Youth
Twelve Days Later Was Great Fun!
Twelve Days Later, written and directed by Pidge Luper Church, was performed at Our Saviour over the weekend of February 7-9, 2025. The audience had almost as much fun as the cast! The story of the magi following the star to find the child Jesus, and the Holy Family’s subsequent escape to Egypt. We are also excited to say that donations of $600 were gathered for 30 Fast Hours, which will go toward feeding hungry people. What a generous audience!
OSLC Youth and Young Adults Attend 2024 ELCA Gathering!
On July 15, 2024, 5 high school and 2 young adults left for New Orleans to participate in the ELCA Youth and Young Adult Gathering. What a week it was! In addition to the many engaging activities provided by the gathering staff, there was much time for fellowship, silliness, and growth. The theme of this gathering was Created To Be, and it featured many powerful speakers. Through their stories they reminded us that we are all made exactly the way…
Team USA Rides in the Quad Tandem Bike World Championship for
The 2023 Quad Tandem World Championship was a tremendous success! Team USA members Jude Rittenhouse, Zac Moylan, Colin Ashby, Sam Paccassi, and (alternate) Drew Dove proved surprisingly adept at riding a four-person bike, despite not even getting to see one in person until two days before the event started! They certainly showed they could learn on the fly as they conquered the perils of mountainous terrain, highway riding, and even gravel roads over the course of their 8-day, nearly 500-mile…
2023 Hurley Mission Trip
On July 9, ten youth and adults from OSLC headed to Appalachia for a week of learning, helping, worship, and fellowship with the people of Hurley, Virginia. During the week, we built walkways, porches, and stairs in order to help make homes safer and easier to enter and exit. We loved getting to know the homeowners and the full-time volunteers at the Hurley Community Center. They taught us all many new skills and became good friends! We aso had lots…
30 Fast Hours!
From noon on May 26 and continuing through May 27th, at 6:30, 15 OSLC youth and adults fasted for 30 consecutive hours in order to raise funds for ELCA World Hunger. We raised $4700! The funds were sent to ELCA World Hunger, who will use it where it is most desperately needed. They work all over the globe to provide tools, seed, farm animals, and education as well as emergency resources. Thank you to our congregation, friends, and family for your incredible…
New Drama Opportunity for YOUth
Check “Upcoming Events” for the latest on presentation dates and times! Parts Assigned THIS Weekend (3/19/22)! To enhance our worship as well as allow our youth to grow and shine, we are offering a new opportunity for youth to lead the church: a dramatic presentation of the Passion of Our Lord on April 9-10. All Youth are invited to read for speaking parts this Saturday (March 19) at 3:30 pm. Our youth will prepare a dramatic reading of the story…