O.S.E-news: 3/19/12

 

This time of the year certainly brings a lot of folks together here at Our Savior.  “Spring Breakers”, family and friends visiting from all over, and our regular seasonal members from not just “up north” but from all around the world.  We have kids and grandkids visiting their “snowbird” parents and grandparents from MN and other parts north, some of our own college students come home for Spring Break, visiting pastors both retired and on a little R&R, and this past weekend we had 6 “ex-cons” (as they refer to themselves) worship with us.  These are 6 women who all went to the convent together about 50 years ago, who now live all around the country and who gathered here in Vero for a reunion.  What a fun bunch that was!   

One of the blessings of being here at Our Savior in Vero Beach is being reminded of the span and scope of the Body of Christ: young and old, rich and poor, black and white, and with such a wonderful variety of experiences and backgrounds!   What a privilege to journey together through Lent with all of these folks. 

As a part of our Lenten journey together, there are only 2 more Wednesdays where we have our 11am service followed by our soup and salad lunch and our 7pm Holden Evening Prayer service, preceded by our soup and salad supper.  If you haven’t experienced one of these services and the “Sand Art” message, it’s not too late to join us. 

For other events around Our Savior, and our Holy Week and Easter schedule please visit our website at:  www.oursaviorelca.com .

Also at this time of the year, along with the many and various ministries of our congregation, there are many events in the community in which our members are involved and where they live out what our second reading reminded us of yesterday:

 “For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.”     So, here are some of those events:

“The Titanic” at the Theater Guild, running through April 1. 

“SADD/DARE” Pasta Dinner at Our Savior this Sunday, March 25^th, from 11am til around 1:30pm.

“The Atlantic Ringers” Handbell Concert, 7pm at the Sebastian Methodist Church on Main Street in Sebastian.

If you are involved in a community event and would like to share that with the folks at Our Savior, please let us know and we’ll pass the information along. 

 

And finally, a “Concert for World Peace”.

 

See you around the community, and see you in church!     Pastor Jack Diehl +