Our Savior s Lutheran Church A p r i l 2 0 1 8 S u n M o n T u e W e d T h u F r i S a t 1 Easter /Food Pantry Sunday 7:00am Worship w/holy 8:00-10:00 Easter Breakfast 11:00am Worship w/holy -Prek-1st grade Sunday School Sing 2 Office Closed 3 9:00am Ministerial meeting 9:00am-1:00pm Good Samaritans 4 9:30am Bible Study 3:15pm Kids for Christ 6:00pm Confirmation Supper 6:30pm Confirmation 5 6 7 7:30am Men s Bible Study 8 2 Easter 9:30am Coffee & Fellowship 9:45am Sunday School, Choir 11:00am Contemporary Worship w/holy - Prek-1 Sunday School Sing 9 9:30am Prayer 12:15pm Sr. High Lunch 10 9:00am Text Study 9:00am-1:00pm Good Samaritans 11 9:30am Bible Study 3:15pm Kids for Christ 6:00pm Confirmation Supper 6:30pm Confirmation 7:00pm Committees 8:00pm Council 12 13 9:00pm- 6:00am Youth- Lock-in 14 7:30am Men s Bible Study 6:00am Youth Lock in ends 15 3 Easter Abused Outreach Persons Collection 9:30am Coffee & Fellowship 9:45am Sunday School 11:00am Contemporary Worship w/holy 16 9:30am Prayer 12:15pm Sr. High Lunch 17 9:00am Text Study 9:00am-1:00pm Good Samaritans 18 9:30am Bible Study 10:30am Rudolph Square 3:15pm Kids for Christ 6:00pm Confirmation Supper 6:30pm Confirmation 7:00pm Sarah Circle 19 2:00pm Hannah Circle 20 4:00-8:00pm WELCA- Bake, Quilt & Treasure Sale 21 7:30am Men s Bible Study 8:30-1pm WELCA Bake, Quilt, Treasure Sale 22 4 Easter 9:30am Coffee & Fellowship 9:45am Sunday School, Choir 11:00am Worship w/holy 23 9:30am Prayer 12:15pm Sr. High Lunch 24 9:00am Text Study 9:00am-1:00pm Good Samaritans 25 9:30am Bible Study 3:15pm Kids for Christ 6:00pm Confirmation Supper 6:30pm Confirmation 26 9:30am Pastor s Conference-Faith Lutheran 27 28 7:30am Men s Bible Study 29 5 Easter 9:30am Coffee & Fellowship 9:45am Sunday School, Choir 11:00am Worship w/holy 30 9:30am Prayer 12:15pm Sr. High Lunch
House for Sale Property Committee questions contact Bobby Koepplin at 701-840-0250. Members of Our Saviors The Property Committee researched and Council approved the purchase of a new parsonage in Valley View. Therefore, Pastor Emmy's current parsonage is FOR SALE. Perfect Layout, Perfect Location! You will love this 3 bedroom (all on main level) 2 bathroom home in the quiet Valley View neighborhood! This home features newly updated flooring, attached garage, large 10 X 12 storage shed, and over 2000 finished sq.ft. This home is being offered to Our Saviors Lutheran members first and will be ready to show starting April 1, 2018. Call James Jensen with RE/MAX Lawn Realty 701-730-0104 for additional details. Apartment for Rent For Rent: Unfurnished, ~950 sq. ft. two bedroom, 2 nd floor apartment with hot water & heat included, stove, fridge, washer and dryer, private entrance with off street parking. Available immediately. (No pets or smoking) References. Call Bobby Koepplin 701-840-0250. Missionary Calendar 2018 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-KOVC 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 2018, 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. Food Pantry Sunday-April 1 There are many items that the Food Pantry is in need of each month. Some examples are: diapers, soap, shampoo, paper products, and snack foods. These items, along with your other generous donations each month are greatly appreciated.
May-Our Savior s Servants Gary & Lori Thompson Dennis & Lisa McCulloch Dr. Brad & Joyce Braunagel David & Rhonda Broadwell Carol Dahl Ethel Gusaas Matthew & Jolene Hagen Dennis Heise Dennis & Judy Holmgren Marcia Jefferson Nathan & Haley Jenrich Allison Keller Kim & Rhonda Knodle Jay & Vanessa Kocka Matthew & Jodi Kvien Maurice & Peggy Kvien Dennis & Lisa McCulloch Jim & Nicole McDaniel Darlene Miller Wayne & Sandra Nelson Alan & Trisa Olson Melvin Olstad Larry & Edith Raatz Myron & Jenneice Sommerfeld Gary & Lori Thompson Sarah Wangrud Todd & Lee Webster Thank You to Our March Our Savior s Servants and their Coordinators: Jan & Keith Zerface, Mel & Judy Karch Flower Committee Member: Ardis Christianson, Deb Ross Thank you to our faithful ushers who assist us every Sunday. WE NEED YOU!! Women of Our Saviors!! Have you begun your "Treasure Hunt"?! The Treasure Sale is fast approaching! This year the Sale will be on Friday, April 20 from 4:00-6:00pm and Saturday, April 21 from 8:30-1:00pm. Your treasures may be Household, Decorator, and Holiday items, furniture Children's clothes and toys. On Saturday, April 21 from 8:30-1:00pm is The Bake and Quilt Sale and there will be Coffee, Juice and Homemade rolls served. Let's make this the best sale ever! Your donation of "treasures" (things you are no longer needing) and bake goods of all kinds (or maybe a donation for what your bake goods would sell for) will help the Treasury of "Women of Our Saviors" (WELCA) Be generous with many local, state and global projects. Thank You and "Happy Hunting"!! We are in need of 2 individuals/couples to volunteer as Servant Coordinators. These individuals/couples are responsible for coordinating volunteers to help serve specific needs in our church. Please volunteer by calling Ruth Larson at 845-4257. Thank you for your help!
Now the green blade rises from the buried grain, wheat that in dark earth many days has lain; loves lives again, that with the dead has been; love is come again like wheat arising green. The calendar on the wall says It s Spring!, but the weather outside indicates that winter still has a grip on our part of the country. With more minutes of daylight and the sun traveling higher in the sky, I m pretty confident that Spring will come and winter will give way. I can almost hear the trees and flowers primping as they get ready to show off the colors! Isn t it a miracle to hear the songs of familiar birds as they make their pilgrimages north! Forth he came at Easter like the risen grain, he that for three days, in the grave has lain; raised from the dead, my living Lord is seen; love is come again like wheat arising green. The change in months on the calendar brings a new season in the church year. On April 1, Christians around the world will celebrate Easter. Like Christmas, which the church celebrates for 12 days, Easter is too big to be contained in one day of celebration; we celebrate Christ s victory over death for 7 weeks each year. How exciting it will be to hear the good news; Christ is Risen! When our hearts are wintry, grieving or in pain, your touch can call us back to life again, fields of our hearts that dead and bare have been; love is come again like wheat arising green. As I think about Easter and the implications it has for us, our life and our death, I remember many people who have said during times of trial, I don t know what people do if they don t have faith. God s love, seen in the death and resurrection of Jesus, is transformative. As the hymn reminds us, God s touch has the power to call us back to life again. May the good news of Easter bring you joy. I hope you will join us for our Easter Sunday worship and the Easter breakfast put on by the youth. Thank you to Kyla for organizing the breakfast, to those who providing food and the youth for serving. Thank you to all who donated flowers for our Easter celebration. Thank you to the musicians and singers who enhance our worship. Thanks also to those who prepare our worship space and help during the worship services. In Hope of the resurrection, Pastor Kirsten