Church Keeps Ancient Practice Alive

Lutheran Church of the Redeemer hosts weekly dinner services this month.

How could the rites of an ancient people bring meaning to people today? What could people from such vastly different times possibly have in common? Where's the connection? The connection is made each week at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer at their celebration of Advent Dinner Church. Through the ministry of Pastor Keith Anderson, who has been minister there for the last seven years, people from the congregation come together to share a special meal each week for four weeks as the celebration of Christmas approaches. The four weeks prior to the Dec. 25 celebration of Christ's birth is the period known as advent. Anderson has taken this highlight in the church calendar to do more than anticipate the coming of Christ as relived each …

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