Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 2 3
4
9:30 Fellowship Hour 10:30 Worship/Communion Experiencing God’s Blessings - Conni Virtue
Progressive Dinner
Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost
5 6 7 5:30 -7:00 D.O.G. Night 8 9 10 11 9:00 Worship/Music Committee 9:30 Fellowship Hour 10:30 Worship
Experiencing God’s Blessings - Marty Mead
Pastor Appreciation Day 3-5:30 Youth Group Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost
12 13 7:00 Men’s Breakfast 14 5:30 -7:00 D.O.G. Night 15 16 17 3-5pm HA HA Storytellers 5:30 Pancake Feed Hermosa Fire Hall 18 9:30 Fellowship Hour November Care and Serve meet 10:30 Worship/ Communion
Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
19 November Newsletter Deadline 20 WELCA 8:45 Old Testament Bible Study 9:30 Regular Meeting 21 5:30 Supper Rachel Kurtz Concert (See Youth Article) 22 23 24 25 9:30 Fellowship Hour 10:30 Worship
Potluck following worship Twenty-second Sunday After Pentecost
26 27 7:00 Men’s Breakfast 6:30 Council Meeting 28 5:30 -7:00 D.O.G. Night 29 30 31 5:00 Trunk or Treat in the church parking lot
Pastor Deb Grismer 605-890-0781
Secretary, Peg Tesch 605-255-4662
Church Council for 2015:
Bill Dennert, President 605-209-8750 Jack Corr, V President 605-255-4373 Adare Diers, Secretary 605-255-4321 Marvin Bishop, Treasurer 605-255-4092
Russell Jensen 605-484-2971
Greg Neugebauer 605-390-4804
Crystal Wiles 605-431-7715
Kevin Vining 605-209-1662
Church Council Meetings will be held on the last Tuesday of each month.
Monday & Wednesday 9:00–12:00 & 1:00-3:00 Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 9:00 –12:00
Please stop in or call anytime
605-255-4662
CHURCH OFFICE HOURS
2015 at Our Savior’s Lutheran
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
386 Main Street ~ PO Box 136 Hermosa, SD 57744
605-255-4662 Email: [email protected] Website: oslhermosa.com
Pastor Deb Grismer: 605-890-0781 cell [email protected]
“
See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; “ Isaiah 49:16a
“For it was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” Psalm 139:13-14a
I am just..
I wonder when Kelley Johnson, Miss Colorado, stepped onstage to deliver her original oratory piece for the talent portion of the Miss American pageant if she had an inkling as to what the response would be. In a truly courageous move, she stepped out of the traditional expectations for talent on this show and highlighted a topic near and dear to her - her work as a nurse and some of the affects of the disease of Alzheimer's. I applaud her for this. I believe there are multiple reasons why this monologue has caused such an uproar. One of them, I believe, is because it strikes so close to home for many of us.
“I am just a nurse,” say Kelley. I am just… How many times have you heard or thought or felt a version of that phrase? I can’t do that, I am just… Don’t ask him, he is just…. You can’t be friends with her, she is just… Well, I would but I am just… I guess I am not important, I am just… It doesn’t matter how he feels, he is just… Nobody really cares, I am just…
I am just… This phrase breaks my heart because it is usually used to put down yourself or someone else. This phrase causes deep pain in a person’s soul and doesn't allow them to see the wonderful person they truly are. This phrase keeps individuals in a certain mold or box because of the expectations placed on them by others. THIS PHRASE SHOULD BE ELIMINATED FROM OUR VOCABULARY!
Here is the true deal. Nobody is just a just! Each and everyone of us were knit together by our Creator. We were fearfully and wonderfully made. God’s Word is full of texts that proclaim to us that God has chosen us and named and claimed us in our baptisms. We are created in the image of God. We are one body of Christ. Each of us have been given different gifts and skills and resources to use to build up the body. All members of the body are needed and are important in order for the body to function and grow! NO ONE IS JUST A JUST!!! So get out there and do your thing! Live into the person that God created you to be.
And if you can’t eliminate that phrase from your vocabulary then proudly proclaim in a loud voice -
I am just a fearfully and wonderfully made child of God!
Just some food for thought. Here’s to another great month of ministry at OSL and in your communities!
All men are invited to gather for food and fellowship at the Men's Breakfast every other Tuesday morning at 7:00am in the church Fellowship Hall.. This months dates are October 13th and 27th.
Progressive Dinner
Sunday, October 4, 4:00pm
Meet at the church and we will car-pool to different locations for food, fellowship and fun. Food is provided. ALL WE NEED IS YOU! Please call Rebecca Kaiser at 255-4203 by Thursday, Oct 1, if you are able to join us so final preparations can be made.D.O.G.
(Disciples of God)
Night
begins
Wednesday, October 7
and will continue on Wednesdays
beginning with supper at 5:30pm
and ending at 7pm.
There is a new curriculum this year called
“Living
Inside Out”
Where Kids Dare to Live Their Faith
24/7.
The theme for October “
Star Quest: Who God
Is”.
This is open to the children of the community and is
held at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church at 386 Main
Street, Hermosa. SD
If you would like to volunteer in anyway or just sit in
on a class, please come to the sessions and we will be
glad to have you see how God works with our
children.
Youth Group Gatherings
Open to all 7th - 12 Graders
Sunday, Oct 11
- 3:00 - 5:30 at OSL.
This gathering will include time for
fellowship, faith and life discussion and
a game of human Hungry Hippos with a meal at the
end.
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Wed, Oct 21
-
Rise Up Together: An Evening with
Rachel Kurtz
5:30 - Supper at OSL before we head to Calvary
Lutheran. We will probably return to OSL around
8:30 pm.
**
Please let Pastor Deb know if you are able to
be a part of this event and if you will be starting
at OSL and will need a ride or if you will be going
straight to Calvary and joining us there so we
can sit together. ADULTS - We will need help
with transportation. If you are able/willing to
help with carpooling, please let Pastor Deb know.
NOVEMBER CARE & SERVE TEAM!
will meet during fellowship on
Sunday, October 18
November Care & Serve Team Leader is Bill Dennert. Team members are: Les & Donna Evjen, Marvin & Carol Neugebauer, and Dan & Paula Warren. If you would like to volunteer contact Bill or the office.
Sunday, October 25
will be our next
POTLUCK DINNER
following worship service. Hope you can attend, and pass the
will be held in Our
Savior’s Lutheran
Parking lot. Come
and enjoy from
5:00 to 7:00pm.
Community Members — Bring your
vehicle to the parking lot, decorate the
trunk, have candy, and be ready for
trick or treaters to arrive!
Reminder: there are several children
in our community with peanut and nut
allergies.
Look what’s coming up on
Saturday, October 31st
Dear Pastor, walk with God!
God walks with you. Dear God,
For walking with our Pastor, Thank You.
RISE UP TOGETHER:
AN EVENING WITH RACHEL KURTZ
A POWERFUL EVENING OF MUSIC,
STORYTELLING, AND WORSHIP
OCTOBER 21, 2015
CALVALRY LUTHERAN CHURCH,
5311 SHERIDAN LAKE ROAD RAPID CITY, SD
6:30 - 7:00 PM
WORSHIP SERVICE CLC PRAISE BAND
SPECIAL MUSIC AND MESSAGE BY RACHEL KURTZ
7:00 - 8:00 PM
CONCERT - RACHEL KURTZ AND HER BAND
Help us support the ELCA World Hunger Walk for
Water Campaign as we collect a Free-will offering
at the concert.
The public is invited to
HA HA’s Annual
Storytellers
event on
Saturday, October 17th
at the Hermosa Fire
Station along with the
Firefighter’s Pancake
Supper.
The
Museum
will be
open from 12:00 -
2:00pm so the public
can view the ongoing
remodel.
HAHA
is proud to
sponsor the
Military
Speaker
for this event.
Any questions, please contact Dan
or Shelley @ 255-5977.
Storytellers
will speak from
3
:00 - 5:30pm
at the fire station.
5:30pm
is the
pancake feed.
There will also be a
live auction
.
God’s Trustees
Managing all of Life and Life's Resources for God's Purposes!
"Stewardship...that's about budgets and fund-raising. Right?"
WRONG! Few biblical teachings are more misunderstood than stewardship. Although
stewardship education is not easy, it is vitally important for the ministry of God's church. Be-ginning Oct. 18, we will journey together through Scripture and discover in a deeper and maybe different way what it means to be trusted by God with all that He has created. By the end, we will have grown in faith as well as in the awareness of the joyous privilege of being God's trustees!
Oct. 18: Wow! God Trusts Me!
Oct. 25: What's All in the Bag God Has Given Me?!
Nov. 1: Trustees! People with a Purpose! (We will also honor the Saints who have gone before us at this service.)
Nov. 8: Trusting and Trustworthy
Nov. 15: Trustees, Let Love Shine Through! Nov. 22: To God Be the Glory
OSL MISSION OF THE MONTH FOR OCTOBER:
Operation Christmas Child
Are you ready to make a difference in the life of a child?
“Yes, as a matter of fact I am.” Great! Have we got an opportunity for you. As was mentioned in the September Newsletter, we are partnering with Samaritan’s Purse to sponsor Operation Christmas Child at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. There are several ways you can participate:
1. Fill a shoe box and bring it back to OSL on or before SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1. After they are blessed during worship, these Christmas boxes will then travel through a series of hands and eventually be placed in the open arms of an excited child who will receive the story of Jesus’ birth in their own language along with a box full of love from you. Our goal this year is to fill 100 boxes!!
2. Give a monetary donation through the Mission of the Month. This money will be used by Samaritan’s Purse to help defray the cost of shipping the boxes. Samaritan’s Purse recommends a $7.00 donation per box.
3. Pray - Pray for those who are filling the boxes, those who hands the boxes will travel through, including the volunteers and staff of Samaritan’s Purse and those who will receive the boxes.
1. Take part in one, two or all three of these options!!
If you would like to learn more about Operation Christmas Child, go to http://
samaritanspurse.org where you will find the link to Operation Christmas Child. If you have questions about filling the boxes, please visit with Pastor Deb. Thank you for being a
blessing to children and their families around the world through this ministry.
OSL Calling Committee –
Your Call Committee is in the process of
receiving Pastor’s names and profiles. As
the Call Committee receives these profiles
we will review each one carefully with
prayer and discernment. This process
could still take us 6 months to 2 years.
Please keep our church and your Call
Committee in your prayers. This is your
Call Committee: Paula Warren, Becky
Lowe, Alan Platt, Bill Dennert and Dennis
Thompson. Please feel free to contact
any of us if you have questions or
concerns.
HERMOSA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
‘GOD’S CUPBOARD’
OPEN October 22
3:00-5:30pm
Located at Pop’s Grocery
The food bank is running low on food
items such as canned fruit, chunky
soup, sugar, flour, cereal, crackers.
Any donations are very much
appreci-ated.
For information please contact Lois
Rudd at 255-5299.
“
Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America”
or WELCA.
What is WELCA? It’s an easy way to say Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Amer-ica. Quite a mouthful, we know. Our organization includes Lutheran women who gather in over 7,000 locations in the U.S. and the Caribbean, for service, study, advocacy, fellowship and more! WELCA embraces all kinds of ministries that support our mission of mobilizing women to act boldly on their faith in Jesus Christ. There is a place for you in Women of the ELCA. This Fall, we have begun a 3-session study on speed and slowness, “Slow Faith”. We will be examining how the Kingdom of God moves slowly, yet we are asked to move with ever great-er speed. In Octobgreat-er, we will be studying session 2, “Make Haste O Lord”. Thgreat-ere is an extra copy of our “Gather” magazine in the church office. This has the bible study published in it. Please feel free to pick this copy up and join us.
Also this Fall, we will be putting together “School Kits” that will be sent all over the world. These school supplies mean the difference between getting an education or not for many children. Right now there is an urgent need for these school supplies. There is a box in the narthex for these items. Please watch for more information in our bulletin and newslet-ter. We will be asking the whole congregation to help.
Our next WELCA meeting will be on October 20th beginning at 8:45 A.M. with our ongoing
study of the “Old Testament” and then at 9:30 A.M. our regular meeting begins. Our Hostess for this meeting will be Judy Stanley and our bible study leader will be Chic Schneekloth.
Praying andCaring forOne Another
Praying for one another is vital to our community of faith and part of being a member of the priesthood of all believers. If you or a family member wishes to be included in this printed prayer list, please contact Peg in the church office.
We pray for the comfort and strength for those who have recently lost loved ones including the
families and friends of: Candace Walsh.
We pray for the health and healing of those ill or hospitalized and their caregivers, including:
Ken Diers’; Roger Downen; Perry, Paula Jensen’s Dad; Geraldine Pedersen; Don Aduddell, Steve Hammer, Joy Moore; Jerry Puckett; Dan Miller.
We pray for those in special circumstances, including: Military members, Law Enforcement officers, First Responders, those affected by floods and forest fires, and those fleeing their homelands to escape violence.
We pray for those with ongoing concerns: Peg Tesch; Matt Roby; John Sunding; Jamie Bell; Archie; Bill Birnbaum; Bernie Quaschnick; Ralph & Lois; Jerry & Tom; Gary Halverson.
Treasurer’s Report
September 6 114 $1,966 September 13 75 $2,464 September 20 89 $1,279 September 27 52 $810 September averages 83 $1,630 September Offerings September Expenses Total Offerings YTD Total Expenses YTDSeptember Mission
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Being Lutheran - Worship
A foundation of faith for everything we do
The Worship and Music Committee of OSL recognizes that people are engaged in worship in different ways. In an attempt to meet the needs of our worshippers, three different styles of worship will be
planned each month. The framework will remain the same – Gather, Word, Meal (on 1st and 3rd Sundays)
and Sent. What happens around that framework will look slightly different. The first and second Sundays of each month will include more formal liturgy using one of the ten liturgical settings available in the hymnal. The third Sunday will be a more woven style with a less formal spoken liturgy. The fourth Sunday will continue to feel more contemporary as our Praise Team leads us in worship. The fifth Sunday will continue to include a service of healing. All of these styles of worship are very Lutheran and God will be present as we gather together each week to worship and praise God, support one another and grow in faith.
‘The rest of the story’ will continue in the November Newsletter.
$6.619 $6,284 $75,158 $53,441 $220 It is time to create a new pictorial directory for Our Savior’s Lutheran Church? Sage Studios has agreed to capture all of the wonderful smiles of our congregation a will be photographing OSL members for a new directory on Saturday the 14th, and Sunday the 15th of November. What a perfect opportunity for you and your family to get a new professional portrait and to help us create a beautiful and up-to-date directory listing for our church and its members. It has been a long time since our last directory, so we would like to have everyone participate this year. It is also the perfect item to order any gifts or cards for the holidays. Russell Jensen of Sage Studios has agreed to offer a discounted rate on any prints ordered and a portion of all sales will go toward the printing cost of the directory.
Sessions are limited, so hurry and sign up for one of the first available times today. Sessions are free and all images will be available for purchase online the following week and at a special OSL discounted rate. Sign up sheets will be posted and you can contact the church office to schedule for a time that is right for you and your family.
Call or Sign up today. Sage Studios, 255-4977 or the church office at 255-4662.
Chase Fairbanks
and
Cassidy Powell
were married September 19 with Pastor Deb
officiating. The wedding was held outside of
Sturgis. We wish the very best to them and a
long life of faith, love, and happiness.
Bob and Peg Tesch would like to
thank everyone for their prayers,
phone calls, and meals brought in while they were
both ill and Peg was in the hospital. A special
thanks to Pastor Deb for her guidance.
Our Savior's Lutheran Church P.O. Box 136
Hermosa, SD 57744 Website: oslhermosa.com E-mail: [email protected]
Our Mission: “We welcome others to join us in worshiping and serving Christ”
Adult Christian Education Opportunity
LifeKeys: Discover Who You Are
Discover where you fit best and how you can live more effectively
When: Wednesdays from 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Oct. 7 - Nov. 18
Facilitator: Margie Neugebauer
All adults are invited to gather together to work through this guide to uncovering your talents, spiritual gifts, passions, values and personalities - all that God made you to be. You might be surprised by what you discover about yourself and where God might be calling you to use your gifts and talents.
Please register by signing up at OSL or calling the office so we can make sure to have enough books. The cost of the book is $15.30.
*You are invited to join the D.O.G. Night crew for supper at 5:30 .
*If you are interested in being a part of this faith building opportunity but Wednesday nights don’t work, please visit with Pastor Deb. If there is enough interest, we will attempt to find a second time to meet.
