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Redeemer Reflections
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March 2020 A publication of Our Redeemer Church, Garden Grove, California
OUR REDEEMER CHURCH, ELCA 12301 Magnolia Street
Garden Grove, Calif. 92841 Phone: (714) 539-9541 FAX: (714) 539-7672
Preschool: (714) 539-6643 Email:
[email protected] www.orcgg.org
WORSHIP SCHEDULE:
8:30 am Traditional Worship 10 am Prayer & Praise Worship
Sunday School: 10:15 am Adult Education: 10 am Nursery Care is provided
OFFICE HOURS:
Monday-Thursday: 9 AM to 3 PM Fri: Closed
Connect with us!
Soup Supper Wednesdays at 6 PM in Endter Hall Worship at 7:00 PM
March 4, March 11, March 18, March 25 & April 1
Sparks Around the Fire
On Wednesdays during Lent, everyone is invited to share a simple meal of soup, salad and bread and be reminded
of a common journey through Lent. Dinners take place at 6:00 PM in Endter Hall with a
Lenten service to follow at 7 PM.
Volunteers are needed to bring pots of homemade soup, salad and loaves of bread or rolls to share with others. It is a good opportunity to get to know other
members of the church.
Dear Friends: Remember that Vitality study we took last year? We’ll we finally got the results and met with a representative from the Synod to explain the results to us. The first set of questions tried to measure our relationship with God. Of all the ELCA churches that have taken this study in the Pacifica Synod, we had the highest ranking. You indicated that you see God’s presence in our world today-you connect to God through worship and study.
You indicated you feel joyful in worship, and the church is making a difference in the world through the many ministries that are conducted here. We connect well with our community through The Lord’s Pantry, Real Help, SHIP, summer swim program, VBS, community grief group. There is room for growth in connecting with our community on issues that are raised by the community and not just the church. We are not well connected to our city council, local schools, or other organizations that serve the people of Garden Grove. We connect well with one another. There is a men’s group, 4 women’s circles, multiple Bible studies, book studies, dinners for 8, and other fellowship opportunities. There is a good spirit among the members of the church. Probably the greatest room for growth is our view toward the future. There is concern over what will happen when I retire, there is concern about the changing neighborhood and how to reach the new ethnic communities around us, and there is concern about the overall direction of Christianity in California and this country. The study divided congregations into one of six quadrants. The top 3 quadrants were concerned with the vitality of the congregation. The bottom 3 quadrants were concerned with the sustainability of the congregation. We were ranked as a strong and vital congregation, but we were just outside the top quadrant of sustainability. If a congregation has trouble feeling positive about the future, it is less likely to invest in ministry that prepares it for the future. So the good news is that we are a vital positive congregation that connects well with God, one another, and to our community. The challenge for this congregation is to look to the future and have the energy to invest in future programs and outreach. In the months ahead, the church council will be working through a workbook, and then involving the congregation in ways to continue the good things we do, and prepare for our future together. In Christ,
Pastor Brian
Reflections from the Pastor by Pastor Brian Taylor
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Reflections from the Intern Pastor by Pastor Jennifer Garcia
What does it take to become an ELCA pastor or deacon*?
Our Redeemer has done a lot of faithful ministry to pastoral interns like myself over the years, so you have seen what goes on during an internship year. Do you know what else happens between the time I realized God was calling me to be a pastor and when I will be ordained?
Entrance: There are 3 major steps in what is called the “candidacy process”: entrance, endorsement, and approval. Entrance is the first step that I started when I realized God was calling me to be a pastor and started a conversation with people at the Synod Office (our regional administrative office). The process varies slightly by Synod, but for me it required an initial interview with a retired pastor, an application and essay, a psychological evaluation, and an entrance interview with my candidacy committee (a panel that follows me through my candidacy journey). I completed this step before going to seminary (the graduate school portion of becoming a pastor). Endorsement: The next step of candidacy is endorsement, which happens after Clinical Pastoral Education (also known as CPE, which is a 400-hour internship as a chaplain) and before internship. My CPE experience was as a chaplain at PIH Health Hospital in Whittier the summer after my first year of seminary. Endorsement involved another essay and an interview with two Synod representatives at the beginning of my second year of seminary. Approval: I am currently working toward this step of candidacy. This step happens after I have completed enough of my internship that my candidacy committee can tell I am ready to be a pastor. They will be reviewing my work in seminary and my evaluations from CPE and internship. I have been working on another essay for the past couple months, and I will have my final interview with my candidacy committee at the end of July. I would love your prayers as I work toward this step. Assignment: Our bishops meet together to assign candidates to Synods so we can start interviewing with congregations for a first call. Ordination: Once a congregation calls a candidate as their pastor, the candidate works with the Synod to plan ordination and installation services. This is the step where I will officially be a pastor and will make vows to care for God’s people and be a faithful leader in the church. I attended the ordination of one of my friends from seminary a few weeks ago, and it was a beautiful experience. I can’t wait to invite you all to mine.
*This article is primarily about my own journey through this process toward pastoral ministry, but it is a very similar journey for deacons.
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OUR REDEEMER PRESCHOOL
Special Dates
Miss Jean March 6th
Archer M. March 11th
Charles W. March 13th
Savannah March 16th
Katherine March 17th
Miss Debra March 31st
Chapel Times for March
March 3rd
&
March 16th
Happy Birthday to you!
International Day
March 25th
We are asking for Parents to bring in a Food Dish from their Culture to share
with the children for Snack Time.
Also, all the children can come
~Friday, March 2nd~
Dr. Seuss’s Birthday
~Monday-Friday, March 9th-13th~
Pre-K Parent/Teacher Conference's
~March 16th-31st~
Spring See’s Candy Fundraiser
~Tuesday, March 17th~
St. Patrick’s Day
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Pre-K Parent/Teacher Conferences
March 9th - 13th Pre-K Parents
There will be a Sign up sheet on
the table if you would like to
have a conference with Miss
Debra and Miss Cindy. Each
conference will be 10 minutes
Help ORP by going on Yelp & Facebook and
leaving a review.
Spring See’s Candies
Miss Cindy will be sending the Order Forms on Monday, March 16th.
Please have all order’s and payment in by Tuesday, March 31st in order to have
your candy in by Easter
Spring Fundraiser March 16th - 31st
We will be Celebrating Dr. Seuss’s Birthday on Monday, March 2nd.
Come Dress up as any Dr. Seuss Character.
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Men's Breakfast March 14th Sports Bingo
7:30 A.M., Endter Hall The Men’s Breakfast will be held Saturday March 14, at 7:30 A.M. in Endter Hall. All the men of the church are invited to attend. A great breakfast is always served by our own “church chefs”. The pro-
gram for the morning will be playing sports bingo led by Will Fleming. Brush up on your sports trivia. Don’t forget our cans and bottles that help support our Compassion In-ternational students.
Young at
Heart
Monday, March 16, 2020 at 11 AM
Join us for Leprechaun Bingo!
We will have corned beef and
cabbage plus Irish stew.
Bring your favorite salads and desserts.
We’ll have a
“Wearing of the Green”
good time.
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Sunday Cool!
Our weekly Christian Education for students ages 3 through 6th grade.
March 1st-Mrs. Sharon leads the musical opening. Miss Araceli is teaching the little ones (3 years old to 1st grade) about Jesus Heals Two Blind Men from Mark 10:13-16 and Mr. Will is teaching the older group (2nd grade thru 6th grade). March 8th - Mrs. Sharon leads the musical opening. Miss Mary is teaching the little ones about Jesus Feeding the 5,000 from John 6:1-
14. Mr. Will teaching the older group. March 15th -Mrs. Sharon leads the musical opening and is teaching the little ones about the Wedding Banquet from Matthew 22:1-14. Mr. Will teaching the older group. March 22nd- Mrs. Sharon leads the musical opening. Mrs. Patty is teaching the little ones about how Jesus Blesses the Children from Mark 10:13-16. Mr. Will is teaching the older group. March 29th-On the 5th Sunday of the month we WORSHIP TOGETHER! We will stay in worship along with our church family and worship together.
We have two amazing women that provide child care for parents/grandparents during worship. They are in Room 2 in North Hall. Open the gate and go towards the right. You will see them at the open door. They are background checked and amazing with our littlest Lutherans! Stop and see Elsa and Raquel every Sunday!
Confirmation meets every Sunday at 7:00 pm in the choir room.
Children’s Choir meets on Tuesdays! Preschool Choir at 3:30 PM. Kids of the Kingdom Choir meets at 4:15 PM.
Student Ministry Director: Patty Erickson@ [email protected]
Congratulations to Freddy Gonzalez Jr. and Michael Gonzalez your Eagle Scout Court of Honor! They are part of the Boy Scout Troup 167 at Our Redeemer.
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Worship Together
March 29th 10 AM
We worship together on the 5th Sunday of each month. Combined worship with
both traditional and contemporary music and an opportunity for healing prayer at
the altar. There will be only one service
–no 8:30 worship.
Come early for donuts and coffee and visit with the Pastor.
Brown Bag Bible
Study Tuesdays, 12 PM
in Choir Room Led by Pastor Brian
Men’s Thursdays, 6 AM
in Endter Hall Led by Lynn Badertscher
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
March 31st 1:00-7:00 PM@ Endter Hall
Our Redeemer Church Photo ID required, eat a good lunch and
remember to come hydrated! Sign up with Gus Sauter @ (714) 898-4148.
Sponsored by Hoag Hospital
Mondays 11:00 AM
in the Council Room.
Join us as we support one
another on this journey.
Welcome to our new office manager, Rebecca G. Terrones. Rebecca started on January 27th and jumped right in. Rebecca is getting her master’s degree in Social Work from California State University in Long Beach. She has a degree in Social Ecology from the University of California, Irvine. She is engaged and getting married in April! Her free time is filled with enjoying spending time with her four pets, playing ukulele, crafting, listening to podcasts and learning new skills (we are keeping her busy learning all kinds of skills!). Rebecca has a diverse work background ranging from office administration to respite caregiving and is very excited to be here (and we are excited to have her!). Rebecca has already made so many positive improvements at Our Redeemer. As many have noticed our font size has increased and we can read the bulletin. She has also instituted many new procedures to make us more efficient and accountable.
Stop by the office and meet her!
March Worship Assistants
If you cannot serve as scheduled, please arrange for a substitute and let the of-fice know by Wed of the week.
Council Persons of the Month 8:30 Larry Collier 10:00 *
8:30 am Communion Assistants
3/3 Edmond Channita, need 1 additional* 3/17 *
10 am Communion Assistants 3/10 Becky Vinson, need 2 additional* 3/24 Becky Vinson, need 2 additional* 3/31 Becky Vinson, Wendy Fitzharris, need 1 additional*
Lectors 3/3 Lynn Badertscher 3/10 Ron Stearns 3/17 Jerry Engelhardt 3/24 Dorothie Bair
Ushers 8:30AM Gus Sauter, Corky Krabbenhoft, & Larry and Anita Griswold
10:00 AM Jerry and Carol Healy
Altar Guild Setup: Terry Dickman Clean Up: Gus & Susan Sauter
Soundboard/AV 8:30 See weekly bulletin 10:00 Jerry Healy
March Birthdays
March Anniversaries
OUR REDEEMER STAFF
Senior Pastor
Brian S. Taylor [email protected]
Office Manager Rebecca G. Terrones
Director of Music Ann Badertscher
Organist John Glessner
Children’s Choir Sharon Edmondson
sharonedmo @sbcglobal.net
Bookkeeper Kim Radford
Youth Director Patty Erickson
Preschool Director Cindy Myers
Preschool@ourredeemer gardengrove.org
Facilities Manager Jim Huffman
Reflections is a publication of Our Redeemer Church.
Deadline for submissions is noon on the 15th of each
month.
Sunday Reflections
(announcements) deadline is 9 am
Wednesday morning for the
following Sunday’s bulletin.
Please email your submissions to
Rebecca G. Terrones at
Articles may be edit-ed for content and
space.
1 Aaden Borbon 2 Greg Prechel 2 Joey Pyle 5 Amaya Bacon 6 Cathy Seabourne 6 Miss Jean-Preschool Staff 9 Sam Huffman 10 Javier Mendoza 11 James Doris 11 Jared Venard 13 Dorothy Aanestad 13 Emily Leeb 15 Mary Kingswold 15 Jennifer Leeb 17 Kenny Insouvanh 18 Gladys Ryen
20 Larrisa Walton 21 Ann Badertscher 22 Susan Nemitz 22 Karen Smith 22 Matthew Wood 24 John Glessner 25 Andrew Garcia 25 Darrell Tutland 28 Bill Davey 30 Fran Shigeno 31 Cathy Cisneros 31 Miss Debra-Preschool Staff
3/12/94 Larry & Sandra Collier 3/18/72 Gerry & Sue Hanson
*PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE AT (714) 539-9541 OR EMAIL: [email protected] TO VOLUNTEER FOR ONE THE EMPTY SLOTS ABOVE. THANK YOU!
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It’s time to Spring Forward on March 8th!
Set your clocks before you go to
bed! Don’t be late for church.
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Our book circle meets the 4th Friday of each month at 7:30 PM for fellowship and discussion of a variety of literature, current and classic, fiction and non-fiction. All avid readers at ORC and their friends are invited to join us. Call Ron Stearns at (714) 891-9462 for more information. Upcoming selections include: March 27th-Daughter of Moloka’i by Alan Brennert April 24th Everything All at Once by Bill Nye “There are greater crimes than burning books; one of those is not reading them.” - Ray Bradbury
We would like to introduce our WELCA supported Compassion International Child since Jan. 2019. Her name is Mediatrice Ujeneza, she is 5 years old from Africa.
$1,125.00 was sent to Lutheran World Relief as a result of the congregation’s generous donations at our November Thankoffering Service!
Feb. 9th, Scout Sunday & WELCA Cookie Sunday raised $135.00. All proceeds were voted to be donated to Girl Scout Troop #5081. Thank you to the Rupp family & all who baked, donated money & bought cookies.
WELCA Updates:
Join one of the four women’s circles at ORC for Bible study, fellowship & sharing! For more information, please contact a circle Leader. Visitors and new members are always welcome.
Grace March 9th @ 7 PM
*Susan Kent - Leader 714-454-8545 Cell
714-842-9867 Home
New Faith March 19th @ 7 PM *Val Fleming- Leader
714-539-9428
Sincerity March 9th @ 1 PM
*Yvonne Bischof– Leader Michelle Timothy - Leader
714-539-0942
New Joy March 24th @ 7 PM @ Connie Mathany
*Karen Gustafson - Leader 562-429-1272
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Our Redeemer Church 12301 Magnolia Street
Garden Grove, CA 92841
Office: (714) 539-9541 Fax: (714) 539-7672 Web: www.orcgg.org
Email: [email protected]
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