Neighborhood Parish Service Opportunity: Second Harvest Food Bank

Saturday, January 5th, 12:30 - 3:30PM

Josh and Hallie Cooper are organizing a Neighborhood Parish service event at 2nd Harvest's food distribution center. This event is for ages 14+. Individuals will volunteer in either the Grocery Rescue, Volunteer Hub, or Sort Line. The food that volunteers will assist with will get distributed to one of 2nd Harvest's community partner organizations who are able to give the food to individuals who are at risk of hunger. 

If you are interested in volunteering please talk to the event host Hallie Cooper - halliencooper@gmail.com

Registration is required, please CLICK HERE https://feedoc.volunteerhub.com/Event/Index/7385742 to register.

Minors 14-17 most complete the liability form. Fill out the form by  CLICKING HERE https://www.feedoc.org/get-involved/volunteer/forms/

Lastly, if you would like to host your own Neighborhood Parish Service Event to love and show mercy to our neighbors in Orange County, please contact Pastor Adam Feichtmann (adamf@redeemeroc.org) and we will help promote your event! 

Angel Tree is Here

Sundays, November 29-December 16 Share the love of Christ with children of prisoners this Christmas by sponsoring a child from our Angel Tree. Let’s make sure no child is forgotten. Sign-up at the Prison Ministry table in the chapel hall. Please turn in wrapped gifts by Sunday, Dec. 16th, to be delivered the week before Christmas. Contact Lauri Fusco, laurifusco@cox.net, with questions or if you want to help deliver gifts.

Volunteers Needed for Children's Christmas Party

Our annual Children’s Christmas Party will take place on December 9th immediately following the service (approximately 11:20-12:20). Children ages 2 years-old to 5th grade are invited to celebrate with Christmas carols, stories, cookies and crafts to prepare their hearts for the Christmas season. The celebration will begin in the chapel and our trusted volunteers will lead our children from there to their various activities. Contact Amanda Knox, amandak@redeemeroc.org, if you are interested in volunteering to help.

CLICK HERE to sign up online or to volunteer

Advent and Christmas 2018

Starting December 2nd come celebrate Advent and Christmas at Redeemer.

Advent & Christmas Worship

Worship Services in Advent | Dec 2, 9, 16, 23 & 24 

Dec 24, 5PM | Christmas Eve Lessons & Carols Service Join us for our annual Christmas Eve service. We will sing the great Christmas songs interspersed with readings from Scripture, and a short Christmas message.

Events

Dec 2 | Advent Wreath Making Event All are invited to kick off the season by making Advent wreaths so you can celebrate Advent at home. This event will be directly after the Worship Service.

Dec 9 | Children’s Christmas Party "Our annual Children’s Christmas Party will take place on December 9th immediately following the service (approximately 11:20-12:20). Children ages 2 years-old to 5th grade are invited to celebrate with Christmas carols, stories, cookies and crafts to prepare their hearts for the Christmas season. The celebration will begin in the chapel and our trusted volunteers will lead our children from there to their various activities. Contact Amanda Knox, amandak@redeemeroc.org, if you are interested in volunteering to help."

Dec 16, 6PM | Christmas Sing-a-Long Come and join your Redeemer family as we join together to sing all of our favorite Christmas songs and enjoy hot cocoa and cookies after the event!

Dec 23 | Discovering the 12-Days of Christmas Christmas isn’t just one day! Come hear about the history of “The 12 Days of Christmas” and how we can continue the celebration of Jesus’ coming after the 25th. This event will be directly after the Worship Service.

Parties

Dec 10, 7PM | Women’s Christmas Party & Ornament Exchange Ladies are invited for our annual Christmas party and ornament exchange. The party will be held in Newport Beach. If you have any questions or would like to RSVP please contact Hallie Cooper at halliencooper@gmail.com

Dec 14, 7PM | Jr. High Youth Ugly Sweater & White Elephant Exchange Christmas Party Youth are invited to come celebrate Christmas at our annual get together. Details on location will be announced closer to the date.

Gottman Marriage Retreat Workshop Report

Thank you for your prayers and support to make the September (Costa Mesa) and October (Fullerton) workshops happen! We had a great turn out, especially with non-Redeemer couples. Here are some stats:

A total of 110 people attended both of the workshops. 
Only 48 of the attendees were apart of the Redeemer community. 

62 people (56% of the workshop attendees) came because you invited your neighbors, friends, and family to invest in their marriages (plus, a little social media ads on our part)! 

Many of the attendees were non-Christians and some of them are very open to visit Redeemer in the coming weeks and months. Please continue to pray for the couples who attended the workshop and for all marriages and families at Redeemer.

Due to the success of the event, be on the look out for similar events and gathers in 2019. 

Costa Mesa Marriage Retreat

Fullerton Marriage Retreat

Prayer Before the Worship Service

Every Sunday before the worship service at 9:15-9:45AM

Location: Room across from the women’s restroom

Join Redeemer leaders every Sunday to pray for our church, our neighbors, and our world before we gather for worship. We desire to be a congregation intentionally rooted in prayer and this gathering is an opportunity that we offer for our community to pray together. If you would like be specifically prayed over on a Sunday morning, please stick around after the worship service and ask one of the pastors or church leaders.

Thank You to Josh Cooper

Dear Redeemer Family and Friends,

Josh Cooper has humbly and faithfully served our church, our youth, and their families over the past six years. As summer recently ended, Josh has just transitioned out of his paid staff position at Redeemer.  He started out as Redeemer’s Pastoral Intern and then became our Pastoral Assistant for Youth Ministry.  Over the years of working with Josh, he has blessed me as a humble fellow worker of the Gospel, a dedicated youth leader,  a great surfing partner, and most of all as a quality and godly friend. It has been an honor to serve the church, the youth, and families alongside of him.

It must also be noted that Josh would not have made such a large impact on our church, youth, and families if it weren’t for his wife Hallie! Hallie has loyally served alongside Josh over all these years and has specifically loved and discipled so many of our youth girls. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say (and Josh would agree) that Hallie really carried our youth ministry for years!

As many of you know, Josh and Hallie welcomed their first child, Taylor, into their family this past spring, and Josh’s personal business has continued to grow. These are two wonderful blessings for their family, but it also meant that back in the spring we needed to start working on a transition plan to hand over the youth ministry to someone else. Brian Scholl came on church staff in May as the Pastoral Intern / Youth Ministry Coordinator, and Josh has done a great job in training him and handing off the youth ministry baton to him over the summer.

Even though Josh will no longer be on staff, we are grateful that he, Hallie, and Taylor will continue to be active church members in our community! So the next time to see either Josh or Hallie at church give them both a hug and thank them for their service to our church and specifically to our youth and families. This Sunday, September 23rd, we will also be inviting Josh and Hallie to the front during the worship service and publicly thanking them for their years of service, so plan to attend if you are able. Feel free also to email Josh or Hallie a thank you note at (josh@cooperlife.co or halliencooper@gmail.com)

In Christ,

Pastor Adam Feichtmann

Marriage Workshop Event Logistic Teams

In preparation for the Gottman Marriage Retreat Workshops in Costa Mesa (September 28-29) and Fullerton (October 5-6) we are in need of two Event Logistics Teams to help plan all the details of the workshops. Do you have planning skills, an eye for room decor and layout, hands to stuff gift bags, etc? If so, we would love to have you join one of these planning teams. Each team will meet once in August and probably twice in September. If interested please email Pastor Adam Feichtmann adamf@redeemeroc.org.

Click HERE for details on the Gottman Marriage Retreat Workshop or to register.

Meet Our New Church Administrator

Redeemer is excited to welcome Danielle Smith as our new Church Administrator!

Kem Erskine who has been our administrator for the past 8 years will be transitioning out of this role effective August 10th, and Danielle will be training and working alongside of Kem until then. Please pray for Danielle and Kem during this transition.

We encourage you to get to know Danielle. Read more about her below and welcome Danielle personally by contacting her at the church:

contact@redeemeroc.org
949-553-2060.

 

About Danielle

Danielle grew up in Sydney, Australia, and moved to Northern California to attend San Jose State University. She graduated with a B.S. in Exercise Physiology as she was a competitive swimmer growing up and has always loved being involved with sports. She lives in Newport Beach with her husband Scott and their twin boys. She loves volunteering at her children’s school, going to the beach, and being outside and active with her family.   

New Redeemer OC App

We are excited to announce that we have new church app available in the the Apple, Google, and Amazon app stores!  In the app you will be able to give electronically, listen to the latest sermons, follow our morning and evening daily prayers, be in the loop for our upcoming events, and much more. Download it now.