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Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church 326 Leroy Street Audubon, IA 50025 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
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“Knowing Jesus, Growing in Jesus, Sharing Jesus” 1
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church December, 2018 Shepherd’s Staff
LCMC Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ
OSLC address: 326 Leroy Street, Audubon, Iowa 50025
OSLC Telephone: (712) 563-2625 Pastor Ben’s Cell #: 805-444-1364
OSLC Website: oslcauduboniowa.org
OSLC Email: [email protected] Pastor Ben’s Email: [email protected]
Free Community Christmas Day Dinner OSLC Social Room
December 25th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Everyone welcome!
Turkey and all the trimmings! Reservations appreciated by December 20th
Sign up on the bulletin board or call the church office
The Community Christmas Day Dinner is an important community outreach ministry held at OSLC.
Because of the generosity and prayers of volunteers and donors, this heart-warming free Christmas Dinner and time of fellowship served 235 people from our church and our community last year.
Volunteer are needed to provide desserts and to help during the dinner on Christmas Day.
Additional time to volunteer is for food prep/set tables on Sunday, December 23rd following worship.
Sign-up sheets with information about attending the dinner, volunteering to work, or providing desserts are located
on the bulletin board in the entryway. This is a community event which welcomes & encourages volunteers
from the community. Thank you!.
BAKE SALE - COMING SOON!! WHEN: Sunday, December 16th
TIME: Before and After Worship Service
WHAT: Goodies Galore - pies, candy, homemade angel food cakes, spritz, Danish Kringla cookies, Prune Strip, Norwegian Kringla,
Danish Puff, just to name a few.
WHY: To support our South Africa Mission Team traveling in January to tell the Good News of Jesus’ love, to fit eye glasses,
feed the children along with sharing love and compassion.
Decorate for Advent The Worship Committee
will be coordinating decorating the church for Advent following worship on Sunday,
November 25th.
All are welcome and encouraged to help!
Operation Christmas Child
Thank you to everyone who helped in any way
make Operation Christmas Child a success this year!
We set a record of packing 151 boxes!!
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It was Christmas Eve, and I was not done with my Christmas shopping. So I got in the car and headed out. Driving to the mall was horrible. Driving through the mall parking lot was even worse. Once in the store, the aisles were crowded. I searched and searched, found what I wanted, and headed to the long cashier lines.
In front of me were a couple women much more frustrated than I. Exasperated, one of them huffed to the other, “I just can’t wait till blankety-blank Christmas is over!!” I think she was missing something about Christmas. She was belting out loud what a lot of people feel.
Christmas can become a burden or a drudgery, too many same-same parties, too many gift obligations. This might be you. It is definitely some people you work with, or friends you hang out with, family you love and pray for, or a lonely neighbor.
If I were Dr. December, I would offer a prescription to the worn-out woman in the shopping line; to your searching coworker, friend, family member and neighbor; and to your heart if it’s heavy. I would prescribe a Silent Night; some Joy to the World; a pilgrimage to far Away in a Manger, in O Little Town of Bethlehem, where Of the Father’s Love Begotten an Infant Holy, Infant Lowly was born for you and for me. I would prescribe a late night encounter with Angels We Have Heard on High announcing God Rest You, Merry! (pssst…This song is saying that God wants to make you merry, not that God wants to give rest to merry gentlemen.) God did not give us Christmas as a sentimental holiday In the Bleak Midwinter. The core of Christmas is Mary’s Boy Child.
These are the things that I Wonder As I Wander. And when I kneel on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, I will whisper in wonder, “What Child Is This?”
I have two pleas for you this month: 1) O, Come All Ye Faithful. 2) Who can you invite and bring with you to hear some great Christmas music and to encounter Jesus as the meaning of Christmas?
Pastor Ben
Sunday School Christmas Program
The Preschool through 6th Grade Sunday School Christmas program will be held during 9:00 a.m. worship on Sunday, December 16th. A special coffee will follow
worship and there will be no Sunday School that day. Christmas program rehearsals will be held during the Sunday School hour on December 2nd & 9th.
For Such a Time as This: Your prayer ministry team is always seeking prayer warriors!!
Jesus reminds us often that HIS house is to be a "house of prayer". Prayer in the Chapel (Sunday mornings at 8:15 a.m.) gives us the opportunity to pray with and for our Pastor, and for all the many volunteers serving that particular Sunday---for those with special needs
and for our mission outreach---our Nations leaders and much, much more:
Prayer in the alcove gives opportunity to thank and praise God for HIS presence, power and peace through the time of worship with the family of God! You are welcome to join in this time of
"standing in the gap" sharing our heartfelt needs before the throne of grace!
St. Paul reminds us to "devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful" Col. 4:2
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Stewardship Square
Regular offerings 10/28 $5,373.00 11/04 $5,825.34 11/11 $5,792.04 Weekly Worship Attendance 10/28 165 11/04 200 11/11 178
Needed Weekly to meet budget—$7,169.83 If you have any questions regarding the OSLC financial report, you are welcome to contact our Office Manager Pam Steckler or our Council Treasurer Brandon Toft.
Staff Appreciation Sunday OSLC will celebrate staff appreciation on Sunday November 18th to bless and show our gratitude for our employed staff here at OSLC. Sixteen staff members dedicate themselves to helping the church,
the congregation and our mission.
Current OSLC Staff Members
Pastor Ben Unseth
Office Manager Pam Steckler
Worship & Music Coordinator Jane Weber
Custodians Brad & Kylie Stroeher
Office Assistant Krystal Albertsen
Kids Choir Directors Patrick Hamilton & Marla Sunberg
The Rock Youth Leaders Sara Slater, Nate Vorm & Tracie Christensen
“Behind the Cross” Praise Band Director Jo Beane
Senior Choir Director Gary Keller
Senior Choir Accompanist & Worship Pianist Kelly Polson
Organists Barb Smith & Ryan Weber
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Online Giving To donate online, go to the OSLC website http://oslcauduboniowa.org and click on the online giving
tab located at the upper right hand corner of the webpage. Questions, contact the church office.
CHURCH WEBSITE oslcauduboniowa.org
The church website is updated on a regular basis and is a great source for
information on dates and times of worship services, events, activities, Bible studies, etc.
Also, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church has facebook (search Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church) & Instagram (search
oslcaudu- bon).
South Africa Mission Adventure You are invited to prayerfully consider joining the OSLC mission team traveling and serving
in South Africa January 24th through February 5th of 2019. Mission team members participate in Optical Outreaches, Shoe Distribution, Days for Girls Distribution, serving Meals from
the Heartland, planting or harvesting crops, worshipping at both of the churches, one being a LCMC congregation, and a host of other service projects mostly directed toward the children.
You stay at the Leroy Blessman Lodge of Dreams and have the opportunity to go on a game safari. There are a few handouts regarding the mission opportunity on the entryway table. You
are also welcome to contact any of previous team members with further questions: Norma Nielsen, Dan Smith, Nancy Sand, Jolene Burns, Diana Deist, Danielle and Curtis Derry.
The nursery is available for children ages four years and younger during Sunday worship services September
through May. Nursery volunteers are needed! Contact the church office or a Worship
Committee member to volunteer. The Chapel serves as the location
for this important ministry.
OSLC members, please refrain from parking east of the alleys during worship in order to leave
parking spaces for our brothers and sisters in Christ at First Presbyterian Church.
December Men’s Bible Study
Join us Tuesdays, December 4th, 11th & 18th at 7:00 a.m. in the downstairs social room!
Invite a friend, and join us! All men, all ages are welcome!
Questions, talk to Pastor Ben or the church office.
Youth & Adult Sunday School will not be held on November 25th (Thanksgiving weekend).
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Upcoming Special Worship Opportunities
November 21st: Wednesday Thanksgiving Eve Communion service, 7:00 p.m.
December 5th: Wednesday Advent service, 7:00 p.m. with Audubon church choirs/Advent Supper 6:00 p.m.
December 12th: Wednesday Advent service, 7:00 p.m./Advent Supper 6:00 p.m.
December 16th: Sunday School Christmas program during Worship
Caroling at 2:00 p.m.
December 19th: Wednesday Advent service, 7:00 p.m. with “BTC” Praise Band/Advent Supper 6:00 p.m.
December 24th: Christmas Eve 5:30 p.m. worship with Holy Family portrayal and
Holy Communion 9:00 p.m. candlelight worship
December 25th: Christmas Day 10:00 a.m. worship service
Free Christmas Community Dinner 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Congratulations and God’s Blessings to…
Cooper & Kara (Christensen) DeBoer who were married at OSLC on November 10th.
Cookies for the Holidays for Military Personnel Deployed Overseas The Evangelism Committee is inviting anyone
who may be interested in helping bake cookies for military personnel who will be deployed overseas
during the upcoming holidays. If you are interested in baking, please contact the church office or a
member of the Evangelism Committee and bring the baked cookies to the church by Monday,
November 19th at 6:00 p.m. and join us in packing the boxes. We have applied for a Thrivent Action
team of $250 for cookie ingredient supplies. Contact Elayne Sinow for information on these supplies. If you have names and addresses of individuals
who would appreciate these holiday treats, please provide the name/address to the church office,
Pastor Ben, Elayne Sinow, Lorri Thygesen, Alice Hemmingsen, Paula Hansen,
Joan Mortensen or Elaine Jorgensen.
The church office will be closed November 22nd & 23rd.
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December is Caring & Sharing month at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
Items needed: Kleenex, Toothpaste, Toothbrushes, Laundry soap, Dish soap, Toilet paper, Spaghetti noodles, Spaghetti sauce, Tuna, Canned fruit, Canned soup,
Peanut butter, Macaroni & cheese, Cereal.
Special items needed for Christmas boxes are any type of boxed crackers and packaged fruit snacks. Please have these items to the church by December 2nd.
Caring & Sharing is a non-profit, non-perishable food/clothing pantry for Audubon county residents. Questions, contact Norma Nielsen at 563-4393.
Caring & Sharing Mitten/Coat/Hat/Scarf/Socks/Gloves Tree A Christmas tree on which to place donated new or gently used gloves, coats, hats, scarves & socks
will be located at the back of the sanctuary beginning December 2nd. Items will be donated to Caring & Sharing and they in turn will distribute the items to the families they serve.
Christmas Caroling Caroling for confirmation students, their mentors, and the congregation will be Sunday, December 9th at 2:00 p.m. Dress warmly and meet in the downstairs social room.
Please bring a few Christmas goodies to be shared after caroling if you have them! Bring along a
friend or neighbor - everyone welcome!
Congregational Meal Guidelines Advent Suppers, Lenten Suppers, etc.
*There is a budgeted amount for expenses incurred for congregational meals such as soup suppers. *Please charge all supplies (soup ingredients, sandwiches, bars, drinks, etc.) at Audubon Food Land to OSLC. You will be asked to sign a charge slip. Along with signing your name, indicate what you are purchasing supplies for (such as “Soup Supper”). This allows the church office to know where to categorize the expense as other groups also charge during the month. *If you need to purchase supplies somewhere other than Audubon Food Land and pay for them personally, please turn in a receipt for reimbursement within one week of the event. *If you have a free-will basket, the proceeds will go into the non-designated Memorial Fund unless a specific need has been pre-determined. *Since there is a budgeted expense for these meals, no one should need to incur personal expense when volunteering to help. Please consider your volunteer time as your donation.
Thank you to Pastor Ben and my church
family for all the cards, visits and flowers while
I was in the hospital. Special thanks to my family for all the trips
they made and for staying with me
while I recuperate.
Love, Alice Kauffman
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December Rock News: November 18th: The Rock Thankful Project: We are meeting at the church at 3:00 p.m., we will text out a reminder. We will work on our project, then go bowling! Come, help with the Rock project, and join in the fun of bowling!
December 9th: Christmas Caroling: This is such an enjoyable outing! Plan on sharing some seasonal cheer with some church and community members, and after caroling come back to the church for some hot chocolate and goodies.
This is a fun way to get into the holiday spirit!
January 24th WINTER JAM: Looks like a great line up of artists including NewsBoys United! We usually leave school around 3:00 p.m., get to Council Bluffs to wait in line for tickets and we need to bundle up. Winter in Iowa and waiting in line gets cold but it is honestly part of the fun!! We enjoy the concert, and get home very late, somewhere between midnight and 12:30 a.m. Please let a Rock
leader know if you are interested in going by January 12th, so we can line up rides for everyone!
The Rock leaders want you to know going into Thanksgiving and Christmas that we are blessed beyond measure to enjoy time with you.
We hope you have a Joyful Thanksgiving and a Merry, Merry Christmas!
The Rock Youth Group Leaders: Tracie C. (304-1256), Sara S. (304-2363), Nate V. (304-0548) Facebook: The Rock OSLC
OSLC website: oslcauduboniowa.org The Rock Email: [email protected]
Grace & Ibrahimu (we have nicknamed Ibrahimu, Ib), both from Tanzania, have been sponsored through Compassion International by the OSLC Sunday School children since 2013.
Thank you to all who have brought Sunday School offering! This money helps Grace & Ib with their schooling, educational/skills
training, provides food, clothing, healthcare, etc. but most of all, it provides the opportunity for these children to learn about Jesus.
Through letters, pictures and prayers, we have developed a relationship with Grace & Ib. Thank you to all who have helped
us sponsor these wonderful children throughout the years. Please continue to keep Grace & Ib in your prayers!
Grace Robert Chakupewa 11 years old
Birthday: December 10th
Ibrahimu Abdallah Ally 12 years old
Birthday: January 13th
If Worship or Sunday School is cancelled due to bad weather it will
be announced on KSOM 96.5 FM or
KJAN 1220 AM radio stations and posted on their
websites.
Please use your best judgement as worship will
only be cancelled when city streets are impassable.
Confirmation and Kids Choir will not be held if
school is cancelled or let out early on a
Wednesday for bad weather.
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USHERS Richard Hemmingsen, Captain Jerry Kelly Jason Smith Jeff Edwards Dave Madsen Gary Englin Dave Albers Randy Blohm Brad Borkowski TAXI DRIVER Richard Hemmingsen ALTAR GUILD Christy Konkler Dona Garber Linda Keller ACOLYTES 2- Zeke Konkler Alexis Obermeier 5- Cooper Nielsen Madi Doonan 9- Collin Bauer Abbie Erickson 12- Morgan Smith Carson Bauer 16- Carson Vorm Sienna Albertsen 19- Amalie Lansman Mattie Nielsen 23- Ava Slater Jordan Porsch 24-5:30 Collin Bauer Carson Bauer 24-9:00 Keegan Deist Zeke Konkler 25-10:00 Ashlyn Pruitt Alexis Obermeier 30- Brittany Huston Michelle Brooks
PROJECTION SYSTEM 2- Curtis Derry 5- Shannon Jensen 9- Raydene Mathisen 12- Curtis Derry 16- 19- Jane Weber 23- 24-5:30 Shannon Jensen 24-9:00 Jane Weber 25-10:00 Raydene Mathinsen 30- VIDEO OPERATORS 2- Ken Burns 9- Brian Jensen 16- Dan Jorgensen 23- Dan Christensen 24-5:30 Frank Olsen 30- Dave Madsen SOUND OPERATORS 2- Logan Nielsen 5- Jane Weber 9- Brandon Toft 12- Logan Nielsen 16- Krystal Albertsen 19- Jane Weber 23- Patrick Hamilton 24-5:30 Bob Weber 24-9:00 Jane Weber 25-10:00 30- Patrick Hamilton JUNIOR HIGH SS PARENT 2- Tara Hansen 9- Kim Leeper NURSERY 2- Melissa Starmer 9- Sharon Winterboer 16- 23- Raydene Mathisen 30-
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23 Simple tips to stop overeating 1. Get rid of distractions (turn off technology and concentrate on your meal).
2. Know your weaknesses (keep temptations out of your home). 3. Don’t ban all your favorite foods (allow yourself a treat every once in a while, eat your treats in moderation). 4. Try volumetrics (fill up on healthy foods so you don’t indulge in
unhealthy foods). 5. Avoid eating from containers (measure your portions according to serving sizes). 6. Reduce stress (find ways to cope with stress to avoid stress eating).
7. Practice mindful eating (focus on your thoughts and senses as you are eating). 8. Eat fiber-rich foods (satisfies and keeps you full for longer). 9. Eat regular meals (don’t skip meals). 10. Keep a food
journal (keep track of all the food you eat). 11. Dine with like-minded friends (choose those who also like to make healthy choices). 12. Fill up on protein (choose protein rich foods to help you fight
cravings, and fight off hunger). 13. Stabilize your blood sugar levels (choose foods that help keep your blood sugar stabilized). 14. Slow down (take your time eating and chew your food thoroughly).
15. Watch your alcohol intake (do not drink, or limit yourself to one beverage). 16. Plan ahead (always have healthy choices on hand). 17. Replace sugary drinks with water (an average adult should drink
8-8 oz. glasses of water a day). 18. Check in with yourself (ask yourself why you are overeating, and address the reasons). 19. Ditch the diet mentality (don’t go on fad diets, choose healthy eating as
a lifestyle change). 20. Break old habits (identify unhealthy behaviors, and slowly make changes). 21. Eat healthy fats (add healthy fats such as nuts, olive oil, avocados, etc. to your diet). 22. Keep your
goals in mind (know your short term and long term goals). 23. Get help if you need it (seek professional help if you feel you have an eating disorder or need nutritional advice).
“Thank Offering” for Caring & Sharing A table will be available for Caring & Sharing “Thank Offering” donations at our Thanksgiving Eve service on Wednesday, November 21st, 7:00 p.m.
Caring & Sharing has special requests for each community church for items to be used in the Christmas boxes they provide to the families they service.
OSLC members have been asked to donate packaged fruit snacks and boxes of crackers such as Ritz, Wheat Thins, saltines, etc. These items may be brought to
the Thanksgiving Eve service or at any time. Nonperishable food items, paper products and monetary donations are also greatly needed.
Please remember December is OSLC’s month to donate items to Caring & Sharing. A list will be posted on the entryway tables of items needed.
Lutheran World Relief Kits
Once again, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church congregation has responded with generous support for Women of Faith Mission Projects for Lutheran World Relief. This year we recently assembled,
packed and delivered 37 quilts, 3 blankets, 39 school kits and 31 personal care kits. We are blessed to share our love of Jesus with so many in need in His kingdom and we thank all who contribute in any
way to make this ministry possible each year.
Reminder...there will be no quilting in December. We will resume in the new year on January 14 th! Janice Andersen & Donis Hansen, Co-chairs of Mission Action
2018 Committee Reports
Due in the church office by December 1st.
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2 First Sunday in Advent 8:15 Prayer Power 9:00 Holy Communion 10:15 Coffee, Sr. Choir, Preschool-6th Grade SS Christmas program rehearsal 11:15 “BTC” Praise Band Practice 7:00 High School Youth Group
3 9:00 Staff Meeting 7:00 Stewardship Committee Meeting
4 7:00 Men’s Bible Study 9:00 Women’s Bible Study
5 9:30 Caring & Sharing 2:30 Kids Choir 3:00 Confirmation 6:00-6:45 Advent Supper (Served by the Stewardship Committee) 7:00 Advent Worship (with community choirs)
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9 Second Sunday in Advent 8:15 Prayer Power 9:00 Worship 10:15 Coffee, Sr. Choir, Preschool-6th Grade SS Christmas program rehearsal 11:15 Education Committee Meeting 2:00 Christmas Caroling 7:00 High School Youth Group
10 9:00 Staff Meeting 6:30 Building & Property Committee Meeting
11 7:00 Men’s Bible Study 9:00 Women’s Bible Study 2:00 Naomi Circle Bible Study
12 2:30 Kids Choir 3:00 Confirmation 6:00-6:45 Advent Supper (Served by South Africa Mission Team) 7:00 Advent Worship
13 10:30 Friendship Home Communion
Shepherd Staff newsletter deadline at noon
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16 Third Sunday in Advent 8:15 Prayer Power 9:00 Holy Communion-Preschool-6th Grade Sunday School Christmas program 10:15 Coffee, Sr. Choir, Blood Pressure Checks South Africa Bake Sale (Before/After Wor-ship) 11:15 “BTC” Praise Band Practice 7:00 High School Youth Group
17 9:00 Staff Meeting
18 7:00 Men’s Bible Study 9:00 Women’s Bible Study
19 2:30 Kids Choir 3:00 Confirmation 6:00 Advent Supper 7:00 Advent Worship (with “BTC” Praise Band) 8:00 Church Council Meeting
20 9:30 Ruth Circle Bible Study
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23 Fourth Sunday in Advent 8:15 Prayer Power 9:00 Worship 10:15 Coffee, Sr. Choir 10:15 Set up for Christmas Dinner 3:30 Exira Vespers 7:00 High School Youth Group
24 5:30 Christmas Eve Worship with the Holy Family 9:00 Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship with Holy Communion
25 10:00 Christmas Day Worship 11:00-1:00 Community Christmas Day Dinner
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30 First Sunday after Christmas 8:15 Prayer Power 9:00 Worship 10:15 Coffee, Sr. Choir, Take Christmas decorations down 7:00 High School Youth Group
31 9:00 Staff Meeting
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
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2 First Sunday in Advent 8:15 Prayer Power 9:00 Holy Communion 10:15 Coffee, Sr. Choir, Preschool-6th Grade SS Christmas program rehearsal 11:15 “BTC” Praise Band Practice 7:00 High School Youth Group
3 9:00 Staff Meeting 7:00 Stewardship Committee Meeting
4 7:00 Men’s Bible Study 9:00 Women’s Bible Study
5 9:30 Caring & Sharing 2:30 Kids Choir 3:00 Confirmation 6:00-6:45 Advent Supper (Served by the Stewardship Committee) 7:00 Advent Worship (with community choirs)
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9 Second Sunday in Advent 8:15 Prayer Power 9:00 Worship 10:15 Coffee, Sr. Choir, Preschool-6th Grade SS Christmas program rehearsal 11:15 Education Committee Meeting 2:00 Christmas Caroling 7:00 High School Youth Group
10 9:00 Staff Meeting 6:30 Building & Property Committee Meeting
11 7:00 Men’s Bible Study 9:00 Women’s Bible Study 2:00 Naomi Circle Bible Study
12 2:30 Kids Choir 3:00 Confirmation 6:00-6:45 Advent Supper (Served by South Africa Mission Team) 7:00 Advent Worship
13 10:30 Friendship Home Communion
Shepherd Staff newsletter deadline at noon
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16 Third Sunday in Advent 8:15 Prayer Power 9:00 Holy Communion-Preschool-6th Grade Sunday School Christmas program 10:15 Coffee, Sr. Choir, Blood Pressure Checks South Africa Bake Sale (Before/After Wor-ship) 11:15 “BTC” Praise Band Practice 7:00 High School Youth Group
17 9:00 Staff Meeting
18 7:00 Men’s Bible Study 9:00 Women’s Bible Study
19 2:30 Kids Choir 3:00 Confirmation 6:00 Advent Supper 7:00 Advent Worship (with “BTC” Praise Band) 8:00 Church Council Meeting
20 9:30 Ruth Circle Bible Study
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23 Fourth Sunday in Advent 8:15 Prayer Power 9:00 Worship 10:15 Coffee, Sr. Choir 10:15 Set up for Christmas Dinner 3:30 Exira Vespers 7:00 High School Youth Group
24 5:30 Christmas Eve Worship with the Holy Family 9:00 Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship with Holy Communion
25 10:00 Christmas Day Worship 11:00-1:00 Community Christmas Day Dinner
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30 First Sunday after Christmas 8:15 Prayer Power 9:00 Worship 10:15 Coffee, Sr. Choir, Take Christmas decorations down 7:00 High School Youth Group
31 9:00 Staff Meeting
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
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USHERS Richard Hemmingsen, Captain Jerry Kelly Jason Smith Jeff Edwards Dave Madsen Gary Englin Dave Albers Randy Blohm Brad Borkowski TAXI DRIVER Richard Hemmingsen ALTAR GUILD Christy Konkler Dona Garber Linda Keller ACOLYTES 2- Zeke Konkler Alexis Obermeier 5- Cooper Nielsen Madi Doonan 9- Collin Bauer Abbie Erickson 12- Morgan Smith Carson Bauer 16- Carson Vorm Sienna Albertsen 19- Amalie Lansman Mattie Nielsen 23- Ava Slater Jordan Porsch 24-5:30 Collin Bauer Carson Bauer 24-9:00 Keegan Deist Zeke Konkler 25-10:00 Ashlyn Pruitt Alexis Obermeier 30- Brittany Huston Michelle Brooks
PROJECTION SYSTEM 2- Curtis Derry 5- Shannon Jensen 9- Raydene Mathisen 12- Curtis Derry 16- 19- Jane Weber 23- 24-5:30 Shannon Jensen 24-9:00 Jane Weber 25-10:00 Raydene Mathinsen 30- VIDEO OPERATORS 2- Ken Burns 9- Brian Jensen 16- Dan Jorgensen 23- Dan Christensen 24-5:30 Frank Olsen 30- Dave Madsen SOUND OPERATORS 2- Logan Nielsen 5- Jane Weber 9- Brandon Toft 12- Logan Nielsen 16- Krystal Albertsen 19- Jane Weber 23- Patrick Hamilton 24-5:30 Bob Weber 24-9:00 Jane Weber 25-10:00 30- Patrick Hamilton JUNIOR HIGH SS PARENT 2- Tara Hansen 9- Kim Leeper NURSERY 2- Melissa Starmer 9- Sharon Winterboer 16- 23- Raydene Mathisen 30-
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23 Simple tips to stop overeating 1. Get rid of distractions (turn off technology and concentrate on your meal).
2. Know your weaknesses (keep temptations out of your home). 3. Don’t ban all your favorite foods (allow yourself a treat every once in a while, eat your treats in moderation). 4. Try volumetrics (fill up on healthy foods so you don’t indulge in
unhealthy foods). 5. Avoid eating from containers (measure your portions according to serving sizes). 6. Reduce stress (find ways to cope with stress to avoid stress eating).
7. Practice mindful eating (focus on your thoughts and senses as you are eating). 8. Eat fiber-rich foods (satisfies and keeps you full for longer). 9. Eat regular meals (don’t skip meals). 10. Keep a food
journal (keep track of all the food you eat). 11. Dine with like-minded friends (choose those who also like to make healthy choices). 12. Fill up on protein (choose protein rich foods to help you fight
cravings, and fight off hunger). 13. Stabilize your blood sugar levels (choose foods that help keep your blood sugar stabilized). 14. Slow down (take your time eating and chew your food thoroughly).
15. Watch your alcohol intake (do not drink, or limit yourself to one beverage). 16. Plan ahead (always have healthy choices on hand). 17. Replace sugary drinks with water (an average adult should drink
8-8 oz. glasses of water a day). 18. Check in with yourself (ask yourself why you are overeating, and address the reasons). 19. Ditch the diet mentality (don’t go on fad diets, choose healthy eating as
a lifestyle change). 20. Break old habits (identify unhealthy behaviors, and slowly make changes). 21. Eat healthy fats (add healthy fats such as nuts, olive oil, avocados, etc. to your diet). 22. Keep your
goals in mind (know your short term and long term goals). 23. Get help if you need it (seek professional help if you feel you have an eating disorder or need nutritional advice).
“Thank Offering” for Caring & Sharing A table will be available for Caring & Sharing “Thank Offering” donations at our Thanksgiving Eve service on Wednesday, November 21st, 7:00 p.m.
Caring & Sharing has special requests for each community church for items to be used in the Christmas boxes they provide to the families they service.
OSLC members have been asked to donate packaged fruit snacks and boxes of crackers such as Ritz, Wheat Thins, saltines, etc. These items may be brought to
the Thanksgiving Eve service or at any time. Nonperishable food items, paper products and monetary donations are also greatly needed.
Please remember December is OSLC’s month to donate items to Caring & Sharing. A list will be posted on the entryway tables of items needed.
Lutheran World Relief Kits
Once again, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church congregation has responded with generous support for Women of Faith Mission Projects for Lutheran World Relief. This year we recently assembled,
packed and delivered 37 quilts, 3 blankets, 39 school kits and 31 personal care kits. We are blessed to share our love of Jesus with so many in need in His kingdom and we thank all who contribute in any
way to make this ministry possible each year.
Reminder...there will be no quilting in December. We will resume in the new year on January 14 th! Janice Andersen & Donis Hansen, Co-chairs of Mission Action
2018 Committee Reports
Due in the church office by December 1st.
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December is Caring & Sharing month at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
Items needed: Kleenex, Toothpaste, Toothbrushes, Laundry soap, Dish soap, Toilet paper, Spaghetti noodles, Spaghetti sauce, Tuna, Canned fruit, Canned soup,
Peanut butter, Macaroni & cheese, Cereal.
Special items needed for Christmas boxes are any type of boxed crackers and packaged fruit snacks. Please have these items to the church by December 2nd.
Caring & Sharing is a non-profit, non-perishable food/clothing pantry for Audubon county residents. Questions, contact Norma Nielsen at 563-4393.
Caring & Sharing Mitten/Coat/Hat/Scarf/Socks/Gloves Tree A Christmas tree on which to place donated new or gently used gloves, coats, hats, scarves & socks
will be located at the back of the sanctuary beginning December 2nd. Items will be donated to Caring & Sharing and they in turn will distribute the items to the families they serve.
Christmas Caroling Caroling for confirmation students, their mentors, and the congregation will be Sunday, December 9th at 2:00 p.m. Dress warmly and meet in the downstairs social room.
Please bring a few Christmas goodies to be shared after caroling if you have them! Bring along a
friend or neighbor - everyone welcome!
Congregational Meal Guidelines Advent Suppers, Lenten Suppers, etc.
*There is a budgeted amount for expenses incurred for congregational meals such as soup suppers. *Please charge all supplies (soup ingredients, sandwiches, bars, drinks, etc.) at Audubon Food Land to OSLC. You will be asked to sign a charge slip. Along with signing your name, indicate what you are purchasing supplies for (such as “Soup Supper”). This allows the church office to know where to categorize the expense as other groups also charge during the month. *If you need to purchase supplies somewhere other than Audubon Food Land and pay for them personally, please turn in a receipt for reimbursement within one week of the event. *If you have a free-will basket, the proceeds will go into the non-designated Memorial Fund unless a specific need has been pre-determined. *Since there is a budgeted expense for these meals, no one should need to incur personal expense when volunteering to help. Please consider your volunteer time as your donation.
Thank you to Pastor Ben and my church
family for all the cards, visits and flowers while
I was in the hospital. Special thanks to my family for all the trips
they made and for staying with me
while I recuperate.
Love, Alice Kauffman
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December Rock News: November 18th: The Rock Thankful Project: We are meeting at the church at 3:00 p.m., we will text out a reminder. We will work on our project, then go bowling! Come, help with the Rock project, and join in the fun of bowling!
December 9th: Christmas Caroling: This is such an enjoyable outing! Plan on sharing some seasonal cheer with some church and community members, and after caroling come back to the church for some hot chocolate and goodies.
This is a fun way to get into the holiday spirit!
January 24th WINTER JAM: Looks like a great line up of artists including NewsBoys United! We usually leave school around 3:00 p.m., get to Council Bluffs to wait in line for tickets and we need to bundle up. Winter in Iowa and waiting in line gets cold but it is honestly part of the fun!! We enjoy the concert, and get home very late, somewhere between midnight and 12:30 a.m. Please let a Rock
leader know if you are interested in going by January 12th, so we can line up rides for everyone!
The Rock leaders want you to know going into Thanksgiving and Christmas that we are blessed beyond measure to enjoy time with you.
We hope you have a Joyful Thanksgiving and a Merry, Merry Christmas!
The Rock Youth Group Leaders: Tracie C. (304-1256), Sara S. (304-2363), Nate V. (304-0548) Facebook: The Rock OSLC
OSLC website: oslcauduboniowa.org The Rock Email: [email protected]
Grace & Ibrahimu (we have nicknamed Ibrahimu, Ib), both from Tanzania, have been sponsored through Compassion International by the OSLC Sunday School children since 2013.
Thank you to all who have brought Sunday School offering! This money helps Grace & Ib with their schooling, educational/skills
training, provides food, clothing, healthcare, etc. but most of all, it provides the opportunity for these children to learn about Jesus.
Through letters, pictures and prayers, we have developed a relationship with Grace & Ib. Thank you to all who have helped
us sponsor these wonderful children throughout the years. Please continue to keep Grace & Ib in your prayers!
Grace Robert Chakupewa 11 years old
Birthday: December 10th
Ibrahimu Abdallah Ally 12 years old
Birthday: January 13th
If Worship or Sunday School is cancelled due to bad weather it will
be announced on KSOM 96.5 FM or
KJAN 1220 AM radio stations and posted on their
websites.
Please use your best judgement as worship will
only be cancelled when city streets are impassable.
Confirmation and Kids Choir will not be held if
school is cancelled or let out early on a
Wednesday for bad weather.
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Online Giving To donate online, go to the OSLC website http://oslcauduboniowa.org and click on the online giving
tab located at the upper right hand corner of the webpage. Questions, contact the church office.
CHURCH WEBSITE oslcauduboniowa.org
The church website is updated on a regular basis and is a great source for
information on dates and times of worship services, events, activities, Bible studies, etc.
Also, Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church has facebook (search Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church) & Instagram (search
oslcaudu- bon).
South Africa Mission Adventure You are invited to prayerfully consider joining the OSLC mission team traveling and serving
in South Africa January 24th through February 5th of 2019. Mission team members participate in Optical Outreaches, Shoe Distribution, Days for Girls Distribution, serving Meals from
the Heartland, planting or harvesting crops, worshipping at both of the churches, one being a LCMC congregation, and a host of other service projects mostly directed toward the children.
You stay at the Leroy Blessman Lodge of Dreams and have the opportunity to go on a game safari. There are a few handouts regarding the mission opportunity on the entryway table. You
are also welcome to contact any of previous team members with further questions: Norma Nielsen, Dan Smith, Nancy Sand, Jolene Burns, Diana Deist, Danielle and Curtis Derry.
The nursery is available for children ages four years and younger during Sunday worship services September
through May. Nursery volunteers are needed! Contact the church office or a Worship
Committee member to volunteer. The Chapel serves as the location
for this important ministry.
OSLC members, please refrain from parking east of the alleys during worship in order to leave
parking spaces for our brothers and sisters in Christ at First Presbyterian Church.
December Men’s Bible Study
Join us Tuesdays, December 4th, 11th & 18th at 7:00 a.m. in the downstairs social room!
Invite a friend, and join us! All men, all ages are welcome!
Questions, talk to Pastor Ben or the church office.
Youth & Adult Sunday School will not be held on November 25th (Thanksgiving weekend).
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Upcoming Special Worship Opportunities
November 21st: Wednesday Thanksgiving Eve Communion service, 7:00 p.m.
December 5th: Wednesday Advent service, 7:00 p.m. with Audubon church choirs/Advent Supper 6:00 p.m.
December 12th: Wednesday Advent service, 7:00 p.m./Advent Supper 6:00 p.m.
December 16th: Sunday School Christmas program during Worship
Caroling at 2:00 p.m.
December 19th: Wednesday Advent service, 7:00 p.m. with “BTC” Praise Band/Advent Supper 6:00 p.m.
December 24th: Christmas Eve 5:30 p.m. worship with Holy Family portrayal and
Holy Communion 9:00 p.m. candlelight worship
December 25th: Christmas Day 10:00 a.m. worship service
Free Christmas Community Dinner 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Congratulations and God’s Blessings to…
Cooper & Kara (Christensen) DeBoer who were married at OSLC on November 10th.
Cookies for the Holidays for Military Personnel Deployed Overseas The Evangelism Committee is inviting anyone
who may be interested in helping bake cookies for military personnel who will be deployed overseas
during the upcoming holidays. If you are interested in baking, please contact the church office or a
member of the Evangelism Committee and bring the baked cookies to the church by Monday,
November 19th at 6:00 p.m. and join us in packing the boxes. We have applied for a Thrivent Action
team of $250 for cookie ingredient supplies. Contact Elayne Sinow for information on these supplies. If you have names and addresses of individuals
who would appreciate these holiday treats, please provide the name/address to the church office,
Pastor Ben, Elayne Sinow, Lorri Thygesen, Alice Hemmingsen, Paula Hansen,
Joan Mortensen or Elaine Jorgensen.
The church office will be closed November 22nd & 23rd.
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It was Christmas Eve, and I was not done with my Christmas shopping. So I got in the car and headed out. Driving to the mall was horrible. Driving through the mall parking lot was even worse. Once in the store, the aisles were crowded. I searched and searched, found what I wanted, and headed to the long cashier lines.
In front of me were a couple women much more frustrated than I. Exasperated, one of them huffed to the other, “I just can’t wait till blankety-blank Christmas is over!!” I think she was missing something about Christmas. She was belting out loud what a lot of people feel.
Christmas can become a burden or a drudgery, too many same-same parties, too many gift obligations. This might be you. It is definitely some people you work with, or friends you hang out with, family you love and pray for, or a lonely neighbor.
If I were Dr. December, I would offer a prescription to the worn-out woman in the shopping line; to your searching coworker, friend, family member and neighbor; and to your heart if it’s heavy. I would prescribe a Silent Night; some Joy to the World; a pilgrimage to far Away in a Manger, in O Little Town of Bethlehem, where Of the Father’s Love Begotten an Infant Holy, Infant Lowly was born for you and for me. I would prescribe a late night encounter with Angels We Have Heard on High announcing God Rest You, Merry! (pssst…This song is saying that God wants to make you merry, not that God wants to give rest to merry gentlemen.) God did not give us Christmas as a sentimental holiday In the Bleak Midwinter. The core of Christmas is Mary’s Boy Child.
These are the things that I Wonder As I Wander. And when I kneel on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, I will whisper in wonder, “What Child Is This?”
I have two pleas for you this month: 1) O, Come All Ye Faithful. 2) Who can you invite and bring with you to hear some great Christmas music and to encounter Jesus as the meaning of Christmas?
Pastor Ben
Sunday School Christmas Program
The Preschool through 6th Grade Sunday School Christmas program will be held during 9:00 a.m. worship on Sunday, December 16th. A special coffee will follow
worship and there will be no Sunday School that day. Christmas program rehearsals will be held during the Sunday School hour on December 2nd & 9th.
For Such a Time as This: Your prayer ministry team is always seeking prayer warriors!!
Jesus reminds us often that HIS house is to be a "house of prayer". Prayer in the Chapel (Sunday mornings at 8:15 a.m.) gives us the opportunity to pray with and for our Pastor, and for all the many volunteers serving that particular Sunday---for those with special needs
and for our mission outreach---our Nations leaders and much, much more:
Prayer in the alcove gives opportunity to thank and praise God for HIS presence, power and peace through the time of worship with the family of God! You are welcome to join in this time of
"standing in the gap" sharing our heartfelt needs before the throne of grace!
St. Paul reminds us to "devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful" Col. 4:2
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Stewardship Square
Regular offerings 10/28 $5,373.00 11/04 $5,825.34 11/11 $5,792.04 Weekly Worship Attendance 10/28 165 11/04 200 11/11 178
Needed Weekly to meet budget—$7,169.83 If you have any questions regarding the OSLC financial report, you are welcome to contact our Office Manager Pam Steckler or our Council Treasurer Brandon Toft.
Staff Appreciation Sunday OSLC will celebrate staff appreciation on Sunday November 18th to bless and show our gratitude for our employed staff here at OSLC. Sixteen staff members dedicate themselves to helping the church,
the congregation and our mission.
Current OSLC Staff Members
Pastor Ben Unseth
Office Manager Pam Steckler
Worship & Music Coordinator Jane Weber
Custodians Brad & Kylie Stroeher
Office Assistant Krystal Albertsen
Kids Choir Directors Patrick Hamilton & Marla Sunberg
The Rock Youth Leaders Sara Slater, Nate Vorm & Tracie Christensen
“Behind the Cross” Praise Band Director Jo Beane
Senior Choir Director Gary Keller
Senior Choir Accompanist & Worship Pianist Kelly Polson
Organists Barb Smith & Ryan Weber
