Posts with the tag “mission”

Friends In Christ,I write to you as the newly installed President of our church council. I feel blessed to be apart of this congregation as it looks forward to Re-Forming itself as each generation sinceMartin Luther has done. Each generation has made the Gospel anew in the context of theworld’s current moment and communicates in a language for others to hear the YES of Godin Jesus for the world. O...  Read More

By Barbara VainioWhen the Worship & Music Committee was beginning to plan for Our Saviour’s Easter service this year, the topic of Lilies was discussed. The idea to replace the traditional purchase of lilies with donations to Lutheran World Relief to help the people of Ukraine. The donations could still be made in honor or memory of someone and would be displayed in the lobby for people to see who...  Read More

Thanks to the generosity of the Our Saviour members forty people had a more blessed Christmas than they expected.  They chose either a single adult or a small family from the Christmas For Moore program and purchased at least a home gift and a personal gift for each person plus a gift card to enable the recipients to purchase food for a holiday celebration. Children received at least one toy. We h...  Read More

By: Barbara Vainio When I was discharged from the hospital after my knee replacement in May, one of the items I received was a pouch to tie on my walker. I even got to pick out the pattern on the bag.I didn’t think much about it until I go home and realized how difficult it was going to be to do things for myself. Luckily, I had a good friend who stayed with me and was willing to get whatever I ne...  Read More