Sunshine Kids International Auction

Sunday, April 13, 4:00-7:00 pm, Temple Bat Yahm Ballroom All are invited to the annual Sunshine Kids dinner and silent auction. Sunshine Kids International, an organization founded by Dave & Mary in 2005, partners with St. Catherine’s of Siena Home and School for Destitute Children in India by connecting kids in need with people who care through a sponsorship program. Cost to attend is $40/person, $70/couple, or $200/table, and includes dinner. Childcare is available for $10/child. See the attached flyer for more information. RSVP at info@sunshinekidsintl.com or 714-788-9506.

Sermon Preview: Where Else Would We Go?

John 6:35-69

Where does confidence come from? In the face of rejection, in the face of being misunderstood, questioned, and doubted how can we maintain true confidence?

Last week in John 6 we focused on the first portion of Jesus’ dialogue with the crowds in Capernaum. It’s true, what Jesus offers them and us is bigger and better than we could imagine. Yet the crowd does not trust Jesus. They don’t believe him. They don’t like the way God is doing things and they grumble, they complain. Have you ever felt that way?

Take a moment to reflect on the current circumstances of your life. Where are you complaining, or at least tempted to complain, about how God is doing things? Be honest. He already knows. Jesus wants to lovingly move us from complaining to confidence.

Confidence is possible, even in the areas where we struggle the most with complaining. Jesus invites us to feast on the bread of life and live with confidence. Where else would we go?

I can’t wait to worship together.

Pastor David

The Significant Marriage Seminar

Friday-Sunday, April 25-27, Corona Del Mar Redeemer couples are invited to The Significant Marriage Weekend Seminar led by Dave and Mary Gothi. Discover how God wants to use your unique marriage to make a difference. In The Significant Marriage Weekend Seminar you will learn to be intentional in creating a plan together to become all God has created you to be as a couple. Please see the retreat schedule below:

  • Friday:  6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
  • Saturday:  9:00 am - 6:00 pm
  • Sunday:  9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Contact Amy Wormald, amywormald@gmail.com, with questions or to register for the seminar.

Sermon Preview: The Bread of Life

John 6:25-35 Hunger. Fortunately, most of us do not have direct experience with the fear and anxiety of not knowing where our next meal is coming from. However, many people today and throughout history have, and all of us can at the least begin to imagine it. Hunger is a powerful metaphor. Where do you feel like you are starving? Where do you feel like you don’t have the resources or energy to carry on?

We all hunger for a life that will matter and that will last. Jesus hones in on this powerful image of hungering for true life and tells a crowded synagogue in Capernaum, and us today, that he is the bread we need; he is the source of the life we long for. Jesus announces that God is satisfying our hunger with life that will last. Then he calls us eat the bread of life and live.

Come hungry this Sunday. Jesus is ready to feed us the bread we need, but he only feeds the hungry.

Pastor David

Sermon Preview: The Feeding

The Feeding, John 6:1-15 5,000 men, plus women and children...totalling 15,000 - 20,000 people. In John 6:1-15 we read about Jesus miraculously feeding a massive gathering of folks - all from 5 measly loaves and 2 fish. Pause and just imagine the size of that crowd!

So far, we've seen that Jesus has been performing miracles and teaching about the kingdom of God. As he has gone from town to town, word has begun to spread about him. His popularity has now attracted a huge following, and in front of them he chooses to display his abundant power and generosity by feeding them all.

Abundant power and generosity. Sit for a second and reflect on the weight of Jesus' miracle.  What does this teach us about Jesus? What does this stir up in you?

If possible, spend 5 minutes reading John 6:1-15 a few times, and get ready to delve into it together on Sunday morning.

I look forward to worshiping with you.

Adam Feichtmann

Spring 2014 Sacred Space Lecture Series

Please join us for a series of addresses exploring the ideas that will shape Redeemer's future. Redeemer and Fieldstead & Co have invited several world-class scholars and artisans to offer a series of lectures followed by questions and dialogue. These unique and engaging events are designed to broaden our vision of how the buildings designed to house our worship actually shape us, how those spaces can inspire our neighbors, and why this matters for Redeemer in Orange County. Please see the event details listed below and click HERE to RSVP.

  • Saturday, March 8, 7-9 pm Duncan Stroik, Professor of Architecture, "The Church Building as a Sacred Place"
  • Saturday, March 29, 7-9 pm* Roberta Ahmanson, Writer and Philanthropist, "Dreams Become Reality"
  • Saturday, April 5, 7-9 pm Peter Brandes & Maja Engelhardt, Artists, "Renovated Churches in Denmark"
  • Sunday, April 6, 9-9:45 am Peter Brandes at Redeemer OC

All evening lectures will be held at the Fieldstead & Company Headquarters, 17512 Von Karman Avenue, Irvine 92614. To register for the events, please complete an RSVP card on Sunday and place in the offering or click HERE to RSVP now. Space is limited, so please RSVP by the Sunday prior to each event.

*This event was originally scheduled for Thursday, March 20th, but was moved to March 29th due to the cancellation of our speaker, Alexei Lidov, on that date.

Sermon Preview: Equal with God

Equal with God, John 5:2-18 38 years. Unable to move on his own for 38 years. Imagine.

A day like any other. Begging. Hurting. Humiliated. Then Jesus walks by.

Do you have anything like that in your life or the lives of those you love? What is broken in you that you have suffered for so long that you have lost hope of ever being healed?

Read John 5. Read it aloud. Picture the story in your mind. Pray through the passage. Listen for Jesus. Ask him your questions. Why have I not been healed? Can I really trust you for the healing I long for? Listen to what he says.

We can trust Jesus to heal, in his way, in his timing, and to reveal to us the God of healing.

I need healing and so do you. I can’t wait to worship together this Sunday, to worship the God who delights to heal us.

Pastor David

Sermon Preview: A Woman from Samaria

John 4:1-26 Awkward. Did they really just say that? Is this conversation really happening?

The apostle John is on a mission to show us Jesus. To show us who he is and what he is doing. To show us his strength, wisdom and grace. To show us his beauty; to show us that he is better than anything else we could ever possibly imagine. To show us that we can indeed entrust our lives to him. We can put our lives in his hands.

In this section of his Gospel, John is allowing us to listen in on several of Jesus’ conversations with people just like us. Last week we met Nicodemus, and this week we meet the Samaritan woman at the well. Read John 4:16-18. Put yourself in the place of that woman. Can you believe Jesus just said that? Why would Jesus put his finger on an area so full of shame, disappointment, and failure? Why would he bring up a topic so awkward and painful? Because that is where she needed him the most. That is the barren desert land where she needs living water the most.

The Samaritan woman learned that she could trust Jesus with the most painful and shameful areas of her life. She learned that Jesus rescues her from the inferiority and fear of those areas, and replaces it with joy and abundance. Jesus is that good and we need him that much.

Read John 4:1-26 this weekend. You many not have had five husbands and be currently living with a man who is not your husband, but if you were at the well alone with Jesus what might he say to you? To what dry, dark and dead part of your life is Jesus wanting to bring living water? Jesus stands ready to restore you, to bring you joy and hope and a future.

I cannot wait to worship together. We need it desperately.

Pastor David

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"Christianity is not the sacrifice we make, but the sacrifice we trust; not the victory we win, but the victory we inherit." - P.T. Forsyth

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Sermon Preview: Nicodemus

This Sunday and next we meet two people and get to listen in on their conversations with Jesus. A man who thinks he knows and a woman who knows she doesn’t. A man respected for doing and believing all the right things, and woman notorious for her messy life and ridiculous religion. Both need Jesus more than they realize. In both interactions Jesus, with wisdom and grace, goes to the heart of the issues holding them back and then shows them the path to life. We will meet Nicodemous first, respected professor and religious leader. He thinks he knows how to get the life he wants. He teaches others how to do the same. Jesus confronts him with a path so simple and so beautiful that Nicodemous does not have a category for it.

Take a few minutes this weekend and dream. Imagine. What would the perfect life look like for you? If you were the king what would your kingdom be like? What are you doing to get there? What are you doing to make that dream a reality? Jesus wants to show all of us that the life we long for, his kingdom, is more beautiful than we can imagine and more simple to see and enter than we ever dreamed.

Read and pray through John 3:1-21. See the beauty of Jesus and put your life in his hands.

I can’t wait to worship together.

Pastor David

February Women's Gathering

Monday, February 10, 7:30 pm Join us for our next Redeemer women's gathering on Monday evening, February 10th. Bring a friend and come spend a fun evening together with yummy desserts, fellowship, and some Valentine's-themed do-it-yourself decor for your home. We will gather at the home of Andrea Reinkensmeyer in Irvine. Hope you can make it! Contact Emily Patterson, emilywpatterson@gmail.com, with questions.

Sermon Preview: Abundance

John 2:1-11 Who doesn't enjoy attending weddings? Weddings are rightfully some of the most joyous celebrations that we get to witness. To watch a father walk his daughter down the aisle, to listen to the marriage vows, to enjoy good food and wine, and to dance the night away... weddings are worth traveling across land and sea to attend.

Our culture's weddings & celebrations typically last a handful of hours, but in the the first century it was typical for the celebration to last a week or more! Those were true parties. In the context of a joyous wedding celebration in the town of Cana, Jesus decides to perform his first miracle. To begin his public ministry of announcing the Kingdom of God by turning water into wine.

Weddings are amazing and unforgettable, but they are never ends in themselves. They always point to something more. Similarly, Jesus doesn't perform miracles for them to be ends in themselves. Wine in itself is great, but it is so much more. As his first public miracle, it acts as a sign that points to another reality.

I look forward to worshipping with you this Sunday to unpack the good news and significance of Jesus turning water into wine at the wedding in Cana.

Pastor David

Women's Weekly Study

Mondays, 7:00 - 9:00pm, Newport Beach On Monday, February 3rd, we will start a new study on Calm My Anxious Heart by Linda Dillow. Dinner will start at 7pm followed by the study at 7:30pm. You can purchase a book at the study for $12. We will gather at the home of Anna Tester in Newport Beach. Join us and bring a friend! Contact Anna, eannatester@gmail.com, with questions. (The study will not meet on evenings when we have our monthly fellowship gatherings.)

North County Parish Gathering

Sunday, January 26, 4:00 pm North County parishioners are invited to join us on January 26th. We will meet at the home of Drew and Stacey Duncan in Fullerton. We look forward to hearing from Lilian Pahn about School on Wheels, the organization where she works. School on Wheels provides tutoring and support for homeless children across Southern California. Prepare to think about ways we can potentially partner with this organization to serve North Orange County.

Sermon Preview: Exponentially More

When you meet someone for the first time what kinds of questions do you ask them? This Sunday we will take a second look at the opening paragraphs of John’s Gospel. He is introducing us to Jesus. The apostle John want to show us the beauty of Jesus, so that we would believe and entrust our lives to him.

Last week I asked you to find someone you trust and who knows you well, and to ask them to help you honestly answer these questions: Where am I placing my trust? What am I functionally trusting in to get the kind of life I want? Asking these question will help us engage with the gospel of John. Page by page John wants to show us the beauty of Jesus, his worthiness to be trusted, so that we actually want to entrust our lives to him instead of the many other options around us.

Take a few minutes and ask those questions. Then read and pray through the opening words of John’s Gospel. Jesus offers us exponentially more than we can imagine. Look for his beauty in John 1:1-18 and entrust yourself to him.

I look forward to worshiping together.

Pastor David

Letter from the Gothi's

Dear Redeemer friends, We have just completed an awesome time in MA, leading TSM [The Significant Marriage], watching God literally work miracles in the lives of a few of the couples. It looks like the largest church in the area will be making TSM their marriage ministry and will become the hub for other churches to get involved. Being here has been especially important to us since we lived in MA the first 5 years of our marriage and began our marriage ministry here as a small group meeting in our home with some of the couples who attended this TSM!

We leave tomorrow [Wednesday, Jan. 15th] for London for SKI [Sunshine Kids International] and TSM meetings and to spend time with Dave's niece.

On Sunday we will fly to Frankfurt, Germany where we will lead TSM for the expat community the following weekend, spending a lot of time with the 15 couples who had attended our TSM there last May.

On Jan 26 we head to India where we will attend the Happy Feet Show on the 3rd and work at St Catherine's.  Then we lead TSM for the Catholic community Feb 8-10. We would appreciate your prayers for us for both weekends and for traveling mercies. And especially then for our time after with Dave's Hindu family.  We depend upon your prayer covering.

We miss SoCal and our Redeemer family more than we can express. We won't be back home till April when we return to prepare for the SKI silent auction April 13.  We trust God will continue to bless and keep you all until we return.  We love you all!!

Dave and Mary

High School Winter Camp

On February 28 - March 2, 2014, Redeemer's High Schoolers are heading up to Forest Home Christian Camp in the San Bernardino Mountains for our first ever High School Winter Camp! Forest Home is one of the oldest Christian camps in California and has a great reputation for fun, safety, and solid bible teaching. The cost is $175 per camper which includes transportation, all meals, a full youth program, hiking, sky trail, 2 ziplines, mini-golf, game room, horseshoes, fishing, crafts, SNOW RUN, climbing wall, karaoke and a jam-packed weekend full of fun and relationship building. Campers will be accompanied by trustworthy adult counselors from Redeemer.

The Bible teaching theme & passage is Louder: Making His Name Known / Romans 1:16.  Explore what it is like to live out loud for Christ. Come to Winter Camp 2014, where all will be challenged to be LOUDER.

Click HERE to watch a preview video!

To save a spot, complete and send in the Redeemer registration form along with a $50 deposit.  Please make out checks to Redeemer Presbyterian Church and in the memo write "Jr High Winter Camp."

SPOTS ARE LIMITED, SO PLEASE REGISTER TODAY! 

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