Redeemer Lutheran Church
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PRAYER CHAIN
Anyone with a prayer concern, please call the church office.
If no one is available to take your prayer request,
please call Brenda White at 631-3609.
REDEEMER ANNOUNCEMENTS/WEEK OF FEBUARY 1, 2025
Italics – Sunday morning activities taking place at St. John’s.
Saturday, February 14
5:00 p.m.—Worship/Holy Communion
Sunday, February 15
8:00 a.m.—Adult Class
9:00 a.m.—Worship/Holy Communion
9:30 a.m.—Youth Sunday School/Adult Fellowship (at St. John’s)
10:00 a.m.—Youth Sunday School
10:30 a.m.—Worship/Holy Communion (at St. John’s)
4:00-6:00 p.m.—Youth Night (at Redeemer)
Tuesday, February 17
Noon—AA Meeting
6:00 p.m.—Church Council Meeting
7:00 p.m.—Choir Practice
Wednesday, February 18
5:30 p.m.—Joint Lenten Meal
6:30 p.m.—Joint Ash Wed. Worship/Holy Communion (at Redeemer)
Thursday, February 19
Noon—AA Meeting
7:00 p.m.—AA Speaker’s Meeting
Saturday, February 21
5:00 p.m.—Worship/Holy Communion
Sunday, February 22
8:00 a.m.—Adult Class
9:00 a.m.—Worship/Holy Communion
9:30 a.m.—Youth Sunday School/Adult Fellowship (at St. John’s)
10:00 a.m.—Youth Sunday School/Birthday Sunday
10:30 a.m.—Worship/Holy Communion (at St. John’s)
Worship services can be viewed online by following the link on the church’s website www.redeemerlcjasper.org.
Meeting Schedules
Annual Meeting Part 2--Sunday, February 1 @ 11:00 p.m.
Stewardship & Finance--None Scheduled
Mutual Ministry--Sunday, None Scheduled
Church Council Meeting--Tuesday, February 17 @ 6:00 p.m.
Evangelism & Social Ministry--Wednesday, February 4 @ 11:00 a.m.
Worship & Music Ministry--Tuesday, February 3 @ 6:00 p.m.
Christian Ed & Youth Ministry--None Scheduled
RCW--None Scheduled
Property--None Scheduled
Joint Council Meeting--TBA
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Lent 2026
Lent begins this year on Wednesday February 18th with a joint Ash Wednesday service hosted by Redeemer. Join us on Ash Wednesday for a light meal at 5:30pm followed by worship with the imposition of ashes at 6:30pm. Also please join us on the rest of the Wednesdays throughout Lent for a light meal and midweek Lenten worship at 5:30 and 6:30pm respectively--alternating locations between St. John’s and Redeemer.
(See Lent 2026 Midweek Worship announcement for the schedule.)
Lent 2026 Midweek Worship: The Discipline of Lent
For this year’s mid-week services, Redeemer and St. John’s once again will be doing a round-robin preaching rotation along with Christ, St. Paul’s, and St. John’s (Dubois Crossroads) and Redeemer and St. John’s will share joint Wednesday night meals and services alternating between St. John’s and Redeemer. Meals will be at 5:30pm with worship starting at 6:30pm. (St. John’s will host joint Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services.) Our mid-week theme this year is The Discipline of Lent. The season of Lent has long been understood as a time of repentance. It is the Spring cleaning for a human soul that has become drab and musty with neglect and sin. The ancient terminology for this return to the Lord is Spiritual Warfare. Modern Christians are squeamish with terms like warfare being applied to following Jesus, but it was familiar to St. Paul who describes Christian life as putting on the armor of God (Ephesians 6).
The enemies we face are threefold: the world, the flesh, and the devil. They are formidable and we will be overrun by them without the grace of God. But we are also called to struggle against them and our weapons are the Christian disciplines of repentance, prayer, fasting, and works of mercy or almsgiving. The mid-week Lenten services this year will focus on these disciplines and the keeping of a Holy Lent which by God’s grace will become a natural way of life for us for the rest of the year. The rotation schedule for Redeemer/St. John’s is as follows:
Date Location Worship Leader Topic
February 25 St. John’s Pastor Adam Ruschau Spiritual Warfare
March 4 Redeemer Pastor Adam Ruschau Repentance
March 11 St. John’s Pastor Tim Fleace Works of Mercy (Almsgiving)
March 18 Redeemer Pastor Tim Kraemer Prayer
March 25 St. John’s Pastor Tim Holt Fasting
Confirmation Classes in Lent: Due to the logistical challenges of maintaining our joint Confirmation classes with Christ at Redeemer during Lent, our Confirmation schedule, location, and times will be adjusted for the season of Lent. Joint classes with youth from Christ in Haysville will resume at Redeemer at the regular time (6:30pm-8:00pm) Wednesday April 1st. The Lenten Schedule in March is as follows:
Date Class Location Class Time
2/18/26 No Confirmation--Ash Wednesday
2/25/26 St. John’s approx. 7:10-8:00pm
3/4/26 Redeemer approx. 7:10-8:00pm
3/11/26 St. John’s approx. 7:10-8:00pm
3/18/26 Redeemer approx. 7:10-8:00pm
3/25/26 No Confirmation--Spring Break
4/1/26 Redeemer 6:30-8:00pm (Regular schedule resumes)
Lenten Meals 2026: We invite you to join us for these Lenten meals Wednesdays at 5:30 pm starting February 18th at both Redeemer at St. John’s (alternating weeks). A sign up sheet for items (particularly soups) for the meals hosted by St. John’s will be posted soon in the narthex. The responsibilities for providing food for those meals hosted by Redeemer has been divided among the committees of the church as follows.
Wednesday, February 18th Redeemer Church Council
Wednesday, February 25th St. John’s members and Parish Life Team
Wednesday, March 4th Social Ministry/Evangelism and RCW
Wednesday, March 11th St. John’s members and Parish Life Team
Wednesday, March 18th Christian Ed/Youth, Choir, Worship/
Music, & Property
Wednesday, March 25th St. John’s members and Parish Life Team
Christian Education
Shared Ministry Interim Worship Time:
8:00 a.m. Adult Christian Ed Time at Redeemer
9:00 a.m. Worship at Redeemer
9:30 a.m. Youth Sunday School/Adult Fellowship at St. John’s
10:00 a.m. Youth Sunday School at Redeemer
10:30 a.m. Worship at St. John’s This worship and Christian Ed schedule will last up through Sunday May 31st.
(Though the last day of Youth Sunday School for the 2025-26 school year will be May 17th.) Special arrangements/schedules for any joint worship services and/or for Easter Sunday will be communicated through newsletter, bulletin announcements, web sites, verbal announcements, and (for St. John’s members at least) the phone message system.
Parents and families of both congregations are therefore encouraged to bring their child to Sunday School at whatever building fits their schedule needs (even if that changes from week to week). For questions, please contact Melissa Ruschau (Redeemer Christian Ed Coordinator) [812-639-9112, melruschau@hotmail.com]or Liz Barker (St. John’s Christian Ed Coordinator) [812-630-9545, liz2658@aol.com].
Also, as a continued reminder--Members of both congregations are encouraged toattend whichever worship service they are able to. Envelope offerings and checks made out to your home congregation, will be accepted in the offering plates of both buildings and will be recorded and deposited in your home congregation’s account. (Please understand that offerings given to Redeemer at St. John’s or to St. John’s at Redeemer will most likely be counted and deposited with the following week’s offering.
Monthly Adult Bible Study: 1 Corinthians: St. John’s monthly Adult Bible Study has been exploring Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians. (Both Redeemer and St. John’s Lutheran church members are encouraged to attend – also visitors, and friends of both congregations are invited.) Materials are not needed to participate in the class, but you may purchase them if you so desire. The Monthly Adult Bible Study meets at 1:30pm on the Second Mondays of the month. Come and Join us! The next class is on March 2nd. We will be looking at 1 Corinthians:14.
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