The Youth Program at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church is Christ-centered, service-oriented and full of fun and fellowship

Alphomega is our high school youth group that meets monthly in the Luther Inn at 6:30 PM. Specific dates to be announced. Watch the Newsletter Page for schedule details.  A variety of Bible studies, service projects, and social activities are planned throughout the year. 

Every Sunday, we have a high school Bible class that discusses a variety of topics that are important to students in this secular world, as we keep their lives focused on the cross of Jesus Christ.  They meet in the Luther Inn at 9:40 AM right after the 8:15 AM worship service and before either the 11:00 AM worship service.  The high school students are actively involved as service assistants during the liturgical worship services.

Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders are also involved in youth programs.  This includes the Congregational Godparent program which has annual trips to the planetarium during the Christmas season, New Ebenezer near Savannah, Georgia and community service projects.  During the Sunday School hour, they attend catechism classes. 

Pre-schoolers through fifth graders also have weekly Sunday school classes.  Vacation Bible School is held each June.  An Easter egg hunt, a family Christmas program and other seasonal activities are offered.  Music opportunities are available for our youngest participants too.  These include a Children's Choir and Handbells. 

Music and drama programs are also available to youth of all ages.  This includes but is not limited to "Lights for the World", puppet and drama ministry. 

We have a great group of young people at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church and we invite you to join us as we praise and worship our Lord, Jesus Christ!

The Alphomega High School Youth Group enjoyed their first camping retreat on September 23-25 at A.H. Stephens State Park in Crawfordville, Georgia. The theme of the retreat was “Spiritual Gifts” and the teens enjoyed two days of prayer, scriptural readings, fellowship, team-building, games, fishing, and s’mores!   For some of the youth, it was their first time on a retreat like this and everyone said they had a wonderful time.  They are ready to do it again in the future.  Pastor and Mrs. Hollis along with Leslie Kohberger and Joshua Sorenson accompanied the teens.  They returned to church prepared to use their spiritual gifts to serve their congregation and local community.

Our Lights For The World Group departed on their 2005 this morning. They will be visiting churches in Georgia, North and South Carolina to return again on Friday. More information will be made available upon their return. We wish them the very best on this trip and we are sure their presentations will be enjoyed by all.

Take your rest where you can get it

Pastor Hollis Joins in the send-off

LIGHTS FOR THE WORLD TOUR, 2004
 

                                    Catechism Classes go on trip

On October 2, 2004, the sixth and seventh grade Catechism Classes along with their Congregational Godparents took a trip to Effingham County, Georgia.  The purpose of this was to visit Jerusalem Lutheran Church.  It was organized in Augsburg, Germany, in 1733 with the Reverend John Martin Bolzius and the Reverend Israel Christian Gronau as the pastors. The members had been exiled from their homes in Salzburg, Austria, and were looking for a place to live and worship.  In England the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge sponsored their passage to the new world.  The first ship arrived in Savannah on March 12, 1734. The settlers founded the town of Ebenezer on Ebenezer Creek in what is now Effingham County.

Life was so hard and so many died the Salzburgers asked General Oglethorpe to let them move to the present site of New Ebenezer on the Savannah River in 1736.  The first Sunday School in Georgia was held in 1734 and the first orphanage was built in 1737.  The church was built from bricks made of clay from the area from 1767 to 1769. The walls of the church are 21 inches thick and some of the original panes of glass are still in the windows. The bells were brought from Europe and are still rung before each service.

Jerusalem is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and has both Sunday School and Worship Service each week.  It is the oldest operating church in the state of Georgia and one of the oldest operating churches in the United States.