Redeemer Lutheran Church

LWML OK DISTRICT SHOE DRIVE

NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY 15,2025

Shoelaces need to be tied together, or rubber banded

to make sure that matching pairs stay together.

LWML will receive funds based on the poundage of the donated shoes.

                     NEWSLETTER

St. Paul’s Lutheran Church is hosting a

Christmas Caroling Event December 19^th. 

Everyone (Young & Old) is invited to meet at

“The One” Christmas tree

downtown at 5:30 pm.  Watch for updates.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD’S SHOEBOX COLLECTION WEEK

                                                     Dates and times                                                       Mon. Nov 18^th 2-7 pm

Tue. Nov 19^th 2-7 pm

Wed. Nov 20^th 2-7 pm

Thur. Nov 21^st 5-7 pm

Fri. Nov 22^nd 2-7 pm

Sat. Nov 23^rd 2-7 pm

Sun. Nov 24^th 2-7 pm

Mon. Nov 25^th 9am – 11am

Stephen Wiederkehr is the chairperson of this event in Enid.

He is needing 3-5 volunteers per day to help with

this project. Both Youth and Adults qualify.

Stephen needs to set up schedules ASAP,

so please contact him at 580-402-4109

This year we hope to have our parking lot full of all kinds of trunks.

Decorated with endless ideas of themes!

If you can’t sponsor a trunk,

then there is a section set up in the narthex
for donation bags of candy to give away!

Oct 6^th is LWML Sunday

a day to wear Purple.

Oct 13^th is the Sunday you can

support your Favorite Sport’s Team.

Oct 20^th is Dress your Sunday Best

dresses, hats, suits and ties please.

Oct 27^th is Reformation Sunday

a day to wear RED

October is known as Clergy Appreciation Month.

We will have the opportunity to appreciate

Pastor Dwayne Schroeder (Sherrie),

Pastor Velmer Goebel (Lori)

Pastor Ken Haskell (Karen),

and other pastors during the month of October. Clergy appreciation month was established in 1992 to recognize and encourage Pastors, DCEs, Missionaries, and Teachers.

The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) celebrates Reformation Day on October 27^thThe Lutheran church commemorates the Protestant Reformation by celebrating the day Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenberg, Germany on October 31, 1517.

Darrell and Suzanne Pralle will be hosting September’s Seasoned Saints at noon on the 11^th. Bring a potluck food item and a friend! Last month we had 20 Seasoned Saints enjoy food and fellowship!

Pastor’s Ponderings                                    Aug 2024

Richness toward God Nine for you, and one for me; nine for you, and one for me; nine for you, and one for me. Would anyone dare divide his money and goods with another like that? And you might say, “Only a rich man, only a man who lacks nothing could divide his possessions with another like that, but I’m not a rich man.”  Then again, we live in a time when so many people in America have never before in human history had so many things. And yet we often want more, and we will strive to get all that we want. One day, Jesus warned a great crowd of people following Him about the self-satisfying behavior of greed. He told them a parable about a rich man (found in Luke 12, vs 13-21) whose fields produced an excellent crop. Upon seeing the bounty, the man thought “What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.” So the man who was already rich tore down his old barns and built new ones. And then he said, “I have plenty of good things laid up for many years. I’ll take life easy. I’ll eat, drink, and be merry,” but God had other plans for that man. When the rich man asked, “What shall I do?” I think he also thought, “What shall I do with MY crop, MY life, with all MY blessings that I produced?” His take on things side stepped the true owner. He stepped around the Creator and patted himself on the back for a job well done. The rich man was foolish. He had fallen into the trap of self-importance and self-indulgence. He thought that the amazing bountiful crops were his because he put in a lot of time and money to get them. He thought that his future was his in hands, but God had other plans.

 The most profound truths in this parable centers on one question:
How can I be rich toward God?

Richness toward God comes through seeing everything as a gift from His hand. Whatever is received in money or material goods or opportunities or in the moment of each day is purely and simply a gift from God. It’s an expression of His love. It is evidence of His grace.

Richness toward God comes through seeking His direction before settling on decisions.  In Matthew 6:33, we are told “Seek first His (God’s) kingdom and His (God’s) righteousness, and all these things (what you have and hold) will be given to you as well.”  Richness toward God, desires to do God’s will.  And whenever we receive an excellent crop or a raise or an inheritance or a job, the first order of business is to ask, “How can God be glorified with His gift to me?”  

Richness toward God comes through caring more about giving than getting. The rich man in Luke 12 was consumed with greed and cared nothing about giving. And before we condemn him, we must realize and confess that we too have the same capacity to sin and be selfish. But, the self-control God gives us enables us to think about others before we think only of ourselves. Nine for you, one for Me. Nine for you, one for Me. Nine for you, one for Me. God is our example of a gracious and generous Giver. He not only gives us material things, He gave us His only Son, sacrificing Him instead of requiring our life. We have been forgiven and declared holy in His sight. WE ARE RICH! And in this richness, we can be content while sharing the contents of God’s storehouse because of the treasure contained in God’s holy Word. Praise God from Whom ALL blessings flow! Amen! 

 Rally Sunday is Aug 18^th

With a Pot Luck Breakfast in the Fellowship Hall

Come and play Pickleball

On Fridays at 11:00 am

at Redeemer’s FLC)

Beginners welcome.

Paddles & Balls provided

Redeemer’s Dinner Theater

 Writing a murder is not as easy as one might think. Just ask the Marquis Crossing Ladies Society for the Arts. They decide to do just that, especially after discovering the royalties involved in performing someone else's play. The group embarks on creating an operatic murder mystery dinner theater with potential audience involvement. Meanwhile, two fugitives, unwittingly, become cast in the play. It's a rollicking comedy where distinguishing between real and fake guns is part of the fun.