OSLC Email Blast September 8, 2020

Claire Cassell   By Claire Cassell
September 8, 2020In Church News
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 have missed: Recorded Communion Worship Service September 6, 2020
 
Highlights from Council and Staff
  • Women’s Bible Study will be next Tuesday September 15th. Please check the calendar of events on next week’s email blast for meeting information 
  • Prayer Requests and Praise Reports will be kept on the list for 4 weeks unless you have requested to keep them on longer. Please remember to send prayer requests and praise reports to OSLC915@gmail.com. Each prayer request/praise report is privately shared with our Prayer Warriors immediately as well on the Monday email blast. 
  • Please check the Church Directory online to make sure that it is current and up to date with your information. It can be accessed through this link on our website: https://oslchurchdenver.ctrn.co/directory/index.php. As we maintain Worship digitally, this Directory will be very important to access. Please reach out to Communications@oslchurchdenver.org if you have any questions.
  • 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 e-blast, her hope is that it is a smooth transition to a paper based option that is set to occur later in the Fall.

This Weeks Readings
Genesis 50:15-21
Psalm 103:[1-7] 8-13
Romans 14:1-12
Matthew 18:21-35

Comfort Group/Zoom Coffee Hour: Comfort Groups 2.0 will start next week on September 13th. These groups will still occur every 2nd and 4th Sunday at 10:30am.

**LAST WEEK FOR YOUR INPUT***
Do you have a RED or GREEN hymnal?

As we continue to Worship online we want to know what the congregation has and does not have. Please select the link below or button below to answer this survey if you have not already:
https://us19.list-manage.com/survey?u=dd9c0ab58acd14a86eabe1b6e&id=21eb58aaa1

Calendar of Events:
These events will also be listed at our website calendar www.oslcdenver.org/calendar

Please go to the end of the e-blast for call-in information on Zoom meetings

Community Spotlight:
Opportunities to serve during these interesting times
The Pandemic hits all of us, but it hits the homeless shelters more. There have been sidewalk events held for the past 2 years that would accept donations, but because of the Pandemic, those donations and events have ceased. Please help fellow congregant and council member Dean Zessin raise $1,000 to buy 1000 pairs of socks to distribute to shelters. The goal is to have them distributed by mid-September. Please send what you can or ship pairs of socks to Dean Zessin, 550 E 12th Ave #1103, Denver 80203.
 
Another opportunity:
We have partnered with International Rescue Committee (IRC) to help refugees moving to Denver. Currently there are 5 families moving to the Denver Metro area starting August 20th to September 16th. IRC is in need of furniture and supplies for these new refugees and others to come. Please select the link below to see what items and furniture pieces they need. If you can donate, please email Judy Denison and she will pick up the items and abide by the social distancing measures in place. 
 
 
Care of Creation
 
God is the Life Force within all things. Therefore every visible and invisible creature can be called a theophany. All life manifests something of the One who is the essence of life. The two primary mods of God’s self revelation are the Bible and creation. Through these the eternal Light is revealed. Creation is the dwelling place of God. John Scotus Eriugena, Irish Theologian, from the Division of Nature , written 850CE. 

Action: Watch The Canticle of Creation by Francis of Assisi, 1230CE. Francis’ reason for climate action
 
If any of these prayer requests have been turned into praise reports please email OSLC915@gmail.com

Prayer Requests:

As a collective and not being specific, please lift up a those who have been in remission and have had an recurrence of Cancer, we lift up those who have suffered a loss (job, income, family), 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. 

Praise Reports:
We also thank God for new job and business opportunities.
 
OSLC Community Bulletin Board
Things shared with the congregation by the congregation

We have a congregant who would like to gift The Bible in CD form that can be mailed safely to anyone who is interested. 

Please email OSLC915@gmail.com if you are interested in this item

 
Zoom Call-in Information (links are found under calendar section)

Topic: Wednesday Afternoon Zoom Bible Study
Time: September 9, 2020 01:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 876 4191 1718
Password: Please email OSLC915@gmail.com
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k5mGCrr8p

Topic: Discussions on White Privilege and Anti-Racism   
Time: September 9, 2020 05:30 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 813 0662 5727
Password: Please email OSLC915@gmail.com
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Topic: LIVE Zoom Coffee Hour
Time: September 13, 2020 10:30 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 819 1099 2938
Password: Please email OSLC915@gmail.com
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