There are mornings when you feel ready to take on the challenges of the day with the courage of a lion. Other mornings it takes all the courage you can muster to just get out of bed.
Welcome to 40 Days of Courage – a six-week worship and Bible study experience for members and friends of Redeemer during the season of Lent, 2026. The focus will be reflected in Sunday morning worship, midweek Lenten services, home devotion resources, and home Bible study groups scattered throughout the area.
40 Days of Courage will bolster your courage as you learn to lean on the strength and promises of God.
Worship
Worship is central to the life of every believer, especially as we prepare our hearts for the awe-filled events of Holy Week. Make it a priority to spend extra time in worship during the coming weeks.
Sundays
Worship with us on Sunday mornings, when our messages and readings will follow the theme, “Fear not”, and focus on the courage God gives when we trust in Him.
Wednesdays
Beginning Ash Wednesday, midweek services will follow the same theme as our Life Group studies – Fearless: Imagine Your Life without Fear.
Holy Week
Holy Week is filled with the most profound events in the history of the world. From Palm Sunday through Easter, through powerful messages and inspiring music, our worship will focus on the victory of Christ in His suffering, death and resurrection. To learn about the special opportunities for worship during Holy Week, click the button below.
Life Groups
One of the most lasting impacts that 40 Days of Courage will have is through our 40 Days Life Groups. Be strengthened by other believers in a six-week, video-based home Bible study called Fearless, which includes discussion, prayer and opportunities to encourage each other and grow in faith. Click here to learn more and to sign up.
Sunday Morning Class
Sundays at 9:30
Fear Not is the theme for a new, six-week, Sunday morning Bible class that will meet during 40 Days of Courage.
Dig more deeply into Scripture verses and themes that have given courage to God’s people in the most challenging of times. Then learn how to apply their situations to your own life, and grow in the courageous faith you need to face down your own challenges and fears.
Fear Not begins on Sunday, February 22, at 9:30 am, and continues through Palm Sunday, March 29th. Everyone is welcome.
Food and Fellowship
Midweek dinners:
Dinner will be served Wednesdays at both campuses before the evening service. In Nixa, the meal will be from 5:30-6:15 pm, and in Springfield from 4:30-6:30 pm.
Easter breakfast:
Enjoy breakfast with your church family at the Nixa campus from 9:15-10:15 am and at the Springfield campus from 7:00-9:30 am.
Easter egg hunt:
Don’t forget to bring the kids Easter Sunday at 9:30 am for loads of fun! Sunday School activities and an Easter egg hunt are planned.
Special Events
Make this Easter unforgettable! Redeemer is offering two fun events this year for our members, friends, and entire community. Journey to the Cross is a family Easter experience that follows Jesus from Palm Sunday to Easter. The King of Kings is a blockbuster movie that tells the greatest story ever told through the eyes of a child.
Add both events to your calendar, bring your whole family, and invite others to come with you. Click below to find out more and to register.
Devotions
Personal and family devotions are vital for growth in courageous faith. This year, Redeemer is offering four different ways you and your family can grow closer to God in just a few minutes each day.
Congregational devotion book:
Make sure to pick up one of the Redeemer Lutheran Church 40 Days of Courage devotionals. The devotions in this book, written by members and friends of Redeemer Lutheran Church, are based on selected Scripture passages about courage. Each devotion shares the writer’s reflections on the power of God in their lives, a power that fills them with courage to face the day.
The Growing in Faith Bible Storybook:
These beautifully-illustrated hardback books will be treasured by your elementary school children, and the stories line up beautifully with each week’s theme of the 40 Days of Courage. They can be picked up at church for a donation to help recover our costs.
Do Not Fear, God Is Near:
This delightful book in The Berenstain Bears “I Can Read” series is available free for member families of Redeemer Lutheran Church. Your little ones will love hearing how Sister Bear overcomes her fears by trusting in God. We have a limited supply, so one per family please.
Online Devotions:
Each devotion in our Congregational devotion book is also published online. Daily devotions will be updated below.
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”