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We embrace the teaching of Jesus to love one another as we are first loved by God: wholly and abundantly. We want all people to know that they are worthy of God's unconditional love and grace.
Whoever you are- we want you here.
Whatever your gender identity- we want you here.
Wherever you're from- we want you here.
Whatever your status- we want you here.
Whatever your sexual orientation- we want you here.
Whomever you love- we want you here.
Whatever you look like- we want you here.
Whatever your abilities- we want you here.
Whatever you bring to Christ's table- we want you here.
You are wanted here.
As we all move forward with the work of being God's love for all people, we commit ourselves to making God's justice, healing, grace and inclusivity a reality in this congregation and throughout the world.
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In compliance with physical distancing guidelines, and recommendations from the Rocky Mountain Synod, the OSLC building will remain closed. Staff will be working from home as much as possible and no one should access the building at this time. We will provide more information as it becomes available. Thank you for your understanding and patience.
The latest information about COVID-19 is available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and local authorities by visiting cdc.gov or coronavirus.utah.gov.
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While the focus this week is on Thanksgiving (as appropriate!) we are also beginning a new liturgical year in the Church. As we enter into Advent, we enter into the mystery and the waiting. Jan Richardson is a poet that taps into this mystery in her poem Drawing Near. I pray that this poem is one that draws you to ponder the holy and sacredness of waiting, wondering and watching. I am grateful for OSLC and our ministry together!
Happy Thanksgiving and blessed Advent
Pastor Brigette
Drawing Near
A Blessing for Advent
It is difficult to see it from here,
I know,
but trust me when I say
this blessing is inscribed
on the horizon.
Is written on that far point
you can hardly see.
Is etched into
a landscape
whose contours you cannot know
from here.
All you know
is that it calls you,
draws you,
pulls you toward
what you have perceived
only in pieces,
in fragments that came to you
in dreaming
or in prayer.
I cannot account for how,
as you draw near,
the blessing embedded on the horizon
begins to blossom
upon the soles of your feet,
shimmers in your two hands.
It is one of the mysteries
of the road,
how the blessing
you have traveled toward,
waited for,
ached for
suddenly appears
as if it had been with you
all this time,
as it simply
needed to know
how far you were willing
to walk
to find the lines
that were traced upon you
before the day
you were born.
© Jan Richardson. janrichardson.com.
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Contact Pastor Brigette if you or someone
you know is in need of pastoral care.
(720) 202-8212
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Multiple ways to connect with OSLC! |
There are variety of opportunities to connect with your friends at OSLC. Take a look at the information below for worship and community information.
You can also call the office with any questions. The best way to reach us for any reason is by email at office@oslcslc.org or pastor@oslcslc.org. Or call Pastor Brigette.
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Online Worship
Worship online by visiting the OSLC YouTube channel. Search for "Our Saviour's Lutheran Church SLC" on YouTube.com or click here.
Online bulletins are available at oslcslc.org to help you follow along with the service. Check the OSLC Facebook page for announcements, daily devotionals and updates.
OSLC Meetings via ZOOM
There are multiple opportunities for people of all ages to connect with OSLC friends using Zoom teleconferencing! You can also join Zoom conferences by telephone. Click here for a full list with connection details, or click on the links in the calendar below.
Prayer Request Opportunities
We are a vibrant community of prayer that encourages opportunities to share prayer requests with each other!
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Prayers of the People: Click here or email pastor@oslcslc.org by 12:00 PM on Friday if you would like a prayer read during online worship.
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OSLC Prayer Chain: Email office@oslcslc.org or call (801) 278-1412 during regular office hours.
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Urgent prayer requests: If you desire immediate prayer support, please contact your friends or small group. You may also text or call Connie (801) 558-6158 or Cathy (801) 557-2032 to contact appropriate pray-ers.
(Permission should be received ahead of time from the person for whom we will be praying.)
Please pray this week for:
Bernie, Denny, Katsy, Alan, Charmaine, Janice, Adam, Betty, Pat, Evelyn, John, Marty, James, Sam , Zoe, Lisa, June, and Kathy, Phil, Sharon, Margaret, Melanie
Wednesday and Sunday Worship Services
We are pausing in-person, outdoor gathering due to rising cases of COVID-19 infection in our county and state. We will communicate our plans as we move forward. Thank you for your prayers, support and patience!
OSLC is holding weekly brief worship services on Wednesdays and Sunday mornings. Visit oslcslc.org or click here for details.
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Stephen Ministers & Visiting Angels
OSLC has Stephen Ministers and Visiting Angels available to offer a listening ear, share a prayer, or engage in friendly conversation.
Contact Connie at (801) 558-6158 or Cathy (801) 557-2032 if you would like to receive a phone call. The article below, "Focusing on God's Promises... Not our problems." is also a helpful resource.
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OSLC Calendar: November 18-29, 2020
Click on any of the blue links to access the online meeting room.
Full information for each online meeting can be found here, or visit oslcslc.org.
Wednesday, November 25
6:00 PM Confirmation (Meeting ID: 858 2503 7133, Pass: 878551)*
Thursday, November 26
Thanksgiving Day
OSLC Office Closed
Friday, November 27
Worship Recording (Email prayers to pastor@oslcslc.org by 12:00 PM, Friday.)
Saturday, November 28
Sunday, November 29
10:00 AM Live Worship via Zoom (Meeting ID 884 9649 2489, Pass: 332882)*
Monday, November 30
9:00 AM Staff Meeting
Tuesday, December 1
11:00 AM Utah Clergy Conference
Wednesday, December 2
12:30 PM WELCA (Meeting ID: 812 6815 1509, Pass: 917124)*
6:00 PM Confirmation (Meeting ID: 858 2503 7133, Pass: 878551)*
Thursday, December 3
7:00 PM OSLC Choir Meet-Up (Contact Judy England for details.)
Friday, December 4
Worship Recording (Email prayers to pastor@oslcslc.org by 12:00 PM, Friday.)
Saturday, December 5
Sunday, December 6
8:45 AM Sunday Adult Education (Meeting ID: 835 9769 0693, Pass: 103179)*
10:00 AM Live Worship via Zoom (Meeting ID 884 9649 2489, Pass: 332882)*
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Dorothy Darnell
Bob Joffs
Bill Hooper
Bob Mueller
Michael Ricci
Barb Mueller
Linda Frischknecht
Janice Orme
Melinda Rogers
Connor Bishop
Chris Johanson
Paul Pearson
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November 1
November 2
November 10
November 11
November 11
November 16
November 18
November 22
November 27
November 27
November 29
November 29
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Enews Article submissions must be made by Tuesday at noon each week for the Wednesday publication.
Please note that announcements should be short, include a contact for more information, and will run for two weeks unless otherwise specified by the submitter.
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In person outdoor gatherings are paused indefinitely due to the Utah Department of Health limiting gatherings to 10 people. We know that we are called to continue to BE the church in this time and place no matter how we gather! We are still offering our YouTube services and our worship and music ministry is dreaming of other ways for us to connect and worship. |
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*SUNDAY* OSLC Zoom Worship
Our first Zoom Worship was a huge success! SOOOO, we’ll do it each week! (We will still offer the recorded worship for now as well.) We will meet on Zoom each Sunday at 10 a.m. for worship with Holy Communion and a brief fellowship time. We will wrap up at 11:15 a.m. each week.
A couple of tips:
- We will record this worship for our YouTube as well as on Facebook live.
- IF you are concerned about privacy, please remove your name and do not turn on your video.
- Everyone will come in automatically muted.
- If you would like to read or pray, please let Pr. Brigette know ahead of time. See you on Zoom!
Click here to join the meeting.
Meeting ID: 884 9649 2489
Passcode: 332882
You can also join by phone:
+1(346) 248-7799 (Houston)
+1(669) 900-6833 (San Jose)
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*NEW* Women of the ELCA, December 2 @ 12:30 PM
Women of the ELCA is a gathering of women who meet once a month for a bible study based on the WELCA Gather magazine. Currently, we meet on Zoom at 12:30 p.m. on the first Wednesdays of each month.
On December 2 we will be sharing our favorite Christmas Traditions. Also, we will have an Advent Devotion. All women are welcome!
Click here to join the meeting, and enter the meeting id and passcode below when prompted.
Meeting ID: 812 6815 1509
Passcode: 917124
You can also join the meeting by phone:
+1(669) 900-6833 (San Jose)
+1(253) 215-8782 (Tacoma)
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*NEW* Holiday Refugee Cards
Send holiday cards to refugee children on the border through Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS.org). You can create, decorate or purchase colorful holiday cards and write a short message of hope to a refugee child. Please only sign you first name, with your city/state. You can drop them off at OSLC anytime (in the plastic containers outside the west doors) before Dec. 6th.
Click here or go to the URL below for additional information, including Spanish phrases.
Thank you!
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*NEW* OSLC Women's Night
Women of OSLC, grab a glass of wine (or your other beverage of choice) and join us for a evening of Wine, Women and Wonder on Zoom. Wonder what we'll be doing? Visiting, sharing and playing a game of course! Want to know what kind of game? You'll have to join us on Fri Dec 4th at 6:30pm to see. Contact Deb Luker or Jenny Tempfer
Click here to join the meeting.
Meeting ID: 834 0774 1102
Passcode: 231316
You can also join by phone:
One tap mobile
+1(669) 900-6833 (San Jose)
+1(253) 215-8782 (Tacoma)
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*NEW* Family Promise Board of Directors
We are excited to share that Pastor Brigette, Tristan Abbott, and Doni Ricci have joined the Family Promise Board of Directors! This commitment will make a difference toward facilitating current projects and planning strategies for the future of Family Promise-Salt Lake. Through this Board, churches and individuals in our local network organized Thanksgiving food baskets for recent Family Promise guests. They will soon focus on ways to offer Christmas support. Financial donations through the webpage familypromisesaltlake.org will help give hope to the families that we serve.
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Advent Devotionals
Advent Devotions will be available soon! Several people from OSLC have contributed to an Advent Devotional themed: Gifts Beyond Our Walls. We will be offering it in a twice weekly email, on FB (please share it!) and in paper form. If you would like a printed copy, please contact Darren at office@oslcslc.org. Thank you to Doni Ricci for coordinating this effort!
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Home Advent Wreath Kits
Home Advent wreath kits are available! If you did not make a home Advent wreath with us last year, we still have some of the supplies left. If you would like a kit, please contact Pr. Brigette
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Family Promise Salt Lake Updated Donation Info
Isaiah 58:10a encourages us to “Feed the hungry and help those in trouble.” If you would like to contribute to Family Promise-Salt Lake’s support of families experiencing homelessness, please go to familypromisesaltlake.org and select the “donate now” button at the top, right of the home page. During these unprecedented times, this is one valuable way that we can help others.
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Social Justice And Advocacy Meeting
Social Justice and Advocacy Ministry will meet on Thursday Dec. 17 at 7 p.m.
Click here to join the meeting.
Meeting ID: 872 2681 7888
Passcode: 840313
You can also join by phone:
+1(669) 900-6833 (San Jose)
+1(346) 248-7799 (Houston)
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Financial Secretary Needed
Financial secretary for OSLC is needed. This position oversees the offering counting process, recording giving information into our database, as well as collaborating with our finance ministry team. For more information please contact Tristan Abbott.
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Online Advent Retreat
What is beauty if not stillness?
What is stillness if not sight?
What is sight if not an awakening?
What is an awakening if not now?
~Terry Tempest Williams from her beautiful book, Erosion
Please join us for Advent Awakening, a virtual Advent retreat offered by Rachel Bass Guennewig and DanaLee Simon, that runs from November 29th to December 25th, 2020. We will gather by ZOOM on 4 Sunday nights at 5:30 p.m. Mountain time/6:30 Central time, to explore the theme of the week (Delighting, Sistering, Hoping, and Magnifying). You will also receive an e-mail, Monday thru Saturday, with a 5-10 minute practice to help deepen your awareness and experience of this Season.
To register for Advent Awakening, please follow this link. The retreat cost is a sliding scale of $30-50. We will be donating 15% of our proceeds to
Sky Ranch Lutheran Camp in CO, where we both worked as camp counselors, and that has been significantly impacted by the Cameron Peak fire, in Colorado. Please pay what feels right for you via DanaLee’s Venmo account (@DanaLee-Simon), or by mailing a check to DanaLee Simon at 1184 s 1500 e, Salt Lake City, UT 84105.
***If using Venmo, please write your mailing address in the comments.***
We will be sending you an Advent Awakening booklet for you to use alongside the online offering.
A little bit about us. Rachel lives in Champaign-Urbana, IL and leads yoga classes (via ZOOM) and retreats through Daily Bread Yoga. DanaLee is a Pastor, Spiritual Director and self-compassion teacher, and lives in Salt Lake City, UT. Both of us are in the thick of raising elementary school aged children. We met (eons ago) at Valparaiso University and have been serendipitously accompanying each other through both the messes and joys of life ever since. It would be a sincere delight to have you join us this Advent. And please pass this invitation on to anyone you think might be interested. If you have questions or concerns please be in touch with us! DanaLee (sagehillwisdom@gmail.com) or Rachel (dailybreadyoga@gmail.com).
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Senior Spotlight: Meet Margaret Schleidt
As part of the ministry that supports senior luncheons, a new series of member profiles will introduce us to those who attend these monthly gatherings to better connect us all in a time of compassionate distancing.
Some carrots from the Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church garden is what drew Margaret Schleidt to the church initially. A friend had told her about the garden space behind the church, so Margaret decided to plant in the space a few years back. Eventually, she decided to attend services and found a welcoming community to call home. In this Q&A, we learn more about Margaret and her connection to Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church.
Q: Where were you born?
A: Eschwege, Germany
Q: Before retirement, how did you spend your time?
A: I worked for Social Security Disability Determinations as a claims examiner.
Q: How did you find Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church? How long have you been a member? What do you love most about the community here?
A: A friend of my husband’s brought us some carrots from his garden. While talking to him about gardening, we discovered that we had something else in common, we were both Lutherans. He told me that he had a place in the church garden for me if I wanted it, and the next spring I planted a box. While I was working there, Pastor Jeff came out and talked with me a few times, inviting me to come and worship. It had been a few years since I had been to any church, so I decided to try it. And I liked what I saw, it felt like coming home. I attended for a few months and then decided to become a member of the congregation and I have been there ever since 2013.
I like the fellowship at this congregation, a lot of wonderful, caring people. At church I am involved in Project Linus, Social Ministry (meals for sick or people who just need one) Bible Study and the garden. I got involved in Senior Lunch when I was asked to give a presentation about the Oktoberfest and ended up talking at great length about Germany.
Q: You’ve been a longtime attendee of the senior luncheons. What do you enjoy about this activity?
A: All the friends there and the programs.
Q: What’s one fact that people are always surprised to learn about you?
A: That I have a big collection of antique dolls and I am a “dolly doctor”.
Q: How have you kept in touch with family and friends during this unusual COVID-19 pandemic? What has kept you going during quarantine? Have you picked up any new hobbies or spent your time in new and different ways?
A: Most of my German family keeps in touch by phoning and Facetime, my American family comes to see us, at first wearing masks and standing out on the lawn, but now they do come inside, but wearing their masks. I have been tagging all of my dolls (it’s a big job) so that they have the maker and the model number etc. attached to them) while unable to go out, I read, garden and waste time on the computer.
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Focusing on God's promises... Not our problems.
Excerpts from Unshakable HOPE, Building our lives on the Promises of God by Max Lucado:
- Faith is the deeply held belief that God will keep his promises.
- God is a promise maker and a promise keeper…what he says, happens.
- Let’s be what we were made to be: People of the Promise who pray the promises of God:
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When fearful, lay claim to the nearness of God: Judges 6:12 The Lord is with you.
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When the world feels out of control, declare this promise: Romans 8:28 (NKJV) All things work together for good.
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When we see dark clouds, remember: In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world John 16:33.
- Nothing lifts the weary soul like the promises of God!
- We can ponder our problems, or remember the promise…we can choose anxiety, or choose hope.
- Be a wise builder and choose a foundation of hope and grace in Jesus, the “rock”.
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We are building our lives on the promises of God. Because his Word is unbreakable, our hope is unshakable. We do not stand on the problems of life or the pain in life. We stand on the great and precious promises of God.
God’s promises are like the stars: the darker the night, the brighter they shine. (From a Dayspring Daily Calendar)
Contact Pastor Brigette (720) 202-8212, Connie (801) 558-6158, or Cathy at
(801) 557-2032 if you need support.
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Giving & Service Opportunities |
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OSLC COVID 19 Community Support Initiative
We are supporting our Salt Lake City community in this time of pandemic through our Community Support Initiative. Click here for more information or search for the "Community Support Initiative" tab on oslcslc.org.
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Crossroads is operating with limited hours and locations to protect the safety of the community. Masks are required at both locations (masks available).
Downtown Food Pantry
Monday-Friday
9:00 AM-3:00 PM
347 South 400 East, SLC 84111
Drop-in. All services provided outside.
Westside Food Pantry
Tuesday & Thursday
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
1358 West Indiana Avenue, SLC 84104
Drop-in. All services provided outside.
Crossroads Thrift Store
Tuesday-Friday
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
1358 West Indiana Avenue, SLC 84104
Limited number of people allowed in building simultaneously.
We still need food donations, particularly nonperishable food items that do not require cooking since most of the people we are serving during this crisis are homeless. To learn how to safely make a donation call (801) 364-7765, Monday-Friday between 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM.
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There are a variety of ways to donate food or make monetary contributions to the Utah Food Bank:
1. Drop off food at the Utah Food Bank:
3150 South 900 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84119
(East side of building.)
Monday-Thursday
8:00 AM -6:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM -5:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM -2:00 PM
2. Drop off your donations at Harmons Grocery stores:
Harmons stores have a drop-off barrel at the entrance. Click here for a list of locations.
For every $1 donated, $7.66 of food or services are provided. To donate online, click the "Donate Now" button on the right side of the page or select "Give Money".
4. Virtual Shopping:
Click the red "Donate" button on the right of the screen, then "Browse Store" on the next page. Add the items you would like to donate to your shopping cart and click "Check Out" to complete your donation.
You're also welcome to bring your food items to OSLC and it will be dropped off at the Utah Food Bank when sufficient quantity has been collected.
Contact office@oslcslc.org with any questions. You can also contact the Utah Food bank Food Drive Specialist directly at (801) 887-1266 or fooddrive@utahfoodbank.org
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The project is still in full swing. No, we don't meet for blanket making day. Yes, we do make blankets constantly and we are ready to distribute 175 blankets next week to those children who need a blanket hug (even though we can't physically be close to them).
Blanketeers have been busy working at home. I have been shopping on-line for materials that have been delivered. I have been dropping off fabric and yarn to my workers' front porches and have been picking up finished blankets from their porches. We are careful not to be too close physically - but are in touch regularly.
The work goes on!
~ Millie
What can you do to support and contribute to Project Linus? Our volunteers hand-make new blankets for children from birth to 18 years old. The blankets are given to children who are ill, or in other ways need of a security blanket hug. Blankets can be flannel, fleece crochet edges, quilts, knit, crochet, or fleece fringe (made by specific pattern). Child friendly patterns and colors are preferred. Also, cash donations can be made directly to OSLC. To find out what to contribute and see blanket patterns visit slcprojectlinus.blogspot.com
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Please save the "pop-top" from any cans and leave them in the jar on the table in the Round Room. Dorothy Purdie will bring them to Ronald McDonald House.
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Contact us at office@oslcslc.org or (801) 278-1412
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