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April 2018

Worship Schedule 9:00 am-Traditional Worship

10:15 am-Sunday School

11:15 am-Heartsong, Contemp.

Staff

Jim Nipper, Senior Pastor

Ed Myers, Associate Pastor

Carolynn Bailey, Music Director

Melissa Malenda, Parish Nurse

Cindy Watkins, Office Admin.

Tony Mowell, Heartsong Leader

Council and Officers

Tedd Stephens, President

David McAllister, Vice President

Ann Ottinger, Secretary

Richard Koepper, Treasurer

Ken Diehl, Financial Secretary

Marcy Aaroen, Christian Ed.

Brenda Whitson, Outreach

Ken Loveday, Property

Jay Stafford, Finance

Nancy Shilling, Social Ministry

Barry Schnabel, Stewardship

Marcia Peters, Worship/Music

Janeen Pennell, Shepherds

Kathy Leonard, Youth Ministry

Connor Hall, Youth

Our Saviour Lutheran Church

212 Sunset Drive

Johnson City, TN 37604

423-282-2313

Email: cwatkins@oslc.church

Web: www.oslc.church

News articles are due by April 19 to appear in May’s NewSense.

“But these (stories/signs) are written so that you may come to believe

that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God…” (John 20:31)

Since January of this year, we have a group of adults who have been

studying the Gospel of Mark. All that we have learned together has

been fascinating about the life of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour.

We have others throughout the congregation who have been reading

one chapter a day of the New Testament. At this writing I’m up to the

Gospel of Luke, chapter 10. We’ve read completely through Matthew

and Mark, so it’s been very inviting to see the different views each

Gospel writer offers us about the person, personality, and purpose of

our Lord Jesus!

The Bible is a tool. It can be compared to an artist’s brush, or a sculp-

tor’s hands; a poet’s pen, or an athlete’s skill with his/her hands or

feet. The Bible helps us develop a portrait all our own of how God

has come down to this earth solely to save us from our sinful selves.

The Bible teaches us that He does it with mighty grace and amazing

compassion.

We learned a few weeks ago during one of our mid-week Lenten ser-

vices that God truly does love the world so much that He sent His Son

to die for us – so that everyone who believed in Him would live for-

ever with Him. God didn’t send His Son so that He would be used to

hurt or judge anyone or any nation. Jesus was sent so that the world

might be saved through Him. (John 3:16-17)

That is the sole purpose of God’s Word: to bind us together, not push

us apart. It is to show the common nature of which we are made, and

not how different we are from others. This, then, must be the purpose

of the Church, whose head is Jesus Christ and foundation is the Word

of God. Let us, then, not judge but love.

What about judgment then? It, too, serves an important purpose, but

you’ll have to wait for next month’s newsletter!

Your friend in Christ,

Pastor Jim

The Purpose of the Gospel

Pastor Nipper will be out of town

on Wednesday, April 11 and

Thursday April 12 for a Synodical

Dean’s Meeting at Lutheranch.

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Our Saviour Lutheran Church

2018 Cash Recap

Actual Budget Difference Actual Budget Difference

Cash Offerings $ 31,041 $ 31,200 $ (159) $ 59,210 $ 62,400 $ (3,190)

-Cash Expenses $ (34,831) $ (33,492) $ (1,339) $ (69,239) $ (71,051) $ 1,812

Surplus/(Deficit) $ (3,790) $ (2,292) $ (1,498) $ (10,029) $ (8,651) $ (1,378)

Total Cash $ 334,273

Less: Restricted Cash $ (337,343)

Unrestricted Cash $ (3,070)

Notes:

Our January offerings were right at budget. Expenses were a little over budget, for a monthly loss of $3,800

Our year-to-date offerings are $3,200 below budget for the month or $758 short per week or short $400/week

YTD expenses are slightly below budget through February

Allowing for 4 Sundays this January vs 5 last year, offerings are down $131 or 2% per week from 2017

February 2018

YTD Offerings $70,000

$68,000

$66,000

$64,000

$62,000

$60,000

$58,000

$56,000

$54,000

Budget 2018 Actual 2017 Actual 2018

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Volunteers for April Lector Schedule 1 and 8-Laura Patirck 15-Brenda Whitson 22 and 29-Jim Brunke

Acolytes 1, 15, 29-Connor Hall 8-Tom Marshall 22-Ronda Keffer

Communion Assistants 1-Tedd Stephens, Patty Neas 8, 15–Laura Patrick, Patty Neas 22-Tedd Stephens, Susan Reaves 29-Susan Reaves, Patty Neas

Ushers 1—D. McAllister, J. Malenda, C. Paulson, B. Patteson 8—Petti, need 2 more volunteers 15–J. Malenda, M. Keys, Pennells 22-Fetterolfs, Pettis 29-Fetterolfs, need 2 more volunteers

Financial Tellers 1-Berla Smith, Karen Wilson 8-Jean Loveday, David Chalkley 15-Christy Huff, Ken Diehl 22-Joe and Lu Mattson 29-David Chalkley, Jean Loveday

Altar Guild Bob and Patty Hembre

Families of the Week 1-Mark, Marcy, Jake, Gabe Aaroen; Ann Smith 8-Nick and Laura Arrendondo; Susan Reaves 15-Ralph and Lea Easton; Selma Vickers 22-Beverly and Tony Gugliotta; Karen Vitale 29-Jimmy and Julia Guinn; Jim Quillen

Altar Flowers for Sunday Traditional Heartsong 1- Parrish 8-Marilyn Keys Flint 22 Parish, Maddox 29 Huffs

Hospital Visitor 1-Gugliotta 22-Chalkley 8-Blackmer 29-Peters 15-Farst

Library Committee —Mary Ann McGaughey

Prayer Shawl Team 1st wk-Beverly Gugliotta, Nancy Shilling, Patty Neas 2nd wk-Phyllis Farst, Lu Mattson, Berla Smith, Jan Ecklund 3rd wk-Cheryl Milliken, Trudy Blackmer, Betty Chalkley

Volunteers for April @ Heartsong

Worship Assistant Acolyte

1-Linda Maddox Caleb Wilcox 8-Carolyn Parrish Aubrey Golden 15-Bob Hembre Annabelle Myers 22-Faith Akin Aubrey Golden 29-Ann Ottinger Logan Hopper

Projectionist Usher

1-Cameron Wilcox Tim Boebel 8-Hayden Estep Sean Golden 15-John Flint Tim Boebel 22-Ken Loveday Dean Golden 29-Matt Hopper Tim Boebel

Easter Sunday Worship, April 1

7:00 am—Sunrise Worship Service

9:00 am—Traditional Worship

10:15 am—Breakfast by the Youth

11:15 am—Heartsong Worship

Bible/Book Study “He Chose the Nails” by Max Lucado

Beginning Tuesday, April 17, 2018

in the library at noon.

The study will be taught by Pastor Jim and

books are available from him.

A light lunch will be provided.

April 17—“He Chose to be One of Us”

April 24—“He Chose to Forgive Us”

May 1—“He Chose to Invite Us into His

Presence”

May 8—“He Chose to Love Us Forever”

May 15—“He Chose to Give Us Victory”

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Council

Attendance for February/March 2018

Date 9:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. Total

February 25 97 56 153

February 28 24 @ noon 40 evening 64

March 4 110 44 154

March 7 (healing service) 51

March 7 (Lent) 26 @ noon 48 evening 66

March 11 94 64 158

March 14 (Lent 13 @ noon 35 evening 48

March 18 114 46 160

March 21 (Lent) 8 @ noon 28 evening 36

March 25 110 90 200

Average attendance—57 worshipers for 19 wor-

ship opportunities in February /March.

Janeen Bradley Pennell opened with devotions.

Lent has gone very well this year. Thank you to all the committees for providing the food for mid-week (Wednesdays) and Holy Week meals (Maundy Thursday). We had better attendance than the last few years.

Approved all monthly reports & minutes.

Discussion was held about sharing with the congregation about our current funding issues. (See the report in this newsletter). Stewardship articles to help remind everyone of their financial responsibility to ministry will begin this April. Thanks to Barry Schnabel for working on this.

OSLC needs 3 voting members to attend the SE Synod Assembly in Chattanooga, TN June 1-3, 2018.

A report from Anne Gerrietts of the Mission Investment Fund of the ELCA was shared. She has made some suggestions that have been shared with the property committee about how to help Heartsong move into the nave/chancel of the church. A report is available for anyone to look over.

Safety-Security Team has met. A training will be conducted on March 17 with ushers as well implementing a medical response training led by Melissa Malenda to take place in April.

Pastor Myers, Brenda Whitson attended a meeting downtown that also included representatives from other churches, the JC Schools, and the Salvation Army. Discussed were ways to consider how to help 5-6 families a month have proper housing. It was discussed how churches might assist in this need.

Richard Koepper met with PDO Director Cat Hopper about the fact that the PDO staff has not had a raise in two years. It will be addressed in the coming fall budget considerations for 2019.

Closed with the Lord’s Prayer

Confirmation Class

Confirmation classes will meet on Sundays

April 8 and 22 from 6-8 pm. These classes we

will be reviewing for the final test in May.

See you then!

It is graduation time and the office would like to know who is graduating from high school or college this summer. If you

have plans for college, graduate school , or work, please share with us.

Email to cwatkins@oslc.church or call 282-2313.

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Our sympathies Bob and Helen Fetterolf on

the passing of their son Bob from cancer.

Robert Paul Fetterolf, age 50, passed into eternal rest at the Hospice House in Char-lotte, NC, on March 7, following a multi-year battle with cancer.

Please feel free to dress casually and wear

team tees, jerseys, college tees, etc. This is a

celebration, not a funeral. Looking forward

to you joining us for the celebration. Please

RSVP to the Church Office (282-2313) or to

cwatkins@oslc.church. If you have already

sent an RSVP to Barry & Helen you do not

need to respond here. They would like to

know the number of folks who are coming

by March 31.

Safety and Security Meeting

The Safety and Security committee meet Friday

March 9. Four things were discussed and de-

cided at the meeting.

1. Ushers will receive training on March 17th.

This includes picking a head usher for each

Sunday that will direct the activities of the other

ushers. Ushers will be walked through what

doors are to be watched and then when to lock

those doors as doing a patrol of the basement

and the rest of the building insure no one is

hiding in the building.

2. Escape route maps will be posted through-

out the building so people know where to go in

an emergency.

3. It was decided that three cameras will be put

outside to watch the parking lots. During the

week. Cindy and the Pastors will have monitors

in the office that they can check to see if any

strangers are loitering around the building es-

pecially on PDO days. On Sundays the ushers

will have monitors in the narthex on the organ

side the sanctuary for them to check. The cam-

eras will record on a sixty to ninety-day rota-

tion period.

4. In addition to the usher training. We were

informed that Melissa Malenda will be doing

emergency medical training such as first aid

and a CPR class. To be prepared for medical

emergencies. Cabinets with medical supplies

will be put in or near the sanctuary and fellow-

ship hall.

5. The doors in the courtyard will be locked at

night to prevent anyone from coming over the

back roof and getting in through those door.

Stewardship en-compasses so much more than money. It is a way of life. It calls for integration be-

tween our faith and the way that we live our lives — we are a church that is ener-gized by lively engagement in our faith and life. Stewardship is a mindset, a culture. Ac-cording to Clarence Stoughton, former president of Wittenberg University, stew-ardship is everything we do after we say “I believe.” It is the way in which we use all of the resources that God has entrusted to our care so that we can love God and our neighbor. Stewardship is about love. Are we showing that we believe?

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The Cover Girls The Cover Girls meet the second and

fourth Monday of each month at 10:00

am in Fellowship Hall.

We always need full, queen, or king

size sheets.

Monthly Prayer Breakfast

O.S.L.C. Prayer Breakfast, will be meeting on Saturday, April 14, at 8 a.m. at the Golden Cor-ral restaurant! (Pastor Nipper will be out of town on our normal meeting time of April 7.) Notice it is no longer called the Men’s breakfast but now is open to everyone (it always was!) Pastor Jim will offer a special catechetical devo-tion and prayers. Come and join us for the dutch treat meal, learning, and fellowship!

Primetimers meet the first Wednesday of each month at 11 am in the church library be-fore leaving for a restaurant.

Karen Wilson is in charge of April 4 meeting which is at Beef O’Bradys, 173 Hudson Drive, Elizabethton, TN. If you haven't signed up (or must cancel), please call Karen at 547-9714.

WELCA News WELCA is gearing up for a busy Spring and Sum-

mer!

Make a Joyful Noise WELCA Farmhouse Retreat is on June 9. Make plans now to attend – there

will be a table set up before and after both ser-

vices on April 15 to sign up.

Umbrellas for The River – donations of com-pact umbrellas for the ladies The River serves

will be accepted through Sunday, April 15. There

is a box on the bench in the hallway. Thanks to all

who have donated already. We have also volun-

teered to help put together Mother’s Day gifts for

The River ladies. Stay tuned for more details on

this opportunity.

Personal Care Kits will be put together on Tues-day, May 8 at 10 am in the Fellowship Hall. Dona-

tions will be accepted up until then. Thanks again

to the congregation for their generous gifts for

this ministry. Our goal is to put together 250 kits!

The WELCA Cluster 6 Meeting will be held on April 21 at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Gat-

linburg, TN from 10am – 3 pm. Contact Judi Boe-

bel for details if you are interested in attending

Hannah Circle meets on Monday, April 16 at the home of Trudy Blackmer – 160 Raven Ct. Tel-

ford. Lesson 9 of Luther and the Reformation will

be discussed

Katie Circle meets on Wednesday, April 25 at 10:30 am in the Church Library. Program TBD.

As always, watch the Sunday Bulletin for more

details about any of these activities. Thanks again

to ALL who support these ministries

Group Meetings in April

Prayer Shawl Ministry meets on the second Tuesday of each month, (April 10)at 10 am in the fellowship hall. Anyone who can knit or crochet (or wants to learn) is welcome.

Contact Karin McCoy for more information 423-543-2640 or

mccoykarin06@gmail.com.

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12-Tom Petti 13-April Ryans 15-Carmen Paulson Simms Umberger 16-Alyson Ross 18-Darcy Flint Bailee Jarrett 20-Barbara Diehl 21-Martha Montgomery Jannette LeSage 26-Christy Huff 27-Irina Gregory Brody Jarrett 30-Taylor Hall

1-Harmoni Metcalf 2-Michael Rice 3-Annabelle Mason Laura Patrick 4-Sean Golden Rob Klix Margaret Allown Lily Flynn 6-Colton Leonard 7-Ed Wolff 9-Gary Gentry 10-Lisa Pritchett Susan Stephens 11-Beverly Van Camp

in Birthdays

The Underground Huddle (6th -12th grades)

We meet on Wednesday nights. During Underground Huddle we check-in on what’s going on in life and have some in-depth study and discipleship learning time. Reminders are sent through group text via the Group Me app. If you are not receiving youth group text up-dates, let Pastor Ed know. Follow us on Facebook @ Our Saviour Youth.

Since we are through the season of Lent we will return to our regular times on Wednesday night. Mark your calendar for with this month’s dates and times: April 4, 11, 18, 25 - Dinner at 6, Huddle 6:30-7:00.

National Youth Gathering Houston, TX – June 27-July 1

Calling all High School Students as of Fall 2018! We are going to Houston. We will have fundraisers and fun to help cover the costs. Your cost, as of now, is only $150 for this once in a lifetime experi-ence. Please contact Pastor Ed ASAP if you haven’t already and you are interested in going.

Trailblazzers Game Night (Pre-K to 5th grade) Friday, April 20th from 7-9

Come and join us for a fun filled evening hosted by our middle and high school students! It’s going to be a great night. Parents, make it a date night, night out, or just a night off!

Isaiah House is sponsoring a benefit golf tournament

on Friday, April 27, 2018. There will be various door

prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place as well as longest

drive, closest to pin and a putting contest.

To play as an individual, the cost is $75. For a team,

the cost is $300. This fee includes lunch refreshments

and giveaways.

More information is on both bulletin boards in each

hallway along with forms to fill out if you wish to par-

ticipate as a golfer or as a sponsor.

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Melting Pot

We will prepare and serve a

meal on April 11. A volunteer

sign up sheet is on the bulletin

board near the library. Melting Pot served

181 meals on March 14

Charity of April

Crumley House

The Crumley house provides two types of ser-vices to brain injured men and women.

The Day Program offers classes in academic learning, computer training, and physical train-ing. The goal of their day classes is to increase cognitive learning as well as increase physical agility. The staff at Crumley House also teach life skills such as household management, budgeting skills, personal hygiene, and time management, as well as many more.

The Residential Program is for clients who live at the Crumley House. This is a time to rein-force much of what has been learned during the day program as well as learning independ-ent living skills.

They need the following items:

Toothpaste Toothbrushes

Ibuprofen Razors

Rags Clothes Hangers

Personal hygiene products

Flannel sheets

Food Pantry Monetary and food donations are always

welcomed. Your donations make a differ-

ence in many lives. Food items needed:

We cannot accept expired food.

Crackers Soup Dry beans Bread mix Cookies Spaghetti Pasta Hamburger helper Grocery bags given in March—15.

Macaroni & cheese Canned veggies Peanut Butter Canned fruit Spaghetti sauce Canned meat Pancake mix Boxed potato flakes

Rice Raisins Jell-O Jell-O pudding Apple sauce Cereal Cake mix Pop tarts

Welcome New Members!

Please update your directory with our new members.

Alex Bolger (Sponser, Margaret Allown)

6319 Kingsport Hwy., Apt 1042

Gray, TN 37615

Cell: 443-883-1919

E-mail:abolger1988@gmail.com

Bill and Lizzie Majors (Sponsor, Mary Alice Nipper)

Information is in directory.

Celia Martin (Sponsor, Patty Neas)

Information is in directory.

Kaeli and April Gardner (Sponsor, Dee Freeman)

Information is in directory.

Gene Whitson (Sponsor, Brenda Whitson)

Information is in directory.

News from Social Ministry

Newly

Baptized

On February 11, 2018

Our Saviour baptized a

father and son, Wil-

liam Embry Sanchious

III and son, Damon Jaxson Sanchious.

Wife and mother is Alex Bolger along with brothers

Brian Bolger and William Sanchious IV and grand-

mother Diane Bolger.

http://crumleyhouse.com/day-program/http://crumleyhouse.com/residency-qualifications/

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Our Saviour Confirmation Students

Name DOB Baptismal date Communion Date

1. Darcy Aislynn Flint 04/18/11 12/18/11 03/25/18 (11:15)

2. Kaitlyn Danielle Flynn 05/04/10 12/12/10 03/25/18 (9:00)

3. Lily Marie Flynn 04/04/07 08/05/07 03/25/18 (9:00)

4. Ada Grace Hylton 02/14/06 03/26/06 03/25/18 (9:00)

5. Jackson David Koeppen 07/03/07 10/26/14 04/01/18 (9:00)

6. Lauren Elizabeth Koeppen 02/01/11 10/26/14 04/01/18 (9:00)

7. Brinley Claire Price 03/16/11 10/22/11 03/25/18 (11:15)

8. Rebecca Jennifer Rudd 06/16/08 07/27/08 03/25/18 (9:00)

9. Madison Elizabeth Sullins 10/24/10 01/09/11 04-01/18 (9:00)

10.Erik Jasper Sutphin 02/22/11 07/31/11 03/25/18 (9:00)

11.Juliann Katherine Sutphin 02/22/11 07/31/11 03/25/18 (9:00)

The home of Diana and Norman Duncan was lost to a devastating fire. They have living quarters with family, but are in need of meals for the next few weeks.

Judi Boebel (282-4720) is handling the coordination of food. Please call her if you can deliver food to this wonderful family. She has all the details about how much to fix and a certain choice of menu items to take.

We will be collecting gift cards to help them purchase other type needs for the family. They welcome the following cards: Walmart, Target, Sears, Belks, JC Penney, Food City.

You can drop off or send gift cards to the church and we will deliver them to the family.

Thank you in advance for all that you do

A Heartsong Message

He is Risen, he is Risen indeed is a message that rings true of all believers in Christ! Spring seems to be trying

to spring and we look forward to a wonderful Easter Season in Heartsong. We will be celebrating Our Risen

Savior throughout the Easter Season with some of the beloved worship songs and will have some new materi-

al for everyone as well! Easter Season is a great time to hit the reset button and just be truly thankful for the

unending love that was freely given to us. A chance to reflect and acknowledge how I can truly be more

Christ-Like. This will be the theme of the song selection throughout this Season, celebrating the Risen Savior

and how to truly honor and serve him, because of what he first done for us. Join us Every Sunday Morning @

11:15 A.M. in the Fellowship Hall.

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But the Angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid. I know that you’re

here looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn’t

here–

He has RISEN VICTORIOUSLY! Look! See the place where they

laid him.” Mark 16:6

Parishioners, think for just a minute. The victory of Christ over

death, Hell and the Grave has been Graciously given to anyone

who believes and will receive God’s precious gift. I think Mary

would say to us today if she were here…”YOU ARE AN OVERCOM-

ER, BECAUSE CHRIST OVERCAME!”

3 John 1:2– Beloved friend, I pray that you are prospering in every way and that you continually enjoy good

health, just as your soul is prospering. Happy Easter Friends, ~Go God! Melissa Malenda, RN-parish nurse.

FYI– I will be out of town from April 6-April 8. Keep in mind: No Yoga or chair yoga April 6. Also, Friends in

Grief will meet at the church this month on April 10, at 11:15 for a trip to Mountain View Restaurant in Tel-

ford for our meeting.

Please pay attention to the Parish Nurse bulletin board for new information and upcoming events. With any

questions or concerns, please contact Melissa Malenda: mmalenda@oslc.church or 276.210.4670

Parish Nurse News…

• Ministries In Motion:

*Walk/Talk–1, 3, and 4 Tuesday at 11 am in

the fellowship hall.

*Yoga–Thursday evenings at 6:30 pm in

youth room. Bring your own mat.

*Chair Yoga–Fridays at 10 am.

• Friends in Grief meet the second Tuesday of

every month at 10 am in the library.

• Blood Pressures–April 1, following Heart

Song Service. April 15, following Traditional

Service.

• “Care” Bear Ministry– Bears are located on

the end of pews in the sanctuary for tradi-

tional service. Above the coat rack in the

fellowship hall for Heart Song. Also, bears

are available in a plastic bags– please ask an

usher and they will gladly get one for you.

HAPPENINGS AT OSLC:

• Women’s Bible study–Monday evenings @ 7 pm,

beginning April 9. Study is Gideon, Your weak-

ness, God’s STRENGTH by Priscilla Shirer.

• What to do “IF” training– Saturday, April 28 @ 10

am. Information, Instruction, and Demonstration

will be presented by Melissa Malenda, Jim Mon-

tag, and David Hamilos. This training is to prepare

folks for emergency situations that could possibly

occur during service at OSLC. Health/Wellness

Committee, Ushers (Both traditional and Heart

Song), Staff, PDO teachers, and anyone else who

would like to attend are encouraged and wel-

come. No better way to serve our congregation

than to be prepared! Please join us! A sign up

sheet is on the Parish Nurse bulletin board and

the bulletin board in hallway near fellowship hall.

Thanks, Melissa.

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Musings from the Organ Bench

Dear Friends!

“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118: 24

Are you truly excited?!!! Easter is almost here and it’s NO joke! (April 1). What a glorious day! Our Psalm for Easter is Psalm 118. We will chant this uplifting Psalm using Tone 1. This tone will highlight the joy of this day (as opposed to the penitential Tone 8 that we have been using in Lent)! Then during the Offertory Anthem, you are invited to sing this Psalm again with the choir. Your response to the Psalm verses will be printed in the bulletin. The Chancel Choir will sing the verses; congregation joins on the refrain. I hope that you will sing with great gusto!

Why do we ask the congregation to join in singing some of our anthems? Think back to Dr. Luther who “gave back” the singing to the people. Prior to Luther, a choir of men and boys provided all the music in the cathedrals/churches. All was sung in Latin; not the language of the common person. You as a congregant were a spectator – your participation was severely lim-ited. However, Dr. Luther changed all that. He be-lieved that music is a “second” way to pray and be-longs to the people.

So we honor that philosophy by having you “share” in some of our musical offerings. A refrain-verse musical

selection is a great way to have you be involved with the anthem. You will find that the Easter anthem is easy to learn and very joyful. I hope that you will use this experience to heighten your Easter joy!

Okay, not everyone can sing like Charlotte Church or Josh Groban – but do you really think God cares?! Again, let your joy grow and be expressed by singing! We’re not the “good singing” police – we just want you to experience fully a gift that is freely given to everyone by our Lord.

A little footnote from my childhood: My father loved to sing – not just loved; he LOVED to sing. His melo-dious baritone would ring in our home and in our church. (I can remember many times in our home when he would ask me to play hymns so that he could sing.) You could NOT turn down his volume – and there were times that I really wanted to do that. BUT the bottom line was when you heard him and looked at his face, you saw pure joy! How I wish I could hear and see him now. He’d show us how to “make a joyful noise.” And as I think back on his father (my grandfa-ther), it was the very same thing – my dad “caught” it from his dad. I guess it’s a family thing! Joy, JOY, JOY!

Know that you are loved by our wonderful Father God and that I love you too. Blessed Eastertide!

Carolynn

Learn to Make Greeting Cards

Thursday, April 12 from 1 pm—3pm

All supplies are included

No experience required.

Pamela Allar teaches you the techniques to create beautiful greeting cards.

Make 4 cards for $10

Classes are held in fellowship hall. For more information call Pam at 920 470 7919

or email to stampwithpamela@gmail.com

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…Carolynn Bailey (“Faith Club”) and Melissa Malenda (Women’s Bible Study) for leading studies

during the season of Lent.

…everyone who attended the “Lunch and Learn” program on March 10.

…Kaeli Gardner for sharing her musical talents (guitar) during the traditional service during Lent.

…all our new members and their sponsors (see names elsewhere in the newsletter).

…everyone who provided candy for the Easter Egg Hunt on March 31

…to the “High Road” Sunday School Class who helped organize the Egg Hunt.

…to everyone who made special offerings during Lent for “The River” ministry in Johnson City.

…all our committees who helped prepare food, set up, take down, clean up” for the Mid-Week

Lenten Wednesday meals.

…to Worship & Music Ministry who hosted the Maundy Thursday meal and service.

…for everyone who takes leadership roles as worship assistants in both the traditional and Heart-

song worship experiences.

…to our new “Security Team” that is now functioning (see note elsewhere in the newsletter).

…all the women working so diligently on the Summer Retreat!

Thank You Parish and Staff

We would like to thank the congregation for their prayers, cards, and all the great food we have received. For two

weeks we were having to stay away from all people so they wouldn’t get the illness we had. God bless all of you and

our Pastors. Carl and Brenda Snyder

Heartsong Anonymous Donor,

Heartsong music department really appreciates the kind and generous donation given to us anonymously for our

future needs.

Thank you very much,

Tony Mowell and the Heartsong band

Friends at Our Saviour Lutheran Church,

Marcia & I are forever grateful to our church family during this most difficult time in my life. We thank you for the many cards,

food, sweet treats during the Holidays, visits, and calls. We thank both Pastors for their many visits during the last six months

and most of all the prayers prayed on my behalf. Your continued prayers will carry me through the next phase of my treatment.

Blessings to you all. Ken Peters

"I appreciate the prayers offered for my son Scott Anderson's health concerns due to "Desert Storm Syndrome." He is feeling

better.

He says, 'Thank you for the positive energy sent through your prayers for me.'

The current Veterans' Administration program is assisting with his pain management through acupuncture and other modali-

ties. Their physical therapy program helps him to become more mobile. I'm so glad the VA is willing to try other remedies other

than strictly drugs which often cause too many side effects.

Again thank you for your prayers.

Rose Klix

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