There’s always a lot going on at Our Saviour. Updates, messages and project reports are posted below.
On Friday, January 26, the ELS pastors from California, Arizona and Utah met for a pastoral conference. Because of the long distances involved, these pastors are only able to meet once a year face-to-face in conjunction with the Women’s Mission Rally, so this was a special occasion. These conferences are opportunities for ongoing ministerial education…
As the successors of the Norwegian Synod, members of the ELS remember the oak trees at Koshkonong, Wisconsin, where in 1844 a Lutheran pastor from Norway gathered a small group of immigrants. The words of Psalm 78 directed the pastor as he answered the question, “Can God Furnish a Table in the Wilderness?” God fed His…
The Lutheran Sentinel is the official magazine of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, the church body to which Our Saviour Lutheran Church belongs. The latest edition and many recent editions are available online.
The Anniversaries Continue. In 2017, we observed the 500th anniversary of the Reformation; in 2018, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS) is observing the centennial anniversary of its reorganization. A series of historical centennial readings will be posted each week entitled: “Proclaim the Wonders God Has Done: 1918–2018” as the ELS celebrates one hundred years of…
There is a story of a pastor who, one day, met a young boy standing outside his church, carrying a rusty cage, in which several birds fluttered nervously. The pastor inquired, “Son, where did you get those birds?” The boy replied, “I trapped them out in the field.” “What are you going to do with…
On Sunday, December 24, the morning service at 9am will celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Advent. The evening service on Sunday will celebrate Christmas Eve and the nativity at 6:30pm. Monday, December 25, at 9am, the Christmas Festival service will focus on the Incarnation, that God took on our humanity and entered into history at…