Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Upcoming on November 9th at 1:30 pm, we are adding to our Word and Sacrament Ministry here at Redeemer Lutheran Church. Rejoice at Redeemer will be adding a modern service in the Fellowship Hall on the second Sunday of each month. It will be a welcoming come as you are style of modern Lutheran Worship. We will have scripture readings, Confession and Absolution, a Message with a PowerPoint Slides, Continuous Line Communion with current songs that you can hear on the local Christian radio stations.
A missional passage of scripture that pushes and pulls us out of our comfort zones is found in 1 Corinthians 9:19-23
19 For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. 21 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. 23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.
St. Paul knew his own limitations, but he expressed here that He stretched himself in all kinds of ways that “by all means I might save some.” The Holy Spirit is the one who “calls, gathers, enlightens, and sanctifies the whole Christian church on earth, and keeps it with Jesus Christ in the one true faith.” (Luther’s Small Catechism 3rd Article) That Spirit uses the means of Grace, God’s Word and His Sacraments, and us as disciples to share the love of Christ with others.
We are the only Lutheran Church in Claremore, and now after adding Rejoice at Redeemer, we will be offering Traditional and Modern Worship services. People are different and people’s preferences for styles of music are different as well. The new modern service will be Christocentric, rooted in God’s Word, and praising the Savior who bled, died, and rose again so that all people would be saved through His atoning sacrifice. If you know someone that is looking for a church to visit, be sure to invite them to join us on Sundays at 10:30 for traditional worship or on the 2nd Sunday of each month at 1:30PM for modern worship.
In Christ’s Peace,
Pastor Ryan Honeycutt
