OSLC Newsletter
December 5, 2019
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This Sunday, December 8, 2019...
One Service - Special Time - 9:00 a.m.
Special Christmas Music Service
"Messiah, Heaven's Glory"
The Second Sunday of Advent
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- December 24 - Christmas Eve Candlelight Services at 3, 5 & 7 p.m.
- December 29 - One Service - 10:00 a.m.
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Advent & Christmas Calendar 2019
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Fellowship/Physical & Spiritual Wellness
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Time is running out to order your Poinsettia. Please let the office know by Dec 7 if you plan to order one. Payments can be made on Sunday Dec 8 or you can
click here
to order online - quick, secure, and convenient! Just select "Poinsettias" from the drop-down menu. Remember to note in the memo field who you would like to honor or remember with your poinsettia. Help make our sanctuary festive for a beautiful Christmas Eve service. Afterwards you can take your plant home for the holidays! Cost is $12 each.
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Inclement Weather?
- Nasty weather conditions are hard to avoid this time of year and safety is a top priority. Church services and other church activities will be canceled when weather creates unsafe traveling conditions. We will have closure information emailed to you plus it will be available on the church website, Facebook page, Twitter feed and local TV and radio websites as well.
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The OSLC Decorating Committee
can use a hand! Help beautify our church for Advent and Christmas by joining in on
Saturday, December 7
, at 9 a.m. To quote John Heywood, "Many hands makes light work."
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Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
- OSLC is adding a service on Christmas Eve that has proven to appeal to many new-comers as well as long time members. This year in addition to the Contemporary Service at 5:00 p.m. and the Traditional Service at 7:00 p.m., you might consider our new 3:00 p.m. Come-as-You-Are, simple service of music, message and candlelight. Something for everyone this Christmas Eve at Our Savior's!
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OSLC Movie Night
- If you think Christmas movies are the best, you'll want to mark the calendar for Friday, December 13, at 6:30 p.m., in the Fireside Room, for a holiday classic from 1954. This family favorite stars Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera Ellen. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Enjoy free fresh-popped popcorn & snacks, iced water, Coca Cola, Root Beer, and Sprite. Come enjoy a movie that is, "… just like the ones I used to know."
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Grace Circle
will have it's December-Christmas gathering on Monday, December 9, at 5:30 p.m., at Olive Garden in Lake Oswego. For more information, please contact Judy Stafford at 503-635-6445 or Lene Leslie at 503-704-6926.
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Intercessory Prayer Team Message
Christ Our All in All - Assurance "I want you to know how hard I am contending for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me personally. My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may ...
Read more
www.oursaviorslo.org
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Bishop Laurie's Installation - December 14, 11:00 am-2:00 pm
Trinity Episcopal Church 147 NW 19th Ave., Portland, OR 97209
Read more
oregonsynod.org
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Giving Tree Opportunities
Once again the Giving Tree has sprung up in the Narthex. This year you have an opportunity to share your Christmas joy with the following groups:
Backpack Snack Program
– Specific snack items as identified on the request in the envelope to ensure students on the free lunch program have nutritional food when school is not in session.
Good Samaritan Ministries
– Cash contributions in support of the annual summer Family Camp program that strengthens family bonds.
House of Zion
– Cash contributions in support of their ministries serving the low and no-income people of North Marion county.
Letty Owings Center
– Specific needs as identified on the request in the envelope for the young women working to improve their lives and the lives of their children.
Wilsonville Royal Family Kids
– Cash contributions to fill Christmas stockings with gifts for the foster children who attend the summer camp.
OSLC Foundation Swanson Program
– Cash contributions or specific needs as identified on the request in the envelope to let the three participants studying for their GED’s know they are cared for by our congregation.
Each envelope will include instructions on where to bring your gifts or whom to make the check out to.
Christmas is what we make of it - not only for ourselves,
but for those around us in need.
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Giving opportunities for Haiti
The people of Haiti are suffering from food scarcity, especially now with political unrest in their country. Would you like to help a Haitian family enjoy a Christmas dinner? With a $20 donation to Reciprocal Ministries International, you'll feed a family of 6 for an entire month. By channeling funds through RMI you can be assured that the money you donate will go exactly where you intended. Other opportunities include: providing a goat for a family, water filters, and solar powered lights illuminating the way for children to complete their school work and parents to pursue entrepreneurial efforts at home. If you sponsor a child in our Hope for Kidz program, you can indicate you want this gift to go to your child, noting your child's number on the order.
Click here
to send a gift to a family in Haiti through RMI. Thank you.
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Blessing Bags
- It has been amazing to watch the care, love, and concern put into action by Our Savior's for the Blessing Bag program. Thank You! The next Blessing Bag event will be Sunday, December 15. There will be tables set up with dozens of gallon-size Ziploc bags to be filled with food, hygiene items, and socks which will be handed out to the unsheltered (homeless) in the area.
Items needed for the bags include:
• Individually packed non-perishable food items such as trail-mix, beef jerky, nuts, protein bars, fruit cups, juice boxes, sandwich crackers, etc.
• Hygiene products like travel-sized toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss, and deodorant. Tip: Check with your dentist to see if they would like to support this effort with dental hygiene products or samples.
• Warm Socks, socks, socks! These are always so appreciated.
There is a collection barrel located in the narthex for these items. Financial contributions are also greatly appreciated. For more information or to get involved, contact the church office or talk to Daine Dahlin, Dan Holstein, or Jim Brookhyser.
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Hear a replay of the latest sermon from Pr. Kim plus check out the vast library of inspiring messages from OSLC by simply
clicking here.
You'll see the most recent message, "The Great Invitation", from December 1, plus many more.
Take sermon podcasts with you throughout the week and you're sure to find an even deeper appreciation for their spiritual enrichment.
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Event Reservation Forms -
Attention Shepherd Group leaders, Ministries, and all others organizing church activities. If you plan to host a Bible study, Shepherd Group, Circle, Ministry meeting or any other gathering it is important that you fill out an Event Request Form to put your gathering on the OSLC master calendar. Forms are available outside the main office or by
clicking here.
You can also simply email your request to
jeffb@oursaviors.net
. Remember, room reservations are on a first come first served basis.
Announcements
- Send announcements or information for the bulletin or weekly newsletter to our communications specialist, Jeff Brosy, at
jeffb@oursaviors.net
.
Submission deadline for publications is Wednesdays by noon.
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Year End Contributions
- December 31 is fast approaching. Now is the time to think about making a contribution to OSLC or the OSLC Foundation. Perhaps you've made gains in the market this year. A gift of appreciated stock will save you from paying capital gains tax. Ask us how to accomplish this. Have you taken your required distribution from your IRA? If not, how about making it a gift to the Foundation to create a lasting legacy or to OSLC as part of your annual support. If you are making a gift of stock please have it transferred by December 24
th
. For all other forms of contributions, to ensure your contribution is credited to 2019, please have it in by December 27th. For help with making a contribution contact Carol Nordahl at
accounting@oursaviors.net
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Ginny Michel and her son Tom, at the Pie-fest in the Fireside Room.
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Debbie Schuyler and Joanne Panning serving with a smile.
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The Wischmyers and the Strykers were among those enjoying the fellowship
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Our Savior's Lutheran Church
15751 Quarry Rd/PO Box 1548 Lake Oswego, OR 97035 | 503-635-4563 |
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