Redeemer Lutheran and St. Theodore Canterbury
On Sunday, Nov. 1, the congregations of Redeemer Lutheran Church and St. Theodore of Canterbury Episcopal Church will celebrate All Saints Sunday. Rev. Murray Finck will preside over the 10:30 a.m. Holy Communion service at 13564 St. Andrews Drive. 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.
The Church extends thanks to all who stopped by the holiday bazaar on Oct. 23-24.
Bible Study
The Bible Study will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 4, from noon-1:15 p.m. in the sanctuary. The group will continue its study in the “The Life, Ministry, and Mission of Jesus,” reading story from all four of the Gospels— Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The class will be augmented with episodes in season two of “The Chosen.” All are welcome to join and are encouraged to bring a Bible, lunch and a friend or neighbor. Operation Christmas Child
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 21).
All Saints Sunday
The Gospel lesson for Sunday, Nov. 1, is from Matthew 5:1-12. Matthew 5:1-12 is the Beatitudes chapter of the Bible. The Beatitudes are the road map to living The Ten Commandments and fulfilling the Golden Rule (Matthew 7:12), “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”
This is expanded on in Matthew 22:37-40, “Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” is the first and greatest command- ment. The second is similar, “Love your neighbor as yourself. The Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
These guidelines should be the center of a Christian’s life. The Beatitudes are a covenant between Christians and God. It lists the qualities that people are called to have as Christians.
