Calendar

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April 2025

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Events

Mar 23 – Apr 20, 2025

Lent 2025—Worship and Fellowship Opportunities

This page is your quick reference to the 2025 season of Lent at OSLC Join us on our Lenten Journey! There are lots of things going on. See the links below.  Pick up a devotional booklet for yourself and one for your child. They are available in the church narthex. If you don’t see one, just ask! Ash Wednesday, March 5, services at noon and 7pm.  Weekly Soup Suppers, followed by  Lenten Services each Wednesday. Sunday School  and Weekly services…
Mar 23 – Apr 21, 2025

Lenten Soup Suppers

  • 6:00 pm
The OSLC Council invites you to join with us for a Soup Supper at 6:00 pm each Wednesday  in the fellowship hall before the Holden Evening Prayer service. Join us for a simple meal of soup and bread as we reflect on our Lenten journey and prepare for Holy Week. No need to bring anything other than yourself, family and friends.  We look forward to seeing you all on Wednesdays! All are welcome!  
Mar 23 – Apr 21, 2025

Holden Evening Prayer – Wednesday Evenings in Lent 2025

  • 7:00 pm
Holden Evening Prayer – Every Wednesday “Let my prayer rise up like incense before you.” (Psalm 141) We will join in prayer and song each Wednesday evening in Lent, to strengthen one another in faith and hope. We will be using Holden Evening Prayer, a beautiful and meditative setting for worship. 7:00 pm Weekly In-person and Online (available via Facebook Livestream …if we have a volunteer to do so)    
Apr 13 – 20, 2025

Holy Week Services

Join us for Holy Week, a powerful journey through death to new life.  Our services are:       Passion/Palm Sunday 12 April 5:30pm Saturday 13 April 8:00 and 10:30am Sunday   Maundy Thursday 17 April 7:00pm A celebration of the Last Supper and the New Commandment   Good Friday 18 April                                                         …
Apr 16, 2025

Confirmation Education

  • 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
  • Every Week
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.  
Apr 16, 2025

Senior High Youth Group

  • 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
  • Every Week
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…
Apr 16, 2025

Adult Choir Rehearsal

  • 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  • Every Week
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.  
Apr 17, 2025

Adult Bible Study with Pastor Michael

  • 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
  • Every Week
A Sneak Peek 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 peek. Good news: there is! Each Thursday, Pastor Michael will introduce us to the lectionary for the…
Apr 17, 2025

Handbell Choir Rehearsal

  • 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm
  • Every Week
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 /…
Apr 19, 2025

VoP Set-up and Run-through

  • 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm
  • Every Week
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.  
Apr 19, 2025
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Contemporary Weekly Worship

  • 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
  • Every Week
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…
Apr 20, 2025
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“Simple” Traditional Weekly Worship

  • 8:00 am – 8:45 am
  • Every Week
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.   
Apr 20, 2025

Sunday Social Hour

  • 8:45 am
  • Every Week
Join us for refreshments and conversation
Apr 20, 2025

Brunch and Children’s Easter Celebration with Egg Hunt

  • 9:00 am – 10:30 am
On Easter (April 20th), the Sunday School will have an Easter celebration from 8:45-10 am with egg hunt for the children along with other Easter related activities. Come at 8:45 or 9 for breakfast. Children’s activities begin at 9:15 am. The egg hunt will take place outside if weather allows; in case of inclement weather, the egg hunt and other activities will be held indoors.                 While the children are out searching for…
Apr 20, 2025
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Traditional Weekly Worship

  • 10:30 am – 11:30 am
  • Every Week
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…
May 3, 2025

Prayer Shawl Ministry

  • 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
  • Every Month
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. This group welcomes everyone with an interest in the ministry of creating handmade shawls, blankets, and prayer cloths for use during baptisms and pastoral care, regardless of your experience in the fiber arts. If you’re interested in learning this type…