Advent Week One Reflection Guide

We hope this reflection guide will help you and your family prepare your hearts for Christmas by taking some time each week to reflect on what Christmas truly means for us and our world. The traditional theme for the first week of Advent is hope. This week’s guide considers how the first title given to…

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Full of Faith and Spirit – Acts 6:8-7:60: Reflection Guide

Reflection Guide Key Terms Covenant of circumcision – A term used to refer to the covenant God made with Abraham in Genesis 17 that Abraham would have a son with Sarah and become the father of a multitude of nations; circumcision was a sign to the people of this promise. Son of Man – A…

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Heroes in the Church – Acts 6:1-15: Reflection Guide

Reflection Guide Key Terms Hellenists – Jews whose families had previously lived outside of Jerusalem, and therefore spoke Greek and were largely influenced by Greek culture, but who were now living in Jerusalem. Daily distribution – Only mentioned in Acts 6:1, but evidently a regular practice of the Early Church to care for widows, who…

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A New Day, A New Community – Acts 2:42-47: Reflection Guide

Reflection Guide Key Terms The apostles’ teaching – The Early Church gathered in public at the temple and in homes to hear the apostles (those who had been with Jesus) teach; we get a glimpse of what they taught in the various sermons in Acts (see Acts 2:14-40, Acts 7, Acts 13:16-41) as well as…

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Yearly Discipleship Plan

At this time of year, many of us make New Year’s Resolutions. We want to eat better, exercise more, follow a budget, read more, use technology less, or any number of things. But this is also a great time of year to pause and evaluate our relationship with Jesus and to identify changes that we…

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Worship & Production Internships

Are you a worship leader or musician looking to grow as a follower of Jesus and be better equipped for ministry? Maybe you are more technically minded and are looking to grow as a sound engineer, lighting tech, or stagehand. We would like to walk with you and call you to a deeper relationship with…

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Easter at Redemption | Invite Tools

Join us at Redemption Church this Easter. Our hope is that as many as possible will be able to join us in-person at one of our two service times – 9:30 and 11 AM. And for those who are not ready to return to in-person services quite yet, you can join us online. Either way,…

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A Snowy Sabbath Resource List – Feb. 14, 2021

First, watch the four-minute video above, then see the list of resources below. Sabbath wasn’t our idea — it was God’s idea. In fact, one of the ten commandments spoke about our need to set aside a day without work and productivity. But it wasn’t just a “day off.”  It was a day focused on…

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