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.

Share the Bounty Program Needs Volunteers

The Share the Bounty Program is recruiting volunteers to collect fresh produce at the local farmers markets this summer. OSLC will be helping out on the first two weekends in June (hours are 8am to noon).

And please remember to plant an extra row or two of produce to share with your neighbors! Let’s help make the Coulee Region a healthier place to live. If you have questions about any aspect of the Share the Bounty program, please contact the Social Ministry Team.

Wanted: Photos for Peru Delegation

Help send our church to our companions in Peru! How? Take a picture of our congregation – in worship, having a potluck, youth in action, etc. – and it will be shared with our brothers and sisters in Christ in Peru!! Our Peru delegation is looking for your photos and perhaps a written greeting to share with the Peruvian churches while on their delegation July 1-14.

Let’s make sure our OSLC congregation is included. Send photos to the synod office digitally (if possible), in care of the Peru delegation. Photos will be also be shown on screen at our upcoming synod assembly. Thank you!

Lutheran World Relief Layette Kits Available May 9th

Lutheran World Relief distributes layettes to new mothers in nearly 20 countries. During a recent five year period, over 225,000 layettes were distributed. The most amazing fact is that each layette was provided by someone much like you, a caring member of a congregation just like OSLC!!

Layette Kits will be available in the Narthex on Mother’s Day, Sunday May 9th, 2010. They are due back on Rally Sunday, September 12th. Each layette kit should include the following:

• Two shirts (onesies)
• Two gowns or sleepers
• Two receiving blankets
• Four cloth diapers
• Two wash cloths
• One bath-size bar of soap
• Two diaper pins

Items can be new or used. Be sure to check out the rummage sales this summer. Used items must be clean and in good repair. Receiving blankets and diapers may be made of flannel. Please vary the sizes of clothing (up to 24 months) so the layettes will continue to be useful as the baby grows. Any questions and/or concerns may be directed to Rod Tisthammer.

Sunday School End-of-Year Party is May 16th

You are invited to help us celebrate our 6th year of Rotational Sunday School on Sunday, May 16, 2010 after worship on the front church lawn. There will be an inflatable, games, prizes, a cakewalk, and lots and lots of fun!

DONATIONS NEEDED: We are in need of cakes, cookies and bars (split into individual servings so more people can play and win), plain white T-shirts in all sizes, and items for the fundraising baskets to help make this years end-of-the-year party great. If you are able to help with this need please contact Jessica before Sunday, May 9th.

Thank you!

May Friendship Day is May 7th

Church Women United is sponsoring May Friendship Day! The event will be held on Friday, May 7th, 2010 at 9:30 am at First Congregational Church, 2503 Main Street in La Crosse. The cost for the brunch/program is $5.00. Contact First Congregational for reservation information, or contact Esther Harman or Nancy Winberg for more details.

Hope to see you there!!

Spring Rummage Sale is April 15th and 16th

The Spring Rummage Sale is coming up! Setup days are Monday, April 12th through Wednesday, April 14th. The sale is on Thursday, April 15th (8 am to 6 pm) and Friday, April 16th (8 am to 1 pm). Gather your items and bring them in any time after Easter – items to donate can be left on the stage. We will also need volunteers and trucks on Friday after the sale to help haul unsold items.

Any questions, please contact Doris Modahl.

Youth Helpers Needed For Palm Sunday Breakfast

Sunday, March 28th, is the Annual Youth Palm Sunday Breakfast and we need YOU to help make it a success. Come Saturday, March 27th, at 10:00 am to the Fellowship Hall to help set-up for the breakfast on Sunday. The 7th, 8th, and 9th graders help serve before the service from 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. The 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th graders and high school students help serve after the service.

This is an easy way to earn service electives, help the church, have a lot of fun and with everybody’s contribution help make this a successful fundraiser. All of the money that is raised goes directly back into youth programs here at OSLC. Don’t forget to invite your friends, family and neighbors for breakfast. We serve from 8:00-9:00 a.m. and 10:00-11:30 a.m. If you have any questions please contact Jessica Zinniel or the Family and Youth Team.

Share The Bounty With AMOS This Spring

The Food Insecurity Task Force of AMOS is starting a new program called “Share the Bounty.” As we wait for the planting season to begin, we ask that you think about sowing extra seeds or setting out extra plants in order to share the harvest with others and make the Coulee Region a healthier place.

Collection sites and distribution will be facilitated by the Hunger Task Force and WAFER (details will be released at a later date). If you’re not a gardener, you still may take part in this project by purchasing produce at the local farmer’s markets and contributing those items to the program (and more on that later, as well). Please consider sharing your bounty this year!

If you have questions about the program, please contact Sonja Simonson Schrag or Rod Tisthammer.

LWR Health Kits Available Feb. 14th

Lutheran World Relief Health Kits will be available in the Narthex on February 14th. All you need to do is pick up a plastic bag and fill it with the items listed on the sheet inside. Items include:

• hand towel
• wash cloth
• a bath size soap bar in its original wrapping
• six Band Aids (½” to ¾”) held together with a rubber band
• a metal nail file (or nail clippers w/a file attached)
• toothbrush in its original packaging

Once again, toothpaste will NOT be included in the health kits this year. The completed health kits can be returned to the black cart located in the Narthex.

Please have the health kits back by Sunday March 28th (Palm Sunday). Thank you!

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