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Belonging
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Serving
Known
Empowering
Newsletter of Our Saviour’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Hastings, Minnesota
A Congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Volume XXXI - No. 7
Saturday
5:30 p.m.
Informal Worship
Communion each week
Sunday
8:00 a.m.
Traditional Worship
9:15 a.m.
Blended Worship
Communion 1st & 3rd Sundays
10:35 a.m.
Contemporary Worship
with
New Creation Worship Band
Communion each week
Education Opportunities
Sunday
9:15 & 10:35 a.m.
Church School
Wednesday
Church School (5:30-6:15)
Homework and Hangout (2:45-5:30)
Supper (5:00-6:15)
Confirmation (6:15-7:30)
High School Worship
(6:15-7:30)
Coffeehouse (7:30-8:30)
October 2014
Welcomed and received as members of Our Saviour’s
Evangelical Lutheran Church through Affirmation of Baptism
on Sept. 27 & 28, 2014:
Saturday, Sept. 27
Connor Angell
Taylor Archambault
Nicolle Bond
Colton Cassidy
Katie Chatelle
Annie Fox
Luke Johnson
Zack Johnson
Sawyer Karas
Alex King
Jennifer Koudelka
Erica Kraft
Aaron McCullough
Joshua Miser
Amber Petersen
Haley Petersen
Bradley Risch
Allison Schlander
Morgan Schultz
Olivia Sylvander
Blaine Wasvick
Noah Zak
Sunday, Sept. 28
Lilly Anderson
Ann Bacon
Cole Benson
Elizabeth Bruch-Andersen
Allana Dold
Logan DuBé
Jade Erlandson
Becca Francis
Brandon Haraldson
Sara Lund
Kiley Lundholm
Katherine McCord
Logan Nelson
Kallie Nygaard
Judd O’Connor
Claudia Schmugge
Grace Smith
Aria Tennessen
Elli Walker
Olivia Welshons
Rachel Wester
Congratulations on the beginning of your faith journey!
Thank you to everyone who helped make this day possible!
Pastor’s Page
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord;
and all the families of the nations shall worship before him.
--Psalm 22:27
Spiritual Hunger
Spiritually-themed books, movies,
TV shows and blogs are having a
major resurgence. There seems to be
all kinds of evidence that there continues to be a deep spiritual hunger
among people. At the same time, the
church does not seem to be addressing that hunger. David Lose shares
a story from a friend who struck up
a conversation with the man sitting next to him on a transatlantic
flight in his book Preaching at the
Crossroads.
Not Getting Anything Out of It
…This gentleman and his family
had recently had a long conversation about whether to continue
attending their local congregation. As he explained to my
friend, the previous year they had
become critically overextended.
Between work, social commitments and the activities of their
two children – one in elementary
school, one in junior high – they
were exhausted by Christmas and
struggled to make it to the end of
the school year.
Determined that the coming year
would be different, they had held
a “family council” over lunch a
few weeks earlier to review all
of their commitments in light
of how each helped them be the
kind of individuals and family
they wanted to be. After an hour
and half of conversation, they
came to their decisions. And church
was one of the things they had
decided to stop doing. Girl Scouts
remained, but church was out. “It’s
just not that meaningful,” the man
explained. “We go each week and
finally realized we’re not getting
anything out of it. It’s hard to believe
I’m saying this,” he continued. “Our
parents took us, and once we had
kids, we took them too. But it just
doesn’t connect with the rest of our
lives. So we’re done.”
David finishes this story by saying that
after listening to his traveling companion for a while, his friend asked if he
had talked to his pastor about what he
had just shared. David’s friend urged
him to do so, and he promised he
would. About four months later David’s
friend got two emails. The first was
from the pastor of the man on the plane
thanking him for encouraging the traveling companion to talk to him. David
continues:
The second email was from the man
himself. He said that after he shared
with his pastor the family’s reasons
for no longer going to church, his
pastor asked if they could repeat that
conversation on Sunday, during worship, in place of the sermon. After
they did, the pastor asked how many
others felt the same way. In a worship service of just over a hundred
people, more than a dozen hands
went immediately into the air. So the
pastor committed himself then and
there to leading his congregation in a
quest of how the biblical story might
become useful to them, how it
might inform their daily lives
and decisions, and how the faith
they professed on Sunday might
help them sense God’s presence
and activity in their lives and
community the rest of the week.
The email closed simply, but
profoundly, “So that’s what
we’re doing. And you know
what? We’re in. We’re staying.”
Your Turn
No one has come to me with a story
like this. But, I suspect that is simply because no one has encouraged
those who have left or are thinking
of leaving to come and talk to me.
So rather than wait for someone to
come forward, I want to ask, “How
many of you are feeling like the
man on the plane?”
If you are, would you be willing
to help me make Our Saviour’s a
place where the biblical story might
become useful to you and others,
how it might inform your daily
lives and decisions, and how the
faith you profess on Sunday might
help you sense God’s presence and
activity in your lives and community the rest of the week? I am
willing to lead us in looking at this.
Are you in? You will have to let me
know. Send me an email: Lloyd.
[email protected], give me a call
651-437-9052, or just talk to me.
Pastor Lloyd Menke
Our Website: www.OSEL.org
Church email: [email protected]
Our Ministers:
All members of Our Saviour’s
Church Staff email addresses:
First name.last [email protected]
ie: [email protected]
Pastoral Staff:
Lloyd Menke, Senior Pastor
Doug Duin, Associate Pastor
Kelli Weiss, Associate Pastor
for Family Life
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October 2014
Financial Update
by Pastor Lloyd Menke
Ministry Needs/Operating Fund
Shared Ministry Position
Gifts! Gifts! Gifts!
Are you ready to assist other in discovering their God given gifts? Do you get
excited about helping people understand their life as a mission? Are you
energized by one-to-one contacts with
people? Do you feel called to help other
discern how gifts, passion and time
merge to go hand in hand to give life
meaning and purpose?
If you answered “yes!” to these questions, we have an opportunity for you.
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Hastings, MN is seeking a full time Shared
Ministry Coordinator to assist people
in discerning their God-given gifts and
helping them find meaningful ways to
utilize those gifts. This position is about
assisting people to discover a connection, meaning and purpose to their lives
as a service to God in broad ways, as
well as, working with volunteers to assist the congregation as an organization.
Salary and benefits commemorate with
experience and demonstrated skill.
Position description is available on the
Our Saviour’s website. http://osel.org/.
For more information and an application form, please contact Pastor Lloyd
Menke at [email protected] or
contact the church office at 651-4379052.
Web Coordinator Position
Do you have an interest in web communication, design and layout? Would
you like to assist Our Saviour’s in
keeping our congregational website
up-to-date, attractive and easy to use?
If you answered, “Yes!” to these questions we have a part-time position for
you. We have an immediate opening for
a 10 hour per week position available.
The full job description is available in
the church office or online at http://
osel.org. More information is available
by contacting Pastor Lloyd Menke at
[email protected] or contacting
the church office at 651-437-9052.
October 2014
Giving through the month of August was 3% ahead of last year. Thank you. It
is great to have made it through the summer months without needing to access
our line of credit at the bank for operations. Your continued strong giving has
allowed us to continue to provide on-going ministry in a variety of ways.
Consider attending in October and November as we will be highlighting
various ministries on video during the offering time. Watch your mailbox for
information coming soon regarding 2015 estimate of giving information.
Giving through August 2014
$574,198.48
Giving through August 2013
$557,301.55
Total ahead of last year
$ 16,896.90
Growing in Grace
There have been many positive comments about the renovations done to the
Fellowship Hall. The final touches to install the media system in the Fellowship Hall will be happening this week. The Fellowship Hall committee is still
exploring options on different chairs. The new doors on the Fellowship Hall
should be installed very soon. Thank you for your generosity in making these
updates and renovations possible.
Giving to Growing in Grace for the month of August Enjoy the convenience of
electronic giving
Electronic giving offers convenience
for our members and much-needed
donation consistency for our
congregation. There are two ways to
set up electronic donations. You can
visit the church website at www.osel.
org, locate the donation link and follow
the instructions or, if you wish, you can
simply complete a paper authorization
form and return it to the church office.
As you contemplate future
contributions, please consider
electronic giving. Authorization forms
and additional information are available
from the church office.
$ 3,901.32
Homework and Hangout
Volunteer
Starting mid-November we will not
have any volunteers for Homework
and Hangout for several months. We
are looking for adults who have flexibility on Wednesday afternoons and a
love for middle school and high school
students to join us from 2:45-5:30 pm.
The responsibilities would be to keep
our students safe, as well as support
and engage them. You could volunteer
your time once a month or every week,
depending on availability! Spread the
word for us and consider joining us! If
you’re interested, please contact Pastor
Kelli.
Donate from your smart phone!
Our Saviour’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
now offers a mobile version of our online
giving page to make it easy for you to give
anytime from your smart phone. Simply scan
the image you see here using your phone’s
Quick Response (QR) code reader!
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From the family of
Rena Menard...
There are no profound words to say
to start this short letter. No adequate
phrases to express all that is in our
hearts and souls at this time. We loved,
prayed, believed, and rejoiced fully as
Rena was conquering every medical
battle she faced. Now, just as completely, we grieve at losing her. During those
10 weeks of fear and uncertainty in the
ICU at Erasmus in the Netherlands, we
felt we were not alone. We felt upheld
by all the prayers of our church family
and friends.
Though ‘Thank you’ seems such an inadequate word, it is the word we have.
Thank you for all the prayer cover you
provided for Rena and our family. We
were so far away for so long yet we felt
united with a multitude of believers.
Thank you also for the outpouring of
financial support. We don’t know the
individual names of all who gave us
monetary contribution, some of them
were very large, but from the depths of
our hearts we thank you. This event has
left us with a multitude of unexpected
costs, the greatest being the loss of our
daughter/sister. However, because of
your great love and generous gifts, you
have helped alleviate some of the financial burden we have been faced with.
It is good to be in fellowship with a
church family. Love that comes from
and through the Holy Spirit, is genuine
and ministers to the soul. Thank you
for that. Thank you for all you have
done and given to our family. Please
continue to pray for us as we grieve
and mourn for the loss of our Rena. I
know we would be in utter despair if
we weren’t being lifted up by a multitude of saints.
Please know that you have our heartfelt
appreciation and thanks, for now and
for always.
The Menard family,
Ray, Lonnie, Adriel, Naomi...
and our angel, Rena
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Thank you to our
Accounting Crew,
Tricia Agen,
Marie Smead, Pam
Sorenson, Ardel
Woodward.
Thank you to
our outdoor sign
changers, Duane Davick,
Dennis Martin, Mel Agen.
Thank you to our volunteer receptionist, Pam Ganrud.
Thank you to our Messenger Task
Force, Audrey Adolphson, Helen Andreasen, Marion Crane, Darleen Hanson, Joyce Hoffman, Lois Malm, Jaci
McNamara, Janelle Stevens, and the
Tuesday Women’s Study helpers.
Thank you to the Happy Stuffers,
Audrey Adolphson, Jennifer Bonness,
Marion Crane, Duane & Janet Falkingham, Chip Grosenick, Darleen Hanson,
Marge Hanson, Lois Morlock, Duane
Sanderson, Janelle Stevens, Marge
Trautmann, Roger Youngquist.
Grief... It’s Real
Join us for a Morning of Self Care
and Education!
Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014
Speaker: Donna Mathiowetz
“Grieving: An Essential Skill Set”
plus
Break Out Groups
Lunch with Stories of Hope
Time: 8:30 a.m to 12:30 p.m.
Where: Hastings High School West
Commons
Cost: $15.00/person and $25/household
Preregister by Oct. 22: 651-480-7670 or www.hastingscommunityed.com
Sponsored by the Hastings Grief Support Group. Come hear stories and life
experiences of significant loss. Ask
questions, discuss and understand your
own grief as well as those you care
about.
Thank you to all who attended the 22nd
Annual Pancake/French Toast Breakfast on September 7th. Because of your
generosity $1,301.45 was raised for
Heifer Project International. This is
enough to send two more heifer(s),
numbers 65 and 66, to Tanzania. Since
1992, OSEL has sent 67 heifers to Tanzania both through Heifer Project and
through the Saint Paul Area Synod.
A special BIG “Thank You” to all the
workers for the morning. Jamie Chatelle is the “go to guy” for the morning
and things would not run nearly so well
if it weren’t for Jamie’s dedication to
this project. Thank you to Laura Cassidy, Tammy Bailey and Irv Christnagel
who all rose early to begin the process
of getting the sausage and French toast
batter ready for use. Thank you Shawn
Lindstrom, Erin Lindstrom, Kira Lindstrom and friend Elisa Schwartz and
to Paul Lindstrom, Christa Hamann,
Matthew Hamann, Jeana Sandquist,
Cindy Benson, Joe Benson, Samantha
Benson, AJ Jaeger, Kira Chatelle, Katie
Chatelle, Becca Schill, Missy Schill,
Mike O’Connor, Jude O’Connor, Alex
O’Connor and Sam O’Connor. Thank
you to Jason Espersen who was the
disherwasher all morning and took
care of all the dirty dishes and pots and
pans! Thank you to Jennifer Peters,
JD Peters, Karen Burt, Autumn Burt,
Annika Sonnenburg, Jaylen Hanson,
Gavyn Hanson, Trent Hanson, Ryan
Hanson, Drew Sonnenburg, Pam
Johnson, Mitchell Johnson, Myana
Green, Sophia Green, and Ariana
Green. A special thank you to the cooks
that morning, Laura Cassidy, Tammy
Bailey, Jonah Schill, Steve and Jenny
Green. Thank you to all who cleaned
up following the breakfast in record
time! Your hard work and dedication to
the project are what made it all possible. THANK YOU, ALL!
October 2014
Caring Ministries
Serving our need to care
and our need for care.
Jeanie McCabe, Council Rep.
Team Leaders:
Our Saviour’s Evangelical
Lutheran Church Prayer Chain
is composed of church members who
pray daily for those requesting prayers
for themselves and others. They
need not be members of our church
or community. Requests are kept
confidential unless otherwise specified.
Prayer requests may be submitted to:
[email protected]
or to the Prayer Chain Anchor, Rosanne
Otto 651-226-8299, (voice mail is
available if no one answers) or you
may call the church office.
If you would like to become a
member of the email prayer chain or
the phone prayer chain, please call
Rosanne 651-226-8299.
We pray that God will bless you
with peace!
The family of
Roger and Jane Youngquist
invites you to help celebrate their
60th Wedding Anniversary
with a cake and punch reception
to be held
Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014
2:00 – 4:30 PM
at
Our Saviour’s Evangelical Lutheran
in the church Fellowship Hall.
Personal and Family
Devotionals and Care Notes
Provided by the Pastoral Care
Team are available free in the rack
outside the office. You are welcome to take one for yourself or
offer one to a friend.
Grief Support - Pastor Doug Duin
Care Cards - Audrey Adolphson
Prayer Chain Anchor - Rosanne Otto
Lay Ministry - Paula Davick, Tricia Agen,
Maxine Wiech
Communion Ministry - see Pastor Doug Duin
Hastings Area Grief Support Group
is a welcoming place for grieving
people to find comfort and understanding. The meeting place is Tilden Community Center, 310 River St. Hastings.
Grief Group meetings are held every
Thursday, 6-7:30 p.m. and are open to
the public.
October 2 - Richard Close
How We See God After a Major Loss
October 9 - Pam Meyer
It Helps To Journal
October 16 - Janet Stein
Taking Grief by the Hand
October 23 - Gordon Gathright
A Soothing Voice
October 30 - Dan Kocher
Many Losses
Fall Special Service
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2:00 PM
OSEL Lay Ministry will host a Fall
Special Service for homebound members and friends and all who would like
to attend. The Communion Worship
service will be at 2:00pm followed by a
light luncheon. Gordon Gathright will
share the message and Jan Differt will
provide special music.
Please contact Paula Davick, 651-4383738, if you need a ride to Our Saviour’s
in order to attend.
Lay Ministry Committee
Our October Lay Ministry
meeting will be Wednesday, the 8th.
Gathering and coffee at 9:00am and
our business meeting at 9:30. We’ll
finalize plans for the October 21st
Special Service and consider more
information about Project Night, Night
and other possible new activities.
We invite new members to join
us and all present members to attend
as we move forward on our ministry
projects. Our projects are not hard but
we work hard to make them successful
and pray they are a blessing to others!
Ruth Dahl and Char Schoen are
servers for the October gathering.
Our sincere Christian sympathy is extended to:
Russ Pond - death of brother
Donna Sorenson - death of sister
Christensen Family - death of Brian’s dad
Please remember these and others you may know
of in your prayers.
PLEASE, call the church office with news of a
birth, hospitalization, or bereavement.
Privacy Laws - Hospitals are not able to give patient admission notification
to churches. If you are aware of anyone in the hospital who would like a
pastoral visit or be included in prayers, please call the church office.
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Serving Ministries
Congregational Contacts...
Hastings Family Service
Board - Shelly Rohr, Terry Storholm, Carrie Jo Short
Meals on Wheels - Maxine Wiech
Narthex Food Wagon - Carol Rupp Fixers for Christ - Greg Mikel
Food With Friends - Sharon Langenfeld, Cathy Shores
Servant Road - Cary Nygaard
Sharing and Caring Hands - Jana Serres,
Heidi Siebenaler
Tanzania Partnership - Christy Baum
Opportunities for
Service
Fixers for Christ
Do not hesitate to call the church
office - 437-9052 if you need help with
a leaky faucet, a squeaky door, removal
of a dead shrub, replacing burned out
ceiling light bulbs, hanging a picture,
etc...
Our volunteers are eager to help you!
LSS Counseling and Family Resources
offers a full range of mental health services which integrate sound professional
practices with individual planning by a
multi-disciplinary team, including psychiatric consultation. Services are available
to individuals, couples and families. Children, adults and families come to us with
a variety of issues: depression, anxiety,
stress, behavior problems, abuse, suicide,
divorce and marriage problems.
Contact: 651-642-5990 or visit their web
site: www.lssmn.org
You’ll find many great resources, interesting stories of changed lives and ways you
can donate or volunteer.
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People helping people!
Sharon Langenfeld, Council Rep.
Hastings Family Service
301 Second Street East
in Downtown Hastings
651-437-7134
ACCEPTS ONLINE DONATIONS:
www.hastingsfamilyservice.org
Hastings Family Service provides
emergency food, clothing, financial
assistance, and other support for those
experiencing a crisis in their lives, HFS
works to give them a hand-up rather
than a hand-out.
Provides groceries
to people in need of
emergency, short-term
assistance. In addition
to a five to seven day supply of groceries, persons receive a voucher to a local
grocery store for perishables.
Items such as pancake mix and syrup,
bottled juices, diapers, personal hygiene items, including toothbrushes,
laundry soap are always needed. Your
contributions may be brought to HFS
or dropped off in the blue wagon in the
church gathering area. Thank you for
reaching out to our community.
Meals On Wheels
In partnership with Regina Medical
Center, this program provides hot
meals and a safety check for the elderly
and people living with a disability.
Do you like to drive?
OSEL delivers meals to
residents of Hastings every
other Monday through
Meals on Wheels
program.
Call Maxine Wiech
(437-4356) for more info.
Just Friends can always use drivers!
Residents of our community need rides
to medical appointments within Hastings and/or the metro area. Receive
mileage reimbursement. Call Mick
Humbert, 437-7134, if you would like
to be a driver.
It’s Tanzania Time
Our Tanzanian brothers and sisters are
always in our prayers, but
once again at this time of
year we remember them in
a special way. The opportunity is available for you
to help provide educational
funding for students. Many of you have
consistently supported students these
past several years and we are grateful
for your support. We are actively looking for new supporters. Our goal this
year is to provide sponsorship for over
20 students. The cost is $400/student.
Maybe you can make it a family, or
neighborhood, or small group project?
Please sign up at the welcome center if
you are able to help. The students thank
you!
Food With Friends Ministry
This ministry on the first Thursday of the
month serves a meal to people unable to
provide a meal for themselves or their
family or those just looking for someone
to talk to.
Thanks to all who helped with food
and/or serving in September.
The next two meals will be on
Thursdays, Oct. 2 and Nov. 7 at 6:00
PM. Sign up at the Welcome Center to
provide food and/or help with setup,
serving, and cleanup.
Contacts:
Cathy Shores, 651-208-6244
Sharon Langenfeld, 437-8128
Sharing & Caring Hands
Sharing and Caring Hands is an outreach
ministry of Our Saviour’s. Every other
month we deliver meals at the Sharing
and Caring Hands facility in Minneapolis.
Thanks to all who helped with food and/
or serving in August. Our next date to
serve will be Saturday, October 11.
Watch for sign-ups on the kiosk in the
gathering area at church to help provide
food and/or to go along to serve. Contact:
Jana Serres, 651-707-7241
Heidi Siebenaler, 480-2225
October 2014
Christian Education
Theresa Chatelle
Director of Faith Formation
651-437-9052, ext. 27
[email protected]
Ellen McCullough, Council Rep.
Christian Education Leadership Team
meets the 4th Tuesday of every month in
the church office conference room.
Next meeting is October 28:
6:00 PM
Anyone Have a Kiln?
Looking for someone willing to glaze
and fire the 5th grade communion cups
in February 2015. Please contact Theresa for more details: 437-9052 ext. 27
or [email protected]
Church School
Dates to Remember
October 5 - Together in Faith - 3 yr. olds
and parents (Praying Together)
9:15 & 10:35
October 15 - No Wednesday School (MEA)
October 19 - No Sunday School (MEA)
October 26 - Together in Faith - 1st graders and parents (Lord’s Prayer) 9:15 & 10:35
November 9 - Together in Faith - 2nd graders and parents (Ten Commandments)
9:15 & 10:35
November 26 - No Wednesday School (Thanksgiving Eve)
November 30 - ADVENT ACTIVITY DAY 9:15 & 10:35 AM (no regular Sunday School classes)
December 3 - ADVENT ACTIVITY DAY 5:30-6:15 PM
December 13 - Rehearsals for Church School Christmas Worship:
8:00 to 10:00 AM
(9:15 AM Students, all grade levels)
10:00 AM - Noon
(10:35 AM Students, all grade levels)
December 14 - Church School Christmas Worship Services:
1:00 PM (9:15 AM Students)
3:00 PM (10:35 AM Students)
Dates to Remember
October 10-11 9th grade retreat 4pm - letters sent
October 15 - No Confirmation - (MEA)
November 12 - 7th grade parent night -“Baptized We Live” 6:15
November 26 - No Confirmation
(Thanksgiving)
December 24-31 - No Confirmation
(Christmas Break)
GRADE 7
Welcome to Confirmation!
Please mark your calendars for an
upcoming parent night” Baptized
We Live” November 12 at 6:15
Watch for mailing with more information.
GRADE 8
Keep working on your Worship
Notes and Service Hours!!
GRADE 9
• I should have everyone’s mentor
information-- If NOT, I need it
ASAP! ([email protected])
We are having a training session
Nov. 11 and 13. Your mentors
should have received a letter inviting them to the training.
• You are expected to attend the
Wednesday night High School
Worship. Please come at 6:15 for
worship and discussion time.
You should attend at least 15 of
these this year!!
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Youth and Family Ministries
Kelli Weiss
Associate Pastor for Family Life
651-437-9052, ext. 17
[email protected]
Laura Cassidy, Council Rep.
[email protected]
Join us on Wednesday
Nights!
There’s something
for everyone—join us for
faith formation and fellowship.
Homework and Hangout
(5-12th grade)
2:45 pm to 5:30 pm
Children's Choirs
(preschool - 6th grade)
4:45 pm to 5:30 pm
Supper (all ages)
5:00 pm to 6:15 pm
Intercessory Prayer (adult)
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Church School
(preschool-6th grade)
5:30 pm to 6:15 pm
Confirmation
(7-8th grade)
6:15 pm to 7:30 pm
High School Worship
(9-12th grade)
6:15 pm to 7:30 pm
Romans (adult study)
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Coffeehouse
(7-12th grade)
7:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Chancel Choir
(adult and high school)
7:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Regular Events
Homework and Hangout (H2)
Wednesdays are busy at Our Saviour’s, so
if youth want some time to
do homework, or just get to
confirmation or high school
group early, they can join us
for H2. We’ll have pizza and
other snacks for sale for a
low price. Wednesday afternoons during the
school year from 2:45-5:30 pm in the Youth
Center. Grades 5-12.
High School Worship
Our high school students have been dreaming up a special service for high school
students on Wednesday nights—and now
it’s happening! Join us from 6:15-6:45 pm
for check in/ small groups and then worship
from 6:45-7:30
pm. This will
be a mostly
student-led
worship service
with topics that
our students
request.
If you have questions, contact Pastor Kelli.
Coffeehouse
After Confirmation and High School
Worship, join us downstairs in the Youth
Center for Coffeehouse. It’s a time to talk
about issues happening in your life, play
games, and hang out with
friends.
Wednesday evenings from
7:30-8:30 pm in the Youth
Center. Grades 7-12.
SERVE the Lord!
Go in peace, serve the Lord! We serve
God by serving our neighbors, community, and people around the world.
1-2 times a month all youth (middle
school and high school), adult leaders,
and families are invited to participate in
service right after worship on Sunday
morning.
Serve the Lord Dates this Fall!
Sunday, October 5—Scavenger Hunt for Hastings Family Service
Sunday, November 9—Rake n’ Run
Sunday, November 23—Thanksgiving
Outreach at Oak Ridge Manor
Sunday, December 7—Free Child
Care for Families
Sunday, December 21—Christmas
Caroling and White Elephant Gift
Exchange
Upcoming Retreats and
Overnights
Friday, Oct. 10 - Saturday, Oct.11: 9th Grade Confirmation Retreat
Thursday, Oct. 16 - Friday, Oct. 17: High School (9-12) Cardboard Box City Overnight
Friday, Nov. 14 - Saturday, Nov. 15: Middle School (6-8) Moonlight Madness All-Nighter
TBD: Fall Girls Retreat
Fall Boys Retreat
TIM Team
Planning Meetings and Potlucks
 October 19 from 12:00-1:30 pm
in the Youth Center
Last Names ending in A-I bring dessert, H-R bring side item/snack, and
S-Z bring a main dish
 November 16 from 12:00-1:30
pm in the Youth Center
Last Names ending in A-I bring a side
item/ snack, H-R bring a main dish,
and S-Z bring a dessert
No meeting in December
 Please note date changes!
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October 2014
Summer Mission Trips
Friday, Oct. 24, 9 AM - 5:30 PM
If you haven’t been on a mission trip before, try it! It’s an incredible opportunity to
serve others, grow in faith, and deepen relationships with other students from our
church. Information is already out on these trips—you can pick up a packet and
registration on the bulletin board next to the Fellowship Hall. Start making summer
plans, registrations are due end of November!
Saturday, Oct. 25, 9 AM - 1 PM.
Middle School—Next Step Ministries Trip to Milwaukee, WI
Garage Sale and Bake Sale
and
Items may be brought to the Youth
Center beginning Monday, Oct. 6.
Proceeds from the sale will help our
youth offset expenses for upcoming mission and camping trips.
Please make sure items are in very good
to excellent condition. Items that are
broken, cracked, soiled, stained, torn and
missing parts or pieces do not sell, and
cost the church money to discard.
If you have large furniture items such
as sofas or dressers they must be in very
good to excellent condition.
Setup for the sale will be Wednesday
evening, October 22, with pricing 10:30
AM to 7 PM on Thursday, Oct. 23.
Volunteers to help during these times as
well as during the sale will be greatly
appreciated.
Any questions regarding the garage sale
may be directed to Sheri Fox at (651)
437-8359 or Gretchen Studenski at (651)
437-9217. Questions regarding the
bake sale may be directed to Joyce Zenner at [email protected].
Students & Adult Helpers - Sign up
in the Fundraising book at the Welcome
Center.
Congratulations to...
Dates: Sunday, June 21 to Saturday, June 27, 2015.
Who can go: Students who have completed 6-8th grade.
Cost: $505-540 (depending on the number of students who register)
For more information: check out their website: www.nextstepministries.
com and grab an info packet and registration on the youth and family
ministry bulletin board.
High School—ELCA Youth Gathering in Detroit, MI
We will be joining 40,000 other ELCA students for the ELCA Youth Gathering in
Detroit, Michigan next summer! We’ll be doing some service work closer to home
the first few days of the trip, and then heading out to Detroit for the Gathering. We
worship, serve, hear great speakers and bands, do interactive learning, explore the
city, connect with so many other Lutherans, and have fun.
Dates: Monday, July 13 to Monday, July 20, 2015
Who can go: Students who have completed 9-12th grade.
Cost: $725-830 (depending on the number of students who register as well as hotel placement for the week)
For more information: Check out their website: www.elca.org/Youth
Gathering (especially check out the videos) and grab an info packet and registration from the youth and family ministry bulletin board.
Love Students and Volunteering?
Part of our vision for youth ministry at Our Saviour's is to provide as many
opportunities as possible for our young people to connect to loving and faithful
adults. We also know that youth and family ministry takes many volunteers to
be steady and thriving. We ALSO know that adults that spend time with kids
by leading, supporting, and mentoring find it to be incredibly rewarding, faith
deepening, and a way to participate in God’s work. Consider joining us!
Contact Pastor Kelli if you are interested in learning more.
Specifically for this school year we are looking for adults interested in
volunteering in the following ways:
Tiffany Owen & Ted Peine
on September 12, 2014
Kelly Smith & Adam Ganrud
on September 13, 2014
Theresa Nyblum & Scott Williams
on September 27, 2014
Ashley Freichels & Nathan Knights
on September 27, 2014
Regular Volunteers:
-Homework and Hangout Volunteer (2:45-5:30 on Wednesdays)
-Coffeehouse Volunteer (7:30-8:30 on Wednesdays)
-Serve the Lord Volunteer (1-2 Sundays a month after 10:35)
-Youth supporter during Wednesday meals (5:30-6:15)
Other ways you could donate your time on a less consistent basis:
-Prepare food for a Wednesday night supper
-Be an adult leader on a retreat or overnight
-Help with the Middle School Homecoming Dance
-Prepare food for a Serve the Lord event
-Apply to serve as a leader on one of the mission trips next summer
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Worship & Music Ministries
Music Celebration
Sunday, October 26
Hymn Festival
9:15 AM
Organ and Piano Recital
4:00 PM
Join us as we celebrate
the gift of music and the instruments that help lead us in worship.
Dr. John Ferguson, retired St. Olaf
College organ and church music
professor, will lead a hymn festival at
our 9:15 service on Reformation
Sunday, Oct. 26. Dr. Ferguson has
prepared and led many hymn festivals
throughout the United States at
churches and professional conferences.
He is known for his ability to interpret
the hymn texts on the organ as he leads
the congregation in singing. Please join
us for this inspiring event.
To continue the celebration at 4:00
on Sunday, Oct. 26, a joint piano and
organ recital will be presented by
Diane Pearson and Dr. Nancy Parker.
Diane is OSEL’s organist and Nancy is
an adjunct professor of music at Bethel
University, Concordia University, St.
Paul and St. Cloud State University.
John Koziol
Music Coordinator
651-437-9052, ext. 28
Diane Pearson
Organist
651-437-9052, ext. 21
Kevin Gagnon
Media Coordinator
Choir Directors:
Kathy Hardy - Jubilee Ringers
Lin Warren - Chancel Choir
Tammy McMenomy - God’s Little
Angels (Preschool-Kindergarten choir)
Diane Pearson - Good News Gang
(1st through 5th grade choir)
Jerrie Pittenger, Council Rep.
Twenty-five years ago there was great
excitement at Our Saviour’s as we
eagerly looked forward to the long-anticipated installation of our new organ.
The organ committee had worked with
our organ consultant, Dr. John Ferguson, to choose the right organ for our
congregation. Money for the Holtkamp
organ was given by our members with a
generous gift from Ebba Hoffman in
memory of her son John Peter Hoffman.
In 1990, Larry and Jody Hoffman realized that OSEL desperately needed a
new and better piano. They donated our
lovely Yamaha grand piano in memory
of their stillborn son, David Joseph
Hoffman.
Our Saviour’s is very fortunate to have
such wonderful instruments to lead us
in worship. It is a joy for the musicians
to play them and inspiring for those
who listen.
Thanks be to God.
Jubilee Ringers
The handbell choir is
still looking for some
musical people to ring
bells! If you’ve ever
thought about joining
the bells, now is a great
opportunity to start! Rehearsals are
Mondays at 7:00. Please contact Kathy
Hardy at [email protected] if you
are interested in joining!
“Save the Dates”
November 2: All Saints Day
December 7: Advent Lessons & Carols
Recently
Baptized
at
Our Saviour’s
Wiley James Peterson
Born: May 13, 2014
Baptized: August 24, 2014
Parents: Zach & Nicole Peterson
Sponsors: Luke Riveness and
Gabriele Riveness
Braxton Eugene Sasik
Born: May 21, 2014
Baptized: August 31, 2014
Parents: Aaron Sasik & Tabetha Virchow
Sponsors: Nate Foster, Jake Mirau,
Laura Swaback, Jennifer Walderon
Wesley Thomas Schweich
Born: March 29, 2014
Baptized: September 13, 2014
Parents: Jake & Stephanie Schweich
Sponsors: Reshia Gogerty and
Matt Thurmes
Camden Alex Ploeger
Born: April 6, 2014
Baptized: September 14, 2014
Parents: Marcus & Alicia Ploeger
Sponsors: Rebecca Glass, Patrick Sieben
Briggs Bruden Dugstad
Born: October 7, 2013
Baptized: September 21, 2014
Parents: Matthew & Shaunna Dugstad
Sponsors: Shane Ewing, Kelly Goeke
Kailee Jo Heselton
Born: June 21, 2014
Baptized: September 21, 2014
Parents: Zach Heselton, Samantha
Freiermuth
Sponsors: Justine Freiermuth,
Nick Loesch
The next Baptism Seminar is
scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 11, at
4:00pm in the chapel. If you wish
to have a child baptized, you must
first attend a seminar. Please call Jan
Steele, 437-9052, if you wish to register for the next seminar, to schedule a
baptism, or if you have questions.
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October 2014
Coming Weeks at Our Saviour’s
Church doors are open 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., weekdays. Please call the office to schedule ALL meetings, 437-9052.
Thursday, Oct. 2
9:00 AM Men’s Study
5:00 PM New Creation Band Rehearsal
6:00 PM Food with Friends
Friday, Oct. 3
9:30 AM Bulletin Stuffers
5:00 PM Wedding Rehearsal
9:00-11 PM Homecoming Dance
Saturday, Oct. 4
3:30 PM Wedding
5:30 PM Saturday Worship Service
Sunday, Oct. 5
7:30 AM Weekly Prayer
8:00 AM Traditional Worship
9:15 AM Blended Worship
9:15 & 10:35 AM Church School
9:15 & 10:35 AM Together in Faith for 3 yr. olds and Parents - Praying Together
10:35 AM Contemporary Worship Service
12:00 Noon Serve The Lord “Scavenger Hunt”
6:30 PM Men’s Study
7:00 PM BSA 503 Committee meeting
Monday, Oct. 6
12:00 Noon Church Staff Meeting
6:30 PM Adult Study on Luther
7:00 PM Boy Scouts 503 - Park Clean up
7:00 PM Jubilee Ringers
Tuesday, Oct. 7
7:30 AM President’s Committee
9:00 AM Women’s Study
7:00 PM Good Neighbors 4-H
Wednesday, Oct. 8
5:45 AM Men’s Study
9:00 AM Lay Ministry
2:45 PM Homework & Hangout
4:45 PM God’s Little Angels Choir
4:45 PM Good News Gang Choir
5:00 PM Intercessory Prayer
5:00 PM Supper
5:30 PM Wednesday School
6:15 PM Confirmation
6:15 PM High School Worship
6:30 PM Adult Study - Romans
7:30 PM Chancel Choir
7:30 PM Coffeehouse
Thursday, Oct. 9
9:00 AM Men’s Study
9:30 AM Rebekah Circle
5:00 PM New Creation Band Rehearsal
Friday, Oct. 10
9:30 AM Bulletin Stuffers
4:00 PM 9th Grade Confirmation Retreat
5:00 PM Wedding Rehearsal
Saturday, Oct. 11
8:00 AM Sharing & Caring Hands
8:30 AM 9th Grade Confirmation Retreat
3:30 PM Wedding
4:00 PM Baptism Seminar
5:30 PM Saturday Worship Service
Sunday, Oct. 12
7:30 AM Weekly Prayer
8:00 AM Traditional Worship
9:15 AM Blended Worship
9:15 & 10:35 AM Church School
10:35 AM Contemporary Worship Service
7:00 PM Sons of Norway
Monday, Oct. 13
12:00 Noon Church Staff Meeting
6:30 PM Adult Study on Luther
7:00 PM Boy Scouts 503
7:00 PM Jubilee Ringers
Tuesday, Oct. 14
9:00 AM Women’s Study
6:00 PM Church Council
Wednesday, Oct. 15
5:45 AM Men’s Study
9:00 AM Quilting
5:00 PM Intercessory Prayer
6:30 PM Adult Study - Romans
Thursday, Oct. 16
9:00 AM Men’s Study
4:00 PM High School Cardboard Box City Overnight
5:00 PM New Creation Band Rehearsal
Friday, Oct. 17
9:30 AM Bulletin Stuffers
5:00 PM Wedding Rehearsal
Saturday, Oct. 18
3:00 PM Wedding
4:00 PM Off Site Wedding
5:30 PM Saturday Worship Service
Sunday, Oct. 19
7:30 AM Weekly Prayer
8:00 AM Traditional Worship
9:15 AM Blended Worship
10:35 AM Contemporary Worship Service
12:00 PM TIM Team Meeting & Potluck
6:30 PM Men’s Study
Monday, Oct. 20
12:00 PM Church Staff Meeting
2:30 PM Program Planning
6:30 PM Adult Study on Luther
7:00 PM Boy Scouts 503
7:00 PM Jubilee Ringers
Tuesday, Oct. 21
9:00 AM Women’s Study
2:00 PM Fall Special Communion Service
7:00 PM Just Thinking Book Club
7:00 PM Stewardship Ministry Team
Wednesday, Oct. 22
5:45 AM Men’s Study
12:00 Noon Hastings Ministerial Association
2:45 PM Homework & Hangout
4:45 PM God’s Little Angels Choir
4:45 PM Good News Gang Choir
5:00 PM Intercessory Prayer
5:00 PM Supper
5:30 PM Wednesday School
6:15 PM Confirmation
6:15 PM High School Worship
6:30 PM Adult Study - Romans
7:30 PM Chancel Choir
7:30 PM Garage Sale setup
7:30 PM Coffeehouse
Thursday, Oct. 23
9:00 AM Men’s Study meeting at Perkins
10:30 AM-7 PM Garage Sale Pricing
5:00 PM New Creation Band Rehearsal
Friday, Oct. 24
9:00 AM-5:30 PM Garage Sale & Bake Sale
9:30 AM Bulletin Stuffers
Saturday, Oct. 25
9:00 AM-1 PM Garage Sale & Bake Sale
5:30 PM Saturday Worship Service
Sunday, Oct. 26 - Reformation Sunday
7:30 AM Weekly Prayer
8:00 AM Traditional Worship
9:15 AM Worship with Hymn Festival
9:15 & 10:35 AM Church School
10:35 AM Contemporary Worship Service
4:00 PM Organ & Piano Recital
9:15 & 10:35 Together in Faith for 1st grade and Parents (Lord’s Prayer)
Monday, Oct. 27
12:00 Noon Church Staff Meeting
7:00 PM Boy Scouts 503
7:00 PM Jubilee Ringers
NO Adult Study on Luther
Tuesday, Oct. 28
9:00 AM Women’s Study
9:00 AM Women’s Study
4:00 PM Messenger Deadline
6:00 PM Christian Education Leadership Team
Wednesday, Oct. 29
5:45 AM Men’s Study
2:45 PM Homework & Hangout
4:45 PM God’s Little Angels Choir
4:45 PM Good News Gang Choir
5:00 PM Intercessory Prayer
5:00 PM Supper
5:30 PM Wednesday School
6:15 PM Confirmation
6:15 PM High School Worship
6:30 PM Adult Study - Romans
7:30 PM Chancel Choir
7:30 PM Coffeehouse
Thursday, Oct. 30
8:00 AM VFW Dinner prep
9:00 AM Men’s Study
5:00 PM New Creation Band Rehearsal
Friday, Oct. 31
9:30 AM Bulletin Stuffers
Weekly Community Groups at Our Saviour’s
Tuesdays
7:00 PM Black Dirt Theater
Thursdays
5:45 PM T.O.P.S.
7:00 PM Community Bible Study
Fridays
8:30 AM
T.O.P.S
Newsletter
Deadline
The next
Messenger
deadline is
Tuesday,
Oct. 28, at
4:00 p.m.
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Card Board Box City- High School Overnight
and Bake Sale
Friday, Oct. 24
9 AM - 5:30 PM
and
Saturday, Oct. 25
9 AM -1 PM
Our Saviour’s Fellowship Hall
Support our Youth & Families
attending Mission Trips and camps
Thursday, October 16 through Friday, October 17
4:00 pm to 8:00 am
We’ll be heading to the state fairgrounds and camping out in boxes for the
night. The event is to help us better understand homelessness, as well as work
together as faith communities to bring an end to it! And, we’ll have fun! For
more information, check out the website: www.spacc.org and click the link
under council events. Registration forms are located on the youth and family
ministries bulletin board. We need to have a ratio of 1:5 adults to students, so
brave adults are needed
(contact Pastor Kelli if
you’re interested)!