Hymnals available

This is a heads-up for whoever might be interested: Redeemer will be moving to the new Lutheran Service Book starting sometime this Fall.

As such, we will have a number (probably 40 to 50) copies of Lutheran Worship, the 1982 LCMS hymnal. These are available free to whoever might find them of use. While they are not in perfect condition, they are generally in good shape, and probably have a number of years of use still ahead of them.

If you are interested in getting these, please contact me or the church office, and we'll work out the details.

Mel Strauss obituary

This is from the Times-News, on Monday, Sept. 18th:

Melvin Donald Strauss

GRAHAM — Melvin Donald Strauss, 72, of 734 Stillrun Lane, died at 1:25 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006 at his residence.
Mel was the husband of Peggy Ann Strauss, of the home, and the son of the late William F. and Gertrude A. Strauss. He was a graduate of Lamar University and served in the U.S. Army from 1954 through 1956 in the 38th AAA Missile Battalion. He was retired from Lucent Technologies (formerly Western Electric) after more than 30 years of service on assignments across the United States and overseas, and loved working around his home and at his church.
Survivors other than his wife of 50 years include his brother Howard W. Strauss, of Kingwood, Texas; sisters-in-law Janet D. Strauss, of Kingwood, Texas, Myrna R. Wukasch, of Nederland, Texas, and Penny D. Bedair, of Houston, Texas; and numerous other close family members.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006, at Redeemer Lutheran Church by the Rev. David H. Tessmann.
Visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006, at the McClure Funeral Home in Graham, and other times at the residence.
Memorials may be made to Advent Lutheran Church at 230 Erwin Road, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514; Redeemer Lutheran Church at 2306 Lacy St., Burlington, N.C. 27215; and Hospice of Alamance/Caswell at 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, N.C. 27215.
Condolences may be made to www.mcclurefuneralservice.com

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Some memories about Mel Strauss

Former Pastor William Weedon, now in southern Illinois, published these memories about Mel Strauss this week on his blog, weedon.blogspot.com :

"Melvin, Rest in Peace!

I remember Melvin. He and his wife Peggy were members of the first parish I served. Melvin died of cancer recently. Oh, he was a hoot and half. He loved to laugh; he was kind of shy, but oh, so much fun. My all time favorite Melvin story is this:

He was taking a shower, and thought he and Peggy were home alone. Peggy dropped something in the kitchen with a loud bang and Melvin comes running from the shower to see if she is alright, only to find her talking to a lady friend in the kitchen. You guessed it, Melvin was wearing only his birthday suit!

How Peggy and Melvin laughed when they told that story. I swear, Melvin still blushed just thinking about it. He was so mortified!!! Lord, have mercy.

I remember something else about Melvin. He taught me that many people really don't care for their work. I was a naive 26 year old who assumed everyone did what they did because they loved doing it. He taught me differently. The look of pity in his eyes when he asked me if I *really* thought that.

Peggy, who has the coolest accent you've ever heard, is my youngest daughter's godmother. She and Melvin taught us a lot about loving others, serving without complaining or expecting recognition, just for the joy of being together and working side by side. Mel, we will ALWAYS love you. And Peggy, you are in our prayers."

Mel Strauss

A friend and former member here, Mel Strauss, has gone to be with his Lord, after a long struggle with cancer. His funeral was held here on Wednesday, Sept. 20. I'll be posting some more stuff about Mel shortly.

Meeting to Choose Delegates to 2007 LCMS Convention

There will be a Circuit Meeting on Sunday, Sept. 24, 4pm

at Cross of Christ Church in Greensboro.

The purpose of the meeting is to vote for the Circuit Delegates
to the 2007 Synodical Convention.

Let Pastor Dave know if you are interested in going as Redeemer’s
delegate to the meeting OR as a Circuit Delegate to the convention.