Notes from the Music Director
Dear friends in Christ,
So you’d like to develop a daily prayer habit, but don’t know where to start? Our hymnal, Lutheran Service Book, (pages 294–298) offers four simple orders of prayer that you can use by yourself, with your family, or in any other setting. Designed to be used at morning, noon, early evening, or close of the day, these orders help provide a framework for your prayer routine. In each you will find a similar structure that helps to encourage familiarity and build good habits but also allows for adaptation and adjustment for time or different needs.
Each order also includes the opportunity for a Scripture reading. Consider using the LSB Daily Lectionary (pages 299–304) here. This daily lectionary provides two readings per day, one each from the Old and New Testaments. Or you may read one of the suggested readings. Focusing on these suggested readings on a regular basis will help you learn them well.
Getting into a regular routine is so beneficial to our spiritual growth. I pray that you may find time for daily prayer in your life, in one way or another.
Let each day begin with prayer,
Praise, and adoration.
On the Lord cast ev’ry care;
He is your salvation.
Morning, evening, and at night
Jesus will be near you,
Save you from the tempter’s might,
With His presence cheer you. (LSB 869:2)
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Hope to see you in worship!
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Yours in HIM, ​
Scott Kamman​
Music Director​​
You're invited to
Our Savior
Adult Choir
Open House
When? Thursday, August 27, 7:30 PM
What is it? Our first rehearsal with singing, fellowship, refreshments and a few great jokes from our director.
When are rehearsals? Every Thursday evening from 7:30 PM to 8:45 PM
Where? In the music room next to the school lobby.
Who may come? Anyone, high school age or older, who loves to sing is welcome to join us.
This is a great way to use your talents in an enjoyable way. Come join us!Questions? Talk to our director, Scott Kamman or any current choir member.
Scott Kamman can be reached at 426-1130
or by email at scott.kamman@gmail.com
Organ update:
You may have noticed that our pipe organ sounds a little different lately. That is because
we have entered into the second phase of our wind chest re-leathering project.
It might help to know a little information about the organ. Our Reuter organ console has two keyboards
(called the Great and Swell) and a pedalboard for the feet. The Great and Pedal keyboards
contain most of the Principal and Flute stops used in congregational singing. They provide a
full, foundational tone. These are the sections currently being re-leathered. That means they
currently have no air pumped to those pipes.
So… we are currently only able to use the Swell
keyboard for congregational singing. The Swell
keyboard contains many of the “colorful”
stops of the organ used as solo voices or to add
color to a setting. The Swell pipes are in the
shuttered boxes at the back of the pipe
configuration. They can be used to “color” the
sounds of the organ, but usually are not used as accompaniment for hymn singing.
The stops include the Trompette (trumpet), the Hautbois (oboe), the Nasard and other very
distinct sounds. Therefore, the sound produced currently is quite a bit brighter and distinct
and not quite as full as normal for congregational singing.
The company working on the organ has told us that we will have the re-leathered wind chests back by early fall, which
means we should have them installed before Christmas.
So, bear with us! Our organists are
doing the best they can with what they have available.
Worship Notes:
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! Check out this month’s edition of “Worship Notes” below.
This month’s Worship Note:
What does “Amen” mean?
This word of Hebrew origin means that what has preceded is “true and certain.” Thus, as the congregation’s response to prayers, the Amen is an affirmation that the prayer just prayed is the prayer of the entire assembly, spoken on their behalf. In the Small Catechism, Luther explained Amen with: “Yes, yes, it shall be so.”
Monthly rotation of hymnal liturgies for August 8:30 services:
First week: Divine Service Setting 1
Second week: Divine Service Setting 3
Third week: Divine Service Setting 1
Fourth week: Divine Service Setting 3
Fifth week: Matins (with communion)
A Kind Note from an OSLC neighbor:
Dear Our Savior neighbors,
My husband and I purchased a small home on Nottingham last summer, moving in in mid-September. This is planned to be our “last home” as we are at that special age and needed the downsize. Coming from Hopkinsville in western Kentucky, and with me still working full-time, amidst the change and sometimes frankly chaos around the challenges of moving, being home with the sounds of the carillon wafting over the neighborhood has brought me such joy and peace. Tonight I heard “Come, Ye Disconsolate.” What a powerful and beautiful hymn. The music that rings out in this community ministry means so much to me, and I suspect that even if neighbors don’t know the hymns, the dulcet tones are soothing. This is truly a joy for me when I’m home in time to enjoy. Thank you for providing a respite in a chaotic and loud world. Though a member of St. Matthews Baptist, I’m blessed to be your neighbor! Thank you – Yvette