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 MARCH 28, 2026
5:00 p.m. Palm Sunday Worship (at Redeemer)
All Activities at Redeemer
Sunday, March 29—
9:30 a.m. Joint Youth/Adult Sunday School (at Redeemer)
10:30 a.m. 5th Sunday Joint Worship at Redeemer (Palm Sunday)
(with procession with palms)
8:00 a.m. Lenten Morning Prayer (at Redeemer)
Tuesday, March 31—
Noon AA Meeting (at Redeemer)
7:00 p.m. Choir Practice (at Redeemer)
Wednesday, April 1—
1:00 p.m. RCW Meeting (at Redeemer)
6:30 p.m. Confirmation (at Redeemer)
Thursday, April 2—
Noon AA Meeting (at Redeemer)
6:30 p.m. Joint Maundy Thursday Worship (at St. John’s)
7:00 p.m. AA Speaker’s Meeting (at Redeemer)
Friday, April 3—
6:30 p.m. Joint Good Friday Worship (at St. John’s)
10:00 a.m. Children’s Easter Egg Hunt (at Redeemer)
5:00 p.m. Easter Vigil Worship (at Redeemer)
Sunday, April 5—7:15 a.m. Sunrise Easter Worship at Redeemer
(in outdoor chapel)
8:00 a.m. Easter Breakfast (at Redeemer)
9:00 a.m. Easter Sunday Worship (at Redeemer)
11:00 a.m. Easter Sunday Worship (at St. John’s)
12:00pm Children’s Easter Egg Hunt (at St. John’s)
Worship services can be viewed online by following the link on the church’s website www.redeemerlcjasper.org.
Meeting Schedules
Stewardship & Finance--None Scheduled
Mutual Ministry--Saturday, April 18 @ 6:00 p.m.
Church Council Meeting--Tuesday, April 21 @ 6:00 p.m.
Evangelism & Social Ministry--None Scheduled
Worship & Music Ministry--Tuesday, May @ 6:00 p.m.
Christian Ed & Youth Ministry--None Scheduled
RCW--day, April 1 @ 6:00 p.m.
Property--None Scheduled
Joint Christian/Ed Meeting--Monday, April 13 @ 4:30 p.m.
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5th Sunday Joint Worship--10:30 am Sunday March 29th at Redeemer: As part of our shared ministry together, Redeemer and St. John’s have covenanted to engage in regular and periodic joint Sunday worship services--particularly on any 5th Sundays (as long as that 5th Sunday isn’t Easter). This year our first such 5th Sunday under our shared ministry covenant is March 29th (Palm Sunday). Therefore, since it is Redeemer’s turn to host the next Sunday joint worship service (the locations of midweek joint Lenten services are figured out differently), we will be having a joint worship service Sunday March 29th at Redeemer to celebrate Palm/Passion Sunday. As per all our joint Sunday services, this worship service will be at 10:30am, with a joint youth Sunday School, and Redeemer’s adult class meeting beforehand at 9:30am. Join us as we join together for what will hopefully be the biggest procession of palms our two congregations have seen in years.
Holy Week Worship Services and Events: Get ready for Holy Week 2026 at Redeemer and St. John’s. Over the nine days from Saturday March 28th through Sunday April 5th we have a plethora of worship and fellowship opportunities.
I invite all of you to attend as many of these opportunities as possible.
A Few Notes:
-Families of both Redeemer and St. John’s and friends are invited to participate in both Children’s Easter Egg hunts. As it is helpful to have a general idea of how many kids to expect at these events (for number of eggs to prepare/hide and number of crafts/snacks to prepare), please let Melissa Ruschau know, or sign up on Redeemer’s bulletin board, if you are planning to attend the Egg Hunt at Redeemer on Saturday and please contact Liz Barker if you are planning to participate in the Egg Hunt at St. John’s following Easter worship on Sunday. Their contact information can be found in the Egg Hunt announcement.
-Weather permitting, the 7:15 Easter sunrise service will take place outside in Redeemer’s outdoor chapel area in the woods. If the weather does not permit, the sunrise service will be held in Redeemer’s fellowship hall. A continental Easter breakfast will be available at Redeemer from 8:00am-8:45am between Redeemer’s two Easter services.
Please join us for the biggest week of the year as we celebrate the passion and resurrection of Our Lord Jesus.
Easter Food Boxes for the Crisis Connection are due on Palm Sunday, March 29th. Sign up for The Easter Lilies deadline is also the 29th. Thank you.
Fifth Sunday Fund Envelopes: Redeemer’s Fifth Sunday Fund is a pastoral discretionary fund used to help local people in need. Typically this aid is given in the form of gas gift cards or grocery gift cards, but may include other essential needs as discerned by the pastor. This fund is not a part of the annual budget, but is replenished with donations from church members and others, with special attention drawn to this fund and envelopes for this fund made available on fifth Sundays (hence the name). With the new shared ministry between Redeemer and St. John’s, we will be worshiping jointly on most, if not all, fifth Sundays--half the time at St. John’s. Therefore, the joint councils of Redeemer and St. John’s have decided to make those Fifth Sunday envelopes available at all fifth Sunday worship services, regardless of where worship is held, and opening up the invitation to members of St. John’s to also contribute to this ministry fund. (Checks for this should be made out to Redeemer Lutheran Church with “Fifth Sunday Fund” in the memo line.) (Donations to this fund can also be made on days other than fifth Sundays.) We appreciate your continued support for this important ministry--showing the love and grace of Christ to those in need.
The RCW will meet on Wednesday, April 1st at 1:00 p.m. to discuss the Lutheran World Relief projects. The women of St. John’s are welcome to attend.
Joint Confirmation Classes with youth from Christ in Haysville resume at Redeemer at the regular time on Wednesdays from 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. on April 1st.
New Adult Class: Heretics For Armchair Theologians: Heresy is very loaded and misunderstood term in the church, but it is nevertheless an important concept to be aware of. In seeking to understand Christian faith, many teachers over 2000 years of Christian history have led others astray--even when their questions and answers were honest. And while these heresies have brought harm to the church, they have also helped clarify the true gospel message. For understanding these heresies not only helps us identify false teaching in the church still today, but it also gives us a deeper appreciation for what it is we do believe and why. Therefore, Redeemer’s Adult class will be undertaking a study/discussion of the book Heretics For Armchair Theologians, by Justo Gonzalez and Catherine Gonzalez, as we seek to learn a little more about some early church heresies, how they helped inform our faith, and how they may still appear in new and various ways today. The Adult Class meets at 8 am Sunday mornings. All are welcome and invited to join the discussion each class, but you will want to purchase a copy of the book to be able to most fully participate. (Pastor Adam will have a couple of extra copies for borrowing if needed.)
The monthly Adult Bible Study is exploring Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians. All are invited to this monthly Bible Study as we delve into this important letter and discover the many ways Paul’s letter to the Corinthians relates to us in our church today. The Monthly Adult Bible Study meets at 1:30 pm on the Second Mondays of the month. Come and Join us! The next class is on April 13th. We will be looking at 1 Corinthians:15.
April Youth Night: Join us on Saturday April 12th at Redeemer for April’s Youth Night. Preschool to 6th grade will meet from 4:00-5:30pm with games, lesson, snacks, and craft. We will also be starting up a Confirmation-High School (7th-12th grade) group meeting the same night and location from 6:30-8pm with a Bible Study /Devotional and games/activities. Friends are more than welcome to come to both youth nights. (We’re still trying to figure out what language to use to call these two events and age groups.)
Attention Youth 7th Grade-12th Grade! For too long Redeemer and St. John’s has gone without having a regular ministry for the teenage youth of our congregations (outside and beyond Confirmation classes). We’d like to change this by beginning a regular monthly meeting time for faith formation and fellowship (Bible Study/Devotions and games/activities). We will be having the first of these “Youth Nights” (for lack of a better title at the moment) on Sunday April 12th from 6:30-8:00pm at Redeemer’s building. (The same location as the earlier and younger youth night is being held.) Please join us for this, and invite and bring friends as well. The goal is for this time to be a fun, faith-filled time to be able to spend with fellow Christians your own age while continuing to learn and grow in your faith--apply faith to your life.
CHURCH LAWN: We are in need of volunteers to mow Redeemer’s lawn. The church has a push, riding mower or weed eater, or use your own equipment. Sign up on the bulletin board. Please consider your time and effort as a gift to Redeemer.
Matthew 25 Ministries medicine bottle collection at Redeemer has restarted. Marilyn Dearing has taken on this project, so again, we will be collecting pill bottles of all sizes. Please take off the labels. Thank you.
WELCA Cluster Spring Gathering: The Women of the ELCA Cluster Spring Gathering will be held on Saturday, April 25th at St. John’s Lutheran Church at the Dubois Crossroads. Registration starts at 9:00 a.m. and there will be a registration fee of $8.00 which includes a meal. The food items will go to the Community Food Bank. The list of needed items are cans of vegetables, soups, sugar, flour, coffee, diapers, toilet paper, hamburger helper, cooking oil, crackers, shampoo and conditioner. Checks can be made out to Women of the ELCA.
If you would like to attend, please rsvp by contacting Diann Zehr: 812-481-0081 or dkz91348@aol.com by April 20th. All are welcome to join.
Shared Ministry Worship Through May 31st
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
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