Dear Church Family,
“Another generation grew up, who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel” (Judges 2:10).
Is there anything more important than passing down the faith from one generation to the next? That’s what we’ll be exploring this weekend as we continue our study of the book of Judges. We will also be introduced to the repeated cycle in the book of Judges: rebelling against God, being oppressed, crying out for help, God sending someone to deliver, and then a return to sin. It’s an awful downward spiral that just gets worse and worse.
Thankfully we’ll also see God shine a spotlight on how tremendously patient, loving and merciful He is!
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. With maximum attendance of 100 we continue to abide by the 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 messages, worship services on-demand, and other Christ-centered content on our church YouTube channel. Subscribe and share with others! To watch DSA chapel services visit our chapel YouTube channel.
DSYouth: All middle and high school students – join us at church this Friday, Sept 18 from 6:00-8:30 pm. We hope to see you there in person – if not, you can participate virtually too! Just find a friend who can Facetime you in! Parents, click here to register students who are new this year prior to event. The link directs you to the parent consent page and will prompt you to fill out a student info page afterward. Please read the safety guidelines here.
Questions? Contact Dr. Erik Landwehr.
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.
Baking Day: The Fellowship Team is planning something fun for our church family! Sign up to bake something yummy with others via zoom! Saturday, Sept. 26. Click here for more details. Can’t wait to see you in the kitchen!
Teen Confirmation: Celebrate with us next weekend (Sept 26-27) as welcome the teens who will become communicant members of our congregation. It is one step along the path of discipleship for these young men and women. We pray for their continued spiritual growth as well as for our entire church family.
Worship Attendance: Here’s a snapshot of last weekend’s attendance: 121 worshipped in-person (53 on Saturday and 68 on Sunday) | 38 devices watched live via our church online platform | 73 views on-demand via our YouTube channel.
Communion: FYI Next weekend we will again return to celebrating Holy Communion during our two weekend church services. We will use the individually pre-packaged communion elements that we’ve been using during our small group communion opportunities.
Meditations – is a daily devotion book that we provide free of charge. Pick up your copy on the info table at church this weekend.
Family Devotions: Get your family into God’s Word during the week! WELS has developed short devotions for the entire family to use. Each devotion comes complete with a set of questions for different age groups, a prayer, and hymn verses that can be sung or spoken. Downloadable printable versions are also available. Find the family devotions at wels.net/family-devotions.
Divine Savior Ministries (DSM): In my role as the Coordinator Pastor for Divine Savior Church it is my privilege to attend the quarterly meetings of the DSM governing board and report on behalf of our five church campuses. Last week we held our fall quarterly meeting via Zoom. Highlights from my church report included the challenge of doing ministry during coronavirus, growing collaboration among our church campuses, and our exploration of developing a church app. Other reports centered on the growing enrollment and staffing needs at our academies and schools. So on the one hand the pandemic has made it difficult to carry out relational, face to face, church ministry in an age of social distancing. On the other hand God has used the pandemic to bring about blessings in the bigger picture of our church / academy partnership across all our campuses. May God bless the relationships being developed on our all our campuses so that families get connected to Jesus and remain rooted and growing in Him throughout their lives! Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions about DSM or my role as the governor for DSC.
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: $10,163.00 | 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 $4,510.00 has been contributed towards our goal of $20,000. We’re at 23% of where we’d hoped to be by Labor Day weekend so we want to extend the opportunity through mid-October in order to give more people time to participate. Thank you to those who’ve already contributed!
Weekend Playlist – Rescuer | Jesus Your Blood and Righteousness | Go My Children with My Blessing
Changing Lives with Jesus,
Pastor Ben
