As the calendar pages change...

            As you look ahead to A. D. 2022, what are you anticipating? As a family the Winters are looking forward to the deliveries of two of our nieces who are expecting. There are also a couple of birthdays we will be celebrating – birthdays that are multiples of tens. Trips to see family are not fully planned, but hopefully those will be arranged early in the new year.

            As a staff at Redeemer we are working on the following as we enter the new year: 

(1)   Thanks to great assistance by Dr. Aaron Buchko we will be working on the scope and sequence of our training/discipling/teaching at Redeemer. We are striving to answer the question of how the training of our children (Redeemer Early Learning Center, Concordia Lutheran School, and Redeemer Children’s Ministry) naturally leads into confirmation class, junior high Connect and senior high youth. How does their training then proceed into young adult experiences, young family discipleship, and then certain stages in adult discipleship development?

(2)   A congregational Book Read, where we will have the opportunity to read the same book while arranging to have (a) Zoom discussion sessions, (b) themes from the chapters developed in our worship, and (c) a capstone event, perhaps including a visit by the author!

(3)   The development of another Redeemer video series for use in autumn, and finally,

(4)   The production of podcasts to delve into the events of the day and how we can address them faithfully and scripturally.

God bless you in the new year through all the plans that you have and all the new things 

through which our Lord Jesus Christ will see you!