Dear Church Family,
Invitations go out in the mail. E-vite reminders begin to fill people’s inboxes. Follow up text messages, phone calls, WhatsApp chats, and personal messengers even go out to make sure you know, “You are invited!” It’s going to be the banquet of a lifetime. A feast. A party. The venue is first-rate. The food and drink is five-star.
There is no fee to attend, no cover charge to get in the door. Surely everyone who’s invited is going to want to be there, right? After all, what could be better? But Jesus has a surprise to share with us in the Parable of the Great Banquet recorded in Luke 14:15-24. You don’t want to miss out!
To attend in person this weekend whether on Saturday at 5:00 pm or Sunday at 9:30 am please register with this form ahead of time.
*Please note, this weekend in our English services we will begin to allow up to 100 people in attendance for in-person worship, up from 75. This remains below 50% occupancy, still allows us to practice social distancing, and is in keeping with the comfort level of the majority of our English group as expressed by our previous worship survey. Please do continue to register before the service and as you invite people to worship with you please also consider offering to register them ahead of time too or send them the link for their convenience. Except for increasing the attendance cap from 75 to 100, we will continue to abide by the other guidelines in our Phase 1 Plan.
To worship online with others simply click here to visit our livestreaming platform either on Saturday at 5:00 pm or Sunday at 9:30 am. Say “hi” in the chat and greet one another to let them know you’re there and share encouragement!
DSC on YouTube: Watch past sermons, services on-demand, and other Christ-centered content on our church YouTube channel. Subscribe and share with others! To watch DSA chapel services led by DSC pastors and DSA teachers, visit our chapel YouTube channel.
DSKids Online: Check out the weekly resources being provided by our DSKids team. We are not at this time providing in-person DSKids ministry during our weekend worship services at church.
There’s a Place for You Here – is a video we produced for orientation this new school year, but it’s also a great way for you to introduce someone to our Divine Savior family. Please share.
Online Hosts Needed – In the same way that a greeter provides a welcoming presence at our church’s physical location, an online host has the opportunity to do the same on the church’s digital location. More than ever our digital location is the first (and perhaps only) contact people have with our church. People are hungry for human connection. You can help provide that using our church online platform. Training provided. Teens welcome to learn too! Please contact Staff Minister Becky if interested.
Meditations – is a small daily devotion book that we provide free of charge. You can pick up the new ones on the info table at church this weekend or upon request we would be happy to mail you one.
Communion Opportunities – Next week I will again provide small group opportunities for receiving communion. Stay tuned for an email with days and times to register. I am unable to offer communion this Saturday due to a memorial service that I will be leading.
Online Giving: Giving online is easy to do either by clicking the “My Giving” tab while logged into MyDSC | by clicking on “Give” on our website: www.divinesaviorchurch.com | or by clicking “Give” while watching live on our church online platform
Weekly Offerings: Last week: $10,859.00 | Needed weekly to meet FY ’20-’21 budget: $9,106.96
Equipping Christian Witnesses – is the name of a campaign to raise funds in support of our vital ministry partner, Martin Luther College (MLC). Please watch the video I made for more info about this opportunity to give. Currently $3,260 has been contributed towards our goal of $20,000. That means we are about at 16% of where we’d like to be by Labor Day weekend. Thank you to those who’ve already contributed!
Weekend Playlist – Who You Say I Am | God Loved the World So That He Gave CW 391 | Across the Lands
Changing Lives with Jesus,
Pastor Ben
