Members of the Care Team will be available to pray with you Sunday morning, May 31 from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Please text Christa Vickers-Smith (804-319-6377) 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 Christa 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
FOSTER CARE AWARENESS MONTH
May is foster care awareness month. One of Redeemer's members, John Moore, is a leading advocate for adoption and foster care on a local and national level. Click here to hear about some of the unique challenges children and foster care agencies are facing during COVID-19 and opportunities to help. And click below to learn more:
Christian Alliance for Orphans (national and state organization)
Patty's Hope (local organization and Redeemer's missional partner)
John's articles:
Focus on the Family - What you should know about foster care
Focus on the Family - How coronavirus is impacting foster care
Focus on the Family - How the court system is affected by a pandemic
BLESS YOUR BLOCK
This past week we 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.
BRING A GROWING FAMILY A MEAL
Congratulations to Thomas and Elizabeth DiStanislao who welcomed baby George into the world last week! The DiStanislao's recently relocated to Roanoke and we'd like to help their family during this season of multiple transitions. Please consider ordering takeout to be delivered to their home.
There are other growing families in our midst too. Click accordingly to bring a meal to Kevin and Rachel Capel, Malcolm and Jess Norris and Nelson and Anne Smith.
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.
ONLINE GIVING
If you're accustomed to giving during worship on Sunday mornings, you can use Redeemer's online giving option to make a one-time gift or set up recurring gifts. Click here.
