Nov 24  Christ the King/Thankoffering/Quilt Sunday

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 service 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 Crew
               9:00 AM Quilting
               2:00 PM Two on Tuesdays Womens Bible Study
               6:00 PM Troldhaugen Choir Practice 
               7:00 PM Young Adult Bible Study @ The Living Room
                                    
Wed.:    10:45 AM Edgewood Vista Healthcare Communion Service
               NO Wednesday Evening Activities
                                                                                  
Thurs.:    Happy Thanksgiving! (Church Office Closed)
                           
Fri.:        Church Office Closed
               5:00 PM Wedding Rehearsal for Grubb/Colling
             
Sat.:        4:00 PM Wedding for Grubb/Colling

Dec 1  First Sunday of Advent~Angel Tree Tags

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 service at 8:30 a.m. each Sunday morning. Please click on the "red arrow" above, or OSLC Spearfish YouTube
                                     
              
OSLC FELLOWSHIP HALL HEAT PUMP: 1996-2024
Blessed be its memory among us.

The heat pump supplying warm air to the Fellowship Hall has "laid down its burdens and gone to its reward." The combustion chamber corroded through after 28 years of faithful service, and the unit must now be replaced (or our coffee hours, Wednesday Suppers, funeral gatherings and the countless other happenings in that room will be unbearably frigid real soon!)

The Church Council has received a number of bids for a new unit, and we've accepted a bid for $32,165.00 from Wolff's Plumbing and Heating. There will be an additional expense for the electrical hook-up, meaning we'll most likely be somewhere in the $33,000.00 range to get it all done. Could you join us in this effort?

We take great pride in the wonderful home for worship, learning, fellowship and service that is our building. It has come to us by the generosity of generations before, and maintaining it as a tool for ministry is our privlege. and responsibility. We're confident that we can see this project completed in short order, with all of us taking up a piece of the load. Contributions to the cause can be dropped off at the Church office, mailed in or dropped in the plate at worship, or Online Giving credit or debit cards, earmarked for the "Heat Pump."

Thanks for all you do in taking care of your "faith home" that is OSLC!

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SPEARFISH COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY
Food needs for November: Rice, Peanut Butter, Cream Soups, Ramen Noodles, Egg Noodles, Canned Beans.
Money donations are always appreciated!
Donations can be sent to:  Spearfish Community Food Pantry, 131 Yankee St., Spearfish, SD 57783.

OSLC SPEARFISH

UPDATE 11/20/24

2025 MEMBERS AND FRIENDS PHOTO DIRECTORY

It's been a minute since we last undertook the production of a "family photo album" for Our Savior's Lutheran Church. (Actually, it's been about five years!) We're working on rectifying that. Our congregation has changed in the last half-decade, and we'd like to update our pictorial directory.

Our original intent was to possibly take portraits during the month of December. We've re-thought our timeline and are aiming to begin this endeavor after the first of the year. Stay tuned for updates so that you can be a part of this important historical document!

ALSO...if you're together with family over the holidays and happen to take a photo that would be "directory worthy," hang onto a digital copy for possible submission. Thanks!

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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