1 Purpose statement: “Make disciples and grow in grace.”

February 2020

Worship Schedule 9:00 am-Traditional Worship

10:15 am-Sunday School

11:15 am-Heartsong, Contemp.

Staff

Jim Nipper, Pastor

Carolynn Bailey, Music Director

Melissa Malenda, Parish Nurse

Tony Mowell, Heartsong Leader

Cindy Watkins, Office Admin.

Council and Officers

Ken Olander, President

Cassie McAllister, Vice President

Patty Wessner, Secretary

Susan Reaves, Treasurer

Ken Diehl, Financial Secretary

Sean Golden, Christian Ed.

Brenda Whitson, Outreach

Ken Loveday, Property

Gene Maddox, Finance

Cat Hopper, Social Ministry

Tom Marshall, Stewardship

Patti Hembre, Worship/Music

Ronda Keffer, Shepherds/Inreach

Shawn Dahlke, Youth Ministry

Gabe Aaroen, Youth Rep.

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 February 19 to appear in March’s NewSense.

(Joel 2:12)

Traditionally, Lent is a time that we

will attempt to make changes in our

lives. We tend to do a lot of outward

and physical changes to help our-

selves to be better people. We lose

weight, we get healthier, we manage

our time more efficiently, and, all of

that is really good. What we at OSLC

want to do for Lent 2020 is to go

deeper than that.

You are going to hear words and

phrases in sermons and other conver-

sations like, “surrender,” “press on-

ward,” and “succumb” in our invita-

tions to serve Christ and the world

around us. We don’t normally like

those kinds of terms because they in

someway sound so heavy and respon-

sible. They sound like we’re being

asked to do more than a few personal

disciplines.

God calls us to return “with all our

hearts” meaning “with everything

we’ve got.” To give from all your heart

is more than making plans to lose ten

pounds or get more sleep or even

dedicate more time to this or that

ministry. It means so much more.

We are called to return. For me, it

means to go in the opposite direction

I was going. In fact, that can be one

of the understandings of what it

means to “repent.” To “repent”

means we make a 180-degree

change, and, I admit, that’s asking a

lot. It’s hard to go into another direc-

tion I was going. (I obviously liked

going the way I was going.)

It's all about control, really. We like

to be in control of everything around

us—again—our weight, the hours we

work, the time spent at home with

family, etc., etc. When God calls us,

we learn that He is in utter control

ultimately of everything. Yes, I said

everything. It’s a hard pill to swallow,

this control thing, but we can do it.

Read through this newsletter and

begin to pray over the opportunities

to surrender our lives to Christ, I

mean, really, totally, give ourselves to

God. There’s going to be a new

“prayer corner” for us to frequent,

new at-home Lenten devotional

books, new mid-week worships,

“prayer buckets,” book studies, and

other chances to experience change

in our lives.

I’m grateful to take this journey with

each of you. I hope you will be willing

to travel with me on this very special

time of the year. Let us “return” to

the Lord together! I’m looking for-

ward to it!

God loves you and so do I!

Pastor Jim

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Financial Recap: December 2019

Offerings & Expenditures

December

Actual Budget Variance

Full Year: 2019

Actual Budget Variance

Offerings $ 48,982 $ 39,825 $ 9,157 $ 389,774 $ 420,600 $ (30,826) Expenditures 34,766 39,589 4,823 381,284 420,984 39,700 Gain or (Loss) $ 14,216 $ 236 $ 13,980 $ 8,490 $ (384) $ 8,874

December 31 Balance Sheet

Checking (Operating Cash) $ 35,926

Savings (Council-Restricted Cash) 118,170 Total Operating Cash $ 154,096

Endowment Funds $ 40,211

Other Donor-Restricted Cash 65,313

Total Cash $ 259,620

Facilities and Other Fixed Assets $ 1,332,897

Less Accumulated Depreciation (939,707)

Net Fixed Assets $ 393,190

Total Assets $ 652,810

Current Payables $ -

Mortgages & Long-Term Debt -

Other Liabilities -

Total Liabilities $ -

Equity $ 652,810

Total Liabilities & Equity $ 652,810

Assets Liabilities & Equity

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As shown by the Offerings graph, December was a most encouraging month. Hopefully, we’re moving our of the months-long trend of offering declines, which had started back in June. However, December, with year-end gifts coming in, is always a difficult month from which to derive trends and conclusions.

For the full year, offerings were unfavorable to the budget by $30,826. Total expenditures and other items were favorable to the budget by $39,700, of which the compensation package for the Associate Pastor position accounted for $47,750.

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Council

President Ken Olander opened with devotions at 6:33 p.m.

Discussed upcoming dates and compliments (please see the “Thank you” page in this newsletter)

All monthly reports were approved.

Conversation with Property Ministry about their plans to prioritize the needs of the prop-erty. Council grateful for their plan; discus-sion about a plan by some women of the con-gregation who want to re-organize the closets

and storage spaces in the church. They will be starting soon; talked about needs: training for worship soundboard, better social media ways to communicate with the congregation; desire to livestream worship for our shut-in members (at least for those who have the capability to get livestreaming in their homes); approved the youth’s annual fund raiser for February 2 – “Souper Bowl for Caring” where monies collected go to 2nd Harvest Food Bank of NE TN.

Meeting adjourned with the Lord’s Prayer

(approx. 8:10 p.m.

Prayers to Beverly Gugliotta and family for the death of her mother, Joan Georg. Brenda Gentry and family for the death of her brother, Rick. Lisa Hoglund for the death of her dad, Eric.

Special Prayers for the beginning of the month…

Please lift up special prayers for our Congregational

Council as we gather into retreat on Saturday, Feb-

ruary 8, 2020, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Con-

ference Room at the Winged Deer Parks and Rec

Office (White columned building) for planning, vi-

sioning, and fellowship. Thank you for your prayers.

They make a huge difference for us all!

Prayer

Very soon there will be a very new space in the narthex of our church for you to offer to God your special prayer joys and concerns. We hope you will find this helpful, either on a Sunday morning, or, any other time of the week that you come by the church.

We’re not giving all the details yet, be-cause we want it to be more of a Lenten

“surprise.”

Co

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er

Please share information of all thosegrad-

uating from high school, college, and ad-

vanced degrees. Please send your infor-

mation to cwatkins@oslc.church.

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Traditional Volunteers for February

Acolytes 2, 16, 23-Ada Hylton 9-Connor Hall

Lector Schedule 2 & 9-Pat Wolf 16-Gabe Aaroen 23-Brenda Whitson

Altar Guild—Maggie Flint

Communion Assistants LEM 2-Patty Neas, Pam Ross All month-David Chalkley 9-Patty Neas, Tedd Stephens 16-Patty Neas, Pam Ross 23– Patty Neas, Tedd Stephens

Ushers 2- 9-Susan Reaves, Sharon Harshman

16-Susan Reaves 23-

Financial Tellers 2-John Stamm, Sharon Raye 9-Karen Wilson, Jim Malenda 16-Christy Huff, Janeen Pennell 23-Joe and Lu Mattson

Families of the Week 2-Mark, Marcy, Jake, Gabe Aaroen; Ralph & Lea Easton

Flowers for Sunday Traditional Heartsong 2- 9- 16-McAllister 23-

Hospital Visitor ..2-Chalkley 9-Jones 16-Gugliotta 23-Mattson

Library Committee—Lu Mattson

Prayer Shawl Team 1st wk-Beverly Gugliotta, Nancy Shilling, Patty Neas 2nd wk-Lu Mattson, Celia Martin 3rd wk-Cheryl Milliken, Trudy Blackmer, Betty Chalkley 4th wk-Karin McCoy, Mary Ann McGaughey, Becky Hamilos,

Nursery—We need volunteers every week, please sign up!

Attendance for January 2020

Date 9:00 am 11:15 am total

December 28 (Garrison Funeral) 85

December 29 10:00 am 77

January 5 114 63 177

January 12 102 65 167

January 19 100 57 157

January 26 95 56 151

Average attendance—74 worshipers for 11 worship opportunities for most of December.

Feb ruary Heartsong Volunteers Acolyte Worship Leader

2-Caleb Wilcox Ann Ottinger

9-Logan Hopper Carolyn Parrish

16-Audrey Golden Bob Hembre

23-Logan Hopper Mandy Widener

Projectionist Usher

2-Hayden Estep Sean Golden

9-Julie Anne Mowell Ann Ottinger

16-Mat Hopper Sean Golden

23-Julie Anne Mowell Bob Hembre

Confirmation for 2020 Confirmation Class will meet on February

23 from 3:00-5:00 pm. We are studying The

Small Catechism [pp.224-226] from their

handbook (“Morning & Evening Prayers and

Blessings at Meals’). We will have a pizza

supper and make Prayer Buckets in the fel-

lowship hall. Read over those few pages be-

fore you come to class! See you then!

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Katie Circle will meet on Wednesday, February 26 (4th Wednesday) at 10:30 AM in the Church Li-brary. Pat Wolf will begin a Bible study on the gospel of Matthew.

Preparation of Personal Care Kits is approaching soon. This year we have found we can purchase the combs, nail clippers and toothbrushes in bulk at a discount from Amazon. Therefore, monetary gifts are greatly appreciated so we can place the order in a few weeks. Money or checks (made out to WELCA) may be given to Kathy Bass or Beverly Gugliotta.

Thank you so much for your generosity and support in this meaningful project!

We will soon be able to track the destination of last year’s quilts and personal care kits. Please watch for more details in upcoming newsletters. You can search Lutheran World Relief at the You Tube website for a short video about these items and how important they are to those who receive them.

Upcoming Events

16- Phillip Ryans 17–Lisa Hebert 18–Bob Hembre 19-Gene LeSage 20-James Brunke 22-Mary Alice Nipper Erik Sutphin Juliana Sutphin Lucy Terry 23-Kaeli Gardner 25–Nick Arredondo Caleb Wilcox Natalee Ana King 26–Jim Nipper 27-Dorla Brunke Tosya Shilling Nolan Leah Godsey

1-Lauren Koeppen 2-Paxton Gourley 3-Dee Freeman Susan Reaves 4-Jay Stafford Whitney Collins 5-Karen Vitale 6-Tedd Stephens Ken Olander 10- Amy Koeppen 11- Taylor Nipper 12-Mickey Leonard Patty Neas 14–Claire Diehl 15-Deborah Soike Cassi McAllister Hannah Godsey

“The Lord Is My Shepherd—Healing Wisdom of the 23rd Psalm”

by Rabbi Harold Kushner

Lenten Study – led by Pastor Nipper

“Can fifteen beautiful lines from a single page of the Bible change your life? I believe they can, if you are willing to open your heart to their magic. Listen closely to them, read them with an open mind and an open heart, and you will find the answers to questions you are asking: questions about yourself, the people around you, and the world in which you and they live…” (H. Kushner)

We will meet on Wednesday mornings at 10 am starting with Ash Wednesday and Thursday eve-nings at 6 p.m. in the church library beginning Feb-ruary 27th.

I have secured 10 copies of the book for $7.50 a

piece. Anyone else can order on-line almost any-

where but—ask me first please.

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Outreach Ministry

Cornerstone Assisted Living Project

We would like your help with a new project – sup-plying Bingo prizes for the residents of Corner-stone Assisted Living. Possible prizes include indi-vidually wrapper snacks (Little Debbie cakes), candy bars, Kleenex, soaps, body lotion, costume jewelry and small stuffed animals. They currently play two times per week and the staff person buys the prizes out of her pocket. This is a great way to provide a small gift to someone and it will make them very happy. There will be a container for drop off in the main lobby. Thanks for your consid-eration to help with this project.

Thank You! Thank You! To all who made the delicious cookies for the lighting of the Johnson City Christmas Tree. Thanks to everyone who help package the cookies, prepare the hot chocolate and helped to serve at the actual event. It was such a fun night. We gave away more than 600 cookie packages, and 4 gal-lons of hot chocolate. That is a lot of cookies and hot chocolate.

To all those who made all those delicious cookies for the lighting of the Johnson City Christmas

Thanks to everyone who help package the cookies, prepare the hot chocolate and helped to

That is

PASSPORTS TO EASTER

Be on the lookout for information about your Passport to Easter, a church-wide event leading us from Ash Wednesday to Easter.

Come join the Faith Club, an unique Bible study group that meets each Thursday at 10 a.m. in the li-

brary. Currently we are looking at the Beatitudes, Jesus' manifesto for life. Guaranteed to earn you a stamp

for your Lenten "passport."

FAITH FORMATION

INTERGENERATIONAL EVENT We are going to gather on

Sunday, February 23, to

make Prayer Pails to

strengthen our prayer hab-

its during Lent and be-

yond. We will meet in

Fellowship Hall at 5:00 to

assemble our pails with

Pastor Jim and the confir-

mation students followed by a light supper of

pizza around 5:30. In order to have enough

supplies and food on hand, we are asking you

to sign up on either the bulletin board in the

main hallway or outside the nursery.

Prayer Pail

EYES

ON

JESUS

"Fix your eyes on Jesus."

When the people in the Passion narrative

looked at Jesus, what did they see? Eyes on Je-

sus asks us to look at Jesus through various Bib-

lical characters’ viewpoints, learning how they

saw Jesus. Did they misunderstand Him? Did

they recognize Him as the Son of God?

Using the Gospel of Mark, these devotions will

challenge our families to consider what they see

when they look at Jesus. Pick up your family’s

copy on Sunday morning, February 23.

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Around t he Parish

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-sized sheets.

Prayer Shawl Ministry

Prayer shawls are availa-ble for extended family and friends in need of comfort and prayers.

The Ministry meets on the second Tuesday of each month, which is February 11 at 10 am in fellowship hall.

If you would like to learn to knit or cro-chet, the ladies will teach you. They have all the supplies.

Please call Karin McCoy at (423) 543-2640 and leave a message if no one an-swers.

“First Saturday Prayer Breakfast” is on! On Saturday, February 1, at 8 a.m. at Golden Corral, 3104 Brown’s Mill Road, Johnson City. Everyone is welcome to this dutch-treat breakfast time of prayers and devotions. We’ll have a devotion related to the upcom-ing Lenten season as a way to help prepare you for that very special six-weeks. Come join us, and, bring a friend.

The Lutheran Primetimer group is open to any-one, and meets the first Wednesday of every month at 11 am in the library for sharing of concerns, thought, prayers, and devotions. After that we go as a group to a restaurant for lunch. We invite and encourage anyone to join this group. This month we meet February 5 and will be going to The Black Olive in Jones-bourgh. Please call, text, or email Sharon Raye at 423-341-0759 (rayesharon@gmail.com) to make reservations. Their menu is on line at theblackolive125.com.

Lutheran Girls’ Group Lunch

LGG is meeting on Thursday, February 20 at

11:45 at The Mad Greek, on Franklin Terrace

Court, across the street from Cheddars

To join our list for announcements email:

sharonharshman1@gmail.com or call

423.282.0400

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Melting Pot

We will prepare and serve a meal

on February 12. A volunteer sign-

up sheet is on the bulletin board

near the library. Melting Pot served 209 meals

on January 8.

Charity for February

Manna House Manna House serves males who have been

chronically homeless and who may have

psychological or substance abuse issues.

Manna House tries to be a safety net for men

who society has deemed worthless. They

can house up to 19 males for a maximum of

two years. They assess and train the clients

to become employed. One need is comput-

ers for training. Contact Valerie Brown at 423

-434-9310 pr 423-773-8221 if you have a

computer to donate.

Needs:

Cleaning supplies

Paper towels

Toilet paper

Toothbrush

Shampoo

Paper Towels

A box is located in the hallway for your do-

nations.

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 Muffin mix Potato flakes Pasta Pasta sauce Canned fruit

Seventeen grocery bags were given in December/

January.

Macaroni & cheese Canned veggies Peanut Butter Canned meat Pancake mix Dehydrated soup Hamburger Helper

Rice Raisins Apple sauce Hot/cold Cereal Vienna Sausage Pop Tarts Oatmeal Evaporated milk

News from Social Ministry

Lotion

Soap

Hair Conditioner

Razors

First-aid supplies

Paper goods

Thanks to all who donated

blood on January 15. We were

able to collect 11 units out of

13 registered donors. That’s

great considering the cold

weather and all the flu going

around. Our next drive is on

March 15 so put that on your

phone calendar or regular cal-

endar.

Shrove Tuesday

February 25 Men of OSLC—we need you!

The “Le Crewe de la Our Savioure” is back again!

Our Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper will be from 6-7:30 pm on the 25th and we need you to help cook!

This is a fund raiser for our youth’s trip to the Na-tional Youth Gathering in 2021. Youth will help as servers for the evening!

Men, please sign up on the bulletin boards (or call the church office & we’ll sign you up!) so we know how many folks we’ll have to help with this festive occasion!

Lookin’ forward you a fun and happy occasion!

See you there!

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High Road (Grades 4-6)

GUIDED LEARNING: This class will be continuing their Books of the Bible study this month. They meet in Room 4 (the tan room) downstairs.

FAITH-FILLED SERVICE: This class will be hosting High Road Hospitality on Sunday, February 2nd, between ser-vices. Look for the hospitality table and join them for refreshments.

Trail Blazers (Grades 1-3)

WORSHIP: This is the perfect age to begin engaging your child in worship. Try having them follow the congregation as they stand, sit or kneel during the service. They can also listen for the service calls (e.g., Lord, in your mercy...) and respond with the appropriate responses (e.g., hear our pray-er).

GUIDED LEARNING: If you have a child in Grades 1-3, please join us in the yellow room (bottom of the stairs) for Sunday school. This month’s lessons are Baby Moses (Exodus 2:1-10) & The Burning Bush (Exodus 3:15).

February News:

Children & Youth

Summit Seekers (Grades 7-12)

GUIDED LEARNING: This class will be starting a weekly bible study based on the Lectionary. They meet in the Youth Room.

FAITH-FILLED SERVICE: The Summit Seekers will be collecting money for the Souper Bowl of Caring on Sunday, February 2nd, after each service. All money collected will be given to Second Harvest as part of a national event tackling hunger.

FELLOWSHIP: There are two fellowship events planned for this month: a Super Bowl party on February 2nd (time TBD) and the monthly get-together on February 16th from 5-8 (dinner followed by time for fun and relax-ation).

FUNDRAISERS: The kids will be helping with PDO’s Parents’ Night Out on Friday, February 14th, from 5-8. They (as well as the PDO staff) will be watching the PDO students and their siblings while their parents enjoy an evening out; a free-will offering will be collected. They will also be helping with the Shrove Tuesday Pancake Dinner on February 25th beginning around 5:00 p.m. All money raised during these two events will be used for the National Youth Gathering in Minneapolis. These fundraisers are important... please make every effort to attend. Specific jobs will be assigned closer to each event.

Stepping Stones (Pre-K & Kindergarten)

GUIDED LEARNING: If you have a child in preschool or kindergarten, please join us in the nursery beginning at 10:15 each Sunday. This month’s lessons are Baby Moses (Exodus 2:1-10) & The Burning Bush (Exodus 3:1-15).

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Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ:

Looking for a wonderful outing to break up the winter doldrums? We’ve got you covered! Please save the date:

*Saturday, March 14, 2020*

I’m Annemarie Dugan, long-time member of Central Baptist and founder of a new performing arts non-profit, Mila Vox

(1000 voices). We bring artists together in God-honoring performances that benefit children’s charities—and inspire

hope through hands on-service projects.

I’m delighted to invite you to Four Pianos in Praise—a marvelous concert experience benefitting the important work

of Isaiah 117 House. This wonderful ministry provides safe, loving homes for regional children awaiting placement in

the foster care system. You may be well-acquainted with their vital work, and know God has His hand on this organi-

zation. It is an honor to be partnering with—and showering Isaiah 117 House in this unique event.

Originally performed for Central Baptist Church’s 150th birthday celebration last year, this unforgettable concert fea-

tures four grand pianos, twelve area pianists and covers genres for everyone: lush hymn arrangements, gospel, sacred

classical, patriotic, lively show tunes and a surprise or two!

“The 4 pianos concert was FABULOUS!!! Praising God in a spectacular way! If you weren’t there you missed an expe-

rience of a lifetime!!! --Joan Tipton, Central Baptist Church, Johnson City, TN”

Four Pianos in Praise will be performed at Seeger Chapel on the campus of Milligan College on Saturday, March 14,

2020 at 2:00 & 7:00pm. Tickets are $20 in groups of 10 or more; $25 for individuals, and can be purchased at

www.milavox.org. Please share this letter and photo below as you see fit. We pray you’ll bring your groups! Together,

we will celebrate what God is doing for His precious children in East Tennessee & beyond!

Serving Him with you, Annemarie M. Dugan Founding Executive Director, Mila Vox, Inc.

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Wherever we are on our faith journeys, the

Good News is that Jesus is there with us; and

He wants us to keep the faith and finish the

race. We may stumble along the way and will

undoubtedly make mistakes; but with Jesus

by our sides, we can rest assured we won’t

get it all wrong, either.

As a church family, we are supposed to chal-

lenge and support one another as we move

forward in faith. In fact, we promise to do so

every time we welcome a new member into

our family through Holy Baptism and again

when those brothers and sisters in Christ

affirm their baptisms... People of God, do you

promise to support and pray for one another

in your life in Christ? We do, and we ask God

to help and guide us.

As we move into 2020, I am looking for op-

portunities to fulfill the promise made during

every baptism here at Our Saviour Lutheran

Church. The ELCA recommends four practices

for nurturing a lifelong faith. These practices

include the following:

• Worship (purposeful activities with aware-

ness of the presence of the Holy Spirit)

• Guided Learning (opportunities to visit and

revisit Biblical stories with the intent to use

them to live faithfully each day)

• Faith-filled Service (works that are based

on our beliefs and demonstrate our love

for God and neighbor)

• Fellowship (respectful relationships with

our church family that show our commit-

ment to one another)

I look forward to developing programming

this year that will allow us to live out our faith

and share God’s love in the world. I prayer-

fully ask you watch for and join us in these

activities.

Marcy Aaroen

Share your “pinnable” ideas...

For faith formation program-

ming to succeed, all mem-

bers of our church family

need to feel called to partici-

pate in at least some of our

events. God has gifted each

one of us with time, talent

and treasure, and if we are

willing to share those gifts,

we will not only grow in our

own faith but may also en-

courage others to continue

strengthening their faith.

The faith formation bulletin

board in the hallway is set up

for you to write down your

ideas for possible activities/

events... think of it as our

very own Faith Formation

Pinterest board. Just write

your idea on a sticky note

and pin it to the board; it is

not necessary to include

your name, but it may be

helpful if I have any ques-

tions.

What is Faith Formation?

Worship

Guided

Learning

Faith-filled Ser-

vice

Fellowship

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Health and Wellness Cooking Class- Guest Speaker-Emily Carpenter, Nutritionist

How to prepare meals Heart Healthy! Reasons to eat a heart healthy diet? When-February 21, 2020 @ noon How to prepare meals that are heart healthy-Where-Fellowship Hall How to eat heart healthy on a budget

Health and Wellness Class-Living with hearing loss

February 19, 2020 @ 7pm in the Fellowship Hall

Guest speaker: Dr. Sarah Schumaier, Au.D.-

Dr. Sarah grew up in Elizabethton, TN and graduated from Elizabethton High School in 2000. She received her Bachelor’s degree in 2003 from ETSU. As a member of the inaugural Doctorate of Audiology program at ETSU, Dr. Sarah received her Au.D. with honors in 2007. Hearing loss doesn’t have to rule your life. Join us in a presentation on hearing loss to learn about:

different types of hearing loss

how to regain control of your life if living with hearing loss learn about sophisticated hearing technology that is available learn effective communication strategies to make communicating with family, friends, and colleagues easier

Parish Nurse Classes

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Parish News Updates

Classes:

*February 19, 2020- Health and Wellness Class-Living with hearing loss. Guest Speaker- Dr. Sarah Schu-maier, Au.D. Dr. Sarah will be presenting on different types of hearing loss, how to regain control of your life with hearing loss, sophisticated technology available to aid in hearing loss, effective communication strategies to make communicating with family, friends, and colleagues easier.

*February 21, 2020-Heart Healthy Cooking Class-How to prepare meals heart-healthy! Guest speaker- Emily Carpenter, Nutritionist. Emily will be speaking on reasons to eat heart healthy, how to prepare meals that are heart healthy, and how to eat heart healthy on a budget.

Ministries in Motion:

Walk/Talk- 1st, 3rd, & 4th Tuesday and every Thursday at 11:30am in fellowship hall.

Yoga for anyone- Thursday evenings at 6:30pm in the youth room.

Chair yoga for seniors- Fridays, 10:00am in the fellowship hall.

Blood Pressure Screening is the 3rd Sunday of each month at 10:15 am. February 16 is the next opportunity.

Support Group:

Friends in Grief- meet on the 1st Monday of every month at 10am in the library.

February 3, 2020- we will be using the book, A Grief observed by C.S. Lewis. All are welcome!

Care Bears- Please take one from the sanctuary to share with folks in the community that need to know that

OSLC cares for them and is also praying for them. ~Go God, Melissa Malenda, RN-parish nurse

February is heart health month. Your heart is in your hands:

1. Each year schedule a checkup with your doctor to have your blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose levels checked.

2. Get physical-every muscle counts when it comes to heart health! Try to get 30 mins of physical activity most days of the week.

3. Drink more water. Stay hydrated!

4. Eat healthy. Keep raw veggies and fruits in front in the refrigerator and healthy snacks in the front of the pantry so that is what you see first when you go to grab a snack.

5. Control Cholesterol-Cook with heart healthy foods, oils, and recipes. Watch your sodium intake.

6. No Smoking and if you do; quit! Try this to help kick your habit:

A. On day 1, cut the # of cigarettes you smoke by half

B. On day 3, cut the # in half again

C. On day 5, cut your smoking in half again

D. On your quit day, QUIT!

7. Maintain a healthy weight-excess weight increas-es your risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. If you struggle in this area; try this:

8. Each day, eat 200-300 calories less than you would normally consume and exercise at least 30 mins on most or all days of the week.

9. Stay positive-if you get off your exercise schedule, have a cigarette, or eat a fattening meal, immediately get back on track toward re-establishing a healthy life-style.

10. Give yourself credit-To maintain momentum with exercising, losing weight, or quitting smoking, keep track of your achievements and reward yourself by doing something you enjoy!

11. Exercise your spiritual heart. It is just as im-portant!

A. Read your Bible daily and ask God to let it be-come life to you.

B. Talk to God throughout the day. Include Him in your day as you acknowledge His presence with you.

C. Be faithful to assemble yourselves together

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…Kathy Robinson, Marjorie Gumm, David & Betty Chalkley, and Tom Marshall for handling the remov-al of the Chrismon Tree (and all the trimmings…wreaths, etc.) on January 11.

…Tedd Stephens, David, McAllister, Marcy Aaroen, Janeen Pennell, Kathy Robinson, Kathy Leonard, and Connor Hall for their service on our 2019 Congregation Council.

…Ken Olander, Cassi McAllister, Sean Golden, Patti Hembre, Shawn Dahlke, Gabe Aaroen for serving in 2020 on the Congregation Council as our newly, elected leaders.

…Patty Wessner, Susan Reaves, Ken Diehl, Gene Maddox, Brenda Whitson, Ken Loveday, Cat Hopper, Tom Marshall who remain for the year 2020 on Congregation Council.

…the Chancel Choir and the Heartsong Band for their wonderful leadership during the recent holidays and into the New Year.

…Tony Mowell and his family for providing “coverage” for both worships every Sunday.

…the “Melting Pot Gang” who serve so diligently every month in feeding a lot of folks at Munsey.

…the Prayer Shawl group who provide warm and thoughtful shawls for those who have special needs.

…the WELCA Circles as they provide inspiration and love in so many ways.

…all our volunteers for our worships at OSLC, especially our special services like the Celebration of Life and Resurrection.

…Carolynn Bailey for her direction, assistance, and leadership for the annual Epiphany Ecumenical Worship at Covenant Presbyterian (just up the street from us) on Sunday January 12, 2020.

…PDO for their continuing love, education, inspiration, and concern for their students and their fami-lies. Thanks, Cat especially!

…our OSLC Staff for their hard work through the holidays and into the New Year.

…everyone who donated blood at the Marsh Blood Drive on January 19 (13 registered; 11 donors). Thank you Susan and Mike Kirkland for heading this up!

…Glenn Ross for repairing the back entranceway/ramp

Pastor Jim and Mary Alice would like to offer a great

big thank you to the congregation for their mone-

tary gift at CHRISTmas, along with the cards and oth-

er gifts given to us during the holidays. We are

grateful to you all! You were very thoughtful!

T hank You Parish and S taff

Dear OSLC family,

“2019 was an extremely rough year for me, but

since the colon surgery in early November, I feel

so much better. The prayers from my church

family have been so wonderful in aiding the heal-

ing process. And I thank God for giving the doc-

tors the ability to do the surgery and for giving

me the directions to follow on how to aid the

healing process. I praise God every day for

that. I also thank the church for the prayer shawl

which was brought to my home and given to me

with such a beautiful prayer to pray for when

times get rough. What a wonderful thing to do

for those who are suffering. Thanks everyone.”

Carolyn Parrish

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