Welcome to Redeemer Lutheran Church and Redeemer Preschool
37 Newton-Sparta Road, Newton, NJ 07860
“Knowing Christ and making Christ known since 1954”
As God’s people we joyfully share Jesus with others through His word and to His glory
Join us for Sunday Worship at 9 am
Regular Sunday Worship is at 11 am February through July and at 9am August through January. Watch for special announcements for the time and location of 5th Sunday of the month services.
God in His incomparable love has made a way for us through the wilderness. He did this by giving us His Son, our Light in the darkness. In Born to You … a Savior, we embrace the Christmas joy and wonder of Jesus, the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
At Christ’s birth, God the Father did a new and everlasting thing in our lives: He gave us His one and only Son for our redemption. In divine humility, Jesus joined us as a human being. Born of a woman, bearing the sins of the world, Jesus comes to us as our Protector, our Deliverer, our Savior.
Daily Devotions from LHM will help strengthen and encourage your faith as you do the same for others. Have them delivered right to your inbox, podcast the audio devotional, access them on your mobile device through the FREE app, or listen with Spotify, iHeart Radio, Alexa, or Google Home. Seasonal Devotions for Advent are available here in both English and Spanish, as well as in French, and Chinese, from our ministry center in Canada. Perfect for personal reflection or to share with family, friends and congregations, these seasonal meditations will help prepare you to celebrate the true meaning of these seasons. For additional information visit https://www.lhm.org/advent/
A New Table Talk with Pastor Brian began on Thursday, December 4th, on Zoom at 7:00 p.m. The topic is ‘Sing We Now of Christmas.’ The study guide is available on the Table Talk Study Resource tab.
Coming up
Visit the Adult Study Resources tab for brief online learning opportunities.
Why Jesus? – Watch this short video.
For more visit the ‘What we believe’ tab.
Need Prayer!!!
Visit our ‘Prayer tab’ to message us.
Check the video on Redeemer’s VBS tab.
Check out the celebration at the Preschool 50th Anniversary tab.
Celebrating 70 years of Lutheran Worship in Sussex County
It began modestly enough, with a short announcement in the local newspaper on February 19, 1953:
“Lutheran services will be held in the county service building, 18 Church Street, Newton, starting Sunday, March 8, at 2:30 p.m. if sufficient interest is shown it is planned to organize a congregation on a permanent basis and expand services and facilities.”
From that first meeting grew Redeemer Lutheran Church, which stands as the oldest Lutheran Church in Sussex County. The 60 adults and eight children who attended that first worship service planted the seeds for a church that continues to serve several communities in lower Sussex County. Visit the History Tab for more of our history.
Meet our Pastor
Pastor Brian Handrich graduated from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis in 1997. He first served a dual parish in northeast Nebraska before coming to Flemington, New Jersey in 2002. In 2010 he received a call to Redeemer Lutheran Church in Newton, NJ where he still serves.
In January 2022, Redeemer entered into a partnership with The Lutheran Church of Our Savior in Stanhope to share the Pastoral Ministries. Pastor Handrich is now serving as the pastor of both congregations.
Pastor Brian is a ballroom dancer, gardener, and medieval history buff – a bit of a renaissance man in the truest sense.
visit the Study Tab for Table Talk, a Zoom study lead by Pastor Brian