President’s Report

February 2026

Greetings,

As I’m writing this update, I’m also anticipating our congregation’s Annual Meeting on Sunday, February 1. We have much to be proud of and thankful for! This meeting typically allows us time to report on what’s been done the prior year, but I’m more enthused with the opportunity it provides to talk about our future. We have exciting plans to grow our ministry and expand our community partnerships, provide more learning and fellowship opportunities for members and continue our efforts to identify and respond to the needs in our community. I’m looking forward to our discussion that day.

During the first quarter of this year, we’ll be addressing the need to replace our roof. This is a longstanding need and we cannot continue to ignore it. That was made clear to us when we decided to seek lower cost property insurance. Two firms sent out representatives to inspect the building as a necessary first step in providing a quote. The response from both was that they would not insure Redeemer until we replaced our roof. When our current policy comes up for renewal later this year we expect the same response from that carrier. We’ll discuss the roof replacement in further detail at the annual meeting and share our plan for resolving it.

Forward in Faith,

Tom Hostad
Council President