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LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER ATLANTA, GA

we welcome all + we serve and advocate we care for one another + we honor God in all we do

WELCOME Values

Vision Through Redeemer, the world will see Jesus.

Mission The mission of Lutheran Church of the Redeemer is to create a community that in word and deed reflects the love of Christ. Through worship, community and service, Redeemer equips people to be living testaments to the Lutheran faith in Atlanta and beyond.

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Love of God: We love a God of reformation who is constantly making things new and whose free gift of grace makes us right with our Creator and with one another. It is this inclusive love of God that centers our congregation and allows us to embrace change as a sign of God’s continued presence.

Love of neighbor: We love each person and value all as children of a loving God. We welcome all people to learn and serve with us as we strive to serve them through numerous outreach ministries. We value our community in Midtown, metropolitan Atlanta, the state of Georgia, our country and the world.

Love of each other: We love each other as Jesus loves us. This means treating everyone with respect and openness from a desire for understanding different perspectives.

Diversity strengthens our community.

We value the support of and learning from one another in our Christian walk and thrive among people who show us grace.

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WORSHIP Worship is at the very core of our identity at Redeemer. Holy Communion and God’s Word read and proclaimed are the weekly staples of our worship life. When we gather in worship, regardless of the service’s musical style, we encounter God in a way that we cannot by ourselves. We gather in response to the Holy Spirit’s invitation. We hear God’s Word for us: read, preached, and sung. We are fed and nourished as we share the body and blood of Jesus Christ in Holy Communion. We are sent in mission to the world. We celebrate those things which bind us together: prayers for our common needs, songs that lift our spirits, and a relationship with each other that is grounded in God’s great love for us.

Visit www.redeemer.org for more information on special holiday and festival worship services.

9:00 AM Sunday

11:00 AM Sunday

7:00 PM Wednesday

Worship featuring the Jazz Trio with Holy Communion

Traditional worship featuring the organ and choir with Holy Communion

A spiritual recharge in the middle of the week

3:30 PM Monthly on Sundays Rejoicing Spirits A Service for People of All Ages and Abilities

Learn more: www.redeemer.org/worship/worship-rejoicing-spirits/

All services in-person and via Livestream www.redeemer.org/worship/worship-online/

SUNDAY MORNING AT REDEEMER Adult Faith Formation 10:00 AM Redeemer offers multiple regular study groups and classes for adults on Sunday morning as well as throughout the week.

Seasonal small group book studies are offered during Advent and Lent.

Check the calendar under “This Week” to see our current offerings or scan the QR code.

Pastor Jonathan Trapp Pastor for Faith Formation jtrapp@redeemer.org

Children's Sunday School 10:00 AM Visitors and new participants are always welcome and your child can join a class any time during the school year.

Age 2-years through 5th grade.

Youth Sunday School 10:00 AM Middle school - grades 6th-8th - Confirmation years!

High school - class meets

Faith Stepping Stones Living the promises of Baptism. Grade specific classes are offered for children and parents throughout the year.

Creeds Ten Commandments Lord's Prayer Bible Adventure Called and Sent Welcome to Sunday School Welcome to Worship Lord's Supper Baptized

weekly

Hillary Nelson Deacon Mary Houck, Children Youth Director, & Family Ministries Director, hnelson@redeemer.org, mhouck@redeemer.org

FAITH FORMATION Baptisms Becoming a Member Young Adults Keystone 65+ Small Groups Wednesdays with Redeemer Retreats Preschool Middle School High School

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Baptisms We welcome you into the Lord's Family | www.redeemer.org/resources/baptisms/

Becoming a Member Several times throughout the year, Redeemer hosts classes for people seeking more information about the Lutheran faith and for those who wish to transfer their church membership to Redeemer. | www.redeemer.org/faith-formation/inquire-being-a-member/

Young Adults Twenties & Thirties gather for fellowship, learning, and service events. | www.redeemer.org/connect/young-adults/

Keystone for Adults 65+ Living fully into a life of faith with adults over 65 through meaningful relationships, purposeful service, life-long learning, and caring for one another. www.redeemer.org/connect/keystone-over-65/

Small Groups Learn. Serve. Create. Discuss | www.redeemer.org/connect/small-groups/

Wednesdays with Redeemer Midweek evening full of learning, music, and worship | www.redeemer.org/connect/wednesdays-at-redeemer/

Retreats Redeemer members and guests have the opportunity to participate in several retreats throughout the year | www.redeemer.org/faith-formation/retreats/

MIDTOWN LUTHERAN PRESCHOOL MLPS is located at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, and provides a half-day, academic year emergent play curriculum with German-English dual-language bilingual classrooms.

Nurturing and educating children in a Christian setting to be wholehearted, compassionate, principled individuals who contribute positively to the world community.

Kate Elkins MLPS Director kelkins@redeemer.org

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MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH 6th-8th Grade is the Confirmation Years For our 6th-8th graders, we operate under a 3-year Confirmation rotation using the “Here We Stand” curriculum (Small Catechism, Old Testament, and New Testament). During the Confirmation teaching calendar, we have one of our pastors teach the large group session and then the youth go with their small groups for the last time period. Small groups are broken up by grade level and gender. The groups also meet by grade level at the end of each month.

Learn More at: www.redeemer.org/faithformation/middle-school-youthconfirmation/

HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH 9th-12th Grade Our High School Students meet for High School Sunday School every Sunday. We use the Faith Lens curriculum.

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Hillary Nelson Youth Director, hnelson@redeemer.org

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MUSIC AT REDEEMER We sing and play to the Glory of Lord in many ways and across all ages

THE LÉTOURNEAU PIPE ORGAN Redeemer's Musical Heart In December 2002, Redeemer dedicated a new pipe organ built by Orgues Létourneau, a firm based in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada. The instrument, the firm’s Opus 80, has three manuals, 59 stops, and 73 ranks, with a total of 4119 pipes. Learn More at www.redeemer.org/music/letourneau-pipe-organ/

REDEEMER JAZZ TRIO This talented Keyboard, Drums, and Woodwinds combo interprets traditional hymns with a jazz arrangement and starts and ends services with a mix of jazz standards and hymns for a unique, energetic worship experience.

Organ Scholar Program An organ scholar is a young musician (undergraduate or recent graduate) who is employed part-time as an assistant to the full-time musician in order to gain experience in playing, directing, and performing administrative duties.

ADULT MUSIC & CHOIRS Redeemer Choir | Primary Adult Choir The King's Men | For Men of all ages Canticum Novum | Adults auditioned ensemble Carillon Ringers | Adult Handbell Choir Brass Ensemble | All Brass instrument players welcome More information> www.redeemer.org/music/musicat-redeemer/

David Hansen | Director of Adult Choral Activities dhansen@redeemer.org

Sam Long | Organ Scholar (2021-22) slong@redeemer.org

CHILDREN'S MUSIC Cherubim | Age 4 to 1st Grade | Wednesdays 6:15 - 6:45 pm Seraphim | 2nd to 5th Grade | Wednesdays 6:00 - 6:45 pm Redeemer Ringers | 3rd to 5th Grade | Wednesdays 6:45 - 7:15 pm

CONCERT SERIES A long tradition of inspirational music in Midtown Atlanta

Friends of Music series information www.redeemer.org/music/redeemer-concert-series/

Sarah Hawbecker | Organist & Director of Children's Music shawbecker@redeemer.org

CONGREGATIONAL CARE We care for, pray for, and support one another

Visitation Ministers

Prayer Ministry

The community of the congregation extends to those who cannot come to worship through the monthly eucharistic visits of trained visitation ministers. Contact Pastor Jenny, jmclellan@redeemer.org A team of faithful friends prays for concerns and joys in our community and world weekly. Faithful Hands knitters uniquely pray as they make prayer shawls. Let us pray for you: www.redeemer.org/care/prayers/

Stephen Ministry

Some of life’s challenges such as divorce, grief, long-term caregiving, chronic disease, or other life transition need the support of a trained spiritual friend. This confidential care is provided more frequently than the monthly visitation ministers.

Grief Ministry

We provide immediate and ongoing comfort and support in the first year of grief through pastoral support, visitation ministry, bereavement cards, and a four-part book series called “A Time to Grieve.”

Wellness & Mental Health Caring Hands

We believe that taking care of our mental health is as important as addressing our physical health. Through retreats, training, and speakers, we are building a more resilient community.

Volunteers assist with an errand, deliver groceries, pick up medication, provide a ride, or deliver a meal following surgery, birth, or death of a loved one.

On Call Pastoral Care In case of an emergency such as a hospitalization or a death, please call a pastor at 404.874.9759.

Pastor Jenny McLellan Congregational Care jmclellan@redeemer.org

For more information on Care Giving Resources www.redeemer.org/care/caregiving-resources/

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT We boldly care for and serve those in need in our neighborhood, city, state, nation, and world!

Lutheran Community Food Ministry Providing nutritious weekday lunches to hungry people in Midtown Atlanta for forty years.

Inspiritus Partner and guide individuals, families, and refugees on a path from surviving to thriving by empowering their lives.

Midtown Assistance Center Provides emergency assistance to the working poor to prevent homelessness and hunger during periods of crisis.

Atlanta Habitat for Humanity

A nonprofit, senior community providing affordable, residences.

Habitat partners with working families, sponsors and community to build affordable, green, quality homes and providesupport services that promotes successful home purchase and ownership.

Goshen Valley

Wellspring Living

Lutheran Towers

Creating environments of safety, love and stability for youth in foster care.

Goshen Valley Boys Ranch, Goshen Homes, and Goshen New Beginnings

Redeeming G.R.A.C.E. Redeeming Grace works to end the commercial sexual exploitation of children and serves in the areas of (1) advocacy, (2) awareness, and (3) in the restoration of lives by its support of Wellspring Living's Girls Residential Program.

Helping domestic sex trafficking victims develop the resources to move forward with confidence and succeed

Georgia Justice Project Representing and supporting individuals in the criminal justice system by reducing barriers for re-entry, reducing recidivism, and encouraging family wholeness.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Solomon's Temple Foundation

Southeastern Synod of the ELCA

Eradicate homelessness by empowering women and their children to overcome life's challenges. Providing supportive housing services for approximately 350 women and children annually.

Walking together in the Great Commission, sharing a message of grace and faith in Jesus Christ with all peoples. Witness and serve, nurture faith through baptism and teaching, and restore peace and unity to all of God’s creation.

Our House Providing quality early childhood education and comprehensive support services to families experiencing homelessness.

Grace House All are welcome at the Grace House Lutheran Campus Ministry located on the campus of Georgia Tech serving Georgia State, Emory, and Agnes Scott students.

Vietnam Veterans of America

Poverty and Social Justice Redeemer’s Community Engagement Ministry Team founded the Poverty & Social Justice Series in 2020. In this series of forums expert panelists shed light on social issues that contribute to poverty and inequality. In addition to raising awareness of these issues, each forum is intended to provide participants with practical ways they can engage in their community and advocate for more equitable outcomes.

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We exist to Marshall human, financial, and other resources to assist Veterans in their plight to lead a productive life.

Pastor Ron Bonner Pastor for Community Engagement rbonner@redeemer.org

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GLOBAL MISSIONS Serving boldly across the globe

Global Ministries at Redeemer celebrate God’s love and presence in every corner of the earth and serve in strategic relationships with our brothers and sisters in Christ around the world.

Nicaragua Since 2004, Redeemer has shared the love of Jesus Christ through medical, educational, and relational efforts. Our mission partner, For the Ninos, takes an annual medical mission trip (non-medical personnel typically come as support.) In 2008, Redeemer was instrumental in establishing the Christian Academy of Las Torres, which provides about 250 boys and girls in grades PK-6th a quality Christian education in an impoverished neighborhood.

Ethiopia Since 2008, Redeemer has been sharing the love of Jesus Christ through relationships and 12 hand water pumps in Ethiopia. Projects are coordinated with the Mekane Yesus Ministry for Rural Development and are planned in conjunction with the Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

ELCA Global Mission Redeemer is a member congregation of the Southeastern Synod of the ELCA. We provide substantial financial support, a portion of which is combined with resources from other congregations to accomplish global ministry in ways that we could not do on our own.

Quilters Redeemer’s Quilters, who meet twice a month on Monday mornings, have provided well over 10,000 quilts to the global community at the rate of nearly 500 per year. All of our quilts are donated for global distribution by Lutheran World Relief. Call the church at 404- 874-8664 for information about how to join the Quilters.

International Missionaries For many years, Redeemer has provided small annual grants from Community Engagement funds to individual Lutheran missionaries around the globe. This is a ministry of prayer and support.

Youth Mission Trips Over the years, Redeemer Youth has traveled to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Haiti. For more information about Youth Mission Trips, www.redeemer.org/serve/youth-missions/

PASTORAL STAFF The Rev. Mark H. Larson Senior Pastor mlarson@redeemer.org We welcome your calls to our ministry teams and our Pastoral staff. We are happy to provide additional information regarding our ministry programs and services. You may contact us by phone, 404-874-8664, or by email.

Redeemer is a place where inclusion is expected, compassion is practiced and where people on all stages of their faith journey are welcomed. We welcome all just as Jesus welcomed all.

The Rev. Ronald Bonner Pastor for Community Engagement rbonner@redeemer.org

The Rev. Jonathan Trapp Pastor for Faith Formation jtrapp@redeemer.org

The Rev. Jenny McLellan Pastor for Congregational Care jmclellan@redeemer.org

Deacon Mary Houck Children & Family Ministries mhouck@redeemer.org

STAFF Bob Boyd | Director of Operations & Finance | bboyd@redeemer.org

David Hansen | Director of Adult Choral Activities dhansen@redeemer.org

Kofi Broadnax | Property Administrator kbroadnax@redeemer.org

Sarah Hawbecker | Organist & Director of Children's Music shawbecker@redeemer.org

Seth Brown | Director of Facilities & Media | sbrown@redeemer.org

Jennifer Isaacson | Financial Information Director jIsaacson@redeemer.org

Michael Clarke | LCFM Kitchen Manager | mclarke@redeemer.org

Hillary Nelson | Youth Director hnelson@redeemer.org

Robin Durdin | Office of Administration Director rdurdin@redeemer.org

Tawanda Searcy | Receptionist & Wedding Director tsearcy@redeemer.org

Kate Elkins | Director, Midtown Lutheran Preschool kelkins@redeemer.org

Stacey Williams | Head of Security swilliams@redeemer.org

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"HE HAS TOLD YOU, O MORTAL, WHAT IS GOOD; AND WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE OF YOU BUT TO DO JUSTICE, AND TO LOVE KINDNESS, AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD?" MICAH 6-8, NRSV

LOVE OF GOD LOVE OF NEIGHBOR LOVE OF EACH OTHER

Lutheran Church of the Redeemer 731 Peachtree St. NE Atlanta, Georgia

You notice two things about Lutheran Church of the Redeemer when you first attend a Sunday service: first, Redeemer has a beautiful building situated in the heart of midtown Atlanta, a nearly unbeatable location for vital ministry that has a broad impact in the surrounding city. The second thing you notice is the generosity of spirit among the people who attend. Members of this congregation care about each other and the difference they are making in the world.

More than 1,700 members strong, we are diverse in background, age, family composition, neighborhoods, race, and occupation. We also have many things in common: we worship, learn, share and work as one congregation. We love Redeemer, the community God has built here and the lives we live here. We may be diverse in makeup, but we are united in our passion to Grow Faithfully and Serve Boldly in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

These pages tell just the basic story of our life together. We invite you to join us in worship and explore ways in which you can grow in your faith and service.