From the Pastor's Desk

First, I hope you had a good Memorial Day weekend. I'm proud to say a number of our folks were involved in the Memorial Day activities both at Memorial Island yesterday and at the Navy Seal Museum in Ft. Pierce. (I saw Arnie Schwichtenburg, our Pearl Harbor survivor, on TV last night, which covered his speaking at the Navy Seal Museum earlier that day!) And whether you were at either of those or not, I hope whatever you did included remembering those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country.




Now that the first "official weekend" of summer has come, we are into our summer schedule at Our Savior (along with most other congregations in our community). We continue to worship on Saturday at 6pm but go to just one service on Sunday at 9:30am. This schedule will run through August. Also, Pastor Clark's Wednesday morning Bible study continues through the summer.



But with the summer schedule comes some extra and different kinds of activities around Our Savior. Day Camp for all kids entering 1st through 8th grades will be held June 20 -24. There are only a few spots left.



How about "Ballroom Dancing"? Dance classes will be offered each Thursday evening, 6:30-7:30pm, beginning June 30 through September 1. Cost is $5 per person. Sounds like fun!



On Wednesday evenings, from 6:30-8pm (same time as the Youth Group meets) there will be an adult summer Bible Study meeting in Room 4. This will be a great opportunity for some good fellowship and Bible study for working folks and parents of Youth Group members to gather during the summer.



This coming weekend, we celebrate the Ascension of our Lord along with commissioning our Mission Trip Team (members of our Youth Group) who will be heading to Alabama next week to help with tornado relief efforts.



The following weekend, June 11-12 we celebrate Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit to the disciples in a dramatic way in Jerusalem. If you speak a language other than English and would like to read part of the Pentecost story in that language during either the 6pm Saturday or 9:30am Sunday service, please email or call the church office and Pastor Shelly will be in touch with you about that.



And finally, it looks like ground breaking for our 50th Anniversary Building Project will be Sunday June 19! Stay tuned!



So, as another summer season begins to unfold, may this be for you another season of seeing God's Spirit at work in some perhaps new and different ways: in our comings and goings, our building project, in special worship focuses, and in the beauty and wonder of God's creation.



Peace and Joy, Pastor Jack Diehl +