Here’s your weekly look at things happening at Our Savior’s.
Announcements
New Office Hours
Starting Thursday, Jan. 2, the church office hours will be:
Monday – Thursday: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Upcoming Events
Friendship Club: Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia
The monthly Friendship Club meeting will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 11 a.m.
Michelle Kutner from the Alzheimer’s Association will talk about the difference between Alzheimer’s, dementia, risk factors, and treatments.
Organ Meditation Hour
Chris Larson will be playing the organ on Sunday, Jan. 19 at 2 p.m. at OSL. Enter, sit, and listen in meditation or prayer, and leave all in silence.
Opportunities
Tote Bag Giveaway
The Creation Care Ministry will be giving away tote bags on Sunday, Jan. 26, the day of the Congregational Annual Meeting.
Need A Friend? Be A Friend!
LSS Better Together Program helps people 65 and older maintain or reinvigorate connections. We match older adults called a “Neighbor,” with a trained volunteer.
Neighbors and their assigned volunteers meet four hours a month to share a meal, go to a play, visit a park, watch a movie or grab a coffee and chat, among other activities.
If you want to meet a new friend, consider being a part of the LSS Better Together Program.
LSS staff will meet with you and get an idea of your interests and needs before matching you with a volunteer.
Call us at 605-444-7803 to get started.
To become a volunteer: https://lsssd.org/what-we-do/better-together/become-a-volunteer.html
To become a Neighbor: https://lsssd.org/what-we-do/better-together/become-a-neighbor.html
Ways to Help
Toilet Paper Drive
It is the kick off to our annual toilet paper drive for Necessities for Neighbors! Please bring toilet paper to the church office before Sunday, Feb. 2. Last year, each family received a full package, versus having to repackage it into 4 & 6 rolls groups! In 2024, we filled up Pastor Tim’s truck and 3 mini vans!
Lutheran Outdoors Needs Our Help!
We have been asked to put a work team together to head out to Klein Ranch Bible Camp from May 22 to 25, 2025 to get it fixed up and ready to re-open for campers. This multi-generational servant trip would:
- Work during the day (plumbing, carpentry, general cleaning)
- Fish Jake’s dam before supper!
- ampfires at night.
- Senior High youth on up…
- NO COST to go!
- We will cook our own meals (a cook along would nice!)
- 12-15 workers. Sign up on youth bulletin board
Contact Pastor Greg Johnson for more information (605-940-5875)
Fill Out Our Time and Talent Survey!
Fill out our Time and Talent Survey so we can learn more about our parishioners and their talents!
Help Resettlement of New Americans through Lutheran Social Services
Be a full or partial sponsor of a family new to our country.
A full sponsor will:
- Greet the family at the airport.
- Set up their home.
- Provide for rent and utilities for four months
- Orient the family to the community
- Practice English with the family
- Assist in job placement
To learn how you can help sponsor a newly arriving family, contact:
Center For New Americans
300 E. 6th St., Suite 100, Sioux Falls, SD 57103-7020
605-731-2000, 866-242-2447
For more information go to: https://lsssd.org/what-we-do/center-for-new-americans/becomesponsor.html
Cookie and Bar Donations
Love baking? The Food Ministry team accepts cookie and bar donations to keep in the freezer for confirmation dinners on Wednesday nights and Sunday morning coffees. Please bring to Debbie Theis in the office!
Warming Hearts
Hats, scarfs, mittens are being collected to donate to students at Susan B. Anthony Elementary. Drop off these items at the office. Donations will be delivered in January 2025.
Help Feed South Dakotans
12,500 South Dakotan families are turning to Feeding South Dakota every month for food assistance. That number grows over the holidays.
Consider donating to help feed fellow South Dakotans!
A gift of $25 will provide 75 meals. A gift of $35 will help provide 105 meals.
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