Redeemer Lutheran

By Lisa Rotchford

LW contributor

Redeemer’s “Pick up Your Spirits, with Prayer and Communion” continues every Sunday in September in the front and northeast side of the church (13564 Saint Andrew’s Drive) from 9:30–11 a.m. The musicians will play the organ with the church windows open so everyone outside the sanctuary can hear some favorite hymns. Check the outside message board for updated details.

Also, September is our annual outreach effort called “God’s Work, Our Hands.” If you have non-perishable food items on your shelf that you would like to share with a hungry neighbor in need, we are collecting food for the neediest in Orange County. The barrels out front of the church on Sunday mornings will collect your food (or cash) donations, and will immediately be taken to Lutheran Social Services’ shelves that feed the increasing number of hungry people as this pandemic continues. If you have a pastoral care or questions, call the church at (562) 598-8697.

On the eve of Sept. 11, let us remember that through terrorist attacks, wars and now pandemics, we are never alone and we call upon God for those that seek peace, healing and comfort.

“Loving God of Peace: On this anniversary of unbelievable sorrow, comfort those who mourn, and guide our hearts toward healing and hope. Remind us of the love of Christ, love which leapt over cultural and ethnic boundaries to feed the hungry, seek the lost and care for the least. Make your children one human family, bound together in the work of justice and peacemaking. Make us one with the light that shines in the darkness and illumines a path toward understanding and reconciliation. Let love be our genuine call. Amen” (by Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis, 9/11 Remembrance, NYC).