Blood Drive in Honor of Hannah Mae Tomorrow
Friday, May 17 from 12pm to 6pm
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To make an appointment, Click
HERE
or call 800-398-7888.
Not able to donate blood? In honor of her birthday, Hanna Mae is also collecting new toys and books that will be given to Seattle Children’s Hospital. Her goal this year is to collect 177 items! If you are planning to participate, you may bring those items to Our Savior's on May 17 between noon and 6pm.
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Come and Worship
9:00 am Worship
10:00 am Coffee Fellowship
10:00 am Sunday School and Confirmation Classes
11:00 am Youth Group
11:00 am Worship
12:00 pm Coffee Fellowship
4:30 pm Family and Friends Gathering
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We Welcome Rev. Wayne Bacus on Sunday
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We are happy to welcome Rev. Bacus as our guest preacher and presiding minister on Sunday. Rev. Wayne and his wife Jackie are members of Our Savior’s. Jackie sings in the choir and has joined the Cover-Up Quiltmakers. This past March, Wayne led a discussion about the Rembrandt painting of the prodigal son.
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Would it work better for you to bring a photo of your pet?
Several people are planning to do that too. Please join us!
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See and Hear the Bishop Election Nominees
Synod Assembly begins tomorrow
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At the Assembly in Lynnwood, voting members will elect a Bishop.
Click
HERE
to see and hear the nominees.
As Pastor Parks and the others are called into this process, we trust God’s leading and care for the whole Church. Please pray for them and all those attending.
Look at the Synod
website
for more information.
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The Northwest WA Synod Will Elect A New Bishop May 17-19
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Kids and Sunday Mornings
Sunday, June 9 at 10:30am
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Taryn and Pastor David are continuing the conversation about children’s ministry in the fall, including learning, fellowship and worship. We’d love to have your voice included! Please make a note on your yellow slip if you plan to attend or email Taryn Hauglie by.clicking
HERE
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Summer Food Drive
Now through June 16
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We are collecting food to donate to the VOA Food Bank to help people in Everett replace missing school meals. Bring kid friendly food items and place them in the swimming pool by the front door. Foods to bring: cereal, peanut butter, jam / honey, canned fruit, tuna, breakfast bars, macaroni and cheese, soups, spaghetti, pasta, sauce, cookies, crackers, juice, etc.
Please, no fresh food items.
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Volunteers are needed to blow our gutters.
Can you help? Equipment is provided.
Contact Lloyd Townsend by clicking
HERE.
Volunteers are needed to use a string trimmer on the weed growth for the zig zag trail down to the gulley. Can you help? Contact Jim Hunt by clicking
HERE.
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Sit Listen Write
6pm -- 7:30pm,
Wednesdays through May 22
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Our lives are story. Each story matters. Bring your pen and notebook. Come and learn by listening and writing. We will meet on Wednesdays in May through 5/22 in room 245. Contact is
Kimberly Wuest.
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Wednesday Nights in May through 5/22
Potluck and Bible Study
Reflection on the Gospel Readings of the Coming Sundays
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Potluck Dinner at 6pm
Study and Conversation from 6:30pm -- 7:45pm
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Grandparenting Ministry
Last Sunday of Each Month at 10:10am
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Grandparenting Matters! We meet for fellowship, discussion, and time devoted to prayer for our children and grandchildren. Our next scheduled time to gather is May 26. We meet in room 245. Grab a cup of coffee from the café and join us!
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We are thankful to Laura Cameron-Behee, Chris Hoiby, Kate Forrester, Tim Knopf, Jen Selders and Jeff Peterson. They were elected at last year’s June meeting of the Congregation to serve as our Nominating Committee. Pray for them! If you have ideas about who might serve our church on the council, a standing committee or as a representative to other organizations — would you let them know?
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Notice of Annual Meeting
Sunday, June 2, 2019
ONE Worship Service at 9:30am
ONE Congregational Meeting at 10:30am
ONE Picnic for EveryOne at 11:30am
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We begin our summer worship schedule on June 2 with worship at 9:30am. After worship we will gather for the Congregational Meeting and then finish with a picnic for EveryOne.
The Annual Reports will be available in next week's eNews.
Congregation Meeting Agenda:
- Elections
- Annual Reports
- Ratify amendments approved at last congregation meeting
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Church Picnic for EveryOne
Sunday, June 2 following the Annual Congregational Meeting
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Hotdogs, brats, buns, condiments, juice and water will be provided
If your last name begins with:
A-L – bring a salad or side dish to share
M-Z – bring a dessert to share
Click
HERE
to let the office know if you are planning to attend or make a note on your yellow slip. This will be helpful for those who are planning set-up and purchasing food. Can you help with clean-up? Let us know that too.
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Family Swim Party
Sunday, June 2 from 2pm -- 4pm
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Join us for a great time at the Snohomish Aquatic Center. No charge for members and friends of Our Savior’s. This event fills fast and
5/28/2019 is the deadline to RSVP a headcount to Taryn Hauglie.
Contact her by clicking
HERE
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We look forward to seeing you there and making a splash in our community!
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Watch for more opportunities for Conversation and Community in the months ahead.
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Planning Summer Activities?
Vacation Bible School at Our Savior's
August 12-15, 9am to noon
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Registration forms and Volunteer forms are available on the table in the back of the sanctuary as well as the table in the lobby of the Learning Center. Or, click on
REGISTRATION or
VOLUNTEER to print the forms.
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Knitters and Crocheters Needed!
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If you can help replenish our supply of prayer shawls, it will be greatly appreciated. There is no set pattern. Create as you wish. Bring completed items to the office. Any questions, contact
Chris Marl
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Want to join with others? We meet the 4th Saturday of each month at 10am.
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The Columbarium at Our Savior's
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Names are being added to the Memorial Wall in the Columbarium.
For more information, email
Brent Diamond by clicking on his name
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From the Council Meeting on 4/16/2019
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The Council of Our Savior's Lutheran Church
supports the efforts of Everett Faith in Action, the City of Everett, and the Interfaith Family Shelter to responsibly launch a
"Cars to Housing,"
a safe parking pilot program in our city. We are united in our concern for the well-being of our homeless neighbors and helping them on the path to housing. We believe that families currently living on the streets in their cars being allowed to park in a church parking lot while working with a case manager to secure housing would be a benefit to these homeless individuals and to the wider community.
"Cars to Housing"
is a pilot program that will provide safe overnight parking for up to five families at a time, while working with them to transition to permanent housing. Members of the OSLC Council don’t presume to speak for members of the whole congregation and have not considered Our Savior’s parking lot as a host site, but wanted to express support of this program and its mission.
Pastor Parks, Paula Townsell and Ralph Quaas represent Our Savior’s at Everett Faith in Action. To add your support, offer questions or comments, let them know!
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Employment Opportunity
We're Seeking a Contemporary Music Leader
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Music is very important to us. We love to sing and engage the voices and talents of all generations of worshippers. The Contemporary Music leader has the primary responsibility of leading a group of talented and committed musicians at the 9am service. Rehearsals are generally mid-week. The Music leader works as part of a team of other part-time music staffers and with the Pastor. It is roughly a quarter-time position.
- History of and love for the Lutheran tradition
- Bachelor degree preferred
- Salary commensurate with experience
- Knack for teaching and leadership
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Refugee Circle of Welcome
Thanks for the Support
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We’ve completed the campaign to raise funds for the Refugee Circle of Welcome. Your prayers, hours and contributions have blessed the family. We exceeded our goal and raised over $12,000. The Kotoks are doing well.
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Thrivent is Matching Donation Dollars
through June 1st for Midwest Flooding and Southern Tornadoes
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Did You Know?
Keeping the Playground and Outdoor Nature Park in Great Shape!
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We are thankful to have two playgrounds for EveryOne to enjoy at Our Savior’s. Please remind your children about the safety rules in these spaces. We want to keep everyone safe and keep the playgrounds in good condition.
- Teach your children to keep the sand and sand toys in the sandbox.
- Please do not move the sitting benches. They are too heavy for the staff to keep moving back in the best 'viewing' places.
- Please teach your children to pick up their garbage and put it in the inside garbage cans or in the outside garbage can in the Nature Park.
- Groups of all ages using the Outdoor Nature Park should take their trash with them after using the Outdoor Nature Park.
- Before leaving for home, please walk out to the playground or Nature Park and make sure your child has put things away in its proper place.
- Children under the age of six years old should not be unsupervised in the playground.
- Children under ten years old should not be unsupervised in the Outdoor Nature Park.
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Planning Summer Events?
Lutherwood Camp and Retreat Center
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An update from Lutherwood:
Registration is up and ready. They are excited to serve campers in in 2019. Check out all the different programs from traditional camps to specialty camps. Sign up early for discounts. Click
HERE for Summer Camp information.
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Prayer Chain
The Prayer Chain receives prayers each week. Do you have a prayer concern? Add it to your yellow form on Sunday morning and we will pass it on to the team. Would you like to join the Prayer Chain? Contact Pam Karas by clicking
HERE.
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Need Help with Wheelchair, Walkers and Scooters?
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- Look for the designated spaces reserved for wheelchairs and scooters on the level floor along the stained-glass walls.
- We can bring Holy Communion to you if you'd rather not navigate the aisle.
- We can help fold and park walkers between the pews and keep the aisles clear.
We want to make sure EveryOne can participate, feel included, see the screen, enjoy the company of family and friends in worship. The ushers can help guide you to these areas.
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Our Savior's is a Welcoming Community. We affirm with the apostle Paul that in Christ "there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female"
-Galatians 3:28. Christ has made us one. We are committed to extending this welcome to EveryOne without regard to gender identity, sexual orientation, race, age, socio-economic status, disability, political association, marital status, education or ethnic origin. God's reconciling love in Christ is at work in EveryOne.
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In addition to Adult Learning on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings,
we are happy to have the following study groups:
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Women's Circle and Men in Mission
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Leah Circle meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at 1pm, usually in the Fireside Room.
Men in Mission meet on the first and third Saturdays of the month at 8am. For more information, contact Ray Bowman at 425.478.2330 or click
HERE to contact him by email.
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Donating to Our Savior's
Thank you for your gifts in support of our church, including the many different ministries that the congregation helps like the Youth Trips, Family Events, Everett Rides, Food Baskets and Socktoberfest. We could not accomplish what we are able to without each and every one of you.If you have questions about signing up for online giving, contact Sheila Bartlett.
Did you know that over 100 households have signed up for automatic online giving through Give+ (formerly Simply Giving)? Throughout the year, your regular offering supports and sustains ministry ... even when you're away!
Click
HERE to sign-up or contact our Financial Secretary
Sheila Bartlett with
questions about your giving or to sign up automatic online giving..
If you direct your giving through a financial institution, be sure to let them know that our address is: 215 Mukilteo Blvd. Everett WA 98203-2057.
Help us save on the cost of mailing offering envelopes
Do you need to receive envelopes by mail?
No worries! We are happy to send them to you.
Do you give through electronic giving or online banking?
Do you find yourself recycling the envelopes you receive by mail?
Let the church office know by emailing
Nancy. She can remove your address from the mailing list so you won't receive unwanted mail.
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ELCA and NW WA Synod News
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Happy Easter! Christ is Risen
Click
HERE
or on the image below
to view a message from Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton
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The Spirit by Bishop Kirby Unti
Click
HERE to read the May issue of
The Spirit
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Did You Know?
Lutheran Disaster Response sends 100% of your donation to direct aid
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This is possible because the administration costs are part of the infrastructure of our ELCA churchwide expression which is sustained by the mission support dollars from our ELCA congregations. To give or learn more, click
HERE.
"Do not fear, for I am with you, do not be afraid, for I am your God."
-- Isaiah 41:10
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Click
HERE to read the Situation Report: Six Months Later: 2018 California Wildfires
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Thank you from Lutheran World Relief
In honor of Mother's Day ...
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Because of you, a mother doesn’t have to put her child to bed hungry tonight. Because of you, a mother doesn’t have to choose between medical care and school supplies. Because of you, a mother can wrap her children in love and warmth, even in an uncertain world.
On behalf of the entire staff of Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health,
THANK YOU!
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Note These Upcoming Dates
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- Blood Drive in Honor of Hannah Mae on 5/17 from 12pm -- 6pm
- NW WA Synod Assembly 5/17-19
- Family & Friends Gathering on 5/19 at 4:30pm in the Nature Park
- Youth Weekend to Holden Village 5/26-28
- Memorial Day on 5/27, office is closed
- CYFM Thank You Dinner on 5/31 at 6pm
- Summer Worship Schedule begins on 6/2 with ONE service at 9:30am
- Celebrating Sunday School Teachers and Leaders on 6/2
- Annual Congregational Meeting on 6/2 at 10:30am
- Picnic for EveryOne on 6/2 at 11:30am
- Celebrating Graduates on 6/9
- Jim Harvey's 80th Birthday Celebration following worship on 6/9
- Leadership Dinner on Tuesday, 6/11 at 6pm
- Seattle Pride Parade on 6/30
... and much more!
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Connect with us on Facebook and Instagram
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Church Office
(425) 252 0413
Office Hours:
8am to 4pm, MON -- THUR
8am to noon FRI
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Regular Schedule on Sundays
9:00am Worship with Holy Communion
10:00am Coffee Fellowship
10:00am Learning for EveryOne
(Sunday School, Confirmation, Adult Learning)
11:00am Youth Group
11:00am Worship with Holy Communion
12:00pm Coffee Fellowship
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