July Newsletter
As I write this, we are in day three of Vacation Bible School. I hope you had a chance to stop by for morning worship or just to walk through all the excitement. Almost every space in the building and a good part of the grounds outside were full of kids having a blast. Thanks to Liz Swenson (director of children and family ministry), the rest of the staff, and almost 50 volunteers who made it run like a well-oiled machine. We haven’t run the stats on the event yet, but usually 65-70% of the attendees are not members of Our Redeemer’s, making it one of our larger outreach events each year. Many of those kids we’ll never see again, but my hope is that as they drive past our campus over the years, they will remember the feeling of being welcomed and encouraged and loved by the people they met here. That is being Jesus in this place and this time, and you do it well, dear people of Our Redeemer’s.