Our Mission Statement

“As part of the global church of Jesus Christ, Redeemer Presbyterian Church exists to draw people into a life-long transforming relationship with Him by:

Based on this Mission Statement, we have developed a statement of our “Core Values and Elements of Our Strategic Plan,” which you may read by clicking here.

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Annual “Per-Member Asking”
for the Presbytery of the Alleghenies
and for the EPC General Assembly

At the beginning of every new year, the General Assembly of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, in concert with the Presbytery of the Alleghenies, votes to establish a budget for Denominational and Presbytery operations and expenses. This budget is largely supported by churches and congregations participating in a special stewardship program called “Per-Member Asking.”

For this year of 2024, the amount includes $25.00 for the General Assembly and $15.00 for the Presbytery of the Alleghenies, or a Total of $40.00 for each member who is currently on the roll of each particular church as of the end of the previous year, in this case, on the roll as of December 31, 2023.

Both the Presbytery of the Alleghenies and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church General Assembly consider this “Per-Member Asking” amount as completely voluntary. While some churches are simply unable to fulfill this request, we at Redeemer Presbyterian Church have always taken this matter quite seriously and have purposely funded the full amount of this request through the generous giving of our members.

While Redeemer Presbyterian Church includes this total amount of the “Per-Member Asking” for our membership in our Annual Budget, it is especially helpful if each member, who is able to do so, will contribute the amount of $40.00 per member person—$80.00 per member couple—as a special “Per-Member Asking Love Offering” that is above and beyond whatever amount he, she, or they normally pledges or gives to the General Fund of Redeemer Presbyterian Church.

If you do decide to include the amount of this “Per-member Asking Love Offering” in your giving, please make a notation on the memo line of your check: “Per-Member Asking.”

Thank you for prayerfully considering this request. And, if you have any questions about this, please speak to any Ruling Elder, or to our Treasurer, Marykay Stahl.

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Souper Bowl of Caring
Sunday, February 11, 2024

On Sunday morning, February 11, 2024, Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC) will collect monetary donations at the time of the Offering to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania. Please write the words “Souper Bowl of Caring” on the memo line of your checks.

The money collected will benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank‘s mission to provide food to those in need within the eleven counties of northwest Pennsylvania, while creating awareness and educating the community on the realities of hunger.

Last year through your generosity, this special offering raised $265.00 for the Second Harvest Food Bank. In addition, our Missions Committee—through the annual Erie Community Foundation’s “Erie Gives” campaign—gave $1,000.00 in additional funds, to raise our contribution to the Second Harvest Food Bank to a total of $1,265.00 during 2023.

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January, 2024

The year 2024 promises to be a contentious one for politics in this country. The political divide has rarely been greater in our country’s history. Conversations will be filled with anger, exaggeration, petty name calling, and lying to gain advantage. Members of both political parties will be guilty of these acts.

The Session respectfully asks that during the month of January, your prayers should focus on the following ideas:

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Upcoming Events of Interest

We remain very grateful to the pastors, leadership, and congregation of Weis Library United Methodist Church for their kindness in allowing us to rent the use of their facility for our Sunday morning Worship Service, and for other events.

Because we desire to be supportive of the work and ministry of our gracious host—and because we share their desire to provide an effective ministry to the community—we want to share with our readers events that Weis Library United Methodist Church has scheduled that may be of interest to the the greater community, as well as to the members and friends of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC).

If you wish to review the latest news and schedule of events at Weis Library United Methodist Church, please click here to visit their Facebook page.

Becoming a Missional Church…

We continue to pursue ways to effectively fulfill The Great Commission. We invite you to visit our website and view the recurring local, national, and international Mission Projects we continue to support through our time, talent, and treasure: Read more...

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Update from Sierra Leone

Partnering with EduNations, our Presbytery has adopted the nation of Sierra Leone as our mission to people who remain unreached for Jesus Christ.

Several times each month, EduNations provides informational reports on the activities at the schools we support in Sierra Leone. To remain informed regarding this important missions activity, please click here to go to the listing of reports, so that you may select and read the latest update.

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Hope for Renewal Ministry Center
in Youngstown, Ohio

By clicking here, you may read the latest update from Hope for Renewal located in the Idora/Glenwood neighborhood of Youngstown, Ohio.

This “church plant” Ministry Center, Glenwood Grounds Cafe, and Outreach Ministry, ably led by Rev. Gary Koerth and his wife, Cindy, is an important ministry of the Presbytery of the Alleghenies. We at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC) are truly blessed to support this ministry.

Women’s Ministry

Introduction: The Women’s Ministry of Redeemer Presbyterian Church offers many opportunities to the women from our church and from our community. We welcome you to keep in touch with our ministry activities. Please click here for more information…

Weekly Devotional: Every week our Women’s Ministry posts a Weekly Devotional for Women. If you haven’t yet read this week’s devotional, please click here.

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Women’s Discipleship Group

The Women’s Discipleship Group
is taking a pause.

During the school year, the Women’s Discipleship Group typically meets on specific Thursday mornings from 10:00 a.m. to noon in various homes.

Women interested in joining this group should please contact Laurie LeSuer at church for information regarding the meeting location, the date of the next meeting, and with any other questions, or you may please click here to send her a message via email.

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Asbury Springhill Ladies’ Bible Study

In conjunction with the Women’s Ministry of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC), Asbury Springhill Senior Living Community will host a weekly Ladies’ Bible Study on Thursday afternoons at 3:00 p.m. in Room 317-C—Resident Activity Room—of the Commons Building (Main Building) at the

Led by Shirley Wilson, this Ladies’ Bible Study is open to all women in the Erie community, as well as the women in residence at the Asbury Springhill Senior Living Community.

Currently, we are studying “Adentures in the Book of Acts.” Please bring your personal copy of the Bible.

Women interested in joining this group should contact Shirley Wilson at church with any questions, or click here to send her a message via e-mail.

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Prayer Requests

More and more, we want to become a praying church. Thus, we want to continually hold each other up in prayer.

We want to celebrate your joys. We want to rejoice with you concerning the answers you’ve received to your prayers. And, we want to know about your trials, sorrows, difficulties, and concerns so that we can earnestly and fervently pray with you and pray for you.

Please don’t wait until Sunday to share with us. We welcome your Prayer Requests all week long.

If you have a Prayer Request during the week, you may connect with our prayer warriors through our Facebook “Praise and Prayer” page. Or, especially if your prayer request is of a more confidential nature, please send an email to the email address noted below.

Upon receipt, we will either activate our Prayer Chain enabling our prayer warriors to pray for your request; or, if you mark your request “Confidential,” we will only share your prayer request with the Pastor and our three Ruling Elders.

To send us a Prayer Request by email, please just click here.

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Please “Like” our Facebook Page

That’s right, Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC) has a page on Facebook. If you’re also on Facebook, we invite you to “Like” our Facebook page. If you do, you’ll receive all the updates we post throughout the week.

You can become a "Redeemer Pres. Ambassador." Here’s how: Once you “Like” our Facebook page, you will begin to receive our updates on your Facebook newsfeed. If you see one of our updates that you would like to share with your Facebook friends, all you have to do is simply click the “Share” button. This will place the update you “Share” onto the newsfeed for your Facebook friends and also onto the timeline of your own Facebook page where all your Facebook friends can view it.

While our website will remain the principal source of information regarding our services and activities, and while this eNewsletter will continue to provide a once-weekly summary of what’s going on at Redeemer Pres., our Facebook page will offer a fast-paced, up-to-the-minute way of keeping in touch throughout the course of your day, whenever you log into Facebook.

To visit our Facebook page, just click here.

You may also always reach our Facebook page by clicking on the “Facebook badge” that is located on the left-side menu column of any page on our website.

We also have a “Redeemer Pres. Prayer and Praise” Group that you may access from our Facebook page. To join this “Closed Group” you must be invited by an existing member. So, just mention your interest to one of the current members of the Group and that one will gladly add you to the Group.

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About Us…

Have you ever wondered how we describe ourselves to people who come across our website while they are surfing the world wide web?

Well, wonder no more. Just click here to read a description about Redeemer Presbyterian Church.

Then, please pray that people will find us and that the Holy Spirit will continue to draw those He wants to become a part of our fellowship. And, don’t forget to invite your family and friends to join us for Christian Education and Worship on Sunday.

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Tithes, Offerings, and Love Gifts

We appreciate your consistent generosity in giving to support the ministry of our church. Please make your checks payable to “Redeemer Presbyterian Church.” We also have Pledge Cards available for those who may wish to indicate the extent of their giving—as God provides—throughout the coming year.

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“God Hunt” Sightings