Redeemer Lutheran and St. Theodore

On Sunday, Nov. 16, the congregations of Redeemer Lutheran Church and St. Theodore of Canterbury Episcopal Church will celebrate the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost. The holy Communion service, led by Rev. Murray D. Finck, gathers on Sundays at 10:30 a.m. at 13564 St. Andrews Drive. All are welcome to join.

The church office will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 19.

Fellowship will be held after the service in the downstairs Fellowship Hall with coffee, tea, cookies and snacks.

Everyone who signed up for the Christmas Shoe Box donation are asked to return the filled shoe boxes by Sunday, Nov. 16.

The Fellowship Hall will once again be turned into a holiday bazaar starting today, Nov. 13, and Friday, Nov. 14, from 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Join members for fun, food, fellowship, and holiday shopping.

There will be no Bible study for the rest of 2025. Beginning Dec. 3, the congregations will observe Advent with weekly gatherings on Wednesdays.

The Gospel lesson for this week is from Luke 21:5-19. It is a continuation of the church’s theme of focusing on a believer’s relationship with God.

This lesson is full of all the bad things in life: war, famine, pain, suffering, persecution, plagues, and natural disasters that believers have experienced throughout history and are currently going through.

Practically every generation see their own time as these end times, but the world seems to endure. Jesus calls believers to trust. Not just trust that they will survive, or prosper, or get even, or anything that seems equitable, but that their souls will endure. It is the promise to be with God. It is the fulfillment of a believer’s trust in God, which is the greatest gift.