August brings on the dog days of summer, but wonderful opportunities for service in the Lords

Church, fun events and the beginning of a new school year as well.

For Redeemer, new officers and Boards begin their work in earnest as we seek to be ever more efficient
and effective in doing the Lords work.

Our senior bulldogs will oversee the remodeling of the churchs kitchen which began in July.

The Board of Elders will be recruiting and training our ushers and greeters as we seek to be ever more
a welcoming and hospitable congregation to both our members and our visitors. The training date is
Sunday, August 17 following the worship service. Please consider serving in one of these capacities if
you havent in the past. This is a wonderful way to serve our Lord.

Redeemer School begins its 53
rd
year of teaching the faith and educating the children of our congrega-
tion and the community on August 20
th
. Mrs. Melody Barenbrugge continues to serve us as both prin-
cipal and 1
st
grade teacher along with Mrs. Fischer, Ms. Borg, and Mrs. Cochran as they continue to
bring their knowledge, faith and love to the children of our school.

The pre-school playground will be installed this month as the St. Johns Childcare Center continues to
grow in the northwest education wing of our school. They will fill their center by September. It is ex-
citing to have so many little ones and their parents coming to our facility.

The Board of Fellowship will be hosting the annual Church Picnic on Sunday, August 24
th
once
again at the Canyon Rim Park. This is always a special event and opportunity to worship in an outdoor
setting and enjoy fellowship, great food and fun as a congregation. Dont forget to sign up to bring a
dish to share.

For those of you who long to worship at an earlier time as well as those who want a few extra winks on
Sunday morning, we will go back to our two service schedule on September 7
th
at 8 a.m. and 10:30
a.m. with Sunday School and Bible Class at 9:15 a.m.

One more date to put on your calendars: Saturday, September 13 - Fore the Kids Golf Tournament at
Talons Cove Golf Course. More information in the following pages of this newsletter.

Peace,
Pastor Fischer

United With Christ We Build Worshiping, Serving, Sharing, Caring Disciples

REDEEMER REPORTER
August 2014
Pastor: David A. Fischer
(801) 463-4352
www.rlcs-slc.org
Redeemer Lutheran Church and School
1955 E. Stratford Ave.
Salt Lake City, UT 84106

August CELEBRATIONS
James and Krystal Cochran 1
Cary and Cindy Jones 2
Jeff and Mindy Leonard 2
Russell and Janet Johnson 3
Gerald and Mandi Dunlop 8
Rob and Heather LeVan 15
Jack and Rae Murphy 15
Barry and Mary Lou Nelson 16
Robert and Bridget Gill 23
Nick and Kelli Schroeter 19
Ross and Karen Meredith 23
Chris and Tonya Roemer 24
Dwight and Alexis Johnson 28
Dennis and Bonnie Thoen 29
Jonas and Heather Helgren 30


Megan Carter 1
Kathy Sorg 1
Carl Trujillo 1
David Bowker 2
Doug Morrison 2
Ross Meredith 21
Andrew Schrank 21
Andrew Brunisholz 22
Chloe Borg 25
Trinity Roemer 26
Sam Helgren 27
Bonnie Thoen 29
Andrea Gardner 30
Emma Cochran 31

Margit Gellersen 4
Darren Morrison 4
Andrew Schrank 6
Dennis Holm 9
Travis McCrimmon 13
Mark Beekhuizen 15
Virginia Santy 16
Berniece Krueger 18
Mackenzie Northrup 20
Courtney Schrank 22
Nick Leonard 23
Lanna Bruinsma 25
Alexandria Northrup 27
Wendy Nielson 28

ANNUAL CHURCH PICNIC
WHEN: Sunday, August 24th
WORSHIP TIME: 10:00am
PICNIC TIME: 11:00am
WHERE: Canyon Rim Park (3100 South 3100 East)
You are asked to bring chips, a side dish or dessert to share. A sign up sheet is posted on
the bulletin board outside the church office. Hamburgers, hot dogs, and eating utensils
will be provided. Please bring your own chairs and beverages.
OFFICE REPORT
June 2014
CHANGES IN MEMBERSHIP
Received by Profession of Faith: Mona Barrett
Lucy, John, and Margot Brose

CHURCH ATTENDANCE
(5 Sundays in June 2014, and 26 YTD)

9:00 a.m. Service - total 481
9:00 a.m. Service - average 96
Total year to date 2665
Average year to date 103

COMMUNION ATTENDANCE
Total for the month 396
Total for both services 79
Total year to date 2049
Average year to date 82


EMERGENCY FUND
Beginning Balance $281.32
Ending Balance $281.32
USHER AND GREETER TRAINING

On Sunday, August 17 following the Divine Service, the Board of Elders will conduct a training session
for all Ushers and Greeters (including those presently serving and those who would like to serve). We
want to share our experience, and bring our service to a higher level. Everyone who has served as an
Usher or Greeter does so in love and reverence for our Lord. The Elders will be helping all to under-
stand our practce and procedures. Please join us.
StewardCAST
A monthly e-newsleter of LCMS Steward-
Stewardship of Time
As generatons pass, many things change. Succeeding generatons seek to improve upon or rebel against the
priorites and accomplishments of those who have gone before them. As a result, change becomes a way of life.
If we refect on the last 50 years of life in the United States we can get a glimpse of how not only how much
things have changed, but the frighteningly increasing pace of that change. In 1964 the latest technology was
color television. Today we can stream programs though the air in such vivid color that it looks even beter than
reality. Telephones that were once on the party line are now smart phones that are in almost every pocket or
purse in the land. Our communicaton is diferent. Our transportaton is diferent. Our clothing is diferent. Our
communites are diferent.

This pace of change has had an efect on stewardship as well. Amid all the progress that we have seen over
thelast 50 years in many aspects of our life in the United States, there has been a regression in the area of stew-
ardship. This is true in every aspect of the life of a steward. Since a steward is called by God to the free and joy-
ous actvity of the child of God and Gods family, the church, in managing all of life and lifes resources for Gods
purposes, any regression in stewardship is a serious mater. It can be seen in fewer dollars being ofered to the
work of the Lord in the local congregaton, the district, and for Synods work natonally and internatonally. This
presents a serious challenge to our stewardship of the Gospel.

This regression in stewardship, and the challenges to our faithful use of all lifes resources, also can be seen in
other aspects of stewardship as well. The stewardship of tme has become an ever-increasing casualty of the
change in stewardship culture in this current generaton. With all of the advancements in technology there has
come with it a commensurate increase that once revolved around the ebb and fow of the parish life and parish
ministry now have many other demands and temptatons. Congre-
gatons a generaton ago would plan congregatonal projects that
were driven more by the labor of the people rather than their fnan-
cial commitments. Now a generaton later, many congregatons fnd
that their member families would much rather write a check than
invest any of their unscheduled tmes for the work of the ministry.

While it would be easy to condescendingly assign this challenge to
the self-inficted wounds of too many soccer camps, baseball teams
and annual trips to see a mouse in Orlando, this caricature might
not serve the Gospel faithfully. There are far more substantal
claims that are being placed on the tme of a family than ever more.
For those who are blessed to have full-tme employment, the de-
mand for more productvity from workers have made work hours
increase and deviate from the former cultural norm of 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. As the availability of fulltme employment decreased because
of the expense of beneft packages to employers, more families are
spending more hours cobbling together a living out of multple part-
tme jobs. This leaves fewer moments for the vocaton of spouse
and parent, and even fewer moments for the vocaton of servant in the local congregaton, day school or mis-
sion society.
www.lcms.org/stewardship
Since a steward is called by God to the free and
joyous activity of the child of God and Gods family,
the church, in managing all of life and lifes resources
for Gods purposes, any regression in stewardship is
a serious matter.
How shall the Church respond? The response to the self-inficted stew-
ardship of tme wounds could well be handled with some pastoral con-
versaton. It is good, right and salutary to point out that a childs gym-
nastc skills, puck handling skills or experience at Disney will not create
a relatonship with Jesus that will bless and keep them eternally. There
are indeed ways in which we can respond with direct preaching of
Gods Word to call people to repentance when they are guilty of
crowding their schedules with so much cluter that it keeps them from
the Word of God. In these cases it really is a mater of bringing Gods
Word to bear on the priorites of the family. We can fairly and honestly
ask if these families are indeed seeking frst the kingdom of God. But it
is critcal that we not only call them to repentance but also give them
the resources needed from the Scriptures to help them order their
ofering of tme and talent to the Lord. This would be a great place for
the teaching of our baptsmal vocaton to be set within a tme manage-
ment framework, all the while asking the queston, Are you using all
of your tme in your life in a manner in which it freely and joyously
works for Gods purposes?

But how do we handle our brothers and sisters whose stewardship of
tme is limited not simply by a mater of bad tme management? How do we handle those who have been given
vocatons by God that do not allow for easy alignment to the traditonal schedule in the life a local parish? We are
stewards of the Gospel and it becomes imperatve that the congregaton know the people that the Lord has already
gathered into the local congregaton AND the people
in the community that the congregaton is called to reach. This may well mean alternatve tmes for worship ser-
vices and Bible studies. It also may lead to the congregaton ofering alternatve service tmes for those who work
odd hours and days.

These lost modern day sheep of the Lord are in need of a shepherd. For them the Lord calls us to be all things to all
people. This may put more burden on the pastor and leaders in the local congregaton to become more creatve
with their tme as they serve the Lord by serving their neighbor. To demand tme from families like these is no
diferent than asking a family that has nothing to dig a bit deeper into their empty wallet or checking account.
These families who would love to be more actve in many cases but cant because the circumstances in which they
fnd themselves.

The faithful pastor and congregaton will address the challenge of tme stewardship carefully. They will faithfully
exegete both the text of Scripture and the people whom God has put under their spiritual care. This will take an
investment of tme on the churchs part. The Good Shepherd has called us to know the sheep He has placed under
our care. There may well be a contngent of those in the congregaton whose stewardship of tme is lacking be-
cause of self-inficted wounds. They should be handled like any other stewardship mater. It is a mater of speaking
the whole counsel of God. It is calling them to repentance lovingly and gently. In this we will bring to bear the wis-
dom of the psalmist in Ps. 90, So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.

As we learn more about the sheep who lack tme stewardship, and how the issue is far more complicated than we
once believed, it will require more willingness by the congregaton to serve. But this is a sacrifce that is made be-
cause, as Paul would say to the Corinthians, I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save
some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.

A faithful congregatonal ministry cannot exist without good stewards. This is true of treasure. It is even truer of
our stewardship of tme. Maters of fnancial stewardship are easier to solve. Addressing the issue of the steward-
ship of tme is a call to faithful vocaton. In some situatons it is a mater of reminding people of their Baptsm. In
other situatons, it may well be a mater of bearing with one another in love. But in every situaton it is a mater of
faithfully handling the Word and the people entrusted to us by God.
There are far more substantial claims that are being
placed on the time of a family than ever more.
This leaves fewer moments for the vocation of
spouse and parent, and even fewer moments for the
vocation of servant in the local congregation, day
school or mission society.
2014 FORE The Kids Golf Tournament 2014 FORE The Kids Golf Tournament

Hosted by the Lutheran High School Associaton Hosted by the Lutheran High School Associaton












Saturday, September 13, 2014
8:00 A.M. Shot Gun Start
Talons Cove Golf Club
Saratoga Springs

Format: Team Scramble.
Golfers of all skill levels are welcomed.
All proceeds go directly to support Lutheran education in the
Salt Lake Valley.

Green Fees include: Golf w/Cart, Lunch and a Gift Bag
Registration: $115 by Sept. 5
Pick up a registration form from your church/school office

Dont Miss It! Dont Miss It!

Bring a Foursome! Bring a Foursome!
Be a Sponsor Be a Sponsor! !

Contact your church/school ofce or Mat Steiner at:
mat.steiner@thrivent.com or (801) 878-4594

Redeemer Lutheran Church
August 2014
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
3

9:00am Worship
10:00am Fellowship
4 5 6 7 8

12:30pm Lunch Bunch
@ Silverfork
9
10

9:00am Worship
10:00am Fellowship

All Boards Meet
11 12


6:30pm PPC
Meeting
13 14


15 16
17
9:00am Worship
10:00am Fellowship

Usher/Greeter
Training

18 19 20

First Day of
School
21 22 23
24

10:00am Worship
and
Church Picnic @
Canyon Rim Park
25 26 27 28 29 30
31

9:00am Worship
10:00am Fellowship