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About Redeemer Lutheran Church
Redeemer Lutheran Church, Vero Beach, FL (Indian River County), is a mid-sized, family-oriented church, alive with the Holy Spirit, a fellowship of Christian believers, members of the body of Christ. We are confessional Lutheran in tradition, ecumenical in spirit, and resisting the false trends of the 'emerging church'. We are privileged to be involved in God's work in the world and to be in ministry in Vero Beach and Indian River County. We have no special "claim to fame" except serving a loving God, and proclaiming Christ and Him crucified.

Divine Worship Services: Sundays at 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM

On Closed Communion
"The practice of refusing Communion to certain Christians and the general population at Lutheran altars is called close[d] Communion. This practice serves the Gospel, and even those refused, by its reverence for our Lord's last will and testament. Since fellowship at the Lord's Table is also confession of a common faith, it would not be truthful for those who affirm the Real Presence and those who deny it to join one another. Their common Communion would indicate to the non-Christian community that the last will and testament of Christ could be interpreted in contradictory ways. Indeed, the non-Christian might rightly ask whether it was Jesus' word which determined the church's position and practice or simply a human consensus. Close Communion seeks to prevent a profession of confessional unity in faith where there is, in fact, disunity and disagreement. It would be neither faithful to the Scriptural requirements for admission to Holy Communion (1 Cor. 11: 27 ff.; cf. 10:16-17) nor helpful to fallen humanity if the Christian church welcomes to its altars those who deny or question clear Scriptural teachings"
(Theology and Practice of The Lord's Supper, CTCR,1983).

"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23)
This month we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther. He was born on November 10, 1483, and was taken home to be with our Lord on February 18, 1546.

The reformer, Martin Luther, was a powerful, influential man whose personal quest for peace with God launched widespread change in the church and laid a new foundation for society.

As a young monk, Luther searched the Scriptures to ease his anxieties about sin and salvation. He became convinced that the Roman Catholic Church had lost sight of its central themes. Luther challenged the church by posting his Ninety-five Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Church, an act that guaranteed attention (October 31, 1517). Rome responded quickly, demanding Luther to retract his remarks and eventually declaring him an outlaw. (This all took place nine years before Christopher Columbus sailed!)

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Tuesday 02 November 2010 - 14:54:31 by Pastor Russ
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Pastor Russ as Martin Luther for Reformation Sunday

Reformation Sunday was October 31 and Pastor Russ Dressed up for the preschoolers on Friday. We could hear the laughter all through the church! Also Reverend Luther couldn't pass up some home cooking and dropped in on the German Dinner Saturday evening. The good Reverend had a great time meeting and greeting visitors as well as getting to know Redeemer members better.
"I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess." Martin Luther

Tuesday 02 November 2010 - 14:36:43 by Douglas Doane
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The November newsletter is now available for download in PDF format. Visit the Downloads page for details.
Tuesday 02 November 2010 - 00:00:00 by Douglas Doane

Hello Everyone -- "Kick-Off" day for Quilting at Redeemer was Monday, Sept. 20th. We were few in number, but great in spirit. We will be ever so glad when all our "hands" are back once again. We do have quilts on hand to be delivered to the Homeless Family Center in Vero and we continue to make more for the Littman Children's Refuge, Florida Lutheran Services, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. Our meeting/working time has been set for 10:00 a.m. until 2 :00 p.m. every Monday morning, although you are more than welcome to come earlier if you see fit and stay later as well. We will open with a group prayer and short discussion of the day's projects. Bring a sac lunch as we will break around 12 p.m. for a bit of food and fellowship. I have ordered another roll of batting, (which incidentally has been delivered) and we are adding Care Net to our list for making baby blankets. Bev Custis checked this out for us and they are most grateful for donations of baby blankets (no batting, just backing with flannel approximately 36 x 36"). These blankets are part of a layette each mother/baby receives when they are discharged. Hopefully some or all of you will be willing to make squares for the Home of the Brave quilts. These quilts are given to the families of those who have died in the war. I have the pattern (12 1/2" square) and we do not need to put them together as quilts, or quilt them. Just make the squares and I will deliver them. This is such a worthy cause, don't you think?

A few LWML ladies are going to Convention in Gainesville in October, so we are getting busy and putting the quilt/banner together for them to take. Joan Pereau cut and sewed the quilt together and now it needs to be assembled. Tish and Hilde worked on that today and we will be finishing that up shortly. We are still continuing to receive crocheted/knitted shawls for Hospice House and those can be brought in as well. Donations of "cotton" fabrics (prints and solids), as well as light-weight cotton blankets to be used as batting are always graciously accepted.

Saturday 09 October 2010 - 05:51:01 by Douglas Doane
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Have you ever heard the story about three ministers who were talking about prayer in general and the appropriate and effective positions for prayer? As they were talking, a telephone repairman was working on the phone system in the background. One minister shared that he felt the key was in the hands. He always held his hands together and pointed them upward as a form of symbolic worship. The second suggested that real prayer was conducted on your knees. The third suggested that they both had it wrong--the only position worth its salt was to pray while stretched out flat on your face. By this time the phone man couldn't stay out of the conversation any longer. He interjected, "I found that the most powerful prayer I ever made was while I was dangling upside down by my heels from a power pole, suspended forty feet above the ground."

No matter how what position you may feel most comfortable using, it's important to pray. The Bible says,
"But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit." (Jude 1:20 - In context (ESV))
What a great privilege we have in prayer!

Martin Luther was a man of prayer! In fact, the Reformation, which we celebrate later this month, was surrounded by prayer. It's a well known fact that Luther considered the book of James an Epistle of straw. Yet, I've always found that there are so many practical and useful things in these words, especially in regard to prayer. Listen to these words:
"Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. ?Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. ?Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back ?remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins." (James 5 - In context

Thursday 07 October 2010 - 22:24:55 by Douglas Doane
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It's that time of year when Redeemer Lutheran Church hosts its annual German Dinner. This popular community event features authentic German food (we are Lutheran :) ), German music, a 50/50 raffle and fellowship with congregants, pre-school parents and members of our community. Please join us as this event is a fund raiser for the Homeless Family Center.

Sponsored by Thrivent Financial Services for Lutherans

Saturday 02 October 2010 - 06:54:35 by Douglas Doane
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