Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church

Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church is located in the southeastern part of Catawba County in the quiet community of Catawba. With members from Catawba, Claremont, Conover, Hickory, Lake Norman, Maiden, Newton, Sherrills Ford, and Statesville. For directions use the MapQuest link below.

We invite you to join us each Sunday morning for Adult Bible Class and Children's Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. followed by morning worship at 10:00 a.m. We also have a Wednesday morning Bible Study at 10:30 a.m. Click here to see what is going on this month at Redeemer!

Redeemer is a member of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. As a Lutheran church body, we are rooted in the one church which stretches back to the apostles teaching. Our beliefs are summarized in the Lutheran Confessions. To learn about Redeemer and her beliefs click here.


	Redeemer Lutheran Church 200 South Main Street Catawba, NC 28609

“Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.”

Psalm 51: 1

Ash Wednesday

February 22, 2012

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. On this day, Christians focus intensely on their utter and complete sinfulness and the necessity of Christ's suffering and death to earn their salvation. Ashes are referred to many times in the Old Testament as a sign of sorrow, mourning, repentance, and mortality. Many churches use ashes during Ash Wednesday worship as part of a rite called the Imposition of Ashes. According to this custom, ashes (traditionally made by burning palm fronds used on Palm Sunday of the previous year) are applied to the forehead of each worshipper. The smudge mark made by the dirty ashes is a powerful reminder that we are going to die because death is the penalty for sin. The fact that the ashes are placed on our foreheads in the sign of the cross directs us to Jesus Christ as the only way to forgiveness, salvation, and eternal life in heaven. (From http://www.stpaulskingsville.org/lent.htm)