IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
November 4, 11: Mission Quilters meet. All women are invited to help with this important mission project. No experience needed! This group will be taking a break beginning November 18, until January.
November 12: Braille - if you would like to help with this important mission project, please contact Gail Colvin.
November 6, 13, 20: Pastor’s Wednesday’s Bible study. They meet every Wednesday at 10:00 am to study the upcoming reading for Sunday. Everyone is welcome!
November 6, 20: Catechism class meets at 4:30 – 6:00 pm. Parents please make every effort to have your children at these important classes.
November 8: Keenagers meet at 1:00 pm. Come join the fun, bring your favorite finger foods and game!
November 21: LWML meets at 9:30 am. All ladies are welcome.
November 21: Will be our next Council Meeting at 3 pm. All council members are encouraged to be there.
November 23: ATTENTION YOUTH GROUP: Saturday be at the church at 11:30 a.m. for lunch & Bible study. At 12:15 we will carpool to SafeNet Services Thrift Store for a service project. We will be helping with donation drop-offs (sorting, shelving, etc.). Parents you may pick up youth at 3:00 p.m., at the SafeNet Thrift Store located at 106 North Cherokee Ave., Claremore, OK. Please contact Youth Group Leader, Michelle Smith for more info or questions. We look forward to seeing each of you to help out in this worthy endeavor.
November 27, 28: Thanksgiving Holiday – office closed. No Bible Study will held.
November 24, Dec. 1, 8: Children’s Christmas practices during Sunday School. Program will be presented on Sunday, December 15.
December 1: First day of Advent, this year our sermon series will be “His Name Shall Be Called”. Hanging of the Greens during Sunday Worship service with a fellowship time to follow with hot chocolate and snacks; afterwards, we will finish decorating
Attention Mission Quilters:
The Mission Quilters will be taking a much needed break starting November 18, 2024. They will meet again January 6, 2025.
THANK YOU
A big thanks to all who helped make our Trunk or Treat outreach night huge success! A lot of bags with candy and treats were given out
Advent (and a new church year) will begin this year on Sunday, December 1, the First Sunday in Advent. This year’s sermon series is titled “His Name Shall Be Called” Also, our special, preparatory, contemplative, midweek Advent worship services will begin on Wednesday, December 4 at 7:00 p.m. and will continue December 11 & 18 with a mid-week dinner at 6:00 pm before each service. Join us!
Message from the Treasurer
What an exciting and busy month we’ve had….first, let me say, what a wonderful celebration for our 75th Anniversary. A lot of hard work was done by many hands to make it such a success! Thank you to everyone.
Second, we have not only met but surpassed our goal of reaching and exceeding our challenge to raise funds to be applied to our mortgage. Thank you to those individuals who began the challenge and certainly to everyone that donated so generously and faithfully over these past many months to meet the challenge! We will be making that payment ASAP!!
Sandy Coy, Treasurer
The church office will be closed November 27 and 28 for the Thanksgiving holiday; December 25 & 26 for Christmas; and January 1 & 2 for New Year’s.
Caring Ministry: Thank you for your ongoing support of the Redeemer Food Pantry. Our pantry helps people in our community by providing support to people in need – a number of whom only need one-time help to resolve a crisis or situation they are facing. It is a blessing for them and for Redeemer that we can provide that help. And as always, if you prefer, you can contribute to the food pantry and we will do the shopping for you.
VETERANS DAY NOVEMBER 11, 2024
God of all nations, you are our Strength and Shield. We give you thanks today for the devotion and courage of all those who have offered military service for this country … Amen.
COMFORT MY PEOPLE
by
Pastor Fred Naumann
Revelations 5:12 “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power, wealth, wisdom, might, honor, and glory and blessing.” Jesus has 7 sources to comfort us.
1. POWER - He can carry out His purpose to heal, help, free or halt anyone or anything.
2. WEALTH - He has the resources to carry out His promises.
3. WISDOM – Jesus knows the future and always provides correctly. The commandments of God are not mere restrictions but guideposts for successful living, the rule, curb and mirror for humans.
4. STRENGTH – Jesus is not a power among powers, but the POWER beyond all powers combined. He can cope with and overcome any and all situations.
5. HONOR – Even agnostics admit the relevancy of Bible codes. Turned off church members are never turned off with Jesus.
6. GLORY – This attribute is solely restricted to God. Jesus is Lord and God.
7. BLESSING – Jesus is the greatest blessing to man. Jesus is the greatest Giver of blessings. So here is a passage of praise…thanksgiving…faith…hope…and confidence. By the way, just in passing, notice how consistently the Bible uses so few words to express so much.
