Welcome to Redemption
A place for connection to Jesus for absolutely anyone. We’re thrilled you’re here.
Let’s Worship Together!
Sunday 05.19.24
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What’s going on:
Redemption Youth Update
Have an incoming 6th grader or kiddo involved in Youth? We’re hosting an RC Youth Round Table talk on May 29, 2024, at 7:30p . Zoom Meeting link here.
Email Brandon if you have questions or concerns
Church Under the Bridge
Join us in extending the embrace of Jesus to our houseless neighbors. Every fourth Tuesday (5/28) of the month we partner with Church Under the Bridge to provide food, a worship service, and presence to one of Houston’s most marginalized communities. To learn more information email Juanita here.
Prayer Night
Every Wednesday starting June 5th at 7p - 8p.
We will gather together for guided prayer, facilitating communal connection and spiritual engagement. We will pray individually and collectively, fostering unity and support with each other.Church Social
Saturday, June 8th at 11a | Palace Social
Join us for a church hangout at Palace Social! Gather with us as a community, and have wholesome fun. Whether it's bowling, arcade games, or simply sharing laughter over a meal, there's something for everyone to enjoy in this inclusive and uplifting environment. We’d like to treat you to a game of bowling. Please register so we can reserve an appropriate amount of bowling lanes.
All things will be brought together in Christ.
Order of Worship
Gather • Singing
Life is often tiring. As we gather we enter God’s presence bringing ourselves to God just as we are. So participate as much as you like in our singing and worship, but please feel free to sit, observe, contemplate whenever that’s most helpful to you.
Word • Singing
Follow along with the sermon using the text below. The scripture passage will also be put on the screen. You can use one of the bibles under the seats in front of you—if you don’t own a bible, please take this one home with you as our gift to you.
Communion • Connecting
We invite everyone to follow Jesus and join us in communion. Even if you’ve never declared allegiance to Jesus before, you can right now! Jesus invites absolutely anyone who will trust in Him to come and feast at His table. If you’re not yet ready, you’re welcome to pass—we’d love for you to participate with us, but we want it to be meaningful for you when you do.
We will conclude with a few community announcements and a blessing as you prepare to depart.
After the service is over, feel free to stick around. Make some new friends. Reconnect with old ones. Love each other.
This Week’s Text
Ephesians 5:21-6:9 (NASB20)
Chapter 5
21 and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
22 Wives, subject yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, 26 so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless. 28 So husbands also ought to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; 29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, 30 because we are parts of His body. 31 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. 32 This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. 33 Nevertheless, as for you individually, each husband is to love his own wife the same as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.
Chapter 6
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that it may turn out well for you, and that you may live long on the earth.
4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
5 Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ; 6 not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. 7 With goodwill render service, as to the Lord, and not to people, 8 knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive this back from the Lord, whether slave or free.
9 And masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him.
Give
Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
– Hebrews 13:16
We respond to God’s generosity by being generous. If you already regularly give, thank you. If today is your first opportunity to support our community and its mission financially, thank you.
God of mercy you have called us by your grace to be a part of this community. Grant us a sense of belonging, grant us love for one another, grant us the grace to feel responsible for this community and its ministry. Help us to live generous, open handed lives entrusting ourselves to you wholly, even with our finances.
Let us with gladness present the offerings of our life and labor to you Lord. Help us ever be happy givers.
In Jesus name,
Amen
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