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Welcome to Our Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church! We organize our thinking and doing into four basic areas of focus: Home, Church, Groups and Others. These four areas are interconnected and work together motivated by the love of Christ.

What We Believe Get In Touch About Our Redeemer

Who are we?

Our Redeemer is a beacon of faith, hope and love in Jesus Christ.

What is our purpose?

Leading with the Gospel, Our Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church is a family of faith, built by God's Grace, fed by His Word, sharing the saving love of Christ.

What is our mission?

What impact will we have? Anchored in Christ, we will be a congregation known for shining His light into the world, joyfully speaking of our love for Him, and enfolding people in all stages of life into the household of faith.

What are our core values?

Steadfastness - Firm, Fixed, Steady
Compassion - To suffer along side another
Prayer - An act of worship wherein we bring our petitions before God with our hearts and lips and offer up praise and thanksgiving to Him.
Joy - A response of gladness to the work of God

Announcements and Events

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS

Reset your clocks BACK one hour at 2:00 AM EST on Sunday, November 2, 2025 as Daylight Saving Time ends.

 

 

BAGS OF HOPE

Our Redeemer is excited to once again partner with His Providence Church in Swansea, MA, to support the mission of Bags of Hope. Bags of Hope is entering its 14th year of providing monogrammed duffle bags full of comfort items to local foster children.  To date, they have delivered over 47,000 bags to foster children across the USA. The goal for this year is 6,000 bags.

Ways You Can Help support Bags of Hope:

Purchase an Ornament for $25: The child named on your ornament will receive a monogrammed duffle bag filled with comfort items. We ask that you pray for this child by name throughout the year. Checks can be made out to “HPC-Bags of Hope”. Cash and Venmo are also accepted. Ornaments will be available for purchase each Sunday, from October 26th through November 16th.

Volunteer to Help Wrap Gifts and Pack Duffle Bags: A group from Our Redeemer will be volunteering on Monday, November 17th, from 6 pm to 8 pm. Pizza, snacks, and drinks will be provided by Thrivent. Please sign up on the ‘OTHERS’ bulletin board. Bags of Hope is located at His Providence Church at 262 Swansea Mall Drive, Swansea, MA. If you would like to volunteer at other times between November 17th to December 4th, please use the following link: https://signup.com/client/invitation2/secure/1181986436023/false#/invitation

Thrivent Action Teams – If you are a member of Thrivent and have not used up your Thrivent Action Teams for the year, please let Rachel Nichols know.  Besides ornaments and volunteering, Our Redeemer provides all the wrapping paper and tape for Bags of Hope through Thrivent Action Team monies.

Spread the Word: Share about Bags of Hope with friends and family. To find out more about Bags of Hope and the need for foster and adoptive parents, click on these links: BOH YouTube Page    BOH Website   BOH Facebook Page 

EVERY STITCH COUNTS

Bags of Hope New England (https://www.bagsofhopene.org/) is preparing for the holidays and needs your assistance! Bags of Hope provides duffel bags of gifts and necessities to children in foster care, and they are requesting hand knitted or crocheted cotton washcloths by November 16th. These washcloths will be part of the gifted duffel bags for babies.

There are many free craft patterns on the internet for these 8” X 8” washcloths. Kate Bosch is overseeing this service project and has details about sharing your creative talents with Bags of Hope New England 

THANKSGIVING FOOD BASKETS

Every year, members of Our Redeemer adopt families for Thanksgiving. This year, the Youth Group and Missions & Service Team will be collecting food for 12 families in need by providing them with a food basket and gift card to purchase their turkey.

If you would like to help, please sign up to bring in a specific food item from the list in the Narthex. All donations should be brought in by Sunday, November 23rd. 

Thank you for your generosity! If you would like to make a monetary gift, please make checks payable to ORELC, memo line: Thanksgiving Baskets. 

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM CAST CALL

The Sunday School is pleased to present this year’s Christmas Program, “The Gift", taking place during Divine Service on Sunday, December 14th.

There are several roles to be filled by members of the congregation of all ages.  Please consider your participation as a non-speaking Biblical characters. Support is also needed to prepare costumes.

One dress rehearsal is planned on Saturday, December 13 at 3:00pm. Please express your willingness to serve in this special seasonal program to Keith Jager or via email ChristianEd@orelc.org 

BAKE OR BUY - SOCIAL BOARD

The Social Board always has a pot of coffee ready and delicious treats too. With Christian education classes running now, could you consider buying snack items or baking some goodies for the Social Board’s coffee hour?

Share your favorite coffee hour treats by signing up for a Sunday convenient for you. Cookies, muffins, and donuts, homemade or store bought most welcome! November & December sign-up sheets on a narthex table and Martin Hall kitchen door.