EASTER BREAKFAST

Everyone is invited! Bring friends and family! There will be scrambled eggs with ham, sausages, cheesy potatoes, cheese and sausage, fruit, pastries and muffins! Of course juice and coffee too! Easter Breakfast is served in the lower lobby with seating in the gymnasium between the 2 services on Easter Sunday 8:00-9:15am. We hope to see you there!

WALK WITH JESUS – HIS LAST WEEK ON EARTH – February 19 to April 9.

Adult Sunday Morning Study at 9:15am. During Lent this year we will reconstruct the final days of our Lord among us. Eight Gospel studies will enable us to relive with him each day, from the triumphal entry to the empty tomb. En route, we’ll witness the last meal with his disciples, his trial, his suffering and crucifixion, and his resurrection. The Gospel narratives are brisk through his three year ministry but all four eye witnesses “slowed the camera down” during Holy Week to show how intentional his passion was. He knew he was going to be persecuted – smitten, stricken and afflicted – yet he walked the path to cross with confident faith and consummate love. This chronology of his last week on earth will remind us why “believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20:31)

THINKING AHEAD FOR LENT – Indifference (Matthew 26:36-45)

On the upside his love endures through all things, through life long marriages, in our human relationships with spouse, with parents, with children, in the church, in ministry, in associations with friends and neighbors. On the downside his love endures through religious persecution, personal insults, issues at church, gossip, misunderstandings, false teaching, failures in business, family strain, injury, illness, disaster, war. Even through indifference and apathy which have displayed the cancer of soul so prevalent in our self-absorbed, self-gratifying culture. Even when we drink in the world’s liquor of selfishness, he still cares.

CAMPUS WORK DAY – Saturday, April 29 beginning at 8:30 am.

Church campus cleanup day – all are invited. Join us for an hour or 2 or 3. There will be a variety of tasks. Most tools and supplies will be on site; but feel free to bring your favorite weeding, raking or yard tool! Or if you prefer cleaning windows, bring your favorite window rags. Hope to see you then.

ADULT BIBLE STUDY – 1 Samuel

A Bible study on Tuesday evenings meets from 7:00 to 8:30pm in the classroom which is located near the copier room in the lower level school hallway. Come join us as we look at the kings of Israel and discover the lessons we are to learn from their life stories. A participant says, “I realized how much value there is in sharing with the class and applying what we learned from one another.” Bring your point of view because you will be able to give it during our discussions.

SENIOR ADULT BIBLE STUDY – Book of Galatians.

In our study of the book of Galatians, we will see that the hope of our salvation lies in the pure gospel alone and not the law, that the gospel frees us from the demands of the law, and that the gospel provides the motivation to live lives of service to God and others. The class will be taught by Staff Minister Hering in the Church Office Classroom on Tuesdays at 10:30 am, and will meet through the winter and into the spring.

EASTER FLOWERS

Please check the table in back of church for the purple order form for Easter Flowers. Please place the order form and your payment in the church office mail slot. The cost is $14.00 per plant. Deadline to order TODAY, April 2nd. Plants can be picked up after the second service on Easter Sunday.

SPRING PIZZA SALE!

Our Savior School will again be offering home-made pizzas. Orders are due by Thursday, April 6th and can be picked up Saturday, April 22nd between 11:00-12:00 in the Fellowship Hall. WE NEED YOUR HELP TO MAKE THEM! It is a lot of fun to make the pizzas. We begin at 8am on the 22nd and should be done by Noon. You can sign up to help make pizzas at Signup.com or contact the school office to sign up! HELP US REACH OUR GOAL: Our goal is to sell 800 pizzas! The money raised will be used for a variety of non-budgeted items and events sponsored by the PTF.  Learn more…

OSLS PRESENTS

The Granny Awards. This is a production performed by all the students of Our Savior Lutheran School in 3K – Gr. 8. It will be on Friday April 28th and Saturday April 29th at 6:30pm. Be sure to save the date!

MEN’S SOFTBALL LEAGUE

There is a sign-up sheet in the back of church for Wednesday Night Softball League starting May 10. The men’s league is open to all men of the congregation that are of confirmation age and up. Questions, contact Russell Whitford at 414-254-0277.

ADULT OPEN GYM

You got game? Bring it to adult open gym at Our Savior! This will be a fun time for some good fellowship and sharing of our faith while we play organized games of basketball or volleyball. Open gyms will be on Sundays, 4/9, 4/23, 5/7 and 5/21 from 6:30 to 8:00pm. Contact the church office with any questions you have. Hope to see you there!

2017 Lenten Services

Mid – Week Thursday Services 3:30 & 7:00 pm

2017 Holy Week Services

April USHERS’ SCHEDULE

8:00 am, Sunday Team 1E:  Dave Schlegel, Curt Bobholz, Steve Semmann, Seth Seyfert, Dave Spietz

10:30 am, Sunday Team 2L: George Edwards, Cliff Anderson, Matt Schiller, Bill Tschanz, Ben Polheber

Thursday, 7:00 pm Team 2:  Dick Blank & Bill Wessel

APRIL ALTAR GUILD

Annette Diener, Nancy Meyer, Erlene Klug

Pat Kleist, Jean Stein, Jodie Martens

GREETERS FOR SUNDAY, April 9^th

8:00 am Dave & Lois Spietz     10:30 am Sharon Whitford & LeAnn Abts

CHURCH CLEANERS FOR April 9^th

Schnell Family

ALTAR ASSISTANTS FOR March 30^th   & April 2^nd

3:30 Bob Duckart & Marty Dierker

7:00 pm Stu Stein & Doug Schnell

8:00 am Jeremiah Backhaus & Marty Dierker

10:30 am Gary Suckow & Fred Kolkman

Church Attendance