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OSLC | July 2020

“To walk with Christ and neighbor, healing brokenness together.”

In this Issue... From the Pastor…………….1 Specials…..…...……….….....2 Announcements…………...3 Calendar…………….…..….…4 Prayers……………..…………..6 Celebrations………………….6 Worship Schedule………...6 Sharing Our Talents…….…7 Spiritual Practice……...…..8

The Quest Inside for Uniting Spirit (Q.I. for U.S.)

Daily Spiritual Practice: Lection Divina

[ The Parable of the Sower Explained ] “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.” Luke 8:11

In preparation for returning to the building, some of our Feast partners are preparing to co-lead different Lectio Divina (or Divine Reading) classes. The goal is to offer three options to our Feast partners, OSLC members, and guests. These three classes will be on Sunday’s from 1:00-1:45pm for about eight weeks. Andrew will lead a Visio Divina class using the stained glass windows in the sanctuary; Cathy will lead a traditional Lectio Divina class; and, Rosa will lead an Audio Divina class. That is, if all goes well with this pandemic.

If you are interested in one of these classes, we are looking for co-leaders for the Lectio Divina and Audio Divina class. I ask that you give it some thought and prayer. Knowing how excited Cathy and Rosa are to get these classes going, you will be blessed by this opportunity. Don’t know anything about Lectio or Audio Divina? Not to worry - there isn’t much to learn and the Spirit will be there to support you! (And I will too!)

Or maybe you’ll consider participating in one of these classes. To help you decide which one to join, I am highlighting each of the three classes this summer.

Lectio Divina uses short texts from the bible. Cathy is still working on what texts to use; or, she might let the Holy Spirit guide the verses each week. Using the selected passage, after each reading, you might be asked the following questions:

What word or phrase catches my attention? What does this word or phrase say to me about my life? Where am I in this word or phrase? Is something being said

specifically to me? What do I feel? What is my response to this word or phrase? Tell God the feeling as fully and honestly as I can. Yield to the word or phrase. Rest in God’s presence, without analyzing or thinking. Resting and released, listen to God. What does God call me to do? What word do I want to keep in mind, so I can turn to it throughout the day?

My prayer this month is that the word fills you with God’s love and grace. Amen.

Alissa Gunning |Spiritual Director |Our Saviours Lutheran Church, July 2020

Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church 1200 S. 40th Street

Lincoln, NE 68510

402-483-4126 | osllincoln.org

Readings

“Unraveled”

July 5, 2020 Exodus 1:22; 2:1-10

Moses’ Mother Gives Him Up

July 12, 2020 Job 28:12-28

Job’s Lament & Loss

July 19, 2020 Mark 5:1-20

Jesus Heals Possessed Man

Lectionary Readings July 26, 2020

Matthew 13:31-33; 44-52 Parables of the Kin-dom

Fundraising for OSLC Youth

This Month’s Opportunity: July 12

2nd Sunday of each month From 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.

at BOTH Don & Millie’s locations When you order, tell the cashier you are there for Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church Youth and 20% of what you spend on food & drinks will go to our OSLC Youth.

July 2020 | Tidings 1

“Coming Together Again”

We hear your longing to return to in-person worship. We long for that, too. To see your faces and hear your voices and joke and cry and hug and share peace. And we know that much of that is not yet possible. Yet, we are working to create a way in which we can once again worship as a commu-nity as much as possible.

Mike Rapp has assured us that the virus is manageable, as long as we consistently practice safety protocols offered up by the medical community. That being said, we also know that there are vari-ous technological and logistical elements we want to put into place and somewhat perfect before we embrace these new ways of being. So, below is our very fluid and tentative timeline of what we hope to offer in the near future. Please know that these are subject to change as things shift in our community.

We intend to finish the ‘Unraveled’ sermon series with the pre-recorded services, as we’ve been doing. This will be come to completion on July 19th.

We hope to roll out a Sunday morning Parking Lot service beginning July 26th at 9am. We want to give people the option to bring their own chairs and sit (separated) in our lot. We’ll lead from outside the building with a speaker but will also offer FM transmission for those who are more comfortable within their cars. For those who remain at home, we will still record and upload the services on YouTube. The final details for that are still being worked out. Being outside and properly separated, we expect to be able to sing hymns and will provide hymnals in a way simi-lar to the Hymn Fest we had earlier in June.

As long as community numbers remain low, we plan to resume in-person inside worship begin-ning Labor Day weekend, September 6. We are unsure yet whether to offer one or two morning services and whether to offer and evening service (Saturday or Sunday?). We will need to take reservations to help us determine such details. In addition, ALL participants will be required to wear masks (some will be available if participants didn’t bring their own). There will be clearly marked entrance doors and exit doors. As you enter the Sanctuary, you can pick up a bulletin and sanitized hymnal and leave it on a different cart as you exit. There will be no singing, and an offering plate will be located at the exit, though online giving continues to be encouraged. Seating will be marked off and possibly assigned (according to size of family). Those unable to follow these protocols will be invited to worship in their cars or at home. We will continue to broadcast the service via FM radio, as well as YouTube.

We are still new at some of the technology necessary to accommodate all of these forms of worship, so please be patient with us as we work out some of the bugs. In addition, we are aware that a surge in virus cases is expected in the fall, which may put us back to where we are right now—recorded services only. As I said, this is a fluid plan, and we are trying to roll with the situation. We are in deep gratitude to Ethan Jensen who has been our technology guru, editing our videos and helping us with various tech concerns. We’ll be looking to him quite a bit for a while, so make sure to thank him.

One thing we are still unsure of is communion. We are working out ways in which to offer it without putting anyone at risk. One challenge we may run into is volunteers. With many of our older volun-teers feeling at risk in person, we must rely on younger individuals and families to help us accom-plish our goals. With communion, we will at the very least need help setting up (individual cups) and cleaning up. We will need people to help sanitize pews and hymnals and doors, etc. If we can’t get the help we need, we may need to return to recorded services.

Pastor Tobi White

Date July 5 July 12 July 19 July 26

Altar Flowers OPEN Dennis & Phyllis Bau-man

OPEN Keith & Lupe Saathoff in honor of son’s 1st wed-

ding anniversary

Altar Guild N/A

FEAST Meal Provider N/A N/A N/A N/A

Meals on Wheels OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN


Staff Pastor: Tobi White

[email protected] / 402-304-7660

Director of Discipleship: Karrie Lickliter [email protected]

Director of Social Ministries: Alissa Gunning [email protected] / 402-440-6791

Director of Worship, Music & Arts: Sam Eschliman [email protected]

Office Manager/Bookkeeper: Laura Pester [email protected]

Director of Food & Sustainability: Lindsey Engel

Assistant Organist: Jan Malone

Choir Accompanist (on hold): Lila Revesz

Council Council President: Mike Rapp

[email protected]

Vice President: Judd Chatelain

Council Secretary: Patti Horstman

Council Treasurer: Jeff Barton [email protected]

Council Property Steward: Kent Reinhard

Congregational Care Team Mission Advocate: Alice Timm

Stewardship Team Mission Advocate: Courtney Eizmann

Outreach Ministry Team Mission Advocate: OPEN

Faith Formation Team Mission Advocate: Leif Nesheim

OSL Foundation President: Gary Hein —[email protected]

Sharing Our Talents Altar Flower sign-up is near the front doors (cost is $29). Meals on Wheels sign-up is also near the front doors, next to the flower chart. Hospitality sign-up is distributed during the previous week’s worship. You can also sign at the office up during the week. FEAST sign-up: please contact Alissa Gunning or Lindsey Engel to serve/help with meals.

OSLC Leadership Mission Statement

“Called and compelled by our hope in Jesus Christ, we empower our com-

munity to care, learn, teach, lead, and serve.”

2 Tidings | July 2020

OSLC Food Philosophy Food is a gift of God’s grace that

brings us together for the growth and nourishment of body, soul, and com-

munity.

Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above. (It never was America to me.) O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe. (There's never been equality for me, Nor freedom in this "homeland of the free.") Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark? And who are you that draws your veil across the stars? I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart, I am the Negro bearing slavery's scars. I am the red man driven from the land, I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek— And finding only the same old stupid plan Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak. I am the young man, full of strength and hope, Tangled in that ancient endless chain Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land! Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need! Of work the men! Of take the pay! Of owning everything for one's own greed! I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil. I am the worker sold to the machine. I am the Negro, servant to you all. I am the people, humble, hungry, mean— Hungry yet today despite the dream. Beaten yet today—O, Pioneers! I am the man who never got ahead, The poorest worker bartered through the years. Yet I'm the one who dreamt our basic dream In the Old World while still a serf of kings, Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true, That even yet its mighty daring sings In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned

That's made America the land it has become. O, I'm the man who sailed those early seas In search of what I meant to be my home— For I'm the one who left dark Ireland's shore, And Poland's plain, and England's grassy lea, And torn from Black Africa's strand I came To build a "homeland of the free." The free? Who said the free? Not me? Surely not me? The millions on relief today? The millions shot down when we strike? The millions who have nothing for our pay? For all the dreams we've dreamed And all the songs we've sung And all the hopes we've held And all the flags we've hung, The millions who have nothing for our pay— Except the dream that's almost dead today. O, let America be America again— The land that never has been yet— And yet must be—the land where every man is free. The land that's mine—the poor man's, Indian's, Negro's, ME— Who made America, Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain, Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain, Must bring back our mighty dream again. Sure, call me any ugly name you choose— The steel of freedom does not stain. From those who live like leeches on the people's lives, We must take back our land again, America! O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath— America will be! Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death, The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies, We, the people, must redeem The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers. The mountains and the endless plain— All, all the stretch of these great green states— And make America again!

“Again” by Langston Hughes, 1902-1967

6 Tidings | July 2020

1—Connor Eitzmann; Janette Johnson 3—Teresa Kai; Godlove Lekule 4—Egils Augstums 5—Phyllis Bauman; Makenna Boeck; Norma DeBoer; Jim Schmidt; Ken Schmidt 6—Eli Barton 7—Seth White 12—Joel Brunke 13—Michael Salomons 14—Abby Pflanz, Rich Sincovec 15—Knox Engel 16—Dennis Bauman; Jeff Cederdahl 17—Joshua Cederdahl 18—Kylie Hansen; Tammy Hanson; Jen Yoder 21—Peter Rus 22—Lauren Erickson 23—Alyisa Flink; Amy Chatelain; Vivian Vech 25—Lance Meinke 26—Davis Chatelain 27—Mary Barton; Jan Riedman; Tobi White 28—JoAnn Roseland 29—Trenton King; Jodi Pillard; Laurine Wagley-Dolen 30—Sheena Monroe

3—Bruce & DeAnn Cudly 6—Godlove & Josina Lekule 10—Tim & Jennifer Bailey 12—Tony & Lisa Dresbach; Tollie & Jen Yoder 13—Dennis & Phyllis Bauman 15—Blake & Courtney Eitzmann 17—Steven & Shaina Humann 22—Tim & Jamie Hahn 26—Leif & Mandy Nesheim

Discipleship Because we know we learn and grow best in faith when we do it together. And we value that growth in children

and adults of every age...

OSLC Community Calls: Tuesdays at 10:15am, Alissa will be hosting a conference call for all OSLC members and guests. No agenda, just a time to share good news, update others on how you are doing, share prayer requests, or just talk. Call in to: 339-209-6205. Email or call Alissa if you have questions.

Bible Studies: Bible Study on Luke continues on Tuesdays, 1:00p.m. with Kar-rie. The group uses zoom to connect. Contact Karrie at the church to join.

Vacation Bible School We’re doing an on-line, at-home VBS this year called Compassion Camp! We’ll learn about taking care of others and taking care of ourselves. We’ll have projects that bring us closer together, movement that helps us pray, and Bible stories that stretch our thinking. Anyone is welcome, no age requirement! Please sign up with Karrie at [email protected] or call 402-483-4126. Supply pick-up drive-through will be sometime on Sunday, July 5.

Welcoming Prayer: Consent on the Go. Are you interested in learning, refreshing, or deepening a Welcoming Prayer prac-tice? This consent-on-the-go prayer practice from Contempla-tive Outreach provides a means for moving deeper into trust and intimacy with the living God that Jesus experienced, the reality that we are not just with God, we are in God through Christ - each of us and all of us in every moment, in eve-ry experience. This 40 day journey begins June 9th. Join us weekly at 7p.m. on Tuesday's through July 21st. Zoom Meeting ID: 833 0932 1162 Password: 075857

Faith in an Anxious World Anxiety and depression are on the rise amongst young people today. Karrie is offering a 4-week course prepared by the Fuller Youth Institute. This is not intended as therapy or counseling. We are simply providing a safe place for students to share with other students about any concerns they may have and want to talk about. A specific topic each week begins the discussion: Life in an Anxious World Life in a Relational World Life in a Hurting World Life in a Hopeful World The class is offered via Zoom for High School Students on Mon-days at 1:30p.m. and for Middle School Students on Wednes-days at 1:30p.m. Students must register with Karrie prior to the class: [email protected] or 402-430-5383 or call the church office 402-483-4126. It’s not too late to join!

Let’s Talk About Race. Join us on Tuesdays at 2pm on Zoom. To log in, enter Meeting ID: 821 1258 2039 and Password: 706139. If you would like to be part of this important conver-sation and can’t meet on Tuesdays, email Alissa at [email protected] or start your own group! We will be using the Me and White Supremacy Workbook by Layla Saad to guide our conversation. Please join us for meaningful fellowship and inspirational study!

Events & Notices Because we believe in relationships, opportunities to

bless one another, and grow together…

Budget & Quarterly Congregational ‘Meeting’—Thank you to all who participated in our budget discussion and voting process. We hope that everyone felt that their comments were heard and their questions adequately answered. The ballots have come in at 70 ‘for’ votes regarding the proposed 2020-2021 budget and 3 ‘against’ votes. The 2020-2021 fiscal year budget of $500,879 has passed.

Prayer Share As part of the ‘Unraveled’ series, we are col-lecting your prayer requests (will not be made public unless specifically requested). These prayers will be written on fabric and woven into our Unraveled Tapestry each week. Please share your requests by calling the church or by contacting Pas-tor Tobi.

Coffee Hour In an effort to create fellowship opportunities, we are going to try to host a ‘coffee hour’ each Sunday at 10am. To participate, go to zoom.us, log in to meeting number 833 9952 4135, use password 050415. We will spend time discussing the videos sent out in Saturday’s email. Don’t wor-ry—if you don’t get the email, you’re still welcome and able to join the discussion. If you don’t have a computer and would like to call in, dial 699-900-6833 and enter the meeting number (above).

Faith Partners: Faith Partners is a group dedicated to sup-porting and offering resources for those struggling with addic-tion--whether it's your own addiction or that of someone you care about. If you need someone to talk to, please contact the church and ask for a Faith Partner to call you. We'll be in touch.

Because we know that it takes a whole community to make a difference in the world...

Good Samaritan Fund If you or someone you know is in need of some financial assistance, please contact Alissa ([email protected] or 402-440-6791). These are hard times, and we are here to help.

Outdoor Work—Thank you! To all the helpers around the lot last month! We trimmed trees, moved mulch, and cleaned up around the yard and indoors. Having your help and seeing your faces was a blessing to us all!

Bus Driver Needed: We are still in need of a bus driver on Sunday mornings. One of our two drivers has resigned, and the other is not always available on Sundays. We’d like to have someone in place before we return to in-person worship (sometime late summer/early spring). This is a paid position—begins an hour prior to worship with inspection and travel to CCC-L. Individual can participate in church/FEAST activities or do their own thing for approximately 3.5 hours before making return trip to CCC-L. Individual MUST have a valid license to drive CDL with passenger endorsement. Please contact Alissa at [email protected] if interested.

Food Pantry: The following items are currently needed by the Pantry: Canned fruit--peaches, pears, pineapple, Mandarin oranges, applesauce; Peanut butter; Condensed tomato and vegetable soups; Noodles, dry Spaghetti/pasta sauce; Personal care items (shampoo, toothpaste, bath soap)

St Andrews sends their thanks to everyone for helping keep the shelves of the Lutheran Food Pantry stocked with food available to provide for the food needy. Reminder: Food Pan-try hours are currently 8-12 Tuesday through Friday.


Announcements…

In our church family prayers, we remember:

Because we, the Body of Christ, carry each other through trials, struggles, and celebrations...

Those Ill: Gretchen Zwetzig, Diana Grabarkewitz, Addie Scripter, Rod Hernandez, Michele France, Linda Reed, Victoria Heaton, Nancy Davis, Dennis, Jordan Hein, Darla Mae Stewart, Kathy Bratt, Ronin Baumgartner, Jody McDonald, Marvin Hayes, Nicky Herner, Tracy Littledog, Rachel Rainforth, Mary & Nancy Haberstich, Meko Fanniel, Toni, Hal deGraw, Bruce Cudly, Roberta Vorwerk, Charlotte Flottemesch, Mary Jo, Daniel Thomas, Bud Christensen

Homebound: Betty Alm, Cooper Dennis, Mark Foster, Sandee Fruhling, Darlene Johnson, Eloise Landgren, Maxine Magwire, Naomi Maske, Wayne Mumford, Je-nifer Nelson, Margaret Nelson, Carol Rosenlof, Gene Staberg, Dorothy Wise, Shari Zinnecker, Clarence Zwetzig

First Responders & Military Personnel: Coty Surrounded, Jonah Lux, Erin Kocher, Phil Kocher, Tollie Yoder

Our partners in Mission: Lincoln Area Cluster Churches; Kimangaro Par-ish in Tanzania

Grieving: Friends and Family of Darlene Harms; Gladys Meyer at the death of husband Jim Meyer; Patti and Larry Horstman and family at the death of her mother, Anna Jane Crawford; family and friends of Leora Engel

Justice & Peace: The African-American Community; The Native-American Community; The Asian-American Community; The Hispanic and Latino Communties

VBS Compassion Camp an At-Home/Virtual VBS Experience

Have a fun time learning about Compassion! There will be stories, activities and crafts! A fun experience for the whole family!

Available: July 6, 13, 20, 27 & August 3 on:

OSLC’s Facebook & YouTube pages: Our Saviour’s Lutheran and Our Saviour's Lutheran Church

We will have a fun “drive-thru” for you to pick up your packet of sup-plies on Sunday, July 5. (Watch for times)

Contact Karrie at [email protected] to register AND if your family would like to help record one of the Sessions.

Let Karrie know if you have ques-tions: 402-430-5383

Students must register with Karrie to receive supplies and the link to the YouTube page!

mailto:[email protected]

July 2020—E-mail & Meeting Schedule

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

June 28

‘Unraveled’ Worship—John 4:1-29 (The Samaritan Woman at the Well)Including link to video Children’s Mes-sage 10:00a.m. Coffee Hour on Zoom

June 29

‘Unraveled’ Devotional Art—The Woman at the Well: Unraveled Shame

1:30p.m. “Life in an Anxious World” (high school on zoom)

June 30

Visual Liturgy by ‘The Work of the Peo-ple’— “Christ Be With Me”

11:30a.m. Catechism Group 1 (zoom)

1:00p.m. Luke Bible Study (zoom)

2:00pm Let’s Talk About Race, (zoom)

7p.m. Welcoming Prayer study (Zoom)

1

Visio Divina—Woman at the Well


1:30p.m. “Life in an Anxious World” (middle school on zoom)

6:00p.m. Catechism Group 3 (zoom)

2

Spiritual practice on being church apart: Alissa


3

OFFICE CLOSED

Poem from the Painted Prayer-book


4

INDEPENDENCE DAY

Bible Focus by ‘The Work of the People’— “Resisting Empire: Citizenship as Hospitality”

5

Worship—Exodus 1:22; 2:1-10 (Moses’ Mother Gives Him Up) Including link to video Children’s Mes-sage

10:00a.m. Coffee Hour on Zoom

6

‘Unraveled’ Devotional Art—Moses’ Mothers Gives Him Up: When our plans for our children unravel

7

Virtual Liturgy by ‘The Work of the People’—”At Last”





8

Visio Divina—Moses’ Mother Gives Him Up


1:30p.m. “Life in an Anxious World” (middle school on zoom)


6:30p.m. Inclusivity Team Mtg (zoom)

9

Spiritual Practice on being the church apart: Alissa

10:00a.m. Staff Meeting (zoom)


7:00p.m. Council Meeting (zoom)

10



6:00p.m. Faith Partners Mtg (zoom)

11

Bible Focus from ‘The Work of the People’— “Resisting Em-pire: Citizenship as Love for Land”

12

‘Unraveled’ Worship—Job 28:12-28 (Job’s Lament and Loss) Including link to video Children’s Mes-sage


13

‘Unraveled’ Devotional Art—Job’s Lament & Loss: Seeking Understand When All Falls Apart

14

Virtual Liturgy by ‘the Work of the Peo-ple’—”Realigned Again”





15

Visio Divina—Job’s Lament & Loss



16

Spiritual Practice on being the church apart: Alissa


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18

Bible Focus from ‘The Work of the People’— “Resisting Em-pire: Citizenship as Justice Work”

19

‘Unraveled’ Worship—Mark 5:1-20 (Jesus Heals Legion) Including link to video Children’s Mes-sage


20

‘Unraveled’ Devotional Art—Jesus Heals Possessed Man: The Unravel-ing of the Mind

6:30pm. FEAST sponsor/volunteer meeting (zoom)

21

Visual Liturgy by ‘The Work of the Peo-ple’— “TBD”





22

Visio Divina—Jesus Heals Possessed Man



6:30p.m. Inclusivity Team Mtg (zoom)

23

Spiritual Practice on being church apart: Alissa

10:00a.m. Staff Meeting


24



6:00p.m. Faith Partners Mtg (zoom)

25

Bible Focus from ‘The Work of the People’— “Resisting Em-pire: Citizenship as Cruciformi-ty”

26

9:00a.m. Parking Lot Worship


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Visual Liturgy by ‘The Work of the Peo-ple’— “TBD”




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Spiritual practice on being church apart: Alissa


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August 1

Bible Focus from ‘The Work of the People’— “Resisting Em-pire: Citizenship as Relating to the Other”

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