Communiqué from the Interim Pastor
Wednesday April 3, 2024
Dear Members and Friends of Redeemer and St. Theodore,
Do you hear it? The echoes from an empty tomb...
He is not here! He is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!
We had a wonderful celebration of the DAY OF RESURRECTION together this past Sunday. Thank you to all who did so much to make it a great celebration of new life in Christ! It was good to see so many of you, even in spite of the rainy and wet weather.
A REMINDER ABOUT THE BIBLE STUDY that we started during the Lenten weeks on Wednesdays. We are continuing now AGAIN STARTING TODAY AT 12:00 NOON. Today's discussion will be a wrap up time of our previous study to answer any lingering questions you may have had during those five weeks. The entire 10-page document we used for those discussions is attached. We will begin our class today with any and all of your questions regarding those conversations we had in February and March. Before we end the class today, we will decide on which direction we will want to go in the weeks ahead. There are endless options for us, including…
+a Biblical overview of both the Old and the New Testaments
+a verse by verse, chapter by chapter study of a particular Biblical book
+Historical studies such as…
…The Time of the Patriarchs
…The Time of the Kings
…The Time of the Prophets
---The Time the Apostles
…The first 300 years of Christianity
…The Reformation
+topical studies on various issues church and society is facing today
+comparative religions as we learn about our neighbors faith expressions
and so much more.
We will want to get and understanding today how to move forward in the weeks and months ahead. Let us also decide where and how we want to meet, whether it be in the sanctuary as we have been doing or downstairs in the fellowship area. Please come with some ideas of what will work best for you and for the others who join with us.
FOR THE NEXT SIX WEEKS in the calendar of the Christian Church, the Sundays are designated as the “Sundays of Easter.” The appointed biblical texts and the focus of these weeks might be summed up best with the words LIVING THE RESURRECTION as we followers of Jesus are encouraged in our faith to believe and to live as people given the gift and promise of new life. Please join us and invite neighbors and friends to share in the celebration that he has risen indeed.
God’s peace and safekeeping be with you all,
+Murray D. Finck
The Rev. Murray D. Finck, Bishop Emeritus