From the Pastor's Desk

Dear Fellow Saints, Yes, that is who God calls us to be! This past weekend that is what we celebrated in worship together, as we remembered the saints who have gone before us, received some new saints into our congregation and were reminded that in our Baptism, we are indeed numbered among God's saints. Now, I know myself and I know many of you pretty well, and it may seem like a stretch to call any of us "saints", but this is all the more evidence of the amazing grace of God at work among us.

Speaking of God at work among us here are some things for you to be aware of and possibly be a part of:

1) Our Wednesday suppers continue at 6pm. If you received the latest issue of "The Lutheran" magazine, be sure to read Peter Marty's article on page 3. While he wasn’t writing about our Wednesday suppers directly, what he had to say certainly fit what we do at those suppers! And if you'd like to help set up, serve, or clean up, your help would be very welcome. Set up is usually underway by around 4:30pm. Thanks!

2) This coming weekend at the 11am service several new Christ Care leaders will be recognized and commissioned. This is a wonderful small group ministry at Our Savior. Information about our Christ Care groups will be available at all services.

3) This Saturday morning, November 13, we will have a team walking in this year's "Walk to Remember". So far we have over 15 signed up to walk and it's not too late to join them! The walk supports the local Alzheimers/Parkinsons organization and begins at 8:30am at Riverside Park. For more information contact Penny Dann at gpdann@att.net.

4) Also this coming Saturday there will be a Harvest Block Party at the new Harvest Thrift Center on the corner of 28th Street and US1 from 11am til 2pm. There will be a Bounce House for the kids, face painting, games, raffle prizes, hamburgers, hot dogs and drinks. This is Free to the public. And if you want to do some pre-holiday cleaning out, you can bring something to donate to the Thrift Store, or you might want to do some shopping there!

5) Looking ahead, our "Annual Holiday Festival and Health Fair" will be taking place Saturday November 20 from 8:30am til 1pm. Our Bake Sale chairlady, Barbara Hauser says, let's make this the best Bake Sale ever! You can drop off your favorite pie, cake, cookies or other sweet treats anytime on Friday November 19 between 9am and 3pm or bring them by Saturday morning. Along with the Bake Sale there will be crafts to buy, lunch will be avialable and our Health Ministry Team will be offering flu and pnemonia shots, blood pressure checks, the Bloodmobile will be here, massages, and many other healthy activities and information. Mark your calendars because there will be something for everyone November 20! Proceeds all go to local charities.

Whew! And that's only part of what's going on here among the saints at Our Savior.  Now as you go about this week, in your comings and goings and contact with others, as one of God's saints, remember, you may be the only Bible someone ever reads.

Have a blessed week.

Pastor Jack Diehl