Redeemer Lutheran and St. Theodore’s
On Sunday, July 6, the congregations of Redeemer Lutheran Church and St. Theodore of Canterbury Episcopal Church will celebrate the fourth Sunday after Pentecost with Rev. Murray D. Finck presiding.
The Communion and worship service gathers at 13564 St. Andrews Drive at 10:30 a.m.
This week, there will be a duet of “In the Garden” sung by Hiroko Minei and Christina Paek during the Holy Communion. All residents are welcome to join.
Fellowship will continue afterward in the Fellowship Hall with coffee, tea and cookies and snacks available.
The congregations continue to collect donations of canned and boxed foods for the hungry. Anyone can participate in this outreach. The collected food stays in Orange County and is distributed by Lutheran Social Services.
The Bible study group will continue its study titled “Women of the Bible” on Wednesday, July 9, from noon-1:15 p.m., located downstairs in the Fellowship Hall. The group is studying strong and influential woman in the Hebrew Scriptures. The next lesson will be in the book of Exodus. Bishop Finck leads the discussion.
People who attend the group can bring their own lunch. There are drinks available and baked goods for dessert.
This is a great way to meet members and friends and to share an understanding of faith and the Holy Scriptures.
The gospel lesson for this week is from Luke 10:1-11, and 16-20. It is about the sending of the 72. Jesus sends his followers out without anything, “Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals, and greet no one on the road” in Luke 10:4.
Not only does Jesus expect the 72 followers to go and do unexpected things such as healings, casting out demons, and other miracles.
He also expects an additional 36 families to support the people he had sent out, “Remain in the same house, eating and drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to be paid. Do not move about from house to house,” Luke 10:7.
Redeemer Lutheran and St. Theodore encourages its congregants to ask themselves how would they react to either being sent out with nothing and depending on the kindness of others; or having to being the one to take in the stranger? Think of a similar issue being addressed in communities.
