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Pastor Tim’s Devotion for Friday, June 19, 2020: JUNETEENTH Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. It recalls how the states of Louisiana and Texas heard the news that President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Slavery continued in those two states for more than two years […]

Pastor Tia’s Devotion for June 17, 2017: Dear worthy siblings in Christ! I remember when first coming to the US 1,5 years ago, I wondered about these signs. Black signs with white letters saying, “Black Lives Matter”. I didn’t know anything about the history of this movement, the ignorant European I was. The black sign

Dear Church, Oh!  It was wonderful!  As I didn’t ask permission to use the photo, please Imagine the other people gathered in a bunch of other boxes surrounding mine for Holy Redeemer’s first Zoom Communion service!  As Aaron, one of our members called it, Zoom-union!  I was so excited that I forgot and actually ate regular bread!  I haven’t touched

Pastor Tim’s Devotion for June 12, 2020: The Chain Reaction of Lily, Leon and Jeremiah Lily Lily Havesh goes by “Havesh5” on YouTube. She is one of the most popular Domino Artists. She states: The best part for me is seeing something that I work so hard on, worth all the way through after, sometimes

Pastor Tia’s Devotion for June 10, 2020: Dear faithful protesters in Christ’s name! Taking a stand by kneeling is one of the highly symbolic images we are seeing these days. Protesters kneel, sometimes together with members of the police and politicians. It’s a simple, yet strong gesture. A humble acknowledgment that there is still lots

Pastor Barbara’s Devotion for Monday, June 8, 2020 Dear Church, [Jesus] unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight

Devotion for June 5, 2020 from Pastor Tim: Christianity Lite? Why do you attend church? (Whether you currently attend a faith community or not, it is my hope that this devotion might prove helpful.) Do you attend for worship, fellowship, community, coffee, donuts, music, the message, Holy Communion, you were forced or to make sure