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13564 St. Andrews Drive
Seal Beach, CA 90740
Phone: (562) 598-8697
Fax: (562) 598-8697
email: redeemer_lutheran@verizon.net
website: redeemersealbeach.com
Sunday Holy Communion Service is at 10:30 a.m.
St. Theodore of Canterbury Episcopal Church
Joins with us in Worship
Communiqué from the Interim Pastor
Tuesday April 9, 2024
Dear Members and Friends of Redeemer and St. Theodore,
A WORD ABOUT THE BIBLE STUDY continuing now on WEDNESDAYS 12:00 NOON. Here is what was decided…
We will meet in the Fellowship Hall, downstairs, around a large rectangular table near the kitchen. If you wish, bring your own lunch. Beverages will be available and provided. It will be helpful if we come a few minutes early to get our beverages and be seated so we might begin the Bible Class promptly at 12:00 p.m.
The class will be about 60 minutes, (75 minutes at the most,) so by 1:15 p.m., at the latest, we will be on our way. If people need to leave earlier, that is fine.
FOR THE NEXT TEN WEEKS, we will be studying ten (10) of Jesus’ 37 miracles. Some of you received a study booklet on Sunday. Please bring it with you, along with your Bible. We ordered more booklets. They have arrived and will be distributed on Wednesday to those who did not yet receive one.
THE FIRST MIRACLE OF THIS STUDY is actually Jesus’ first recorded miracle at the Wedding Feast in the village of Cana, where early in his first days of public ministry, Jesus turned water into wine. The primary Scripture text to be read in preparation for the study is: John 2:1-11
Any and all are welcome!
+Murray D. Finck
The Rev. Murray D. Finck, Bishop Emeritus
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
Communiqué from the Interim Pastor
Friday, March 22, 2024
Dear Members and Friends of Redeemer and St. Theodore,
I hope you are all well, staying healthy, and enjoying these first Spring days!
Everything is now ready for a wonderful day of celebration this Sunday, Palm Sunday, as we gather for our 10:30 AM worship service which will include Holy Communion. On Sunday, we will remember the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on the week that he would give his life for the sake of a world and people he so dearly loves. Please join us for worship as we sing the glad hosannas that the crowds sang as Jesus rode into Jerusalem those many years ago. While I have not heard of any new challenges or cases of the COVID virus, worshippers are encouraged to bring and wear a mask if they are comfortable doing so. If anyone does not have a mask, they will be available at the entry door of the sanctuary.
Three of the special joys of this worship service will be
a baptism,
the new member reception of
two people who will be officially joining the membership of the congregation, and
the reaffirmation of baptism and faith
by seven members who wished to do so after
attending the Christian Faith class that was recently completed.
All of these people have been faithfully involved in the life of the congregation as they now affirm and reaffirm their baptismal covenant and faith relationship with God. Let us come together in support of these our friends, and give thanks for them.
Repeated information about our services next week…
Maundy Thursday, March 28
Good Friday, March 29
Easter Sunday, March 31
will be available on Sunday morning and in another communiqué early next week.
God’s peace and safekeeping be with you all,
+Murray D. Finck
The Rev. Murray D. Finck, Bishop Emeritus
