Synod to Discuss ELCA Genetics Statement

On Sunday, September 26th, the La Crosse Area Synod will discuss the ELCA Social Statement on Genetics at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. The discussion will begin at 6:30 pm and last about two hours. All are welcome to attend.

More information about the genetics study and a draft of the social statement can be found on the ELCA website.

See Eat, Pray, Love with the OSLC Book Club on August 26th

The OSLC Book Club will NOT be meeting at church on Thursday, August 26th! We will be meeting in the lobby of the Marcus Cinema Theater (2032 Ward Avenue) at 6:30 p.m. to see the movie, Eat Pray Love. The movie runs from 6:50 p.m. to 9:20 p.m. After the movie, all are welcome to join us for a discussion of the book and the movie at a place to be announced that evening.

Ticket prices are $9.00 for adults and $6.50 for those 60 and over. Please call Sandra Hansen if you have any questions.

Order Pizza Hut Pizza To Help La Crosse County Foster Care

The La Crosse County Foster Care Program is partnering with Pizza Hut to raise funds to benefit La Crosse County Foster Care families. If you place an order at Pizza Hut 20% of the profits will be donated to the La Crosse County Foster Care Program; these funds will be used towards events and trainings that will continue to strengthen our community and help support children in foster care. What a great reason to enjoy a pizza night with your family! We greatly appreciate your support!

Fund raising will be held on the 3rd Tuesday of August, September and October. Upcoming dates are Tuesday, September 21st and Tuesday, October 19th. Call or visit your nearest Pizza Hut and present this voucher at time of payment.

Free OSLC Shopping Bags on Rally Sunday

Come to worship on Rally Sunday and receive an OSLC reusable shopping bag! Now you can take Our Savior’s with you wherever you go!

We have enough bags for every 0SLC household. Join us for worship, and take home a bag. Use it when you shop; use it to help you have conversations about OSLC and invite others to see what Our Savior’s is all about!

This project is part of the work of the Membership and Evangelism Team.

Lutheran World Relief School Kits Available August 1st

As stated on the Lutheran World Relief website, “A school kit may provide the only supplies for children returning to school after the disruption of war. School kits help parents continue their children’s education, even while living in a refugee camp, for example. A school kit may also be used in adult literacy classes.”

On Sunday August 1st, school bags for the kits will be available in the Narthex. Each kit should include the following:

• padded or spiral notebooks of ruled paper approximately 8” x10 ½ totaling 150-200 sheets (or three 70 count notebooks – please no loose paper)
• one blunt scissors (safety scissors with embedded steel blades work well)
• one 30 centimeter ruler (or centimeters on one side, inches on the other)
• one pencil sharpener
• six new, unsharpened #2 pencil w/erasers – secured w/rubber band
• one eraser approximately 2 ½ inches long
• one box of 16 or 24 count crayons

ALL items should be new.  LWR has asked NOT to include items with any religious or military symbols, any items w/reference to the armed forces or anything w/camouflage.  LWR and their partners have access to areas of the world others do not because they are impartial humanitarian organizations.  Religious or military references could be misinterpreted by the governments of the receiving countries, jeopardizing the delivery to the people who need the items the most. Please return all kits by Sunday, September 26th.

WELCA Meeting August 19th

WELCA will meet on Thursday, August 19th at 1:30 pm. Dr. Stephen Pearson, Internal Medicine at Franciscan Skemp will have our program. His subject is healthcare, heart attacks, stroke, etc. It should be a very interesting program!

Servers are Vera Wensole, Bev Sanborn, Mildred Kneesel, Martha Sesvold, Charlotte Duresky and Linda Baehr. Contributors are Nance Klapper and Marge Dobbs.

All are welcome!

Tickets Available July 1st for 2010 WCC Fashion Cornucopia

Plan now on attending the fabulous Women’s Clothes Closet fashion show fundraiser “Fashion Cornucopia” on Saturday October 30th. There will be two shows with the doors opening at 11:00 am and 5:00 pm for the luncheon and dinner shows respectively. Tickets will be available at the church office on July 1st. The cost for the show is $25. The shows will feature fall and winter women and men fashions from local area businesses. Live music will be provided by Josh & Kim Shively and Company and the WCC will be open for tours the day of the show.

Volunteers are still welcomed. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Deb Daehn Zellmer.

Our Saviors to Host “Reconciling in Christ” Pride Table at Pride Fest

In August, Our Savior’s will be one of the exhibitors at the 9th Annual La Crosse Pride Festival held at the Southside Oktoberfest Grounds. La Crosse Pride seeks to educate, celebrate and embrace diversity and talents of ALL people in the Seven Rivers Region. The purpose of this event it to build bridges and develop a community in which ALL individuals are accepted and treated equally.

If you would like to volunteer at the OSLC table and share in this “bridge building”, please contact the Social Ministry Board.

Dorcas Annual Summer Picnic July 7th

July means it is picnic time! Dorcas Society annual summer picnic will be Wednesday, July 7th. We take no chances with the weather, so we will gather at 6pm in the Fellowship Hall.

It will be a pot luck (a dish to pass) meal which means plenty of good food to eat. Please bring a white elephant gift in a sack to use for Bingo prizes. Everyone is welcome to join us for a fun evening!

August Book Club Selection: Eat, Pray, Love

Our book club selection for August is Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert. Copies of this book are available at the public library or you may contact Sandra Hansen to purchase a paperback copy for $11.00. This book has recently been made into a movie starring Julia Roberts, and it may be showing in La Crosse late in August. So instead of a book discussion, we will be going as a group to see the film and all are welcomed to join us!

Since the theaters will not pinpoint a date at this time when the film is to be shown, we cannot yet set a specific date and time. But keep Thursday, August 26th open as that’s the date we will try to attend. Please stay tuned for updates!

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