Momentum | July & August 2016 by Redeemer Bible Church

Momentum A Publication of Redeemer Bible Church

Issue 32 // July & August, 2016

6 Reasons You Need the Songs of Jesus The

PSALMS

Our Favorite Psalms Thank you, Paula!

Welcome

We’re glad you’re here! We are a church with a mission. Our mission is to enjoy, embody, and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ so that unbelievers are persuaded of the gospel, believers are built up in the gospel, and culture is transformed by the gospel – to the glory of God. Because the gospel is at the heart of RBC, we want all that we say and do as a church to honor and reflect Christ. Part of that includes making sure you are able to consistently and clearly know our vision and direction. That’s where Momentum comes in. On the first Sunday of every other month, everyone will receive a copy and be able to stay connected to the pulse of Redeemer. Inside each issue, you will find a letter from the elders, encouraging articles from our members, as well as updates on things like church finances, new members, and upcoming church activities and programs. The gospel is what keeps Redeemer moving forward. It’s our passion, our motivation, our moving force. It’s our momentum.

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LETTER FROM THE ELDERS

THANK YOU, PAULA!

“Welcome to Redeemer!” from Dan Westin, on behalf of the elders.

24 BOOK REVIEW Some of the most powerful prayers ever written are in the Psalms. God’s Prayer Book is a great resource to help understand how to pray the Psalms.

26 GOSPEL LIFE BLOG Check out two great posts from our Gospel Life blog; may they be encouraging as you live out the gospel in your daily life.

28 UPDATE FROM THE ELDERS

6 6 REASONS YOU NEED THE SONGS OF JESUS “We are not simply to read psalms; we are to be immersed in them so that they profoundly shape how we relate to God.”

9 OUR FAVORITE PSALMS Read meditations from six of our members on some of their favorite Psalms.

GLOBAL PARTNERS UPDATE There is much to be thankful for as the Pandeys continue their ministry in India.

Please join us for our Family Gathering on July 10th as we seek greater unity within the church body.

30 AFFINITY GROUPS

Communications Department CONTENT DIRECTION Sara Briggs Lorie Schnell Bill Walsh

DESIGN & LAYOUT Sara Briggs

CONTENT MANAGER Lorie Schnell

EDITING Anne Lynn Lorie Schnell Brittney Westin

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Letter From the Elders

Dear Redeemer Family, On behalf of the elders and deacons, I want to welcome you to our summer edition of Momentum and hope you find the content of this issue enriching. We all long for this time of year here in the northern Midwest when the weather is such that we can get outdoors and really enjoy it. Whether your activity of choice is hiking, boating, fishing, biking, golfing or gardening, we all look forward to spending more time outside. However, it is not uncommon in our efforts to relax into the pace of summertime to let our spiritual lives slide a little. Our Heavenly Father certainly wants us to experience rest and restoration, and a change of schedule from the fall-winter-spring routine can be helpful; yet, it is not in our soul’s best interest to refrain from being in community with fellow believers or from regular Bible reading and prayer. In light of this, we believe you’ll be encouraged by our latest issue’s theme, “A Summer in the Psalms.” Might we in gratitude for all our Heavenly Father has done for us in Christ be found, this summer, to be a people who readily have praise to God in our mouths (Ps. 40:3) as we study one of the Bible’s longest and most encouraging books. A book which reminds us of the importance to regularly check our heart condition before Him: “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer” (Ps. 19:14). A book of God’s faithfulness to His people, and Redeemer Bible Church, as a local representation of it, which He is graciously rebuilding: “The LORD redeems the soul of His servants; And none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned” (Ps. 34:22). A book which reminds us of how glorious and faithful our Redeemer truly is:

GREG DECKERT OSCAR HUERTA JOHN SWEET BILL WALSH WARREN WATSON DAVID WESSNER DAN WESTIN GABE ZEPEDA

“The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes. The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the LORD are sure and altogether righteous” (19:7-9). Might we spur one another on during the travel and fun activities of these summer months to find our true joy in the Lord, making the time to meditate on just how majestic is His name in all the earth! (Ps. 8:9). Dan, on behalf of the elders

6 Reasons You Need the Songs of esus By Tim Keller

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he psalms were the divinely inspired hymnbook for the public worship of God in ancient Israel (1 Chron. 16:8–36). Because psalms were not simply read, but sung, they penetrated the minds and imaginations of the people as only music can do. They so saturated the heart and imagination of the average person that when Jesus entered Jerusalem it was only natural that the crowd would spontaneously greet him by reciting a line from a psalm (Mark 11:9; Ps. 118:26). The early Christians sang and prayed the psalms as well (Col. 3:16; 1 Cor. 14:26). When Benedict formed his monasteries he directed that the psalms all be sung, read, and prayed at least once a week. Throughout medieval times the psalms served as the most familiar part of the Bible for most Christians. The Psalter was the only part of the Bible a lay Christian was likely to own. At the time of the Reformation, the psalms played a major role in the reform of the church. Martin Luther directed that “the whole Psalter, psalm by psalm, should remain in use.” John Calvin prescribed metrical psalms as the main diet of song in worshipping congregations. Calvin wrote: “The design of the Holy Spirit [was] . . . to deliver the church a common form of prayer.” All theologians and leaders of the church have believed that the psalms should be used and reused in every Christian’s daily private approach to God and in public worship. We are not simply to read psalms; we are to be immersed in them so that they profoundly shape how we relate to God. The psalms are the divinely ordained way to learn devotion to our God. Why?

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1. THE PSALMS ARE A “MINI BIBLE” One reason is that it is what Luther called a “mini Bible.” It gives an overview of salvation history from creation through the giving of the Law at Mount Sinai, the establishment of the tabernacle and temple, the exile due to unfaithfulness, and it points us forward to the coming messianic redemption and the renewal of all things. It treats the doctrines of revelation (Psalm 19), of God (Psalm 139), and of human nature (Psalm 8) and sin (Psalm 14). 2. THE PSALMS ARE FOR EVERY NEED The psalms are more than just an instrument for theological instruction, however. One of the ancient church fathers, Athanasius, wrote: Whatever your particular need or trouble, from this same book [the psalms] you can select a form of words to fit it, so that you . . . learn the way to remedy your ill. Every situation in life is represented in the book of psalms. Psalms anticipate and train you for every possible spiritual, social, and emotional condition—they show you what the dangers are, what you should keep in mind, what your attitude should be, how to talk to God about it, and how to get from God the help you need. “They put their undeviating understanding of the greatness of the Lord alongside our situations, so that we may have a due sense of the correct proportion of things.” Every feature and circumstance of life is “transmitted into the Lord’s presence, and put into the context of what is true about him.” Psalms, then, are not just a matchless primer of teaching but a medicine chest for the heart and the best possible guide for practical living. 3. THE PSALMS ARE TO BE INTERNALIZED In calling psalms “medicine” I am trying to do justice to what makes them somewhat different from other parts of the Bible. They are written to be prayed, recited, and sung—to be done, not merely to be read. Theologian David Wenham concludes that using them repeatedly is a “performative act” that “alters one’s relationship [with God] in a way mere listening does not.” We are, in a sense, to put them inside our own prayers, or perhaps to put our prayers inside them, and approach God in that way. In doing this the psalms involve the speaker directly in new attitudes, commitments, promises, and even emotions. When, for example, we do not merely read Psalm 139:23–24—“search me . . . test me . . . see if there is any 8

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offensive way in me”—but pray it, we invite God to test our motives and we give active assent to the way of life called for by the Bible. 4. THE PSALMS LEAD US TO GOD The psalms lead us to do what the psalmists do—to commit ourselves to God through pledges and promises, to depend on God through petition and expressions of acceptance, to seek comfort in God through lament and complaint, to find mercy from God through confession and repentance, to gain new wisdom and perspective from God through meditation, remembrance, and reflection. 5. THE PSALMS ALLOW US TO SEE GOD AS HE IS The psalms also help us see God—God not as we wish or hope him to be but as he actually reveals himself. The descriptions of God in the Psalter are rich beyond human invention. He is more holy, more wise, more fearsome, more tender and loving than we would ever imagine him to be. The psalms fire our imaginations into new realms yet guide them toward the God who actually exists. This brings a reality to our prayer lives that nothing else can. Left to ourselves, we will pray to some god who speaks what we like hearing, or to the part of God we manage to understand. But what is critical is that we speak to the God who speaks to us, and to everything that he speaks to us. . . . What is essential in prayer is not that we learn to express ourselves, but that we learn to answer God. 6. THE PSALMS BRING US TO JESUS Most of all the psalms, read in light of the entire Bible, bring us to Jesus. The psalms were Jesus’s songbook. The hymn Jesus sang at the Passover meal (Matt. 26:30; Mark 14:26) would have been the Great Hallel, Psalms 113–118. Indeed, there is every reason to assume that Jesus would have sung all the psalms, constantly, throughout his life, so that he knew them by heart. It is the book of the Bible that he quotes more than any other. But the psalms were not simply sung by Jesus; they also are about him. The psalms are, then, indeed the songs of Jesus. Editors’ note: This is an excerpt from Tim and Kathy Keller’s new book The Songs of Jesus: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Psalms. Reprinted by arrangement with Viking, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright © 2015 by Timothy Keller and Kathy Keller. Used with permission from The Gospel Coalition. www.thegospelcoalition.org

OUR FAVORITE PSALMS Meditations from six of our members on some of their favorite Psalms...

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PSALM 130 BY PAULA POPPE

with help from Gabe Zepeda

“ He doesn’t keep track of our iniquities, but has chosen to cast them behind His back because they all got cancelled out at the Cross.”

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Eight Verses, Eight Gospel Thoughts

ut of the depths I cry to you, O LORD! 2 O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! 3 If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; 6 my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. 7 O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption. 8 And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. (ESV)

about depths, iniquities, forgiveness and redemption. As I meditated on the Psalm, I kept seeing the gospel again and again. So, here are eight gospel thoughts inspired by Psalm 130.

Responding to the plea of a friend, I went looking in my Bible for a Psalm all marked up with favorite verses. My eyes landed on Psalm 130 where I was particularly attracted to words

2. GOD IS OUR FATHER The Father is perfect, not like earthly parents who sometimes cannot physically hear or choose to be inattentive. He loves to hear

1. GOD’S GRACE IS DEEPER THAN OUR SIN What depths are you in right now? The Lord is hoping you’ll bring those burdens before Him. Of course, the biggest burden is the guilt of our sin and this seems to be the depths of despair that the Psalmist finds himself in. Are you ever in great despair over your sin? The Lord especially wants you to bring that to Him. Don’t hide from God when you’ve sunk into sin. Boldly approach His throne; He is ready to extend the grace that His Son purchased for you.

us plead for mercy. He’s ready and willing to give it, like He did for the tax collector in Luke 18. 3. GOD DOESN’T TALLY OUR SIN Praise God! He doesn’t keep track of our iniquities, but has chosen to cast them behind His back because they all got cancelled out at the Cross. Indeed, NONE could stand! 4. GOD FORGIVES US COMPLETELY If He didn’t offer us forgiveness, would we reverence Him as much or just try to ignore Him because pleasing Him is hopeless? Thank You, Jesus, for pleasing the Father on our behalf! There’s no hopelessness anymore. 5. GOD’S WORD IS OUR HOPE All of what we hope for comes from the Word, its promises, its truth. 6. WAIT FOR THE LORD’S WORK Watchmen long for the morning; the night watch drags by. Our nights

can also drag by as we lie awake fretting. But unlike watchmen, we may go to sleep, trusting the Father to take care of our concerns. We need not lie awake scheming solutions to our problems. We’re waiting for the Lord to act, trusting Him, thanking Him for giving sleep to His beloved (Ps. 127:2).

devastating effects, from its power to rule our lives. We are saved from that now in this life, and we SO look forward to being totally freed from our sin to live joyously with our Savior forever! // RBC

7. GOD REDEEMS US COMPLETELY Plentiful redemption! Doesn’t that sound good? He doesn’t offer redemption in meager portions. There’s plenty to cover ALL your sin and to give you an abundant life in joyful service to Him. 8. GOD WILL REDEEM OUR GREATEST NEED Our iniquity is exactly what we need to be redeemed from! Not our troubles, our weaknesses, our infirmities, or even the punishment of hell. Remember, Joseph was told to name Him Jesus, because He would save His people from their sins (Mt. 1:20-21). That’s what we need to be saved from—from sin’s

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Bookends

e will never know all that God knows, but God wants us to know what He knows. Over the years Barb and I have kept a few bookends. Barb has a set that are Scotty dogs. Between the Scotty dogs are books about Scotland which remind her of her heritage. We have bookends that are irons. Heavy cast iron plates with handles. One has a broken handle and currently there are no books between them, but they hold a lesson for us as they teach us where the word “iron” comes from. We call it ironing our clothes today because these irons were placed by the fire and the heavy iron absorbed heat. Once they were hot enough they were used to “iron” clothing. So, bookends are repurposed or designed to commemorate or often tell stories. My favorite bookends sit on the upper shelf in my home office. Each has an Eagle facing outward with an American flag behind them.

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Not just any American Flag but one with 13 stars that commemorate 1776. Between these bookends is a Bible. Within the pages of the Bible are many bookends. Psalm 139 is a good example. “O Lord, you have searched me and known me!” (v. 1) and, “Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!” (vv. 1, 23-24 ESV). We see between these bookends the omniscience, omnipotence, foreknowledge, sovereignty, and compassion of our Father. God knows where we are and where we have been. He knows every thought we have had or will have. Every word we are going to

say before we say it. We can never escape His presence. Not only can we not escape his presence, but he leads and upholds us while we are in flight. Think about that! He is everywhere and involved in every aspect of our lives. He knew what we would look like because He designed us and formed us in the womb. (In my case this is a clear indication of His sense of humor.) We rejoice because we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Our life spans are not a matter of luck or chance. God has determined our days. As David pens this Psalm he is overwhelmed not only by the attributes of God, but also His thoughts toward us. He thinks about us and cares. We cannot number His thoughts toward us! He keeps us with Him as we sleep for we will always awake in His presence, always! Nothing kills us! No accident, disease, or intentional act takes us from His presence.

PSALM 139 BY MARTY PAGANO “ Between the bookend In spite of all of this overwhelming truth and incomprehensible knowledge, David places the other bookend: “Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!” (vv.1, 23-24 ESV). If God knows everything about us why ask Him to search us? I believe it is because He wants us to know what he knows by revealing ourselves to us. As He reveals our true selves to us we are able to see ourselves as He sees us. This is an opportunity for growth. Every aspect of God is everlasting and we as believers are given everlasting life which begins when we are saved, not when we depart this world. Between the bookend of what God knows and what He

is teaching us about ourselves lies His power, compassion and knowledge to accomplish the task of completing us in Christ. We need to put our faith in Him and acknowledge His everlasting purpose. Ask God each and every day to search your heart and thoughts and show you His way.

of what God knows and what He is teaching us about ourselves lies His power, compassion and knowledge to accomplish the task of completing us in Christ.”

“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” (James 1:2-4 ESV). What we, as Christians, are going through in this life between the bookends of birth and death is designed by God to lead us in the everlasting way. // RBC

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PSALM 25 BY BETTY DODGE

“When trials come your way, do you immediately ‘lift up your soul to the Lord’ or are there others you turn to for relief before you come to Him?”

Lessons on Intimacy with God

lease take a few minutes to read Psalm 25; David’s prayer for protection, forgiveness, and help in time of need. “TO YOU, O LORD” How we pray reveals our relationship with God. Do we know Him? Do we trust Him? Do we believe He is able? Do we really believe He is hearing us? . . . Psalm 25 holds up a mirror to our prayers by giving us a view into David’s heart. His intimacy with the LORD is reflected in how he prays and is an example to us as we bring our worship and requests before the throne of grace each day. “I LIFT UP MY SOUL.” David is in trouble. It’s personal. But he turns from himself and his trouble to God who is faithful and trustworthy. God receives glory in the way that David asks for help. “To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul. O my God, in You I trust.” In humility and recognition of his weakness, David turns to God alone for deliverance. When trials come your way, do you immediately “lift up your soul to the Lord” or are there others you turn to for relief before you come to Him? Are you thinking of God’s glory

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when you pray? Recently, one of our nursery caregivers shared with me that on Sunday, a little girl in the toddler nursery was having a very hard time after realizing her mommy had left the room. Instead of paging the mom to come and pick up her daughter, this wise caregiver put her arms around the little girl and prayed. She invited the other children to join in asking Jesus to come and comfort this little one and give her a happy heart. And Jesus did comfort her, dried her tears and gave her a sweet time in the nursery. It was a small event with a potential for big impact–the children received a precious lesson on turning to the Lord first for help, the little girl’s faith in the Lord was edified (along with the faith of the caregiver and other children present) and He received glory. “THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE LORD IS FOR THOSE WHO FEAR HIM, AND HE MAKES KNOWN TO THEM HIS COVENANT.” David also gives us a glimpse into the reverent intimacy of covenant friendship with the Lord or “secret of the Lord” (vs. 14). This friendship, sealed in covenant promises, is initiated by the Lord

and is specifically for those who fear Him. The Hebrew word for “fear” used here describes a person who is “afraid, terrified, reverent.” The Bible tells us that those who fear the Lord, who humbly worship and reverence Him, have received His wisdom. The fear of the Lord is the soul’s comprehension of God’s holiness, justice, sovereignty, and power, as well as His love–to know it is the gift of wisdom from Him and He gives it to you for His name’s sake. You simply can’t muster it up on your own. God is the one who opens the eyes of our heart so we can see who He is, our helpless condition before Him, and our need of Jesus to save us. Ask Him for eyes to see. Without Christ we are God’s enemies. Through Christ, He has made us friends–and not only friends, but His sons and daughters. He invites us to come as a crying, dependent child. He carries us into the holy of holies where He opens to us the depths of His covenant. Jesus, our Savior and perfect sacrifice has secured the covenant for us. He takes us in His arms, washes us clean of our sin by His blood, dries our tears, robes us in His righteousness having absorbed God’s wrath against us, and makes us joint-heirs in His kingdom. We

are hidden with Christ in God. No longer do we relate to God in fear of His wrath and judgment. He is our Father and out of His love working in us, He has created a desire in us to reverence and glorify Him in everything–to walk in a manner that shows to the world that our treasure is Jesus, being careful to not grieve the Holy Spirit by whom we are sealed for the day of redemption (Ephesians 1:13; 4:30). “FOR YOU I WAIT ALL THE DAY LONG.” Living in covenant with the Lord makes it possible to joyfully wait on Him for the answer to our prayers. Time after time, the Lord delivered David from trouble and through those sanctifying times deepened his faith to wait on Him again. God is maturing our faith in every step of our walk with Him. If you do not keep a prayer journal already, start now. The future holds challenges you do not know. In those times, you will find encouragement and cause for much praise and thanksgiving to the Lord in the pages of your journal–the record of His faithfulness as you have waited on Him. // RBC

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Reflections on Psalm 36

have fond affection for Psalm 36 as I think on my own repentance, self-assessment, and the condition of my heart. The key verse is verse 9. “With you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.” It occurs to me that everything I have, including my most clever thoughts and insights, are from the Lord. Reflecting has helped focus my thinking about my own evil and the evil around me. David goes on to make some specific prayer requests. That God's steadfast love and righteousness would continue toward the upright in heart verse 10. He asks for protection from “the foot of arrogance” and “the hand of the wicked” in verse 11. Sometimes God’s opponents are well organized and their plans and activities are well underway before we realize it. David sees the enemies of God as fallen on the field of battle and impotent against the power of God. This is a challenging perspective when it looks like they are winning.

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This psalm challenges me deeply about my heart and how to proceed with the hatred of my sin. I think this is because of how David categorizes the wicked man in verses 1 thru 4. There is nothing in there about bad personal habits, embarrassing personal failures, feelings of inadequacy, or envying the holiness of others. The wicked man is simply a person who uses his eyes, words, and thoughts autonomously. I ask myself when I read this psalm: How am I wicked in the ways David highlights? Is my thinking respectful of God or am I ignoring Him? Am I getting better at hiding my sin or am I discovering and hating it? Do my words and actions have wisdom? Are the good things I seek God’s good things or my own? Has my thinking and planning been corrupted? Have I chosen evil paths and not realized it? Am I so hardened that I embrace evil rather than reject it? For me this is usually a very tough set of questions. The psalm helps me realize that the wickedness is

thoughtful. Wickedness is, therefore, a strength not just a weakness. It can occur with the best intentions and highest goals. A wicked person can be a great thinker, an “outside the box” thinker, a careful planner, a person of great insights, maybe the smartest person in the room. How does such a person take every thought captive to obey Christ (see 2 Cor. 10:5)? I notice that I struggle when I see that something is wrong. I usually want to do something about it. I am analytical after all. I may have something to offer even constructively as a remedy. This thinking is self-deceptive. For example, I was alarmed when I noticed that Netfix was showing me line upon line of “revenge” choices all with varying hints of comedy, romance, music, crime, mystery or whatever. Wow, I thought, I really enjoy a story where the good guy outwits the bad guy and repays the bad guy double for whatever evil he originally unleashed. Whether the good guy is a super hero or a

PSALM 36 BY JIM WARREN “ Taking refuge in normal mortal man I find much of my thinking gravitating toward him. How can I be more like that guy? I am so thankful to God for Psalm 36 because the ability to see right and wrong is a gift from God. My responses and remedies, however well-meaning, are wicked when offered autonomously. The speck in your eye is harder to remove if I think the log in my own eye is hidden (see Matthew 7:3-5). The urgent plans I make in response to an injustice are far short of those God has made in Christ. “In your light do we see light” means I am never the smartest person in the room. Verse 5 says, “Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds.” Verse 6: “Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O Lord.” In wickedness I often assume that God has overlooked something. He hasn't missed anything. Verse 7 says, “How precious is your

steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.” Taking refuge in God’s steadfast love is our path away from our wicked thoughts. Much more than that it is our way to salvation. Jesus Christ dealt with all of it when he died on

God’s steadfast love is our path away from our wicked thoughts. Much more than that, it is our way to salvation.”

the cross. He missed nothing. What we have in him is God’s steadfast love...with Him is the fountain of life. The wicked man for whatever reason does not trust Jesus for anything. The righteous trust him for everything. // RBC

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PSALM 37 BY LORIE SCHNELL

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the LORD alone and our job is to remain faithful, trust in Christ, and flee from sin despite the wrongs that are done to us.”

Never Forsaken

salm 37 is a sermon jam-packed with hope and a desire to press on amidst life’s struggles. When life doesn’t seem fair. When old sins seem unconquerable. When the oppression seems illogical. I’d like to share with you just a few of the many promises that have been encouraging to me lately as I have struggled to understand and find contentment in a difficult situation in my own life. HIS RICHES ARE BETTER Growing up, I lived two miles from my grandparents. My dad farmed with my grandfather. He lived in a brand new house; we lived in the ancient farmhouse. He controlled my dad’s meager salary while his income was always a mystery. He went on exotic vacations; we stayed home. He had new cars; my dad kept our rusty old ones rolling down the road. You get the picture; there was some oppression. And things didn’t seem fair. This is where Psalm 37 serves as a freeing reminder that there is no need to desire comfort or riches. Instead, we should be generous with what we have.

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“Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.” v. 16 “The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives.” v. 21 Having little is better! It keeps us longing for our Father to supply all of our needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus (Phil. 4:19). What’s really not fair is that Jesus gave up everything for me, and you. He gladly stepped out of glory to suffer unjustly for us. And now he shares with us all of his abundant riches through the gift of salvation and the hope of glory, namely himself (Col. 1:27). PERFECT JUSTICE BELONGS TO THE LORD In 2008 when my father passed away from lung cancer, I found myself blaming my grandfather for his death. There were many reasons, but mostly because of the unloving treatment of a father toward a son. For example, when my dad was on oxygen and struggling to meet his living expenses because my

grandfather stopped paying him, he told my dad to sell his assets. What assets? The anger that began simmering during my childhood resurfaced. Psalm 37 is a reminder that justice belongs to the LORD alone and that our job is to remain faithful, trust in Christ, and flee from sin despite the wrongs that are done to us. “Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.” vv. 5-6 “For the LORD loves justice; he will not forsake his saints.” v. 28a “Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.” v. 8 “Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever.” v. 27 Knowing that one day God will make all things new – where all wrongs will be made right – makes

it easier to obey and find peace in his plan for our lives, including our experiences of injustice. OURS IS AN ETERNAL, PROTECTED INHERITANCE This past October my grandfather passed away. And recently, my family found out that he wrote us out of his will. My grandfather willfully left us no inheritance without a known reason. Psalm 37 provides refreshment again. Our lives are temporary and painful, but there is hope. What awaits us is a land and an inheritance filled with delightful peace. A place where our loving Father will exalt us, not because of our record, but because of Christ’s perfect one. We just need to wait and pursue obedience through faith in Christ. “Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him, fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!” v. 7 “In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you

look carefully at his place, he will not be there. But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace.” vv. 10-11 “Wait for the LORD and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land; you will look on when the wicked are cut off.” v. 34 As I have experienced these truths from Psalm 37, I am awestruck that the Lord has given me an inheritance that is undeniable and more valuable than any tangible gift in this sin-filled life (I Pet. 1:34). He has given me Jesus, a place of refuge…a savior who identifies with my suffering and who has led me into an eternal relationship with a Father who will never forsake his children. “The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; he is their stronghold in the time of trouble. The LORD helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.” vv. 39-40 // RBC

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Dreamer’s Rock

will never forget when my 1st grade teacher called me a space cadet. I’ve always been a day dreamer, and to this day my head is often somewhere in another world. I think that’s why no other scripture captures my imagination more than Psalm 19: 1

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glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. 2 Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. 3 There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. 4 Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun, 5 which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy. When I was in 7th grade, my dad took me on a father-son camping trip into the unspoiled Canadian wilderness of the North Channel of Lake Huron. We camped out for a week on a granite cliff that was aptly called Dreamer's Rock, and I remember looking into the night sky and being overcome with how infinite that expanse above me was in comparison to my smallness. I had been living on my own little island of selfishness and rebellion

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at that time, busy building my own little sand castles, oblivious to the spiritual kingdom around me. But suddenly my island was awash and was coming undone with wave after wave of grace in the form of undeniable evidence of a Creator. It was like God whispering in my ear during that trip and saying, “Look at what I've made” and “This is only a glimpse...there's so much

And then I got to thinking about just how big the universe is...and waves of grace started sweeping away my castles in the sand. The speed that light travels is 186,287 miles/sec. Even though you might expect the stars to fly by you if Harrison Ford announced you were “making the jump to light speed” a la the Millennium Falcon, the reality is that it would take you

more...more than you can imagine.” I was convinced at that point not only that there is a God, but that he wanted to be known – He wanted to be in relationship. Then slowly and irresistibly, my head knowledge about the gospel became heart knowledge. The Lord used His creation and my dad to personally call me to faith. As I write this I'm on vacation with my family at Zion, Bryce, and Grand Canyon National Parks out in southern Utah and Northern AZ – and once again, the Lord is using the majesty of creation, which truly does transcend words and language, to melt, flatten, and remake my heart. Let me give you one example. When we were at Bryce Canyon we did some stargazing as it’s one of the darkness night skies in the U.S. What we saw effectively recalibrated my finite understanding of the Lord’s immense creative power and glory. We looked at the moon, planets, stars, supernovas, and galaxies including the Whirlpool Galaxy which is 30 million light years away.

five and a half hours at the speed of light to travel from the sun to Pluto at the outer reaches of our solar system. That’s 5.5 hours at 186,287 miles per second! Now, to begin to wrap your mind around how big our Milky Way galaxy is, you need to shrink our solar system down to the size of quarter. At that size, the nearest star (Proxima Centauri) would be 2 soccer fields away which equates to 4.2 light years, and our galaxy would be the width of the continental United States, a full 100,000 light years across – you would need to travel at 186,287 miles/sec for 1000 millennia just to cross it! Is your mind melted yet? Now shrink down our Milky Way galaxy to the size of a penny. Our nearest neighboring galaxy, Andromeda, would be 23 inches away which equates to 2.5 million light years. But it doesn’t stop there, our most powerful telescopes can detect galaxies up to 20 miles away from our penny size Milky Way which translates to 14 billion light years ...and there’s no end of the universe

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in sight; there are literally billions of galaxies each with billions of stars. And that’s just what He reveals to us through space. Combine that with the Grand Canyon, a sunset over the lake, the amazing intricacies of microbiology, physiology, and all the other sciences, and the multifaceted richness of the Lord’s revelation through creation truly becomes exponential. It’s almost like He’s intentionally trying to blow our minds...Hmmmm. So what does this tell me about God’s character? That His power and creativity defy comprehension, that He’s generous to point of being ridiculous (a couple hundred stars would have been enough to “wow” us), that he holds the universe together with physical laws that are steadfast and unswerving, including life on earth itself. And if his physical laws are this trustworthy, how much more so are his moral laws (Psalm 19:7-10)? If the work of His hands is this mind-bending, how much more so is the breadth, length, height, and depth of His love (Eph. 3:1819)? God’s handiwork makes His character known to us in a very real way which is why Romans 1:19-20 says that no man is without excuse: 19

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since

the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. And the Lord reveals all of this with pure joy (Psalm 19:5) like a bridegroom beckoning to his bride or a championship athlete running his course – he relishes in sharing Himself with us and in our discovery. Nature and the sciences, rather than being a threat to our faith, become a catalyst of our faith, an unfolding of what he’s already done and is already doing, like the opening of a gift. And the lessons aren’t static; they are fresh and new every day (vv. 1-2), which is exactly the type of fellowship we are designed for. Creation pulls us to the gospel like gravity. The vast expanse of space simultaneously reminds me of the extent of my smallness and God’s greatness. It reminds me how short I fall of steadfastly keeping his perfect laws and it points me to look to Christ who died keeping those perfect laws on my behalf. It reminds me that now I can boldly approach His throne and pray: “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer” (v. 14). He is this dreamer's rock. // RBC

“ It was like God

whispering in my ear and saying, ‘Look at what I've made’ and ‘This is only a glimpse... there's so much more... more than you can imagine.’”

https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/seuforum/ howfar/across.html http://www.astronomycafe.net/qadir/q2139. html

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Thank you,

Paula!

Interview by Lorie Schnell

hen is your last day in the office and what are your plans for “retirement”? My last day is scheduled for Friday, July 29. For “retirement” I’m switching (at long last) to my Dream Job--babysitting a grandchild. My daughter, Laura, is due Aug. 8 and I want to be available to help. My dream job of babysitting three days a week won’t actually begin until later in the fall after her maternity leave.

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When did you start working in the church office? What brought you into this position? I started in March of 1997 when our beloved, long-time elder Don George retired from his insurance career. I had worked for him for 14 years. His sister Betty Cooper had been wanting to cut back on her hours in the church office, so it was just natural for him to sort of slide me into my position here (though I did have to go through a mini-interview).

Wow, nineteen years! That’s a long time! How has your role changed over the years? (i.e. What was it like when you first started compared to now?) Betty retired after a year of us sharing the job (she has subsequently come back to help for a few hours a month), and then I was the only office staff for several years until Laurie Summers came on board in 2004. As the church has grown, more people have been added to the staff and our jobs became more specialized. My role went from doing everything to mainly focusing on the financial piece.

Can you share a fond or funny memory of your time spent in the office at RBC? Fond memories start with my training under Betty. It was discipleship at the same time, of course, and mixed with a lot of fun. I still follow many of her policies. As far as funny, what comes to mind is Jason Dailey interviewing me during the worship service celebrating the church’s 40th anniversary. He asked me which boss I thought was best over my tenure. I said, “The Lord.” “No, no,” Jason replied, “I meant which human boss.” I said, “Bill,” pointing to my husband. Both answers solicited chuckles. Jason admitted he was looking for me to say him (he used to supervise me in financial matters). I still stand by both answers.

What will you miss the most? My fellow staff members of course. Laurie Summers and I have nurtured a long-term friendship and partnership. Newer office personnel have become dear friends, sweet brothers and sisters in the Lord, from whom I have learned so much: Gabe, Cory, Marc, Tammy, Lorie, Sara, Betty D, as well as many former staff members.

Anything else you’d like to say, Paula? Just that it’s been a great privilege to serve the Lord here. Thank you, RBC family, for the opportunity and for being so easy to serve. I have counted on your grace over the years and you have amply given it. We will certainly miss Paula in the office! If you see her in church, please greet her and thank her for her many years of service to our congregation. Be prepared, though. She may look a little different without her well-worn work folder in her arms! // RBC

Summer Psalms women's

STUDY

Dates & Times wed, July 13 7:00 pm Dunn Bros in excelcior tues, July 19 9:30 am @ the home of pam deckert tues, July 26 7:00 pm @ the home of Nancy Axelson tues, aug 2 7:00 pm @ the home of Patty Wessner mon, aug 8 7:00 pm @ the home of Lucia Brown

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Praying the Psalms A Book Review on God’s Prayer Book: The Power and Pleasure of Praying the Psalms By Trevin Wax

once read that Billy Graham prays five psalms a day (completing all 150 in a month). The more I consider that practice, the more I am convinced that such spiritual discipline is much needed in our fast-paced lives. We too often lack time for prayer and Bible reading. Most people admit that they would like to pray more. But how to start? How to continue? What to say? We fail to realize that we have a divine prayer book available to us! Open up the Psalms and you will discover some of the most powerful prayers ever written – powerful because they were inspired by the Holy Spirit himself. If you are looking for a resource to help you understand how to pray the psalms, then I encourage you to pick up God’s Prayer Book: The Power and Pleasure of Praying the Psalms by pastor Ben Patterson. God’s Prayer Book leads you through a selection of psalms, illuminating ways in which you can make these ancient prayers the cry of your own heart. This is not a book of prayers inspired by the psalms. It is a book that puts the actual psalms in the spotlight. Patterson says just enough to stir our hearts to pray. He is a guide. He does not do the praying for you. Neither should you expect a scholarly commentary on the psalms (though I admit I will consult this book whenever I preach through the psalms). God’s Prayer Book is the best kind of devotional – one that shines light on the psalms and offers some specific prayer points to get you started, without weighing you down with too many details.

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BEN PATTERSON God's Prayer Book: The Power and Pleasure of Praying the Psalms. Tyndale House, 2008. 226 pp. $11.99.

The best part of Patterson’s work is his focus on spiritual formation. Patterson believes that praying the psalms changes our desires: “Prayer is more than a tool for self-expression, a means to get God to give us what we want. It is a means he uses to give us what he wants, and to teach us what he wants.” (7) Patterson sees the psalms as a mirror that reveal us. Whenever we read them, they show us who we are in light of God’s majesty. But whenever we pray them, they change us. God’s Prayer Book contains the meditations of a man who has spent many years drinking deeply from the Scriptures. The book is also filled with good illustrations. Pastors will want to file away some of the stories for future use in sermons. If it is true that “80 perecent of learning to pray is just showing up – and doing it” (22), then God’s Prayer Book is the perfect way to get started. Used with permission from The Gospel Coalition. www.the gospelcoalition.org

Global Partners Update

Pune, India

photo by Bill Walsh

News from the Pandeys

he Pandeys continue to minister at the Sweet Children’s Home in India. Several children have recently graduated to 7th grade, which opens up five new places at the Center. To fill these positions, Jai will be traveling to take in more children and to collect the proper paperwork. Please pray for his safety and the Lord’s will. Pray that the right children will be accepted into the Center where they will spend a year or two as they make the transition to school.

OTHER PRAYER REQUESTS: • Jai would like to visit RBC next spring, but needs to raise a little more money. Pray that this would work out. • Continue praying for his family: Ruth is getting over TB, they are helping their daughter Sarah, and they are raising a grandson. • The teens at the Center face many emotional issues, so pray for the staff as they counsel. Most of the kids just want goodies and no rules and responsibilities. • Urgent renovations are needed at the Center. Pray for the extra funding needed.

PRAISES: • Doctors were able to diagnose Jai’s anemia. He is feeling much better as he corrects this. • Two girls passed the 10th grade testing and one passed 12th grade and will start college. • Reshma has seen growth and stability as she cares for the small children at the Center. // RBC

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Highlights from the Gospel Life Blog

Guard Your Heart By Betty Cooper

uard your heart. Being made in the image of God, we can choose what we think. Proverbs tells us, as a man thinks in his heart, so he is. That is serious. As humans, we are involved in a war between truth and lies. Recently I read, “Ideas have consequences.” For a plain illustration of that statement all we have to do is look at what happened in the Garden of Eden when Satan presented “ideas” contrary to the truth that God had spoken to Adam and Eve. Recently we attended a funeral of an 18-year-old young man who had committed suicide. His life had given strong evidence that he knew and loved Jesus. What lies did he believe that led to such despair that

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robbed him of his faith that Jesus Christ made life worth living? It was said of him, that despite his joy in worshiping God, he also dealt with depression. Having experienced a number of years battling depression myself, I found God’s word had much to say on the subject. The Psalmist asked, “Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him for the help of His presence.” (Psa. 42:5). This is truth that confronts despair. It is praise of God. When we choose to focus on God’s goodness, greatness, compassion, power and love, it profoundly changes our perspective on the things that drag us down. Guarding our heart involves searching the scriptures for his promises (God cannot lie) and believing God’s truth.

Let us pray that the Holy Spirit will make us sensitive to our own hearts and others who are struggling so that we might encourage one another with truth. Let us talk about the beauty of who God is and what amazing things he has done for us in Christ. Let us ask God to grow us in our ability to praise and thank him. Praise for our triune God and thankfulness to God will definitely guard our hearts. Paul writes in the New Testament, “God comforts the depressed.” He also uses the phrase, “Do not lose heart.” He understood that Christians could experience depression or feeling down. Romans 15:4 says, “For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.” // RBC

Highlights from the Gospel Life Blog

By Rebekah Zepeda

very day, every hour, every minute, every second he is

moving this cosmic universe to draw near to you and me. Before we ever existed, God had a “beautiful dream in his heart” as Sally LloydJones says, in pursuing us throughout all of redemptive history. He moved toward us at creation, giving us life, breath and his own image stamped upon our very souls. Do you remember you have been made in the very likeness of your God? At the fall of man into sin, he was moving toward us in his call of, “Where are you? Why are you hiding?” Are you hiding in your sin and shame? Can you hear your Savior calling out your name and saying, “Dear one, I came so you don't have to hide.” He moved toward us when we were grumbling and complaining in the desert. He gave us a mobile place to meet with him. He cares and hears our cries. So, you can bring your worries and doubts to him. You can wrestle through your hurts and uncover your darkest deeps before him. He is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in Spirit (see Psalm 34:18). He was moving toward us when we put our trust in kings and leaders who failed us. His voice is still saying,

He is Moving Toward You “I am your King and your God; seek only me.” Then, God moved toward us in the most climactic epic way by sending his only son Jesus to become like us, yet without sin. He lived the perfect life we could never live and died the death we deserved. He came to heal, restore and undo all that sin brings. He came to bring hope to the hopeless, to bring love to a fearful people, to redeem a people. He came to get you back. At the cross, He hung there bloody and broken, calling out, “Father forgive them! Forgive the very ones who put me here, the ones who now yell out, ‘Crucify!’ I want them, I love them. This is the only way I could get them back; the only way to bring them to you.” “It is finished,” Jesus cried, and it was so. He sighed his last breath redeeming a people for himself---people who have names and faces and stories. He died for you---the ones who have gone through suffering, pain, sorrow, hurt, abuse and who struggle with sin and shame. These are the people Jesus came to save. We are those he came to get! He loves you so much he moved heaven and earth for you. God is moving toward us now by giving us his Spirit. The Spirit has come to live in us, to help, to comfort,

to counsel, to guide us, to convict us. And, to assure of his indelible grace, “His Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that we are really God’s children” (Romans 8:16, TLB). And, he moves toward us in giving us the church. We are brought closer to God as we move towards each other in community. As we mourn with those who mourn, rejoice with those who rejoice, and pursue love for one another in the body, we experience a foretaste of heaven here on earth. Even in eternity, he will keep moving toward us by bringing the holy city down to the new heaven and new earth. At last, he will be our God and we will be his people. Here sin and death will no longer reign, and instead, his honor, glory, power, wealth, wisdom and blessing will be on display for all eternity. In the meantime, while we are still here, can you hear him? He is calling to you; calling you by name, saying, “Come all who are weary and feel like giving up. Come with your deepest hurts. Come with your darkest secrets. Come bring your heaviest burden. Come lay them all down. Come find rest.” So, won't you come? // RBC JULY & AUGUST 2016 \\ MOMENTUM

Update from the Elders

Moving Forward

ur newly constituted elder board has been working together now for two months. We are thankful for the way the Lord has led each of us into this responsibility and we are blessed by one another's heartfelt commitment to serve Christ and the Redeemer body. We feel the weight of the responsibility but also the encouragement of the Spirit and of our brothers and sisters in Christ here at Redeemer. We are encouraged that our Redeemer church family is not merely dependent on our efforts to lead, but that we are all called to “grow up in every way in him who is the head, into Christ . . .” (Ephesians 4:15). Some of our first work was in assessing where we are financially and taking action as good stewards of our church. Our announcement in June regarding changes to our church staff was decided with much prayer and thought into how we will

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go forward as a church together. We are deeply thankful to God for Marc Heinrich and his inspired leadership in our worship. We ask for your prayers for Marc as he transitions to a new vocational role. We also seek your prayers as we develop a plan to organize our worship team led by worship leaders from within our own congregation. We also encourage you to pray about whether the Lord may stirring your heart to pledge an additional gift to participate in this financial rebuilding effort. If you want to participate you can contact Gary Bergstrom at gary.bergstrom@ redeemerbiblechurch.com or call Gary at (952) 200-9176 to make a confidential pledge. One of the things we hear the most from our brothers and sisters of Redeemer is the question: “why can't we just move on?” – referring to all the trouble of the past two years. We

hear from others in our family who are still very much working through the pain and suffering of their own experience with the Glenns. We, your elders, want nothing more than to see Redeemer moving forward, unified in love for Christ and each other. To that end, please mark your calendars for our next Family Gathering on July 10th. We plan to use that time to have a very important time together in truth telling and holding our whole experience up to the light of God's word that we might be unified in perspective and understanding and love for every member of the Redeemer family. We know vacations may make it impossible for many to attend on July 10th, so the service will be video recorded and available to all. Please pray as we all prepare for this time together, that our Lord would unite us in love. // RBC

Wednesdays

fellowship hall 7 - 8 PM Have

you considered how incredible it is that a

Holy God

who spoke the

earth and all its beauty into existence and upholds galaxies that no eye has seen desires a relationship with you?

He listens to your specific prayers and

is interested in the details of your life. Join us every Wednesday for a short time of worship, sharing and prayer with fellow brothers and sisters in

Christ. This is a great opportunity to meet new people and to be encouraged

at the midpoint of your weekly grind as together we cast our cares upon

Lord. Please pray about coming to pray with us! Email children@redeemerbiblechurch.com if you need childcare.

the

Affinity Groups DORCAS DAMES The Dorcas Dames are named after a disciple named Tabitha (Dorcas in Greek) who was a well-known and well-loved seamstress in the Bible (read Acts 9:36-42 for her story). If you enjoy sewing, we would love to have you join us in making baby quilts that will be donated. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or a fanatic quilter, just plan on having lots of fun!

QUILTING GROUP DATE: Friday, July 15 & August 19 TIME: 9am - 3pm LOCATION: Ministries Building WHAT TO BRING: Your lunch and sewing machine. For more information, contact Jean Bradford at retrojean@q.com.

HILLTOPPERS HillToppers is a great way for Redeemer’s “older” crowd to get connected and have fun (emphasis on fun!). If you are over the proverbial “hill” (50s, 60s, 70s & up), please join us for our next event!

GARDEN TOUR & PICNIC DATE: Saturday, July 30 TIME: Meet at the main (east) church door at 9:30am* LOCATION: We will carpool to Noerenberg Gardens for a self-guided tour, then head to Lake Minnetonka Shoreside Park for a picnic lunch. Please RSVP to Pat York by Thursday, July 28. Email: yorkp711@yahoo.com Cell: 612.508.4408 *Please bring a brown bag lunch.

, Moms

Park play dates throughout the

summer Contact women@redeemerbiblechurch.com

if you would like to host a playdate in your area this summer.

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The Gospel is for All Ages and for All Times Have you considered joyfully declaring the Gospel to the next generation at Redeemer? Children's Discipleship has openings for teachers and small group leaders for the fall start-up of Sunday School. There are a few ways to learn more and begin the process for serving the Lord in Children's Discipleship: 1. Send an email expressing your interest to children@redeemerbiblechurch. com and we will contact you. 2. Pick up a Redeemer Children's Discipleship "Volunteer Application," fill it out and return it to the church office. This application can be found in the wall display on the lower level. 3. Give Betty Dodge a call or text to let her know you are interested: (612) 386-3675.

Family Registration for Sunday School If you have not registered your family for Sunday School and Nurseries, please fill out the RBC â&#x20AC;&#x153;Family Registrationâ&#x20AC;? form. You can find this form in the wall display on the lower level, or contact Betty Dodge. Thank you! NOTE: If you filled out a Family Registration form previously and there have been no changes in your family information, you do not need to fill out this form.

Childrens

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July

August

SUNDAY // 3rd

TUESDAY // 19th

TUESDAY // 2nd

WEDNESDAY // 17th

10a | Gathered Worship

9:30a | Women's Psalms Study

7p | Women's Psalms Study

7-8p | Gathered Prayer

WEDNESDAY // 20th

WEDNESDAY // 3rd

FRIDAY // 19th

7-8p | Gathered Prayer

9a-3p | Dorcas Dames

SUNDAY // 7th

SUNDAY // 21st

10a | Gathered Worship

10a | Gathered Worship*

MONDAY // 4th Independence Day

WEDNESDAY // 6th 7-8p | Gathered Prayer

7-8p | Gathered Prayer

SUNDAY // 24th 10a | Gathered Worship

6p | Family Gathering

10a | Gathered Worship

TUESDAY // 26th

MONDAY // 8th

6p | Family Gathering

7p | Women's Psalms Study

WEDNESDAY // 13th

WEDNESDAY // 27th

WEDNESDAY // 10th

7p | Women's Psalms Study 7-8p | Gathered Prayer

7-8p | Gathered Prayer

SATURDAY // 30th

THURSDAY // 11th MONDAY // 15th

SUNDAY // 10th

FRIDAY // 15th 9a-3p | Dorcas Dames

9:30a | HillToppers Garden Tour & Picnic

SUNDAY // 17th

SUNDAY // 31st

10a | Gathered Worship

WEDNESDAY // 24th 7-8p | Gathered Prayer

SUNDAY // 28th 10a | Gathered Worship

WEDNESDAY // 31st 7-8p | Gathered Prayer

Redemption Youth Camp

SUNDAY // 14th

*LT

10a | Gathered Worship

(includes the Lord's Table)

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