Redeemer Lutheran and St. Theodore Canterbury
On Sunday, Oct. 18, the congregations of Redeemer Lutheran Church and St. Theodore of Canterbury Episcopal Church will celebrate the 21st Sunday after Pentecost at the 10:30 a.m. holy Communion service at 13564 St. Andrews Drive in Leisure World. The Rev. Murray Finck will preside overtheservice,with Carmen Leslie as the holy Communion assistant and Sylvia Makus as the acolyte. All are welcome to join.
People will meet in the Fellowship Hall after the service for coffee, tea, cookies and snacks.
The congregations are still collecting non-perishable food for those in need.
Bible study will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 21, from noon-1:15 p.m. in the sanctuary to continue its study in “The Life, Ministry, and Mission of Jesus” in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The class will also feature episodes of season two of “The Chosen.” People are welcome join, and bring their Bible and lunch to the meeting.
The Holiday Bazaar will be held on Oct. 22-23 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Volunteers meet Monday, Oct. 19, at 10 a.m. in the downstairs Fellowship Hall to do the final preparations. Projects with directions, guidance and all the materials will be provided. There is also a need for cookies for the Bazaar weekend. People can bring baked cookies or other treats anytime during the week of Oct. 18.
The congregation is assembling and collecting gift boxes for Operation Christmas Child, sponsored by Samaritan’s Purse for worldwide distribution. Boxes and information pamphlets will be available at the back of the church and downstairs through the turnin date on Nov. 12 (for more information, see page 24).
The church is also accepting monetary and individual new items donations, with a goal of filling 100 boxes.
The Gospel lesson for this week is from Matthew 22:15-22.
“Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and unto God what is God’s.” Believers have all heard this passage from Jesus but sometimes don’t do it. A believer might not vote, not take an interest or active role in what’s going, miss worship, skip volunteering, or avoid doing things to build him spiritually, only to wonder why things aren’t going well.
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind,” is the greatest and first commandment. The second is “You shall love your neighbor as yourself ” (Matthew 22:37-40). If believers truly act from a generous love of God, all else will fall in place.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 shows what it means to love generously: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
