Dorcas Bazaar Needs Craft Donations

Dorcas is looking toward our bazaar coming up in November! We are looking for help from you. Anyone busy making craft items, we would love to show them on our craft table. We are also in need of donations of jewelry and books again this year. Talk to Colleen Pitz or Rachel Balow. Our next Dorcas meeting will be October 6th at 7pm. We hope to see you there!

Fall Rummage Sale October 7th and 8th

The Fall Rummage Sale is coming up on Thursday, October 7th and Friday, October 8th. Set up days are Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Sale times are 8 am to 6 pm Thursday and 8 am to 1 pm Friday. We will also need help on Friday with trucks and hauling unsold items to Goodwill. Any questions call Doris Modahl. Thank you!

WELCA Meeting on September 16th

WELCA will meet on Thursday, September 16th at 1:30 pm. Dan Lintin will be sharing stories from his trip to Peru. Please try to attend – it will be very interesting!

Servers are Doris Modahl, Ardis Bolstad, Janice Beeler, Marie Beissel, Ruth West, and Myra Smaby. Contributors are Delilah Wehrs and Lois Nelson. See you there!

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.

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!

WELCA Meeting June 17th

WELCA will meet on Thursday, June 17th at 1:30 pm. Larry Klahn will be our program. The topic will be self defense at home and in the workplace. All members of the church are invited to attend.

Servers are Mavis Stafslien, Dorothy Gray, Esther Harman, Kaye Kjome, Ardelle Ender, and Sue Staples. Contributing members are Monica Wiebke, Doris Grimsled, and Gladys Danielson.

All are welcome!

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