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July 2017 A publication of Our Redeemer Church, Garden Grove, California
Our Mission Statement: To spread the Good News to all through joyful worship and service, so that
others may believe and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Our Redeemer Lives!
OUR REDEEMER CHURCH, ELCA 12301 Magnolia Street
Garden Grove, Calif. 92841 Phone: (714) 539-9541 FAX: (714) 539-7672
Preschool: (714) 539-6643 Email:
[email protected] www.orcgg.org
WORSHIP SCHEDULE: 8:30 am Traditional Worship
10 am Prayer & Praise Worship Sunday School: 10:15 am Adult Education: 10 am Nursery Care is provided
OFFICE HOURS: Mon-Thur: 8:30 am-2:30 pm
Fri: Closed
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This summer I will be turning 65. I got my medical-cal card in the mail. The good news is that it will drastically cut the church expenses for providing medical coverage. Just so everyone knows: I have no plans on retiring any time soon.
How could I think of retiring with so much going on right now!
-This month we have erected a new welcome board, so that as non-members come onto our campus they can read a welcoming statement of who we are as a church, and can see upcoming events posted. We want people to know they are welcome here.
-We have erected a new Peace Pole. It says: May be prevail in the world. It is written in 8 languages: English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Samoan, Laotian, Norwegian, Filipino, and Korean. We want people of all backgrounds to know they are welcome here.
-We are beginning to explore cooperative ministry with St. Peter Lutheran Church in Santa Ana. It began with their “Tamales and Testimony” event here. We want to explore ways that their Spanish speaking members could help us better reach out to the Latino community around our church, how our musicians and pastors might do exchanges, how we could explore ways to break down barriers between Latino and Caucasian communities. I’m excited about ways that we could each help the other and together be a better witness to our communities.
-We are upgrading our facilities to make them more welcoming to the physically handicapped. Our sanctuary floors have been refurbished: NO MORE PEELING PAINT! We also now have 2 shorter pews on each side of the sanctuary that accommodate wheelchairs and walkers. One more way for us to be a welcoming community.
-Endter Hall is receiving a painting upgrade. The work is in progress at the time of this writing, but it already has brightened up the facility. It is a welcoming facility to members, rental groups, and visitors to our campus.
-Our swimming program begins the end of June. Once again our campus will be filled with children from the community. It is a wonderful program to benefit our community, and we seek to invite the children to VBS, and other activities. No summer doldrums here! I hope you all have a blessed summer.
God’s Blessing,
Pastor Brian
Reflections from the Pastor by Pastor Brian Taylor
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There are few things that I remember about the small confirmation class I
participated in at Benediction Lutheran Church in Tsawwassen, British
Columbia. I remember the pastor trying everything he could to get us, his
students, to pay attention. I remember lots of giggles and snacks. I remember a
deeply formative conversation about death on the day that Seattle-based rock
star Kurt Cobain died. But, mostly, I remember countless hours spent learning,
studying, and memorizing the Small Catechism. Perhaps you had a similar
experience with the Small Catechism in confirmation?
How much of it do you remember? Have you tested your Small Catechism knowledge recently?
Congregations all across the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America are taking the time to revisit
the Small Catechism in this 500th observation year of the Protestant Reformation. . Luther wrote the
Small Catechism for the instruction of laypeople. He intended it to be used at church and in the home
to instruct children in the faith, and to reinforce the faith in the hearts and minds of adults.
The catechism teaches the fundamentals of the Christian faith: the Ten Commandments, the Lord’s
Prayer, the Apostles’ Creed, the Sacrament of Baptism, the Sacrament of the Altar and the Office of
the Keys and Confession. This small book is well worth your time and study.
This summer I will be preaching a sermon series on the Small Catechism. It is my hope that we will
reengage with the material with fresh eyes and open hearts. We will read the material. We will pray
the material. And, we will refresh our knowledge of the theology which drastically changed the world
500 years ago.
I look forward to taking this journey with you. In the meantime, I encourage you to dust off your
personal copies of the Small Catechism. If you don’t own one, there is a wonderful and FREE Small
Catechism app (for both Apple and Android) through Augsburg Fortress or the Google Play store.
Dig around in the information. Is there anything that is speaking to you in news ways since the last
time you read it?
Perhaps you have no idea what I’m talking about when I say “Small Catechism.” Do not fret. You
will not be left behind. This will be a great time to learn more about the fundamentals of our faith.
In praise and thanksgiving for all that has been and all that will be, we pray:
For a renewed sense of the free grace of God
For the living word of God to burn brightly in the church
For a bold, daring, and lively faith
For the unity of the church
For increased love of one another. AMEN.
Peace,
Intern Pastor Bekah
From “Festivals and Commemorations” by Philip H. Pfatteicher. Augsburg. 1980. p 410.
Reflections from Intern Pastor
by Rebekah Swanson
CARE AND KINDNESS
No meeting in July
If you’d like to be involved in bringing communion and
friendship to one of our homebound members, then
join us. We also have a card ministry that sends
beautiful cards to homebound, grieving, or ill
members who enjoy a cheerful greeting and a few
words of support and love. Email Pastor Brian at
[email protected] or call at the church office at
714-539-9541 for information.
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Our book circle meets the 4th Friday of each month at
7:30 p.m. for fellowship and discussion of a variety of
literature, current and classic, fiction and non-fiction.
All avid readers at ORC and their friends are invited to
join us. Call Ron Stearns at (714) 891-9462 for more
information.
“There are greater crimes than burning books; one of
those is not reading them.” - Ray Bradbury
Up-coming selection:
July 28 The Wild Blue, by Stephen Ambrose
Aug. 25 The Madonnas of Leningrad, by Debra Dean
Sept. 22 Never Have Your Dog Stuffed, by Alan Alda
Oct. 27 The Haunting of Hill House, by Shirley Jackson
The Men's Breakfast Fellowship will not be meeting in July or
August. We look forward to meeting back with everyone in September.
Enjoy vacation time!
Join one of the four women’s circles at ORC for Bible study, fellowship & sharing! For more information, please contact a circle Leader. Visitors and new members are always welcome.
Grace
No Meetings Until Sept. *Susan Kent - Leader
714-454-8545 Cell
714-842-9867 Hm
New Faith No Meetings Until Sept.
*Val Fleming- Leader
714-539-9428
Sincerity No Meetings Until Sept.
*Yvonne Bischof– Leader
714-539-0942
Michelle Timothy - Leader
New Joy No Meetings Until Sept.
*Sue Hanson - Leader 714-963-6203
Red Hat Workdays will resume in September. Save recycled cards (other than Christmas) and refresh you “kit” with craft supplies you will need in the fall. Erna is getting tired, so please bring a sack lunch!
Women’s Circle
Young at Heart will resume the third Monday in September. August birthdays will be celebrated along with the current month. Remember items for the Lord’s Pantry and remember the home bound with cards as often as you can. Thanks for your generous assistance all year long in all areas of set-up and clean-up.
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We are excited about welcoming Cindy Myers as the new director of Our Redeemer Preschool. Cindy has 18 years of experience in the field of preschool education. She has been a preschool director since 2009. This is what Cindy wrote on her job resume that impressed the school board: “There is no bigger or better lesson than to teach children about God’s love. I love to watch the lights come on for the children when they start to understand God’s love. I love the energy that the children bring to worshiping God; I love to learn about God through the children. I would love to bring fun and creative lessons to the children.” Cindy sees her job as a calling from God. She has a strong commitment to developmental learning, and will be a great addition to our staff. Cindy has been married to her husband Brandon for 15 years and they have a beautiful 8 year old daughter named Kamryn. She loves to plays soccer for Chelsea and loves animals. She also has a 5 month old son named Dominic. She writes: “I have been working in the Early Childhood field for 18 years and still every day is exciting and wonderfully different. I love walking into a classroom filled with children and hearing their laughs. I am excited to get to know all the children and their families.” Cindy begins her work on July 17th. She and the rest of the preschool staff will be installed on Sunday, September 10th.
to Our Redeemer Preschool
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Tape Guidelines We have new paint on all the walls in Endter Hall and would like to extend the life of the paint and
keep Endter Hall and our campus looking great!
Blue painters tape should be used if you are taping anything to the walls in any room in Endter Hall, the office, the preschool, the campus doors and all around our campus. Blue tape is available in the office, in the ushers cabinet in the church, and in the kitchen (check the all purpose drawer by the sink where coffee is made).
If you can’t find blue tape- DO NOT USE ANYTHING ELSE on the walls!
Command Hooks: use for bigger items and please take down when your event is over. Masking tape: Should NOT be used. It leaves residue and will take the paint off the walls. There is never a good reason to use masking tape
Duct Tape: Are you fixing a duct then it should be used-otherwise...DO NOT USE
Clear tape: Should only be used on the glass around campus
Please note that anything hung up with something other than blue painters tape will be taken down and thrown away.
The Men’s Fellowship of OUR REDEEMER hosted another exciting
member-friend Golf Outing on Saturday June 3rd at David L. Baker
Golf Course. We had 43 players on 11 teams including 9 family
groups, 8 women and 31 friends of members. We had 5 new players
for this tournament. The weather was good. Everyone seemed to
enjoy the golf and socializing. There are pictures in Endter Hall
lobby.
The Course was in excellent condition for good scoring with the team
of Pastor Brian, Pastor Carl, Pastor Brad, and Pastor Mike leading the
way with a 55. The team of Ray Moore, Nancy Moore, Eddie Barnes
and Alan Gitmed took second place. There were three additional
teams at 60 and under. Most of the teams were within 6 shots of
each other. There were lots of prizes for all with many local
restaurants providing complimentary meal certificates.
I would like to thank Brian Kallen who donated two Disneyland
Tickets which we raffled off. We raised $340.00 from the raffle to
give to the Men’s Fellowship to help support their Compassion
children. Thanks again to Brian. Of course, Pastor Brian won the
tickets.
Everyone was a winner this day. There were some newcomers this
year which is an encouraging outreach. We hope to see them again
and others at our next tournament for another day of fun.
~ Gus Sauter
Health Ministry
We had a very successful CPR/AED Class on May 20th with (14) participants led by Rob Pryce. It was an excellent class of information and participation. Everyone enjoyed it and appreciated learning CPR and how to use the AED (Automated External Defibrillator). Our church has an AED which is located in Endter Hall hanging on the wall between the bathrooms. Look for it the next time you are in Endter Hall in case someone would ask you to get it. The class was free and was provided by Hoag Hospital.
Summer Sunday Cool is happening this summer! North Hall is
Air Conditioned and our rehab of the room will be starting this month. Come
see all the new changes.
Sunday, July 2nd-SUMMER COOL! Mrs. Patty and Mr. Will are our Cool
teachers for today!
July 9th-SUMMER COOL! Miss Mary and Mr. Will are our Cool teachers for
today!
July 16th-SUMMER COOL! Mrs. Sharon and Mr. Will are our Cool teachers for today!
July 23rd-SUMMER COOL! Miss Araceli and Mr. Will are our Cool teachers for today!
July 30th-SUMMER COOL! Mrs. Wendy will be our teacher for today! We will sing with our VBS
friends in church then have a special celebration!
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Sunday, July 2nd-SNAP Fourth of July Pool Party! We will swim at the pool and have pizza for dinner! A short bible study reflection and fun!
July 9th-Sunday Night Alive! 6:30-8:00 pm in the youth room! We will continue to go over our lessons for VBS and get things ready along with games, fellowship and fun!
July 16th-Church Beach Party-We will be heading to the Beach this afternoon! YEAH! Get your sunscreen, towels, toys, and jackets (we will
be there for a bonfire in the evening)
July 23rd-We will be setting up for VBS today! Meet at church at 4:00 pm to set up and get ready.
There will be a short meeting to go over expectations and get our assignments. The set will arrive on Saturday and we will work with our friends at King of Glory to get it set up (they get it after us so they want to help put it together)
July 30th-SNAP! Pool Party!
Youth Director: Patty Erickson@ [email protected]
VBS 2017 July 24th-July 28th 8:45 am to 1:00 pm
Our Theme this year for VBS is Maker Fun Factory-Created by God, Built for a Purpose! A world where curious kids become hands on inventors who discover they're lovingly crafted by God! Our VBS week was moved to July so more students would be able to attend and help! We will have swimming this year and all of the other wonderful experiences.
This is an exciting year for VBS here at Our Redeemer! We will once again have St. Olaf joining us and do joint children's ministry. We have collaborated with these churches to make an amazing set and share resources! An amazing set has been made (stop by during VBS and see it or check out our Facebook Page to see it) and is making the rounds. Patty went to the training to see how it was built, know how to use it and see how to break it down and put it up along. We will receive the set from Hope Lutheran (Pastor Tim Edmondson's church) and move it in a box truck. Sunday, July 23rd we will be putting it together and fine tuning the lighting.
The set is on rotation and will be shared between 7 churches.
Would you like to help? Let Wendy Fitzharris or Patty Erickson know you are available and how you would like to help. We will be seeking craft and food items starting July 2nd. Check out the big board in the Narthex for items that would be a blessing to our VBS.
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Congratulations
To all our recent graduates, we wish you well and may God bless you on your future aca-demic achievements, successes and careers.
University
High School
Jr. High
Shannon Erickson graduated from Boise State University with a Masters in Education, Technology and Curriculum. Michelle Moehlman graduated from California Lutheran University. Rebekah Swanson graduated with MDiv from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. Bishop Andy Taylor graduated with a Doctorate in Ministry from Luther Seminary. Mackenzie Terry graduated from Chico State College with a Bachelor s in Education. Hayley Trigg (grandniece of Ron and Cathleen Stearns) graduated from Northern Arizona University with a major in English and a Theatre minor.
Jackson Geoffrey Rayner graduated from Stacey Middle School and will be a freshman at Marina High School in the fall. Claire Leeb graduated from Bell Intermediate and will be attending Pacifica Highschool. Niall McGee grandson of Pastor Brian and Wendy graduated from Christ Lutheran.
Kayla Fuentes graduated from Garden Grove High School. Emmanuel Hayden graduated from home school.
Registration Mon-Thurs from 9 am-1 pm
(church office) or mail in registration. Forms can be found on our website
at www.orcgg.org
Taught by Certified Swim Instructors
714-539-9541 for more info.
ORC
July Worship Assistants If you cannot serve as scheduled, please arrange for a substitute.
Council Persons of the Month 8:30 Will Fleming 10:00 Tina Ray
10 am Communion Assistants
7/9 Becky Vinson
7/23 Becky Vinson 7/30 Becky Vinson & Michelle Timothy
Greeters
7/2 * 7/30* 7/9 *
7/16 * 7/23 *
Lectors
7/2 *
7/9 * 7/16 Ron Stearns
7/23 Tina Ray 7/30 Dorothy Bair
Ushers 8:30AM Gary Mathany, Dan Corth,
Ray Valenzuela & Dave Frosted
10:00 AM Yvonne Bischof/Darlene Davis
Altar Guild Setup: Susan Kent
Clean Up: Sue Hanson
Soundboard/AV
8:30 See weekly bulletin
10:00 Travis Ruud
July Birthdays
July Anniversaries
OUR REDEEMER STAFF Senior Pastor
Brian S. Taylor [email protected]
Intern Pastor Rebekah Swanson
Church Administrator Charlene Cable [email protected]
Director of Music Ann Badertscher
Organist John Glessner
Bookkeeper Kim Radcliff
Youth Director Patty Erickson
Preschool Director Preschool@ourredeemer
gardengrove.org
Facilities Manager Jim Huffman
Sunday Attendant Howard Carlson
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Reflections is a
publication of Our
Redeemer Church.
Deadline for
submissions is noon
on the 15th of each
month.
Sunday Reflections deadline is
9 am Wednesday
morning for the
following Sunday’s
bulletin.
Please email your
submissions to
Charlene Cable at
Articles may be edited
for content and space.
7/3 Debra Garcia 7/3 Thomas Kent
7/3 Lisa Solberg
7/3 Michelle Timothy 7/4 Jeanne Schremp
7/5 Aidan Patel 7/6 Terry Dickman
7/8 Shari Ruud 7/9 Yvonne Bischof
7/9 Jean Peppmuller
7/11 Margaret Garceau 7/12 Tim English
7/13 Christopher Guardino 7/14 Ashley Bacon
7/14 Joe Kingswold
7/14 Linda Veres 7/15 Claire Leeb
7/16 Peggie Yanda
7/17 Tressa Bair 7/17 Jerry Engelhardt
7/17 Margie Pyle
7/21 Patty Erickson 7/21 Mary Murphy
7/24 Pastor Brian 7/25 Joanne Davey
7/25 Abigail Mendoza 7/27 Will Fleming
7/28 Corky Krabbenhoft
7/29 Aidan Bair 7/29 Aubrey Erickson
7/29 Ruth O’Connor 7/31 Allen Bair
7/31 Michael Butala
7/31 Barbara Howery
7/16 Dan & Carol Corth
7/18 John & Jennifer Leeb 7/21 Brian and Cindy Mendonca
7/23 Trent & Crystal Hauber
7/23 Jim & Lori Myers 7/30 Chris & Patty Erickson
*PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE AT (714)539-9541 OR EMAIL: [email protected]
TO VOLUNTEER FOR ONE THE EMPTY SLOTS ABOVE. THANK YOU!
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Preschool: (714) 539-6643 Email: [email protected]
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