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:
| Exalting God thoughtfully and joyfully |
| Knowing God intimately |
| Serving others wholeheartedly |
| Sharing God’s love locally and globally” |
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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Advent Daily Devotional
The Session of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC) cordially invites you to join with us in experiencing a unique devotional walk through the Season of Advent, provided by the Coalition for Christian Outreach.
The Advent season is more than a countdown to Christmas. It is the Church’s time in-between. During Advent, we remember the Word became flesh and laid in a manger, and we long for Jesus’ return to reclaim God’s beloved creation.
We are grateful for the opportunity to travel this in-between time together. We invite you to join us!
Please sign up by clicking here to receive this free Season of Advent Devotional.
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Invitation for the Men’s Breakfast
We invite all Redeemer men to join us on Saturday, December 14, 2024, at 8:30 a.m., for a Men’s Breakfast. A main dish will be provided. If you wish, you may bring sides to share. Whether or not you are able to bring something, please join us for this event. This will be a great time to share with one another, pray for each other, and build each other up as faithful disciples of Christ.
The Breakfast will be held at the following location:
The Christ Center Weis Library United Methodist Church 6020 Heidler Road Fairview, PA 16415
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Redeemer Kids’ Activities
In keeping with our attempt to be a missional church, we are encouraging our church family to invest in one another’s lives as we strengthen our investment in our community at large. One of the ways we can do that is by investing in our children.
We’d like to provide an opportunity for the congregation at Redeemer Presbyterian Church to participate in supporting our children by making an effort to get involved in attending their extracurricular activities, like sports, music, theatre and recitals, etc. A listing of events will be made available to seasonally highlight when and where we can show up and support our kids.
Our hope and prayer is that, as our kids grow up, our faithful support and investment in them will be a testament to the love of Christ. If you’d like your children’s events included in the calendar, please contact Amy Stearns via email by clicking here to send her a message.
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The current Redemmer Kids’ Activities Schedule includes the following “when” and “where” you can show up to support our kids!
Lilah Pontzer:
December 15th at 2:00 p.m.—Erie Philharmonic Choir Concert at Strong Vincent Middle School.
December 17th at 7:00 p.m.—Erie Philharmonic Choir Concert at the lobby of the Warner Theater.
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December, 2024
The season of Advent can often be a time of faith renewal. As we prepare for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, we can also prepare for a renewal of Christ in our hearts. During the month of December, 2024, please pray for the spirit of renewal to take hold in our hearts.
- Please pray that Christ will come afresh into each of our hearts, not just for the holiday season, but with a life changing renewal of thought, word, and deed.
- Please pray that as our family and friends gather, each of us will have an opportunity to tell someone about God’s purpose in sending Jesus into the world, or to remind someone who has fallen away from the faith that Jesus came into the world for them.
- Please pray that there will be “Peace on earth and good will to all men.” It is a huge concept, but please pray that each of us will have the courage to do our part in bringing about a spirit of peace. Maybe we will have an opportunity to exhibit God’s love in a situation that could end up very differently without our example and witness to that Love.
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Christian Education Classes
Each Sunday morning, Christian Education classes for all ages meet from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. in the Christ Center adjacent to the Sanctuary. We have classes for both adults and for children.
Please join us. You will find a very warm, welcoming, and inviting atmosphere.
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As a Church, How are We Doing?
At the Meeting of Session on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, the Ruling Elders adopted 2024 Goals and Enabling Objectives for the Congregation of Redeemer Presbyterian Church. You may review these Goals and Objectives by clicking here.
As the people of Redeemer move forward, serving as abassadors for Christ and His Kingdom to a needy world, we must strive for continuous improvement. These Goals and Enabling Objectives give us some markers by which we can evaluate our forward movement. As Session continues to discuss and work with these Goals and Objectives for 2024, they will share additional strategies to implement them.
Therefore, we urge each of you to very prayerfully and thoughtfully review the Goals and Enabling Objectives for 2024 and consider how you will help your brothers and sisters at Redeemer facilitate the the realization of these Goals and Objectives.
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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.
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…
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Women’s Discipleship Group
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.
We are currently studying the book, Under the Wings of God: Twenty Biblical Reflections for a Deeper Faith, written by Cornelius Plantinga.
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.
Note: Clicking on this link will launch your computer’s default email application. However, if you normally connect to your emailbox over the web by webmail—such as AOL or gmail—and do not use a dedicated email application on your computer, you will need to launch your webmail and send your email to “womens-discipleship@rpcerie.org”
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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
Asbury Springhill Senior Living Community
2323 Edinboro Road (1/2-mile south of the Millcreek Mall)
Erie, PA 16509
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 Esther: A Woman of Strength and Dignity. 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.
Note: Clicking on this link will launch your computer’s default email application. However, if you normally connect to your emailbox over the web by webmail—such as AOL or gmail—and do not use a dedicated email application on your computer, you will need to launch your webmail and send your email to “SpringhillBibleStudy@rpcerie.org”
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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.
Note: Clicking on this link will launch your computer’s default email program. However, if you normally connect to your emailbox over the web by webmail—such as AOL or gmail—and do not use a dedicated mail application on your computer, you will need to launch your webmail and send your request to “prayer@rpcerie.org”
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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
We include this announcement each week to express our sincere hope that you are still going on a daily “God Hunt.” Every day please look for one or more of the following:
- Any obvious answer to prayer, or...
- Any special evidence of God’s care, or...
- Any help to do God’s work in the world, or...
- Any unusual linkage or timing
Then, please write your “God Hunt Sightings” down in a journal or notebook. Next, as God opens up an opportunity for you to share with someone what He is doing in your life, please take that opportunity to do so.
Weis Library United Methodist Church is located at the intersection of Millfair Road and Heidler Road, not far from the intersection of either Heidler Road and Sterrettania Road or Millfair Road and Sterrettania Road.
Please click on the aerial photo below to obtain specific directions from your location to the Weis Library United Methodist Church.
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