Our Redeemer's Blog

Summer 2023 Worship

Summer Worship Schedule by Pastor Gretchen Sundays, June 25 – September 3, One Service at 10 AM Meeting Jesus: Who do you say that I am?  This summer we will be exploring our assumptions about Jesus Christ and learning new depth and meaning about the Messiah in our worship services. The gospels are filled with […]

Pastor’s Letter – May 2023

by Pastor Gretchen But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared.2They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3but when they went in, they did not find the body. 4While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in […]

A Rocking Start: Ballard Sunday Dinner

by Amy Borgmeyer Ballard Sunday Dinner (BSD) is off to a rocking start in 2023! In the first quarter, we’ve served more than 150 plates to about 80 people (some people take things to go) and the count of those served is going up each week! Thanks to the awesome volunteers who are stepping up […]

Discovering What is Like To Be a Kid Again

by Tad Anderson My wife and I started attending Our Redeemer’s in Fall 2021 and joined last Easter. Since then, we’ve each found several places to plug ourselves in to this wonderful community. One thing I chose was to help out once a month in the O-Rock Sunday School – even though our own kids […]

Connect with Online Worshipers

by Erica Lee Hi! My name is Erica Lee and I am the Zoom Host and Facebook Live Host for the traditional 11 AM worship services on Sunday mornings at Our Redeemer’s as well as for special worship services. I wanted to update you all on where we are with online worship options and explain […]

Earthcare: For the Beauty of the Earth

For the beauty of the Earth, for the beauty of the skies For the love which from our birth over and around us lies Christ our God, to thee we raise, this our offering of praise. We know there are 40 days in Lent, but did you know there are 48 days of Easter? It’s […]

Spring LiVE Project Learning Opportunities

You’re invited to participate in the upcoming LiVE Project events this April and May.  The Kin-dom of God and Environmental Justice Class meets for 5 weeks on Zoom, 6:30-8 PM Thursdays, April 13, 20, 27, (1 week off), May 11, May 18 This 5-week series will help you consider and embody how faith lives at […]

STELLAR VBS: Helps Kids Shine a Light on Jesus’ Love! 

Join us August 7-11 from 9 am-12 pm every day. We are launching kids on a cosmic quest where they’ll have a blast shining Jesus’ light to the world. Stellar rockets kids on an out-of-this-world adventure that’s light years of faith-building fun! Each day at Stellar VBS, one memorable Bible Point is reinforced throughout each […]

Confirmation Class Tackles Questions of Faith 

by The Confirmation Team The confirmation class has continued to explore Jesus’ life and Lutheran theology tackling questions such as the meaning of evil, salvation by grace, and how this all relates to our lives today. Students have engaged in conversations about the legalistic view of salvation in the Old Testament, and the path to […]

Pastor’s Letter – March 2023

“Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, 29yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 30But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not […]