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2 Our Savior s Lutheran Church N ov e m b e r S u n M o n T u e W e d T h u F r i S a t 1 9:00-2:00pm Bible Study field trip 3:15pm Kids for Christ 6:00pm Supper 6:30 pm Confirmation :30am Men s Bible Fellowship 5 All Saints Sunday/Food Pantry WELCA Thankoffering 8:30am Worship/Holy Communion 9:30am Coffee & Fellowship 9:45am Sunday School, Choir 11:00am Worship/Holy Communion 6 9:30am Prayer 12:15pm Sr. High Lunch 7 9:00pm Text Study 9:00-1:00pm Good Samaritans 8 9:30am Bible Study 3:15pm Kids for Christ 6:00pm Supper 6:30pm Confirmation 7:00pm Committees 8:00pm Council 9 7:00pm Fargo Force game :30am Men s Bible Fellowship 12 8:30am Worship/Holy Communion 9:30am Coffee & Fellowship 9:45am Sunday School, Choir 9:45am Abused Persons Outreach Center Presentation 11:00am Contemporary Worship/Holy Communion 13 9:30am Prayer 12:15pm Sr. High Lunch 14 9:00pm Text Study 9:00-1:00pm Good Samaritans 4:00-6:00pm CPR AED Training 15 9:30am Bible Study 3:15pm Kids for Christ 6:00pm Supper 6:30pm Confirmation 7:00pm Sarah Circle 16 8:00am WELCA Lefse making 2:00pm Hannah Circle 9:30am Pastor s Conference-LaMoure :30am Men s Bible Fellowship 8:30-11:00am WELCA Fall Bake, Quilt Sale 19 Abused Persons Outreach Sunday Collection 8:30am Worship/Holy Communion 9:30am Coffee & Fellowship 9:45am Sunday School 11:00am Contemporary Worship/Holy Communion 4:00pm Community Thanksgiving Service- Congregational Church 20 9:30am Prayer 12:15pm Sr. High Lunch 21 9:00pm Text Study 9:00-1:00pm Good Samaritans 22 9:30am Bible Study 3:15pm Kids for Christ 6:00pm Supper 6:30pm Confirmation 23 Office Closed 24 Office Closed 25 7:30am Men s Bible Fellowship 26 Christ the King 8:30am Worship/Holy Communion 9:30am Coffee & Fellowship 9:45am Advent Movie & activities for All, Choir 11:00am Worship/Holy Communion 27 9:30am Prayer 12:15pm Sr. High Lunch 28 9:00pm Text Study 9:00-1:00pm Good Samaritans 29 9:30am Bible Study 3:15pm Kids for Christ 6:00pm Supper 6:30pm Confirmation 30

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4 Do you know what to do if someone s heart stops beating? Prayer Group Each Monday, a group meets at 9:30 am for prayer in the chapel. We join in prayer for the world, those in need, and our congregation. Pausing in prayer helps to get the week started on a great note, as we entrust our cares in the Lord s hands. All are welcome. Our Savior s Lutheran Church, Essentia Health, and the Barnes County Ambulance invite you to a community Hands-Only CPR & AED Training Get trained. Save a life. You ll be glad you did. November 14 th, pm Presentation of new AED available at Our Savior s Lutheran Church 5 pm Our Saviors Lutheran Church 138 3rd Street NW Valley City, ND Wednesday Bible Study Meets in the Gathering Room from 9:30-10:30 am, followed by coffee & fellowship This month our Bible Studies will explore life in community and how the Christian community encourages one another and those around us. November 8 - How good and pleasant it is! November15 - So many friends! November 22 - Sharing the Peace of Christ November 29 - Conspiracy: Sharing Breath All are invited. Come when you can. The Barnes County Ambulance will also provide blood pressure checks at this free event. No pre-registration is required. The training will take approximately minutes. This training does not qualify for CPR Certification. For questions, please call or Leah.Deyo@EssentiaHealth.org. New Member Welcome If you or someone you know is interested in becoming a member of Our Savior s Lutheran Church, please visit with Pastor Emmy. Members participate in the life of the congregation by being on a monthly serving group, giving offering, and in other ways as they feel led. We hope to welcome a few of our newer members at a worship service this month.

5 Learn About It... Abused Person s Outreach Center A presentation about Abused Person s Outreach Center will be held at 9:45 am on Sunday, November 12 in the Library/ Overflow worship room. Come and learn about this important ministry in our community. Learn about domestic violence and what can be done to support and care for those affected. A reminder the 3 rd Sunday of each month, Our Savior s Lutheran Church collects supplies for APOC. Current needs as of this fall include: Women s Deodorant, Body Lotion, Tampons, Toilet Paper, Baby Wash & Lotion, Laundry Detergent. Donations of cash and bus tickets (available at the Senior Center $20 for 10 rides) can also be dropped off at the Center, located across the street from the church building. Looking ahead Decorating for Advent Monday, November 27 at 5:00 pm The more the merrier, as we gather to prepare the church building for our Advent and Christmas celebrations. Volunteers to tend to the smaller details and those that can do heavier lifting like assembling the Christmas tree are needed. Christmas Worship Schedule Sunday, December 24 10:00 am Advent Worship with Holy Communion 3:00, 4:30, and 10:00 pm Christmas Eve Candlelight Worship Monday, December 25 10:00 am Christmas Day Worship with Holy Communion Sunday, December 31 10:00 am Christmas Worship with Holy Communion A Community Thanksgiving Service is Sunday, November 19 at 4:00 pm at the Congregational UCC Church, th St NW in Valley City. This annual event hosted by the Barnes County Ministerial Association is a wonderful time to get together as a community, to give thanks to God. Daylight Saving Time ends on November 5 Missionary Sponsorship 2017 Missionary Sponsorship Calendar is on the bulletin board across from the Church Office. For $20/day you can sponsor a day and faithfully support the work of our ELCA missionaries, Anne and Willie Langdji, who serve as the ELCA Madagascar, West and Central Africa Regional Representatives; and also the work of Global Health Ministries. Thank you for your faithful and generous mission support. Radio Broadcast Radio broadcast of the 8:30 worship is on Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. on KOVC 1490 AM. To sponsor a broadcast and/or reserve a sponsorship date for 2016, please contact the church office. The cost to sponsor a broadcast is $100 and you may provide this gift in memory of or in honor of someone, an anniversary or another significant event. Your gift to this important ministry is appreciated.

6 Members of the December Our Savior Servants Don & Sandy Bauer Jerry & Kelly Bennefeld Holy Communion Services Worship with Holy Communion every Sunday. Wednesday, November 15th at 10:30am Rudolf Square. Dallas & Kirsten Dockter Estelle Hanson Lois Hovel Garland & Patricia Hansen Norma Hoiland John & Bobbie Jo Hurlimann Operation Christmas Child Rick & Joyce Huseby Almira Klein Terry & Lenore Lebahn Sharon McCarriar Rodney & Kathy Nelson Olga Pinke Ronda Reimers Linda Skramstad Randy & Patty Swift James & LouVay White Debbie King Dan & Ruth Larson Leslie & Elaine Manstrom Sheila Nelson Chad & Kristin Petersen Kenneth & Diane Rasmusson Vivan Rensby Larry & Carmen Svenningsen James & Rebecca Verwey Kevin & Brenda White Thank you to the October Servants and their Coordinators: Jan Stowman, Burton & Jean Vrem Altar Committee: Vi Egan and Tweety Bellmore Flower Committee: Jan Stowman and Jean Vrem Thank you to our faithful ushers and greeters and coffee hosts who assist every Sunday morning. Would you like to share God s grace and love with a child in need this Christmas? 1. Pick up a shoebox at Our Saviors. 2. Fill it with a wow gift, hygiene items, and school supplies for a child. 3.Return it to Our Saviors by November 19. Watch for an information table at Our Savior s starting October 30. Collection week will be November For information about Operation Christmas Child and great ideas on what items are most appreciated by gender/age, go to and click on the picture for Operation Christmas Child. Or contact Kirsten Dockter or a member of the Evangelism committee. By the way, you can also build a shoebox online through the Operation Christmas Child website! Affirmation of Baptism Our Savior s Lutheran Church October 29, 2017 Blake Hagen Elisabeth Petersen Trevor Winter Mitchel Taylor Blake Stephens Kacey Peterson Avery Bennefeld

7 Women of Our Savior s Lutheran BAKE AND QUILT SALE On All Saints Sunday, November 5th, candles at the front of our worship space are lit in memory of members of the church and community whose funeral services were held at Our Savior s this past year. We remember these and other beloved saints on All Saints Day. Victor Engler Charles Hanson LEFSE, Candies, goodies of all kinds! Come Do Your Thanksgiving Baking! Also Fair Trade Coffee, Teas, Greeting Cards Olivewood Carvings for Sale Saturday, Nov. 18 8:30-11:00am Our Savior s Lutheran Church rd St. NW- Valley City, ND Harley Mathias Marion Olafson Myla Nielsen Lloyd Schmidt Marilyn Sather Robert Kelly Lori Sund Norton Tangen Myrna Botner Etta Fossen Herbert Handt LaVonne Jacobson Gerald Norberg Nar Alice Chesla Betty Jensen Nancy Johnstun Thelma Greb Coffee, Juice and Rolls will be served. 11th Annual Sounds of the Season Brown Bagger Series If you like to listen to Christmas music during the holiday season, you now have another opportunity to listen to Christmas Holiday music the three Wednesdays in Advent beginning on December 6th during the noon hour. These listening opportunities will be held in the sanctuary of Our Savior's Lutheran Church located at 138 3rd St. N.W. in Valley City from 12:10 pm to 12:55 pm giving listeners time to pick up a sandwich or other type lunch and make their way to the church. Depending on the featured performer, the length of the performance may be altered a few minutes. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them as their God; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them; 4 he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away. 5 And the one who was seated on the throne said, See, I am making all things new. Revelation 21:3-5a Performances are scheduled for Wednesday, December 6, 13 and 20. So bring your lunch if you haven't had it yet or enjoy Provided refreshments if you have had lunch and enjoy the 11th Annual "Sounds of the Season" Brown Bagger Series. The public is invited to attend any or all the sessions in this Christmas Holiday music series.

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10 A message from Interim Pastor Kirsten Frantsvog Sisters and Brothers in Christ, As your new interim pastor, I d like to take a moment to introduce myself. I m pastor Kirsten Frantsvog from Moorhead, MN. I grew up in Moorhead and graduated from Moorhead High School and Concordia college. I grew up on the Concordia campus as my dad was a physics professor there. My mother was a homemaker and loved to read and do handwork (especially Hardanger embroidery and counted cross-stitch). She taught me the love of doing crafts of all types! Both of my parents are deceased; my dad from Alzheimer s disease, my mother from cancer. I have two older brothers, Jonathon and Christoffer, who claim I was the spoiled child as I am the youngest. I also have a niece, Julia, who is the light of our lives! After college, I went to Wartburg Seminary. Since my ordination in 1991, I served 13 years as parish pastor, 9 years as a chaplain for Hospice and 4 years as regional care consultant for the Alzheimer s Association. In 2013, I completed a M.S. in Community Counseling with the main interest of working with people with dementia and their families. I hope my interests and skills learned from years of experience with hospice and the Alzheimer s Association will be beneficial to congregation members and families. I am looking forward to meeting you and working with the staff of Our Savior s Lutheran! Oh and yes, I do like Lutefisk! In Christ, Pastor Kirsten Frantsvog Thanksgiving Baskets The 2016 Thanksgiving Basket event will be taking place on Saturday, November 19 with baskets being picked up at Faith Lutheran Church from 10:00 to 11:00 am. Our Savior s has joined with Faith Lutheran and Trinity Lutheran for this exciting event. We will be filling baskets on Friday, November 18 beginning at 7 pm at Faith Lutheran. Our Savior s members can help by filling baskets, delivering baskets, and by donating money to help defray the costs. Watch for the signup sheets for November 18 and 19. We need your help to make the basket event a blessed happening. Also watch for the special donation basket at Our Savior s during the month of November! If you know of a family that would benefit from a Thanksgiving basket, please call Julie at Faith Lutheran ( ). Thrivent members Please consider applying for additional funding from Thrivent. Kyla Fetsch at Our Savior s would be delighted to help you complete the forms.

11 State of Our Saviors Address Dear beautiful members of Our Saviors! Fall has blessed us with intense and gorgeous colors. The vibrancy of the season reminds us that change can be so incredibly beautiful. The past month has been a whirlwind. We sent Pastor Randy and Naomi off with love and laughs, we voted to put the Valley View parsonage up for sale and acquire a new parsonage, we secured an interim pastor to help us through transitions and maternity leave for the next few months and we voted on extending a Letter of Call to Pastor Emmy for the role of Senior Pastor. Whew. In the next few months we will have to work as a congregation on two items: The Ministry Site Profile and the formation of the call committee. From the Synod Website: Development of the Ministry Site Profile prior to the Calling of a New Pastor is Helpful in at least 3 ways. 1st, it provides the call committee with basic information & description of leadership strengths and needs which will guide their work. Second, the profile will assist the synod office in recommending candidates to be considered by the call committee. Third, it provides a picture of the congregation for the candidates as they consider serving the congregation. The purpose of the MSP is to enable the elected lay leaders of the congregation to review the congregation s life and mission as the Church, the body of Christ; evaluate the congregation s present strengths; identify specific areas where the congregation needs to strengthen its ministry; specify resources necessary to fulfill the mission of the congregation, including special mission tasks in the parish community; arrive at a current understanding of the mission of the congregation; identify the gifts that are most important for the next pastor to possess. So, how do we create this MSP? By asking lots of questions So stay tuned. In some kind(s) of survey forms, the members of OSLC will be asked questions to help us learn in which directions God is leading us. You will soon be asked to submit names from which the call committee will be formed. It is essential to the health of the church that the committee be formed form all demographics of our member body. Even confirmed youth need to be a part of the committee, to bring the perspective that only they can bring. In closing I leave you with this prayer. Cut it out. Hang it on your fridge. Pray it pray it pray it. Let us be lead to where God wants us to go! O God, you have called our congregation to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go, but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Blessings! Diane J Hochhalter, Council President

12 We All Row! When I was in high school, my whole class gathered in a room one day to take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Test. I don t remember much about the test, but I do remember the results. My test results indicated my top match for a military vocation was to be a Ship Captain. I remember finding this especially funny, not only because I was from the prairie and had spent little time on a boat, but also since my brother who has very different interests and skills than me came back with a top match of being a Ship Captain, as well. For a brief time, I was convinced that everyone who took the ASVAB test was told they d make a great Ship Captain. I am deeply honored that you have called me into the role of Senior Pastor of Our Savior s Lutheran Church. Thank you for your trust in me. As we make this transition together, I ve been reflecting about how my role as a pastor is similar to that of a Ship Captain. Though analogies always break down at some point, I share some of my commitments to you. Ship captains pay attention to the world around them and seek to lead accordingly. A ship captain doesn t just put the ship on course and let it go. She pays attention to the weather and seas and makes proper adjustments. We are called to be church in this world. As a pastor, I seek to pay attention to what is going on in our community, nation, and world. As church, we don t just merrily, merrily row along. We respond to the deep needs and the deep pains of the world around us. We change and adapt, as we seek to remain faithful doing gospel work. Ship captains don t do all the jobs on the ship, but they trust those around them to do their jobs. As a pastor, it is not my job to do everything in the church. It is also not my job to tell you as a congregation what to do. It is my role to make sure you are equipped for what you are doing, whether it be reading in worship, serving on a committee, or seeking to live your faith in your work or home. Ship captains aren t really the ones in charge. They lead by charting the course to complete the task assigned to them. As a pastor, I am not the one in charge. The Lord of Heaven and Earth, Jesus Christ is the one who sets our mission. It is my role to help our congregation listen to God s plans for us and be who Jesus wants us to be. I m grateful to continue together to share Christ s love, to grow in faith, and to live a lives of service glorifying God. Thanks for your continued partnership in the Gospel. To borrow a VCSU catch phrase - We All Row! Pastor Emmy Swedlund