Friends,

It is a great privilege and honor to introduce myself to you as I begin my new role here at Redeemer. My name is Nathan Horner and I recently began working as Redeemer’s Church Planter-in-Residence. I will serve in this role for the next three years filling a variety of different positions and responsibilities as I continue to learn the knowledge and work required in church ministry.

For the entirety of this coming school year, I will be serving as Redeemer’s Director of Youth Fellowship. I’m overjoyed to serve in this way as I have spent the last 9 years serving in student ministries in a variety of different settings and roles. Most recently, I spent 3 years as the Director of Student Ministry at Galilee Church in Virginia Beach. I was profoundly impacted by a youth ministry when I was a high school student myself, and it really laid the foundation for my life of faith to this day. So know that I greatly value the work of youth ministry and consider it a great privilege to serve each of you and your sons and daughters in the year ahead!

I join Redeemer alongside my wonderful wife, Erin, and our 10-month-old son, Theodore. We cannot wait to meet and get to know many of you in the weeks and months ahead.

I am also joined in serving our Youth Fellowship by Lauren Bleam, our new Youth Fellowship Assistant. Together, Lauren and I are excited to oversee the growth and development of our Youth Fellowship program and to help see the students here at Redeemer grow in their love of and discipleship to Jesus.

With that being said, here are a few reminders for our Youth Fellowship:

Our Youth Fellowship Fall Kick-off is this Sunday, September 7th from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Middle schoolers will meet at Dan and Rachel Marotta’s (1210 Palmyra Ave) and high schoolers will meet at Doug and Elizabeth Paul’s (1203 Laburnum Park Blvd). You can click here to RSVP.
Our meetings will occur on Sunday evenings from 5:00-7:00 p.m. throughout this fall and into the Advent season. Students can expect to receive a warm welcome, play a fun game or two, share a meal together, hear a lesson, and then discuss in small groups led by our volunteer leaders. We would encourage students to bring a Bible, pen and notebook.
Teaching Series - The Gospel of Matthew: Who is Christ? This fall both of our groups will be working their way through the Gospel of Matthew and looking to the works and teachings of Jesus to give us an understanding of who Christ is and what that means for our lives together. I will primarily teach the high school group and Tee Feyrer will primarily teach the middle school group.

We are eager to begin this fall. If you have any questions or would like to get to know us more, please contact either myself, Nathan Horner (540-421-5038, nathan@redeemerrva.org), or Lauren Bleam (434-249-1248, lauren@redeemerrva.org).