OUR SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN CHURCH

SEPTEMBER 2017 NEWSLETTER

A Dialogue of Faith: Christianity and Islam

As Lutherans, we are the reformers of the church. We are in dialogue within the body of Christ and with other faiths throughout the world.

On Sunday, September 10th we will have a guest speaker, Regina Mustafa. She will join us for our worship service and then lead an interfaith dialogue following the service in which she will present some of the basics of the Islamic faith, a brief history of Islam in America, and then a time for dialogue. This interfaith dialogue will be similar to the ones she leads in Rochester. Join us for this unique opportunity as we welcome Regina to our congregation.

Regina Mustafa is the founder of Community Interfaith Dialogue on Islam (Rochester, MN), a host of the Faith Talk Show, a member of the Rochester City Ethical Practices Board and the 2016 recipient of the Rochester Mayor’s Medal of Honor for her leadership and service to the community. Ms. Mustafa joined one of our Rochester ELCA congregations to see the Luther/Reformation Exhibit in Minneapolis this past January. "My inspiration comes from my children. I want a better future for them, a future where they can proudly hold their heads up high as Muslims and Americans. Americans, and especially Minnesotans, are really warmhearted and open-minded people.”

You can find out more about here at: https://www.cidimn.org/about.html Page 1

Beer & Hymns

Saturday,

September 30, 2017

6:30–8:30 PM

Join us for an evening get together to sing

hymns and enjoy food and beverages

together in good company!

Music will be led by RavensFire Band,

though all are encouraged to bring an

instrument and a hymnal if you have one.

Some will be available.

Potluck supper - bring a dish

to pass, BYOB, and a lawn

chair. Coffee, lemonade, and

tableware will be provided.

All are welcome!

At: Home of Jon and Ann

Lechner

12605 County 14, Spring Valley, MN

From Spring Valley, take 63 south to

County Rd 14. Take right (west).

First house on the right. Tan buildings.

Sponsored by:

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church

Spring Valley, MN

****NEW OPPORTUNITY***** After a recent request, OSL has established an investment account that can accept donations of stocks or mutual funds from individuals for the general budget. There are potential tax benefits for the donor as well as benefitting OSL. If you have questions or are interested, contact Lori Schlitter.

One year ago, Kara and I moved back to my home state of MN and during Ag Days I began ministry as lead pastor of Our Savior’s. Thank you to the call committee, executive committee, staff members, church council and the members of Our Savior’s their partnership in the in the Gospel ministry.

Now that Kara and I have a home in Spring Valley we are settling in to the community while preparing the “Van House” home in Austin for sale. A special thank you to the “moving crew” of Rick, Scott, Jacob & William. I highly recommend them. ☺

Much has changed in the world since last August. Intolerance and division has grown within our nation. Polarity within our political structures carries on.

We are people who have received the Good News. This gift from God has changed our lives. We are a new creation in Christ. For that we give thanks and praise. As a faith family, we are able and called to be ambassadors of Christ for the world. Love of neighbor, and especially stranger, is another gift we have which we need to pass on to one another in our communities. You are a living image of Jesus which people encounter.

Now more than ever we must continue to share the Good News/Gospel of repentance and forgiveness, reconciliation to God and to each other and bring God’s justice in the midst of a fractured world where too often animosity and injustice infect society. Page 2

Keep up your prayers for peace and unity, speak out against hate speech and acts, racism, violence, intolerance, prejudice, poverty, discrimination, sexism, and those who use terror to silence and frighten others. Continue to be activists for God’s way and not divisive ways of humanity which seek to keep us apart. Pray, speak, act. Let the light of Christ shine out from your heart in your words and deeds.

Micah 6:8b

Pastor Mark

Join the festivities and experience the unique refreshments, atmosphere & Lutheran fun as Pastor Mark celebrates his 30th

Anniversary of Ordination Sunday, September 17th at 10:15 AM!

On September 24th, we are having a Blessing of Combines/ Harvest Worship Service. We know it would be hard to have farmers bring their equipment to the service so we thought of another way to share what you do. Please email selfies or pictures of you with your farm/harvest equipment to either Darla Erickson at darlaerickson13@gmail.com or Renee at the church office at oursaviors@mediacombb.net or bring a copy to the church office by Thursday, September 21st. Pictures can be of toy tractors and farm equipment, too. Also bring your farm toys to the church service so it can receive a blessing. Blessings on the harvest season!

’With Pastor Mark Van House

Psalm 1 is a beautiful image of people who are blessed with happy souls who flourish in daily life. “Happy are those who . . .delight in the law of the Lord, and on his law they meditate day and night. They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper.”

Life is filled with challenges and joys, obstacles and detours, hopes and surprises. Yet the happy soul has found that growing deep into the Word of God brings energy for everything we experience in life. It is my delight to visit with people who have drawn from the waters of life from the Lord. I hear stories about how Grandma took them to church or how Dad was involved with the Youth League. I hear remembrances of mutual prayer with a dear friend or of the neighbor who came to the rescue in time of need. I see how the promises of God from scripture are lived each day in the lives. I watch the smile in the eyes when a truth of God’s Word takes a new root in the heart.

How do you nurture God’s Word in your life? Do you find wonder in the growth of crops into yet another season? Do you ask what God is doing while watching the news? Do you listen to preaching and teaching and do you learn something anew about God’s mercy in your life today? Do you tell God the deepest thought of your heart and listen for his wisdom?

The poem “The Water Trees” from Paul Turby and Alice Springs celebrates the richness of life that does not fear but delights in the Lord.

The Water Trees There are trees in the desert That will send down a root so deep They find the underground seas And siphon up life

Other trees measure water by the drop And horde what why have Make leaves like needles That do not dance in the wind And never come loose

The water trees live a riotous life They carry leaves like a florist Heading for a celebrity wedding Their branches provide enough shelter To put the Hilton chain in the shade Page 3

And they drop their leaves And grow new ones In shameless abandon A thousand animals And a million insects at their base Burrow and dance in that leaf shower

For water trees care nothing For weather forecasts Or for cloudless skies For they are thick at the trunk And green at the tips and they never go thirsty

May God grant me the grace to live like a water tree.

Our Savior’s Mission Statement Using God’s Word as a foundation, Our Savior’s Lutheran shall, through meaningful worship, study, prayer and mission outreach, provide a Christ-centered atmosphere of enthusiasm, support, sensitivity and openness to all people. God’s people find a place of belonging, God’s people devoted to seek God’s purposes, God’s people committed to compassionate caring.

As of August 3, Grace Notes Ministry has sent 839 notes written by 110 writers, an average of more than 26 notes per week. We thank you for your prayers and support and your contributions of cards and stamps. We are in need of

more writers at 9:30 AM on Thursdays. Come any time—this can be but doesn’t have to be a weekly commitment. We will help you with what to say in the notes and you will be blessed while you are blessing others! Contact Shirley Gangstad, Lucille Daggett or Turby Marchant with questions.

OSL's Fall Book Study will begin

on Monday, September 11, 2017 at

10:00 AM and continue until

Monday, November 20, 2017. The

group will not meet on

November 6th or 13th. We will be

reading Lies We Believe About God

by William Paul Young (the author of The Shack).

Cost of the book is $15.00--please reserve with

Renee at the office (346-7251). Shirley Gangstad

will lead the group.

with Pastor Betsy Dartt

Last month I, the Stewardship Team and the Executive Committee “Asked” you to consider increasing your giving. “Thank” you for responding with your increased giving this past month. We still need to pay back the $20,000 of our line of credit, and if you haven’t

already done so, please consider what you can give above and beyond your regular offering (weekly/monthly) to support our Gospel Ministry and pay off this debt. Your generosity reflects the gifts of God in your life.

We begin this Fall with our Stewardship Emphasis of Ask, Thank, Tell (Augsburg/Fortress Press). We’ll learn that paying the bills is not the goal of stewardship. It’s about strengthening our discipleship and with that, to find out how it is that “When the Bible talks about stewardship it almost always talks about the intimate connection between how a person handles financial matters and that person's relationship with God. Stewardship is an intensely spiritual matter that lies close to a disciple's relationship with Jesus.”

In messages and education opportunities we’ll explore what it means to be good stewards of God’s creation, of all that God has gifted to us. We will be reminded that we are people who live out of abundance rather than scarcity – even when it may seem as though we have little to give back to God. All that we have is God’s and giving back to God with our time, talents and treasures supports our various ministries. A few of these, which your giving supports are: Saturday and Sunday worship services, including our TV ministry and sermons on You Tube; Sunday School, Confirmation and Youth Group; book studies and other adult education; baptisms, funerals and weddings; fellowship opportunities such as coffee time after service; support of Lutheran Campus Ministry for our young adults; providing school supplies to children in the community; providing food for the food shelf; support of Good Earth Village and sending children to camp; etc.

Thanks for being partners in these and other ministries within our faith family and in our local and global community. Your support allows us to “Tell” the story of God’s love for us and the world. Page 4

Senior Choir Schedule September

3rd 7:45 NO CHOIR 9:00 Worship 10th 7:45 Senior Choir BEGINS Elliott G. 9:00 Worship 17th 7:45 Rehearsal 9:00 Worship—Senior Choir SINGS 24th 7:45 Rehearsal 9:00 Worship—Senior Choir SINGS

Thank You! On behalf of OSL members, thanks to Shirley Gangstad for her 10 years of service as our SEMN Synod Mission Interpreter Coordinator. Well done good and faithful servant.

Handbells Starting! Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 6:00 -7:00 PM. An exciting season ahead!

The Audio/Visual Task Force has received quotes from two different companies. We have decided on a recommendation that will be presented to the council at their September meeting. If you have any questions, please contact a task force member. Task force members are: Darla Erickson, Nora Jahn, Kara Johnston, Wendy Kauffmann, Myrna Legreid, Dan Reiland, Dennis Timmerman, and Pastor Mark Van House.

Bluff Country Singers gear up for Christmas Concert Fall/Christmas rehearsals begin rehearsals at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Spring Valley.

September 9-10-17 & 9-17-17 6:00 PM; October 10-8-17 & 10-15-17 6:00 PM; November 11-12-17 & 11-19-17 3:00 PM; December 12-9-17 10:00 AM rehearsal. December 12-10-17 1:00 PM dress rehearsal. Concerts at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM, Sunday, December 10, 2017.

Public is welcome and invited. Free-will offering taken to aid in purchase of music. Anyone interested in joining BCS or with questions, please call Elliott Grandall @ 507-346-7882.

Confirmation/Senior League Kick-Off meeting, will be September 20th at 7:00 PM. Parents and youth 7th – 12th

grade are invited to come and learn all that will happen this year for

Confirmation and what Senior League is all about. This event will be held in

the basement.

Would you be willing to help

with the Broadway Bazaar? As

a helper, organizer of a section like

crafts, decorating, lunch, etc. Please leave

your name and area of interest in the office.

Thank you. OSL WELCA 10th – 12th grade youth Senior League starts Wednesday September 27th from 7pm – 8pm. We will explore what the National Gathering is about, grow your faith through discussion, music, movies and so much more! I look forward to seeing everyone there. Page 5

Remember our Military Personnel James Northway, (Ken & Norma

Northway’s grandson), serves in the

U. S. Naval Intelligence as Chief Petty

Officer in Japan.

Update: Nathan & Jordynn Schmidt’s address is

19369 163rd Ave, Spring Valley MN 55975. They

are Troy Harwood’s daughter and son-in-law.

Is someone in your family serving in our

military? Please let us know, and we

will add them to the list. God Bless

America and our soldiers!

OSL has volunteered to provide the

Sunday evening meal at the Lutheran Campus Center (LCC) in Winona on October 1, 2017 at

6:00 PM. Shirley Gangstad, Jodie Archer, and Sharon Schmidt are the committee. This would be a good time for you to visit the LCC, see the facility including our new kitchen, and participate in worship. Contact any one of the committee if you are interested in helping with the meal or joining us for worship!

2018 ELCA National Youth

Gathering June 27th – July 1st,

2018. If you are interested in

going please contact Ann

Oeltjen. Deadline, is

September 15th, to sign up

and submit a $100 deposit.

ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission (YAGM)

https://www.elca.org/Our-Work/Global-Church/Global-Mission/Young-Adults-in-

Global-Mission

On Saturday October 7th and Sunday October 8th, our guest preacher/speaker at worship

services will be Kelly Bergman, Director of Lutheran Campus Center (LCC) Relations – Lutheran Campus Ministry at Winona State. After both services Kelly will be in conversation

with us about YAGM. Kelly spent a year as a young adult in a global mission setting, working with the homeless in Scotland. Join us as we welcome Kelly.

Readings for September

September 2-3 – Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

1st Reading: Jeremiah 15:15-21 Psalm: Psalm 26:1-8

2nd Reading: Romans 12:9-21 Gospel: Matthew 16:21-28

September 9-10 – Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

1st Reading: Ezekiel 33:7-11 Psalm: Psalm 119:33-40

2nd Reading: Romans 13:8-14 Gospel: Matthew 18:15-20

September 16-17 – Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

1st Reading: Genesis 50:15-21 Psalm: Psalm 103:[1-7] 8-13

2nd Reading: Romans 14:1-12 Gospel: Matthew 18:21-35

September 23-24 – Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

1st Reading: Jonah 3:10—4:11 Psalm: Psalm 145:1-8

2nd Reading: Philippians 1:21-30 Gospel: Matthew 20:1-16

September 30 – October 1 – Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

1st Reading: Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 Psalm: Psalm 25:1-9

2nd Reading: Philippians 2:1-13 Gospel: Matthew 21:23-32

Scriptures subject to change.

COUNCIL HIGHLIGHTS

Sunday August 13, 2017

Financial Report General Ckg 1st Nat’l Bank Balance as of July 31 = $ 7,763.45

General Ckg 1st National Bank Shepherd’s Staff = $ 9,030.79

Dedicated Checking 1st State Bank Balance = (-$3,210.11)

Dedicated Checking Shepherd’s Staff = (-$2,189.79)

Dedicated Savings Accounts in Bank = $109,972.64

Dedicated Savings Shepherd’s Staff =

$105,255.34

Line of Credit = $20,000

Youth

Successful Mission Trip will be shared w/congregation

on August 27th

Kick off for confirmation and Senor League on Sept 20

Gearing up for Youth Gathering next year

Education

Looking for Sunday School staff

Sunday school begins on September 10th

Business/Stewardship

No report

Membership/Outreach

Going to do Beer and Hymns on September 30th

—including Raven’s Fire

Working on finishing church directory—good turn-out

for pictures

Planning party for Pr Mark’s 30th ordination anniversary

Property

Secured Christian Brothers Seal Coating to do parking

lot

Looking into cost of 24’ x 40’pavilion on north side of

church, cost about $10,000

Seabright estimated cost of at least $2,500 for a lift and

other equipment to get outside cross lighted.

Worship/Music/Arts

Blessings of the combines on Sept 24

Audio-video team is nearing a decision on what to do.

Meeting on August 22nd w/all involved in worship to

plan for rest of 2017

Stewardship

Looking into using VANCO for electronic giving

Detailed minutes are available on the bulletin board by the Food Cart. --submitted by Shirley Gangstad, Secretary

Remember our Deadlines! Articles and announcements for the newsletter: The 17th of each month. Announcements for the worship bulletin: Thursday, noon.

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Caring & Concerns for members & friends in Special Care Facilities

Spring Valley Senior Living & Rehab: Fran Burmeister Adah Fowler Arlene Kappers Maxine Mlenar Paul Ness Donald Rowe Donna Rowe

Spring Valley Senior Living-Evergreens: Dorothy Hafner Bob & Maxine Jahn Mick & Irma Rathbun Florence Thorson

Spring Valley Estates: Warren & Eileen Freeman Bev Jertson

Ostrander Care & Rehab: Ruth Ness Dale & Juneus Ristau Jewel Ruud Darrell & Glenna Vikse

Countryside Senior Living, Owatonna: Pastor E. C. Franke

Grand Meadow Care Center & Rehab: Lester Fimon Jack Fox

Good Shepherd, Rushford: Anita Anderson

Senior Living, Rosemount: Melvin Schmidt

St. Marks Living, Austin: Clifford & Georgine ‘Jean’ Davis

Chosen Valley Care Center, Chatfield: Mabry Taylor, Jr.

Known to have been hospitalized in July & August: Kathy Fowler Evelyn Armstrong Joan Kujath Geraldine Williams Jerry Rollie Theresa Kohler Ginny Johnson Evie Apenhorst

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We have been busy with Mini VBS and

prepping for Fall. We are working on

calendars, etc. to welcome everyone back to

Fall Programming.

We were excited about our first two mini

VBS experiences! We had six kids for the

first afternoon and 7 for the second, with a

total of 10 kids between the two! We can’t

wait to continue with this program for next

year!

We will begin Sunday school with a regular

Sunday and we are planning a special Rally

Sunday in January! You are not going to

want to miss this! More details will come as

we finalize the plan.

September 10 is our first Sunday for Sunday

School. We begin at 10:15 AM and end at

11:15 AM. Bring your Bibles and your

learning attitudes! Can’t wait!

September 10th is a big morning at worship.

3-year-olds, 3rd grade, and 7th grade will all

be receiving a Bible and the 4th grade will

receive their small catechism. These are

four happy milestones in the faith lives of

these kids! Thank you to the members of

OSL for the funds to be able to give these

gifts.

Thanks to all,

Gina Jahn

Education Coordinator

rickjahn71@gmail.com

507-251-1610

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION NEWS

Contact Us

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church 805 S Broadway Ave Spring Valley, MN 55975

Ph 507-346-7251 Fax 507-346-7231

Emails: oursaviors@mediacombb.net

oursaviorsspringvalley@gmail.com

Website: www.oursaviorsspringvalley.com

Like us on Facebook Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Spring Valley, MN @OSLSV

Pastor Mark Van House-Lead pastormarkvanhouse@mediacombb.net Cell 507-279-3141

Pastor Betsy Dartt-Visitation betsy.dartt@gmail.com Cell 507-884-4853

STAFF Bookkeeper – Kathy Merkel Custodian – Toni Sanders Education Coordinator – Gina Jahn Cell 251-1610 Music Coordinator – Elliott Grandall Office Manager – Renee Ziebell Youth Coordinator – Ann Oeltjen

youthatosl@yahoo.com

Office Hours: M-F 8:30 AM-3:30 PM

WELCA NEWS

Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Would you be willing to help with the

Broadway Bazaar? As a helper, organizer of a

section like crafts, decorating, lunch, etc. Please

leave your name and area of interest in the

office. Thank you. OSL WELCA

Please remember to use your Bakeless Sale envelope.

All women of the ELCA are welcome to join a meeting. Please notify the hostess if you plan to attend.

Rachel Circle will meet on Wednesday,

September 20, 2017 at 2:00 PM at Dorothy

Simpson’s. Janet Hove, Bible Study Leader.

Rebekah Circle will meet on Tuesday,

September 19, 2017 at 7:30 PM at Turby

Marchant’s.

Out of Town Marriages

Devin Pokorney & Mikaylah Hellickson on August 26, 2017

Deaths

Wilma ‘Willie’ Esklund 2/6/1928 ~ 8/10/2017

May the Risen Christ be the comfort and hope of all who mourn.

Transfers

Gerald ‘Jerry’ Higgins to Valley Christian Center, Spring Valley

Wayne & Nancy Hagen to Trinity Lutheran Church, Owatonna

Memorials and Honorariums

In Memory of Arden Lenz

Caring Ministries Shirley Gangstad

In Memory of Ray Legreid (Steve’s father)

Bell Choir Dick & Sharon Jahn

Caring Ministries Lucille Daggett, Shirley Gangstad

In Memory of Leo Rendahl (100-year-old previous member)

Cemetery Fund Friends

In Memory of Willie Esklund

Caring Ministries Harlan & Turby Marchant, Dick & Sharon Jahn, Ray & Ruth Lemke,

Kenny & Brenda Clark, Shirley Gangstad

General Fund Deenie Seabright

Information/Technology Fund Jerry & Marlene Rollie, Lee & Carol Himle

Memorial Fund Bev Jertson, Elliott & Karen Grandall

WELCA Evelyn Clark

In Memory of Marcia Thompson (Warren & Eileen Freeman’s daughter)

WELCA Evelyn Clark

In Memory of Janet Klompenhower (Irma Rathbun’s sister)

WELCA Evelyn Clark

In Memory of Thelmer Rudlong

WELCA Jan Mlenar

*Dates to Remember* September 4 – Office Closed – Labor Day

September 7 – Birthday Party at Ostrander Care & Rehab

September 10 – Regina Mustafa Worship Speaker, 1st Day of Sunday School

September 11 – November 20 – Book Study

September 13 – Handbell Rehearsals Start

September 15 – NEWSLETTER DEADLINE

September 17 – Pastor Mark’s 30th Anniversary of Ordination

September 20 – Confirmation/Senior League Kick-Off

September 24 – Blessing of the Combines

September 30 – Beer & Hymns Page 13

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church NON-PROFIT, ORG 805 S Broadway Ave U.S. Postage Paid Spring Valley, MN 55975 Spring Valley, MN Address Service Requested Permit #71

September 2017

Let’s Worship Together… ▪ Saturdays at 5:30 PM

▪ Sundays at 9:00 AM

▪ DVD played on Mondays at 4:00 PM at Spring Valley Care Center ▪ DVD played on Cable Television on KING4, if both weekend services are recorded, watch Saturday’s service

Wednesdays at 7:00 PM & Thursdays at 8:00 PM, watch Sunday’s service on Fridays at 8:00 PM, and

the following Sundays at 2:30 PM

▪ Spring Valley Care Center Communion, Tuesday, September 19th at 10:00 AM

▪ Hillside Communion, Tuesday, September 19th at 10:40 AM

▪ Evergreen Communion, Wednesday, September 27th at 2:30 PM

Bring your friends Everyone is welcome

Look inside for articles on … • Calendar on page 12

• Caring & Concerns on page 6

• Circle Schedules on page 8

• Church contact information on page 8

• Council Meeting Highlights on page 6

• Dates to Remember page 13

• Education Ministry news on page 8

• Memorials page 13

• Pastor Betsy Dartt’s column REFLECTIONS on page 3

• Pastor Mark Van House’s column THE WORD on page 2

• Scriptures for the Month page 5

• Thank You’s on pages 7

• WELCA information on page 8

• Worship Assistants page 11

• Youth Ministry news on page 5

If anyone is not receiving the newsletter or notifications from the church, either by mail, email, Facebook, or website, please let Renee in the office know and we will get your information updated. Thank you.

If you are unable to serve when scheduled, please find a

substitute and notify Renee with the change.

Worship Assistants Sunday (9:00) – September 2017

September 3:

Acolytes – Nick Fetterly, McCormick Fowler

Altar Guild – Wendy Kauffmann

Bread Provider – Gina Jahn (1 loaf Saturday)

Communion – No Sunday Communion

Greeters – Jim & Julie Halla

PowerPoint Operator – Wendy Kauffmann

Scrip Sellers – (10:15) Kori Kruegel, Reid Kruegel

Scripture Reader – Kathy Baarsch

Videographer – Dan Reiland

September 10: 1st Day of Sunday School

Acolytes – Jacob Warren, Thomas Warren

Altar Guild – Gladys Peterson

Bread Provider – Eileen Rathbun (1 loaf, Sunday)

Communion – Kirby Bussman, Deb Dahl, Judy Frank

Greeters – Brad & Ann Ihrke

Scrip Sellers – (10:15) Christian Cooper, Hunter Jorgensen

Scripture Reader – Kathy Clark

Videographer – Josh Warren

September 17: Pastor Mark’s 30th Ordination Anniversary

Acolytes – Shelby Beck, Cole Kruegel

Altar Guild – Eileen Rathbun, Carol Ahern

Bread Provider – Ann Thon (1 loaf Saturday)

Communion – No Sunday Communion

Greeters – Youth Assistant

Scrip Sellers – (10:15) Nick Fetterly, Nolan Fetterly

Scripture Reader – Youth Assistant

Videographer – Reid Kruegel

September 24:

Acolytes – Tessa Fox, Christopher Knode

Altar Guild – Ann Thon

Bread Provider – Eileen Rathbun (1 loaf, Sunday)

Communion – Joan & Ken Kujath, Ruth Lemke

Greeters – Rich & Evie Apenhorst

Scrip Sellers – (10:15) Kendall Drury-DeBoer, Jenny Knutson

Scripture Reader – Jon Dahl

Videographer – Nora Jahn

Postcard reminders are no longer being sent out each

month. Renee will send an email for the upcoming month

and each week before you are assigned. If you do not have

an email, please let Renee know. If you haven’t received a

notification, please update Renee with your correct email

address. Thank you.

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USHERS: *Bob Baarsch; *Dick & *Sharon Jahn;

Bobby Jones, Harlan Marchant, Lee Rentschler

Sept. 17th

: Youth Assistant *denotes head usher

Offering Counter – Marlys Reiland

Deliver Meals on Wheels –

Week of September 18 - September 22:

Sharon Jahn, Geraldine Williams

Saturday Service: (5:30)

Scripture Readers Sept. 2 – Linda Kruegel;

Sept. 9 – Shirley Gangstad; Sept. 16 – Zach

Queensland; Sept. 23 – Pam McCabe; Sept. 30 –

Evelyn Clark

Ushers Sept. 2 – Linda Kruegel; Sept. 9 – Eileen

Rathbun & Carol Ahern; Sept. 16 – Ellie Archer,

Shirley Gangstad; Sept. 23 – Ken Northway;

Sept. 30 – Sandy Richardson

PowerPoint Operator: Sept. 9 – Nancy Stender

Videographers: Sept. 16 – Dan Reiland

September Service Group

Organizer: Jeanette Baker

The service group lists are of people in the congre-

gation who are asked to bring items for special

events at the church. The lists have gone through

some changes to try to even out the lists with

people who can be available to respond in service.

For a number of reasons, there are people who are

not included on the lists (shut-in, live out of town,

have indicated a desire not to be contacted, etc.)

Thank you to all the people in Our Savior’s who

live out their faith in caring support of the

ministries of the church.

Musel, Jillian Peterson, Gary & Gladys

Ness, Penny Phillips, Pam

Niemeyer, Brian & Jen Pickett, Colin & Jennifer

Niemeyer, Kelvin & Linda Plaehn, Doug & Michelle

Northway, Ken & Norma Pokorney, Pat & Nicole

Oakland, Brian & Becky Popadak. Darlene

Oeltjen, Brett & Ann Post, Garry & Jean

Owens, Bryan & Kari Ptacek, Marcia

Pease, Weston & Jill Queensland, Marjorie

If you would like to help, with the monthly Service

Groups, and have never been called, please let Renee

know and she can add you to a list.

Thank you.

The Membership Ministry Team