Mar 19  Fourth Sunday in Lent

Sun.:     8:30 AM Worship Service
              9:45 AM Education Hour
            10:45 AM Joyful Journey-led Worship Service
                                        
            ~ Visit our YouTube page to watch past service messages and live streamed service at 8:30 a.m. each Sunday morning. Please click on the "red arrow" above, or OSLC Spearfish YouTube                    

Mon.:     1:00 PM Yarn Ministry
              6:00 PM Good Shepherd Clinic

Tues.:    8:30 AM Fix-It Group
              9:00 AM Quilting
             12:15 PM Centering Prayer in the Sanctuary
              6:30 PM Gather Women's Evening Bible Study
              7:00 PM Young Adult Bible Study @ The Living Room
           
Wed.:   10:45 AM Edgewood Vista Communion Service
            12:00 PM Lenten Lunch at United Church of Christ
              5:15 PM Confirmation 8th Gr
              5:16 PM Lenten Supper
              6:26 PM Lenten Worship
              7:10 PM High School Youth @ TLR
                               
Thurs.:  9:30 AM Burr's Assisted Living Communion Service
             12:00 PM Lunch at TLR
               1:00 PM Quilting
           
Fri.:        6:00 AM Christian Business Men's Group at TLR

Sat.:       8:00 AM Men's Fellowship
              5:00 PM Wedding for Bonnie Geier & Duane Kirk at Besler's Cadillac Ranch

Mar 26  Fifth Sunday in Lent

Sun.:      8:30 AM Worship Service - in person and online
              9:45 AM Education Hour
             10:45 AM Joyful Journey-led Worship Service
                                     
              ~ Visit our YouTube page to watch past service messages and our live streamed service at 8:30 a.m. each Sunday morning. Please click on the "red arrow" above, or OSLC Spearfish YouTube

CENTERING PRAYER
Tuesdays - March 21 and 28

Please join us during Lent on Tuesdays from 12:15 - 12:45 pm in the sanctuary at Our Savior's Lutheran. 

Centering Prayer is a form of contemplative prayer--the opening of mind and heart to God. Come relax and experience this 20 minute meditative prayer form. Quesitons? Contact Deacon Laura @ 642-3715 or oslc1@rushmore.com.

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SPEARFISH COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY
Food needs for March:  Ramen, Cereals, Pork 'n Beans, Jelly (high need), Oatmeal, Spaghetti, Noodles, Cookies, Flour (2# or 5#), and Canned Fruit.

OSLC SPEARFISH

UPDATE 03/17/23

LENT...

We leave behind the season of Epiphany with Jesus' words in our ears telling us not to worry, and head straight into Lent now, hearing story after story in the Gospels of people who had plenty to worry about, but with whom Jesus engages to point them out of their confusion and wonderment towards something new...a new birth (Nicodemus), a new self-understanding (the Samaritan woman at the well), a new way of seeing (the man born blind), and a new life (the story of Lazarus). Each of these stories we will encounter on the Wednesdays and Sundays of March during this Lenten season are meant to offer us a way forward, from the worries that we see and know toward what we could call the truly, divinely human life Jesus would have us live in faith.

Please consider being with us in worship during this journey of Lent, on Wednesday evenings at 6:26 PM and/or Sunday mornings at 8:30 and 10:45 AM as we move through these stories of wonder and wonderment.

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If you're worshipping with us on-line, we'd like to extend to you an invitation to participate in the sacrament of Holy Communion with us during our live-stream. Here's How:

Before the service, simply prepare elements for communion to have ready...perhaps some bread from the pantry, or some crackers, as well as a small amount of wine or grape juice poured into individual small glasses or cups. Have these set aside for when the service begins. When the words of institution are proclaimed over the bread and wine on the altar, know that those words and the promise they bear ("given and shed FOR YOU") are proclaimed and prayed over the elements in your home. If you are worshipping alone in your home, commune yourself with us. If there are two or more of you gathered in front of the screen, commune each other with the same words:"The body of Christ, given for you. The blood of Christ, shed for you." If there are young children with you, mark the sign of the cross on their foreheads and remind them that Jesus loves them and forgives them all of their sins. As you share the meal, be assured that you're sharing it with all of those physically gathered, as well as with others gathering with you on-line. We pray this opportunity will be a strength and comfort to you, as you receive Jesus' presence through the sacrament. 

Pastor Stephan Sandness