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March 2019

Lenten Time

Worship Schedule 9:00 am-Traditional Worship

10:15 am-Sunday School

11:15 am-Heartsong, Contemp.

Staff

Jim Nipper, Senior Pastor

Ed Myers, Associate Pastor

Carolynn Bailey, Music Director

Melissa Malenda, Parish Nurse

Cindy Watkins, Office Admin.

Tony Mowell, Heartsong Leader

Council and Officers

Tedd Stephens, President

David McAllister, Vice President

Patty Wessner, Secretary

Susan Reaves, Treasurer

Ken Diehl, Financial Secretary

Marcy Aaroen, Christian Ed.

Brenda Whitson, Outreach

Ken Loveday, Property

Gene Maddox, Finance

Cat Hopper, Social Ministry

Tom Marshall, Stewardship

Kathy Robinson, Worship/Music

Janeen Pennell, Shepherds

Connor Hall, Youth Rep.

Our Saviour Lutheran Church

212 Sunset Drive

Johnson City, TN 37604

423-282-2313

Email: cwatkins@oslc.church

Web: www.oslc.church

News articles are due by March 21 to appear in April’s NewSense.

“When you call Me, and come pray to Me, I will listen to you.” (Jeremiah 29:12)

Dear friends in Christ,

Grace and Peace are yours in abundance! Amen.

The all important season of Lent is upon us. There’s much to do during this season of contemplation and searching of the heart.

Take more than a moment to ponder the disciplines that are listed in this newsletter and join us on this journey. It is good to gather together and recall our foundations of faith and life that come from our Lord Jesus Christ.

Join us for studies and worships, and, feel free on your own to stop by the church and pray. The office is usually open between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. (We can open earlier or later if you need us to! Please just let us know and we will gladly oblige you!)

May I say once more how thankful I am for everyone’s thoughts and prayers during my recover from knee surgery. I am grateful for each one of you.

Blessings upon you all this Lenten time. May it be a time of comfort and strength as we consider all Christ has done for us.

Your friend in Christ,

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We had a terrific month for offerings, which were $6,898 (25%) higher than the budget, and $6,409 (23%)

higher than last January (which, like this January, was a four-week month).

Expenditures were $4,577 less than had been budgeted, and were $5,613 less than last year. Most of the

favorable variance from budget was due to Total Property Expense, which was $3,861 less than anticipated.

And of this, $1,946 was due to the quarterly insurance bill not being received and paid in January. The insur-

ance variance will, of course, reverse itself when the bill is paid.

We thus had a gain (offerings higher than expenditures) for January of $5,783, versus a budgeted loss of

($5,693). Last January, we had a loss of ($6,239). We're thus starting the year with a bottom-line favorable

budget variance of $11,476.

Our cash in Savings (Council-restricted cash) at the end of the month was $252,381. The ELCA document

"Contingency Planning for Congregations" states that "Most non-profit organizations maintain an operating

reserve of approximately 30 percent of the annual operating budget." Our January 31 Savings level was at

62 percent of our current 2019 total budget, or more than twice the guideline.

Financial Recap: January 2019

Offerings & Expenditures

Month

Actual Budget Variance

Year to Date

Actual Budget Variance

Offerings $ 34,578 $ 27,680 $ 6,898 $ 34,578 $ 27,680 $ 6,898 Expenditures 28,795 33,373 (4,578) 28,795 33,373 (4,578) Gain or (Loss) $ 5,783 $ (5,693) $ 11,476 $ 5,783 $ (5,693) $ 11,476

End-of-Month Balance Sheet

Checking (Operating Cash) $ 4,185

Savings (Council-Restricted Cash) 252,381

Donor-Restricted Cash 98,555

Total Cash $ 355,121

Facilities and Other Fixed Assets $ 1,234,757

Less Accumulated Depreciation (939,707)

Net Fixed Assets $ 295,050

Total Assets $ 650,171

Accounts Payable (Current) $ -

Mortgages & Long-Term Debt -

Other Liabilities -

Total Liabilities $ -

Equity $ 650,171

Total Liabilities & Equity $ 650,171

Assets Liabilities & Equity

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Volunteers for March

Acolytes Healing Service @3 0n 3/3

3-Rebecca Rudd Acolyte-Ada Hylton 10-Ada Hylton C.A.– Malendas 17, 24-Connor Hall 31 @10:15 am -Connor Hall

Lector Schedule 3, 10-Karin McCoy 17, 24-Pat Wolf 31 @ 10:15 am-Pat Wolf

Communion Assistants 3-Ken Diehl and Melissa Malenda 10-Ken Diehl and David Chalkley 17 & 24-Connor Hall and Susan Reaves 31 @ a0:15 am-Connor Hall and David Chalkley

LEM on 3/10: Tedd Stephens

Ushers 3– David and Lily McAllister

Financial Tellers 3-John Stamm, Ken Diehl 10-Karen Wilson, Jim Malenda 17-Christy Huff, Janeen Pennell 24-Joe and Lu Mattson

Altar Guild—Maggie Flint

Families of the Week 3-Curtis and Penny Van Hooser; Chad, Christina and Braxton Bentley 10-Brandi Flint, Harmoni & Justis Metcalf; Erma Booker

17-Charles and Janice Fredricks; Cecilia and Ella Machac

24-Kasey & Patty Sorenson; Cheryl Morse-Anderson 31-William & Barbara Hovey; John Garrison

Altar Flowers for Sunday Traditional Heartsong 10-Cannons and Fetterolfs 17-Sorenson 31-Flint

Hospital Visitor 3-Mandy Widener 10-Lucy Rye 17-Beverly Gugliotta 24-Trudy Blackmer 31-Dave Herting

Library Committee —Lu Mattson

Prayer Shawl Team 1st wk-Beverly Gugliotta, Nancy Shilling, Patty Neas 2nd wk-Lu Mattson, Berla Smith, Celia Martin 3rd wk-Cheryl Milliken, Trudy Blackmer, Betty Chalkley 4th wk-Karin McCoy, Mary Ann McGaughey

Attendance for February 2019

Date 9:00 am 11:15 am 3:00 pm total

February 3 93 67 8 168

February 10 108 54 162

February 17 98 59 157

February 24 85 52 57 194

Average attendance—68 worshipers for 10 wor-

ship opportunities in February

March Heartsong Volunteers Acolyte Worship Leader

3-Aubrey Golden Linda Maddox

10-Annabelle Myers Bob Hembre

17-Caleb Wilcox Ann Ottinger

24-Logan Hopper Faith Akin

31-one service with youth serving

Projectionist Usher

3-Hayden Estep Bob Hembre

10-Ken Loveday Sean Golden

17-Cameron Wilcox Jim Malenda

24-Matt Hopper Doug Huff

Sunday Afternoon Worship Opportunities

We are offering a special worship service once a month in the afternoon, the first Sunday of the month at 3 p.m. This service includes the laying on of hands and the anointing with oil (if you desire it), but is a full communion service.

Ash Wednesday and Lenten Services

Ash Wednesday Morning: Panera @ 6:30 am

Our Saviour @ noon

Ash Wednesday evening @ 6:30 pm

Communion Assistant-Ken Diehl & Melissa Malenda Acolyte-Susan Reaves

Wednesday March 13 to April 10 Soup and Sandwich Supper 5:45 pm Lenten Worship 6:30 pm

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Council

Tom Marshall opened with devotions

Approved all Monthly Reports and previous Minutes

Thank you’s were shared (please see the newsletter for these).

Discussed budget and expenses concerns. Working diligently on preparing a narrative budget that will help explain how our income serves the ministries of OSLC.

Discussed a revision of the Purpose Statement of OSLC (hopefully will have that by the next Council meeting)

Still searching for a Council Representative on Council for Youth Ministry.

In 2019, the church membership roll will be updated to have a truer number of who we are as a con-gregation. Letters will be sent out to all members who have not been currently involved at OSLC.

The congregational meeting has been set for Sunday, March 31 following the one service at 10:15 a.m. Sunday School that Sunday will meet at 9 a.m.

Youth Fundraisers were approved to help with Youth Ministry (to support youth going to camp, AF-

FRIM, National Youth Gathering). The next one is the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Breakfast, March 5.

Searching for voting members to the SE Synod Assembly in Chattanooga, May 30-June 2.

Columbarium to arrive in mid-Spring (after Easter). Watch for more details.

Worsening condition of the parking lot was discussed. It is especially bad around the drop off point to PDO. Property Com-mittee asked to provide a plan of action soon.

There was conversation about the possi-bility of PDO becoming its own separate entity. It has been mentioned to some of our council leaders that this should be considered. In our conversation, it was discovered that leaders of the PDO Staff are not interested in being separate, but rather remain a ministry of OSLC.

Closing prayer was offered.

In our last Congregational Meeting in December

2018, this motion was made.

Motion: Move to table the proposed 2019 budget proposal, and direct the Church Council and the

Mutual Ministry Committee to:

1. Develop a budget that more accurately reflects our Purpose Statement of OSLC – “Make Disci-ples and Grow in Grace” – through a program

focused ministry, along with a plan to achieve

this objective.

2. Review all jobdescriptions to make sure staff is capable of carrying out this type of ministry and, if not, identify potential candidates to do

so and adjust staff accordingly.

3. Return a completed budget and plan of action

to the OSLC congregation for approval no later

than March 31, 2019.

Remember, we will have Sunday school at 9 am,

followed by a 10:15 worship, and then the Congre-

gational meeting after worship.

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LENT 2019

The Hungering Dark

by Frederick Beuchner

These powerful reflections on biblical themes by one of today's most popular religious writers point

up the truth that the darkness of doubt is often necessary to provoke a hunger for God. The Hun-

gering Dark towers as one of Frederick Buechner's best statements on contemporary belief chal-

lenged by doubt. Drawing on texts from the Old and New Testaments, The Hungering Dark invites

us to discover the hidden face of God, the manifestation of his grace, revealed in stillness, in unex-

pected places, often "through a glass, darkly." It invites us to say yes to "the possibility of God",

and to recover "this fantastic hope that the future belongs to God...that holiness will return to our

world."

A book study, led by Pastor Jim Nipper, during the season of Lent. He has 12 copies of the book,

but you may order a copy if you desire. Cost of the books are $12. Since there are different copies of

the book, the one to order that is uniform with Pastor’s Jim’s copies, the book cover looks like this:

We will start on Wednesday, March 13, following the noon service. We will

meet in the church library. Feel free to bring a bag lunch and join us. (Drinks

will be provided)

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Youth and Family Ministry

The Underground Huddle (6th -12th grades)

We meet every Wednesday night throughout the school year. Because Lent

begins with Ash Wednesday on March 6th, we will be adjusting our schedule.

Most Wednesdays in March we will eat with the congregation at 5:45 p.m.,

worship at 6:30 p.m., and meet for Underground Huddle after worship until

8. As we move into March, our bible studies will be geared to growing in

faith. Mark your calendar with this month’s dates and times:

Wednesday, March 13, 20, and 27 (No meeting on March 6th, youth and their families are encouraged to

attend our Ash Wednesday service at 7 p.m.)

Get Connected: We send out Youth Group text reminders through the GroupMe app. To be added for

youth group messages, contact Pastor Ed. Follow us on Facebook at Our Saviour Youth or click this link:

https://www.facebook.com/OurSaviourYouth/

Shrove Tuesday Pancake Breakfast Tuesday March 5th at 6 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall

Our youth will be hosting a Pancake Breakfast fundraiser to replenish our funds to send youth to camps

and gatherings such as Affirm, Lutheridge, All Tennessee, and The ELCA Youth Gathering in 2021. It’s

going to be a fun night for a great cause. You don’t want to miss it. There is no set cost, but donations

will be accepted. Our youth will set-up, clean-up and serve at the event. Youth will need to be here at 5

p.m. to begin set-up, and are expected to help until we are done with clean-up.

Confirmation Class We will meet on March 3rd and 17th this month from 6-8 p.m. We will finish up our study of the Lord’s

Prayer and we will be making ashes for Ash Wednesday. Please remember to bring you notebook and

your book to each class. Thanks to the King’s and Hylton’s for providing snacks in February.

Easter Breakfast What’s better than food and fellowship? Celebrating the Resurrection of Our Lord and Helping our

youth while you do it. We will be hosting the Easter Breakfast between services on April 21st and ask-

ing for donations to help send our youth to camps and gatherings. Youth and parents, please mark your

calendars and plan to help. Breakfast will be served between services.

Youth and Family

Ministry The

Underground

Huddle (6th -12th

grades)

We meet every Wednesday

night throughout the school

year. Because Lent begins with Ash

Wednesday on March 6th, we will be

adjusting our schedule. Most Wednesdays

in March we will eat with the

congregation at 5:45 p.m., worship at 6:30

p.m., and meet for Underground Huddle

after worship until 8. As we move into

March, our bible studies will be geared to

growing in faith. Mark your calendar for

with this month’s dates and times:

Wednesday, March 13, 20, and 27 (No

meeting on March 6th, youth and their

families are encouraged to attend our Ash

Wednesday service at 7 p.m.)

Get Connected: We send out Youth

Group text reminders through the

GroupMe app. To be added for youth

group messages, contact Pastor Ed.

Follow us on Facebook at Our Saviour

Youth or click this link:

https://www.facebook.com/OurSaviourY

outh/

Shrove Tuesday Pancake

Breakfast

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Around the Parish

The Cover Girls The Cover Girls meet the second

and fourth Monday of each month

at 10:00 am in Fellowship Hall.

Primetimers are meeting on Wednesday, March

6 for lunch at Logan’s Roadhouse. Please meet

at the church around 11:00 am. We will attend

Ash Wednesday noon services before going to

the restaurant.

Dave Herting can be reached at 571-4869 for

reservations and questions.

Prayer Shawl Ministry

We meet on the second Tuesday of each month (March 12) at 10 am in Fellowship Hall. If you would like to learn how to knit or crochet, there is no need to purchase any ma-terials or tools, we have

enough on hand.

Please feel free to call Karin McCoy at (423) 543-2640 and please leave a mes-sage if I am not at home to answer.

WELCA NEWS

Something to think about….. Last year our Personal Care kits were sent to a refugee camp in Mauritania. This is a country on the NW coast of Africa, bordered by Mali to the East/ SE. Arabic is the official language and almost all of the inhabitants are Sunni Muslim alt-hough the republic guarantees freedom of conscience and religious liberty to all. The capital city is Nouak-chott – this is where the Mbera Malian Refugee camp is located. In 2018, there were over 57,000 refugees in this camp. They have sought refuge here due to insecure liv-ing conditions in Mali. As we gather supplies together again this year for our kits, let us continue to pray for these people and the struggles they are enduring. May the simple supplies in these kits bring them comfort and peace to know they are remembered by friends in East Tennessee!

Our Circles this month:

Hannah Circle will meet on Monday, March 18 at 1 PM at the home of Patty Neas – 248 Town and Country Road in Jonesborough. The program will be 40 Things to Give up for Lent and Beyond.

Katie Circle will meet on Wednesday, March 27 at 10:30 AM in the church library. Becky Hamilos will present the program and Karin McCoy will be hostess.

We will gather at Golden Corral, 3104

Brown’s Mill Road (across from Walmart),

on Saturday, at 8 a.m. Pastor Jim will have

devotions and we will enjoy a dutch-treat

breakfast together. All are welcome. We

hope to see you there!

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Melting Pot

We will prepare and serve a meal

on March 13. A volunteer sign up

sheet is on the bulletin board

near the library. Melting Pot served 202

meals on February 13.

Charity for March

“Ronald McDonald House”

The Southern Appalachian Ronald McDonald House is located in Johnson City, TN, but provides a temporary home-away-from-home for children and families of seri-ously ill children throughout the Southern Appalachian region. Forty (40) counties located throughout Northeast TN, Southwest VA and Eastern KY and covering a 125 mile radius outside the city limits of Johnson City are served by this regional facility. Ronald McDonald House

provides:

• A safe haven for children and parents of children.

• A place for families to be away from the hospital environ-

ment.

• A place to share with other families who understand your

pain & heartache.

• A place to “try” to maintain some normalcy during a time

of crisis.

Ronald McDonald House needs

Boxes are located in the hallway for your

donations.

Food Pantry Monetary and food donations are always

welcomed. Your donations make a differ-

ence in many lives. Food items needed:

We cannot accept expired food.

Crackers Soup Dry beans Muffin mix Potato flakes Spaghetti Pasta Canned fruit 2 lb bag flour

Grocery bags given in February 18.

Macaroni & cheese Canned veggies Peanut Butter Spaghetti sauce Canned meat Pancake mix Dehydrated soup Hamburger Helper

Rice Raisins Apple sauce Cereal Vienna Sausage Pop Tarts Oatmeal 2lb. cornmeal

News from Social Ministry

Call Susan or Mike, 794-8167, with questions you may have about giving blood.

Cleaning supplies

Furniture polish

Window cleaner

Bathroom cleaner

Snack foods like: Little Debbie products,

individual chip bags, peanut butter/

cheese filled crackers

Easter lilies will be available

for purchase from March 3

to March 24, 2019. Your

Sunday bulletin will have a

form for ordering. The lilies

will cost $11.50 this year,

which is a slight increase

from last year.

Please print clearly on the form and remember

that lilies can be transplanted in your yard for

years of blooming and multiplying. They are a

bulb and can be left in the ground all year

round.

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Our sympathies to Cassi McAllister and fami-

ly on the death of her mother Geraldine

Slemp.

Our sympathies to Carl Snyder on the death

of his wife, Brenda.

Please keep both families in your prayers.

General Information

Birthdays in

14-Kasey Sorenson 16-Trudy Blackmer 19 Sharon Raye 20-Mark Mattson 21-Audrey Jarrett Olivia Whitlock 22-Mitch King Larry Seifert 23-Easton Hopper Janice Garrison 24-Matt Hopper Duane Willliams 25-Nick Rice 26-Joe Mattson 30-Hannah Wilcox 31-Ann Ottinger

1-Jeff Stoltenberg 2-Sue Reece 4-Mark Aaroen Jacob Hebert 5-Chloie Ottinger Katie Quillin 8-Owen King 9-Mike Kirkland 10-Karen Mears Parnell Freeman Aubrey Sutphin Kristin Hembre 11-Berla Smith 12-Drew Aaroen 13-Kandess Boyle Acuna

1. More folks who are interested in learning how to work in the sound room to help both

services on Sunday mornings.

2. Someone to coordinate delivering food to the sick of our congregation.

3. Men of the congregation who would like to serve in our annual Mardi Gras/ Shrove Tues

day Pancake Supper on March 5. A sign up sheet is posted in both hallways.

Thanks ahead of time.

4. Someone to take empty boxes to the recycle center.

5. Volunteers to pick up non-driving members and bring them to church. One lives in Er-

win the other lives at Cornerstone, located near First Christian Church in Johnson City.

Sign up sheet is in both hallways or email (cwatkins@oslc.church) or call office (282-2313) .

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News From OSLC Library

We have many newly contributed books to OSLC Library. From time to time our library staff, consist-

ing of Lu Mattson, Mary Ann McGaughey, Susan Reaves, and Rose Klix, will review specific books for

you. They will be highlighted on the bulletin board across from the library and many of those books will

be on the library table under the bulletin board. Therefore you will be able to check them out right

there.

Please don’t confine your reading to those books only, as we have thousands of selections in our li-

brary. Remember that there is a notebook listing all our books attached in a holder to the first bookshelf

as you enter our library. There is also a diagram of the nine bookshelves with an indication of the Dewey

Decimal number and the category of books within each bookshelf. You will find this diagram on the shelf

for checking out books and attached to our library closet door.

Here are some spotlighted book for this month.

Who Moved My cheese? By Spencer Johnson

This is a simple parable that reveals profound truths about change. The characters are faced with

an unexpected change. One deals with it successfully. Learn to enjoy less stress and more success in

your life.

Gospel Parallels

This is a study of the first three Gospels that allows us to view corresponding passages in parallel

columns.

The Art of Growing Older by Wayne Booth

Old age is not for sissies. Some of our greatest writers and poets help us discover that the very act

of making great art of growing older is itself a victory over time. The best advisors on aging often are

our writers and poets.

The Mercy Seller by Brenda Vantrease

This is a fictional story of Anna Bookman during the 15th century who seeks asylum in London

since she illustrated books including forbidden translations of the Bible. She and her grandfather be-

lieved that all people ought to read the Word of God for themselves without paying a priest for the

privilege. Find out how she overcomes the movement at that time of book burning and imprisoning

heretics.

The Little Book of Letting Go by Hugh Prather

This book contains a revolutionary 30-day program to cleanse your mind, lift your spirit, and re-

plenish your soul. We need to remember that our minds deserve the same attention and some com-

mitment to sell-being that we give to our bodies.

A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott

This is a book of fiction written by Alcott, well-known for her book called Little Women. This fic-

tional reading is about a girl brought up as a recluse on an island by her indifferent grandfather. Her

only knowledge of the world was through books. Along came a man twice her age whom she marries

only to find out that her life of freedom changes to a life of cruelty and deceit. Find out how she es-

capes. Lu Mattson

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Parish Nurse News…

Ecclesiastes 3:1- To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

Spring is the season of new beginnings. Fresh buds bloom, animals awaken and the earth seems to come to life again.

Same can be for Christians. Sometimes, life can make us feel like we are in a season of winter—cold and dark; or in a season of gloom but no matter what season we find ourselves in, with Jesus, Spring awaits us. A reason to want to awaken and bloom again. A reason to come to life and see things through a lens that leads to health both physically and spiritually. We must remember, “Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush”, (author unknown). Cherish the season you are in and

find God-filled purpose in all things.

~Go God! Melissa Malenda, RN-parish nurse

***March 9th-Lunch & Learn. 12pm. *BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH*

Are you at RISK?

Improve your balance and lower your fall risk both around and outside the home during an interactive lunch hour with Regina Diehl, PT, DOR (Director of Rehab) Life Care Center of Gray, TN.

She will be speaking with us on falls including strategies to decrease our risk for falls. She will be using a BI-ODEX machine to assess each person’s fall risk based on age and height.

Please take advantage of this free event being hosted at OSLC in the fellowship hall

Blood pressures:

March 3rd- Heart Song following service in North Narthex.

March 17th-Traditional following service in North Narthex.

Ministries in Motion-

• Walk and Talk- 1st, 3rd, and 4th Tuesday and every Thursday at 11am.

• Yoga for anyone-Thursday evenings at 6:30pm in fellowship hall. Bring your own mat.

• Chair Yoga for seniors- Fridays at 10am.

Friends in Grief-The second Tuesday of every month (March 12th) at 10:00am in library. Please join us or invite anyone you know who may be suffering with grief due to loss for any reason. Thank you to David Chalkley for a job well done in presenting at our last friends in grief. We look forward to his encouragement and wisdom when we come together again.

Women’s Bible Study-Tuesdays at 7pm. JOB; A Story of Unlikely Joy by Lisa Harper.

***Special thanks to the many people who have helped in caring and meeting the needs of Annabelle Mason while she is recovering from a fall and for reaching out to meet the needs of Phyllis Farst during her illness and offering your love and support to her.

Thank you: Jim Malenda, Betty and David Chalkley, MaryAnn McGaughey, Patty Sorenson, Karin McCoy, Jean Loveday, Bill and Linda Brooks and the many, many more!

Special thanks to the Health & Wellness Committee that are so gracious to give of their time to serve the needs of Our Saviour Lutheran Church.***

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Lenten Times and Schedules

Ash Wednesday, March 6, 2019

6:30 a.m. “Ashes to Go” at Panera Bread, Peoples’ Street

12 noon Brief Order for Imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion (no music)

6:30 p.m. Full Service – Imposition of Ashes and Holy Communion

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

6:30 a.m. Brief Order of Holy Communion (Nave)

12 noon Brief Order for Holy Communion (Nave)

5:45 p.m. Lenten Meal (led by Outreach & ) Fellowship Hall

6:30 p.m. Lenten Worship (Nave)

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

6:30 a.m. Brief Order of Holy Communion (Nave)

12 Noon Brief Order for Holy Communion (Nave)

5:45 p.m. Lenten Meal (led by Stewardship & Christian Ed.) (Fellowship Hall)

6:30 p.m. Lenten Worship (Nave)

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

6:30 a.m. Brief Order of Holy Communion (Nave)

12 Noon Brief Order for Holy Communion (Nave)

5:45 p.m. Lenten Meal (led by Property & Shepherding) (Fellowship Hall)

6:30 p.m. Lenten Worship (Nave)

In the Evening Mid-Week Worship, (that begins the week after Ash Wednesday) we will be using

Marty Haugen/Susan Briehl’s “That You May Have Life.” It’s a beautiful, contemplative worship that

we feel you will find inspirational for your Lenten Discipline this year. Come and have a light meal

and join us after for this wonderful worship.

FIRST COMMUNION CLASS

All students who are First Grade or older and haven’t had training for First Communion, please sign

up (or call the church office at 282-2313) to register for this year’s retreat. The retreat will happen

on Saturday, March 30, from 10 a.m. until around 1:30 p.m. First Communion will be celebrated on

Palm/Passion Sunday, April 14.

Healing Service Continues

Sunday, March 3, at 3 p.m. the afternoon Service of Healing and Communion will be offered with

Pastor Jim preaching. All are welcome. We hope to see you there. We will meet in the nave of the

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…Parish Nurse for her preaching on March 3rd. Wonderful!

…Cindy Watkins for organizing, printing, and putting together the Annual Reports.

…all who worked so hard on the finalization of the renovation project.

…all who are working hard on creating a new “Narrative Budget” for OSLC (coming soon to a congre-

gational meeting near you!)

…everyone (especially Pastor Ed and Melissa Malenda) who took over extra duties while Pastor Jim

was recovering from surgery.

...to everyone who helped care for Annabelle in her time of need. From taking her to the doctor, pre-

paring food for her, cleaning her house and taking her shopping, we thank you very much.

...to all who filled out and turned in their Time and Talent forms.

...to all who volunteer each Sunday so our worship services run smoothly. It takes over 40 volunteers

each Sunday. Thank you so much!

...to the WELCA ladies for the hard work, dedication, and devotion they apply to each of their worthy

causes.

...to all who bring in food for the Food Pantry. Our recipients are very grateful for their bag of food.

Thank You Parish and Staff

PALM PASSION SUNDAY – April 14, 2019 “A Congregational Reading”

We are planning to use, in place of the sermon this Sunday, a Congregational Reading of the Passion

according to Luke. This requires people to volunteer and take part in the reading.

Everyone has a part in this reading, which, brings alive the passion story as you might have never

heard it! (Everyone reads the part when it asks the “crowd” to speak)

There will be a rehearsal on Saturday, April 13 at 10 a.m. in the nave of the church. We want to do

this for both Traditional and Heartsong, and we need lots of people to red, so sign up in the hallway

as soon as it’s posted. Thank you!

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