Our Redeemer Lutheran Church Supports Missions Near & Far

 

MISSION TRIP TO ZIMBABWE

Mary Rainey our Congregational Deacon took a three week mission trip with other area ELCA members and Pastors. Check out her article in the November 2010 Evangelines Newsletter. Click here for article. Click here for more pictures.

Rengwe Parish, Mberengwa, Zimbabwe

Our Redeemer's Sister Parish in Africa is Rengwe Parish. Our Redeemer raised money to send to Zimbabwe so that they could electrify the chapel and the parsonage. We also sent money for a corn grinding mill for the community, material and equipment for schools for the blind, and money for a moped for the minister to cover the large area he is responsible for. The congregation has sent funds at different times to subsidize their payroll. We continue to keep the parish and their country in our prayers. Click on the camera for pictures from Rengwe Parish in Zimbabwe.


Todos los Hijos de Dios

We are mission partners with the Latino Mission Todis Los Hijos de Dios "All God's Children". Services take place in Spanish at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Amsterdam, NY.

 

Braille Workers

Bringing Christ To Those In Darkness Since 1943 Lutheran Braille Workers, Inc. is a nonprofit organization devoted to providing braille and large-print Bibles and Christian reading materials to the blind and visually impaired of the world. These materials are sent FREE OF CHARGE to over 125 countries, and published in forty languages. This is made possible through generous freewill offerings and the aid of over 7,000 volunteers. Our Redeemer volunteers have been gathering 2 or 3 times a week for the last 37 years to help make these books. Please click on link to learn more about the history and ministry of Lutheran Braille Workers.

Salvation Army Soup Kitchen

Soup kitchens, food pantries and other feeding programs have historically been an important aspect of The Salvation Army's outreach to the needy. In the Greater New York area, providing food to the hungry and homeless is a high priority. Almost 3.5 million meals are served through Salvation Army programs in the Greater New York Division. Our Redeemer volunteers have be feeding the hungry in Schenectady at the Salvation Army Soup Kitchen for many years. For the Salvation Army website click on their logo above.

Schenectady Inner City Ministry (SICM)

The Schenectady Inner City Ministry is an ecumenical partnership, founded in 1967, of 58 congregations (15 denominations) for ministries of social service and social justice. Our Redeemer is a member of SICM. Our volunteers have been helping people and feeding the hungry in and around Schenectady through the SICM Emergency Food Program and other SICM Programs for many years. Click on the logo above for their web site.

 

Scotia-Glenville Food Pantry

The Scotia-Glenville Food Pantry began with Our Redeemer Mission Vision Funds. This local pantry serves hundreds of local people each month. The Pantry is housed at First Baptist Church on Mohawk Avenue in Scotia and is open Tuesdays from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. and Thursdays from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Food donations are greatly appreciated during these times. Volunteers are always needed.

 

Bethesda Sandwiches

Our Redeemer makes and delivers two hundred sandwiches each month for the drop-in service center for the homeless at Bethesda House in Schenectady.

 

Campus Ministry

Protestant Campus Ministry, Union College, Schenectady - Rev. Vicki Brooks-McDonald represents area Protestant churches in a ministry to/and with students at Union College. See their website.

Lutheran Campus Ministry, University of Albany - Lutheran students at the university work and worship with other Protestant students at the Interfaith Chapel House through Cornerstone Ministries led by Rev. Sandy Damhoff. See their website.

 

Our Redeemer is a supporter of these other ministries through budgeted benevolence: Hospice, Ellis Hospital Chapliancy, Home Furnishing Program, ELCA Hudson-Mohawk Conference, Community Crisis Network, Regional Food Bank, Interfaith Community of Schenectady, Capital Region Theological Center, Booth Home, COCCO House, Scotia Relief, St. Paul's Shelter for Women & Children, Jean Nicole Prince House, Safe House, Bethesda Capital Campaign.

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