Joan Friel
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Dec 17
January 9th Community Outreach Food Drive
Many thanks to all who participated in the December food and toy drive. Toys and gift cards were delivered to the Eastside Baby Corner and gift cards to the Issaquah Food and Clothing Bank. Some gift cards were held in reserve for emergent needs. The Community Outreach team will hold another food drive on behalf of …
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Dec 12
In Home Worship – Sunday, December 13, 2020 – Third Sunday of Advent
Dear Our Savior Family and Friends of Our Savior Lutheran, Advent blessing! There are just two short weeks until our celebration of Christmas, the mysterious way that God entered our world as a human being so long ago. This Advent season we wait with hope in ways we never have before for God to again …
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Dec 05
In Home Worship – Sunday, December 6, 2020 – Second Sunday of Advent
Dear Our Savior Family and Friends of Our Savior Lutheran, We are quickly losing daylight as our days grow shorter and shorter. This is a sure sign that the year 2020 is drawing to a close. And we have already begun the new church year with the season of Advent. Here is the worship video …
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Dec 04
The Focus Newsletter – December 2020
The December 2020 edition of The Focus Newsletter is now available online. To go to the newsletter now, click on this link: The Focus – December 2020. For archived issues of The Focus, see the menu under the “About” tab.
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Nov 28
In Home Worship – Sunday, November 29, 2020 – First Sunday of Advent
Dear Our Savior Family and Friends, With this worship video for Sunday, we are entering Advent and the beginning of a new Church year. This Sunday we lift up Bible readings that call for God to enter our lives and act in decisive ways to make our future better, an apt message for our times. …
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Nov 21
In Home Worship – Sunday, November 22, 2020 – Christ the King Sunday
Dear Our Savior Family and Friends, With Corona-19 infections on the rise, it looks like our need to “Stay Home—Stay Safe” will continue deep into 2021. So we are going to have to continue to worship in some sort of “virtual” way. The church calendar tells us that we are close to the end of …
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Nov 07
In Home Worship – Sunday, November 8, 2020 – Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
Dear Our Savior Family and Friends, A lot has happened in our lives since last Sunday. The all-important elections for national and state office have been held. On our church calendar, we move from remembering the Saints of our lives, toward Thanksgiving and the beginning of a new year with Advent. This particular Sunday, we …
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Nov 03
The Focus Newsletter – November 2020
The November 2020 edition of The Focus Newsletter is now available online. To go to the newsletter now, click on this link: The Focus – November 2020. For archived issues of The Focus, see the menu under the “About” tab.
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Oct 31
In Home Worship – Sunday, November 1, 2020 – All Saints Sunday
Dear Our Savior Family and Friends, All Saints Day, November 1st, holds a special place in the hearts of all Christians. On this day we hold up in our memory and prayers all the saints of the church, those who have been honored by the Church for lives of sacrifice and service, those in died …
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Oct 24
In Home Worship – Sunday, October 25, 2020 – Reformation Sunday
Blessings, Friends and Family of Our Savior, This week we are participating in a special Reformation Sunday joint service of the East King County Cluster of the NW Washington Synod. Representatives from the eight ELCA congregations in Bellevue, Issaquah, Sammamish, and North Bend have come together again to produce a single worship video for all …
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