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8 Ways to Pray for Summer Camp This Week

In less than 24 hours, a bunch of middle schoolers, high schoolers, and youth leaders are heading down to our church’s annual youth camp. We’ll spend three and a half days together with bonfires and a frog-filled pond and lots of sweat. When Redeemer started doing summer camps six years ago, I was skeptical. Was a noisy, sweaty, goofy week really that helpful? But when we…

Redeemer Church Leadership Course Recap

At the end of 2015, the elders asked for nominations from members of the church for men who should participate in our first ever Redeemer Church Leadership Course.  This was born out of a strong conviction that God was calling us to equip and position more men to take on increased leadership within the church.  For the past nine months, a dozen men have completed Bible…

Praying about Some Priorities for the Year

Post by Josh Fenska This ministry year, as a team of elders, we have been praying that God will spread a gospel passion in our hearts, in our homes, and beyond. Under that banner vision, we’ve been pursuing a few strategic priorities: Cultivating our joy in the Lord in everything we do as a church Stirring up greater vision for discipleship at home Mobilizing…

Pray for our Children!

We are in the middle of an excellent year of Children’s Ministry at Redeemer!  Our faithful teachers have been going the extra mile to bring God’s Word down to the little hearts in their care week in and week out.  We thought you’d be encouraged by Lynne Cowell’s story from this past Sunday. On Monday, Lynne wrote: Had the coolest experience in K-1…

What Are We Doing Re: Deacons

Post by Josh Fenska This autumn, we have nominated Greg U, Matt V, and Tom B to serve as deacons. In the years to come, we want to see a number of church members commissioned as deacons—to administrate servanthood for the upbuilding of the church to the glory of God. (See the previous post about the Bible’s teaching on deacons, and look for more posts to come on…

What Does the Bible Say about Deacons?

post by Josh Fenska Depending on your church background, you may have different ideas or expectations for deacons. People with a certain Baptist background may think of a board of trustees in which twelve men vote about things like landscaping and the youth pastor’s salary. People from an Anglican background may think of white robes with special sashes. Basketball fans…