Family Hope, a partner ministry of Redeemer's deacon team, invites you to learn more about how you can get involved! Family Hope is a Christian non-profit that offers temporary host families for children and provides resources and support for parents in real, tangible ways. Opportunities to serve include host family, support friend, and support coach volunteer roles.

This Fall, they will be offering monthly info sessions over Zoom! Participants can join on a date convenient to them to learn more about ways to serve and ask any questions they might have. 

Consider joining on a date that works for you!

• November 3

Join us for morning prayer on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays at 8:15 am in the church offices, as we seek to better understand the value and importance of prayer—especially when we come together as a community.

We know mornings can be busy, and not everyone may have the time to make it, but if you’re able to join us, we’d love to see you there! Let’s come together and pray for God to be at work.

To join us, please park in the back lot, enter from the parking lot through the 15th St. door on the south side of the building, and proceed up the stairs to reach the Redeemer offices.

Our core team will receive all the support it needs to establish regular Sunday worship and ministry effectively on the Near Westside of Indianapolis. You can assist in the following ways:

1. Helping with childcare and kids activities during worship on Sunday evenings. Ideally, 3-5 volunteers per Sunday.

2. Providing sides, dessert, and drinks for monthly hospitality meals on the last Sunday of the month. The main course will be pizza (or similar). Ideally, 6-10 volunteers per meal.

Use this form to sign up individually or even with your community group. Reach out to Bailie if you have any questions.

Learn more about the work on the Near Westside here.

We’ve loved seeing so many new faces over the last few months! If one of those new faces was yours, we’re glad you’re here! We know getting connected at a new church can be challenging. We would love to get to know you better and help you get to know us better!

Join us for lunch and meet Redeemer leaders and other newcomers, hear some of our stories, ask questions, and discover the next steps for getting involved. This is an excellent opportunity to get connected! Join us in the Speck Gallery on November 2nd after the 11 am service. 

All ages are welcome. Childcare and pizza will be provided. 

This Sunday, the deacon team will be collecting a special offering to seed Hope Church of Haughville's Mercy Fund. These funds will provide tangible relief to people experiencing difficult seasons, both within the church family and in the city.

Did you know our church partners with Young Life at Herron High School across the street to help bring the message of the gospel through relationships? Students meet several times a month in our building for fellowship, bible study, and club (pancake breakfast and gospel message). This ministry is having a huge impact for students and is growing. Over the summer, 28 students went to camp, and between 25-40 kids show up each week for club and campaigners (bible study). We are also hoping to expand with ministry to several middle schools in the coming months.

Our youth leaders Nicholas and Mary Paxton are on the ministry team led by Corey Blade. Some of you might recognize his name as he has also recently partnered with Hope Church of Haughville as a Pastoral Resident! Herron Young Life has been granted a matching gift fund of $10,000 if we can raise $2,000 in new monthly donors by the end of October. Would you consider giving and helping us reach this goal? If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to Jennie Rader, Herron YL Committee Chair.

Here is the link to give. (You can donate to Herron Young life by donating to their designated area, "Naptown")

The Fall Festival will be held in the parking lot at Shepherd Community Center. This outdoor event features decorated trunks, costumes, games, and plenty of candy. Last year, nearly 1,000 children and families attended.

This year, they’ll need 50+ volunteers to decorate trunks and pass out candy. Come early to set up and help create a safe, fun Halloween alternative for our neighborhood. All ages are welcome and this is a great family event!

ITS has another Student Preview Day is coming up on Wednesday, October 29. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone who’s considering theological education to explore ITS firsthand. See the attached graphic for all the info!

Join us for morning prayer on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays at 8:15 am in the church offices, as we seek to better understand the value and importance of prayer—especially when we come together as a community.

We know mornings can be busy, and not everyone may have the time to make it, but if you’re able to join us, we’d love to see you there! Let’s come together and pray for God to be at work.

Our core team will receive all the support it needs to establish regular Sunday worship and ministry effectively on the Near Westside of Indianapolis. You can assist in the following ways:

1. Helping with childcare and kid activities during worship on Sunday evenings. Ideally 3-5 volunteers per Sunday.

2. Providing sides, dessert, and drinks for monthly hospitality meals on the last Sunday of the month. Main course will be pizza (or similar). Ideally 6-10 volunteers per meal.

Use this form to sign up individually or even with your community group. Reach out to Sam if you have any questions.

Learn more about the work on the Near Westside here.

This Sunday, October 26th, from 12:30-4 pm for Shepherd's Poverty 101 training at Redeemer in the Underground, for those who RSVP’d! This training helps challenge stereotypes about poverty and ultimately provides a deeper understanding of the poverty mindset. If we are to break the cycle of poverty in our neighbors' lives, then we need to ensure that we understand as much as possible about poverty.

This Sunday, the deacon team will be collecting a special offering to seed Hope Church of Haughville's Mercy Fund. These funds will provide tangible relief to people experiencing difficult seasons, both within the church family and in the city.

We will be cancelling the Weekend Respite this week, but please be on the lookout for future events like this.

Our core team will receive all the support it needs to establish regular Sunday worship and ministry effectively on the Near Westside of Indianapolis. You can assist in the following ways:

1. Helping with childcare and kid activities during worship on Sunday evenings. Ideally 3-5 volunteers per Sunday.

2. Providing sides, dessert, and drinks for monthly hospitality meals on the last Sunday of the month. Main course will be pizza (or similar). Ideally 6-10 volunteers per meal.

Use this form to sign up individually or even with your community group.

Learn more about the work on the Near Westside here.

Family Hope, a partner ministry of Redeemer's deacon team, invites you to learn more about how you can get involved! Family Hope is a Christian non-profit that offers temporary host families for children and provides resources and support for parents in real, tangible ways. Opportunities to serve include host family, support friend, and support coach volunteer roles.

This Fall, they will be offering monthly info sessions over Zoom! Participants can join on a date convenient to them to learn more about ways to serve and ask any questions they might have. 

Consider joining on a date that works for you!

• October 16

• November 3

Our core team will receive all the support it needs to establish regular Sunday worship and ministry effectively on the Near Westside of Indianapolis. You can assist in the following ways:

1. Helping with childcare and kid activities during worship on Sunday evenings. Ideally 3-5 volunteers per Sunday.

2. Providing sides, dessert, and drinks for monthly hospitality meals on the last Sunday of the month. Main course will be pizza (or similar). Ideally 6-10 volunteers per meal.

Use this form to sign up individually or even with your community group.

Learn more about the work on the Near Westside here.

Join your neighbors as we join together for the annual Fall Clean Up!  Bring your rakes, brooms, gloves, and clean up tools and meet us in Herron Morton Park.  Donuts and coffee will be served and then we'll get busy on beautifying the neighborhood - together!

Calling all Middle Schoolers! Join us for pizza, games, fun, and more on Friday nights from 6:00 -7:30 pm at Redeemer Presbyterian Church.

Drop off in the Courtyard off of Delaware and pick up in the back parking lot. Bring a friend (or two!) and join us for an awesome time that you won't want to miss.

If you want to sign up for text notifications, then text "redeemerstudents" to 97000.

Celebrate Recovery is taking a short pause and will resume mid to late September. This is to give our leaders time to envision the next stage of this ministry. Please join us in praying for what’s next for our ministry!

Email Jeff if you have any questions.

Storied Lives is a group exclusively offered to women this year through New Hope Counseling. The groups explore stories from participants' pasts so that they can live more freely in their present. Storied Lives creates a safe and powerful space for people to share stories that carry grief/confusion/shame and invite others into them to seek the Holy Spirit, who brings comfort, healing, and growth.

Groups meet once in November and 16 times from January to May; they have 4-6 participants and are facilitated by trained leaders. The cost is $45/meeting, for a total of $765. Partial scholarships are available through New Hope. We do not want financial constraints to prevent anyone from participating.

Storied Lives is seeking women who are open, curious, and willing to reflect deeply on their own life experiences, bringing emotional stability, maturity, and a desire to understand both their strengths and weaknesses as part of their growth journey. With a readiness to engage alongside others in a safe, guided space,  we will seek to embrace who God has already declared us to be more fully.

If you have any questions, please email Carrie Sinsabaugh. 

Congregational meeting to vote on elders and deacons (everyone at Redeemer is welcome to attend, but members especially should make this a priority. This meeting will be brief, so Sunday School classes are either delayed or not cancelled.)

This week, Jeff Nottingham and Julianne Vastbinder will discuss the launch of Mercy Month and how we can participate in the work that God is doing within our congregation and in our city.

Volunteers that wish to help with the cleanup can meet at Great Oak Commons at 10 am to enjoy coffee and doughnuts before venturing out across the neighborhood to pick up trash and debris. Supplies for the day will be provided by Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB). Contact Peter or Joan at volunteer@oldnorthside.org

Celebrate Recovery is taking a short pause and will resume mid to late September. This is to give our leaders time to envision the next stage of this ministry. Please join us in praying for what’s next for our ministry!

Email Jeff if you have any questions.

Redeemer Kids and Redeemer Students are partnering together to offer a class for 4th-8th graders* interested in exploring the next step in their faith. On Sunday, September 21, we'll meet from 12:30-3 pm to take a closer look at the gospel, the sacraments, the church, and what it means to be a member at Redeemer. Interviews will be scheduled for those interested in taking communion after the class. Lunch and snacks are provided.

All participants must attend the class with at least one parent or guardian.

*If you have a child/student outside of this age range who is interested in this process, please contact Emily. We will likely recommend that older students attend Discovering Redeemer. 

Adult classes and the Co-Ed Bible study will start on September 21st. Until then we’re using the 10 am hour for getting to know leadership candidates on September 7th and 14th, which will conclude with a congregational meeting and vote on October 5th.

Attend our membership class! Discovering Redeemer is a 6-week class during the Sunday School hour, culminating with a Saturday night dinner.

We will cover core topics like what we believe about the gospel, the church, membership, stewardship, and the city, as well as how to live well as a follower of Christ. This class is a discerning place for people who want to dig deeper at Redeemer. Following the class, you can meet individually with an elder to discuss membership.

Please note that this class runs from 9:30 to 10:50. Childcare will be provided from 9:20 to 10. At 10, children will be transitioned to their age-appropriate Redeemer Kids class, where you can pick them up at 10:50.

The class will take place in the Harrison Gallery.

We’ve loved seeing so many new faces over the last few months! If one of those new faces was yours, we’re glad you’re here! We know getting connected at a new church can be challenging. We would love to get to know you better and help you get to know us better!

Join us for lunch and meet Redeemer leaders and other newcomers, hear some of our stories, ask questions, and discover the next steps for getting involved. This is an excellent opportunity to get connected! Join us in the Speck Gallery on June 29th after the 11 am service. 

All ages are welcome. Childcare and pizza will be provided.