AMOS Hosting Harvest Dinner at Our Savior’s

AMOS will celebrate its 2nd anniversary with a Harvest of Justice Advocacy on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at Our Savior’s. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. and will feature a harvest theme dinner, skits, and music. ELCA Bishop Jim Ahrens will be the featured speaker.

Tickets are $20. Contact Amos representatives Sonja Simonson Schrag or Rod Tisthammer if interested.

Volunteers Still Needed for Heritage Night

The Annual Oktoberfest USA Heritage Night is on Wednesday September 30th, and OSLC will be serving Norwegian Lefse Wraps (meatballs, mashed potatoes and gravy wrapped up in a lefse) and pieces
of lefse with butter and/or sugar.

Please come and help support your church! The proceeds will go to the Come For Supper program to help fund on-going food purchases and supplies. Volunteers are still needed. Open shift between 4-6:30 pm.

Contact Rod Tisthammer for more details.

AMOS Meeting on September 1st

The Food Insecurity Task Force of AMOS (formally known at the Hunger Task force of AMOS) will hold
their monthly meeting on Tuesday September 1st at 6:30 pm in the fellowship hall of OSLC. We will be discussing a possible organic/natural food banquet and a forum involving area “food issue” groups.

This meeting is open to anyone interested in helping with food concerns in the community.

Our Savior’s at Oktoberfest USA Heritage Night

On Wednesday September 30th, OSLC will be serving Norwegian Lefse Wraps (meatballs, mashed potatoes and gravy wrapped up in a lefse) and pieces of lefse with butter and/or sugar at the annual Oktoberfest USA Heritage Night held at the La Crosse Center. The cost will be $4.00 and $1.00 respectively.

This year, Oktoberfest will NOT be requiring a button to get into this event. Please come and help support your church! The proceeds will go to the Come For Supper program to help fund on-going food purchases and supplies.

Ice Cream Social for CFS on August 19th

Come and enjoy ice cream, cookies and coffee on August 19th from 6-8 pm at Our Saviors. Music will be provided by Sunnyside, and all proceeds will go to Come For Supper. For information contact Barb E. Seidel, Barb Clark or Loie Burch.

All are welcome.

WCC’s Fashion Cornucopia Tickets Available Now

The Women’s Clothes Closet will be holding its annual “Fashion Cornucopia” Style Show on Saturday, October 10th at Our Savior’s Lutheran in La Crosse. There will be two seatings this year for the style show and gourmet meal. Doors will open for the first show at 11:00 and at 5:00 for the second show. The style show will feature fashions from downtown merchants including Chic Boutique on Main, City- Wear, Dale’s for Men and Women, Funk, Kick on Main, Lillian’s of La Crosse, Scott Joseph Menswear, Three Rivers Outdoor, and Touch of Class. New this year will be fashions for your man! The event will include a gourmet meal, wine for purchase and tours of the Women’s Clothes Closet before and after the style show. Josh and Kim Shively and Company will provide live music for the show.

Tickets are on sale now for $25 and sold in advance only. Contact Our Saviors Lutheran Church and get your ticket today! Payment for tickets should be made out to the Women’s Clothes Closet and sent to Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 612 Division Street, La Crosse, WI 54601. All proceeds will benefit the Women’s Clothes Closet.

Through generous donations from the community, the Women’s Clothes Closet provides gently used clothing to low income women targeting those who are entering or in the work force. In 2008 the WCC had 1689 client contacts serving 525 different women in the Coulee Region. This was a 28% increase in client contacts compared to 2007! Proceeds from this fundraiser will be used to help pay the WCC coordinator, purchase personal products for our participants or improve our facility.

Please join us for this entertaining event and benefit for a good cause! Questions can be directed to Our
Savior’s Lutheran Church or Deb Daehn Zellmer

OSLC to Host Pride Table at 8th Annual La Crosse Pride Festival

In August, Our Savior’s will be one of the exhibitors at the 8th 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 Rod Tisthammer.

LWR School Kits Available August 1st

According to Lutheran World Relief, “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.

School kits are due back on Sunday, October 4th.

AMOS Food Insecurity Task Force Meeting on July 7th

The Food Insecurity Task Force of AMOS (formally known at the Hunger Task force of AMOS) will hold
their monthly meeting on Tuesday July 7th at 6:30 pm in the fellowship hall of OSLC. We will be reviewing the ideas of Monique Hooker and discussing the “Share the Bounty” program.

This meeting is open to anyone interested in helping with food concerns in the community.

Fashion Cornucopia Saturday, Oct. 10th

Fashion Cornucopia 2009 will be Saturday, October 10th. We will have two great shows of fall & winter fashions along with an exquisite meal prepared by our own CFS Team (and served by the handsome OSLC Men’s Club). This show is a fundraiser to help meet on-going expenses and to increase exposure and donations for the Women’s Clothes Closet.

Please contact the WCC if you are interested in volunteering.

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