November 2018
What's happening this month
CONGREGATIONAL STUDY

Our congregational study is scheduled for November 4 immediately after the service, followed by a catered lunch. The study helps the Call Committee gather information for our Ministry Site Profile which is one of the tools for our pastor search. Please consider the following questions for the meeting: what are our most important ministries, what would we like our Church to become in the next few years, gifts we'd value in a second pastor, and things about our church that would help the Bishop's staff in assisting our search. 



ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING

The Church Council has set the date for the Annual Congregational Meeting for Sunday, November 18 at 11:30 AM at the conclusion of the regular Sunday service. A luncheon will take place after the meeting.
Dear OSLC Member,

This letter is to advise you that the Church Council has called the Annual Meeting of the Membership for Sunday, November 18, 2018. The meeting will convene at 11:30 am or at the conclusion of the church service, whichever comes latter.

Attached you will find the Agenda for the meeting, as approved by the Council. Also enclosed is a list of individuals who have been nominated for vacancies on the Council. Additional nominations may be made from the floor during the meeting. Pictures and biographies of those nominated will be posted on the website by next Friday.

I cannot tell you how pleased we are that Synod, after two years of review and modification, have approved our constitution and Bylaws and we have a second and final vote on them at this meeting. If you would like to review them again they are posted on the website.

As always, if you have questions about anything please call me at 910.725.1855.

Yours in Christ,

Thomas L. Adams, President




Council nominees

Catherine Sigmon-Mitchell
Aimee Rotting Haley
Stephanie Carter Cooksey
John Strohmenger
Carol Bruno
Tiffany Flack
Randy Zielsdorf
Jonathan Ward
Rita Cioppi
Peggy Benson
Larry Wilson
Interested in joining OSLC and learning more about our exciting ministries? A new Members Class will be held on November 1st at 6 PM in the church library.

On Friday, November 16th we will be going to Southern Supreme Store in Bear Creek, NC. Southern Supreme is a Gourmet Specialties shop offering a variety of southern goodies, from the world famous fruitcakes to their cheese florets. We will have lunch at the Bestfood Cafeteria in Siler City, NC. They specialize in serving homemade meats and veggies. Daily, there is a variety of seven meats and ten veggies to choose from, as well as their delicious salad bar. The cost of the trip is $3.00 for the bus ride. Lunch is at your expense. The bus leaves the church parking lot at 10:30 AM. Sign up at the Welcome Center or call the church office at 692-2662. Looking forward to the fun and fellowship!

Our Saviour Preschool is having a Thanksgiving Program on Tuesday, November 20th at 11:30. Come and see our little ones dressed up like Pilgrims, Indians and Turkeys.
Annual Christmas Dinner and a Show
Matthew 25 will be preparing a wonderful meal again for us on Sunday, December 9 at 5 pm followed by the Christmas Story told by Our Saviour's preschoolers. 

**The dinner is a freewill offering to raise money to assist Matthew 25 in feeding the needy in the northern part of Moore County and to help purchase a laminating machine for the preschool! Please come out and support these two wonderful Ministries of Our Saviour Lutheran Church.

RSVP by December 2

You can RSVP 3 different ways-PLEASE only use 1: online, clip board at the welcome center desk or the blue connection card during Sunday service. 
THE FOOD DRIVE IS BACK
 
The Social Ministry’s Food Drive has begun. The food collected through this annual appeal will be used to provide Christmas dinner for 30 families which OSLC has “adopted” through the Christmas for Moore Christmas program.
 

Here are the items needed:
 
Canned fruit of any kind
Canned green beans, corn and peas
Canned sweet potatoes
Instant mashed potatoes
Cranberry sauce
46 oz. canned fruit juices
Box Cereal
Powdered milk
Dessert (such as instant pudding, cake mixes, or boxed cookies)
 
Please don’t feel that you must purchase all items listed.
Just pick up whatever you can and together we will fill these Christmas baskets!
 
You may leave your donations in the food chest by the Fellowship Hall any time thru December 12 . The Social Ministry Committee hopes to receive enough monetary gifts to purchase a ham for each family.
 
GIFT DRIVE

The Social Ministry Committee invites all interested groups, families and individuals to help brighten the Christmas holiday for the needy in our community through the annual Christmas for Moore. This is a community-wide effort that provides Christmas gifts and a food basket for those in need.
 
Adults recipients receive a minimum of one new article of clothing OR a household item, while children are given at least one new toy AND an article of clothing. Our Saviour has adopted 30 families for Christmas 2018. The Social Ministry Committee is seeking your help with this ministry. Just complete the form below. Forms should be placed in the offering plates or returned to the church office by Nov. 20 . You will receive the name and gift suggestions for your adopted family or individual by Nov. 23 or before depending when your form is turned in. Please check your mailbox that Sunday for this information.
 
WAYS TO HELP
 ______ I (we) will ADOPT an individual or family. This includes purchasing and wrapping gifts.  Please circle your preference: 1 - Single adult; 2 - Family. We will try to match sponsors and their requests as closely as possible.
 
_____ I (we) can deliver the gifts and food basket (available at OSLC) 
          to my family.
 
_____ I (we) will not be able to deliver our gifts and food basket .
 
NAME_______________________________PHONE _____________
 
OTHER WAYS TO HELP
 _____ I (we) will donate money for ham for food baskets.
 
 
NAME_______________________________PHONE _____________
 
Any questions, please call Trudy Blake, Christmas for Moore Chairperson at 235-0859 . Thank you for your support of this ministry. Your generosity does make a difference!
 
Christmas Wreaths for Families in Need
 
Christmas will be here before we know it and we need your help for a very important cause to spread some holiday cheer! This year, Our Saviour is sponsoring 30 families for the local nonprofit “Christmas for Moore,” which provides clothing, food, housewares, toys and other items to families in need. With your help and through Thrivent, OSLC will provide Christmas wreaths to each of our sponsored families. 
 
Who can help?  EVERYONE. 
 
How can you help?  It’s easy and FUN. Search through your Christmas decorations for some gently used items you would like to donate, or head to
the store and buy some new things. Anything you can offer is greatly appreciated. Some suggested items include ornaments, ribbon, bows,
garland, and artificial flowers. Beginning this Sunday, there will be a
donation box located under the mailboxes.   
 
On Sunday, December 2 we’ll gather in the Fellowship Hall. We will be making the wreaths from 9:00 am -10:15 am, breakfast will be served beforehand at 8:45 am.   No crafting experience required! If you have glue guns, please bring them. 

Christian Education Classes on Sunday, December 2nd, will NOT be canceled. Rather, we will be putting our faith formation into action! After all, Jesus commissions us to share the good news with others, and to make disciples. For this reason, throughout the year, our Sunday School curriculum will be augmented with opportunities to serve, and to educate our young people about ways in which we might share His good news with our community. After all, it is in the giving that makes us who we are. On December 2nd , students from ALL classes, and anyone else from OSLC who would like to join the effort, will be making Christmas wreaths to be given to the 30+ families being served through Christmas for Moore County. 


Let us go and serve the Lord!
Happy Anniversary

02- Charlie & Ann Leib , 71 yrs
21- Dick & Pat Bock , 65 yrs
24- Vernon & Pam Crumpler, 52 yrs
05- Jim & Fran Currey , 35 yrs
19- Jerry & Joan Horn , 35 yrs
28- Harry & Pam Luntz , 14 yrs
18- Joseph & Andrea Ernst, 12 yrs
Happy Birthday

01-Bob Landaas
01-Dean Smith
01-Leah Higgerson
02-Joan Horn
02-Trystan LaForge
03-Flo Moore
03-Kathy Kuhasz
03-Susan Gribben
03-Ben Peterson
04-Carole Carter
04-Janice Biegger
04-Lou Fink
04-Chris Masar
05-Evan Clayton
06-Joey Lilyquist
07-Connie Hopkins
08-Addie Holzmann
09-Mike Antil
13-Cathie Nichols
14-Ruth Seevers
15-Joshua Martinez
16-Dick Zimmer
16-AJ Slivka
17-Larry Mack
17-Scarlet Rotting
18-Gretchen Nelms
18-Trudy Blake
21-Frances Clayton
21-Lauren Masar
21-Emerson Blakely
23-Anders Benson
23-Sam Johnson
24-David Keck
26-Pat Stephenson
26-Heather Lussier
26-Violet Blakely
27-Caryl Moak
27-Nick Klug
27-Alexis Slivka
27-Zach Fee



On behalf of the Confirmands and the Sunday School children, I would like to thank the members of the congregation who supplied us with the school supplies needed for the backpacks. We filled 40 backpacks that will be going
to Lutheran World relief in Nov. Jen and I appreciate the support for this worthwhile service project.

Again thank you, Sandy Zimmer and Jen Lilyquist 
This year, as we have done every year since the dawn of time, we will have our annual congregational meeting. That meeting is scheduled for Sunday, November 18, immediately following our 10:30 worship service. It will be a great day to celebrate a new year of ministry at Our Saviour Lutheran Church.
If you are not on council or serving on a ministry team or committee for this upcoming year, I ask you to pray for the newly elected leaders, pray for the meeting that day, and volunteer to help our council and various ministries as much as you possibly can. The ministry in this place isn’t just done by the pastor, by the council, or by the staff. It is all of us working together to do God’s work in this place and out in the world. 

Lunch will be served following the meeting that day and childcare will be provided. The great thing about not only this meeting, but a new year of ministry in general, is that it gives us a time to reflect. It gives us a time to think about the BIGGER PICTURE. It gives us a time to brainstorm, to dream big, and plan new things for the sake of Sharing Christ with others and advancing His Kingdom here on earth! I hope this work will get started in the new year with our council and many ministries, but it is really something everyone in this congregation can do.
Where do you see new ministry that can happen? Where would you like to serve? What ways can you imagine reaching out to our community and to the world? How will you contribute with our vision going forward, as we WORSHIP together IN CHRIST, GROW spiritually IN CHRIST, and build COMMUNITY together IN CHRIST.

The choice is yours to either sit on the sideline and be a naysayer or “Get in the game” and be a YAYSAYER for Christ’s Church here in the Sandhills. A new year is a good time to think about that...and then to put those thoughts into action! Talk to me, to a staff member, or to a council member if you want to get something started. Ask for support and then make it happen!
Oh, and one last important nugget of truth. You don’t have to be a pastor or serve on council to share the Good News. Everyone here can invite someone to
church. Everyone here can use their hands and feet and hearts and voices to proclaim God’s love and God’s grace to a world that needs to hear it.
So join us and pray for us as we plan our new year of serving God and God’s people!
 
In His Grace and Grip,
Pastor Linn
 
I know that Thanksgiving Day is still several weeks away, but it’s not too early to ask this question: what will the eating be like? Some of you have been searching cookbooks for the very latest and best and most awesome meal ever prepared. Some of you intend to have the very same menu that is served at your table every year. And some of you will search for one of the few restaurants open that Thursday. Three choices. And each of you has good reasons for making the best choice. And some reasons not to make that choice. Awesome meals are creative and much appreciated. Awesome meals leave lots of clean-up. Traditional meals make historic lives happy. Traditional meals are boring and predictable. Being in a restaurant allows each person to make a personal choice. Sitting in a restaurant may lack the warmth of the family table. What to do! What to do! What to do! Though of course, all this “doing” and choosing may overshadow the most important part of the day—being together. Turkey or not. Parades or not. Football or not. Naps or not. Many of us are most thankful for the family we have, the family we are, and the family we remember. Even when the turkey is roast beef. Even when the parade is rained out. Even when the game has rivalries. We’re family.

And, paraphrasing dear Mr. Rogers, this Thanksgiving, won’t you be my family? Wherever we are. However we are. Family.


Prayers & Cares

Friends and Relatives
All Military, Flood, Earthquake, Volcano Victims, Cancer Patients, Rosa Aguilar, Chelsea Boet, Derek Burleson, Jim Constantino, Barbara Dice, Pam Grupp, Jill Hunger, Harley Jacobsen, Mary Lou Jackson, Diane Lewis, David Nelson, David Parker, Deb Payseur, Lloyd Paris, Phillip Paris, Shawn Plotz, Dave Roberts, Miles Robinson, Jeff Santos, Fran Starke and Helen Stone.
 

 

At Home —  Eloise Anderson, Rick Barnes, Polly Bethea, Dick and Pat Bock, Shirley Braisted, Cris Crisafulli, Pam Crumpler, Dorothy Cullen, Dave Danielson, Jack and Sue Diffily, Leatha Ferebee, Susan Gribben, Ellen Klingener, Florence McCormick, Leonard Nagel, Joan Nelson, Marian Oswalt, Barbara Reid, Carole Rushforth, Jim Seevers, Jean Sherrill, Grace Sides, Pat Wiggins, Gordon Zeller

 
In Extended Care — Pinehurst Rehab: Peggy Smith, Quail Haven Rehab: Mary McNabb; Fox Hollow Rehab; Harris Skinner, Bonnie Springer. 
 
In Service To Our Country — Sean Barnes, Jon Drew, Pastor Linn Fisher, Ben Flanick, Mark Jennings, Ian Lilyquist, Mark Ochoa, Matt Prairie, Amy Ramirez and Sean Ramirez
 
Our Mission Partner — Water of Life Lutheran, Wilmington.
 
Our Missionary in Costa Rica — Pastor Stephen Deal.




 Memorariums

To Matthew 25
In memory of Roberta Danielson
Given by Jen Lilyquist

In memory of Roberta Danielson
Given by Laurel Stanell

In memory of Roberta Danielson
Given by Ann & Charles Leib

To the Well Project
In memory of Roberta Danielson
Given by Jim & Patty Peeples

To Debt Reduction
In memory of Roberta Danielson
Given by Tom Adams

To Matthew 25
In memory of Roberta Danielson
Given by Joyce Grau

In honor of Carter Cooksey
Given by Pastor Clemmer

The new altar linen are given
in loving memory of Ann Wilkins





 
Thank you for your continued support.

To submit items to be included in the monthly newsletter or on social media, please email Keri Johnson or visit the church social media/communications office across from the welcome desk. All submissions are due by the 20th of the month and are based on approval by the Pastor.