Ordination Live Stream Information! (P.S. - No Family Choir this Sunday)

July 30, 2015     You are invited to join in the Live Stream Broadcast of the Ordination of  Bonnie Esther Lanyi as a Pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Saturday, August 1, 6:00 p.m.   Click Here for the Livestream with Festival Preludes starting at 5:45   Click Here for the Worship Folder     Please note that due to the Ordination Family Choir WILL NOT sing this Sunday in worship.

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What's your Zip Code?

July 27, 2015               Several weeks ago I heard the phrase, "The zip code written on your heart is where you were born."  I've been thinking about that ever since.  In many ways I very much feel like the zip code on my heart is 32960.  That's the zip code I've been living in here in Vero Beach for 38 years, more than any other place in my life.   But when I went with our kids and joined 30,000 other young Lutherans from around the country in Detroit for the ELCA Youth Gathering, I realized there was some truth in that saying.  Having been born in Detroit, and having gone back there to live and work in Detroit for those 5 days, I realized that that "zip code", 48201, is also written on my heart.  A part of me really felt at home and connected with that place and the people of Detroit, as different a world as it is from 32960.   For me, and for all of us who were there, it was a profoundly moving experience to walk and work with the people of Detroit as they work to reclaim and rebuild a once great city that had become a broke and broken city due to a failed economy, crime and corrupt leaders.  (Click here to hear my sermon from yesterday about our experience there and Click here for a photo gallery on our website).   But while there I realized there is yet another zip code written on my heart.  And this is a zip code I shared with both people of Detroit and the 30,000 Lutherans from around the country.   And that is the zip code of the Kingdom of God, the Body of Christ.  Whatever that zip code is, that is a place that has no boundaries.  We enter it in our Baptism.  It is a place where bridges are built and walls come down.  It has no color lines or economic lines.  It is a place where people work together and walk together to create a better world.  It is a place where love rules the day.  It is a place where Jesus is present.  We learned that from being together in Detroit and we continue to live into that wherever God places us.  My thanks to the people of Detroit for helping me to see that in yet another beautiful, wonderful way.   What zip code, or zip codes, are written on your heart?  See you in church!   Pastor Jack Diehl +    www.oursaviorelca.com        Weekly Devotions and Prayers: Taking Home Faith

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Ordination Announcment

July 20, 2015       With Joy and Thanksgiving Bishop H. Julian Gordy, the Southeastern Synod, the ELCA and Our Savior Lutheran Church invite you to the service of Ordination to the ministry of Word and Sacrament of   Bonnie Esther Lanyi as a Pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Saturday, August 1, 6:00 p.m.   Our Savior Lutheran Church 1850 Sixth Ave. Vero Beach, FL 32960 www.oursaviorelca.com   Rostered leaders are invited to vest, and process, the color of the day is red.   Reception immediately following in Fellowship Hall           Weekly Devotions and Prayers: Taking Home Faith

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Rise Up Update from Detroit!

Rise Up! Youth Group Update!   Hi From Detroit!  We have safely arrived and enjoyed the first day of the Gathering.  The Youth are doing great and the adults are managing to keep up with them.  The first night of worship, music, and speakers was absolutely amazing.    We found out that all the events are being live streamed each night, click this link. We are also sending pictures and they are being posted in a Gallery on the church website, click here for that! We will be posting updates on the church website over the next few days, so be on the lookout for those!  Below is a picture from inside Ford Field on opening night!   Thank you for praying for us, you are in our prayers as well from Detroit!   Ed, Pastor Jack and the Youth of Our Savior!       Weekly Devotions and Prayers: Taking Home Faith

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OSE News!

July 13, 2015               We heard in worship yesterday about Jesus sending out the disciples two by two to share the Gospel (Mark 6:6b-13). Jesus gave the disciples a packing list of sorts that were fitting words for our youth who head out this Wednesday morning (3:00AM!) to attend "Rise Up," the ELCA National Youth Gathering in Detroit. Jesus' words are fitting for all of us wherever we are coming or going because we are always called to be on a mission of God's grace infusing hope in the world.   Jesus' words can be summed up:               1)     Pack light         2)      Use the buddy system when you can. 3)      Rely on the hospitality of others. 4)      If you meet a "closed door," shake it off, and move on 5)      And most of all rely on the Holy Spirit.   Please keep our OSLC youth, the other 29,000 Lutherans attending, and the city of Detroit in your prayers.  Last of all, speaking of comings and goings, we received the letter below from David Young as he settles into life at seminary at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, OH.  Grace and Peace, Pr. Shelly   _____________________________________________     Letter from David Young: Dear Church Family,   Thank you for all the support and encouragement as i headed off to Seminary two weeks ago. Words cannot fully express how much I appreciate all that you have done for me and continue to do as I follow God's call.   I am settling into my apartment on campus at Trinity Lutheran Seminary and began my intensive Greek Language class this week. It is hard work and is very challenging but I am enjoying the learning. There is an amazing community of faculty, staff and students that have made me feel welcome and a part of something spiritual.    Pastor Jack and Karen stopped by to worship with me on Wednesday as they were heading to Detroit for the Youth Gathering. I loved being able to share Word and Sacrament with them here.    I'll continue to keep you updated on my progress here and know that as I follow this path of learning and pastoral care, you are always in my heart.   In Christ Name, David Young Weekly Devotions and Prayers: Taking Home Faith

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