Our Savior Lutheran Church

DECEMBER FOOD PANTRY COLLECTIONS: The collection for the month of December will be going to Redeemer’s Food Pantry, our sister congregation.

NEW CHRISTCARE GROUP: A ChristCare group is being formed for moms and daughters (in the 6th - 8th grade). We will meet on Saturday afternoons twice a month.  An initial meeting will be on Saturday, January 9 at 2 PM in the church lobby.  If you have any questions, please contact Dana Netherton at 451-5474 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . 

BIBLE STUDY FOR WOMEN:  If you plan to attend the Bible study with Amy Mittlestat, Traveling Light: Releasing the Burden You Were Never Meant to Bear, in January, please sign-up on the church lobby bulletin board so enough materials may be ordered.  Children are welcomed at this class. Please contact Amy with any questions at 1-269-275-3479.

NURSERY:  TODAY there will be no nursery.

EXPERIENCING GOD STUDY:  Beginning January 5 from 7-8:30 PM, we will be offering the 13-week Bible Study Experiencing God, for members who would like to take the class for the first time, or for those who would like to repeat the process.  A sign-up sheet is posted on the church bulletin board or you may contact the church office if you plan to attend and if you are in need of childcare. 

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS:  Additional Entertainment Books are available in the church office for $20/book.  Make checks payable to LWML. 

DINING OUT TOGETHER: On January 16 at 6 PM we will gather at Joe’s O. K. Bayou and you are invited to join us for food, fellowship and fun. If you plan to go, please sign up on the church bulletin board by January 13, so that accurate reservations may be made. For more information, please contact Billie Detroy 905-4834.

PRAYS ASKED, PRAYERS ANSWERED (PAPA’S) CORNER: This is a regular feature in the monthly newsletter, which is intended to be an opportunity for us to share our prayer experiences with each other; to encourage each other with ways that we have been able to incorporate prayer into our daily lives and to give God the glory for prayers answered. If you have a story about how prayer has affected your life, please contact Sheila Hildebrandt, 244-2941or the church office so that we may encourage one another in God’s love and His faithfulness to His promises.  The invitation to pray is a gift from God, and His answers are an opportunity for us to share how God is at work in our lives.

COMBINED SERVICE AND CONGREGATIONAL MEETING AND POTLUCK:  Mark your calendars now for the next congregational on January 24, 2010.  Sunday School and Bible Study will be held at 9 AM with the worship service at 10 AM, which is followed by the congregational meeting and potluck meal.

NEW STUDIES:

Parenting Skills for Christian Parents  ~  Begins January 10, 2010
 Leader: Martin Brieschke  Location: 8th Grade Classroom    
Raising children is a challenge for every parent! Children don’t come with an instruction manual. There is no such thing as a perfect child and there are times when we could really use some help! This class will provide some relief for any and every parent or anyone who deals with children – yes, even grandparents. Godly children just don’t happen; they are nurtured. This class will give you some tools to use to raise your child(ren) in the “nurture and admonition of the Lord.” Mr. Brieschke brings the experience and knowledge learned through being responsible for over 200 children every day as well as being a father and grandfather.          

In addition to the current adult studies of:
1. Fireproof Your Marriage – Tim Mueller – 6th Grade Classroom
2. Blessed are the Peacemakers – 7th Grade Classroom – Pastor Fausel
3. Who is the Great I AM – Fellowship Hall – Pastor Whitsett

Traveling Light: Releasing the Burden You Were Never Meant To Bear  ~
     Begins: Friday, January 15, 2010

Leader: Amy Mittlestat  Location: Fellowship Hall       Time: 9 – 10:30 AM 
Please sign-up on the church lobby bulletin board if you plan to attend so enough material will be available.  Children are welcomed.

The luggage of life: Haven’t you been known to pick up a few bags? Odds are you did this morning. Somewhere between the first step on the floor and the last step out the door, you grabbed some luggage. You stepped up to the baggage carousel and loaded up. The carousel is not the one at the airport, but the one in your mind. And the bags we grab are not made of leather; their made of burdens. The suitcase of guilt. The trunk of discontent. The backpack of anxiety and the hanging bag of grief. Add on a briefcase of perfectionism, an overnight bag of loneliness and a duffel bag of fear. No wonder we’re so tired at the end of the day. Where do we turn for help? How about looking at an old friend – the 23rd Psalm…Using these verses as a guide, Max Lucado, author of this study, walks us through a helpful inventory of our burdens. May God use this study.