Please let our Elder Team, Staff Team, and Prayer Team know how we can be praying with you and for you this week: 300 east main street | johnson city, tn 37601 | 423-302-0346 | redeemercommunity.com WELCOME TO THE REDEEMER COMMUNITY REDEEMER STAFF TEAM CONNECT CARD Look around you this morning, and you'll find a sea of others who are here because they Steven Blackburn | Community Life Pastor March 8, 2020 too have found they're in need of more than our world or our culture can offer. So welcome, [email protected] whether you are a first or second-time guest, you attend our gatherings regularly, or you Chris Eger | Executive Director & Worship Pastor call Redeemer your people. We hope you'll witness God among us this morning through [email protected] singing and praying, studying scripture and sharing communion, or just through all these Jim Fickley | Equipping Pastor fellow ragamuffins who came, too. Settle in, get some coffee, and extend a hand of kindness [email protected] to someone around you as together we all settle into the Redeemer fold this morning! Jeff Martin | Lead Pastor [email protected] OUR MISSION Leya Martinez | Executive Assistant & Event Host Our mission is to enjoy Christ, love His friends, and engage our world. We do this first by [email protected] applying the Gospel of Jesus to our everyday lives. We are also focused on carrying out this Blake Sanders | Student Pastor ____________________ mission locally and globally. Check out who we’re working alongside on page 7. [email protected] Events Special Team Prayer Communion & Coffee ____________________ Jeff Smythe | Family Life Pastor m m m m SMALL GROUPS [email protected] We're committed to keeping all those who call Redeemer their home connected to one Jodi Thomas | Women's Ministry Director another, all in pursuit of ever-richening community and ever-deepening friendship. To learn [email protected] how and when you can join one of our small groups, or to sign up for our Small Group Leader Apprenticeship class (on 3/22 and 3/29), contact [email protected]. ELDER TEAM Jim Bolton, Jim Fickley Partner Redeemer Bill Jolley, Jeff Martin, JT Thomas PARENT’S CORNER m Here's what your kiddos are up to today! We do hope that you and your child will be able to dive a little deeper into the story together this week! COMMUNION Setup & Teardown Kids Redeemer Team Greet Team Sound As Jesus followers, we come to the table together weekly. During Communion today, freely approach m m m m TODDLERS - PRE-K KINDERGARTEN the table from any side and partake together. Reserve my spot & email me the Partnership 101 registration link! 101 registration me the Partnership & email spot my Reserve Redeemer's my home! Put me on a team! home! Put me on a team! my Redeemer's newsletter) (monthly The Rundown for email Sign me up by I would like to talk to leadership about: talk to to like would I Lesson: Jesus & Lazarus Lesson: Remember & Celebrate: me! Contact Jesus! with I'm beginning a relationship GF served weekly at table nearest the soundboard Feast of Harvest Scripture: John 11:1-44 m m m m m ________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Memory Verse Memory Verse PARTNERSHIP Attender Regular The Lord your God is with you For the LORD is good and His love The Redeemer Partnership is made up of those m wherever you go. (Joshua 1:9b) endures forever. (Psalm 100:5a) choosing to say, “I belong here.” If you are interested in joining the Redeemer Partnership, 1ST-6TH GRADES KIDS' CLUB (PRE-K - 6TH) @ 11AM contact Chris at [email protected]. Lesson: Remember & Celebrate: Lesson: The Gospel, Part 4 (Restore!) COUNSELING RESOURCES Feast of Harvest Memory Verse If we can help you or someone in your life find Memory Verse For the wages of sin is death, needed counseling resources, please contact Many are the plans in a person's but the free gift of God is eternal life Jim Fickley at [email protected]. in Christ Jesus our LORD. (Romans 6:23) heart, but it is the LORD's purpose Guest Returning that prevails. (Proverbs 19:21) HINTS FOR CHECK-IN OUR MINISTRY PARTNERS m Family Questions for 1st-6th Grades Casa De Libertad @ casadelibertad.org 1) Your children can start their Redeemer Kids 1) What comes to your mind when you take Cru @ blueridgecru.com experience this morning either before the time to remember that, "God provides"? Fundaniños @ fundaninos.wixsite.com/fundaninos ________________________________ main worship service begins or during the _________________________________ 2) Why does God want us to worship Him alone? 5-6min break just after we sing a few songs LXI @ movelxi.com Safe Families @ bethany.org/knoxville 3) Can you think of a time that God rescued you? (main service includes a half-time break)! YoungLife @ uppereasttennessee.younglife.org 4) How has God shown Himself to be real to you? 2) We're on the 3rd floor! Just head upstairs and follow the signs! First Time Guest First ____________________________________________ 5) What is something that was broken in your applicable) (if GIVING REPORT ____________________________________________ (if applicable) applicable) (if m _____________________________________________ Please update my information as written above written as information my Please update Average Weekly Financial Need $ 16,308 ______________________________________________ life that God has fixed? MOTHERS' ROOM _______________________________________________ Private nursing stations for mothers are ready Last Week’s Giving $ 22,643 m on the 2nd floor in the corner room adjacent March Financial Need $ 70,667 to the worship service (to the right of the main March Month-to-Date Giving $ 20,183 Name Spouse Children Address Email Phone Birthdate I am a: entry stairwell). Total YTD Need (Aug 1st- March 31st) $ 565,350 st nd Place this card in an offering Total YTD Giving (Aug 1 -March 2 ) $ 638,442 basket on a communion table 2 7 at any time this morning Sermon Series: Romans Sermon: Rejected? FINANCIAL PEACE CLASS WOMEN'S RECONNECT GATHERING Scripture Text: Romans 11:1-24 Speaking: Jeff Martin Is it possible to honor God with your finances, In need of spiritual rest and renewal through deal with real-life needs, and prepare for years face time with Jesus? Hungry for meaningful to come all at once? Not your typical “money conversation with other women? ReConnect class,” this practical, entertaining, fun, and life- is a monthly gathering for both. Come join us changing 9-week course starts today at 9:00AM this Tuesday, March 10 (6:30-8:30 PM), for a in Room 302-D of the King’s Centre. Interested? guided, intentional time to reconnect with God You can still sign up and catch up with us by and each other. We will spend time in worship, contacting [email protected]. scripture meditation, personal reflection, and SMALL GROUP LEADER APPRENTICESHIP small groups. Bring a journal and a Bible with With more and more folks calling Redeemer you to 217 Lee Carter Drive. No need to sign-up their church home, we're growing! Critical to or RSVP, just show up! Email LyndseyBJolley@ healthy growth is proportionate small group gmail.com with any questions. ministry growth. That means we are looking PARTNERSHIP 101 REGISTRATION OPEN for more leaders for our groups! Curious? Want Partnership is the core of our Redeemer to stick your toes in the water? Email steven@ community. We say it's like family among redeemercommunity.com to take part in our Small Group Leader Apprenticeship, a two-part family; about belonging, having a voice in this look at what makes for an effective small group thing we're doing, and being a real co-owner facilitator and what it takes to learn and improve. of the ministry and mission. If you're interested This class will meet on March 22nd and March in this, join us on Saturday, April 18th @ 8:15AM 29th at 10:45-11:30AM. Thanks for considering! as we host a breakfast for those wanting to learn more about who we are and what we're GUATEMALA MISSION EFFORT hoping to be. We'll also be getting to know you This summer (July 11–17, 2020), we are in this process, and providing opportunities returning to Guatemala to work alongside one for you to get to know some others in your of our Missionary Partners in Guatemala City. shoes! Reserve your spot this morning on If you are interested, please join us for a quick your Connect Card, and we'll email you the information meeting on Sunday, March 29th @ registration link this week (registration will 10:40AM (in the back corner of The Venue at the close on March 29th; class is capped at 25 windows over Main Street and Roan Street). In spots; childcare provided). Enter the fold! the meantime, get a quick glimpse of what our trip will look like @ bit.ly/rccmission2020! REDEEMER GIRLS' NIGHT Girls' Night is coming on Monday, March 30th (7:00- MAN NIGHT 8:30pm)! Come connect with other Redeemer Gentlemen of Redeemer. Book it. Mark your women, enjoy a delectable dessert, and hear calendars. Write it on your hand. Write it on your CALENDAR CONNECT NOW buddy's hand. We're going to the Shepherd's from one of our beloved Redeemer women as she shares her story! Join in at the home of TODAY Partnership 101 Registration Open WiFi username Farm on Saturday, March 28th, to grill out, hear Michelle Marchessault (115 Lands End Ct, Piney Redeemer Public a word about Biblical Manhood, and stare at Parenting Class Flats). Register @ http://bit.ly/girlsnightmar30.