Mission Statement
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church connects people to God and Each Other. We embody this mission through Word and Sacrament Worship, Music, Faith Formation, Service, and Authentic Community.
What you missed:
Here is a link to this past Sunday’s Worship: Digital recording from 6-21-20 Worship
Highlights from Council and Staff
- Devotional booklets for July thru September have arrived!!! Karleen & Dean will mail these to people that want them. If you want to receive these please contact Dean by phone text or email. If chis contact information is needed please email OSLC915@gmail.com. Please indicate if you want one or two booklets.
- Violet is still working on setting up Mailchimp as our eblast provider and will be postponing the transition until July 13th due to creating the easiest accessibility to our congregation. This will be a slow transition, but please be mindful if you do not see the Monday eblast in your inbox by Tuesday. Please reach out to OSLC915@gmail.com for assistance and troubleshooting.
- If you know of anyone or has checked on those who are shut in or do not have computer access please send their name and physical address to Communications@oslchurchdenver.org. As Violet creates this new eblast, her hope is that it is a smooth transition to a paper based option that is set to occur later in the Summer.
- OSLC Staff will be transitioning to different email addresses from our personal emails.
- Pastor Marty: Pastor@oslchurchdenver.org
- Caleb C: MusicDirector@oslchurchdenver.org
- Violet B: Communications@oslchurchdenver.org
- If you don’t know who to send an email to or would like to contact Church Council, please send emails to OSLC915@gmail.com. Violet will continue to filter through this email box and send it to the correct person.
This Weeks Readings
Jeremiah 28:5-9
Psalm 89:1-4, 15-18
Romans 6:12-23
Matthew 10:40-42
Calendar (please go to the end of the e-blast for call-in information on Zoom meetings)
Please email OSLC915@gmail.com for passwords
- Wednesday, June 24th 1:00pm——-Wednesday Afternoon Zoom BIBLE STUDY!! Click here to connect to the Bible Study
- Wednesday, June 24th 5:30pm—–**NEW INTEREST GROUP**Discussions on White Privilege and Anti-Racism Click here to connect to this group discussion.
- Saturday, June 27th 6:30pm———–Digital Memorial Service for Kristi Olson. Link to the service will be posted Friday on our Facebook page as well as our website at www.oslchurchdenver.org . The service bulletin will be available on our website.
- Sunday, June 28th 9:00—————–Digital Sunday Worship
- Sunday, June 28th 10:30—————Comfort Group/Zoom Coffee Hour Click here to connect to the Comfort Group/Zoom Coffee Hour
Comfort Group/Zoom Coffee Hour: Next week, June 28th is the next comfort group meeting. Be prepared to connect with each other and have great discussion. Comfort Groups meet every 2nd and 4th Sunday. Here is a list of dates left that will meet for the Summer:
July 12th August 9th
July 26th August 23rd
Community Spotlight-ELCA
The ELCA is putting their words and thoughts into action. The most recent June Advocacy Connections explains what Actions the ELCA has taken regarding police violence and racism, the response to COVID-19, compounded migrant concerns and protecting voting during the pandemic. Please read in more detail on what steps have been taken, the progress of those steps and what you can do by clicking here to read the June 2020 Advocacy Connections.
Read Bishop Jim Gonia’s blog from the Rocky Mountain Synod as he mentions his “Personal Reflections on Racism and Becoming”.
Read Bishop Elizabeth Eaton’s notes on “Witnesses to the Transcendent” in her June/July Column for Living Lutheran. This speaks to her thoughts on the benefits of meeting digitally and the work, rewards and reminders this pandemic has created.
Care of Creation
Please join the GreenFaith Front Range Circle in a multi-faith community screening and discussion with the filmmakers and protagonists of the award-winning documentary, The Condor & The Eagle, as part of a ten-day global impact campaign to bring the film to as many people as possible in conjunction with World Rainforest Day on June 22nd.
When: Sunday, June 28th at 3 PT / 4 MT / 5 CT / 6 pm ET
Where: Online
Full Details & Registration: HERE
This multi-faith event will be bilingual, with Spanish subtitles for the film and live translation of the film discussion available.
There is a suggested $1-100 sliding scale donation (avg. $25), benefiting faith-community solidarity & partnerships with Indigenous-led climate justice campaigns. All are welcome regardless of ability to donate; please give generously according to your financial context: DONATE HERE. Local proceeds will be donated to Right Relationship Boulder.
ABOUT THE FILM
Trailer link – https://youtu.be/o4sW-ax9ecA
SYNOPSIS: Indigenous environmental leaders embark on an extraordinary trans-continental adventure from the Boreal forest to deep into the heart of the Amazonian jungle to unite the peoples of North and South America and deepen the meaning of “Climate Justice”. The Condor & The Eagle documentary offers a glimpse into a developing spiritual renaissance as the film four protagonists learn from each other’s long legacy of resistance to colonialism and its extractive economy. Their path through the jungle takes them on an unexpectedly challenging and liberating journey, which will forever change their attachment to the Earth and one another.
The Condor & The Eagle premiered in October 2019 at the Woodstock Film Festival, was selected by 28 world-renowned film festivals and has won 8 awards including Best Environmental Documentary at the 2019 Red Nation Film Festival.
Please mark your calendars and register today for this community event!
Please send prayer requests or praise reports to OSLC915@gmail.com
Prayer Requests:
We mentioned various prayer requests within small groups on Sunday. As a collective and not being specific, we lift up that everyone stays well and smart during these unprecedented times, we pray for all small businesses and restaurants affected by Covid, we lift up marriages and health factors that are in question, we lift up the caregivers as they care for others, we lift up the first responders as well as the well being of the human race, we pray that we are given the right words and heart when we are faced with those who do not see eye to eye with us, we pray that we are willing to have those tough conversations that are so important to bridge the gaps of difference, we pray for those struggling against white privilege as an individual as well as group, and we pray that though we are undergoing hard times, that we all can rediscover joy under restriction.
Zoom Call-in Information (links are found under calendar section)
Topic: Wednesday Zoom Bible Study
Time: June 24, 2020 01:00PM Mountain Time
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Topic: Discussions on White Privilege and Anti-Racism
Time: Jun 24, 2020 05:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Topic: Comfort Groups/Zoom Coffee Hour
Time: June 24, 2020 10:30 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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