Weekly Update
Mar 24 Sunday of the Passion/Palm
Sun.: 8:30 AM Worship Service
9:45 AM Education Hour
10:45 AM Joyful Journey-led Worship Service
~ Visit our YouTube page to watch past service messages and live streamed services at 8:30 a.m. each Sunday morning. Please click on the "red arrow" above, or OSLC Spearfish YouTube
Mon.: 1:00 PM Yarn Ministry
6:00 PM Good Shepherd Clinic
Tues.: 8:30 AM Fix-It Group
9:00 AM Quilting
2:00 PM Two on Tuesdays Women's Bible Study
7:00 PM Young Adults Bible Study @ The Living Room
Wed.: 10:45 AM Edgewood Vista Communion Service
5:15 PM Bell Choir
NO Confirmation
NO Wednesday Night Supper
NO Wednesday School
NO Wednesday Word Worship Service
6:30 PM Senior Choir Practice
NO High School Youth Group @ TLR
Thurs.: 1:00 PM Quilting
6:26 PM Maundy Thursday Worship Service
Fri.: 6:00 AM Christian Business Men's Group @ TLR
6:26 PM Good Friday Worship Service
Sat.: 10:30 AM Funeral Service for Blanche Sands
1:00 PM Easter Vigil @ Outlaw Ranch
Mar 31 Ressurection of Our Lord: Easter Day
Sun.: 8:30 AM Easter Celebration Worship Service
9:45 AM Education Hour
10:45 AM Joyful Journey-led Easter Celebration Worship Service
~ Visit our YouTube page to watch past service messages and our live streamed service at 8:30 a.m. each Sunday morning. Please click on the "red arrow" above, or OSLC Spearfish YouTube
NEW MEMBERS TO BE RECEIVED APRIL 21
If you are interested in membership at this time, please call the church office at 605-642-3715. New Member Dinner & Orientation is Thursday, April 18 at 5:45 pm. On Sunday, April 21, new members will be received at both worship services.
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SPEARFISH COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY
Food needs for April: Saltine crackers, canned chicken, applesauce, cookies, grape jelly, pork 'n beans.
OSLC SPEARFISH
UPDATE 3/28/24
LENT 2024: A WILDERNESS JOURNEY
On the first Sunday of Lent each year, we read from scripture the story of Jesus, after his baptism, being immediately driven into the wilderness. It's there that he's met with temptation to forget who he is and to lose his way. The wilderness is where the Jesus' journey begins. The rest of the story, if you look closely, is really Jesus making his way through wilderness of a different kind.
During the forty days of Lent this year, as we read stories from both Mark's and John's gospels, I'd invite us to imagine this journey as a wilderness trek. We'll be going along with Jesus through some pretty rough country...often deceptively dangerous territory. But we'll have a guide...one who has been there before; one who knows a way through it; one who is well aware of the dangerous, false trails; one packing a pretty potent First Aid kit and the ability to use it; and most importantly, one capable of taming the wilderness and making of it a garden.
It's a wild world we live in. But it needn't be for us a wilderness, a place of fear.
Join us on the Wednesday evenings and Sunday mornings of Lent this year as we journey together, through the wilderness. It all started on Ash Wednesday, and the journey continues to Good Friday on March 29. On Wednesday evenings of February 21 - March 20 we'll be using the Holden Evening Prayer liturgy as our framework for worship at 6:26 PM each night. So, lace up, and come along...
In hope of finding our way,
Pastor Stephan Sandness
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If you're worshipping with us on-line, we'd like to extend to you an invitation to participate in the sacrament of Holy Communion with us during our live-stream. Here's How:
Before the service, simply prepare elements for communion to have ready...perhaps some bread from the pantry, or some crackers, as well as a small amount of wine or grape juice poured into individual small glasses or cups. Have these set aside for when the service begins. When the words of institution are proclaimed over the bread and wine on the altar, know that those words and the promise they bear ("given and shed FOR YOU") are proclaimed and prayed over the elements in your home. If you are worshipping alone in your home, commune yourself with us. If there are two or more of you gathered in front of the screen, commune each other with the same words:"The body of Christ, given for you. The blood of Christ, shed for you." If there are young children with you, mark the sign of the cross on their foreheads and remind them that Jesus loves them and forgives them all of their sins. As you share the meal, be assured that you're sharing it with all of those physically gathered, as well as with others gathering with you on-line. We pray this opportunity will be a strength and comfort to you, as you receive Jesus' presence through the sacrament.
Pastor Stephan Sandness
Our Mission
Inspired by God’s grace, we open our hearts to all in faith, prayer, fellowship, and service through Jesus Christ.
School Year Worship Schedule |
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(Sunday after Labor Day to Sunday before Memorial Day Weekend) |
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Sunday Mornings |
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8:30 AM |
Worship Service |
10:45 AM |
Joyful Journey-led Worship Service |
Wednesday Evenings |
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6:26 PM |
Wednesday Word |
(Half-hour service of Word and Sacrament) |
Summer Worship Schedule |
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(Sunday before Memorial Day to Sunday before Labor Day) |
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Sunday Mornings |
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9:00 AM |
Worship (blending liturgical forms with modern sounds) |
Wednesday Evenings |
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6:26 PM |
Wednesday Word |
(Half-hour service of Word and Sacrament) |
We celebrate the Lord’s Supper at all of our Worship Services, unless otherwise noted. All who believe in Jesus Christ are welcome to the table.
Ministry Staff
Stephan Sandness
Senior Pastor
Laura Lee Campbell
Deacon
Chris Blain
Lay Minister of Youth
Contact US
Address:
1020 State St.
Spearfish, SD 57783
Telephone:
(605) 642-3715 - Office
(605) 722-0660 - Kitchen/Quilters
Fax:
(605) 722-9406
Links
Artemis House (domestic violence shelter)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
South Dakota Synod of the ELCA
LuMin:TheHills-Lutheran Campus Ministry at Black Hills State University
Lutherans Outdoors in South Dakota
Lutheran Social Services in South Dakota
Northern Hills Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
Pine Ridge Reconciliation Center
St. Dysmas Prison Ministry in South Dakota