Upcoming Worship Livestream – Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 10, 2026 – 9:25am

As we remember all our mothers and families, With the blessings and challenges they bring, may we always find comfort and strength in knowing we are in God’s family: never “orphaned” and always in the care and protection of the Triune God.

Pastor Steve’s 2-Minute Devotion – 5/6/26

Worship – Fifth Sunday of Easter – May 3, 2026

Even when you are not sure where Jesus is going, you can look forward to the best day ever – because you are with Him: “The Way, the Truth, and the Life.” Jesus is right by your side.

Worship Bulletin – Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 10, 2026

Read or print this bulletin – and follow along with this Sunday’s Livestream Worship Service – here on our website, or on our YouTube or Facebook pages.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Pastor will be in the office on Thursday May 14th from 9:00am – 12:00pm. Appointments are appreciated, but not necessary. If you wish to meet with Pastor at other times, please contact him directly. Looking ahead, he will be in the office Thursdays from 9am-12pm.
• Women’s Ministry will be meeting Monday May 11th at 12pm
• There is an Ecumenical Chapel Service at The Gardens Thursday, May 21 at 1:30pm
• Our next “Conversations with God” will be May 28th at 10am

MINISTRY PARTNERS

• Special Giving for May is Casa Guadelupe
• Community Lunch will be served on Saturday, May 30th, 11:30am, at First United Methodist Church. Fellowship prior to lunch.
• Lincoln Elementary School
  
  In the Nest:
• Casa Guadelupe English Language Learners “ELL” meets Monday & Wednesdays from 6-7:30PM.
• Al-Anon Meetings are held Thursdays at 7:00PM.
• Girl Scouts meet the 1st Tuesday & 3rd Thursday of each month at 5:00pm.

THE NEEDS OF OUR PARTNERS

Lincoln Elementary School:
Clothing: Winter clothes for children in various sizes, snowpants, winter coats, socks, sweatpants for both elementary and middle school, regular gloves, and caps, gloves for playing in the snow.
Snacks include: Goldfish, Individually wrapped food items, Animal Crackers, and Granola Bars… NO bags of nuts. Food drive/pantry (most helpful in Feb – Summer) cereal, shelf stable microwave meals, canned goods and mac and cheese with cheese sauce (not add milk and butter).

Casa Guadelupe:
Clothing: Winter coats, boots, mittens, warm clothes, winter hats, socks (gently used items are OK).
Snacks: Kid snacks are OK. (NO nuts.) Fruits cups, cereal, canned goods.
Other Items: Books (gently used is OK.), new toys.

See The Herald and the giving tree in the coffee area for these and other needs.

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ITEMS NEEDED
Drop-off box located in front of the “Giving Tree” in the Narthex.

WINTER CLOTHES FOR CHILDREN

• Snow Pants – various sizes
• Winter Coats – various sizes
• Socks – various sizes
• Sweatpants – for Middle school kids sizes & elementary kid sizes
• Gloves – various sizes
• Gloves – for playing in snow

FOOD & PANTRY NEEDS (most helpful in February, Spring, Summer)

• Cereal
• Shelf Stable Microwave Meals
• Canned Goods
• Mac and Cheese – with cheese sauce (not add milk and butter)
• Snacks – for teachers to give to students
• Goldfish

INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED FOOD ITEMS

• Animal Crackers
• Granola Bars
• NO bags of nuts

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God calls us to bless our world and enrich our journey of faith through daily prayer. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America offers a great prayer resource called “Prayer Ventures.” Prayer Ventures provides a daily prayer for us to remember the world’s many needs, and to support vital and innovative ELCA missions and ministries through prayer. Each month the Redeemer website will provide Prayer Ventures shaped for that month’s emphases.

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Redeemer’s Giving Tree

A permanent Giving Tree is located in the Narthex! It’s simple to use and benefits many worthy causes in our community and at Redeemer. Simply remove a tag from the tree, bring in the donation on the tag and place it into the proper bin at the foot of the tree. Many thanks to Matt Nettesheim for constructing this amazing work of art (including LED lighting), to Jenny Nettesheim and Sheila Bauer for managing this project, and to Thrivent for providing a grant to help get it “off the ground”. We look forward to many years of use in service to others.