“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another,
as good stewards of God’s varied grace” – 1 Peter 4:10
Please email OSLC915@gmail.com for more information and meeting times.
There are many opportunities to serve at Our Savior’s. Here are just a few.
- Digital Worship and Technical Support
- Hospitality
- Communications; Print and Social Media
- Building and Grounds
- Worship Assistance
We have a lot of people at Our Savior’s that are involved in a variety of Social Justice groups and activities throughout the Cap Hill and Denver community. You are always welcome to join them. Here are just a few areas where our members are involved.
- Gun Violence
- Refugee Assistance, Lutheran Family Services
- Helping Hands Clothing and Food Drives
- Free Little Pantry
- Senior Care Emerson Gardens
Current Ministries of Our Savior’s
Colorado Faith Communities United to End Gun Violence is made up of diverse faiths striving to reduce injuries, death, and grief resulting from firearms use.
Emerson Gardens provides rental housing in 30 one-bedroom apartments for low and moderate income elderly and adults with physical and mental barriers. Our Savior’s developed Emerson Gardens more than 30 years ago on land it “sold” for $1. Currently managed by Senior Housing Options, OSLC continues to sponsor Emerson Gardens, located just north of the church at 940 Emerson Street.
Heartland/CHARG’s David Quarton Mental Health Drop-In Center serves as a “warm, welcoming space, providing peer-run programs where [people with mental health concerns] can connect with others in a safe, healing environment.” Located at OSLC for more than 40 years, it is temporarily housed elsewhere as we redevelop our facilities.
Helping Hands is an outreach program in which we gather items (e.g., toiletries, food, and clothing such as socks and underwear) for shelters including The Gathering Place, St. Francis Center, and Urban Peak, among others. We hold five weekend-long sidewalks events yearly, collecting these items primarily from our Capitol Hill neighbors.
Little Free Pantry provides a box containing food and personal care items accessible to everyone all the time, no questions asked. It is filled by neighbors, for neighbors.
Music has been central to our mission to proclaim God’s grace since Our Savior’s founding in Denver 1873. In fact, both instrumental and vocal music have been foundational to the Lutheran church worldwide since the sixteenth century and the days of Martin Luther! At OSLC, a choir often leads us in this proclamation of grace. Occasionally such special events as outdoor singalongs and a family-oriented Christmas program bring music directly to the neighborhood.
Reconciling in Christ advocates for the “full welcome, inclusion, and equity of LGBTQIA+ Lutherans in all aspects of the life of our church, congregation, and community.” Our Savior’s was one of the first Denver Lutheran congregations to adopt this policy more than 20 years ago.
Word and Sacrament are celebrated each Sunday as we gather in praise. Using primarily a traditional Lutheran liturgy, we welcome all people to the Lord’s table in a recognition of God’s grace.
