Community
Community
"...love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord."
This is a command that governs how our congregation lives and interacts with our local and global communities.
Our congregation provides support to a variety of non-profit organizations whose missions is to help others who are in need.
Redeemer is also proud to be a founding member of the Student Christian Center - an ecumenical campus ministry located on the New Paltz campus of the State University of New York.
At Redeemer, we also realize the importance of providing other services to our community. Whether it be in the form of music concerts, providing low-cost meeting space, or simply partaking in the Adopt-A-Highway cleanup, our focus is helping our neighbors.
On April 11th, Jim McElhinney, Executive Director of The Newburgh Ministry, visited Redeemer. His visits are part of the longstanding relationship between the Newburgh Ministry and Redeemer, and provide a wonderful way to hear the news about the ongoing efforts and tremendous work of this important ministry. On-site volunteers are always welcomed, and needed, but Jim shared with us other ways that we can help.
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September 11th changed the lives of many in N.Y.S., the Congregation of Redeemer Ev. Lutheran Church of New Paltz being one of them. Just 90 miles from NYC, Redeemer helped with clean-up of 9/11 by making sandwiches for the Ground Zero volunteers.
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