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Pastor's Message
Greetings, in the Name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!
This month of April will see much of what we have been talking about with All for Jesus going beyond just our “talk” at Our Savior, but also influencing our “walk.”
The intent is to join God in what He is doing around us, which is always about building up His Kingdom of Grace in and through Jesus Christ. That means seeing ourselves as disciples with a purpose … of growing God’s kingdom … instead of just being members of a club with high moral character.
Yes, it will still mean building each other up in the faith through worship, in Bible study and Sunday School, and even in something new called Family Ministry. Those activities on the surface will look much the same. However they will be focused toward enabling us to live All for Jesus, and in so doing, reaching out in intentional ways to those who have yet to experience a saving relationship with Jesus Christ.
To that end, “Disciples Wanted” will begin this month as the ministry needs of the various boards will begin to be posted. Instead of just encouraging people to “go do what you are good at” the approach will be to present opportunities for people to say, “Here am I, send me” in answer to how they feel called by the Lord to serve in His name.
Also, coming later in the month we will begin celebrating what God is doing in our midst by keeping track of how He has touched others through us as a congregation and through each of us individually.
These are very exciting times, and it is a privilege to see what God is doing here.
All for Jesus!
Pastor Fausel
 Notes from the Music Director
Dear friends in Christ,
Our Lenten Journey is almost at its conclusion - Easter Day! But we've got some distance to go yet, and some of this last bit is hard, and it will require ALL of our attention to make it through this part if we want to rightly prepare to truly celebrate the Resurrection.
First, during Holy Week, we consider Maundy Thursday - a strangely named day if ever there was one. The word Maundy comes from the Latin phrase, mandatum novum, that is, "new commandment." It is from one of the primary lessons for the Maundy Thursday service, John 13: 34-35: Jesus said, "I give you a new commandment (a mandatum novum!), that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
This focuses our minds and hearts on forgiveness, on developing deep empathy for one another - that is, on understanding one another's pain, on our relationships (or lack of them!), and even on our life direction.
The other great scriptural emphasis for the day focuses directly on US. Jesus said, "This is my body... this is my blood... poured out... FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS." We are directed, then, to look inward in self-examination, finding out what WE are doing that is damaging, warping us at our core, and what is damaging to our primary relationships in life. And notice that this doesn't just address sins we have committed - it just says, "...for the forgiveness of sins." Anyone's - committed by us or against us. We are NOT to live in anger or fear or hurt, but are charged to face the problems and work for, if possible, reconciliation and healing. If we carry our own or others' sins around with us, it is like carrying so much extra weight around with us in life. It slows us down, keeps us from living freely and prevents us from experiencing the joy, peace and love that God intends for us. Wow! This is important stuff!!!
 The final step of our Lenten Journey is Good Friday - Yet another oddly named day. How can a day recalling the events of such a horrendous death be in ANY way "good"? It really is a fair question, for in the events of that day we see all of the worst of humanity focused on one man. We see the greed, corruption, cowardice, fear, self-centeredness, prejudice, all manner of vicious and cruel behavior, brought to bear on that one man who did not deserve it - and, it was all "legally done"! How sad that our societies have a way of legalizing such treatment against others. Not much has changed, has it?
So, we enter into this last great day of our Journey with some trepidation - we don't want to face these things - because we see them in ourselves. And that's why this is called "Good Friday," because the events HAD to take place so that our sin could be confronted, so that our punishment could be paid by another, so that our healing could finally begin.
"I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." John 13:34-35
Blessings on this last part of the Lenten Journey. Easter is Coming!
Yours in Christ,
Scott Kamman
Director of Music
Wednesday evening Lenten series
Our Wednesday evening Lenten services continue through Holy Week. The services start at 7:00 PM and are preceded by a light supper, beginning at 6:00 PM. This Lent, we are using a worship series entitled “CHRIST IN THE STRANGEST PLACES - FULFILLED, FORESHADOWED, FOREVER”
Two tablets of stone, a few vessels of oil, simple markings, a small army, a remote field, a solemn oath--these are some of the strangest people, places and things through which God revealed himself to his people in the Old Testament. The Old Testament is chock-full of passion themes, from the serpent being crushed in Genesis 3:15 to Isaiah's Fourth Servant Song. Yet this series looks at some of the lesser-known Old Testament passion themes and focuses on them by means of single words. They were written by Concordia Seminary, St. Louis professor Dr. Reed Lessing.
Ash Wednesday "Mine!" • Exodus 20:17
The commandments point out our desire to acquire
Week 1 "Nothing" • 2 Kings 4:1-7
Elisha provides for a widow
Week 2 "Marked" • Isaiah 44:5
God marks his people
Week 3 "Enlist" • Judges 6:16
Gideon's call
Week 4 "Invest" • Jeremiah 32:25
Jeremiah buys a field in wartime
Week 5 "Finish" • 1 Kings 11:3
Solomon can't finish what he started
Worship schedule for Holy Week and Easter
- Palm Sunday, April 17
- Maundy Thursday, April 21
- Good Friday, April 22
- Noontime service, 12:00 PM
- Evening Tenebrae service, featuring the Adult Choir, 7:00 PM
- Easter Services, April 24, Holy Communion at all services
- Sunrise service, 7:00 AM
- Joyful Heritage service, 9:00 AM
- Majestic Celebration service, 11:00 AM
- Confirmation, May 1
National Lutheran Schools Week: Thanks to all of Our Savior students who helped to lead worship on February 27 for the opening service of National Lutheran Schools Week! You did a great job of leading worship. Thanks especially to families who had students at both services and who went the extra mile to attend both. You are appreciated!
Easter Sunrise Service Time Change!! The service time for our traditional Easter Sunrise service has been moved to 7:00 AM. Please note the change on your calendar.
Song of the month: The children in our dayschool learn a special hymn or song of the month as part of their worship and religion class experience. For the first part of the month of April, they will be learning the spiritual hymn, “Were You There?”
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
Were you there when they laid Him in the tomb?
Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they nailed Him to the tree?
 Chapel Worship: Everyone is invited to worship with the school children each week as they gather for chapel on Wednesdays at 8:45 AM in the sanctuary. It is an excellent opportunity for midweek worship. Come and join us!
Apr. 13: Scott Kamman, Director of Music
Apr. 20: Bethany Kuhnle, D.C.E. Intern
Apr. 27: Paul Nickel, D.C.E.
Answer to the March quiz: The hymn that states “Thousand, thousand thanks shall be, Dearest Jesus, unto Thee” is “Christ, the Life of All the Living”. (LSB 420)
April quiz: Which hymn relates the story “To Jesus, who had blessed them, close-folded to His breast, the children sang their praises, the simplest and the best”?
 Spring Sing ’11 is in the works at Our Savior Lutheran School. The school choirs in 3-day preschool, Kindergarten, and grades 1-2 will be putting together a very entertaining production for ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages, “Circus Circus.” The show is scheduled for Thursday, April 28. There will also be special music by our other choirs and instrumental ensembles. Put it on your calendar!
 Contemporary Worship Teams: Singers and musicians, if you are out there, know that we are always in need of volunteers to help us out at our 11:00 AM Majestic Celebration worship services. We are especially in need of guitarists, as well as wind instrumentalists. If you would like to sing or play on a regular basis, talk to Scott (426-1130). Time commitment depends solely on you, as little or as much as you desire. We need you!
Hearing Assist Devices: Had trouble hearing well in our sanctuary? These small sound amplifying devices are available from the ushers. Please ask for them! They amplify what is going through our sound system. (These devices do not work outside the sanctuary.)
 Worship Reminders: Remember to turn the ringer of your cell phone off when entering the sanctuary! (If Someone Important needs to get your attention during worship, you’ll hear the trumpet sound.) Thank you for maintaining a worshipful atmosphere.
If you partake of the individual communion cup, please clearly hold the empty cup in front of you to help the communion assistant who is serving the common cup to see that you have already communed. Thank you.
 Have you ever arrived late for worship? Sometimes it is inevitable. However, please remember that if you do arrive late for the service, wait until the congregation begins singing a hymn, song, or piece of the liturgy before being seated. That is the appropriate and least distracting time to enter into worship. Thank you for maintaining a worshipful atmosphere! (Oh, and check your clock before next Sunday!)
Worship Notes
 The Divine Service, our weekly liturgical worship celebration, contains both changing and unchanging parts. Within the service, there are certain parts – called “the Ordinary” – which remain unchanged from week to week. These unchanging parts give stability, shape, and structure to our worship. They include:
- Invocation,
- Confession/Absolution
- Kyrie
- Hymn of Praise
- Creed
- Lord’s Prayer
- Sharing of the Peace
- Benediction, and when there is communion
- Preface
- Sanctus
- Words of Institution
- Agnus Dei
- Post-Communion Canticle
Look for these elements of worship every week.
Next month, we’ll look at “the Propers,” the parts of the liturgy that are different every Sunday.
In an effort to try to help us all learn about our worship life and liturgy, we offer this little “tidbit” of information each month. It can serve as a review for you, an answer to that question, “Why do we do that?”, or as a teaching tool for our children or grandchildren. Please share this with your family. Discuss it prior to worship. If there is something you would like to have answered, let me know. I’ll do my best to find out!
Looking to get involved in a musical group at Our Savior?
Adult Handbell Choir meets on Thursday evenings, 6:30 PM in the Music Room.
Adult Choir meets on Thursday evenings, 7:30 PM in the Music Room.
Contemporary Worship Teams usually rehearse on Friday evenings or Saturday mornings in the sanctuary.
Junior Handbell Choir meets on Monday (beginners) and Wednesday (advanced) afternoons, 3:30 – 4:30 PM in the Music Room. (For grades 4 and up)
Our Savior Lutheran School Band meets on school mornings before school. (For grades 3 and up)
Questions? Director of Music Scott Kamman can be reached at 426-1130 or by email at
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Monthly Liturgy Rotation for "Joyful Heritage" Services
First week: Divine Service Setting 1
Second week: Divine Service Setting 4
Third week:Divine Service Setting 5
Fourth week: Divine Service Setting 3
Fifth week: Matins or Service of Prayer and Preaching
Spring Sing! 2011
You are cordially invited to Spring Sing! 2011 Presented by Our Savior Lutheran School on Thursday, April 28, 2011 7:00 PM Our Savior Lutheran School gymnasium Featuring...
performed by the Alleluia and Cherub Choirs (grades 1-2, Kindergarten, and 3-day preschool) The circus is in town and there's excitement in the air! But wait...the Ringmaster has come down with a case of laryngitis and they need to find a substitute, fast! Join the clowns, jugglers, dancing bears, lions and a host of other hilarious performers as they help one very sad clown smile again. Plus….special music provided by the handbells, school band, Hosanna and Gloria choirs, a special performance by our 6th and 8th Grade “Boomwhacker” Ensembles, and our 7th Grade Marimba Ensemble. There will be a free-will offering. Come and join us for an evening of fun!
Upcoming Youth Events
Saturday, April 16 the OSLC Junior Youth will perform a community service project by helping with the annual easter egg hunt for the group "Confronting the Epidemic", a support group for familes of children with Autism. Youth will hide eggs and help the children find them. Please RSVP to Bethany your participation. We will meet at the church at 8:00am and return at approximately 11:00am.
Mark your calendars for the First Annual Youth Easter Breakfast on Easter Sunday, April 24 in the school gymnasium. The OSLC youth will assist in preparing an Easter breakfast to include pancakes, eggs, sausage, and bacon. A free will offering will be taken with proceeds to benefit the youth attending the 2013 National Youth Gathering in San Antionio, Texas. Breakfast will be served from 7:30 am - 10:45 am. Parents and youth please plan to attend a brief planning meeting following the late service on April 10 in the fellowship hall. If you are unable to attend, please contact Laura Fry, 266-9246 or
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This July, twenty-two of the OSLC senior and junior youth will be taking their first, of what hopes to be many, mission trips. Youth will have an opportunity to enrich the lives of others and share in the word of God through their participation in the Week of Hope mission trip in Cincinatti, OH. Thank you to all who helped support the Swing Fling dance that was held in the fall of 2010. The funds raised through that event are helping to offset more than 80% of each attendee's costs.
Golden Oldies
Our next meeting will be on Monday, April 18th. We will meet at church at 9:45 a.m. to catch a Tarc bus [$4.50] bound for the Louisville Science Museum's Imax Theater to see "Legends of Flight" [$5.00]. After the movie we will Tarc to The Old Spaghetti Factory for lunch on your own, a senior's menu is available. Then we will Tarc back to church. A signup poster is in the Fellowship Hall. Signup/payment deadline is April 10th. Please make your check payable to Golden Oldies for $9.50 and give to our treasurer, Jean Pillischafske. Hope to see you there. Any questions, please call Bill Haller at 426-7755.
Also, Golden Oldies will be going to Churchill Downs again this year. The date for this outing is Thursday, June 23rd. We will meet at church at 10:45 a.m. and carpool to the Downs. Gates open at 11:30 a.m. and there is free parking if you enter through Gate 10. Valet parking is also available at Gate 10 for a charge of $5.00. We will have a buffet luncheon on Millionaire's Row beginning at 12 noon, with races starting at 1:00 p.m. There are a limited number of tickets available, so signup on the poster in the Fellowship Hall as soon as you can. The cost is $19.00 per person. Churchill Downs requires a fairly lengthy lead time, consequently the signup/payment deadline is April 18th. Please make your check payable to Golden Oldies and give to our treasurer, Jean Pillischafske. Don't miss out on the fun and fellowship. Questions may be directed to Bill Haller at 426-7755.
Dining Out Together
We will not plan an April outing due to spring break and Easter. Once again it can become one more thing to do rather than an enjoyable evening.
We are excited to let you know that on May 14 we will be meeting at the home of Deb and Sue Wolter for a meal to be catered by another of our Taste of Our Savior Restaurants, Mark’s Feed Store. They do a great job catering! Since they really do not have room to accommodate us as a group at their location, we will let them bring it to us!
Deb and Sue have a wonderful place in Crestwood where we will have a chance to relax and once again have great food, fun and fellowship. This will be a unique opportunity for us to visit and mingle without seating restrictions or limitations.
Since this is different than usual, we will have to sign up early and pay in advance to have the catering service. I will work with Mark’s in the next couple of weeks so that we have plenty time to get the menu and the price out to everyone.
There will be more info to follow, just a heads up for now.
Mark your calendar to join us for another wonderful event!
Any question, phone 905-4834 or email
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Women's Bible Study
A sign up sheet is available on the bulletin board for a ladies bible study group. We meet Thursdays at 9:00 am in the teachers lounge. April 14 we will begin The Purpose Driven Life by, Rick Warren. Books will be available the first session. Children welcome! Questions? Contact Amy at
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Spring Break Camping Trip
When: April 7-10
Where: Brown County State Park, Brown County Indiana.
Come for all or part of the time! The camp offers clean campgrounds, hiking and bike trails, horseback riding and much more. Come if you are an experienced camper or not. Don’t have the right equipment? Don’t worry, we will find what you need. Please contact Dana or Doug Netherton at
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or call 451-5474 by March 15 so spaces can be reserved. More information to follow.
Easter Egg Hunt Donations Needed
The annual Easter Egg Hunt is quickly approaching on Palm Sunday, April 17th. Donations of candy, stuffed animals, small prizes, etc are needed to make this a success. Due to Spring Break a couple of weeks before this, we are asking for donations to be dropped off in the school or church lobby by Sunday, April 3rd. Please contact Becky Kamman at 254-1308 if you would like to help in any way this year with the hunt. THANK YOU!
Easter Lilies
You may order your lilies by placing the order form and check (payable to LWML) in an envelope in the offering plate. Order forms and envelopes are found on the easel in the narthex. The cost is $10.00 per plant. The last date to order will be April 17th.
Attention Blood Donors
Our Spring Blood Drive will be on May 18th. We hope that you will time your donations so you will be able to support our Blood Drive. Just so you know, it must be 56 days between blood donations.
Lutheran Hour Ministries
Lutheran Hour Ministries is pleased to announce that Rev. Gregory P Seltz, currently a professor at Concordia University in Irvine, CA has accepted the Call to be the next Lutheran Hour Speaker. He is expected to assume his new duties on or before June 1. He brings unique and valuable gifts to this position and will represent his Lord Jesus and this ministry well in the years ahead.
Kentuckiana Lutheran Federation
Each congregation of the Federation is represented by up to four delegates and the Pastor; OSLC currently has only three delegates. OSLC constitution provides for our delegates to be appointed by the President. The Federation Secretary’s office is also vacant and needs to be filled. The Federation meets three times a year; Jan., May, Sept.; the next meeting is May 9 in Shelbyville. If you are interested in serving in this area, please let us know. Contact one of our current delegates: Jean Pillischafske, Leon or Dorothy Van Sant.
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