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Make an Impact
support the variety of uses defined in the Strategic Plan. This system will help guide programming and service opportunities for everyone. Equally as important, it will help members, old and new, find their way into new opportunities of service.
We should use what we know and what we do well to expand our activities to a greater audience. We can use our database to design programs that respond to the needs and interests of the membership. We need to look critically at all we do to ensure worship, activities and service stay relevant and vibrant.
Being in the heart of Midtown, Redeemer is draws members from across the metro area. This advantage also creates challenges as long commute times limits participation, especially for activities in the work week. Even if a member uses MARTA, there can be a significant travel time. We recognize distance and traffic make participation difficult. We must rethink and equip ourselves to organize activities remotely and use all types of technology to engage members.
Redeemer has made and continues to make a significant impact in Midtown, metropolitan Atlanta, the state of Georgia, our country and the world. We currently support at least 20 ministries and nonprofit organizations with values in alignment with our congregation. Redeemer has been instrumental in the creation of several organizations including Goshen Valley, Lutheran Towers, Our House, the Midtown Assistance Center and the Lutheran Community Food Ministry. For more than 37 years, this ministry of Redeemer has fed the homeless and food insecure of Midtown. The last has fed people who are homeless or food-insecure for more than 37 years. In September 2019 we will celebrate 2,000,000 meals served and through this celebration, shine a light on the issue of food insecurity.
All of these are important to who we are at Redeemer: Christians who grow stronger in their faith through caring for and sharing God’s love with others. These contributions have a significant personal and economic impact in our community. 7
