Updated November 15th, 2024
Operation Christmas Child Project
National Collection Week is November 18-25th for packed shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child (project of Samaritan's Purse). Boxes are located on a table in the Fellowship Hall for those who wish to take home and pack a box or several. You may also donate items, and we will pack a box for you. Donated items and completed boxes can be placed in the Fellowship Hall.
Sunday School Information
Sunday School/Adult Bible Study has begun and meets at 9:00 am. Please join us.
Ladies Bible Study
Our Savior Ladies Bible Study meets on Wednesdays at 11am. All ladies of the congregation are invited to attend. We have started our year learning from the Apostle Peter, through his growth and ministry as recorded in the Gospels, Acts, and then his writings, 1-2 Peter. If you have any questions, please call or message Karen H.
A Musical Invitation
Please prayerfully consider joining the choir which rehearses each Sunday following Fellowship time. Home rehearsal recordings provided for those who struggle to read music. Openings in all sections. Join us today and “Make a Joyful Noise unto the Lord!”
Alter Guild Info
For the month of November the Altar Guild is accepting communion wine donations of Manischewitz Concord Grape Wine. Donations can be placed in “Wine Donation” box located in the church office. Thank you.
CCAP Winchester Needs
CCAP Winchester's current needs are clean new or gently used fall/winter clothing for infant through adult size 5XL; tennis shoes (all sizes); men’s jeans and T-shirts; women’s jeans (sizes 2-6); new socks and underwear (toddler through adult 5XL); men’s belts; women’s purses; adult backpacks; clean new or gently used linens (sheets, bed-size blankets, towels); hygiene products for babies and adults (individual baby wipe packs, all sizes of baby diapers, tampons, adult disposable underwear, incontinence pads). Your donations may be placed in the CCAP box in the narthex.
The OSLC CCAP POC is Nancy B.
THANK YOU for the hand-knit or crocheted hats and scarves for CCAP clients and for your generous donations for food boxes for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners! We will continue to collect Christmas dinner donations (from the list of needed items on the large table in the narthex) through November.
Reminder
If you are making an offering for anything other than general fund, please mark your check memo line or your offering envelope accordingly, so we can give proper credit for your offering.
Miss a Sunday?
You can hear God’s Word delivered by Pastor Cumbee on our website at oursavior-lcms.org/2024-audio-sermons OR listen to Radio Station WINC-AM 1400 Sundays at 8:30 a.m.. (Note: Messages are from the previous week).
KFUO Radio
KFUO Radio, the broadcast voice of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, shares Christ for you anytime, anywhere on KFUO.org via worship services, Bible and theology studies, practical talk programs, and sacred music. Find programs on demand at kfuo.org and
wherever you get your podcasts! Find us on social: @KFUOradio on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
CHRIST FOR YOU this week on KFUO.org: This week on KFUO AM850 & kfuo.org: We will be concluding our study of Numbers on Sharper Iron (weekdays at 8:00 a.m. CT), and discussing chapters 3-5 of John's Gospel on Thy Strong Word (weekdays at 11:00 a.m. CT). Tune in to Concord Matters this Saturday (10:00 a.m. CT) for the first episode in a short series on the Mass. Find your favorite programs on demand at kfuo.org or in the KFUO Radio app!
Fellowship
Please join us following the service for coffee fellowship. If you would like to host a Sunday, please sign up in the Fellowship Hall.
Offerings
If you are absent from services, you may make online donations on the church website at oursavior-lcms.org/online-giving. The wooden chest at the back of the sanctuary is for placing your envelop offerings.
Tune In
Issues, Etc. is a ten-hour weekly syndicated radio talk show and podcast. The program features expert guests, expansive topics, while extolling Christ. The program is hosted by Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Pastor Todd Wilken and produced by Jeff Schwarz.. You can listen at your convenience at issuesetc.org, the LPR mobile app and your favorite podcast provider.
Hurricane Helene Update
There is an urgent need for flood clean-up kits and personal hygiene kits in western North Carolina. The damage caused by the hurricane and flooding has greatly disrupted western North Carolina. We are still gathering information from our ministries. For all who are trained for tree work and flood clean up, please know that we need your assistance. We will be able to be more specific about where and how in the next few days. We know that several church buildings have experienced flooding and tree damage. At least two workers and a host of member families have had damage and/or flooding in their homes. We will need your help.
The most important need is an immediate request for 18,000 personal hygiene kits and 15,000 flood clean-up kits. You can find the supplies list to make these kits in the link below. We encourage you to share this request with your church and neighbors - any number of kits helps. If you can help with this, please ship the prepared kits to:
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
51 Wilburn Pa, Asheville NC 28806
Continue to surround this area in prayer. Remember all who are serving in our ministries, as this becomes a very emotional and difficult time for them, especially when they are still trying to reach their members. Prayers are needed and your prayers are requested. We pray for God’s mercy to be evident and abundant in these days.
Hygiene and Flood Clean-Up Kit Supplies
— Southeaster District, The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
Help Provide Emergeny Relief
Congregations in Circuits 9A and beyond are invited to help provide emergency relief to congregations and communities in the Southeastern District that have been impacted by Hurricane Helene. A bulletin went out from the SED, informing us of an urgent need for flood clean-up kits and personal hygiene kits in western North Carolina, where the damage is severe. We are making arrangements for a truckload of supplies from our area to be delivered to Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Asheville NC early next week.
Can you please spread the word in your congregation, and invite your people to donate kits? Items to be purchased, along with instructions, are on the attached list. A sample communique from one of our churches is also attached, as a suggestion.
Please make arrangements for all flood clean-up kits and personal hygiene kits to be brought to your church, and then delivered to either of the local staging sites no later than Tuesday, October 8.
Grace Lutheran Church
1601 Prince William Parkway
Woodbridge VA
(703)494-4600
Contacts: Pastor Wayne Puls, Operations Manager Danielle Klein
Grace Lutheran Church
1200 Charles Street
La Plata MD
(301)932-0963 ext. 104
Contact: Pastor Jeff Marquardt
Financial donations to support this effort can be sent to Grace Lutheran Church (Woodbridge), marked “Helene Relief” or by using this link.