Our Savior Lutheran Church January • Volume 76 • Issue 1

The Adoration of the Magi Pietro Perugino, 1470-1473

Epiphany Sunday

January 7, 2018

8:30 & 11:00 Divine Service with Communion

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From the Pastor Pastor Kevin Martin kmartinnc@nc.rr.com

“New Year! New Things!”

So, happy New Year one and all! Since it is a new year, and since you know how much I love trying new things, I thought we’d kick off a new thing, bible study wise, something I’ve ac-tually been wanting to do for a long time. Wednesday, January 10th, at 5:30 pm (new time for Wednesday class!) we’ll kick off a new Pastor’s Class. But it will be something different than we’ve tried before. Usually, I like to do Bible Study on Sunday morning, and a theological topic or book discussion on Wednesday evenings. But I’ve kind of gotten away from the classi-cal purity of that intention when we started the Augsburg Confession as a Reformation Special back in October and are still on it for just one more week, before we get back to Matthew 21 on Sunday mornings. One of the happiest little things I ever backed into was when I came to Our Savior in Sep-tember 2000 and found our faithful and hard-working Deaconess Katie had a Tuesday morning bible study where she looked at the lectionary (the Scripture lessons appointed by the hymnbook) for the Sunday upcoming. I sat in on it from the start and then ungraciously just took it over from Katie because I found it was super-helpful for me in writing sermons! No one had ever suggested this to me in many years of divinity school and seminary - that one might do well to talk with the actual members, study together with them the actual Scripture lessons you’re going to preach on and see what they get out of them, or what questions/concerns it might present for them now! I’d had pastor study groups that would look at the lectionary, but that’s like letting the in-mates run the asylum if you think about it for a while… But what a wonderful and novel idea(!) - studying the Scriptures in advance of preaching on them with the congregation. I felt (like the Grinch’s heart) that my theological imagination grew 2 or 3 sizes that day! People asked ques-tions I would never have thought of, saw things in the text I had never noticed. And the real beauty of this thing was that year after year they kept finding new and previously hidden treas-ures that I had been missing just reading it all by my lonesome… so, an endless well of fresh insights! I resolved I would never be without a lectionary bible study in the congregation and the few Sundays I’ve had to write a sermon without the help of my Sanhedrin has been less pleasant! I monkeyed around with changing the Tuesday time to include more people, but moving the sa-cred hour of study from Tuesday 10:30 am to any other time did not produce good results. But then it occurred to me: in college, they have sometimes 2 or 3 sections of the same class! Hey! I could do that! So a new section of the Lectionary Class will begin Wednesday, January 10 at 5:30 pm (Why 5:30pm ? Well, we’ve found that can be a good time for meetings. You can bring some food, we can figure out how to get some, or just wait and eat afterwards. We’ll dis-cuss options…). What will you need to read or bring? Nothing! You can find the Lectionary in the front of Lutheran Service Book, but no advance work or homework is required. We provide the read-ings printed out, OT, Epistle, Gospel (we never look at the Epistle, I’m not sure why—just the OT and Gospel). And we discuss, amongst ourselves, for one hour, never more—we believe in the one hour service at OSLC! It has been told to me that this can be a great help in “getting more out of the Sunday service and sermon.” So I hope those that can will consider giving this a try. I’m committed to doing it at least till Ash Wednesday to see if it gains any traction… Happy New Year! Hope to see you Wednesday, January 10 at 5:30 pm!

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Date Service of the Church Year

Service Time

Order of Service

Cantors Instrumentalists/

Vocalists

Organist

1/7/18 Epiphany

(Observed)

8:30

11:00

DS w/Communion

Eric Heidepriem

Men’s Chorus

Duet

Men’s Chorus

Russell Wilcox

1/14/18 2nd SA

Epiphany

8:30

11:00

DS w/Communion

Matins

Dean Boik & Dave Dickmander

Pastor Martin

Kimberly Schwartz

Noël Hamm

1/21/18 3rd SA

Epiphany

8:30

11:00

Matins

DS w/Communion

Beth Hallowell

Choir

Beth Hallowell

Choir

Noël Hamm

Russell Wilcox

1/28/18 4th SA

Epiphany

8:30

11:00

DS w/Communion

Matins

Choir

Kerri Martinsen

Choir

Jubilate Ringers

Russell Wilcox

Noël Hamm

Russell Wilcox, Music Director/Organist Noël Hamm, Handbell Director/Organist

Russell Wilcox: music@oslcraleigh.org Noël Hamm: noel2bach@yahoo.com Worship & Music

Sunday January 7 9:00 Men’s Chorus

January 14 9:00 Choir

January 21 9:00 Choir

Jubilate Ringers Rehearsal Mondays, 6:30 p.m.

A special thank you to all of the talented OSLC musicians for their gifts of time and talent throughout the Advent and

Christmas services. Additionally thank you to our

Music Director/Organist Russell Wilcox and Handbell Director/Organist Noel Hamm for their additional hours of dedication,

preparation, and practice.

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Genesis Dr. Ridgeway is teaching on the book of Genesis in office 122 (9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.)

Pastor’s Class Adult Bible Class with Pastor Martin will continue the study of Articles of the Augsburg Confession.

Tuesday Mornings 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. This class meets with Pastor on Tuesdays in the Conference Room. Pastor provides an in-depth look at the upcoming lessons for the following Sunday.

Wednesday Evening Class 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Lectionary Study - see Pastor’s page for more information

Education

All Sunday School students 3 years old to adult will meet in the Fellowship Hall following the 8:30 service. The children will be dismissed to the

undercroft to sing and then on to their class.

January Teachers Preschool: Snjezena Woods K/1st grade: Shelley Dorman 2nd/3rd grades: Britt Johnson

4th/5th grades: Faith Orr 6th - 8th grades: Zach Dorman

9th - 12th grades: Maureen Costello

Thank you to all of our Sunday School students, teachers and all the musicians who provided such a great Christmas program this year. Special thanks to Faith Orr, Shelley Dorman and Kerri Martinsen as well as to our pianist, Russell Wilcox.

Sunday School Teachers Meeting, 1/7/18 - 12:15 p.m.

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Staff and Council

Our Savior Lutheran Church 1500 Glenwood Ave.

Raleigh, NC 27608-2338 Phone: (919) 832-8822

FAX: (866) 251-6054 (toll free) Web site: www.oslcraleigh.org

Pastor kmartinnc@gmail.com Reverend Kevin Martin

Office secretary@oslcraleigh.org Maureen Costello

Music Noël Hamm noel2bach@yahoo.com

Handbell Director/Organist Russell Wilcox music@oslcraleigh.org

Music Director/Organist

FINANCIAL REPORT *

2017 Yearly figures will be made available as soon as possible.

Church Council 2017-2018 President: Chris Nack Vice President: Matthew Cox Secretary: Todd Howell Treasurer: Sandy Ange Financial Secretary: Steve Schammel At-Large Member: Dave Dickmander Elders Chairman: Darwin Roseman

OSLC has purchased and installed an auto-mated external defibrillator (AED).

It is located in the Church Office in the First Aid cabinet [above the mail boxes].

The doors are clearly marked.

Next Council meeting: Tuesday, January 9 - 5:30 p.m.

Elders Meeting Tuesday, 1/2/18

Listen to Pr. Martin on Thy Strong Word Friday, January 19 12:00 noon

Epiphany Sunday January 7 Divine Service w/Communion 8:30 & 11:00

Thank you to the congregation for your continuing generosity.

Pastor Martin Maureen Costello

Noel Hamm Russell Wilcox

Our Savior will be host a Driver’s Education class Monday, 1/8 through Friday, 1/12,

from 8:00 - 3:00 p.m. They will be meeting in the Fellowship Hall.

Our daily operations and schedules will continue as normal - please be aware of the increased traffic in and

around the facility.

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We remember in prayer … Brandon Baden, U.S.A.F., nephew of Britt & Sandi John-

son Lt. Mark Baden, U.S. Navy, Patrol Squadron VP-30, Jack-

sonville, FL Capt. Benjamin Brighton, U.S.M.C., grandson of Erika

Swaim, San Diego, CA Cpt. Joshua Gilreath, U.S.A.F., nephew of Mona & Tim

Potter Col. Sean LeRoy, U.S.A.F., cousin of Carolina Cooper SFC Ken Martinsen, NC National Guard, 130th MEB, NC Maj. Johnny Sherrill, U.S.A.F., husband of Rachel Baden,

KC-135 Pilot, McGuire AFB Chaplain Greg Todd, U.S. Navy Ken Woods, U.S. Army, brother of Tim Woods, stationed

at Fort Hood, TX Senior Chief Chris Yacur, U.S. Navy, husband of former

member Erin Schmidt Yacur, stationed in GA Justin Zehms, U.S. Army, nephew of Beth and Mark Hal-

lowell

OSLC Members: Nathaniel Cooper, job concerns Chuck Copello, recovering at home Jerry DeKarske, recovering at home following gall bladder surgery Cindy Fritz, osteoarthritis in both hands, severe pain Dorothy Hader, at Hillcrest Ken Hanck, Parkinson’s disease Joe Hayes, recovering from surgery Tommy Johnson, son of Dennis & Kandy Johnson, contin-uing health concerns Alice Jones, at Hillcrest, continuing recovery from a stroke Georgia & Harv Kebschull, long-term health concerns Phyllis Seaman, continuing her recovery at rehab Merridee Soltow, recovering from hip replacement surgery Jane Knox and family, mourning the death of Charlie on December 21. Janis Orr and family, mourning the death of Janis’ aunt. Faith Orr and family, mourning the death of Faith’s nephew, Nick Hayes.

Congregational Care Maureen Costello secretary@oslcraleigh.org

Coups for Troops Thanks for the donations! We have sent in 388,387 coupons! Keep them coming. Ruth Costello continues to coordinate our efforts to collect manufacturer’s coupons to be donated to military fami-lies. Coupons up to 3 months past expiration date ** can be used by military families. A collection envelope is available on the bulletin board. Pass along the coupons you receive and don’t use to those who can put them to great use.

Their deaths were preventable

Hundreds of people die every year from preventable truck underride.

Please sign the STOP Underrides! Bill Petition.

Let your legislator know you want them to pass the bill to end these senseless tragedies.

Sign & Share the Petition at

stopunderrides.com

OSLC members Jerry & Marianne Karth tragically lost two daughters, AnnaLeah and Mary to a rear underride crash.

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Celebrations

Megan Roseman Sara Woods

Melissa Goto 1/4 Loulie Metzger 1/4 Chase Lefort 1/5 Bonnie Martin 1/5 Steve Whited 1/5 Will Murr 1/6 Ron Gridley 1/9 Betty Anderson 1/12 Cindy Fritz 1/14 Sebastian Jeffcoat 1/14 Carol Swanson 1/14 Brennan Dorman 1/15 Helen Emmons 1/17 Matthew Good 1/18 Gregory Schammel 1/18 Sharon Staebler 1/18 Charles Copello 1/20 Susan Crawford 1/20 Beth Hallowell 1/22 Luke Woods 1/22 John Cronau 1/23 Barbara Liles 1/23 Merridee Soltow 1/23 Dorothy Hader 1/24 Nuria Zierz 1/27 Claire Cooper 1/28 Brian Orr 1/29 Amanda Hassebrock 1/31 Karalynn Hamm Kline 1/31

Angel Tree 2017

Thank you to all of those who participated in our 2017 Angel Tree project sponsoring 3 fami-

lies through Families Together. On December 20 more than 30 wrapped gifts,

gift cards and checks were delivered to the Families Together staff to be distributed.

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Mark your calendars ...

10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Game Night Friday, January 26

6:00 p.m.

Crafters Group Tuesday, December 2 11:45 a.m.

Chrismon Group Tuesday, January 9 11:45 a.m.

Listen to Pr. Martin Thy Strong Word Friday, January 19 12:00 noon

Sunday, February 11, 5:30 p.m.

Chili Cook Off

Please plan to join us for this great event.

Cooks & Guests please sign up in the Fellowship Hall today!

You are cordially Invited to a Service of Installation for

The Rev. Richard Scott

Lohman

Sunday, January 21, 2018 4:00 p.m.

Advent Lutheran Church

230 Erwin Road Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Reception immediately

following in the Fellowship Hall.

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PLM - Families Together Families Together Honored

GlaxoSmithKline recognized Families Together along with nine other organizations with the Impact award for building a healthier community. We are so honored to have our mission of moving families from homelessness to home recognized. We are extremely honored for the accolades, but none of this would have been possible if it were not for all of our allies who have joined us in facing the fact that more and more the face of homelessness is that of a child. Thank you to all the board members, donors, churches, corporations, and volunteers for your contributions. This award is a reflection of everything you do and belongs to you as much as it does to us.

Holiday Smiles - thank you!

Thank you so much to the individuals and churches that provided a special “Holiday Smiles” Christmas for families in our program. This year Holiday Smiles has reached 235 people with 147 of them being children! We are ecstatic with the turn out as our partnership makes holiday dreams a reality. Thank you again to all who contributed gifts for families this holiday season. We are overwhelmed with your generosity during the holidays.

Continuing Our Mission

We are extremely happy to report that as of this writing our fall fundraising campaign is going very well and we look forward to reporting the final results next month. Thanks to all who have given so generously to improve the lives of children and families experiencing homelessness in our community. If you have not yet donated, we need and welcome your help. You can make an immediate impact by donating online at www.FamiliesTogetherNC.org, or by mailing your donation to Families Together, P.O. Box 14395, Raleigh, NC 27620. Questions? Email Jennifer@FamiliesTogetherNC.org or 919-212-1123 ext. 231. We are sincerely grateful for any support you can provide at this critical time.

Program Needs

With the start of the New Year, we need help restocking our supplies to help families move from homelessness to independence. There is a need for toiletries, such as soap, shampoo, deodorant as well as laundry baskets. Also, our after school program pantry is running low. Donations of non-perishable snacks and juices for the children would be greatly appreciated. Contact Meghan Olesen, Community Engagement Coordinator at (919) 307-1892, or by e-mail, meghan@FamiliesTogetherNC.org. Share and help us get the word out Connect with us on Instagram (Families2ogether). You’ll also find regular updates on our Fa-cebook page (www.facebook.com/families2gether), and on Twitter (@families2gether).

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LWML Debbie Roseman

droseman@bellsouth.net

THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO HELPED WITH THE LWML ADVENT DINNER ON DE-CEMBER 20

TH. We raised $195.00 for mites.

This money will help the Carolinas District and the national LWML fund their grants. The dis-trict will close their biennium on June 30, 2018. Grants left to be paid include support for travel for women participating in MOST (Mission Opportunities Short Term) ministries through All Saints Lutheran Church in Char-lotte, NC support to Risen Christ Lutheran Church, Myrtle Beach, SC for their Braille mis-sion, playground equipment and outreach ministries, and funding for Bringing Hope to Remote Native Villages of Alaska through St. John’s Lutheran Church, Conover, NC.

THE WINTER EDITION OF THE LUTHERAN WOMAN’S QUARTERLY is now available on the console beneath the LWML bulletin board in the lobby. This edition features an article on Heart to Heart Sisters, a national program to introduce wom-en from different countries to the LWML. Two young women from the Carolinas District, Yeng Yang and Pang Yang, are featured. They are from the Trinity Hmong Lutheran Church in Newton, NC.

LWML EVENING BIBLE STUDY – It is with sadness that we announce that the LWML Evening Bible Study is being discontinued. We have had a faithful 3 attending for several years now in hopes that we would grow a little, but that has not hap-pened. We have enjoyed our time together discussing God’s word and getting to know each other better.

LWML LUNCH BUNCH TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 12:30 P.M. The Lunch Bunch will meet at the Café Carolina and Bakery in Camer-on Village for this month’s outing. It’s located at 401 Daniels Street. Please sign up on the LWML bulletin board in the lobby and indicate whether or not you would like to carpool from church. Carpoolers should be at the church by noon.

MITE COLLECTION - SUNDAY, JAN. 28

MITE COLLECTIONS November mites - $20.17

SAVE THESE DATES!

Carolinas District Joy Event Saturday, March 3, 2018 St. John’s Lutheran Church Conover, NC Event hotel – Holiday Inn Express and Suites, Conover Interactive study and discussion, lunch, Mission Project stations Plan now to join the fun!

Help is needed to provide materials for one of the Mission Project stations. Please save empty medicine bottles with safety caps. Do not remove the labels, but mark through any personal information with a perma-nent black marker. Attendees will remove the labels as part of the service project. Over the counter bottles can be used as well. Use one of the collection baskets on the console beneath the LWML bulletin board in the lobby to deposit your bottles.

Carolinas District Retreat August 17 – 19, 2018 Camp Linn Haven Linville, NC Our Eastern Zone will be hosting and help will be needed. Planning will take place at the spring zone rally. Watch for fur-ther information.

Carolinas District Convention September 14 – 15, 2018 Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center Lake Junaluska, NC A beautiful setting has been chosen for our next dis-trict convention. Set aside the dates so that you can enjoy the lake and the moun-tains while you participate in the conven-tion.

LWML ONGOING COLLECTIONS Travel size toiletries Used eyeglasses Don’t forget to collect travel size toiletries as you vaca-tion. The toiletries are given to the Matthew Ministry at Jordan Lutheran Church. Teams from Jordan hand out these items to the homeless in downtown Raleigh twice a month on Saturdays. You will find collection baskets for these items on the shelves of the console beneath the LWML bulletin board.

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LWML

www.lwml.org

Current Missionary Need $ 100,000

These children WANT to learn, their young minds are thirsty for the knowledge that a missionary teacher can give them. They will also receive the unbounded blessings that come as they hear the Gos-

pel in school daily.

We can barely comprehend the magnificent pres-ence of the Holy Spirit as this community is bap-tized in the same service. These people can now

grow in Christ together.

With fervent, sustained support of LCMS mission projects, Mission Central, located in Mapleton, Iowa, seeks to serve as an avenue for continued support for mission-aries throughout the world to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This grant would provide for a variety of necessary mission-ary resources such as orientation and training, language training and on fur-lough, various types of insurance, hous-ing, medical care, utilities, and education of missionary children, to name a few.

We Pray Together … Precious Heavenly Father, fountain and the origin of all goodness, we give you thanks for daily providing us with all that we need to support our body and soul. Help us to give generously to provide for the LCMS International Mission project to support missionaries sharing the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. May we always be content at the foot of the cross, trusting that you will always provide for our needs. In Jesus Name, we pray Amen.

For more information, questions, or to learn about us: 1-800-252-5965 www.lwml.org

WHEREAS, since the LWML at its founding in 1942 identi-fied its purpose “to develop a greater mission conscious-ness among women and to gather funds for mission pro-jects for which no adequate provision was made in the LCMS budget;” and WHEREAS, Jesus has called our LCMS missionaries to go into all the world to proclaim Him and they are indeed re-quired to provide all necessary resources to serve; and WHEREAS, Lutheran women attending this convention, empowered by the Holy Spirit, through Word and Sacra-ment, to proclaim Jesus Christ above all, can assist this endeavor of our missionaries with mite dollars and prayers; and WHEREAS, The blessed gift of money will be awarded with the greatest prayerful discretion by the knowledgeable LCMS Mission Central staff, with the recommendation and endorsement of the LCMS Office of International Mission, and given to the most current and urgent needs of our mis-sionaries waiting to serve or already in the field; therefore be it RESOLVED, That the delegates gathered at the 2017 Lu-theran Women’s Missionary League Convention in Albu-querque, New Mexico, vote the sum of $100,000 to help fund Current Missionary Need.

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January 2018

1500 Glenwood Avenue Raleigh, NC 27608-2338

75th Anniversary 1942 - 2017