tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82791646283830525082024-03-13T09:42:28.582-07:00Pr. Sell's Blog Our Savior - Fenton, MOAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11801782224634391486noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279164628383052508.post-78029940489335818722016-03-23T11:52:00.000-07:002016-03-23T11:52:01.589-07:00The High Point of Holy Week - Good FridayAs you continue to prepare for Easter celebration, the Christian faith understands that without Good Friday, there is no Easter. Here is a meditation from <a href="https://www.cph.org/p-11350-treasury-of-daily-prayer-regular-edition.aspx" target="_blank">CPH's prayer book</a>, <span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">-- "Treasury of Daily Prayer" editors.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Good Friday is the high point of Holy Week, but not of the Church Year--for we know that after Good Friday a day is coming when death will give way to life. If the commemoration of Good Friday was separated from Easter, we would remain in our sins, and thus, the ultimate word of Good Friday would be "you are condemned." Even as we stand at the foot of the cross and contemplate the price of our sin, we gather as children reconciled to God. In the services of Good Friday, the Church does not leave us in the darkness and shadow of death, but rather fills us with the certainty of victory over sin, death, and the devil, pointing us to the final victory that will be celebrated on Easter.</span><br />
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Our parents, as well as educators, know that our young children are like sponges. They soak up knowledge in volumes. It is the reason why in so many instances, as much as we try not to be like our parents, we are.<br />
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This is the wonder of God's creation. One educator wrote,<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">When we talk about kids soaking up knowledge “like little sponges,” we’re talking about learning by osmosis (<a href="http://www.babble.com/babble-voices/the-accidental-expert/2012/08/31/osmosis/" target="_blank">article here</a>). ...</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">It should give us comfort to know that we’re not responsible for teaching our children </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">everything</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> they need to move out into the world … the world is taking care of much of that job itself. However, </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">it’s also a good reminder to pay attention to the nature of our family “environment,” especially as school gets underway and formal learning moves into the spotlight.</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">"</span></blockquote>
It seems that it confirms that which we all know, our culture injects plenty of teaching into our children's development.<br />
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This is nothing new. It's not a 21st century development. Children learn through their immersion into our families, our schools, our churches. It is for this reason that Lutherans grasp the wisdom of a child's development from the gifts of creation (Educational Psychology) - those First Article gifts of creation.<br />
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More importantly, for the Church, it is important to immerse our children in the culture of the church. Most children I know, did not have to go to school to learn to speak. They didn't have to pass their "first word"test for the proud parents to celebrate.<br />
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This brings us to children in church and why it is so important that parents tough it out during those tough younger days in church. God's calls you to raise your children. Moms and dads are the ones who first immerse their children into a culture. The question is, which culture are you going to give them? Entertainment is everywhere, but the culture of the church is only found in the sacramental life. It is a culture of forgiveness.<br />
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Join us for the resurrected Christ at Our Savior.<br />
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Pr. Sell<br />
msell@oursaviorlcs.org<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11801782224634391486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279164628383052508.post-75106917095206002372015-04-09T02:00:00.000-07:002015-04-12T16:27:14.758-07:00"I believe..." Why the creeds?<h4>
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Lutherans have always held that creeds and confessions are necessary for the well-being of the <br />
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The church is called to to proclaim the pure Gospel in season and out of season. Creeds and confessions are a way you and I explain what we mean. We have individual creeds that each parent hands down to their children.<br />
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Parental Creed, "As Long as You Live under my ______."</h4>
You can finish the sentence. Parents usually sum up the creeds of their home by way of - <b>"as long as you live under my roof."</b> That's how we raise our children to let them know what our parental expectations are. What this house stands for. What is right and wrong. You want to do it your way and we think it's wrong, then live where you can make the rules.<br />
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The Christian church has many ways that we make clear to the children of God what we believe and what we don't believe. They are permanent "symbols" or confessions. The Apostle's Creed is one of them.<br />
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Non-denominational - No Such Thing</h4>
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You might have friends and relatives who claim to go to a church that is "nondenominational." However, a non-denom church is really a church that lacks the commitment to who they say they<br />
are. It becomes a numbers ploy.<br />
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Non-denoms are afraid to confess the teachings of Christ, or, they are simply setting up a "bait and switch" scenario, which is a <b>great marketing tool</b>. What is really at stake here is the integrity of the Christian faith.<br />
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When they say that they are not denominational, what they really mean is that they don't want to advertise who and what confession they abide by. They don't want to let you know that their pastors were trained in the Lutheran, Reformed or Roman Catholic teachings. At best, they are purposely generic Christians. Whatever it takes to get people in the pews for Jesus.<br />
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But who is Jesus? How does that forgiveness get to you?<br />
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Every pastor and teacher in our church body are required to subscribe to the Lutheran confessions. This is why we believe there is no such thing as a nondenominational church. Every church believes something and the question is, "what?" They are either Lutheran, Reformed, or Roman Catholic (a simple summary). The difference is in the sacraments. Does <a href="http://bookofconcord.org/smallcatechism.php#baptism" target="_blank">baptism</a> forgive sins? Does the <a href="http://bookofconcord.org/smallcatechism.php#sacrament" target="_blank">Lord's Supper</a> forgive sins? Can the body and blood of Jesus really be in the bread and wine? YES.<br />
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For <b>WHAT</b> Lutherans believe - Start with <a href="http://bookofconcord.org/smallcatechism.php" target="_blank">Luther's Small Catechism.</a><br />
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This Saturday come on out and have a great time! </h3>
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It is our second annual OSL Mouse Races to raise funds to continue OSL's important work to help you raise your children in the Christ's forgiveness.<br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.0545444488525px;">Doors open at 6pm</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.0545444488525px;">Advance purchase is $25/person or $175/table of 8. $30/person at the door. </span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.0545444488525px;">Price includes dinner, beer, wine, soda, water and snacks. </span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.0545444488525px;">You can sponsor a race for $100. </span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.0545444488525px;">To make a reservation, call/text <a href="mailto:sriebolds@gmail.com" target="_blank">Shari Riebold</a> at 314-221-6450 or email sriebolds@gmail.com </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, 'lucida grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.0545444488525px;">All proceeds support <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1574414106159825/" target="_blank">Our Savior Lutheran Church and Christian Academy</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Easter is tiring. Well, for us families on earth. As children of God who eagerly await Christ's return, the holidays wear us down. We try to do our best and keep everyone happy, but sometimes, it is impossible. Sometimes arguments take place between moms and dads; brothers and sisters; families and step-families. Frankly, it is impossible to keep everyone happy - life in a sinful world.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">But that's ok! Certainly, I'm not saying we are not sinning. If we play that game, then we don't need the forgiveness that Christ earned for us Good Friday. Whether it is Easter or Christmas or whenever, families on earth sin. It's easy to blame the step-mother or step-father for family problems. Even worse to blame fellow step-children, because then we don't have a chance to be family. Forgiveness in Christ is the only way a family can calm down and enjoy each other.</span></div>
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When you're in bed tossing and turning, trying to go to sleep, you make the big mistake and start watching the light of your clock. You force yourself - no - you command yourself to fall asleep. But you don't. Your commandment doesn't work on you.<br />
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You open one eye... and look at the clock. Really! Only 2 minutes went by?<br />
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When we are waiting for something, especially when children are waiting for something, time seems to go by very, v e r y...<br />
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In the midst of our frustration when trying to fall asleep, the harder we try, the worse it gets.<br />
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Our lives are like that. The harder we try to get ahead, the further we fall behind.<br />
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When we think that our lives really depend upon our work, it drives us closer to Christ and His work of salvation. That's because in this sinful world, the harder we work, the further we fall from Christ.<br />
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In our eternal world, faith in Christ's work grants us the perseverance to endure... especially when we don't want to... It is Christ's work and the forgiveness that flows from Calvary's sacrifice that endures.<br />
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So we wait for the victory. We are like the children of Israel, trusting the blood on the doorpost at Passover. Waiting, just listening to be sure.<br />
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Death passed over! The blood saved us. Even though we damned Jesus.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Beloved in the Lord, on this most holy night, in which Our Lord Jesus passed over from death into life, we are gathered here in vigil and in prayer. This is the Passover of the Lord in which, by hearing His Word and celebrating His Sacraments, we share in His victory over death. Amen.</span></h3>
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It is an awful thing to say. To hear. To ponder.<br />
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But if you can't say it, believe it, trust it... you have no salvation. Then Christianity isn't your religion. It reveals your sinfulness. It really is impossible for you to grasp this. No one should ever say God is dead. But on Good Friday, he was. We can't explain it. We can't prove it and a believer wouldn't want to insult God by proving it by human standards.</div>
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The beauty of Christianity is the eternal mystery that Jesus is God. Many men can be Jesus, but there is only one Jesus who is God. But He died. We ponder how could God let this happen? But that's the point. God, the man Jesus passively suffered for everything we do wrong, think wrong, and work so hard to live by. Yet sin permeates our lives. </div>
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We try to excuse our foolishness, our tiredness, our lack of support for Christ's work. But Jesus knows that. </div>
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By His conception, His time in the womb, His birth, life and obedience, even in death, He took the place of every person whoever lived. God punished Him for our sin. Don't think too hard on it. You will lose your faith because you will conclude, "It's ridiculous, how could God kill God." There is the mystery, the gift that we receive. It is where time meets eternity. Where sin is punished. Where hell is endured. Where "it is finished!"</div>
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But this is the essence - the focus - the salvation that God gives. The way we receive it is through His Word. Through baptism. Through the Lord's Supper. They are what we take to the world to save other sinners who are desperate, hurt, in pain, and know by creation that they are the guilty ones. Jesus was God. How can He be punished for my sin. Still, "There has to be something more than my own life."</div>
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There is, the Lamb of God rose from the dead. As was said by His tomb... "He is not here."</div>
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The miracle of a God that died is the same miraculous nature that God called you to believe and gives you your belief. You trust because God gives you trust. You know that Jesus is God because God gives that to you. Because of this mystery, you are forgiven. You are saved. You are holy. You will endure what Christ did. Amen, Amen, yeah it is true.</div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">The children of God come to the altar to receive the inheritance that has been bequeathed to them in the last will and testament of the eternal Son of God. No more enriching experience can be had than to receive with the mouth the most precious gifts of Christ's body and blood. </span> </blockquote>
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<span style="color: #073763;"><span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">"At that time Jesus declared, 'I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. </span> <span style="line-height: 18.3999996185303px;">Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light'" (Mt 11:25-30).</span> </span></blockquote>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11801782224634391486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279164628383052508.post-87089866423160256692015-04-01T06:25:00.001-07:002015-04-01T06:30:13.740-07:00Great Confirmation and Palm Sunday at Our Savior Fenton - Congrats!<h3 style="height: 0px;">
Confirmation At OSL was Beautiful - 11 Confirmed</h3>
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The church was packed and the children were blessed as the long years of studying brought them to the Lord's Holy Table. There, they joined in with other members of <a href="http://our-savior.org/" target="_blank">OSL</a> in the holy feast of salvation. The music was beautiful and the singing was heavenly, since, of course, the angels, archangels and all the company of heaven were there. We confirmed 11 children. The parents, grandparents, God-parents and families were beaming. </div>
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The children confirmed what they have been learning since their baptisms. Christ and mercy is what will strengthen them and carry them through the rest of their lives. It was their first time feasting with the saints in heaven along with the believers on earth. The altar is where God promises to meet them, week after week. For these children, the most important thing in their lives is now to get the Holy Feast every Sunday.</div>
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Children did a Great Job of Singing</h3>
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OSL's children from Sunday School, our congregation, our academy and the confirmands all did a great job proclaiming our Lord's work of salvation in hymns, songs, and prayer. Thanks Sue and Holly for all of the work you've done with our Sunday School. You are crucial in preparing all of our future confirmands.<br />
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Preparing the Lamb - Preparing the Baptized - Confirmation</h2>
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Palm Sunday begins the preparation of the Lamb of God for slaughter. The Lamb is a payment for sin. It begins the final week of preparation in the Christian Church.<br />
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She, Christ's own bride, preps the Lamb for the big feast.<br />
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Palm Sunday and confirming the baptized children of God, biblically, go hand in hand. The children have been preparing for years. Faithful mom's and dad's brought them to church for the preparation so that they could participate in the Lord's Supper.<br />
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Although Jesus was the one who marched into Jerusalem in preparation for His own slaughter, our children will not be slaughtered.<br />
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They don't need to pay for their sins. Confirming them on Palm Sunday is a memorable way to connect their continued participation in the body and blood in the Feast of Victory which Jesus earned with His own slaughter.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Forget it. You won't understand it. Your not suppose to. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Yup, it is frustrating especially when you are trying to think that we can "understand" God. We don't understand Him. We believe him.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">He gives. We receive. He tells us who He is. We say, "ok." We can't even begin to understand that He (singular) is Three persons (plural). We say, "ok," we believe You.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Tri - three persons; une - one God. Geesh, it'll drive you crazy if you try to understand how Jesus died for you, but not the Father, nor the Spirit. It makes no sense, especially since there is One God. Whenever we try to explain it, rather than accept it, we end up thinking there are three gods, or we end up thinking there is one god who puts on three different outfits. Both are wrong and don't reflect what scripture teaches.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">It is no different than believing your sins are forgiven. Jesus did the work a couple of thousand years ago, but at that point in time, he endured all the eternity of the punishment of God for everyone's sins. We say, "ok." We believe You, even though I wasn't alive when Jesus died for our sins.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Thankfully, God gives faith and strengthens it. He paid for your sins and the faith He gave receives the forgiveness Jesus earned. Then, the Holy Spirit is the person of the Trinity who strengthens and preserves you and the whole Christian Church in heaven and on earth.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">"Ok, it doesn't make sense, but, "I believe... Thank you Lord."</span></div>
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The Spirit's Work is the Trinity's Work</h2>
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<span _mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16.363636016845703px;">Because we try to separate Him from the work of the Trinity. There is so much bad information out there. The new age movement took advantage of the Holy Spirit as if the Spirit's work isn't the work of the Holy Trinity. </span></span></div>
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<span _mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background-color: white;">Two examples of this are Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyers. These two popular television preachers reject the work of Christ in Baptism and the Lord's Supper, exactly where the work of the Spirit takes place. They try to build their followers around the Holy Spirit instead of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins. They believe the Spirit works outside of God's means of grace. It is why Joyce is a former member of OSL. She simply doesn't believe Jesus' words, Given and shed for you, nor baptism for the forgiveness of sins - the two things you can't do on television within the community of saints.</span></span><br />
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<span _mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">When the Spirit becomes the focus of the work of the Trinity, then Satan has done his job. The work of the Spirit is completely behind the scenes. He is the gas that powers the engine of condemning sin and forgiving it. The focus of the work of the Spirit is Jesus' life, death, and resurrection in exchange for ours. In other words, His work is like the gas engine of your car. If you smell gas, there is something wrong. The engine is God's Word, not the Holy Spirit.</span></div>
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<span _mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">On the other hand, we confess the work of the Spirit as the gasoline that drives the power of the Word of God. Lutherans never judge the work the Spirit is doing because we don't pretend to know when and where He does His work outside of the bible and the sacramental life. True, the Spirit gives you gas, but you don't brag about having gas. </span></div>
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you need in the Word. The Spirit powers the engine that runs the church. That is what the Spirit does when He "moves you." He moves you to be one with Christ in the Lord's Supper to receive forgiveness. He moves you to get to the place where the body of Christ dwells - only in church, because that is where the sacraments of Jesu dwell. </span></div>
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<span _mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">The Spirit powers your life to follow God's will and do the right thing as God revealed it in His law. Of course, this means that 99.9% of your life and the work of the Spirit is unknown - except that we know 100% that the Spirit is at work in the word of God alone and any other place is none of our businesss. (1 Corinthians 12:28)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11801782224634391486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279164628383052508.post-74949925157165110102014-04-03T08:35:00.000-07:002014-04-03T08:35:07.862-07:00Hey you! See Our Savior Christian Acadamy on TV<div class="p1">
Channel 5 news showed up on Wednesday to film Our Savior's students for the “5 is 1” salute that they broadcast on their station. What a blessing it is to have a church that is so focused on children and their families.</div>
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We have a great group of parents that are working so hard to get the word out about our wonderful school. Thanks so much to them.<br />
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Last night (Wednesday April 2) featured our kindergarteners Channel 5 News and it is so cute. Here is the video that was on last night. If the video below doesn't work for you, click <a href="about:invalid#zClosurez" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11801782224634391486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279164628383052508.post-39083811400140919842014-03-01T04:28:00.000-08:002014-03-01T04:28:00.707-08:00Really Seeing Other People - EmpathyThis video is a powerful insight to the lives of people sitting around you in the pews at church, walking by in the mall, and your neighbor across the street. It is Christ who can empathize with our pain, our suffering, our hurts and our sin.<br />
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Although the video is for <a href="http://my.clevelandclinic.org/default.aspx" target="_blank">Cleveland Clinic</a>, it is something that most people learn about only too soon. Sitting next to you or walking by you is the cancer survivor, the lonely widow, the broken-hearted, the single mother, the depressed... the answer is in the mercy of God. Christ knows it all, suffered it all. He knows your individual story of sorrow and pain. It all begins in His suffering, pain, and forgiveness.<br />
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Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.<span class="s1"><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span>Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,<span class="s1"><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span>and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,<span class="s1"><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-tab-span"></span>and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (Romans 5:1-4)</blockquote>
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This bread is our Lord Jesus Christ who feeds and comforts the soul [John 6:51]. Therefore, O heavenly Father, grant grace that the life, words, deeds, and suffering of Christ be preached, made known, and preserved for us and all the world. Help that we may find in his words and deeds an effective example and mirror of all virtues for every phase of life. Help that we may be strengthened and comforted in suffering and adversity in and through his suffering and cross. Help us through his death to overcome our own death with a firm faith and thus boldly follow our beloved Guide into the life beyond this one. (Luther's Works, v. 43, p. 34-35)</blockquote>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11801782224634391486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279164628383052508.post-27677551205676049052014-02-27T12:19:00.000-08:002014-02-22T12:24:04.617-08:00Luther Quote - Comfort in Word and Spirit<br />
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This makes it pleasant and easy to bear my yoke (Matt. 11:30). Who is this? It is the Lord Himself upon whom I called. In my sore distress He came to me through His eternal Word and Spirit. I scarcely know that I have been troubled.” We must not, as the sectarians do, imagine that God comforts us immediately, without His Word. Comfort does not come to us without the Word, which the Holy Spirit effectively calls to mind and enkindles in our hearts, even though it has not been heard for ten years. (LW 14, p. 62)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11801782224634391486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279164628383052508.post-6824037968517246362014-02-24T11:00:00.000-08:002014-02-24T11:00:04.768-08:00What is the Transfiguration Really All About?<div class="p1">
Ephrem the Syrian (born 306), a Syrian writer of commentaries and devotional hymns which are sometimes regarded as the greatest specimens of Christian poetry prior to Dante, wrote this stanza about the Transfiguration:</div>
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The comment above is from <i>My Utmost for His Highest </i>by Oswald Chambers. It is interesting that this is the only time that Christ was revealed in His eternal glory during His life prior to crucifixion.<br />
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Somewhat reminiscent of Elijah's departure into heaven (2 Kings 2:1-12), Christ appears with Moses and Elijah in a heavenly "state" fulfilling Moses' request of Ex. 33:18.<br />
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Moses is the representative of the old covenant and the promise of salvation, which was soon to be fulfilled in the death of Jesus. Elijah is the appointed restorer of all things (Mal 4:5–6; Mk 9:11–13). The disciples here witness the confirmation of Jesus’ claim (5:17) that he fulfills the Law (Moses) and the Prophets (Elijah). Lk 9:31 says that they talked about Christ’s death.</blockquote>
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The Transfiguration of Jesus is the sight of Jesus in His divinity. Everything else in His earthly life is witnessed through His humanity until His resurrection. It becomes a message of how Jesus, the true God can encompass the past, the present, and the future in a moment, in a flash, because He is God. The Transfiguration reveals His glory, wherein the remainder of His life reveals His humiliation and the cross of suffering.<br />
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The comfort of the Transfiguration is His return to the cross of His human life in this sinful world. He followed through with His word and promises to redeem us from sin, to suffer hell, and <b>then</b> proclaim His victory. The Transfiguration is not His victory, rather it was a revelation of the unity of all of history, the Old and the New Testament, the Apostles and Prophets before God, upon whom the Church stands.<br />
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Our Transfiguration began in our baptism and continues in the miracle of the resurrected victory feast at the church's altar. Our hope is in the forgiveness He earned in the total sacrifice of His entire life for our sin and not in the moment of glory in the Transfiguration. His presence in the sacramental life is better than the one time experience of the Transfiguration.<br />
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As those in the Transfiguration pictures teach us, while we are on this sinful earth, we can only humble ourselves in reverence to His presence. This is why we kneel at the Lord's Supper when possible.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11801782224634391486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279164628383052508.post-51221326047825281302014-02-22T12:02:00.000-08:002014-02-22T12:02:14.653-08:00Luther Quote - Jesus the Strongman
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Such works are nothing whatever and must be completely destroyed. Mark these words: none of our works have any power whatsoever. For God has chosen a man, the Lord Christ Jesus, to crush death, destroy sin, and shatter hell, since there was no one before he came who did not inevitably belong to the devil. The devil therefore thought he would get a hold upon the Lord when he hung <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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between two thieves and was suffering the most contemptible and disgraceful of deaths, which was cursed both by God and by men [cf. Deut. 21:23; Gal. 3:13]. <b>But the Godhead was so strong that death, sin, and even hell were destroyed.</b></blockquote>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11801782224634391486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279164628383052508.post-75476931500555562552014-02-17T14:26:00.000-08:002014-02-17T14:36:54.982-08:00Pr. Sell on the Radio - KFUO 850am <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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The Lord blessed the The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod with a dynamic radio station. It is <b>KFUO 850 AM.</b><br />
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Recently, their program manager, Craig Donofrio, asked me to participate in a couple of radio shows. The first was last Saturday at 11 a.m and the second one was today (Presidents Day) a 11 a.m.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kfuoam.org/2014/02/08/concord-matters-the-three-uses-and-the-two-tables-of-the-law/" target="_blank">Feb. 15, Saturday - Concord Matters - Three Uses of the Law</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.kfuoam.org/category/faith-and-family/" target="_blank">Feb. 17, Monday - Faith 'n' Family - Romans 7 - 9th & 10th Commandments</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11801782224634391486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279164628383052508.post-50949797311389325532014-02-11T16:13:00.000-08:002014-02-17T14:29:32.572-08:00AHA! Eureka! In the Presence of God, An Epiphany<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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We are wrapping up Epiphany at OSL and Lent is on the horizon. Epiphany is all about the revelation that Jesus is God.<br />
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Epiphany means to be in the presence of a revelation or a manifestation; suddenly to realize the truth about something. In the church, it is confessing the truth that the Babe of Bethlehem is the Son of God.<br />
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However, eureka moments are the result of long thought provoking discussions, or the protracted study of a difficult topic, or for the Christian Church, it is the long awaited proclamation that the Law and Prophets were right. Their prophecies came true. The eureka moment is the revelation that Mary's infant was the Messiah, but it was a long time coming.<br />
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It is a fallacy that great discoveries in science suddenly are revealed; or that a great athlete is naturally destined to become a champion free-throw shooter; or that suddenly God's Word makes sense. Instead, the life of a Christian, just like the Epiphany season is a life that plods on, struggling with daily troubles, and desiring forgiveness from those around us. It is a life of epiphanies over and over again.<br />
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Sometimes it is an epiphany to people that the church on earth still struggles with sin and corruption and that forgiveness is the only way forward.<br />
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Sometimes it's an epiphany to grasp the miracle of baptism that God saves through water and His Word.<br />
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Sometimes it's an epiphany to realize that even OSL is Christ's church and that forgiveness and mercy will sustain us, not money or how many people are in the pews.<br />
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These are epiphanies that we go through over and over again as Christ's Church on earth. We are holy and perfect by the work of Christ, not because we work so hard.<br />
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The point of Epiphany is to show and proclaim from God's Holy Word that what the prophets proclaimed over thousands of years is true. God provided a Savior to deliver the world from sin. The Law of Moses was fulfilled and lived out perfectly by the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. That God provided both the priest who became the sacrifice in Jesus Christ as well as the victor over sin, death and the devil. The Holy Christian Church at 1500 San Simeon way will march on because the victory is in Christ.<br />
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It's an Epiphany!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11801782224634391486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279164628383052508.post-53937371848077975792013-11-18T18:09:00.001-08:002013-11-18T18:11:08.041-08:00Time Between - Advent Awaits the Coming of Christ(Much of this post comes from Rev. Gerike, <a href="http://www.reformationstl.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Cantor of Reformation Lutheran Church</span></a>, who writes on <i><a href="http://www.lcms.org/worship/unwrappingthegifts" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Unwrapping the Gifts</span></a></i>)<br />
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Advent is also known as the “evening of the year.” Not only do we "wait" for the coming of Christ, but one of the themes is about dark v. light. </div>
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The Advent Services will be about the Darkness vs. the Light. - the darkness of a world condemned, given over by God to its own sin, and the advancing beams of the Daystar, God of God, Light of Light, Jesus the Christ, the One who comes into such a world to bear its sin away. </div>
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Advent represents the Church’s life because the Christian community lives in the great “Time Between.” The people of God live at the very frontier of the ages — the “Time Between” Christ’s first coming incognito in the stable of Bethlehem and His second coming in glory to judge the living and the dead. In the “Time Between,” our lives are hidden with Christ in God: “When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory” (Col. 3:4 ESV). </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11801782224634391486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279164628383052508.post-5861387114402022352013-09-24T10:43:00.003-07:002013-09-24T10:44:33.771-07:00Happy Halloween and/or Reformation?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;">It's
one of my favorite times of the year - Halloween and Reformation. The weather
is cool and all kinds of fun is at hand. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Remember where Halloween comes
from? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black;">It
is the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Eve of All Saints Day, November
1st</b>. The church celebrated a day to remember those “saints”
(believers) who died in the Christian faith. Hallowe’en means saints (hallowe) ‘en
means eve. That’s why it is also called All Hallow’s Eve. Halloween has a long
history.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Did
you know that it was a tradition from about the third century? The church
celebrated the lives of those believers who were killed because they believed
in Jesus. Many Christians are persecuted and </span></div>
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killed today because they believe.
That’s been in the news a lot lately.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="color: black;">If
you believe that Jesus is the one true God who died for your sins, then you are
a saint. Therefore, we have saints in heaven and saints on earth. Together,
they make up the one holy Christian and Apostolic Church.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">October 31<sup>st</sup> – Reformation
Day<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0FFiGt4DCVYgOnGf13VbtjCs_EECYgD6jL_NsaeZDhRGfse87P0fdREHrIoXW-TG3XTk5aF0SQDWJCDX1xKPaXwUAEe0jeYb-qnSxR5j6atfpdFlrSxjUUArQIlJj9zApFCJEitlZ090/s1600/pumpkinluther.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0FFiGt4DCVYgOnGf13VbtjCs_EECYgD6jL_NsaeZDhRGfse87P0fdREHrIoXW-TG3XTk5aF0SQDWJCDX1xKPaXwUAEe0jeYb-qnSxR5j6atfpdFlrSxjUUArQIlJj9zApFCJEitlZ090/s200/pumpkinluther.jpeg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">All Saints’ Eve (Halloween) and
All Saints’ Day have a special place in the Christian Church because of
the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation#16th_century"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Reformation</span></a>.
It was on October 31<sup>st</sup>, Halloween, that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Martin Luther</span></a> posted
his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ninety-Five_Theses"><span style="color: blue; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">95 Theses</span></a> on
the door of the church at Wittenberg, Germany. He chose to challenge the
corruption in the official church about the notion that salvation in Christ
could be bought with money or works. All Saints are saved by Grace, through
Faith, revealed by God’s Word in Christ. It is the work of Christ, not man that
saves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">On October 31, 1517 the Church
of Christ began to return to the authority of Scripture alone over the
traditions of man. Luther’s point was to return to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">salvation by Faith in Christ alone</b> over the works of people as
prescribed by humans. Reformation Day is when the Church returned to the
biblical teaching of salvation by Grace alone, rather than one’s attempt to do
good things to pay for entrance into heaven. The Church returned to reliance
upon Christ alone and not upon self.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Halloween. Enjoy your treats and getting dressed up. Enjoy our movie night and
the food. Just don’t forget that Halloween is really about Scripture Alone,
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11801782224634391486noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279164628383052508.post-66655209376228374482013-07-25T13:48:00.000-07:002013-07-25T13:48:05.761-07:00Sign Up For Youth Confirmation Class<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Fifth through eighth graders</b> <a href="http://oslconfirmation.blogspot.com/p/confirmation-sign-up.html" target="_blank">SIGN UP</a> for confirmation class.<br />
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This year's confirmation class will once again be a team effort. Mrs. Rezabeck Mr. Clark, Mr. Weber, and Pastor Sell will work closely together to develop a strong confirmation and junior high youth program. We will integrate a bunch of good times with learning the Christian faith. Check out <a href="http://oslconfirmation.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">OLS Confirmation Blog</a> to learn more details. Parents, you can sign up your children <a href="http://oslconfirmation.blogspot.com/p/confirmation-sign-up.html" target="_blank">online</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First Class and Parent Meeting - August 20th. 6 p.m.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11801782224634391486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279164628383052508.post-24254668091720627222013-07-04T14:38:00.002-07:002013-07-04T14:43:07.813-07:00Musician-Teacher and an Early Childhood Center - Strengthening OSL's MinistriesIn my recent post about <a href="http://pastorsellosl.blogspot.com/2013/06/guess-what-time-it-is-its-budget-days.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">budget time</span></a>, under "Blessings of the Unity of Our Church and School," I indicated that we are looking at two programs that we need to strengthen. Since we are pulling our budget together and need to approve it, we need to get these church and school strengthening programs in our budget.<br />
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Although it sounds like they are "new" ideas, they really are not, because,<br />
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<li>OSL's leadership has been talking about these things for some time. </li>
<li>The funding is mostly in place for both of these OSL strengthening proposals</li>
<li>They are making their way through our leadership and meetings and will arrive at the voters meeting soon.</li>
<li>THEY ARE SUPPLEMENTING/STRENGTHENING WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE </li>
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Most Obvious Question: Why are we moving quickly? We need the teacher in place by August 1st.<br />
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Musician/Teacher and Early Childhood Center - <a href="http://pastorsellosl.blogspot.com/p/church-musicianteacher-and-ecc.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">More info and job description</span></a><span id="goog_211859039"></span><span id="goog_211859040"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11801782224634391486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279164628383052508.post-72523596198134854392013-06-27T13:48:00.001-07:002013-06-27T13:48:39.682-07:00Guess What Time It Is? It's ... Budget Days at OSLMy new favorite commercial is Geico's "It's Hump Day." I love how obnoxious the camel is in the commercial. He reminds me of me.<br />
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Well it's budget time at OSL and I feel like I'm being the camel in the commercial driving Mike Z crazy, among others, namely our leadership. Mike is so laid back and I'm Mr. hyper camel. "Mike, Mike, Mike, you know... Blair, Blair, Blair, you know... George, George, George, you know... Marty, Marty, Marty, you know..."<br />
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Whoo! Whoo! It's budget days...<br />
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Budget planning is always hard. It feels personal for those on staff. It's pressure-filled going into "thee voters meeting." It's a huge commitment in time by our leadership. It's a major financial commitment on the part of the congregation to try and fund the budget.<br />
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BACK TO JESUS - Such comfort. Such hope. Such peace.<br />
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But let's get back to why we go through this. <b><i>Jesus and the proclamation of the forgiveness of sins. </i></b><br />
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As we gather in church around Christ's Word and Sacraments, He gathers us as His Bride whom He purchased with His blood. He holds us up as cleansed, spotless, and holy. He brings the saints in heaven and on earth who trust in His work together. Such comfort. Such hope. Such peace.<br />
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We have agreed that we want this message available to the families in our community, so our Church has a full blown school. The parents can count on us to help raise their children in the truth of God's Word and bring His mercy to bear in the gifts of creation (education).<br />
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God calls each member of our congregation to support her ministries with time, talent, and funding. Together, we confess that all of the gifts of creation are from God. He calls upon us to use them wisely and to give from our blessings to support the blessings of the Church.<br />
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Some of the hardest decisions and meetings took place over the last 5 years. Thank God for all of you who have been so faithful and have worked so hard. Thank you!<br />
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NO BUDGET NO MISSION<br />
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Pragmatically speaking, "no budget, no mission" explains how we go about serving the community with God's Word. OSL has been through a lot in the last five years. She has great leadership all the way around. Everyone only wants what's best for the Kingdom of God manifested on San Simeon Way in Fenton. We have the stability to look forward and plan things with a purpose and vision to serve our members and our community.<br />
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I've always looked at budgets as they are really our work programs so that we can serve the Lord by loving our neighbors with what we do. That's why we sacrifice and put forward our "first fruits" in time, talent, and treasure, so that we can get to work sowing the seeds that God grows into His kingdom.<br />
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FRESH START<br />
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So here we go. It's my first round of budget planning. That's always dangerous. :) When a new pastor steps into the congregation to whom God has called him, everything is a "fresh start." As the senior pastor, it is my role to give guidance and shepherd the Lord's church in all of her ministries, using the administrative gifts that I've learned over the years - all the while repenting and drawing strength from His forgiveness. I pray for wisdom and try to administer according to the accepted practices of church administration. Well, that applies to budget planning as well.<br />
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Sure it's hard and some meetings are emotional, but they are worth every moment of discussion and number crunching.<br />
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The satisfaction and blessings of this hard work come in,<br />
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<li>the families that are strengthened and provided stability in God's Word;</li>
<li>the joy of baptizing the children; </li>
<li>the answers that I get during the children's message; </li>
<li>the comfort of salvation to the grieving family planning a funeral; </li>
<li>the singing of the children in chapel; </li>
<li>the graduation ceremonies and the fun of confirmation classes; </li>
<li>how people come together in a time of crisis;</li>
<li>singing with the congregation and the school children, words that reflect God's Words;</li>
<li>and so on.</li>
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MOVING FORWARD<br />
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Every indication from our leadership is that we are all ready to move forward with our "fresh start." We are ready to see beyond the past and move forward with the church and school and develop her programs into the future.<br />
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As I've indicated in the last couple of months, we need to plan for our future We need to move away from the band-aid approach to our budget and staffing issues and see the amazing gifts the Lord has given us and how we can move forward with a purpose. We will have quite a few staffing changes in the next several years and we need to plan for that. We need to talk about strengthening our ministry support in the church and school and wisely set a direction to continue to improve what the Lord has given to us.<br />
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BLESSINGS OF THE UNITY OF OUR CHURCH AND SCHOOL<br />
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OSL has a great school. The foundation and quality of education is spectacular. The church members have renewed their excitement over and over again in both the church and school.<br />
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The demographic reality is that we are poised to move forward and build both the church and school up and welcome new families and members into both. We have unified our budget in the last several years and we have a clear picture of what the beginning of our "fresh start" looks like.<br />
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There will be a couple of new things that we are bringing forward, things that we have planned for from major gifts. The one plan is to use the funds set aside for new ministry. We are thinking about a musician/teacher to strengthen the music programs in both the church and school.<br />
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The other one is a renewed look at our infrastructure and support for our ministries. This will be the easy one because we have used them in the past. This is important because over the next several years we will need to make adjustments with the demographic reality of our faculty. In other words, ONLY by pure numbers, it appears that we are facing a turn over due to general retirement practices. We need to be prepared for this so that we are not re-inventing the wheel with every new "hire" or call process.<br />
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Please keep us all in your prayers and let's talk it all through, make wise decisions, repent of our sins and rejoice in God's mercy and the constant showering of blessings he gives.<br />
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Whoo! Whoo! It's budget days!<br />
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Finally, in case you were wondering, my former favorite was the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=Dtp_mq2fO24&feature=endscreen" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Geico rhetorical question</span></a> commercials. The link is a video that strings them together. What a hoot!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11801782224634391486noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8279164628383052508.post-5951141460219913942013-06-24T11:20:00.001-07:002013-06-24T11:22:04.620-07:00Invite Your Friends! Become a Member of OSL.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Do you know anyone who wants to learn about the mercy of God? Have any friends looking for a church to join? Any new school families interested in joining our church?<br />
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<b>New Class for Membership begins July 7th.</b><br />
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Now is the time to get the word out. Invite your friends, relatives, anyone, to become a member of OSL. On July 7th at 9:15 a.m. Pastor Sell will teach a class about God's Word to become a member of OSL. The class will be every Sunday through August 25th.<br />
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Pastor will explain<br />
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<b>how </b>God is present in your life.<br /><b>why</b> forgiveness is free.<br /><b>and show</b> you from the bible, how your children and grandchildren receive forgiveness, at any age.<br />the <b>power </b>of God's miracles in your life.<br /><b>where</b> heaven is on earth in worship.</blockquote>
These things and so much more to strengthen your life in Christ.<br />
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God is calling you in His Word to learn about Him (Mt. 28: 20).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11801782224634391486noreply@blogger.com0