Living in
God's grace, Our Saviour Lutheran Church is called to be a worshipping
community gathered around the cross of Christ, reaching out to serve the
world through faith and the freedom of the Gospel.
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Worship
and Sunday School
Worship Saturday Night at 5:30pm
Worship Sunday at 8:00 and
10:30am.
Nursery provided
during
Sunday services.
Sunday School at 9:15am
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Office
Phone: 540-347-3224.
Pastors Emergency Contact
540-937-7052
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Pastor
Debbie and
Pastor James
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Areas of Interest
Worship Notes for May
In
May, we embark upon Pentecost. The day of Pentecost invites us to
consider again Luther’s explanation of the Third Article of the
Apostle’s Creed in his Small Catechism : “I believe that by my own
understanding or strength I cannot believe in Jesus Christ my Lord or
come to him, but instead the Holy Spirit has called me through the
Gospel, enlightened me with his gifts, made me holy and kept me in the
true faith, just as he calls, gathers, enlightens, and makes holy the
whole Christian church and keeps it with Jesus Christ in the one common,
true, faith.” When the day of Pentecost is over, the season of Pentecost
invites us to experience what Luther’s words point to: living our lives
in Christ, by the Holy Spirit, among the Christian community and for the
purpose of sharing the Gospel about Jesus to the world. Join your
Christian family for this tremendous journey of faith that we share!
Worship with brothers and sisters in Christ on Saturdays at 5:30pm or
Sundays at 8am or 10:30am. Invite a friend and share the good news of
God’s activity in the world by the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Trinity
May 17 and 18, 2008 Theme: In The Name of the Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28: 16-20)
Time after Pentecost, Lectionary 8
May 24 and 25, 2008 Pastor John from Bethania orphanage in
India will be leading our worship services and sharing about his
ministry.
Saturday Night
Contemporary Service (5:30 pm) and Faith Growth (4:30 pm)
Come Find Out What Its All About See
I am doing a new thing (Isaiah 43:19)
Our
Saviour continues to provide expanded worship opportunities through our
Saturday night service. This service continues to grow as all learn and
enjoy this new opportunity to worship in a casual and more contemporary
style. This service is something Lutherans and others can connect
with, but it will include a less formal worship style than our
traditional Sunday morning services. Saturday night worship
services began last November at OSLC. So far the response has been very
good with attendance now averaging 80+ people per service. Come and add
your voice to our worship and bring a friend who hasn’t been attending
worship. Tell your friends, co-workers, neighbors, and family
members who don’t have a church home about all our opportunities for
worship, growing in faith, serving others, and sharing of God’s love in
and through Our Saviour’s congregation. Through us and other Christians,
God is restoring ALL THINGS to God in Christ. Faith Growth
for Children K-5th grade on Saturdays at 4:30pm started in January! This
every week education time is where kids get in the Bible and the Bible
gets into kids. Every week, kids explore God’s Word in large groups and
small groups. Worship and prayer are the responses to what they’ve
learned. This time is intended to help kids build deep and lasting
friendships with God through the Bible.
Handbells Spring Concert, June 8, 4:30 pm
Featuring a handbell soloist, a vocal soloist, and the OSLC Handbell
Choir
A
handbell soloist, a vocal soloist, and the OSLC Handbell Choir will be
the featured performers at the Spring Concert at OSLC on June 8 at
4:30 pm.
Handbell soloist Amy Granger has performed many solos on handbells and
has agreed to perform at our concert.
This will also be an excellent opportunity to hear Dean Kolb’s
wonderful voice. Both
soloists will present their works along with favorites from the OSLC
Handbell Choir.
A freewill offering will be taken to support Fisher
House™. Because members of
the military and their families are stationed worldwide and must often
travel great distances for specialized medical care, Fisher House™
Foundation donates homes, built on the grounds of major military and VA
medical centers. These homes
enable family members to be close to a loved one at the most stressful
times - during the hospitalization for an unexpected illness, disease,
or injury.
About Fisher House The Fisher House™ program is a unique
private-public partnership that supports America's military in their
time of need. The program recognizes the special sacrifices of our men
and women in uniform and the hardships of military service by meeting a
humanitarian need beyond that normally provided by the Departments of
Defense and Veterans Affairs. Because members of the military and their
families are stationed worldwide and must often travel great distances
for specialized medical care, Fisher House™ Foundation donates "comfort
homes," built on the grounds of major military and VA medical centers.
These homes enable family members to be close to a loved one at the most
stressful times - during the hospitalization for an unexpected illness,
disease, or injury. There is at least one Fisher House™ at every major
military medical center to assist families in need and to ensure that
they are provided with the comforts of home in a supportive environment.
Annually, the Fisher House™ program serves more than 8,500 families, and
have made available more than two million days of lodging to family
members since the program originated in 1990. In addition to
constructing new houses, Fisher House™ Foundation continues to support
existing Fisher Houses™ and help individual military families in need.
Click here to visit their site.
News at Our Saviour and the Community
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Volunteers Needed for Food Distribution
OSLC is responsible to provide the workers for the Fauquier
County Food Distribution this month. As always, food will be
distributed at Warrenton United Methodist Church (behind Pizza
Hut in Warrenton). We need about 30 volunteers starting at 8:30
a.m. on Saturday, May 17th, to re-package food items. This
process takes about 1 to 1-1/2 hours. We need about 10 to 12
folks from about 9:30 until noon to help carry food packages out
to cars. And we need about 5 or 6 volunteers on Thursday, May
15th, to help unload the truck, beginning about 12:30 p.m.
Please let Judy or Dave Raecke know if you can help (but if you
miss us, come anyway...). Thanks for your support.
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National Lutheran Home Auxiliary’s Spring Festival
The National Lutheran Home Auxiliary’s
SPRING FESTIVAL is scheduled for Saturday, May 17th from 9:30
a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Home’s Chorus completes the day with a
musical performance beginning at 2:30 p.m. in the Chapel. The
National Lutheran Home is located at 9701 Veirs Drive,
Rockville, MD. Lunch served from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Need
more information? Phone (301) 424-9560
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Laura Barr Circle Meeting
Laura Barr Circle will meet May 21, 2008 at 10:30 for Bible
study, fellowship, and snacks in the Daughters of God Room. Hope
you will join us for a meeting! The June and July meetings will
be held at local restaurants on the third Wednesday of these.
Watch for more details!
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Planting Flowers
Laura Barr women will be planting flowers
at the church entrance on May 14, 2008 from 9:30 – 11:30. Anyone
interested in helping may bring their gloves and trowel. Rain
date will be May 16th. If anyone is dividing daffodils and
would like to donate them Laura Barr will be planting daffodils
in the fall. Let Carol Orr or Cindy Whiton know if you’d like to
donate any bulbs.
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Don’t Forget The United Lutheran Appeal!
The United Lutheran Appeal is a way for us as individuals and as
a congregation to partner with nine Lutheran institutions and
agencies that are being the church in their location. They are
doing ministry that we may be unable to do in our ministry
location. So, why not be a part of their ministry of touching
the lives of others through education and service by sharing
generously of your financial resources with them? Learn more
about the agencies and institutions of the ULA through the
brochure in the welcome area. Give generously by writing a check
to OSLC and designating an amount on the memo line for the ULA.
It is never too late to give. The work of these institutions and
agencies is ongoing, for the work of the church is ongoing!
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Coming Soon…..DOLLAR DONUT DAYS!
Coming soon…..DOLLAR DONUT DAYS! Please
come support the youth of OSLC by purchasing a delicious donut
for only $1. Donuts will be sold between services on the fourth
Sundays starting next fall. We will be having a preview of
dollar donut days coming up on May 25th. Extras may also be
available for take home purchases. For questions, contact Cathy
Miller at (540) 270-2476.
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Newsletter Calendar Correction
There will be youth ministry on the 18th of May. Joyful Noise
Choir has completed its practice for the school year. See you
in the fall. Please make this correction to your calendar.
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Craft Group Meeting
The Craft group will meet to work on
their crafts for the fall bazaar on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 and
28th at 9 a.m. Come join them and have fun crafting.
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Interested in being a part of
Our Saviour’s Community of Faith?
Our next new member’s class will take
place on Saturday June 14th in the church library. This is not
your typical new member’s class in that we explore our faith
questions like: Why belong to Christian community anyway? What
is the center of Lutheranism? How is Lutheranism like and
unlike other communities of faith? What is my response to God’s
action in Christ to be? And where do I belong at Our Saviour?
Our time is spent in making new relationships, conversation
related to these questions, and individual reflection on one’s
life of faith. And added joy will be sharing lunch with your
fellowship friend. Please let Pastor Debbie know if you plan to
attend. Click
here to email Pastor Debbie.
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Join friends in Christ for Adult education on Wednesday,
Thursday, or Saturday!
Reclaiming the ” C” Word: Daring to be
Church Again- by Kelly Fryer held on Saturday evenings at 4:30pm
in April and May. Want to attend? Speak to Pastor Debbie, Dave
Raecke or Donna Cywinski.
“Paul, the Apostle, His Travels, and Letters held on Wednesday
evenings at 7:00pm Jan.-June 2008. Want to attend? Speak to
Tom Bartkiewicz 540-349-9753.
“DIVINE DRAMA: OUR NARRATIVE” held on Thursday mornings at
10:00am., Jan.-June 2008. Want to attend? Speak to Dave Raecke
540-937-5334.
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The ELCA has a New Draft Social Statement on
Human Sexuality
The ELCA has a new draft social
statement on human sexuality that can be downloaded from its
website at http://www.elca.org
. This statement is to be discussed in congregations through
November. Each individual is invited to give their feedback to
the task force. After reading the document, please let Pastor
Debbie know if you would like to gather a discussion group in
our congregation on this statement. The task force working on
this document will meet after November to consider
recommendations from congregation members and make adjustments
to the statement. The statement will come out in its final form
in Spring 2009. Synod assemblies and the church-wide assembly
will vote on the statement in 2009. Along with this, the task
group will make some kind of recommendation to the 2009
assemblies about rostered leaders who are in same-gendered
relationships.
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Sunday Fellowship in May & June
Fellowship Ministry delights in
inviting members and guests to celebrate our friendships through
Christ each Sunday* in Fellowship Hall following the 8 a.m.
service. Coffee/tea/juice/hot chocolate is served. Come share
in the joy of fellowship!
Please note our special upcoming 2nd Sunday Fellowships:
May 11, 2008 - Celebrating Mothers.
June 8, 2008 – Celebrating Dads and Grads. Please come gather
together and enjoy good company, tasty refreshments and a little
gift from Fellowship Ministry. Everyone is invited to bring
baked goods, fruit, veggies or other treats to share.
If you are interested in helping with any Sunday Fellowship,
please contact Andrea Mutterer 439-0859. Thank you.
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Thanks to All for Making the Ministry
Fair a Success!
Thank you you everyone who helped plan and make the Ministry
Fair a success,
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Girls
Kindergarten through 5th Grade
Girls finishing Kindergarten to finishing 5th
grade are invited to take a flyer for themselves and their
friends to attend a camp this summer put on by the Girl Scouts
in Crockett Park. The cost is $15 for a week of fun from June
23 to 27, 2008, from 9 a.m. till 4 p.m. Bus transportation from
areas in Fauquier is included. Check the flier on the credenza
in the Narthex or e-mail Marian Rognlien at
Marian1717j@comcast.net.
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Mark Your Calendar Now
Mark Your Calendar Now for November 8, 2008, 9:30 to 2:00
p.m., Congregational Visioning Day: We will review all
information from our fellowship dinners and consider how we may
build upon or reshape our congregational priorities.
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We Care
Our pastors and care-givers are ready
to support you as you or a family member faces sickness, crisis,
loss, or difficulty. Please don't hesitate to notify us of how we
can offer Christian care. The pastors may be reached at
540-347-3224 or click here to send an email to Pastor Debbie or
Pastor James. Our care-givers respond to care needs only after
our pastors have offered care and after the care recipient has
given permission for the care-givers to respond
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Hire a Youth
Do you have work around the house that needs to be done, and
need a little help? How about hiring a youth from our Youth
Ministry? We can help with fall clean-up, snow clean-up,
cleaning your home, babysitting, gift wrapping, and, well, just
about anything. Not only will you get some help doing your work,
you will be helping the youth of our congregation get ready for
some upcoming events. In 2009, our youth will be a part of the
National Youth Gathering in New Orleans. In 2010, we
hope to travel to
Guatemala
for up to two weeks of servant work. Monies raised through the
Hire-A-Youth program will help our youth and families with the
cost of these important events. How do you hire a youth? Contact
our Hire-A-Youth coordinator, Cathy McDaniel at 540-349-0686, or
at threeceesrt@msn.com. All work is done on a donation basis.
Please make check payable to OSLC. Thank you for being a part of
the lives of the youth of our congregation
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Start planning for
Vacation
Bible
School
today!
Yes, it may seem early, but July will
be here before we know it. We will return again to the Jerusalem
Marketplace this year for our VBS program. In our week together,
we will have time to learn about the events surrounding Jesus
death, and what life would have been like in
Jerusalem
at that time. Our fellowship hall will be transformed into a
marketplace, complete with foods to sample, crafts to create,
shops to visit, a synagogue school, and dramas showing us
glimpses into the lives of people in Jerusalem at the time. Of
course, there will be time for singing and lifting our voices in
praise to God, games, and making new friends as well. We invite
you to plan on being a part of our program this summer from
Monday, July, 14-Friday, July 18. If you are interested in
serving as a volunteer for our VBS and being part of an amazing
event, please contact Dawn Peters, our VBS coordinator at
540-937-7393
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Financial Information
As of 03/31/08
YTD Budgeted Income & Expense: $95,040.00
YTD Actual Budgeted Income: $90,311.52
YTD Actual Budgeted Expense: $86,211.11
Total Monthly Income: $40,721.36
Total Monthly Expense: $38,222.27
Bank Balance 3/1/08: $40,685.34
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Social Ministry
activities March and April 2008
We collected 371 cans of food in March.
We distributed 13 boxes of Food.
People Helping People: OSLC provided 16.5
hours; helped 31 families. PHP provided $5184 in assistance,
but took in $1391. They are down to under $6000 in reserves.
Our next Free Clinic date is June 12, 2008. We
provide meals for the volunteer staff of the clinic.
Food Distribution - OSLC needs volunteers to
sort food and carry boxes to cars for people on May 17, 2008 as
well as people to unload the truck on May 15th around noon.
Voltran - OSLC provided over 7.5 hours and 127
miles of transportation for people who needed a way to get to a
medical appointment in March.
The next Aging Together Community Conversation
meeting for Fauquier will be on June 19, 2008 at the Warrenton
Community Center. Culpeper’s will be on May 22, 2008 at the
Daniel Technology Center.
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