The Season of Lent will begin with our Ash Wednesday Service on February 26th at 6:30pm with Communion and Imposition of Ashes.

Our Midweek Services (6:30pm) and Soup Suppers (5:30pm) will start the following Wednesday, March 4th.

It’s not too soon to call the office to volunteer for soup or sandwiches.

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Thursday Bible Study continues at 10:30am

& 6:30pm with Pastor Paul. We are taking a

Look at our Lutheran roots.

Our very own Trevor Ohlsen will be

performing at Bay college’s Besse Theatre

in Escanaba on Thursday, February 20th at

7pm eastern time. Tickets are available

online at www.baycollege.tix.com or at the

box office in the Besse Center. Tickets are

$12 and $6 for students. We are so proud

of Trevor and wish him continued success

as he pursues his musical career.

Special Needs Service Saturday, February 8th - 4:00pm

We look forward to our next Special

Needs Service which will have a love theme

for February. Please invite someone that

you think might benefit from this service.

Ron Johnson

Ron is retired from the VA Medical Center and an avid Packer fan. His hobbies include

enjoying time at camp, cutting wood, hunt-

ing and fishing. We welcome Ron to our

family of faith.

We just completed

our second week of

hosting Light at the Inn

Homeless Shelter.

We had 4-6 guests each of the 7 nights.

Thanks to all who worked shifts, provided

meals and helped setup and take down.

Our final week is Feb. 16-22nd. If you are

able to help work a shift or make a meal or

snacks, please call Terri in the church office.

Pastor Paul Strom, Steve Faust, John Kelm,

Dave Bradley, Joy Nasi, Kris Kreh, Geoff

White, Ted Sparapani, Bev Wadke, Jim

Meier, Jaeme Kaski, Nick Jungles, Bruce

Buckman, Recording Secretary – Terri

Shoquist & Financial Secretary - Christina

Maki

Action

Support Salvation Army with First Fruits Approve the 2020 budget

Accept Vic & Joann Seppi as Fortune

Lake Camp delegates

Approved Dennis Veale & Dodie Wag-

ner to the Auditing Committee

Appointed Bruce Buckman & Geoff

White as tellers for the Annual Meeting

Approved the agenda for the 2020 An-

nual Meeting with revisions

Approved the replacement of the new

addition boiler as recommended by the

Building Committee, using money from

the Capital & General Funds

Informational Items

Committee Updates

Special Needs Service - Feb. 8th at 4pm

Annual Meeting with lunch by Council

LATI Jan. 19 - 25, Feb. 16 - 22nd

Our Saviour’s 100th Anniversary 2023

Pastoral Acts for December

Throughout the season of Lent, the Confir-mation youth will be participating in a Penny

War between the 6th, 7th and 8th grades. The

goal is not so much to collect pennies as to

raise as much money as possible for a good

cause. This year’s proceeds will be donated

to the Foster Closet of Dickinson County

which is committed to helping reduce the

financial strain on families caring for children

who are not biologically theirs. They provide

clothing and other essential items needed

for the child’s/children’s care.

Here’s the fun part:

The students get points for every penny

in their jar, but the silver and paper

money subtract points.

If you want a particular grade to win –

put lots of paper money and silver in the

other two jars and put all your pennies

in the jar of the grade you are support-

ing. The real winners are the children & their

foster families – lots of cash is good –

just think about which jar you want to

put it in.

The jars for each grade will be in the Fire-

side Room beginning on Ash Wednesday,

Feb. 26th until Easter. The winning grade will

receive a pizza party when the war is over.

Everyone is invited to join in the fun and help share God’s love in a tangible way with

our friends in the community.

Let’s Make February Pastor

Appreciation Month…

“A new commandment

I give to you,

that you love one another:

just as I have loved you,

you also are to love one another.

By this all people will know

that you are my disciples,

if you have love

for one another.”

John 13:34-35

We are so blessed to have Pastor Paul here at Our Saviour’s! God knew exactly what we

needed when he sent him to us … our “Yooper” Pastor… faithful, committed, steadfast and

humble.

Please make a special effort this month to pray for Pastor Paul and Gretchen, and to show

your appreciation, personally, any way you like…notes, spoken words, little gifts, etc. We

all know that behind every good man is an even better woman -- so don’t forget Gretchen.

She is such a blessing… talented, sweet, patient, and beautiful… sharing her husband with

our entire church, while encouraging and uplifting him in his efforts.

Our Sunday, February 9th, Fellowship Hour will be in honor of Pastor and Gretchen. We

will have special treats, as we enjoy this time together. On the table will be a basket for

your notes of appreciation.

Thank You!

On behalf of Breitung Township Schools, I

would like to thank you for your generous

donation to the Backpack Blessings Program.

With your donation, we will be able to con-

tinue to fill 50 food bags every Friday and

also over the holiday breaks. In these food

bags, students can count on 2 breakfasts, 2

lunches, snacks, milk and fruit cups. We also

like to periodically add (in separate bags)

toothbrushes, toothpaste, body wash and school supplies. These bags are placed dis-

creetly in the students lockers to protect

confidentiality. These bags go to the at risk

youth (K-12) at Breitung Township Schools.

Thank you so much for caring about our

Flivver students.

Marci Veale - BTS School Success

The Lydia Circle will meet on Tuesday,

February 18th at 1:00pm at Evergreen in

the Activities Room. They will continue

their study on the Proverbs 31 Woman.

Kids will break from Confirmation beginning

Ash Wednesday, February 26th through

Lent. They will resume, Wednesday April

15th. Youth are encouraged to attend mid-

week services and lend a hand at the soup

suppers.

Dessert Concert Covenant Church, Norway

Sunday, February 9th 6:30pm

This concert features Yvonne Blake, singer,

songwriter and instrumentalist sharing

original songs that bless, encourage &

uplift.

Everyone is welcome.

A Freewill Offering will be taken.

1 Andrea Celello

2 Adam Buchcuski

Kevin Londo

Ben Schroeder

3 Paul Edlebeck

Sandra Fontaine

Amy Ramme

Britt Slade

4 Jennifer Freeman

Brianna Peterson

5 Landon Heyrman

Angela Marchetti

Joanne Reid

6 Tyler Walimaa

Kate Wenzel

7 Margaret Petrick

Colleen Sleik

8 Sarah Schuiteman

Hugh Harris

Pat Wickman

9 Richard Anderson

Carol Bates

Jorge Castro

Rebecca Hirthe

10 Julia Bowles

Steve Faust

Alayna Pietrantonio

Madison Raiche

11 Andrew Watkins

12 Alan Perla Kora Poulos

13 Judy Johnson

Pamela Larson

Connie DeGroot

14 Angela Counter

Jim Meier

Katie Mendina

Colin Watkins

Hallie Wendt

15 Jack Bowles

Chris Harris

Georjeana Swartout

16 Seth Carlson

Matthew Richer

Brian Watt

17 Jacob Czerwan

Deena Lindeman

Lydia Ohlsen

Thomas Tomasi

18 Mike Berglund

Terry Grippen

Bob Johnson

Gabe LaFreniere

19 Katelyn Charette

Kyle Kruppstadt

Kerry Tushoski

Chuck Vercoe

20 Nathan Johnson

Ward Lindeman

Ethan Metras

Malin Pontbriand

21 Monica Chartier

Evelyn VanGuilder

2 Ryan Pepin

Bob Truscott

23 Daryl Nelson

Sonya Nelson

24 Susan Anderson

Lynne Reed

25 Cheryl Pugh

Caylee Shogren

Peter Yake

26 Amy Englund

Jorgen Klefstad

Al Westman

28 Josie Scott

God Club

With the New Year, we have decided to go

back to our video series What’s In The

Bible? You might remember that this series

was put together by the same folks who cre-

ated the much-loved VeggieTales videos.

We started January with DVD 8: Words to

Make Us Wise (Psalms, Proverbs, and

The Writings). We talked about how life

can, at times, be like carrying a heavy back-

pack -- full of worries and burdens. We learned that we don't have to carry all those

worries around with us. The Bible tells us

that God will carry our burdens for us. We

used our watercolors to paint pretty flow-

ered wall hangings with this verse…

Psalm 46:1

“God is our refuge and strength,

an ever present help in trouble.”

The next week Miss Joy

squeezed all of the

toothpaste out of a

tube and then told us to

put it back inside. Of

course, we couldn’t.

She compared that

toothpaste to words

we say. We need to be

careful with the words

we use because, once

they are said, we can’t

put them back in our

mouths. The old rhyme "Sticks and stones

may break my bones, but words can never

hurt me" sounds nice, but it just isn't true.

Words can hurt.

We made kind words out of “toothpaste”

yarn and practiced this verse…

Proverbs 12:18

“Reckless words pierce like a sword,

but the tongue of the wise

brings healing.”

We continued with DVD 9: God Speaks!

(Isaiah, Jeremiah & the Prophets). We learned all about Daniel in the Lions’

Den, made a fun foldable lion, and prayed…

Dear Heavenly Father, we may not face

the same kind of lions in our lives

that Daniel did, but we do face many

problems which we need your help

in overcoming. Help us to be faithful in

prayer and in obeying what

you have commanded us to do. We ask

this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

We ended the month with Jonah and the

Whale. We read all about Jonah’s adven-

ture and, to help us remember this lesson,

we each got to make our own fleece stuffed

whale. In our closing prayer we thanked

God for His Word and for the lessons we

can learn from studying it. We know we

can learn from the mistakes of others and

from our own mistakes, too. God will help

us as we try to always do what is best for us

and for those around us.

Remember, God Club meets every Wednes-

day, after school, in the Creation Station classroom. There’s always room for more!

Miss Joy

Sunday School

In Sunday School we started off learning

about how God made each of us with spe-

cial talents. We learned that he gave us

these talents to help us teach others about

his love. We learned that we were saved

by God’s grace and because of his Grace

our sins are forgiven and we will have

eternal life. We do not have to do any-

thing to earn this, but we have these spe-

cial talents and we get to use them to

teach and show others God’s love for us.

We started off by using our talents to

make valentine sun catchers for residents

in a local nursing home. The next week

we used different talents to make pillows

for members of our church that are in the

nursing home or are home alone. The children also made muffins that we gave at

the Nursing Home to our members and

also their caregivers as a treat. Many of

these people were so touched that they

were brought to tears that someone

thought of them.

The following Sunday the

children invited the Light at

the Inn residents to worship with us as they

sang in Church and then join us for a congre-

gation wide Pancake Breakfast. The children

served and visited with all and a basket was

put out for free will offer-

ing. The children raised

$336 which they used to

purchase food for the First

Lutheran Food Pantry,

pictured below.

Pancake Supper February 25th

5 - 6:30pm

Cost is $4 - Adults $2 Children under 12 $12 per Family Pancakes - Sausage - Applesauce - Paczki - Beverage

Proceeds will benefit Lutheran World Relief

Every wedding anniversary is a special one

and we wish that God’s rich blessing and

love will continue to sustain and fill each marriage.

45 Years - February 8th

Jim & Tracy Husing

35 years - February 16th

Larry & Barb Partanen

35 Years - February 23rd

John & Linette Hiller

Sincere Sympathy to:

** Tom Halborg, Andrew & Julie Watkins

and family on the death of wife &

mother, Estelle Halborg

** Jim & Brenda Benbow on the death of

her mother

** Nancy Shimwela, Caryle, Adam, Sarah,

Brent, Krista Buchcuski, Char Krafski

and families on the death of brother &

uncle, Robert Saxon.

Thank Yous from:

Anita Ruohomaki

Palmisano Care Package Project

Dickinson County Community Chorus

Marci Veale - BTS School Success

SON Int’l

For all the prayers that have been offered

up on my behalf, I thank you all. I praise

the name of Jesus for by His power &

authority we receive our healing. Thanks

be to God.

Marge Simbob

Just want to thank the church for all you do

All year. I never seem to say “thank you”

enough. It is so plain to see that the Lord is

there working through each and every one

of you and we know your dedication has

not gone unnoticed. He sees all and you

will get your reward in due time. God

bless!

Loads of love,

Diana L. Miller

Financial Report Attendance

Jan. 5 199

Dec. Receipts $ 44,246.00 Jan. 12 196

Dec. Expenditures $ 25,339.00 Jan. 19 240

Balance $ 18,907.00 Jan. 26 200

Monthly Benevolence $ 300.00 Alpha Omega Local

Disbursed $ 400.00 AGAPE Fund

We are happy to be back at school after a

long break for Christmas! We have been

working hard learning about hibernation,

migration, adaptation and nocturnal ani-

mals. We have created some great pro-

jects to go with those lessons. We have

also been reading stories and doing pro-

jects about snowmen (The Pre-kindergarten

class made some amazing snowmen in the

front of the church)! Groundhog’s day is

coming up and we will be looking for his

shadow!

Our preschoolers are doing a great job

with letter recognition and with their

names and their friend’s names! We have

started using scissors and are working

really hard at learning to open and close

our fingers with them. We created beauti-

ful hearts for Valentine’s Day. They are

hanging on our bulletin board!!

The Pre-Kindergarten class is doing an

amazing job with letter sounds and has

been working really hard with recognizing

their last names. We are still working

hard at our writing skills and doing great!

Our Bible stories this month have included

Hannah and Samuel, David and Goliath and

Daniel and the Lion’s Den, learning that God

always hears our prayers and He speaks to

us in all different ways. We can always

count on God to be there for us every day.

Whenever we need help all we have to do is

pray and we can also say thank you to God

with prayer.

Miss Mandy and Miss Kaye

The Jake Menghini Museum Presents

Jeanette Zychowski and the Saintly Stitchers’

Quilt Guild of Norway

Quilting in America Monday, February 10th

2pm & 6pm

This is an historical power point presenta-

tion on the history of quilting in America

from the Pilgrims until modern day. Admis-

sion is by donation to the Museum.

BASIC (Becoming A Servant In Christ) is our

middle school youth group. Lately we

have been busy helping out in all kinds of

ministries around the church... Several of

our kids have learned how to run the sound

for church services and have been doing

wonderful job! What a blessing it has been

for us that they have shared their talents this

way.

Another great talent they have is doing skits

at our monthly service for people with spe-

cial needs. What a wonderful way to share

the Gospel. We look forward to doing

more in the coming months.

Our group has also decorated boxes with

messages of God's love and then filled them

with groceries for people that come to the

church looking for help.

It is a joy to see these kids finding so many

ways to be the hands and feet of Jesus! BA-

SIC is for grades 6-8. Join us for snacks and

fellowship in the youth room on Sundays

from 9:40-10:40am.

(Photo does not include the 3 boys who also

helped but disappeared before I could take their picture!)

God’s Love Gift Wrapped

The February donation for our

Lutheran World Relief Health

Kits will be:

A sturdy wide tooth comb

We continue to collect non-perishable

groceries for the First Lutheran Food

Pantry in the cart outside of the Fireside

Room. If each person brings just one food

item to church with them each Sunday we

can fill the basket. The groceries get deliv-

ered to First Lutheran when the basket is

full.

Pastors Link

At this time of year I always struggle a little

bit… well actually a LOT of bit! The big pas-

toral push of Advent and Christmas is done

with and there’s a lull before Lent, Holy

Week and Easter. We’ve had a high and

now we’re entering the low of Lent before

another big high. Besides this, there is

Seasonal Affective Disorder, triggered by the

curse of having a birthday only a week after

Christmas, when everyone is burned out on

gifts and parties and such.

Besides that, as I age I am finding I much

prefer the sunshine and warmth of the other

seasons besides winter. I like getting outside,

hearing the birds, smelling the soil, marveling

at the beauty of the trees leafing out and the

flowers pushing up to unfold their blooms

and feeling the warm air. Maybe you find

yourself in the same condition? Or maybe

you are reading this in Florida or Texas or

Arizona… Scripture reminds us that it’s a

blessing to patiently walk and wait through

each season of the year and of our life,

because it’s a reminder that our Lord’s

world keeps on going as He has ordered it.

This is true, and it is a good reminder. It’s

rooted in God’s promise made to Noah

following the flood: “While the earth

remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and

heat, summer and winter, day and night,

shall not cease.” This is right after God’s

promise of never again sending a flood to

destroy all life. Perhaps another way to put

it is like this: we live every day in the bless-

ing and grace of God. Thinking in this way, I

am able to greet each day with the joy and

gladness that comes with knowing that

Christ Jesus has taken away my sins, as far

as the east is from the west. Instead of

sending a flood to destroy all life, God sends His Son to redeem and save all life,

even you and me! “For God did not send

his Son into the world to condemn the

world, but in order that the world might

be saved through him.” And, “In this the

love of God was made manifest among

us, that God sent his only Son into the

world, so that though we may die in the

flesh, we might live forever in the Spirit

through Him.” In this is found true Love;

“Not that we have loved God, but that

He loved us and sent his Son to be the

payment for our sins.”

We have so much to be thankful for and to

rejoice in. Lent is coming, but so is Easter!

Let us prepare ourselves to come and hear

the Word and receive the Sacrament in this

Holy time of waiting. Ash Wednesday is

February 26th with the imposition of ashes.

We’ll have Lenten midweek soup and ser-

vices each Wednesday. Holy Week follows with a week long journey to the cross and

to the open tomb! Please put these on your

calendar. Make hearing the Word and

receiving the Sacrament a part of your

Lenten Journey this year. I am praying for

you. Please pray for me. God bless us on

the journey together.

In Christ,

Pastor Paul

Senior Pastor - Rev. Paul Strom Church Phone: 774.2733

Phone: 906.398.7430 Church Fax: 774.4069

Email: pastorpaul@oslfamily.org Email:connect@oslfamily.org

Website: oslfamily.org

Lenten Devotional

Everyone looks forward to receiving our yearly Lenten Devotional.

However, to make that happen we need YOU! Everyone is encouraged

to submit a paragraph or two on how God has been working in your life,

past or present. These devotions are as varied as the people who write them.

Please email them to connect@oslfamily.org or drop off in the church office

by Monday, February 10th.

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