OSE News: Happy New Year

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OSE: News Happy New Year January 1st  2013                    On the liturgical church calendar, January 1 is designated "Name of Jesus." Part of the prayer for that day reads as follows: "Plant in every heart the love of the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ our Lord..."  What a good thought with which to enter the New Year and on this 8th Day of the 12 days of Christmas!      So, in these 12 days of Christmas, and as a New Year begins, here are some things to be aware of as we enter another year of God's grace.       On the 12th Day of Christmas, Saturday January 5th, our 6pm worship that day will be an Epiphany Celebration, as we remember the "Three Kings", the gifts they brought to the Christ Child and how this Promised One was for the whole world, all nations!     Sunday, January 6, Epiphany Day, worship is around the Epiphany theme at our 8:30 and 11am services. Sunday School also resumes at 9:45 with classes for all ages. A new 6-week Adult Sunday School class begins that we are excited about, "Worship Matters." It will be a chance to explore and learn on a deeper level why we do what we do in worship. It will be a combined class of both current Adult Sunday classes and will meet in the Fellowship Hall (west end) at 9:45am.   Also, starting on Sunday January 6 will be the new Children's Choir. All children are invited to the join the Minister of Music, Ryan, after the late service for a shorter style rehearsal of 30 min or less. Parents can enjoy a time of fellowship after worship while the children make music in games, singing, and playing. Please bring singers to the organ after worship and we will proceed to the Music Room. Rehearsals will end promptly at 12:30.   Tickets will be available after worship on January 5th and 6th in the narthex for the upcoming concert by Russian musicians on January 13th. This concert, "An Afternoon in Old Russia" is a benefit for Haiti Partners and sponsored by the Richard R Pautz Lifelong Learning Foundation. For more information and samples of the music visit our website. Festival of Worship and Fine Arts   Please note there was a misprint in the bulletin, Wednesday night dinners will resume January 9th not the 16th. All adult music ensembles resume rehearsals on January 16th at the normal times. Check the website for more information about the mid-week dinners, you can even sign up to help online. Wednesday Night Dinner Information     As this New Year unfolds, what better resolution could anyone make than to stay grounded in the Love and Light that God brings into the world during this Christmas season and let ourselves be a reflection of that Light into a world so desperate for it.         See you in church!     Pastor Jack, Pastor Shelly, and Ryan.   http://www.oursaviorelca.com/                     OSLC Rummage Sale-February 23, 2013 Start saving your donations now-new and gently used. Popular items last year were: jewelry, Christmas and other holiday treasures, household, linens, collectibles, books, hats, handbags (no clothes, unless vintage-or unusual-Grama's mink stole?!) Please store your items at home, until we get closer to the date. Thank you!

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With Deepest Thanks

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Deepest Thanks December 30th  2012      During these 12 Days of Christmas, as we bask in the Light of the Christ Child, we also give thanks. On Christmas Eve we (Pastor Jack and Pastor Shelly) were each given a most generous check as a Christmas gift gathered from you, the members and friends of Our Savior. Along with that we have also received other heartfelt cards and gifts during this season. These are all so kind of you. We are humbled by your generosity and so grateful to be serving as your pastors here at Our Savior. May God continue to bless you and bless us all in these 12 Days of Christmas and into the New Year. Most sincerely and gratefully, Pastor Jack and Pastor Shelly +

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Christmas Eve Nursery Information

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Christmas Eve Nursery Provided December 21st  2012             Dear Families!     I forgot to mention this in the last email, but thought you might want to know that a staffed nursery will be available during the 6pm Christmas Eve service.  Of course, children are welcome in worship, but if you're little one would be happier in the nursery, or if you'd be happier with your little one in the nursery (we've all been through those times with our own) we wanted you to know that a nursery will be there.  :-)    Merry Christmas!   See you in church!     Pastor Jack +

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OSE: News Christmas

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OSE: News Christmas December 21st, 2012         As we approach this final weekend before Christmas here is some schedule information that may be helpful.  Our regular worship schedule will continue with 4th Sunday in Advent services on Saturday at 6pm and Sunday at 8:30 and 11am.     Following the 11am service we will be setting up for the Christmas Day dinner.  If you can stay around after worship for a time to help, that would be much appreciated.  Also, we can use a few more pies for Christmas.  If you can provide a pie, please bring it to church with you this weekend.  Thanks!   On Christmas Eve we have two candlelight communion services at 6pm and 9pm.  For your information, both services are very similar, however the 6pm service is usually overflowing, as more families come to that one.  The 9pm service is also full, but not as overflowing.  Also, prior to the 9pm service, special Christmas music begins at 8:30pm.  So, you can come early and enjoy some of the sounds of Christmas before worship begins.   On Christmas Day there is a service with Holy Communion at 11am followed by our annual "Home Alone Christmas Dinner" at noon in the Fellowship Hall.   This year once again the main course will be mashed potatoes and gravy and roast beef, with all the trimmings.  Many thanks to Bob Evans Restaurants for providing the main part of this wonderful meal.   Don't be home alone on Christmas.  Come join us for dinner and some great company.     The weekend of December 29-30 worship at 6pm on Saturday and 8:30 and 11am on Sunday will be Lessons and Carols, as we continue the Christmas celebration during the 12 days of Christmas, which will culminate the following weekend, January 5-6 as we celebrate the Epiphany of our Lord with the procession of Three Kings and the celebration of God's Light shining to the nations.   Finally, as has become a tradition among the staff here at Our Savior, instead of getting each other gifts, we have all contributed to one gift which will be divided between a gift to the Sunshine Physical Therapy Center in memory of Winnie Whitney, a beloved member of Our Savior and chairperson of our bereavement team as well as a board member at Sunshine.  The other part of our Christmas Gift is a contribution to the ELCA Good Gifts project.  This gift will provide 5 ducks, 2 goats, one pig and a partridge in a pear tree...well, I'm kidding about the partridge...for people in the Global Mission Field.     May the Peace, Joy, Love and Light of the Christ Child fill your hearts and homes in this Holy Season and into the New Year!                              Pastor Jack Diehl and Staff of Our Savior          www.oursaviorelca.com

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OSE News - Advent 3

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OSE: News Advent 3 December 17th  2012              "The best Christmas Program ever!"   Those are the words I heard several times after worship this past weekend, from both long time members of Our Savior and visitors.  As one of our long time members said, "We've always had great Christmas programs with our children, but this was the best!"   And having "baby Jesus" (1 month old, Janson William Smith) asleep in the manger, a true picture of peace on earth, for the rest of the service following the children's telling of the Christmas story (especially as people came forward and walked past him for communion) made it all the more meaningful.     A full length video of the program is available for viewing on our website!  Use the link at the bottom of this e-mail!    I'm thinking that part of the reason this was such a special service is that we gathered just a couple days after that horrendous, unthinkable evil that was unleashed in that elementary school in Connecticut last Friday.  We truly needed to hear a Word of hope, of comfort, of peace.  We needed to hear a Word that is stronger than the forces of darkness and death.  And for our children to share that Word with us in the telling of the Christmas story, made it all the more meaningful and powerful.     Listen to the words of our communion liturgy during these days of Advent and how especially meaningful they were this past weekend,  "Holy God, the Beginning and the End, our Salvation and our Hope, we praise you for creating a world of order and beauty.  When we brought on chaos, cruelty and despair...your Son Jesus came to bring us your love and to heal all the suffering world."   All we can say is, "Come, Lord Jesus."   And so we came together, and continue to come together, to worship, to gather around that Word made flesh who came to dwell among us and bring us God's Light and Truth and Love.  At this time of the year, as Christians of all denominations and traditions gather around this Christ Child, may He find a home in our hearts and lives and communities and disperse the darkness that would do it's best to swallow us up.  Come, Lord Jesus, as we continue to work and pray for those families in Connecticut, for solutions to unleashed evil, and mental illness, to guns getting into the hands of people like that, and more.     "What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people.  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it."   John 1:4-5   See you in church.    Pastor Jack Diehl +       Online Video of the Sunday School Program

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OSE News - Advent 2

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OSE NEWS - Advent 2 December 10th   2012           Dear oslcvero.,        Awesome, inspiring, beautiful, peaceful, reflective, wouldn't want to be any other place...just some of the words that tried to capture the "Advent Lessons and Carols: Savior of the Nations Come" at 7pm, Sunday night. This was the first of it's kind at Our Savior, but certainly won't be the last.  Many thanks to Ryan for putting such a wonderful worship experience together and to all the singers, bell ringers and musicians who shared their gifts.  That certainly brought us to the heart of Advent.     We continue our Advent journey this coming weekend with a peak ahead to the Christmas story as we will hear it told by our Sunday School children, within the context of our 3rd Sunday in Advent worship.  The main group of Sunday School children will be sharing the Christmas story at the 11am service, but a smaller group of our young people will be sharing it at the 6pm Saturday and 8:30am Sunday services as well.  If all goes well, we have 3 new babies in the congregation who will be baby Jesus each of the services.     Below are times and dates for upcoming services and other events during this Holy, Hopeful season of Advent and Christmas, or check our church website at www.oursaviorelca.com  for more information.      As these days unfold, may the Hope and Promise of God coming to us and among us, be for you a source of comfort, strength, peace and joy.      See you in church!      Pastor Jack +       Our Savior Lutheran Church 772-567-2253 1850 Sixth Ave. Vero Beach, Florida 32960 www.OurSaviorELCA.com

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