Tuesday, August 15. Ruth Ball has said her large perennial garden is at it's peak at that time and we are invited to go there to walk around her garden. Ruth lives in Skandia, just outside of Chocolay Township off US 41 South. Her address is 180 Orchard Lane.

We will meet at 5:30 p.m. as usual but go out for dinner first. The restaurant will be Vango’s. After dinner we can drive out to Ball's garden with arrival time to be approximately 7 p.m. Anyone who wants to carpool can do so. Sharon can take about 3 Harvey women in her van but will not be going back to Marquette afterwards . A rain date for Tuesday, August 15 is set.

Please sign up on the sign-up sheet in the narthex. Call Sharon Roshak, Outreach & Fellowship Coordinator, with any questions at 249-3203.

Come and meet or bring some old or new friends.

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I was chosen to be the Zone 2 delegate to the 75th anniversary LWML convention in Albuquerque, NM June 22-25. What an honor and what an experience! It was especially special because Deaconess Betty led the Bible study for 3,500 God-praising Lutherans. We voted on the mission grants for 2017-2019. Twenty-two (22) grants were selected, totaling $2,075,000. Some examples are $27,750, Christ for Veterans and Their Families, $100,000 for Lutheran Children’s Books for Families Worldwide, and $ 93,000 for Training Lutheran Middle Eastern Missionaries. Seventy-one (71) countries have received mites grants over 75 years. Please bring your mission mites the first weekend of each month. The large Mite box will be on the Welcome Center.

Phyllis James, Zone 2 Secretary

Volunteer's Needed

Sunday School & King’s Kids Teachers Needed

We are currently building our Sunday School teaching teams and King’s Kids staff for the 2017-2018

school year. Have you considered being involved in our Children’s Ministry?

Sunday School classes for children age 3 through grade six will begin on Sunday, September 10, 9:30 a.m. Bible studies for Junior and Senior High Youth will begin that day also.

King’s Kids, our children’s ministry opportunity on Saturday nights, will be on summer break during the month of August. Plan to join us on September 9. With the beginning of the new school year comes an opportunity for new volunteers to be brought onto the team!

Our Children’s Ministry staff utilizes a team teaching approach and has found this to be very helpful both to help our teachers accommodate their busy schedules and to give the children multiple positive role models.

Most classes have a team of three teachers who share the class preparation and leadership on a rotating basis.

To volunteer, call DCE Anna Dauffenbach (228-9883) or Pam Ott, King’s Kids Coordinator (273-0280).

Do you have an interest in using a computer and video camera?

If you answered yes to these questions you may be the volunteer we are looking for. The Media Team runs the worship PowerPoint and records the worship services so they can be put on our web site and copied for our shut-ins. We are in need of more media volunteers. Please consider this opportunity to offer your time and talents for this important service. Contact DCE Anna, Amy or Donna at the church office (228-9883) to inquire about training to be on the Media Team.

High School Hangtime For those students who will be

9-12 Graders in September Sunday, August 13 From 4 - 6:30 pm

Confirmation Chill Out

For those students who will be 7 & 8 Graders in September

Sunday, August 20 From 2-4 pm

BBQ Sandwich Sunday at Victory

Youth Events

King’s Kids Takes a Summer Vacation

King's Kids (held Saturday evenings during worship) will be taking the month of August off and starting up again on September 9. If you have a child or grandchild in the program or an interest in teaching our children, please consider joining our teaching team starting in the fall. Thank you to all of our volunteers for their faithful service during the past year of King’s Kids.

Victory Mission Team

On August 13th , we will be serving BBQ Chicken and BBQ Pork sandwiches to our family at Victory Lutheran. We’ll be serving the sandwiches with various salads and ice cream sundaes for dessert. Help in providing food items and serving is needed and always appreciated. Please see the sign-up sheet at the Welcome Center in the Narthex. BE A VICTORY VOLUNTEER

IT’S A GOOD THING!

Redeemer Lutheran members live their love and faith in God by participating in missions throughout the United States and in the world. If you don’t have the time or funds available to participate in such mission work – we have a monthly neighborhood mission that needs you!

Pastor Steve Hulke once referred to Victory as “an inner-city church in a rural setting.” Located in Gwinn at Sawyer, Victory struggles with the needs of the people of their community and a transient population. Victory has a core of several regular members and a faithful pastor in Deacon John Weber. They provide worship services and many Senior and youth group functions to provide a safe gathering space where the word of God may be planted and/or nourished in people who need to hear it.

Redeemer provides a good meal to the folks at Victory on the second Sunday of each month. Coordinators are needed to organize meals and get food and servers from Victory Volunteers through sign-up sheets (at the Welcome Center). The menu’s, recipes and sign-up sheet templates have already been created and will be available to the new Coordinators. Help will be available to assist in the transition. The total time commitment varies but is usually no more than 5 hours per month. Please consider becoming the next Victory Meal Coordinator! Contact Pastor Chad or DCE Anna.

The Mission Board is collecting school items for the 2018 Honduras mission trip. We will be collecting pencils, colored pencils, erasers, and sharpeners for the children in the small villages. Thank you for your help in this important mission.

Mission Team

Volunteer’s Needed

Do you have an interest in using a computer and video

camera?

If you answered yes to these questions you may be the volunteer we are looking for. The Media Team runs the worship PowerPoint and records the worship services so they can be put on our web site and copied for our shut-ins. We are in need of more media volunteers.

Please consider this opportunity to offer your time and talents for this important service.

Contact DCE Anna, Amy or Donna at the church office

(228-9883) to inquire about training to be on the Media Team.

Sunday School & King’s Kids Teachers Needed

We are currently building our Sunday School teaching teams and King’s Kids staff for the 2016-2017 school year. Have you considered being involved in our Children’s Ministry?

Sunday School classes for children age 3 through grade six will begin on Sunday, September 11, 9:30 a.m. Bible studies for Junior and Senior High Youth will begin that day also.

King’s Kids, our children’s ministry opportunity on Saturday nights, will be on summer break during the month of August. Plan to join us on September 10. With the beginning of the new school year comes an opportunity for new volunteers to be brought onto the team!

Our Children’s Ministry staff utilizes a team teaching approach and has found this to be very helpful both to help our teachers accommodate their busy schedules and to give the children multiple positive role models. Most classes have a team of three teachers who share the class preparation and leadership on a rotating basis.

To volunteer, call DCE Anna (228-9883) or Pam Ott, King’s Kids Coordinator (273-0280).

Using SCRIP Cards Puts Your Grocery Dollars to Work for a Great Cause!

You spend a big portion of your monthly budget on groceries for your family. But did you know there’s a way to make all that money work for a good cause?

By using SCRIP to pay for your regular grocery purchases, you can earn funds for Redeemer’s Preschool, Child Care and Youth Ministry every time you shop. You pay face value and your SCRIP card is worth face value, but our organization earns a rebate on every card purchased. See how much you can earn:

How much can I raise per year?

If you spend $100 a week on groceries and the store gives a 3% rebate by the end of the year (52 weeks) your SCRIP purchases would have earned our ministries $156.

If you spend $200 a week on groceries and the store gives a 3% rebate by the end of the year (52 weeks) your SCRIP purchases would have earned our ministries $416!

Imagine if 10 people were using SCRIP to just pay for their groceries! How about 20, 30, 100 or more people?

And SCRIP cards are available for more than just grocery stores. You can get them for Kohls, Menards, Gander Mountain, the Pasta Shop, Holiday Gas, Applebee’s, T.J. Maxx, Walgreens, Walmart—and the list goes on and on.

Please consider using SCRIP cards for all of your purchases! Your shopping dollars equal financial support for our special ministries! SCRIP is available in the church office during regular office hours and after each worship service.

SCRIP Program Provides Funding

Check List for Your SCRIP Purchase:

Econo SCRIP for groceries

Holiday SCRIP for gasoline

Kohl’s SCRIP for school clothes

Walmart SCRIP for school supplies

Menards SCRIP for a new appliance

Red Lobster SCRIP for dinner out with friends

Cruise-N-Coffee SCRIP for your morning commute

____________ SCRIP for _____________________