EveryOne Sunday on November 24
10am ONE Worship Service
11am Brunch for EveryOne and Advent Festival
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An EveryOne Sunday is planned for November 24. A special day when we will celebrate our gratitude by bringing our Plan for Giving 2020 to worship. We'll worship together at 10am and enjoy a thank you brunch, provided by the Congregation Council.
This is also a day to celebrate the upcoming season of Advent with our annual Advent Festival. You will have the opportunity to build a yule log. There will also be crafts and a Godly Play story for kids of all ages.
Want to decorate a yule log? Click
HERE
to contact Taryn so we’ll have supplies for all participants.
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Growing in Gratitude 2020
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It’s been a year of blessings running over, with more to come! Advancing and sustaining God’s work through Our Savior’s depends on your generous financial support, volunteer hours and prayerful care.
Please consider making a
Plan for Giving 2020
. There are many ways to give, from Electronic Funds Transfer through
Give +,
cash or checks, credit and debit card on our website or at church on the square. Please bring your
Plan for Giving 2020
on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2018 or mail it to the church office. The Church Council is hosting EveryOne for a
Thank You
brunch after worship.
However you choose to give, we pray that it will be a joyful response for all that God gives us.
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Sunday Events on November 24
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Come and Worship
10:00 am Worship
11:00 am Brunch for EveryOne
11:00 am Advent Festival
11:00 am Sandwich Making
04:30 pm Family & Friends Gathering
04:30 pm Youth Group
05:00 pm Families Feeding Families
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Thankful for Sherrie Fletcher
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We’re thankful that Sherrie has agreed to serve as our Worship Leader Volunteer Coordinator. She will be scheduling Worship Leaders for Sundays. She might be asking for YOUR help. Please say
YES!
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Our Savior’s welcomes a new Office Manager in December. Beth Hansen will be installed in worship on December 8. Come and meet her!
We say farewell Stephanie Hjorten, our Interim Office Manager as she leaves us to take care of her family in the wake of an emergency. We are thankful for the work Stephanie shared. This means that we have very limited coverage in the office for the balance of November. We are grateful for the faithful volunteers that serve us so well.
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Change for Change teaches kids in a tangible way how our giving helps others. Now through December, our kids are collecting coins to buy animals for needy families through the ELCA’s God’s Global Barnyard. Our Family & Friends Gathering folks are participating too—connecting kid to kid, so to speak. Will you share some of your Change Jar? Look for the bucket at Our Savior's.
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Parents Night Out
Friday, December 6
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From 6pm—9pm, this is the Youth’s annual service event to babysit while parents have the opportunity to shop or have a quiet evening.
Click
HERE
to email Taryn Hauglie and reserve your spot!
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Thank You for Your Generosity!
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We let you know about the need for a refrigerator / freezer, and several of you stepped forward to say you would help.
We would like to thank the anonymous donor who is providing a refrigerator / freezer for our rental house. Your generosity is appreciated!
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Wednesday Evenings in December
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Countering Christmas Creep
Evenings of Comfort and Hope
Soup at 6pm and Worship at 6:30pm
Join in a time of reflection, candlelight, contemplation, Taize styled music and blessings on December 4, 11, and 18. We’ll have the “PrayGround” ready for the Little Ones. If you can help with soup one time, please let Deb Squires know, 425.218.1236.
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Diversity and Inclusion Committee At Work
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Members of Our Savior’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee recently helped over 200 GLBTQ+ youth, ages 14 through 20 to register and build their individualized name tags for Links and Alliances’ 23rd Annual Conference,
Unique and United
held at Everett Community College.
They also raised funds, purchased and prepared the fixings for a salad, taco and baked potato bar that they served to 70 conference attendees who stayed for dinner. Members of Trinity Lutheran Church also provided and served parts of the dinner.
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Cantata and Annual Smorgasbord
Sunday, December 22
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10:00am ONE Worship Service with Cantata
11:30am Smorgasbord
Bring a potluck dish to share and participate in a sing-a-long of hymns.
Ham, meatballs and pickled herring are provided. Please RSVP on your yellow form and sign up to bring a potluck dish or vegetable or potato side dish, salad, or dessert. Help is needed for set-up, serving, and clean-up.
Invite a friend, bring a neighbor, welcome EveryOne!
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Upcoming Art at Our Savior's
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The Art Display Committee at Our Savior's is planning to open a new display in the Commons during the Advent/Christmas/Epiphany season. If you have art you would like to show that is representative of those seasons, please make application through the Church Office by filling out a form and returning it to the Committee. Or you may contact Andrea Kovalesky, Laura Cameron-Behee, Lee Mathews or Kari Quaas directly.
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Join Austen Hartke, author of "Transforming: The Bible and the Lives of Transgender Christians" for an afternoon of conversation and learning.
Do you have questions about how churches can be more affirming of LGBTQ+ people? Are you not sure who's included in that long list of letters? Ever wondered about what the Bible says about gender diversity, or how it's possible to be a transgender person of faith?
Bring a friend, bring your curiosity and your courage, and let's talk about how to love all our siblings in Christ.
This is a free workshop event hosted by Immanuel Lutheran Church. All are welcome. Fore more information, click on the photo above.
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Amazon Wish List for Children's Ministry
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We are beyond grateful for all the support we’ve received in gifts from our Amazon Wish List! Our Godly Play program is off to an incredible start. Story Bibles in the pews and our Toolkits have been a fabulous addition to our worship life, and we look forward to installing our Prayground in the near future. We are still in need of items to improve on these initiatives; please consider checking out what’s still needed on the list by clicking
HERE
You may also donate toward wish list items on Sunday morning on our Square.
To shop, just click on the Amazon icon below.
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Holiday Food Baskets
Christmas Food Drop-off Day is December 8
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Thanks to all:
- who helped organize, sort, shop and prepare last week AND
- who baked yummy cookies AND
- who helped with delivery day and hospitality AND
- who brought food or donated money for our neighbors in need.
- AND a special THANK YOU to our Cub Scout Pack 15 and to Boy Scout Troop 189 from Pointe of Grace Lutheran Church for all their help!
To fulfill our pledge to provide food for 100 families for Christmas, we need people to sign up to provide food for 11 more families.
People are signing up to share Christmas presents too. Financial contributions are also very helpful as the deadline nears. Your financial gifts help us acquire food vouchers and fresh items to share. Contact Marianne Harvey at 425.348.4993 or jimmarh7@mac.com with questions and more info. Now through mid-December, food received in the cart will used in our Holiday Food Baskets.
Would you like to help? You may choose to ...
- join with someone else to sponsor a family.
- donate money for gift cards. This is important as grocery gift cards are provided for each family so they may purchase fresh food items.
- volunteer by making phone calls.
- bake cookies or wrap presents.
- offer hospitality, shop, or check baskets.
- donate food by placing it in the shopping cart.
- donate money and let the basket committee do the shopping for you.
Click
HERE
to view the brochure.
Want to see the shopping list? Click on
CHRISTMAS
.
Questions? Click
HERE
to contact Jim & Marianne Harvey.
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Would you like to remember a loved one, honor a family member, or just help beautify the sanctuary on Christmas Eve? You may do that by providing one or more
RED poinsettias to be placed in front of the altar. Click
HERE to print out the attached form. Fill it out and turn it in to the church office or in the offering to be included in the dedications list on Christmas Eve.
Dates:
- The deadline to turn in the form in Sunday, December 8.
- Bring poinsettias to Our Savior's 12/18-12/20,
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Prayground:
(n) A place for religious children, primarily Christian, to experience their faith in distinct ways that engage all senses.
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There’s new excitement over including young children in worship. The Children, Youth, and Family Ministry Committee has been working to set up a “
Prayground
” in the sanctuary. With soft surfaces, soft toys, and a location near the front, toddlers and young children with their parents can learn, grow, and make connections with other worshippers. Children are a vital part of the community and we’re glad for the commitment to provide a special and safe space for these youngest ones and their parents. Would you like to help? Check out the Amazon Wish List
{
link here
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and consider contributing an item to bring the
Prayground
to life.
The photo below is another example of a Prayground
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Families Feeding Families
Looking for a Second Sunday Coach
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We need someone to oversee the making of sandwiches on the second Sunday of each month. Can you help? Click
HERE to contact Pastor Parks for more details.
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Godly Play Spoken Here
Kids' Sunday School During the 9am Service
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The Godly Play leaders will escort the children from the sanctuary before the opening hymn. We ask parents to pick up their children after worship in the Fireside Room downstairs.
Prefer to stay in the sanctuary? Children's activity sheets and bags of crayons are available on the table in the back of the sanctuary. The Littlest Lutherans Lookout is upstairs if needed.
Want more information about the Godly Play Foundation? Click
HERE.
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Littlest Lutherans
The Preschool through Elementary aged children will meet downstairs in room 102 with Lindsey Snyder for activities and art.
Kid's Ring & Sing
Following the 9am service and Sunday School, parents are invited to bring 3rd-5th grades to Ring & Sing in the sanctuary. Let by Lee Mathews, Roberta Foreman, and Lisa Egtvedt.
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Kids aged 0-4 years are welcome in the Nursery during both the 9am and the 11am services.
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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 at Our Savior's in the Fireside Room. Our Bible Study comes out of "Gather" magazine, the ELCA women's ministry magazine. Each month we read the section in the magazine and the Bible references and discuss various questions. We'll have a copy of the magazine for you when you attend. No homework required, come and share your thoughts. We welcome newcomers and guests! For more information, contact Carolyn Otterness at 425.308.4552 or click
HERE to contact her by email.
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.
Be sure to update your information if your credit card has expired.
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 clicking
HERE. 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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The Spirit by Bishop Shelley Bryan Wee
Click
HERE to read the November issue of
The Spirit
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Did You Know?
Lutheran Disaster Response sends 100% of your donation to direct aid
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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To read the Situation Report: 2019 California Fires, click
HERE.
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Note These Upcoming Dates
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- EveryOne Sunday on 11/24 with ONE worship at 10am followed by Thank You brunch and Advent Festival
- Family & Friends Gathering on 11/24 at 4:30pm
- Soup Supper and Advent Worship on 12/4 beginning at 6pm
- Parents Night Out on 12/6 from 6-9pm
- Christmas Holiday Food Baskets drop off on Sunday, 12/8
- Christmas Party for Middle School and High School Youth on 12/13 at 7pm
- Christmas Holiday Food Baskets Delivery Day on 12/14
- Sunday School Christmas Program on 12/15 at 10:15am
- Family & Friends Gathering on 12/15 at 4:30pm
- SHE Gathers Cookie Exchange on 12/20 at 5:30pm
- EveryOne Sunday on 12/22 with ONE worship at 10am followed by Smorgasbord Potluck
- Christmas Eve Worship at 5pm, 7pm, 11pm
- EveryOne Sunday on 12/29 with ONE worship at 10am
... 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:
8:30am to 1:30pm, MON--THUR
Closed Fridays
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Schedule on Sunday Mornings
9am Worship with Holy Communion
9am Kids' Sunday School, Godly Play
10am Coffee Fellowship
10am Kids' Activities
10am Adult Learning
11am Worship
12pm Coffee Fellowship
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