Members of the Care Team will be available to pray with you Sunday morning, June is 28 from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Please text Emily Arnold (804-821-7288) or Josh Betts (804-399-1227) before calling so that if they are on the phone with someone else they can call you back. Click below to call Emily or Josh.
If you would like someone to pray with you at a different time please text Redeemer’s Care Team Coordinator, Christa Vickers-Smith (804-319-6377) or email care@redeemerrva.org, and someone will call you to pray with you before the end of the day.
SUNDAY WORSHIP AND PRAYER
During the Time of Coronavirus
PREPARE
Set aside 1 hour of uninterrupted time.
Choose a good location in your home, a living room or around the kitchen table.
Light a candle.
If you have very young children who will not be able to engage, consider choosing your time of worship during their nap time or after bedtime.
If you have young children who may be able to engage with part or all of the time, tell them ahead of time and think about some things they might do while you listen to the sermon and discuss it. (Craft projects like coloring a picture, writing a letter to a neighbor, building a bible scene with legos or blocks, etc.)
Resist the impulse to multi-task. When you are praying, listening, and singing - let it be the only thing you are doing.
When you are finished, extinguish the candle, thank each other for their prayers,
and return to your work with glad and grateful hearts.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
GIVING PLEDGES FOR UPCOMING MINISTRY YEAR
The Finance Team is receiving financial pledges as Redeemer's leadership plans the upcoming ministry year (September 2020 - August 2021). If Redeemer is the church you call your spiritual home, please prayerfully consider how you might give out of your financial resources in the ministry year ahead to partner in the work God has called us to: seeking the redemption of Jesus for our neighbors and city. Click here to make your pledge.
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SUMMER FELLOWSHIP GROUPS
While Small Groups are on hiatus we're rolling out Mens and Women's Summer Fellowship Groups for the summer months of June, July, and August. We encourage you to either: A) Start a group, or B) join someone else's group!
Who? Single sex gatherings, all men or all women.
Where? Outdoors.
How Many? Less than 10 people.
How? Practice social distancing of a minimum of 10 ft.
What else? Sanitize furniture before and after.
If you would like to join an existing group or start a new group, email the Rev. Dan Marotta dan@redeemerrva.org or Rachel Capel women@redeemerrva.org.
If you are new, and do not yet know enough people to either start a group or receive an invitation to a group, please send Dan or Rachel an email and we will get you connected!
FASTING FRIDAYS
Please join Redeemer and the archbishop of the ACNA's call to prayer and fasting. Here is our weekly prayer guide from two weeks ago.
We would love to hear from you how God might be encouraging you through this exercise of fasting and prayer. Please email anything you would like to share to Christa Vickers-Smith.
BRING A GROWING FAMILY A MEAL
Congratulations to Will and Morgan Fogleman who recently welcomed baby Austin into the world! Click to sign up to bring them a meal during this time of growth for their family and let's give thanks together for the gift of new life.
There are other growing families in our midst too. Click accordingly to bring a meal to Kevin and Rachel Capel, Nelson and Anne Smith, and Thomas and Elizabeth DiStanislao.
BLESS YOUR BLOCK
Last month launched a new initiative to help us proactively care for our neighbors. Click here to hear from Redeemer's Justice and Mercy Coordinator, Teryn Morgan, or here for an overview of Bless Your Block.
RECOMMENDED READING
If you're looking for a good book recommendation during this season of quarantine, the Redeemer staff has put together a list of titles organized by genre for your consideration. Check it out here.
MERCY FUND
Redeemer has opened a Mercy Fund through the giving page of our website to receive donations that will be distributed to those in need. Click here to give or here to request help.
