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May 2011

The Herald

Dates to remember.1st CROP Walk

2nd RLCW General Meeting

4th Gods Golden Gems

Praise Team Practice

Choir Practice

Quilters Group

5th National Day of Prayer

7th Free Medical Clinic

8th Happy Mothers Day

10th Faith Circle

Rachel Circle



Choir Practice

17th Church Council Meeting



Choir Practice

Evangelism Committee

21st Free Medical Clinic

Mother/Daughter Tea

22nd Semi-Annual Meeting


Praise Team PracticeChoir PracticeQuilters Group

30th Memorial Day

Mother-Daughter TeaPlanned

A Mother-Daughter Tea isplanned for Saturday, May 21, be-ginning at 1:00 p.m. The OwossoMusicale will entertain us with songsin 4-part harmony. Tickets are $5.00for adults. Children are free. We

need to know how many to cook for, so if you plan toattend, please call Margaret Eggleston to get on theguest list. Betty Stinson will be selling the tickets. Thisevent isn't just for mothers with daughters, butfor anyone who is a mother and/or a daughter. Comeand join the fun!

May 5th is the National Day of Prayer

In celebration of the National Day of Prayer, the47th Annual Shiawassee County Community

Prayer Breakfast will be held at 7:15 a.m. on May

5th at the Comstock Inn. Tickets are $15.00 per

person and include a full breakfast. The speaker

this year is Daniel Carrel, D.O.. He will be sharing

insight from his book Is Biblical Morality Outdated? R.S.V.P. to

989-723-5234

Semi-Annual Meeting

Planned

The Semi-Annual meeting is planned for

Sunday, May 22nd at 9:30 a.m. Every

member is encouraged to attend. Please

see Pastor Dave or Council President

Roger Weyersberg if you have any questions.

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There is an Easter movement among certaingroups in the church. This movement calls us to live as if

we really believe that Jesus has been raised from thedead. You might ask, What does this mean? SherryWeddel writes, This year, I want to consciously, inten-tionally livethe whole Easter season... I realized thismorning that, in my 23 years as a Catholic, I've tended tolive Easter as if it is just No-Longer-Lent.*

For many Christians, Easter is just a week-longevent. For them the Easter experience begins on PalmSunday, gains focus on Maundy Thursday and GoodFriday, and comes to a climatic conclusion on Eastermorning with the joyful announcement, Christ is risen!He is risen indeed!! Hallelujah!! Following church we allgo home and celebrate with a wonderful meal, afterwhich we eat large amounts of candy that the EasterBunny has brought us. Come Monday morning Easter isover for another year. However, in the church calendarEaster is a season that lasts 50 days: from ResurrectionSunday to Pentecost Sunday.

During the 40 days of Lent we give extra alms,fast from something we enjoy, and attempt to pray more.This is done to prepare ourselves for the joyful celebra-tion of Christs resurrection. But the resurrection wasnever intended to be an end of something but a new be-

ginning. Christs resurrection should make us a bold, un-afraid, joyful, hopeful, rejoicing people.

In the Gospel reading for Easter Sunday thewomen see an angel at the tomb of Jesus who tellsthem, Do not be afraid; for I know that you seek Jesuswho was crucified. He is not here; for he has risen as hesaid. Come, see the place where he lay. Then go quicklyand tell his disciples that he has risen from the deadThe women are filled with awe and great joyas they runfrom the empty tomb. Jesus meets them and they falldown and clasp his feet. He tells them "Do not be

afraid". The women run to the disciples with the joyfulnews only to be met with a stubborn refusal to believe.The men continue to hide behind locked doors, huddledtogether in the fearful expectation and dread of what willhappen next. Its only after Jesus appears before themthat they let go of the fear and dread, unlock the doors,and joyfully proclaim, He is Alive!!

Many of us are still living lives filled with fear anddread. We live as if we dont believe the news that MaryMagdalene, and the other women, proclaimed, We haveseen the Lord and He is alive! Think how our liveswould change if we would immerse ourselves in the

great joy of the Resurrection. Think how differentour lives would be if we dared to obey our Lord

when he says, Do not be afraid. Imagine howwonderful we would feel if, for the next 50 days,we focused on rejoicing, praising, and thankingGod for the hope that is ours.

I am proposing, for all Redeemer mem-bers, an intense and intentional celebration fothe entire season of Easter. This means thatfor the rest of Easter we will focus on thank-ing, praising, and worshipping God every sin-gle day. When fear comes into our lives we wiimmediately go to God in prayer and end the

prayer by thanking God for His love and con-cern about every detail of our lives, (See Phi-lippians 4:4-7). When someone wrongs us,instead of complaining, we will bless thosewho curse us and pray for those who despite-fully use us, (see Romans12:14, 17-21). Whenwe fall into sin we will immediately confess itand then thank and praise God that because othe death of Jesus on the cross we are for-given. No matter what we face, for the next 50days, lets face it in joy believing that the res-urrected Christ is with us.

I know that there are a multitude of prob-lems troubling us at this time. I dont propose thistime of celebration as a way to avoid, ignore, orhide from our challenges. Rather, by focusing onChrists resurrection, and the hope and joy itbrings, we will be better equipped to face lifeschallenges. After all, the resurrection is Gods finaword on human sin, corruption, weakness, andstupidity.

Join me in an intentional focus on the hopthat is ours. Lets together celebrate every single

day with songs, prayers, praise, and thanksgivingthat we are going to live forever. Dont let a singleday be ruined by fear, anger, bitterness, or regretRather, Celebrate with me! Christ is risen!! He isRisen indeed!!! Hallelujah!!

*Sherry Weddel, April Blog, Intentional Disci-

ples, Catherine of Siena Institute

Celebrate with me! Christ is risen!! He is Risen indeed!!!By Pastor Dave Woodby

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A very special thank you to Chef Scott

Stromer for the awesome Easter break-

fast! Thank you Scott for sharing your

gift with us. We truly appreciate it!

Applying Bible Principles

A w i se p e r so n o n c e o b se rv e d , H a l f o f at a sk i s hav i ng t he r i gh t t oo l , and t he o t he r ha l f k n o w i n g w h a t t o d o w i t h i t . Alt h o u g h w e d o n t o

t en cons i de r i t a s such , m oney i s a t oo l w h i ch Guses i n ou r l ive s a s a m ean s o f sp i r i t ua l gr ow t h .

You see , m on ey i s no t an end i n an d o f i t seIt is a m e a n s t o a n e n d . An d i n Go d s h a n d s , o n e i t s p r i m a r y e n d s i s t o i n s t r u c t u s a n d t o h e l p grow spi r i tua l ly . God especia l ly want s us to avoour n a t u r a l tend ency w h i ch i s a ben t t ow ar d se lf isn e ss , g r e e d , a n d h o a rd i n g . T h a t s w h y t h e L o rd Jsu s s a i d , T a k e c a re ! B e o n yo u r g u a rd a g a i n s t k inds of g reed ; fo r ones l i fe does no t cons i s t i n ta b u n d a n c e o f p o s se ss io n s (Lu k e 1 2 :1 5 ) .

Wel l , i f an ind iv idua l s l i fe does no t consin ha v ing a l o t o f posse ss ions , in w ha t d oes i t cos i s t ? J e sus p r ov i ded an i n s i gh t f u l answ er t o t h

ques t i on i n M a t t hew 6 : 20 -21, where He sa id , . s t o r e up f o r you r se l ves t r ea su r e s i n heaven , w hen e i t h e r m o t h n o r r u s t c o n s u m e s a n d w h e r e t h i e vd o n o t b r e a k i n a n d s t e a l. Fo r w h e r e y o u r t r e a s ui s, t here y ou r h ear t wi ll be a l so .

Now, accord ing to Jesus t each ing in th e Pab l e o f t he T a l en t s ( M a t t hew 25 ) , t he r e i s no t h iw r ong w i t h s av i ng . T he r e i s no t h i ng w r ong w i t h ive s t ing o r ea r n i ng in t e r e s t on i nves t m en t s . T he r eno t h i ng w r ong w i t h be i ng a w i se s t ew ar d by p l an i ng f o r t he f u t u r e . I n f ac t , J e sus t augh t t ha t t how h o d o s o a r e t o b e c o m m e n d e d . B u t o u r p r i m ae m p h a s i s a s G o d s c h i l d r e n i s t o m a k e o u r i n v em e n t s i n t h e B a n k o f H e a v e n . W h e n w e d o t h

our i nves t m en t s a r e s ecu r e . T hey a r e no t a f f ec tby i n f la t i on , by t he f t , by w ea r a nd t ea r , o r any t h io f t he k i nd .

T he r e i s on l y one w ay t o m ake depos i t s t h i s spec ia l bank: By g iv ing to the Lords woA l t hough t he m oney i s u sed he r e , i t i s c r ed i t ed you r e t e r na l accoun t . E ach t i m e you g i ve yot i t he s and o f f e r i ngs a t R edeem er L u t he r an C hur cyou a r e g i v ing t o t h e Lo r d by i nves t i ng fo r e t e r n iYo u a re s t o r i n g u p t r e a su re s i n h e a v e n t h a t wglor i fy God forever .

May

3rd Lora McNew

6th Joann Sawyer

7th Lynn Hozak Woodby8th Louann Kosbar

10th Brooklynn Crackel

12th Jennilee Acton

Nick Fick

22nd Jeff Hart

23rd Michelle Hintz

28th Pam Waugh

Poetry by Randal Nicolli

When Christ Returns

Christ will return for all to proclaim.

Then lightening will brightly flash,

As angels trumpets like thunder blast!

Some will raise banners of His holy name;

Part-timers might hang their heads in shame.

Others will lavish Him with praises amassed,

Or shout, Halleluiah! You have come at last!

But woe to those cast to the pit of flames.

Having rejected the King of Kings,

Now caught entrenched in a sinful life,

Death will not spare its permanent sting.

To keep my face from the least shade of red,

Should you return, God, before I am dead,

I pray for the most vigilant strife.

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Its Elephant Ear

Time!

Redeemer will be selling

Elephant Ears at the Cur-

wood Festival (June 3-5) again this year!

Many volunteers are needed to help make

and sell these tasty treats. Please reserveyour time and job on the sign up poster in

the Narthex. Refer any questions to Ardelle

Rodgers.

The RLCW is starting to collect

items for this years Mission

Kits for Lutheran World Relief.

Please start looking for like

new baby items at garage sales

for the baby kits. We also need items for the health

and school kits. Here is what is needed for each kit.

Baby Kits:

Two lightweight cotton t-shirts

Two long- or short-sleeved gowns or sleepers (without

feet)

Two receiving blankets, medium-weight cotton or flan-

nel, or crocheted or knitted with lightweight yarn, up to52" square

Four cloth diapers, flat fold preferred

One jacket, sweater or sweatshirt with a hood, orin-

clude a baby cap

Two pairs of socks

One hand towel, dark color recommended

Two bath-size bars (4 to 5 oz.) of gentle soap, in originalwrapping

Two diaper pins or large safety pins

Personal Care Kits

One bath-size towel (approximately 52" X 27"), dark

color recommended

Two bath-size bars (4 to 5 oz.) of soap, any brand, in

original wrapping

One adult-size toothbrush in its original packaging*

One sturdy comb, remove packaging

One metal nail clippers, remove packaging*Toothbrush multi-packs may be usedby sealing an individual toothbrush in abusiness envelope; no plastic bags orwrap

School Kits (wait until Fall for store specials!)

Four 70-sheet notebooks of wide- or college-ruled paper

approximately 8" X 10"; no loose-leaf paper

One 30-centimeter ruler, or a ruler with centimeters on

one side and inches on the other

One pencil sharpener

One blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel

blades work well)

Five unsharpened #2 pencils with erasers; secure to-

gether with a rubber band

Five ballpoint pens (no gel ink); secure together with a

rubber band

One box of 16 or 24 crayons

One eraser approximately 2 1/2" long*

One sturdy drawstring backpack-style cloth bag approxi-

mately 14" X 17" with shoulder straps (no standardbackpacks)

Attention Thrivent

Financial Members

Please remember to allocate your 2011 Choic

Dollars if you pay $800.00 or more in premiums, have

minimum of $20,000 account value, or if you hold a

volunteer position with Thrivent. To do this go to the

website www.thrivent.com/choicedollars or call 800-

236-3736. It is extremely important for you to do this

as the dollars you allocate to Redeemer or any other

Lutheran non-profits will be directed by Thrivent. Thi

program replaced the old Care in Congregations pro

gram in 2010, through which Redeemer received$1300.00 by doing a fundraiser.

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See Zach Woodby if you are interested in attending!

The Redeemer/Thrivent Team will be par-

ticipating in the American Cancer Societys

(ACS) Relay for Life June 10 & 11. The team is

raising money for ACS by selling luminaries and

feet. They are also collecting returnable cans

and bottles (bring them to church on Sundays).

They are also asking for donations of new items

for the silent auction held during the Relay.

They have held bake sales that raised $267.50.Team members are also needed! Join us for a

great time and help wipe out cancer in the proc-

ess! Cancer survivors are encouraged to partici-

pate in the Survivors Lap! See Ardelle Rodgers

for more information!

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