Dear Myra,

     I'm relatively new to Redeemer, but I've been here long enough to notice that we miss a lot of holidays.  On Mother's Day, we barely got a "Happy Mother's Day" during the announcements and a brief prayer thanking God for mothers, for instance, and my old church had a whole special service for Memorial Day.  Shouldn't the church be a bit more cognizant of and intentional about addressing the real lives of our parishioners by making more of an effort to sing Mother's Day and patriotic songs, etc.?

                                --Cal Linder

Chris Smith just completed his second year at Candler School of Theology at Emory University where he is following his calling to become a worship leader.

"I've really only worked in ministry and when I was in undergrad, I took a semester off and the whole time spent in prayer and praying to God asking 'what am I supposed to do?' he says. "I was on a young adult mission trip in Mississippi and was reading a spiritually-guided book that triggered me to decide to be a worship leader, and then I decided I wanted to be a Lutheran worship leader."

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Redeeming G.R.A.C.E.

This month Redeeming G.R.A.C.E. is encouraging Redeemer members and friends to remember Wellspring Treasures stores as you complete your "spring cleaning." The Wellspring Treasures stores accept donations of new and gently used furniture, antiques, housewares, jewelry, and clothing and accessories for men, women and children. The stores generate 26% of the funding for Wellspring Living. Redeeming G.R.A.C.E. has chosen Wellspring Living's Girls Program as our church's community partner to assist in its ministry of directly helping the girls ages 12 to 17 to heal from the trauma of sex trafficking. Find the store near you.

Redeemer's Mom n Me group, which meets twice a month for Bible study, recently joined Hands Across the Bridge to provide a meal and fellowship with the residents of Lutheran Towers.  The long-time members of Hands Across the Bridge had planned a lunch of various salads so we baked desserts to serve.  As we served the Lutheran Towers residents, we were privileged by socializing with them as well.  As it turns out, we made connections with the members of Hands Across the Bridge, too.  We look forward to this new-found relationship and to continuing to serve alongside them in this capacity.  We invite any Redeemer member to join us on this quarterly mission for food and fellowship in October.  The Mom n Me members present were: Wren Carlson, Kate Elkins, Devon Hightower, Liesl Merkel, and Erika Van Hoosear. Contact wrencarlson@gmail.com.

We express our sympathy to....

Kris and Danny McKeithen at the death of Danny's father Leighton McKeithan on May 8.

Dorothy (Dot) Brandes at the death of her husband Charles (Chick) Brandes on May 25.

Barbara Gray at the death of her husband Robert on May 25.

 June Birthdays

June is Lutheran Volunteer Corps month at Redeemer, and the volunteers with LVC would like to thank you for your generous hospitality this year.

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