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

July 1, 2018

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

Flowers that adorn our chancel this morning were given in honor of Independence Day!

Please Keep the Following Members in Prayer: David, Marianne & Michael DeMinck, Roger Detwiler, Debbie Holub, Luke Strang, Marilyn Gruenbaum, Pastor Rader, Jodi Waldron, Wayne Reinhardt, Val and Al Perry, Rene Cucci, Michael Hea, Maria Ullery, the McVey Family, Jane Sird, Davis.

Nursing Home/Assisted Living/ Rehab. Assisted Living: Lillian Velez, Ted and Shirley Ray, Dorothy Hanser, Ken O’Brien, Al Wilkat, Marlene Venable. Rehabilitation at home: Sarah Tabor, Dolores Bethmann, Joe Mazzara Other Prayer Requests Church leadership, All former pastors and vicars of Our Savior, missionaries, chaplains, police, & firefighters. OSLS and Mirror Lake Elementary School, LifeNet4 Families, Food for the Poor, Mission Haiti, Alzheimer’s Association, Bold Justice, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Our nation, leaders, president and all people in armed services.

Members & Family in the Armed Services R.J. Warfel (nephew of Brian Warfel-undisclosed), Austin Simms (nephew of Mitch and Kim VanSant) in Germany, Anthony Valladares in Parris Island, Jorge Alberto-Peralta (son of Jorge Peralta) in Guam. Nicholas Mink stationed in IL, Ingrid Mink in Alaska. Dustin Mink in Florida, Jessica Lee (niece of Randy &Lynne Steinbeck) in Germany. Matthew Osborne (grandson of David & Marianne DeMinck), Kyle Thornton, (grandson of Susan George-Kenyon) Air Force . Members: Brian Strang in USA West Point, Us Army Garrison. Jonathan Brown has been deployed to an undisclosed base. Brandon Edelstein in Japan. Steven Morrison, in South Korea. Scott Tucek in Germany, Troy MacLean recently deployed to Japan Marines.

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS The following new members will be

received into Our Savior’s community of

believers today at all three services.

Please introduce yourself to these new

members and help them in becoming

better acquainted with our church:

Dennis and Janice Adams, Craig and Carol

Chaddock, Junko, Aya, Mika and Tae´

Durante, Phillip and Claire Edwards,

Fran Fletcher, Candace Grunderlock,

Bob Slater, John Waldron,

As we celebrate our nation’s heritage this week, we pray that all governmental

leaders will work for peace and justice

around the world.

Help is needed to prepare for the Annual Meeting. (set up, serve, clean-up).

Please see the sign-up lists on the Guest Center.

Independence Day lessons for church life • Return to the basics — On July 4 we commemorate the origins of our country. In terms of faith, we also periodically need to hear again the foundational stories of Creation, the Israelites and, of course, Jesus. • Honor the gift of freedom — “For freedom Christ has set us free … do not submit again to a yoke of slavery” (Galatians 5:1, ESV). We strive as citizens to preserve and live out our national freedom. Likewise, as citizens of God’s kingdom we live gladly in the freedom of salvation and share that gift with others. • Enjoy community — July 4 is known for picnics, parades and other community gatherings. Similarly, the church is nourished by coming together for worship, meals and other special events. • Be light in the darkness — As fireworks brighten the sky with light and color, the church is called to display the Gospel’s unique light in a dark world. Our word dynamite and the Greek word for power — as in, “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you” (Acts 1:8) — share a root. Through God’s power in us, we share Jesus — dynamically! — with others. —Heidi Mann

This Week at a Glance Sun. 7/1

Welcome New Members Patriotic Services

Services 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 a.m. No Adult Bible Class

Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Patriotic Concert at 3pm (see insert)

First Baptist 301 E. Broward Blvd. Ft. Laud.

Mon 7/2 Tues. 7/3 Wed. 7/4

Happy Independence Day! Parade 9:00 a.m.

4th

of July Picnic 12:00 noon Thurs. 7/5

Shout for Joy practice 7:00 p.m. Fri. 7/6

Church Office Closed Sat. 7/7 Sun. 7/8

LifeNet4Families Sunday Services 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.

NO Adult Bible Class Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Children and Youth Board 12:15 p.m.

ANNUAL MEETING Sunday, July 15th at 12:15 p.m.

Beginning with a Pizza and Salad Lunch,

Ice Cream Dessert!

It’s time again to review our budget, our

slate of officers and enjoy time together

with a lunch. (Free will offering for lunch)

INDEPENDENCE DAY

On Wednesday, July 4th

Our Savior will

have a float in the Plantation parade

beginning at 9:00 am on Broward Blvd.

Following the parade there will be a 4th of

July picnic here on campus. See the insert

for more information. Sign-up today!!

OUR RESPONSE TO GOD’S LOVE IN CHRIST

As measured by our church attendance: These numbers represent Jan. – Dec. Average Sunday Attendance 218 Average Last Year 223 Attendance 6/24/18 184

Sunday, July 1st

NEW MEMBER SUNDAY

Patriotic Services

Wednesday, July 4th

Our Savior Float in the

Plantation Parade 9:00 a.m.

Followed by

PICNIC AT 12:00 P.M.

Here on Church Property

Everyone invited!!

Sunday, July 8th

Blood Drive 9:30 – 1:00

Saturday, July 14th

Rummage Sale is postponed

Sunday, July 15th

Annual Meeting 12:15pm

Monday, July 16th

Women’s Group Meeting 7 pm

STAR-SPANGLED THANKS

The Men’s Group and M.O.S.T. (Military Overseas Support Team) are off to a star-spangled start this year thanks to the help and participation of congregation members. About two weeks ago, we shipped the July 4th Shipment which should already have arrived in Guam, South Korea, Germany and a Navy Aircraft Carrier off the coast of Japan - - all the places our service members are stationed. Thank you so much for your generous contributions of supplies and empty aluminum cans. We recently took a load of aluminum to the recycling center and were reimbursed $60.00. We are making money for M.O.S.T and we are keeping the community beautiful and the environment healthy. How good is that!!! We are now working toward the Labor Day, Halloween and Thanksgiving/Christmas shipments and are making plans for a church-wide event sometime in late October or early November perhaps close to Veterans Day. Thank you again for your support of our servicemen and servicewomen so far from home!!! If you want any information about the Men’s Group or M.O.S.T., please contact either Brad Heine (954- 253-7584), Bill May (954-261-7810) or Karen Walbridge (954-917-4896).

BIRTHDAYS and ANNIVERSARIES July 1

st – 7

th

Happy Birthday! 1

st Donna Pleasants, Candace Ramcharitar,

2nd

“Aunt” Joan LaSharr, 3rd

William Merz, Dorothy Morrison, 4

th Robert Schaffner,

5th Betty Hea, Aydan Sears,

6th Marilyn Baker, Dylan Warfel

Happy Anniversary! 1

st Carl and Christine Williamson 16 years

The Lay Ministry has been working on how to adjust the service times to help our ministry here at Our Savior. This process has been going on for several years with congregational surveys, cottage meetings, and focus groups. We believe the changes to our services is in the best interest of Our Savior going forward. The changes are meant to keep what our members like the most about attending Our Savior. This proposal will be presented at the annual congregational voters meeting for approval. Here is a summary of the changes.

The early service will be at 8:15 am and will consist of traditional liturgy and music.

The 9:30 am time slot will be opened up for more gatherings, breakfasts and educational opportunities for all ages, such as Sunday School and Bible classes.

The late service will be taking what is enjoyed the most about the Shout for Joy service, contemporary music, and moving it to 10:45 am and bring the 9:30 and 11:00 am participants into fellowship with one another on Sunday mornings.

There will be a separate children’s activity during the 10:45am service

The voters meeting is on July 15th and upon approval the changes will be effective on July 29th

SERVICE TIMES

Save me a pew

The world’s largest Protestant Christian congregation is Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, Korea. Since its founding in 1958, the church has grown exponentially. By 1983, seven Sunday services weren’t enough to accommodate all the worshipers, so satellite churches were established. The main church, located directly across from Korea’s National Assembly, can seat 26,000. But membership is so large that people are told which week of the month they can attend worship. What an incredible witness in a country where only about 30 percent of the citizens are Christians! What would it take for our church to have a similar “problem”? And what can you do about it?

PASTOR TONY SHARES ABOUT HIS RECENT TRIP TO JAPAN………..

“Are you okay?” asks Megan, 15, the youngest of seven high school students Tony Durante is chaperoning in Japan. She notices that Durante is quiet, downcast and melancholy as he lines up the group’s suitcases in the hall of the El Inn in Kyoto in preparation for the 7,000 mile flight back to America. It is 8 a.m. June 16

th, the last day of a very successful week-long

Student Ambassador trip to Miyazu, the sister city of Delray Beach, Florida.

Sisters of Delray Beach, Inc. has biennially selected local high school students to send to Miyazu since 2001. Students Stephanie Altamirano, Ashley Backus, Joshua Bowes, Rebecca Lepp, Megan O’Connor, Neissa Philemon and Dylan Tran were chosen for the 2018 tour. In a coastal town on the Japan Sea the youth participate in home stay and the daily school life of youth like themselves for four days. The trip concludes with two days in Kyoto, Japan’s historic and cultural capital sightseeing at famous, centuries old sites. The seven students spent nine months in orientation doing fundraisers, learning about Japan and the language and about the City of Delray Beach prior to their departure on June 8

th.

Although Sister of Delray Beach, Inc. is unaffiliated with any church, its student ambassador program is a personal mission for Durante. Over the years it has allowed for students and their families of different or no faith backgrounds in the ambassador program and in Japan to develop a relationship with a Christian pastor. Durante shares his faith during his home stay with his hosts Mr. and Mrs. Okamoto, Buddhists who reside in Miyazu. He spoke at the farewell party on his group’s final evening in Miyazu and related his experience to Mark 3:31-35 when Jesus visited someone’s home and found an adoptive family in the crowd that had gathered there to hear him. Durante, motioning to all present at the party and then to Mrs. Okamoto, said how the people of Miyazu had become his brother, sister and mother during the tour.

When it was time to return to the U.S. on June 16 Durante was overcome with emotion as he realized the mission was concluding—the culmination of months of preparation, sleepless nights and day-long vigils minding the students in Japan was completed. The students had made him proud in how they applied manners that Durante had taught them in orientation, being respectful of their hosts, using Japanese phrases, politely trying exotic dishes that they were served. The success was most evident when a local asked Durante about his students. As he began to respond, Megan answered for herself in perfect Japanese! Co-chaperone Nancy King agreed with Durante that the student ambassadors represented the City of Delray Beach well among the people of Miyazu.

FLOOD BUCKET CHALLENGE

WOMEN’S GROUP COLLECTING UNTIL JULY 16TH

When a flood strikes, lives are turned upside down. Responding to hurting people is a

vital part of who we are as members of The Lutheran Church –Missouri Synod. One

tangible way we are doing that is by participating in The Florida-Georgia District’s third

Flood Bucket Challenge. The Women’s Group is purchasing the new 5-gallon buckets and

bringing in supplies to fill them, but we need your help.

You can drop off the Items listed below in the black bin located in the front

entrance of the church:

Paper towels/Disposable rags • Glass cleaner • Cleansing powder

• Liquid cleaner • Bleach (1‐gallon size) • Scrub brushes

• Rubber gloves • Sponge(s)

And join us on Monday, July 16, at 7:00 p.m. to help fill our Flood Buckets. We look

forward seeing you then!

“We love because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19

Contact Us at:

Our Savior Lutheran Church

8001 Northwest 5th Street Plantation, Florida 33324

Office - 954.473.6888 Fax – 954-473-6895

e-mail: church@oursaviorplantation.org

Web site: www.oslplantation.church

Tony Durante, Pastor tdurante@oursaviorplantation.org

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 Keller Williams Properties

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.

Caregiver/Companion – Anne Millman, RN

954-778-0164

Plumber: Nolan Plumbing 954-661-7013

Insurance (Auto, home etc):

Tania Mcgann 954-424-4140 x2224

Pharmacy (free delivery): Avia-Ann Lezeau 954-990-5145

Blood Drive July 8th 9:30-1:00

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.

RECYCLE – RECYCLE - RECYLCE

The Men’s Group will be recycling your aluminum cans and aluminum bottles. The money earned will go to support M.O.S.T. (Military overseas support team) Look for the recycle bin marked MOST next to the dumpster and sheds on the NE side of the Property. Show your support for our military and drop off your aluminum cans

and aluminum bottles.