Redeemer Lutheran Church

Welcome to Redeemer Lutheran Church in Jasper, Indiana

Our Mission Statement: To live life abundantly THROUGH the Worship of God and Service to others.

Join Us For Worship and More

Worship Times

Saturday 5:00pm

Sunday 10:30am (Nov 9-Jan 25)

Christian Education

Adult Class 8:00am Sundays (Feb 1-May 31)

Children's Sunday School 9:30am (Nov 9-Jan 25)

Worship and Sunday School Times flip flop with St. John's from February 1 through May 31.

Important News and Upcoming Events

(Check here for urgent announcements, special service times, cancellations, etc.)

Shared Ministry Interim Worship Time Change: Starting February 1st

Next Sunday, February 1st, marks the next change in our Sunday morning worship and Christian Ed schedule. That new Sunday morning schedule will be:

8:00 am Adult Christian Ed Time at Redeemer

9:00 am Worship at Redeemer

9:30 am Youth Sunday School/Adult Fellowship at St. John’s

10:00 am Youth Sunday School at Redeemer

10:30 am Worship at St. John’s

As long as the proposed Shared Ministry covenant is passed at both Redeemer and St. John’s, this worship and Christian Ed schedule will last up through Sunday May 31st. (Though the last day of Youth Sunday School for the 2025-26 school year will be May 17th.) Special arrangements/schedules for any joint worship services and/or for Easter Sunday will be communicated through newsletter, bulletin announcements, web sites, verbal announcements, and (for St. John’s members at least) the phone message system.

Please note that not only will the early service move to Redeemer and the late service to St. John’s, but Youth Sunday School will be held at both buildings on Sunday mornings (at 9:30am at the church hosting the late service [St. John’s] and at 10:00am at the church hosting the early service [Redeemer]). Redeemer and St. John’s Christian Ed teams are working together to coordinate this schedule so that the same lessons will be taught at both buildings each Sunday. Parents and families of both congregations are therefore encouraged to bring their child to Sunday School at whatever building fits their schedule needs (even if that changes from week to week).

Also, as a continued reminder--Members of both congregations are encouraged to attend whichever worship service they are able to. Envelope offerings and checks made out to your home congregation, will be accepted in the offering plates of both buildings and will be recorded and deposited in your home congregation’s account. (Please understand that offerings given to Redeemer at St. John’s or to St. John’s at Redeemer will most likely be counted and deposited with the following week’s offering.

Lent 2026

Lent begins this year on Wednesday February 18th with a joint Ash Wednesday service hosted by Redeemer. Join us on Ash Wednesday for a light meal at 5:30pm followed by worship with the imposition of ashes at 6:30pm. Also please join us on the rest of the Wednesdays throughout Lent for a light meal and midweek Lenten worship at 5:30 and 6:30pm respectively--alternating locations between St. John’s and Redeemer.

Lent 2026 Midweek Worship: The Discipline of Lent
For this year’s mid-week services (after Ash Wednesday) Redeemer/St. John’s once again will be doing a round-robin preaching rotation along with Christ, St. Paul’s, and St. John’s (Dubois Crossroads) and Redeemer and St. John’s will share joint Wednesday night meals and services alternating between St. John’s and Redeemer. Meals will be at 5:30pm with worship starting at 6:30pm. (Redeemer will also be hosting a joint Ash Wednesday service, while St. John’s will host joint Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services.) Our mid-week theme this year is The Discipline of Lent.

The season of Lent has long been understood as a time of repentance. It is the Spring cleaning for a human soul that has become drab and musty with neglect and sin. The ancient terminology for this return to the Lord is Spiritual Warfare. Modern Christians are squeamish with terms like warfare being applied to following Jesus, but it was familiar to St. Paul who describes Christian life as putting on the armor of God (Ephesians 6). The enemies we face are threefold: the world, the flesh, and the devil. They are formidable and we will be overrun by them without the grace of God. But we are also called to struggle against them and our weapons are the Christian disciplines of repentance, prayer, fasting, and works of mercy or almsgiving. The mid-week Lenten services this year will focus on these disciplines and the keeping of a Holy Lent which by God’s grace will become a natural way of life for us for the rest of the year.

The rotation schedule for Redeemer/St. John’s is as follows:
Date Location Worship Leader Topic
February 25 St. John’s Pastor Adam Ruschau Spiritual Warfare
March 4 Redeemer Pastor Adam Ruschau Repentance
March 11 St. John’s Pastor Tim Fleace Works of Mercy (Almsgiving)
March 18 Redeemer Pastor Tim Kraemer Prayer
March 25 St. John’s Pastor Tim Holt Fasting