February 2023
Events
Feb 4, 2023
VoP Set-up and Run-through
Voices of Praise set-up and run-through will begin at 3:00 pm and take place until just before worship service, which begins at 5:30 pm.
Feb 4, 2023
Prayer Shawl Ministry
Prayer Shawl Ministry resumes monthly meetings starting Saturday, May 1, 2021 from 4:00-5:00 pm. Join us in the library every first Saturday of the month at 4pm to sit and knit (or crochet or loom knit!), or just to visit. If our group exceeds the safety limits for the space, we will move to the Fellowship Hall. Please remember to wear a mask. This group welcomes everyone with an interest in the ministry of creating handmade shawls, blankets, and prayer…
Feb 4, 2023
Contemporary Weekly Worship
Both In-person and Online Our weekly Saturday service offers the ancient faith in a modern and informal style. Music at this service is led by our house band, Voices of Praise. Their style blends contemporary, bluegrass, folk and classical. The roster has changed a little over the years, but the sense of teamwork and the zeal for God’s work has never flagged. The members of Voices of Praise do not think of themselves as performers, but as worship leaders, inviting…
Feb 5, 2023
“Simple” Traditional Weekly Worship
Currently being held in-person only. Please join us for our weekly early Sunday “Simple” service with traditional liturgy, an inspiring sermon, and holy communion. Our Sunday morning “Simple” service is spoken word only and vintage Lutheranism: liturgical but not stuffy, with a constant focus on God’s love, communicated through the Word and Sacraments.
Feb 5, 2023
Sunday Social Hour
Join us for refreshments and conversation
Feb 5, 2023
Sunday School for Children and Youth
We have an active Sunday School program at OSLC that start from age 2 up through adult. Children in the 5th grade and under begin each Sunday at 9:00 in the main sanctuary with an opening prayer and then go to their classes. Young adults and adults meet in other rooms of the church. Enroll in a Class Learn more
Feb 5, 2023
Adult Sunday School Class — Animate: Bible
Once again we delve into the Animate series of studies in our Adult Sunday School class. This time we’ll focus on the Bible. Materials will be emailed each week or can be picked up the week before or the day of the class. Like many of our recent classes, there is a video component to each session. Sessions we’ll be discussing include: Canon – Mining For the Word (Jan. 15) History – From Parchment to Pixel (Jan. 22) Testaments –…
Feb 5, 2023
Traditional Weekly Worship
Currently being held in-person and online. Please join us for our weekly Sunday service with traditional music and liturgy, an inspiring sermon, and holy communion. Our Sunday morning services are vintage Lutheranism: liturgical but not stuffy, with a constant focus on God’s love, communicated through the Word and Sacraments. If you like classic hymns, a booming organ, the voices of a choir raised in song — and a few moments of silence for prayer and meditation — this is the…
Feb 7, 2023
Ladies’ Bible Study:
One Thousand Gifts
Please join Barbara Brown and other ladies of the church on Tuesday mornings at 10am in the church’s Library to study, pray and grow in faith together. The group will be reading and discussing One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp once the group resumes meeting on January 17, 2023, after a short holiday break. Books are free and available for pick-up from the church office. You may also purchase your own…
Feb 7, 2023
Weekly News Items Deadline
Please submit any news items for the weekly email blast and printed news to office@oslc-warrenton.com by 9:00 am. Thank you!
Feb 8, 2023
Confirmation Education
Confirmation teaches baptized Christians who wish to become Lutheran Martin Luther’s theology on the Ten Commandments, the Apostles’ Creed, the Lord’s Prayer, Baptism, Confession, and the Eucharist. … Students usually take confirmation classes through 7th and 8th grade. For enrollment, contact the church office or one of the pastors.
Feb 8, 2023
Senior High Youth Group
Calling All Senior High Youth! Let’s try a new thing! Beginning September 21, youth group meetings will be held on Wednesday nights at 6:00 in the youth room (rm. # 7 off the Fellowship Hall). Please join us for pizza and planning during the first two meetings (9/21 & 9/28). A fun Saturday outing is in the works, and details will be coming your way soon. Meanwhile, come join us during those first couple of meetings to help plan things…
Feb 8, 2023
Adult Choir Rehearsal
Adult Choir Rehearsal will begin at 7:30 pm on Wednesdays in the Sanctuary/Nave but use of the space to set-up for this event will begin at 7:00 pm.
Feb 9, 2023
Dave’s Class —
Making Sense of Martin Luther
Dave’s Thursday Morning Class Join Dave Raecke and others in person in Room # 6 off of the Fellowship Hallow (or via Zoom – see link & meeting info below) on Thursday mornings at 10:00 starting January 5, 2023, for an 8-session study of Making Sense of Martin Luther. This book, written by David J. Lose, uses a conversational format to explore how Luther’s dynamic understanding of God’s life-changing gospel informs day-to-day faith and life in the world today. Zoom…
Feb 9, 2023
Adult Bible Study with Pastor Michael
A Sneak Peak at the Weekly Readings! Each week, we read a series of lessons together in worship, and hear a sermon that touches on at least one of them. But wouldn’t it be great if we knew which lessons we would hear in advance, so that we could understand them more deeply? If only there were some way to get a sneak peak. Good news: there is! Each Thursday, Pastor Michael will introduce us to the lectionary for the…
Feb 9, 2023
Handbell Choir Rehearsal
Does This Ring a Bell? Not by itself! ― It needs you to ring it! Now that social distancing is behind us, we are bringing handbell / handchime music back into worship. If you already have experience or if you are interested in learning to play handbells / handchimes, please contact Rhoda Thompson through your church directory or the church office (or in person on Saturdays at the 5:30 worship service). This is for anyone interested in playing handbells /…
Feb 9, 2023
Feb 11, 2023
Quilt Ministry
(Saturday work sessions-2023)
God’s Work. Our Hands. OSLC Quilt Ministry began in 2007. Since that time our Ministry has completed over twenty-five hundred (2500) Quilts for distribution by Lutheran World Relief to people in need around the world. Each Quilt is one of a kind, with a beauty all its own, made as a gift of love by caring people. Our workshops are held January through September on the 2nd Saturday and the following Tuesday of each month concluding with a Blessing of…
Feb 12, 2023
Information Meeting for Hurley Mission Trip
Youth and adults interested in the Hurley trip are invited to join us for a short meeting in the fellowship hall on Sunday, February 12 following the 10:30 am service.
Feb 14, 2023
Quilt Ministry
(Tuesday work sessions-2023)
God’s Work. Our Hands. OSLC Quilt Ministry began in 2007. Since that time our Ministry has completed over twenty-five hundred (2500) Quilts for distribution by Lutheran World Relief to people in need around the world. Each Quilt is one of a kind, with a beauty all its own, made as a gift of love by caring people. Our workshops are held January through September on the 2nd Saturday and the following Tuesday of each month concluding with a Blessing of…
Feb 15, 2023
Monthly Newsletter Items Deadline
Please submit any news items for the monthly newsletter (The Messenger) to office@oslc-warrenton.com by 10:00 am on the 15th of the month. Thank you!
Feb 22, 2023
Feb 26, 2023
February 2023 Congregational Meeting
Mark your calendars for the annual February Congregational Meeting on Sunday, February 26, from 12:00-1:30pm. A meal together in the Fellowship Hall will begin at 11:30 am. For those who are unable to attend in person, you have the option to participate virtually through Zoom. Please see below for Zoom meeting information as well as a link for our very own “Zoom Best Practices” guide. In order for the Fellowship Committee to ensure enough food and drink for those attending…
Feb 28, 2023
Fellowship Committee Meeting
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