OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL “Serving Christ—Serving Others—Changing Lives”

September 3, 2017

Weekly Newsletter

Our Savior Offers Three Services on Sunday Morning 8:00 & 11:00 a.m. Traditional Liturgical Worship Services with Holy Communion

9:30 a.m. “Shout for Joy” Contemporary Worship and Praise with Holy Communion

RECEIVING THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM today following the 11:00 service.

LIAM ZIDAN SEIXAS Born August 8, 2016

Son of Alan and Tonisha Seixas

Please Keep the Following Members in Prayer: David, Marianne & Michael DeMinck, Roger Detwiler, Debbie Holub, Pastor Ed Nicklas, Luke Strang, Marilyn Gruenbaum, Pastor Rader, Pastor Stuehrenberg, Rene Cucci, Jim Kreissler, Cindy Yadgaroff, Maria Ullery, Jodi Waldron, Jane Sird, Bob Johnson, Val Perry, Barbara Fischer, Wayne Reinhardt, Michael Hea Sr. & Jr., Linda Burkhardt, Kristin Volz, Michael Aldrich.

Nursing Home/Assisted Living/ Rehab. Assisted Living: Lillian Velez, Ted and Shirley Ray, Dorothy Hanser, Ken O’Brien. Rehabilitation:, Sarah Tabor, Judy Bontrager

Thank You’s Wayne and Nadine Reinhardt send their heartfelt thanks for all the prayers, calls, cards and visits which Wayne has received since his fall. Thank you for all the get well cards, phone calls and prayers. It is very comforting to know my church family has me in their prayers. I am truly blessed. Barbara Fischer My heartfelt thanks, to all my church family, for your prayers, cards, visits, love and concern. I felt your love and prayers embrace me and know that I would not have come through this without them. Our Heavenly Father heard you all. My eternal gratitude to each and every one of you….With Love, Val Perry

Flowers that adorn our chancel this morning were given by: Karen Walbridge, in loving memory of Paul Walbridge.

Other Prayer Requests The people of Texas as they pick up the pieces of their lives from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, Pastor Moore as he leads our congregation as interim pastor, Our leadership, All ministers, former pastors and vicars of Our Savior Lutheran Church, missionaries, chaplains, police, & firefighters. OSLS and Mirror Lake Elementary School, LifeNet4 Families, Food for the Poor, Mission Haiti, Alzheimer’s Association, Bold Justice, Our nation and its leaders, president and all people in armed services.

Members & Family in the Armed Services Anthony Valladares in Parris Island, Jorge Alberto-Peralta (son of Jorge Peralta) in Saudi-Arabia. Nicholas Mink (grandson of Allan and Jan Mink), stationed at Great Lakes Naval Station, IL, Ingrid Mink (granddaughter of Allan& Jan Mink) in South Korea. Jessica Lee (niece of Randy &Lynne Steinbeck) in Germany. Matthew Osborne (grandson of David & Marianne DeMinck) deployed (undisclosed location), Kyle Thornton, (grandson of Susan George-Kenyon) Air Force . Members: Brian Strang in USA West Point, Us Army Garrison. Jonathan Brown - deployed with Special Forces. Brandon Edelstein in Japan. Steven Morrison in Dayton, Ohio. Scott Tucek in Germany.

Teachers, construction workers, parents, clerks, medical staff, community volunteers — on this Labor Day weekend, welcome to worship, where God offers renewal for the

work to which you each are called.

DOOR OFFERING TODAY

A special door offering will be taken today for Anna Moore and her mission with Wycliffe Bible Translators. Anna will be heading somewhere around the Solomon Islands and she will be self funded for her mission. You can use the envelopes in the pew and mark them with your name so that your giving will be on your yearly contribution statement and “For Anna.” Checks can be made out to Our Savior Lutheran and we will send the money to Wycliffe for Anna.

This Week at a Glance Sun. 9/3

Services 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 a.m. Adult Bible Class 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Mon 9/4 Labor Day Offices Closed

Tues. 9/5 Wed. 9/6

Bible Brunch 10:15 a.m. Bell Choir Practice 6:30 p.m.

Thurs. 9/7 Book Club 6:30 p.m.

Shout for Joy Practice 7:00 p.m. Fri. 9/8 Sat. 9/9

Sun. 9/10 LifeNet4Families Sunday

Services 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 a.m. Adult Bible Class 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Confirmation Classes Begin 9:30 a.m.

BIRTHDAYS and ANNIVERSARIES September 3

rd – September 9

th

Happy Birthday! 3

rd Michael Diamond, Pastor Alston Kirk,

Pastor Elmer Medley, 4th Judy Watson,

Carole McClure 5th Matthew Hasselbring,

Stephanie Moore, Mark Ramcharitar, 6

th Michelle Moore, Andrew Rodriguez,

7th Jeff Huff, Michael Prisco,

8th Sue Christensen

Happy Anniversary! 5

th Joe and Sue Franjione 45 years

Bell Choir Practice Resumes The Handbell Choir practices on Wednesdays, at 6:30 pm. We would love for you to join us; there is always room for more “Ding-a-lings”! If you have questions, see Nancy Volz.

September 4th

Labor Day – Offices Closed

September 8th

– 24th

Cookie Dough Sales

September 10th

Confirmation Classes Begin – 9:30 am

September 15th

Outreach Movie Night – “Sing” 7pm

September 16th

Outreach Spaghetti Dinner – 6pm

September 17th

Back to Church Sunday-Invite a Friend

September 18th

Women’s Group 7pm

September 23rd

Work Day 9 am-noon

September 28th

– 30th

President’s Equip Conference

Lutheran Educator’s Conference

September 30th

Crafter’s Marketplace 9am-3pm

OUR RESPONSE TO

GOD’S LOVE IN CHRIST

As measured by our church attendance:

These numbers represent Jan. – Dec.

Average Sunday Attendance 212

Average Last Year 240

Attendance 8/27/2017 186

Flowers around the Altar A sacrifice of thanksgiving to God

Is there an occasion, someone or something in your life for which you are thankful? Consider flowers as your sacrifice. They are beautiful and pleasing to God.

The cost of this sacrifice: 10 cents a day 6 days a week or 60 cents a week or $2.50 cents a month or $30.00 a year for one such sacrifice It takes 50 sacrifices of thanksgiving a year to add the beauty of flowers around the altar. Please prayerfully consider your sacrifice if you are able. Name______________________________________________________________ Sacrifice of Thanksgiving for_____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Date Sacrifice to be given________________________________________________

A MESSAGE FROM THE CALL COMMITTEE

On Saturday, August 19th, the Rev. James M. Krach declined the call to be our permanent Pastor. He cited a few personal reasons but in the end God’s Holy Spirit knows the reason. The Call Committee will continue our efforts to be servants to the will of the Lord and trusting this process we are so humbled to be a part of. We continue to pray that we are inspired by the Holy Spirit to make good decisions, remain faithful servants, and provide the congregation with the answers to any questions you may have. There will be more to come very soon. God bless you all.

CALLING ALL BAKERS!

We're looking for items for the Crafters' Marketplace being held on September 30. Breads, cookies, brownies, jams and jellies, snack mixes, whatever your specialty, there's a place for you! It's also a great way to showcase a recipe you may have in our cookbook, which will also be on sale. Beginning September 10, there will be a sign-up sheet in the breezeway or contact Cindy Keyser or Lynne Steinbeck for more information.

The featured film will be “SING”

GETTING TO KNOW OUR TEACHERS! Hi! I am Gabrielle Liebertz and I am a VPK/Pre-K4 teacher at OSLS. This is the start of my twelfth year teaching here. I was born and raised in New York City and went to Redeemer Lutheran School in Glendale. My parents are from Germany and I was fortunate to have spent every summer from first grade until I graduated High School in Germany with my grandparents. I am fluent in German and love celebrating my heritage every chance I get. I met my husband, Wolfgang, in college and we have been married for 20 years. We have two daughters, Kyra and Riley, who are both graduates of OSLS. As a family, we love to go to concerts, attend sporting events and watch movies. I love to travel and have visited 43 countries. Next on my list is to visit all 50 states...I am half way there.

Gabrielle, Wolf, Kyra and Riley Liebertz

STARS OF THE WEEK

K – Samaritan Neeley

1st – Abbey Jones

2/3rd –Laila Nelson (not pictured)

4th – Kayori Jacobs

5th – Kailyn Davis (not pictured)

MS – Matthew Felkin

This year's CRAFTER'S MARKETPLACE is unique. Aside from crafter's there will be

community resources that will show and provide information about their services. This will include: Covenant Village, Life Net 4 Families, and Operation Christmas Child (Samaritan's Purse), Police and Fire Dept. and Mental Health Services. The Bible Brunch ladies will have their Mission Haiti Project for Goats that will, again, showcase those beautiful greeting cards, only this time, all Christmas cards (They will blow your Santa's Socks off)...and added to that they will have the miniature paper village houses. Remember your parent's or grandparent’s Christmas village under the tree? Well, we have replicated that. Each house is crafted differently, so you can build your collection to make a village. Each house also has a flameless battery operated candle inside. In addition to the Haiti Mission effort, you will have the opportunity to support our "own" (by adoption) Anna Moore (the daughter of Pastor and Lisa Moore) as she plans to enter the mission field of Wycliffe Bible Translators. She will be developing an alphabet and translation of one of the books of the Bible in the Solomon Islands. To help support her, the Women's Group has committed the proceeds from the "Hot off the Press OSL Cook Book". And, of course, we have a very unique collection of handcrafted items for sale from several vendors, some vendors returning and some new with very different craft items. Keep SEPTEMBER 30th open for a pleasant day of browsing, buying, lunching and....purchasing

those great homemade pastries from our bakery.

The labor to which we're called In words attributed to Mother Teresa, “Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.” As we celebrate Labor Day, what does such a distinction mean? Vocation comes from Latin for “calling.” Christians understand vocation as that for which God created you, involving activities you do well, enjoy and feel good about doing, and that serve others. If you’re blessed to earn a paycheck doing something that fits those categories, then your profession or occupation — your work —likely is your vocation. Other people work a paying job because an opportunity presents itself and the income is needed, even if it isn’t their favorite thing to do. Perhaps they live out their truest vocation during non-employment hours: singing with a choir, raising children, building houses with Habitat for Humanity. Christians in any capacity, paid or not, can live out Jesus’ calling to love God and neighbor with our whole being (Luke 10:27). When God is “CEO” of our lives, it shows in how we treat our fellow laborers.

THE NICKLAS FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO HELP SUPPORT THE ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION As many of you know, Pastor Ed Nicklas is living with Alzheimer’s. Pastor Nicklas was the pastor here at Our Savior from 2001 – 2014. The Nicklas/Watson family is walking in an event to help support the END to this disease. Please consider making a donation or joining our team to help end this horrible disease that affects my family and many many others. Thank you to our amazing friends that have already donated and will be joining us in the walk. We are blessed to have wonderful people in our life that support us!!!” Please visit this site for more information:

http://act.alz.org/goto/Janice_Watson

HELP SUPPORT THE “NEVER GIVE UP NICKLAS’ TEAM”

Saturday, October 21, 2017 Registration at 7am

Ceremony at 8:30am - Walk at 9am

Nova Southeastern University

3100 Ray Ferrero Jr. Blvd. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33314

Contact Us at:

Our Savior Lutheran Church 8001 Northwest 5th Street Plantation, Florida 33324

Office - 954.473.6888 Fax.– Temporary 954-440-2904

e-mail: church@oursaviorplantation.org

Web site: www.oslplantation.church

Jeffery Moore, Interim Pastor revjcmoore@gmail.com

Jan Withers, Admin. Assist. jwithers@oursaviorplantation.org

Facebook.com/olsPlantation

DO YOU NEED HELP AT HOME? All Projects: Ivan Swartsfigure 954-865-2206

Windows and Screens:

Todd Zenchak 954.801.4226

Swim Lessons: Jeff Watson 954.704.9565

Cheryl Moore – 954.562.1695

Hurricane Shutters, Impact Windows &

Fencing: Craig Cala 954.548.6807

Real Estate Agents: Christine Rodriguez

United Realty Group 954.495.0665

Jennifer Cislo Branham Realty Inc.

954-560-2141

Mortgages and Consumer Loans

Brian Warfel 954-538-6210

Mary Kay Consultant: Desiree´ Gaffley

954.614.5683 email: dgaffley@marykay.com

Caregivers- Lisa Ali, certified caregiver.

954-328-7574. Fincetta Levy 954-864-5338.

Plumber: Nolan Plumbing 954-661-7013

Insurance (Auto, home etc): Tania Mcgann

954-424-4140 x2224 AAA Insurance Agent

Gift Boxes to Go/made by Lori Allison 954-614-8507 Percentage of all sales will go to OSLC.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE at www.oslplantation.church Watch Sermons, Events Calendar, Weekly Newsletter, a Link to our Facebook Page. You can even make your donations through the website.

The LCMS is standing with the Texas District

to help those affected by Hurricane Harvey

and flooding. Please pray for all involved. To

give online, visit lcms.org/harvey. Text

“LCMSHARVEY” to 41444 to give by text.

Call the LCMS toll-free gift line between 8

a.m. and 4:10 p.m. Central time at 888-930-

4438. By mail, make checks payable to

“LCMS.” On the memo line, write “Disaster

Response/Relief,” and mail to the LCMS, P.O.

Box 66861, St. Louis, MO, 63166-6861. Gifts

also can be designated specifically for

Hurricane Harvey and/or affected areas by

stipulating in the memo line.

LUTHERAN CHURCH DISASTER

RESPONSE – HELP TEXAS!