Growth groups will be Redeemer’s new initiative in fall 2023. Growth groups are small groups of Redeemer members who commit to meeting for one hour a month to grow closer as friends. Growth groups launched in September, so look out for more information from your facilitators for details on when your group is meeting.

Pastor Jacob Haag recently declined two calls to serve as pastor at Resurrection in Chesapeake, VA, and Zion in South Milwaukee, WI. Please keep these congregations in your prayers and ask God to provide a new pastor for them and to bless their ministry in the years ahead.

Starting on September 10, Sunday school and Bible study will resume at 9:00 am. Sunday school will have a preschool group and a middle school group. Adult Bible study will focus on the doctrine and practice of communion.

Huron Valley Lutheran is our area Lutheran high school. It recently approved plans to add middle school (6^th-8^th) grades to its campus in Westland, beginning in the fall of 2023. Its new name will be "Hope Christian Academy." For more information, talk to Pastor Jacob Haag.

Our sister church in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Lutheran Church, has 17 congregations and about 600 members. Congregations in the west are setting up refugee shelters for the thousands of Ukrainians fleeing from the east. Since supplies are limited, WELS World Missions & Christian Aid & Relief are partnering to help. If you would like to give a gift for these relief efforts, click here. Please continue to keep our brothers and sisters in Christ in your prayers. Visit wels.net for regular updates on the Ukrainian Lutheran Church.