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I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. Psalm 116:1 ESV |
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Are you an Epiphany?
The whole point of Epiphany is to beam the Light of Christ to the world around us as a church and school. Having sat in the presence of Christ and basked in His glorious forgiveness the Lord calls you be the Epiphany for others. He calls you to shine in the darkness of a sinful world where the Light overcomes the sins of the people and creates hope in the lives of people who are in darkness and scrambling for meaning and forgiveness and peace.
OSL continues to be a shining light of Christ's forgiveness through our church and school. We give thanks for the faithfulness of our members and the gifts of our Lord Jesus Christ.
As we continue to march on during the Epiphany season, the Lord promised to lighten our path with His forgiveness and mercy.
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BUDGET - Given COVID we are getting through.
Thank you for your faithfulness in giving!
This is the time of the year that we begin to put our budget together for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1st.
Please read the letter you will receive in the mail along with your giving report from 2020. As 2020 books closed, we are hanging in there - considering all things with COVID. However, we did fall behind in giving and we are asking for some assistance to "catch up" the budget. At this point, we are about $12,000 behind.
We did have our PPP loan %100 forgiven and that has made a big difference. Thankfully, we did not have to implement a plan to lay off any of our staff.
Because we "quarantined" for a couple of months, we are falling behind a bit, but we are getting through together. We were blessed with increased enrollment in the school and that has been financially helpful.
Did you know you can give online? Click the "donate" button at www.oursaviorlcs.org
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Epiphany Blessings,
Pastor Sell
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Ash Wednesday and Lent
2pm and 7pm
February 17th
Ash Wednesday is around the corner - February 17th.
Ashes will be distributed in both services. Our 2pm service will be with the school children. We have a number of children in our junior high who are confirmed along with our teachers so there will be communion at both services.
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An update from
Our Savior Lutheran School
Sharing Christ's Love, Centered in God's Word
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It's Open House time! Come visit OSL and take a private tour of our campus as well as meet our amazing teachers.
January 24th 1-3pm
Sign up below for your specific time slot and please bring all of your questions (and a mask). See you there!
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National Lutheran Schools Week,
January 24-30 1.914 schools, 21,655 teachers, 35 districts Raising up the next generation of faithful Christian disciples, providing excellent academic preparation, sharing the life-changing message of Jesus' love with more than 180,000 students, their families and the community. lcms.org/school-ministry
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The council meeting of OSL passed an important resolution on behalf of our congregation. Because of COVID, we have been keeping up our work through the council so as not to have to bring people together unnecessarily.
Districts of synod were to start meeting this January, however, this task has been difficult. There is so much work and many reservations to make (hotel, convention center, meals, trip planning) to bring together people from every church in synod, but like everything else through this time, we are not sure what might happen next month.
Especially since so many of the people who gather for conventions are often older pastors and laypeople - well, that's a red flag - it seems best to hold off.
So, in wanting to keep people safe the bottom line is to delay the conventions ONE YEAR. This means that everyone who was elected during this triennium will have one year added to their time in office. In a conversation with the Missouri district president, Pr. Lee Hagan, he thought this was in synod's best interest as does the president of synod, Pr. Matthew Harrison.
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CONSTITUTION OF SYNOD
For the sake of procedure, this has been thoroughly discussed by LCMS board of directors and the district's board of directors. It has been put forth by the gathering of the Council of (LCMS) Presidents as well. Synod's procedure is that it be put before every LCMS church for a vote.
As your pastor, I support this too. It's in line with trying to keep things moving through this time of COVID and still doing our best to be here for the people of God without risking anyone's health.
Without producing all of the details of the resolution, the council passed the resolution to delay the conventions by one year. However, if you want to read all of the details, you can go to lcms.org at this link: www.lcms.org/delay-vote-faqs It is six pages long, so that's why we didn't replicate the details.
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Thanks for your understanding.
Pr. Sell
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Sunday morning at 9:15am.
We will continue our study of the Book of John with the help of Dr. Armbrust
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 on the book of
Galatians.
Join us on Zoom at 7pm.
Meeting ID: 613691239
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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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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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THANK YOU
Thank you to everyone who purchased store cards for their family, friends, seminarian tree and staff. All the profit goes toward the building fund principle. This is an ongoing program. After Christmas we will still have a few envelopes on the table for anyone who would like to order.
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A resource for youth and their families |
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led by Dr. Kevin Armbrust
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Worship Services 8am and 10:30am Sunday morning
Bible Study 9:15am Sunday morning
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