Events
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Learn more about Redeemer at our Newcomer’s Lunch or seek membership at our Discovering Redeemer Class. Or get involved with the Mercy Movement.
Herron-Morton Place Fall Clean Up
Join your neighbors as we join together for the annual Fall Clean Up! Bring your rakes, brooms, gloves, and clean up tools and meet us in Herron Morton Park. Donuts and coffee will be served and then we'll get busy on beautifying the neighborhood - together!
Hope Church Service Opportunities
Our core team will receive all the support it needs to establish regular Sunday worship and ministry effectively on the Near Westside of Indianapolis. You can assist in the following ways:
Helping with childcare and kid activities during worship on Sunday evenings. Ideally 3-5 volunteers per Sunday.
Providing sides, dessert, and drinks for monthly hospitality meals on the last Sunday of the month. Main course will be pizza (or similar). Ideally 6-10 volunteers per meal.
Use this form to sign up individually or even with your community group.
Learn more about the work on the Near Westside here.
Family Hope Virtual Sessions
Family Hope, a partner ministry of Redeemer's deacon team, invites you to learn more about how you can get involved! Family Hope is a Christian non-profit that offers temporary host families for children and provides resources and support for parents in real, tangible ways. Opportunities to serve include host family, support friend, and support coach volunteer roles.
This Fall, they will be offering monthly info sessions over Zoom! Participants can join on a date convenient to them to learn more about ways to serve and ask any questions they might have.
Consider joining on a date that works for you!
Hope Church Service Opportunities
Our core team will receive all the support it needs to establish regular Sunday worship and ministry effectively on the Near Westside of Indianapolis. You can assist in the following ways:
Helping with childcare and kid activities during worship on Sunday evenings. Ideally 3-5 volunteers per Sunday.
Providing sides, dessert, and drinks for monthly hospitality meals on the last Sunday of the month. Main course will be pizza (or similar). Ideally 6-10 volunteers per meal.
Use this form to sign up individually or even with your community group.
Learn more about the work on the Near Westside here.
Weekend Respite
Our Deacon team is partnering with Redeemer Kids to provide respite childcare events to single parents, parents of children with special needs, and foster and adoptive parents.
Our Fall Weekend Respite will be held at Redeemer on Friday, October 24th at 6:30 pm. Please sign up by October 20th so we can ensure that we have enough volunteers and food for participants. Sign-ups are helpful, particularly if your child would benefit from one-on-one support or has additional needs or food allergies that are helpful to communicate in advance. Siblings are welcome to participate.
If you are interested in volunteering to serve the families of Redeemer in this way, please contact Amanda Huron.
Shepherd | Poverty 101 Lunch & Learn
Shepherd Community Center is a partner ministry of Redeemer’s deacon team. We believe that God is at work in the various ministries in the city, so by partnering with organizations like Shepherd, we are working to wisely steward the congregation’s resources to positively impact these ministries.
Join us on Sunday, October 26th, from 12:30-4 pm for Shepherd's Poverty 101 training at Redeemer in the Speck Gallery! This training helps challenge stereotypes about poverty and ultimately provides a deeper understanding of the poverty mindset. If we are to break the cycle of poverty in our neighbors' lives, then we need to ensure that we understand as much as possible about poverty.
Lunch and childcare will be provided.
Hope Church Service Opportunities
Our core team will receive all the support it needs to establish regular Sunday worship and ministry effectively on the Near Westside of Indianapolis. You can assist in the following ways:
Helping with childcare and kid activities during worship on Sunday evenings. Ideally 3-5 volunteers per Sunday.
Providing sides, dessert, and drinks for monthly hospitality meals on the last Sunday of the month. Main course will be pizza (or similar). Ideally 6-10 volunteers per meal.
Use this form to sign up individually or even with your community group.
Learn more about the work on the Near Westside here.
Shepherd Fall Festival
The Fall Festival will be held in the parking lot at Shepherd Community Center. This outdoor event features decorated trunks, costumes, games, and plenty of candy. Last year, nearly 1,000 children and families attended.
This year, they’ll need 50+ volunteers to decorate trunks and pass out candy. Come early to set up and help create a safe, fun Halloween alternative for our neighborhood. All ages are welcome and this is a great family event!
Embrace Grace Volunteer Needs
We have begun a new session of Embrace Grace, a ministry that serves young, unwed, pregnant mothers. The group meets every Tuesday morning for twelve weeks, and we can use volunteers in multiple areas to help the ministry succeed. That includes leaders for our weekly meetings, people to organize and bring food to the gatherings, hosts to throw a baby shower at the end of the twelve-week session at the Polk Stables, and babysitters (paid positions available).
If you have questions or would like to help, please get in touch with Reagan Spangle (812-671-1450) or Rayvey George (678-557-6141).
Thanksgiving Basket Delivery with Shepherd Community
Help Shepherd Community Center share the joy of Thanksgiving by delivering totes of food to our neighbors on Saturday, November 22 from 11 am–1 pm. Volunteers will load up vehicles and deliver baskets to specific homes in the community. It’s a meaningful way to bless families directly during the holiday season.
Mercy Movement Interview with the Deacon Team
This week, Jeff Nottingham and Julianne Vastbinder will discuss the launch of Mercy Month and how we can participate in the work that God is doing within our congregation and in our city.
Old North Side Fall Clean Up
Volunteers that wish to help with the cleanup can meet at Great Oak Commons at 10 am to enjoy coffee and doughnuts before venturing out across the neighborhood to pick up trash and debris. Supplies for the day will be provided by Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB). Contact Peter or Joan at volunteer@oldnorthside.org
Mercy Month | Special Offering
As a part of Mercy Month each year, the deacon team collects a special offering to be used for mercy and justice needs in the congregation and in the city. On Sunday, November 3rd, we will take up a special offering that will go towards the 4:8 Fund, a scholarship fund started by Redeemer that aims to eliminate barriers to mental health services by providing scholarships to people of color.
Visit our website to learn more about what God has been doing through the 4:8 Fund.
Freezer Meal Assembly Party
Join us for a meal assembly party at Mackenzie McQuay's house, where laughter and teamwork will come together to create nourishing meals for our community members in need!
This is a wonderful opportunity to make a tangible impact while enjoying the company of fellow neighbors and friends. Bring your aprons and spatulas as we assemble meals that will bring relief to those facing difficult times. Let’s come together and show our community the love and support it deserves!
Limited to five participants.
If you're interested in participating, please reach out to Julianne Vastbinder to RSVP or more information.
Trunk or Treat for 16 Park
Redeemer is reaching out to our neighbors at the 16 Park apartment complex to build relationships with residents. On Saturday, October 26, from 3:30 to 5:00 pm, we’re having a Trunk or Treat event in the parking lot behind Kroger, with snacks, games, prizes, and (of course) candy!
We need your help to make this happen, and we are hoping to see 50 Redeemer volunteers. (Costumes are encouraged!)
Volunteer needs include:
Set-up or clean-up team (bonus points if you have a truck or van)
Running corn hole, basketball, and other fun games for parents and kids
Temporary tattoos
Community engagement (knocking on doors and passing out flyers, connecting with residents during the event)
6-8 Trunk or Treaters (this would be a great opportunity for families or community groups who would like to dress up and hand out candy from their vehicles!)
If you cannot attend, you can purchase individual packages of Fall-themed snacks and silly prizes for the kids who play the games from our Amazon list here!
If you have questions about the event, don't hesitate to get in touch with Julianne Vastbinder.
NWS Coat/Winter Clothing Drive
TThe NWS coat drive returns! Our church planting ministry is hosting another winter clothing drive for the children/families at Matchbook Learning, a K-8 school on the Near Westside of Indianapolis. This year, we are collecting coats for the whole family as well as crew neck sweaters for students (the only indoor warm garments allowed in the new dress code). One of the greatest needs children and families have at this time is adequate clothing to keep them warm. Many children walk to school or wait outside for long periods of time for their buses. Often, children are seen arriving at school without even the bare minimum to stay warm in these blistering cold months.
Can you support our ministry in this tangible way by providing either a new or gently used donation? We have created a wishlist with suggested items to make things easy. We will be collecting donations until December 1st. Donations can be dropped off at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning or mailed to:
Ben Hein
1505 N. Delaware St
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Family Hope Info Meeting
This Sunday, Redeemer's deacon team will be hosting an informational session with a partner ministry, Family Hope. Family Hope is an Indy non-profit providing supportive relationships for isolated families through the temporary hosting of children and connections for parents. Join us in the Speck Gallery during Sunday school to learn more about how you can support them and get involved in the work they do!
If you have any questions please email Julianne.
Card Making Party
During the year, our deacon team cares for a number of individuals and families in tangible ways. Jenny Karraker, a Redeemer member, has led us in creating beautiful handmade cards for those in our church body who have been hospitalized, received a meal train, are more homebound, and more. These cards serve as a source of encouragement and help remind people that their church family loves them and cares for them.
Consider stopping by the gym during this Sunday's 10 am Sunday school hour to make a card that will be sent to various individuals and families throughout the year. Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Backpack Bash (16 Park Backpack Drive Distribution)
Redeemer is hosting a back-to-school backpack drive for our neighbors at 16 Park (apartment complex behind the Kroger on 16th St). With this event and others to come, we desire to seek the prosperity of the city where we are exiled (Jeremiah 29:7) and display our church values of meaningful relationships in the community and creating beauty where we are.
Volunteer to help serve on July 28th from 3-4:30 pm at 16 Park. There will be opportunities to serve through backpack distribution, outdoor games, and general expressions of love and generosity.
If you have any questions, please contact Warren Griffin.
SAWs Volunteers Needed
SAWs® is a faith-based nonprofit organization dedicated to providing freedom to people with permanent disabilities in low-income households through the construction of wheelchair ramps.
Sign up on their website to join them for a build on Saturday, July 27th. Handyman skills are not a requirement to serve. This can be a fun act of service for all ages!
Visit their website to learn more information.
SAWs Volunteers Needed
SAWs® is a faith-based nonprofit organization dedicated to providing freedom to people with permanent disabilities in low-income households through the construction of wheelchair ramps.
Sign up on their website to join them for a build on Saturday, July 20th, and/or the 27th. Handyman skills are not a requirement to serve. This can be a fun act of service for all ages!
Visit their website to learn more information.