The Herald

October 2010
Dates to remember….
2nd Free Medical Clinic
3rd Redeemer Philharmonic
Youth Meeting
4th RLCW General Meeting
5th Prayer Meeting
6th God’s Golden Gems
Praise Team Practice
Choir Practice
Paths to Recovery Come One! Come All!
7th Funfest
10th Congregational Meeting
Redeemer Philharmonic
Youth Flag Football
Harvest Festival
12th Prayer Meeting
13th God’s Golden Gems
Praise Team Practice
Choir Practice Saturday, October 23rd
Starting 3:00 p.m.
Paths to Recovery
14th Funfest
16th Free Medical Clinic
17th Troop Sunday
Redeemer Philharmonic
Youth Meeting
Come & Enjoy the Feast
18th Columbus Day (Free will offering)
19th Church Council Meeting
Prayer Meeting
20th God’s Golden Gems Served from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Praise Team Practice
Choir Practice
Paths to Recovery Pig Roast with ALL
21st Funfest the trimmings
23rd Harvest Festival
24th Redeemer Philharmonic
26th Prayer Meeting Turkey
27th God’s Golden Gems
Praise Team Practice Homemade Pies
Choir Practice
Paths to Recovery
28th Funfest
31st Reformation Sunday Fun & Games Planned for the Whole Family
Redeemer Philharmonic
Cake Walk
Scary Basement
Face Painting
& More
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It’s Harvest Time
By Pastor Dave Woodby
Have you noticed the leaves are changing color?
This is a beautiful, wonderful time of the year; harvest
time. Already we’ve had fresh tomatoes, sweet corn,
squash, and peppers. The apples are ripe on the trees
and it’s time for fresh cider and donuts. Soon the farmers
will be out in the field harvesting their crops of corn, soy
beans, and sugar beets. October is the opening of the
bow season and all the drivers in Michigan wish the
hunters success in this year’s dear harvest. Things have
come to maturity and this is the season to work to bring
the harvest in; this opportunity will not last forever.
What is true physically is also true spiritually. This
is an opportune time to work in God’s harvest field for
“behold, I say to you the
fields are already white for
harvest.” Jn. 4:35 We live “There is no escaping
the fact that the Lord
in a time with much uncer-
tainty and fear. People are
unsure what the future
holds and things they
thought were immovable commands us to go out
into the harvest field.”
have been shaken. During
such a time people are
more open to hearing the
news about the Savior. He
is the one who never changes and is a rock that doesn’t
move. Our relationship with Jesus brings peace, hope,
love, and joy; things that are in short supply right now.
We live in an opportune time. A time when every
church should be growing with new converts, however,
we have not because we ask not. We need to pray for
the unchurched around us that they will come to faith.
We also need to pray for people to tell them the Gospel
message. Jesus said, “The harvest, truly, is plentiful, but
the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the har-
vest to send out laborers into His harvest.” Matt. 9:37-38.
Are you praying? If not please start.
Someone once said, “The church exists by mis-
sion as fire exists by burning. In other words, no mission
no church. I believe this saying is true, for taking the gos-
pel message to the world is the heart of our faith. This is
because Jesus was sent by the Father to seek and save
that which was lost. Jesus came on a mission to rescue
us from sin, death and the devil. After his resurrection
Jesus said, “As the Father has sent me, I also send you.”
Jn 20:21. There is no escaping the fact that the Lord
commands us to go out into the harvest field.
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On November 7th we will observe Invite a
Friend Sunday. This is a special day to invite your
unchurched friends and neighbors to worship with
you at Redeemer. On that Sunday we will have an
evangelical message, special music, and stories of
those whose lives have been touched and changed
by Jesus. We will diligently work to make everything
excellent. I tell you this for two reasons: first, please
pray for the services on November 7th. Ask the Lord
to bless the musicians, lectors, choir, and everyone
else serving on that date. Pray that the Lord will em-
power us to do everything with excellence. And pray
for me, that the message will touch the hearts of
those present. Second, make a list of those you feel
should be invited and
pray that they will be
open to the invitation.
Working together, Invite
a Friend Sunday will be a
wonderful day.
Once you have
your list, of those you
plan to invite, go, call,
write, or e-mail them. Be
bold and invite those on
your list. If they can’t come on that date then later
invite them to Thanksgiving, Christmas eve or
Christmas day services. Invite them to join you for
dinner and a movie or the children’s Christmas pro-
gram. This time of year is filled with opportunities to
bring friends to church. Make the most of it.
Everywhere you look, it’s harvest time. We
thank God for the farmers who work so diligently to
bring food to our table. Pray that the Lord will bless
their work. It’s also harvest time in the church and
those who come to faith in Christ will thank God for
the Christians who worked in the field to bring the
harvest home. Join us as together we make a differ-
ence in the lives of many, many people. May God
bless our efforts.
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the coaches anyhow. I don’t want to take my chil-

“Faithful Stewards of God’s Infinite Grace”
dren because I want them to choose for themselves
which sport they like best.
“Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, On the second day of their conference at Yalta, Pre-
serve one another with whatever gift each of you has re- mier Stalin gave President Roosevelt a reason why a pro-
ceived” (1 Peter 4:10). posed plan would not work. Roosevelt gently reminded Sta-
We are entering into our annual stewardship em- lin that this was not the same reason he had given the previ-
phasis entitled, “Faithful Stewards of God’s Infinite Grace.” ous day. Stalin replied, “My dear Roosevelt, whenever you
During the next few weeks, we will consider what it means don’t want to do something, one excuse is as good as an-
to be a “faithful steward” and how our stewardship trans- other.”
lates into practical Christianity. Stop and think about it: 80% of the work in most
This emphasis is built in its entirety on two con- churches (including our church) is done by 20% of the peo-
cepts: First, God owns everything! As Psalm 24:1 states ple. The rest have made other activities a priority for their
clearly, “The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it.” God time and talents.
owns it all and has never relinquished the title deed to the As one of the “Faithful Stewards of God’s Infinite
world. Second, our responsibility is to manage that which Grace” here at Redeemer Lutheran Church, will you go
belongs to God which God has entrusted to us. In other against that trend by making a commitment to the
words, all that we have is a blessing from God and repre- “Proprietor of the Universe” to use the time and talents that
sents that which God has loaned to us on a temporary ba- have been given to you to make a difference in the ministry
sis. and outreach of our church? Remember, as one of those to
What kinds of things belong to God? Certainly our whom God has entrusted time, talents and treasure, God is
time is a gift from our Heavenly Father that is given to eve- counting on you. . . .
ryone equally. All of us have the same amount of time —
24 hours per day. How we use our time is what makes the
difference for this life and for eternity. Some will squander
their time by giving priority to activities that carry little im-
pact for eternity. Others will invest their time wisely for 2 Ronneal Jennison
God’s glory and for the good of others. Lori Sawyer
Our talents are also gifts on loan from God. Not
everyone receives an equal amount of talents or abilities,
3 Joan Mercier
but all of us can excel at something. Some are called to a Jennifer Belanger
public ministry whereby what they do is highly visible, in- 6 Bob Dahlgren
cluding pastors, worship leaders and teachers. Others are
called to a less visible role in the ministry and work of the Mary Hankins
church. But all of us are given talents and abilities which 10 Chuck Workman
can be used for God’s glory and to strengthen the Gospel
outreach here at Redeemer Lutheran Church. Roger Weyersberg
The question is not whether we can do something 12 Amelia Nicolli
for the Lord. The question is if we will use our talents and 16 Arlon Humphrey
abilities to serve God. Unfortunately, many times, we offer
excuses to avoid serving the Lord, excuses that often ap- 17 Pam Grandmaison
pear humorous when applied to other activities. Moody 18 Jill King
Monthly once carried an article which illustrated excuses
22 Dave Huff
people might use for not attending sports events. The anal-
ogy is easy to make in terms of serving the Lord. 24 Wendy Cummings
Every time I went, they asked me for money. The 25 Max Tait
people with whom I had to sit didn’t seem very
friendly. The seats were too hard and not comfort-
Catherine Bailey
able. The coach never came to call on me. The 26 Pat Witte
referee made some decisions with which I could 27 Anna Woodworth
not agree. I was sitting with some hypocrites —
they only came to see what others were wearing. 28 Shannon Eickholt
Some games went into overtime, and I was late
getting home. The band played numbers that I had
never heard before. The games are scheduled
when I want to do other things. My parents took me
to too many games when I was growing up. Since I
read a book on sports, I feel that I know more than
 The Herald

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Sunday Worship Schedule:

8:00 a.m. Traditional Liturgy

11:00 a.m. Contemporary Liturgy

Sunday School:

For all ages at 9:30 a.m.

Deadline for copy:

The third Wednesday of the month at 9:30 a.m.

available upon request

The Youth Group has the fol-

lowing activities planned for
October!
Congregational
October 3rd Evening Youth
Meeting to Include Bible study Meeting Planned!
and games & Activities (6-7 p.m.)

October 10th Flag Football & Pizza after 2nd ser-
vice
October 17th Evening Youth Meeting to
Include Bible study and games &
Activities (6-7 p.m.)
October 23rd Harvest Festival—Youth Scary
Basement
Please plan to attend
the very important Congregational Meet-
ing on October 10th at 9:30 a.m. At this
time we will be having our 2nd vote con-
cerning leaving the ELCA. Your opinion
matters and you must be present to vote.
Please refer any questions to Roger
Weyersberg or Pastor Dave.

Please see Youth Minister, Zach Woodby, if you

have any questions.