Our Redeemer Lutheran Church LCMS

06/10/2026

Summertime is traditionally hard on our donated food supply - and this year is no different. You can help us bridge the summer gap by bringing non-perishable items: beans, veggies, soups, pastas, canned meat, etc. All donated food items help supplement families with children. Donations can be made during our operating hours, M, W, and F from 8am until noon at 621 S. Court Street. Thank you for helping us help others!

05/28/2026

Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Florence Alabama
Sunday Morning May 31, 2026 at 10:30

05/21/2026

🔥 THIS COMING SUNDAY IS PENTECOST 🔥
WHAT IS PENTECOST AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

PENTECOST WAS AN OLD TESTAMENT FESTIVAL MEANING "50TH".
Israel in the OLD TESTAMENT counted the days after the Passover: seven weeks and one day, 50 days. During these weeks, they were preparing for the harvest. On the 50th day, God’s people gathered to praise God for the harvest. Therefore it was also called the FESTIVAL OF THE FIRST FRUITS (of the harvest).

Two thousand years ago, after Jesus' ascension, God chose this festival for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. From all over the Mediterranean world, God’s people gathered in Jerusalem as they did every year for Pentecost, the Festival of the First Fruits.
A sound came from heaven like a mighty wind which filled the house where the Apostles had gathered to wait for the gift of the Holy Spirit.
There appeared tongues of fire which rested on each one of the apostles.
The Apostles were all filled with the Holy Spirit who gave them boldness to preach the Gospel. They also spoke in other tongues or languages so that the Gospel would spread into all the world.

All the people of God had gathered to celebrate a harvest. But on this harvest festival, (50 Days after Easter) THEY BECAME THE HARVEST. The New Testament church on earth was established, and it was given a mission. The Holy Spirit was poured out. The gospel of Jesus was proclaimed. Timid disciples became international evangelists. Thousands were brought into a joyful unity with God and, in spite of their various origins and languages and differences, into a joyful unity with each other.

When we gather together to celebrate Pentecost, we continue the celebration of God's harvesting of souls through the preaching of the gospel. It is a celebration of a great harvest that “no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language” (Revelation 7:9).

05/14/2026

Forty days after Jesus’ resurrection, He stood on a hill near Jerusalem speaking with His disciples. As He was blessing them, He rose up before them into heaven. The disciples watched Him rise into heaven until He was hidden from them by a cloud. Today we celebrate this special day of Ascension in our churches. Jesus’ ascension to the throne of His Father was the end of His state of humiliation. Jesus sits at the right hand of God, no longer bound by time and space. He has taken up the power and authority that were His since before time. “Yet our Lord is present with us who remain bound by time and space. He is with us as true God and true man, exercising His rulership in the Church through the means of grace which He established: His Word and His Sacraments.” (p.302)

Let us pray: “Almighty God, as Your only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, ascended into the heavens, so may we also ascend in heart and mind and continually dwell there with Him, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.” Amen.

Prayer quoted from and description adapted from “Treasury of Daily Prayer,” p. 301-302.

Image: “Christi Himmelfahrt” by Gebhard Fugel. Public Domain.

05/01/2026

Bible Class 9:15
Divine Worship Service 10:30

04/19/2026

Two years as Pastor, Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Florence Alabama!

04/07/2026

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04/07/2026

THE STORY BEHIND THE EASTER HYMN...
🎶I KNOW THAT MY
REDEEMER LIVES🎶
In 1759, on a British warship, a young man by the name of Samuel Medley was facing a life threatening event.
In a recent battle, Medley sustained a serious injury to his leg. The surgeon told him that he might die and if the leg was not better by morning, he would have to amputate.
Samuel Medley had learned about Jesus from his grandfather, but had never took it seriously.
But that night on that ship, facing death, Samuel remembered what his grandfather had taught him about Jesus and his love and grace.
It was Jesus that carried him through that long night. At dawn, the ship’s surgeon discovered that the leg was better. There was no amputation. Samuel Medley was led to his Redeemer by the power of the gospel that he had heard. Later he entered the pastoral ministry, proclaiming the message of the cross and the empty tomb to all who came to listen.
He also picked up a pen. He began to put into words the joy and comfort the Christian has in Jesus’ resurrection. He based what he wrote in the proclamation of Job in Scripture, “I know that my Redeemer lives.”
From Samuel Medley’s pen came a hymn of Easter joy that we know as "I KNOW THAT MY REMEMBER ŁIVES!"

04/04/2026

There’s a quiet stillness to today…
But Sunday is coming.

The waiting won’t last. The sorrow won’t stay.
The tomb will not remain closed.

Christ is risen.