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1500 San Simeon Way
Fenton, MO 63026
636-343-7511
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June 25, 1530 - What is a Lutheran? |
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Without question, we Lutherans believe that all of our teachings are completely founded in God's Word. Once that is established, the church throughout history has always followed up with a writing that explains and simplifies what God's Word teaches. That is where the Book of Concord comes in. This book contains several writings by the Lutherans who fought for the Word of God in the 1500's and the teachings therein.
LCMS pastors and teachers take an oath that the teachings in this document rightly reflects what the Bible teaches. I chose June 25 for my ordination in 1990 because of the comfort of the gospel so clearly taught in the Book of Concord.
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(June 25, 1530), the Augsburg Confession was presented by our Lutheran forefathers to Emperor Charles V.
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Dr. Martin Luther, with a price on his head ever since his famous stand before the emperor at Worms in 1521, corresponded with the Lutheran princes and theologians from the Castle Coburg by a sort of pony-express arrangement. This arrangement was meant to protect the great reformer. Even Luther’s most powerful friends were not sure they could protect him outside the borders of Saxony.
Meanwhile, at Augsburg, Luther’s friend, Melanchthon, gave a clear expression of Luther’s Biblical teachings in a document signed by the pastors, princes and theologians of the Lutheran Reformation. That document begins with the Augsburg Confession.
The Augsburg Confession set forth the clear teachings of the Bible – by grace alone – through faith in Christ alone – by Scripture alone. It declared that the differences between Luther and Rome could not be settled by compromise, but only by a return to the Scriptures. The break with Rome was now inevitable and would prove to be irreversible.
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Sadly, after Luther died in 1546, Melanchthon lost his nerve. He made some alterations to the wording of the Augsburg Confession in an attempt to unite the Lutheran and Swiss Reformed churches through compromise on such matters as the Real Presence of our Lord’s body and blood in Holy Communion. (The Lutherans confessed that the true body and blood of Christ are really present in the sacrament; the Reformed said the bread and wine were mere symbols of the body and blood).
The genuine Lutherans rejected these changes and held fast to Luther’s pure teachings as expressed in the original document presented to the Emperor on June 25, 1530.
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To this day, you may see some old Lutheran churches with the abbreviation U.A.C. on the cornerstone. This stands for: Unaltered Augsburg Confession. This statement of faith, along with the other creeds or confessions of the Lutheran Church are included in The Book of Concord – 1580, also known as The Lutheran Confessions. OSL's cornerstone is in front of the red doors of the church. It contains the date a picture of the cross and the communion cup below the cross.
Our pastors and teachers pledge themselves at the outset of their ministries to teach in accordance with these Confessions because they are a correct expression of Bible teachings. God grant us the faith and courage of our forefathers to resist the countless compromises of our own times and to stand firmly on the Scriptures.
Pr. Sell
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Our Savior Lutheran School News
Sharing Christ's Love, Centered in God's Word
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Mrs. Linda Dehn, Principal, shared her story of how she was led into the ministry during her interview on the Coffee Hour on KFUO yesterday. Thank you for sharing your story.
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Sunday morning at 9:15am.
Meet in the fellowship hall or online
Meeting ID: 588 101 866
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Tuesday nights
Dr. Armbrust will lead a Bible study
Join us on Zoom at 7pm.
Meeting ID: 613691239
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Memory Verse Challenge
Worship Ministry * The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod The church confesses to Christ, "You have the words of eternal life" (John 6:68). The church is encouraged to "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly ..." (Col. 3:16). Psalm 1 teaches us...
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NEWS, EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES |
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June 25 - Parish House Open House
July 17-21 - Vacation Bible School
Aug 13 - School Celebration Sunday
Aug 16 - 1st day of school
Aug 27 - Pastor Rupe installation
Sept 16 - Church and School Picnic
Oct 22 - Sausage Dinner/Fall Festival
Nov 10 - OSL Veterans Celebration
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Thanks to everyone who has provided furnishings for the home and assisted with moving things in. It looks wonderful and is a great start for here to become acquainted with the area and begin to build her life here in the U.S. |
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These pics of the parish house are to give you a taste of what is over there for furnishings. To see all of the set up, come to the Open House on June 25 between services. There will be refreshments and I think you'll enjoy the excitement of helping out someone whose life was torn apart in war. |
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Installation of Pastor Rupe
WHEN: Sunday, August 27, 2023
TIME: 2 p.m.
Dinner to Follow: HOG CALL BBQ
There will be one morning service and the time is yet to be determined.
Plan now to attend!
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God’s Living Water -Covered in Jesus’ Grace
July 17-21, 9:00 am- noon Kids ages 3years old (must be potty trained) – entering 6th grade Children from Our Savior Lutheran Church and School and the community are invited to join us for a fun week of Bible Stories, Crafts, Music, Bible Challenge, Games & Snacks! Registration forms are in the back of the church. If your child or grandchild would like to attend, please complete and return the registration form and the $10.00 registration fee to Our Savior Lutheran Church and School office by July 8. Space is limited! If you are interested in helping during VBS, please contact Myrna Baneck at mbaneck@oursaviorlcs.org. or 701-226-3059. Watch in the coming weeks for ways that you can help by donating items!
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Bring us your used ink cartridges! Small printer ink cartridges, like the ones for home printers, are collected at the church. You can bring them to the office or place them in the collection container in the narthex, on the coat rack shelf. The church receives a small donation for each cartridge we collect!
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We have some stock on hand and can also order items and have them for you the following week. The large list of items can be found at: shopwithscrip.com
We try to have the most popular items on hand, but many others can be ordered. All profit goes towards the Building Fund principle.
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ESTATE PLANNING
Our Savior's Endowment is a way to extend your service to your children and grandchildren through the Kingdom of God. Think about helping Christ's church and Our Savior's future.
Have you considered placing OSL in your will or trust?
Did you know that you could give a percentage of your estate to OSL?
Did you know that you could give a percentage of your life insurance to OSL?
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Memorials
Did you know that "memorial gifts" and "thanksgiving gifts" apart from our Sunday giving is separated out and designated to fix up and beautify the inside of our church?
It is customary for believers to give an additional gift as a memorial gift when someone they know and love from the body of Christ enters their eternal reward to be with Jesus. Sometimes people will give a "Thanksgiving" gift for an anniversary, a birthday, a grandchild's baptism, wedding, or confirmation or just because of how the Lord blessed them this past week.
These gifts are set aside an can only be used for those things that beautify and fix up our church and are always announced to the church.
Thanks to the many "memorial" gifts we receive for funerals along with special "thanksgiving" gifts the funds for these churchly needs is already gathered. In other words, they are already paid for!
THANKS BE TO GOD as He always provides for what His people need.
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Board of Education 1st Monday of the month
Board of Elders 1st Monday of the month
Church Council 2nd Tuesday of the month
Congregation Assembly 3rd Tues of Feb/May/Aug/Nov
Ladies Day Circle 2nd Thursday of the month
Ladies Guild 1st Tuesday of the month
Men’s Club 4th Thursday of the month
Trustees 1st Wednesday of the month
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SUPPORTING OUR LCMS MISSIONARIES |
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Prayer card and newsletter
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Prayer card and newsletter
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Prayer card and information
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Tirzah Krey
Serving the Lord in the Latin America and Caribbean Region Tirzah Krey serves the Lord through The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) in the Latin America and Caribbean region, based in the Dominican Republic. In her role as regional human...
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Links to stay in contact with us:
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EMAILS
Do you know someone who should be seeing this email but isn't? Have them email oslcentral@oursaviorlcs.org and ask to be added to the mailing list.
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A resource for youth and their families |
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led by Dr. Kevin Armbrust
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A wonderful devotional app for your iphone (or android) is CPH's, "Pray Now. " It contains daily readings from the OT, an Epistle, and Gospel reading. It also has a daily reading from many of our historical theological leaders. It has many of our church services. It includes prayers and verses from a hymn for meditation. It's available at CPH.org and it is only $8.99. What a deal.
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Sunday Worship Services
8am and 10:30am
Sunday Bible Study 9:15am
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