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The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer Reader January, 2014
The Lutheran Church of The Redeemer is a community of diverse people called and guided by the Holy Spirit to
nurture with God’s love those within and beyond our congregation.
2014 Lay School of Religion
Tuesday Evenings
January 7, 14, 21, 28, 7p.m.- 9p.m.
Grace Lutheran Church,, Prosperity
Cost: $10.00 per person for all four nights.
Students admitted free.
Courses are:
Did Jesus Really Say That Pt. II= Dr. Charles Sigel
Arts and Faith Together= Mrs. Heather Harris
Lutheran Confessions= Rev. Dr. Christina Wendland
Music and Bible Study= Mrs. Stephanie Stoudemayer and Ms. Lynn Grimsley
Sponsored by the Heartland Conference Lutheran Churches
January Youth Event
January 12, 3pm– Ice Skating at Outdoor Columbia Ice
Ring
Skate costs provided. Bring $ for snacks and dinner after-
wards.
If inclement weather, we will go to Plex Sports in Irmo.
*Please note the date changes from Prior Publications due
to Holiday weekends.
1515 Boundary Street
Newberry, SC 29108
Phone: (803) 276-2003
www. lutheranredeemer.org
Susan Jackson- (443) 614-2633
Pastor Webber- (803) 445-4445
Office Hours:
Mon.– Thurs: 9:00-4:30pm
12-1: Closed for Lunch
Fridays: Closed
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2014 Officers
President: Matt Bowers Vice-President: B L Brown Treasurer: Tommy Fellers
Projects: John Hammond Committee of 100: Johnny Lindsay Yard Schedule: Ben Bowers
Choir Rehearsals Resume
Children’s Choir: Sunday, January 5
Handbell Choir: Wednesday, January 8, 6:30-7:30pm
Senior Choir: Wednesday, January 8, 7:30-8:30pm
Offering Envelopes
Don’t forget to pick up your
2014 offering envelopes. All
2013 contributions must be
dated December 31 to reflect
on the 2013 calendar year.
Please begin using your new
envelopes January 1, 2014.
February 8, 2014
Youth Snow Tubing Trip
Moonshine Mountain, Hendersonville
Cost: $10.00 plus money for snacks/lunch.
Family and Friends are welcome!
*If cost is an issue, please speak to Susan Jackson.
In order to provide adequate transportation, please sign-up by January 29 by
contacting Susan.
Liability Waivers for Moonshine and Permission/Insurance Forms are required to
attend this event.
LMM meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7pm.
The next meeting will be Tuesday, January 14.
The annual LMM Yardsale will be held on February 1, 2014. in the FLC.
Contact John Hammond or Matt Bowers for more information.
Dear Fellowship of the Redeemed,
In the midst of a season that is often cloudy and cold, the season of the Epiphany of
our Lord breaks into our hearts like rays of sunshine. At a time of year when darkness comes
so early in the evening, the season of Epiphany proclaims light and joy! Epiphany starts on
January 6 and continues to the Sunday before Ash Wednesday.
What better way to sense the proclamation of light and joy than through the Epiphany
hymn, “O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright!” (LBW #76), text and music by Philipp Nico-
lai:
“Oh, let the harps break forth in sound!
Our joy be all with music crowned,
Our voices gaily blending!
For Christ goes with us all the way –
Today, tomorrow, ev’ry day!
His love is never ending!
Sing out! Ring out!
Jubilation! Exultation!
Tell the story!
Great is he, the King of Glory”(vs. 6)
In the midst of a season with minimum light and maximum darkness, this hymn brings
us to the realization that with Christ in our hearts and by our side, there is no darkness that
can overcome us! Pastor Nicolai served the Church in the later 16th and early 17th centuries
when plagues and rampant illness were killing many of his congregation and town. He pre-
sided at hundreds of funerals and burials. But it was in the midst of this time that he was in-
spired to write both the text and tune for “O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright!” Just look
at the number of exclamation points in that one verse!! Ten times he’s exclaiming the love of
God that we are coming to know in Christ Jesus!
As we move from the celebration of the birth of our Savior, may we come to sense and
know the deep and abiding joy that is ours in the Epiphany of our Lord. May Epiphany’s ex-
uberance be yours!
GOD’S PEACE!
Pastor Webber
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Capitol Tours Travel Club Presents:
A Taste of South Carolina Strawberries!
Saturday, April 12 2014
Join us as we travel again with Capitol Tours to North Augusta!
We will visit Redcliffe Plantation Historic Site, North Augusta Living
History Park, The Pink Dipper Ice-Cream Parlor, and Gurosiks Berry
Plantation.
INCLUSIONS: Round trip motorcoach transportation, Admission and Guided Tour
of Redcliffe Plantation, Tour of All Saints Episcopal Church, Guided Tour of North
Augusta Living History Park, Lunch at the North Augusta Living History Park, Pink
Dipper Ice Cream (Single Scoop on Regular Cone), and gratuity for the
motorcoach operator.
Cost: $74.00
Registrations with a $25.00 deposit are due in to the church office by
January 27, 2014.
Final payment is due to Capitol Tours by March 11, 2014.
See Susan Jackson for a complete itinerary and registration form.
Southern Home and Garden Spring Christmas Show
February 28. 2014
Charlotte Expo Center
Cost of tickets: $8.00 (in advance), $10 at door.
Senior Rate (55+)- $7.00 at door.
Transportation costs dependent upon how many sign-up.
Please contact Susan Jackson for more information.
Sign-Up by February 17, 2014.
SAVE THE DATE!!
March 1– Confirmation Day at LTSS “The Other 167 Hours”
March 4, Shrove Tuesday
March 5, Ash Wednesday
March 14– Winter Jam Concert at Colonial Life Arena
April 4-6 Faith Alive Retreat at Lutheridge
April 20 Easter Egg Hunt 9:30am, during Sunday School
April 20– Easter Sunrise and 11am Worship
May 18 Baccalaureate for NHS and NA, 3pm
(Aveleigh Fellowship of Presbyterians)
June 1– Graduate and Confirmation Recognition
July 24– 27 Women of the ELCA Triennial Gathering, Charlotte NC
August 3– 7 Youth Beach Trip at Coastal Retreat Center Isle of Palms, SC
Annual Directory
In preparation for the annual directory,
we need your updated information!
Please check the listings located in the
narthex or speak to Susan Jackson to
verify your correct address and primary
phone number.
Treasurer’s Report for November 2013
Period Activity YTD Balance
Income $18,836.12 $245,423.51
Expenses $19,733.99 $268,812.47
Difference ($897.87) ($23,388.96)
End of Year Reports
End of year reports are due to the
church office by January 9, 2014.
These reports are needed in order
to prepare the annual directory.
Please check the Flower Chart in
the narthex for available dates in
2014!
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The Miriam Circle will be meeting on Monday, January 6, at 3:00 P.M. in the church li-
brary. Mandy Randall will present the program.
RELAY for LIFE activities will begin Sunday, January 5. Mandy Randall and Anne
Caughman will do Temple Talks on Sunday, January 5, concerning Redeemer’s Relay
activities. Luminary forms will be available beginning January 5. Letters to area busi-
nesses will also be sent out during January in regard to purchasing a Relay for Life
sign.
Also, on Sunday, January 24, WELCA will be sponsoring a Soup/Cornbread lunch-
eon beginning at 11:30 A.M. Anyone wishing to make cornbread for the luncheon,
please contact one of the Miriam Circle members. There will also be a bake sale.
Stay tuned for more information in regard to Redeemer’s Relay for Life activities. By
the way, tickets for the Soup/Cornbread Luncheon will be available starting January
5. Tickets ($5.00) may be purchased in the narthex between 9:30 and 10:00 AM and
10:30 until 11:00 A.M. There will also be tickets in the office.
Thank you for your support of WELCA. Happy New Year!
Dear Redeemer Members,
Thank you so much for your many kindnesses
shown to me during my illness and hospitali-
zation. Thank you for your many prayers,
cards, and telephone calls. To those of you
who have and still are, providing transporta-
tion to Columbia, Charleston, and Charlotte , I
am truly grateful. Without your help I could
not have gone to my many appointments and
treatments. Also delicious food has been pro-
vided by many and I’m grateful to you. The
spirit of Christian faith and good will have
been shown to me by your many acts of love.
Redeemer will always have a special place in
my heart.
Jerry Whitesides.
Gloria,
Than you! Thank you! Thank you! The prayer
shawl is beautiful and I can’t tell you how
much I appreciate your ladies for thinking of
me. What a wonderful ministry. I’m so thank-
ful it is getting cold again so I can begin using
it again. I feel the love each time it wraps
around my shoulders.
Love,
Peach Fralick
Dear Pastor Webber and members of the
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer,
I am writing to thank you for selecting me as
the recipient of the Lutheran Church of the
Redeemer scholarship fund. I am finishing up
my Junior year as a biology major. I plan to
pursue a career as a pharmacist upon graduat-
ing from Newberry College by attending a
graduate school.
By receiving this scholarship, you have light-
ened my financial burden and thanks to you, I
am one step closer to my goal. I hope one day
I will be able to help students achieve their
goals just as you have helped me.
Sincerely,
Noel Franklin
Thank you for your generous gifts to ELCA
World Hunger. Your support provides help
and hope to families in need around the U.S.
and around the world.
Peace,
Jessica Fairfas
2014 Holiday Office Closures
January 1– New Year’s Day
January 19– Martin Luther King, Jr
Day
February 17– Presidents’ Day
April 21– Easter Monday
May 26– Memorial Day
July 4– Independence Day
September 1– Labor Day
October 13– Columbus Day
November 11– Veteran’s Day
November 26– Thanksgiving Eve
November 27– Thanksgiving Day
December 24– Christmas Eve
December 25– Christmas Day
December 26– Day After Christmas
December 31– New Year’s Eve
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ELCA National Youth Gathering: July 14-
19, 2015, (Detroit, Michigan)
For: Students must be entering 9th grade or have
just graduated from 12th grade by July 2015
If you are interested, please speak to Susan Jack-
son.
Cost and registration information will come later. We will
travel by bus with other SC Lutheran youth.
What happens during the ELCA Youth Gathering?
The Youth Gathering is a five-day event that begins on a Wednesday evening and ends
with a service of communion the following Sunday morning. The opening night sets the
stage for the days ahead in which young people may have an encounter with Jesus that
energizes their faith and helps them further discover their call to live and serve in the
world — locally and globally.
On the days between Wednesday and Sunday, young people rotate through a variety of
service learning experiences in the surrounding community. They explore and strength-
en their faith by studying God’s word, serving their neighbor, sharing bread and wine in
worship, participating in lively faith discussions and broadening their experience of
God’s world and diverse communities through travel. For many young people, traveling
to the ELCA Youth Gathering is the first time they have been out of their county or
state.
When the question “Why work so hard to gather so many young people in one place?”
pops up, the response is really quite simple. We were meant to be together, and we are a
church that believes God is calling us into the world — together.
So every now and then, we gather young people and adults together to share their
unique stories and to experience the larger story that makes up the ELCA; we gather to
be inspired, encouraged, strengthened, connected and sent out to do God’s work in the
world — together!
What about safety in Detroit?
.A two-page letter, produced by the Director of the ELCA Youth
Gathering, is available to read concerning safety in Detroit . Contact Susan Jackson for a complete copy of this letter.
An exceprt reads:
“Next to communicating the gospel and practicing our faith through ser-
vice and learning, the number one priority of the ELCA Youth Gathering is
keeping young people and adults safe while in Detroit. To that end, the
Gathering’s Safety and Security Planning team, one of fourteen planning
teams, works with Churchwide legal and risk management staff, as well as law enforcement professionals
from the host community to draft a risk management plan.
That plan takes into account the risk management plans of the different facilities occupied by ELCA youth
and adults, including, but not limited to, the Cobo Center (convention center), Ford Field, hotels
and service sites. Youth Gathering volunteers and staff are trained in accordance with the plan.
We also ensure that the adult leaders who accompany congregational groups are familiar with the
basic safety plans by mandating training as part of the registration process. Outside of the
Gathering community, the Safety and Security team conducts briefings with local law
enforcement regularly during the planning cycle and throughout the Gathering. All law
enforcement and public safety systems are on alert and aware of our presence. They know where
our people are at all times.
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December Sunday School
8:30 AM Service
11:00 AM Service
11/24 41 38 66
12/1 44 40 63
12/8 39 40 84
12/15 28 36 81
Sunday
Attendance
Prayers for the Sick
Redeemer Members: Carol Wessinger, Jerry Whitesides, Helen Smith, Anna Lea Gordon, Carolyn Moose,
Elizabeth Willingham, Tommy Fellers, Robert E. Summer, Jr., Miriam Willingham
Extended Parish Family: Roddie Singletary, brother of Beth Singletary; Camille-Griffin Women’s Prison
Ministry; Bruce and Sue Ellen Payne, friends of many in our congregation; Steve Lathan, cousin of Darr
Wise; Edna Garnett, mother of Cindy Mills; Henry Wilson, brother of David Wilson; Vernon Koon, cousin
of Debra Metts; Beth Nelson, daughter-in-law of Gloria Nelson; Lee Antonelli, cousin of Gloria Nelson; Dot
George, mother of Becky Everett; Harva Ray Sease, father of Cynthia Lominack; Jeanette Renwick, friend
of Jerry Whitesides; Ruth Hook, grandmother of Jessica Bowers; Ida Satterwhite, mother of Derryll Satter-
white; Kent and Mary Beth Richardson, cousins of Debra Metts; John Sox, friend of Mandy Randall; Don
and Mackie Haltiwanger (Hodges), sister and brother-in-law of Ed Haltiwanger; Lucien DeBacker, father of
Jeff DeBacker; Cecil McRacken, father-in-law of Lloan McRacken; Mahalia Schumpert, friend of Deedee
Westwood; Robert Porter, Son-in-law of Mandy Randall; Patricia Stiles, sister of Ernest Shealy; Robert
Johnson, brother-in-law of Ernest Shealy; Beverly Ammons, niece of Cathy Turner, Mary Osborne, niece of
John and Carolyn Hammond; Dr. Mac Hughes, friend of many in the congregation; Bobby Metts, friend of
congregation; Mike Osborne, nephew of Carolyn and John Hammond, Elaine Smith Story, sister of Frances
S. Abrams and niece of Mathilde Smith; Chip Turner, Hugh Turner, Joyce Brazwell, friends of Kathy and
Johnny Lindsay; Mary Watson, cousin of Johnny Lindsay; Wanda DuBard, friend of Cathy Turner; Ryan
and Meagan Twilley, friends of Susan Jackson,; Martyn Cavanaugh, husband of Verna Cavanaugh; Mark
Lyon, friend of Jessica Draeger; Charlie Edrington, friend of Christy Wilkerson; Inez Stephens, aunt of Mar-
cia Ringer
1/01 Martyn Cavanaugh
1/02 Ledare Livingston
1/06 Marty Cousins
1/06 Virginia Summer
1/07 June Seymour
1/07 Barry Richardson
1/07 Mike Longshore
1/07 Lisa Minick
1/12 Brenda Smith
1/12 Mahala Melton
1/13 Matthew Cole
1/14 Cherrie Longshore
1/14 Slade Richardson
1/16 Wanda Coleman
1/17 Nikki Chapman
1/21 Tammy Wilson
1/23 Rob Livingston IV
1/23 Ben Chapman
1/25 Charles Ragland, Jr.
1/26 Darr Wise
1/27 Leslie Sligh
1/27 Dawn Stone
1/28 David Parr, Sr.
1/29 Benjie Chapman
1/30 Drew Senn
1/31 Marie Whatley
January Birthdays
Duties 1/05 1/12 1/19 1/26
8:30 am Com-
munion Prep Janet Long
John & Carolyn
Hammond Janet Long
John & Caroln
Hammond
11:00 am
Communion
Prep
Kathy Lindsay Shannon Lindsay Kirsten Lindsay Elaine Cornwell &
Denise Reid
8:30 am Lect/
Comm. Asst Ernest Shealy Claire Grosshuesch Mandy Randall John Hammond
11:00 am Lect/
Comm. Asst Anne Caughman Bob Montgomery Beth Singletary Johnny Lindsay
11:00 am Greet-
ers
Acolytes Cameron McRacken Jordan & A.C. Cary Katerina & Made-
leine Long
Katerina & Made-
leine Long
Crucifer Grace Lindsay Rachel Franklin
Refreshments
Unlock Church
Lock Church
Usher 830am James Long James Long James Long James Long
Usher 11am
B.L. Brown, Tommy
Fellers, Dustin Guy,
Justin Guy
B.L. Brown, Tom-
my Fellers, Dustin
Guy, Justin Guy
B.L. Brown, Tommy
Fellers, Dustin Guy,
Justin Guy
B.L. Brown, Tom-
my Fellers, Dustin
Guy, Justin Guy
Flowers Polly Davis
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The Redeemer Directory
Rev. Dick Webber, Interim Pastor
Susan Jackson, Ministries Coordinator
Administrative Assistant
Gayle D. Lindley, Handbell Director,
Children’s Choir Director and Senior
Choir Director
Huger P. Caughman, Jr., Organist and
Junior Choir Director
Amy Frick, 8:30am Musician
All Members:
Ministers in Worship and Daily Life
Jeffrey Truscott, Missionary—Japan
The Manna House Needs: Bread, Flour, Corn
Meal, Peas, Cooking Oil