WooHoo! We’re off to a great start as our annual week of Day Camp began this morning, with kids from all around our community gathering in the church to meet their fellow campers, their counselors and start to sing all of those great camp songs. Along with the theme in worship yesterday about seeds of faith and seeds of the Kingdom of God being planted, lots of those good seeds are being planted and nurtured here this week. To get a peak at what’s going on, plan on coming by Thursday evening at 7pm for the camp program where you will hear some of the songs sung and see some skits the kids have learned. Following the program will be an ice cream social in the Fellowship Hall. Hope to see you then.
Because of Camp going on this week, many of the regularly scheduled meetings and gathering, such as the quilters, woodcarvers, “God Pause” and the Wednesday morning Bible study, will not be meeting this week, but will resume next week.
Looking ahead, in just a couple of weeks we’ll be moving out of the church! But hopefully only for a few weeks. On Sunday July 1, right after worship, we’ll be dismantling the pews and moving everything out of the sanctuary (into the narthex, lobby and fellowship hall) so that new tile (matching the tile in the new addition) can be carried through into the entire sanctuary. If you can lend a hand (there will be light work…moving hymnals and light chairs… and heavy work…moving the pews, organ and piano) please come and lend a hand, if only for a little while. As the saying goes, “Many hands make light work!”, and the other saying, “God’s work; our hands.” Hope you can join us. Then when all of our seasonal folks who get this return, they’ll see some more big changes, as they did this year with our addition!
Speaking of seeing changes, it’s only been three weeks since our new minister of music, Ryan Hostler, has joined us, but what a wonderful time we’ve had already! Ryan brings such a wealth of knowledge and experience (for such a young guy!) regarding worship and liturgy and congregational singing, etc. For those of you have already met Ryan and who have worshiped with us these past few weeks, you know what I’m talking about. For those who haven’t yet been here or met Ryan, you’re in for a real treat. If you have any musical gifts or interest at all, be sure to meet and talk to Ryan. There’s a place for you in our music ministry. We have lots to be grateful for.
Finally, Jimmy Smith and our senior high Mission Team will be leaving Saturday morning for a week long Mission Trip in West Virginia. This is not only going to benefit some of the people there (eg. the group will be building a handicap accessible ramp on one home among other things) but this is a real cross cultural experience for our kids as well, living for a week where there is no cell phone service and in a part of our own country, which is almost like a 3rd world country, where the nearest small town is about 45 minutes away. This trip in the past was very meaningful to our kids and they are very much looking forward to this experience.
For other information about life at Our Savior, please visit our website at: www.oursaviorelca.com.
Have a blessed week and we’ll see you in church! Pastor Jack +
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