Dear Church Family,
Human beings have feelings, all kinds of them. In fact, God made us this way! He has given us a deep capacity to feel deeply. Knowing what to do, however, in this broken world when we feel things deeply can be something we all struggle with. We may either feel like our feelings overwhelm us and we can’t avoid it, or we may find ourselves trying to avoid feeling deeply altogether. That’s why with the Holy Spirit’s help, we want to offer some help in noticing, naming, and navigating the feelings that are often hidden under the surface of our hearts–especially those that can sometimes have an outsized ability to control us. As we learn to do this more, we’ll also see how God wants to use our feelings to draw us closer to his compassionate heart as he keeps his promise of giving us his peace.
Join us this Sunday at 9:30 am as we begin a brand new series called “Help, I Feel So…” During the service we will also be installing our new called teachers as well as our newly elected church councilmen. It will also be our last time worshiping together in the auditorium since, following the service, we will have a groundbreaking ceremony and demo will begin the coming week. Wow! I. Am. Excited! This has been a long time coming and it will be so good to come together and thank the Lord for bringing us to this point and asking His blessings in bringing the building project of our Worship and Ministry Center to completion.
ICYMI: Watch Pastor Caleb Davisson’s sermon from last Sunday on Mannaseh: Reconstructing Our Own Religion.
Installation Sunday – All new called workers of Divine Savior Doral will be installed in each of our worship services on Sunday, August 7. We will also install our newly elected or new-termed DSC council members. We give thanks to God for the blessings of more people to serve with us in ministry here as we change lives with Jesus!
Groundbreaking Ceremony – Join us this Sunday, August 7, for a special brief ceremony outside as we begin the next phase of our Worship and Ministry Center Project. (This will take place right after the English worship service and before the Spanish service.) We will give thanks to God for the progress made so far and ask for his blessing as we begin demo and construction. May God be glorified as we continue in our mission to change lives with Jesus! We hope you can join us for this exciting next step!
College Ministry Cook-Out Exciting news…Divine Savior Church is starting a college student ministry! To get things rolling, we are inviting any interested college students to join us for a grill out on Sunday, August 7 from 4-8 PM at Morgan Levy Park. This will be an informal gathering with free food and some games. The purpose will be to hear how the students are doing and to start figuring out how we, at Divine Savior, can better support and encourage them, especially in their faith. Feel free to spread the word to any college student. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Landwehr.
Work Day – Can you help us move things out of our existing worship space and get ready for demo? On Monday evening, August 8 from 6:00-8:00pm. Come in your tennis shoes ready to help! We’ll be moving some things into the high school commons for our new worship area, moving other things into a storage unit, and taking items down and out of the existing worship space. Any teens or adults who are willing to carry boxes, furniture, or furnishings are welcome! If you own a pick-up truck and are available, please contact Staff Minister Becky .
Youth Confirmation Orientation – Students in 7th or 8th grade who would like to become confirmed members of our church family can apply to be part of the Youth Confirmation Class taught by the pastors of Divine Savior Church. An orientation meeting will be held Saturday, August 20 from 10:30 am-Noon for all parents and students who will be participating in this year’s class. Please email Pastor Ben if you have any questions. Click here to reserve your spot at the orientation and register for the class!
DSKids Sunday is almost here! On DSKids Sunday, we welcome any new children entering DSKids and celebrate those moving on to the Acolyte position, with a special Bible presentation during the worship service, while encouraging those moving on to DSYouth! After the worship service, all families who participate in the DSKids ministry are invited to participate in one of three Home Builder sessions. Each session will help equip parents to gather around God’s Word in their home, where their family can grow closer together and closer to Jesus.
Harvest Strategy Summit – Have you ever wondered, “How do we connect the families of our school with our church?” “How do we connect these families to Jesus for life?” On Sunday, August 28th after worship, we are going to gather together as a church to talk about our plan as one ministry to reach the families of our school with the gospel. Set this date on your calendar because we want everyone from our church to be there. Get excited to see how we can reach more of our community with the life-changing, life-saving love of Jesus and build our family in Christ! Click here to see a special video invite from Pastor Caleb.
What’s Going on? We have many exciting new opportunities coming up in the next few weeks! Stay tuned to all of those by using the Divine Savior Church App. Content is updated frequently. Explore the resources you have to grow and connect. Find links and more details to all of our opportunities, etc. Free to download.
Installation of New Pastor at DSC-WPB: New Pastor Jonny Lehmann will be installed this Saturday, August 6 at 3:00 pm during a special service at DSC-West Palm Beach. Light refreshments will be served following the service. Pastor Ben from DSC-Doral will be preaching and musicians from our three South Florida congregations will be participating in the worship.
“$2,025 for 3 Years” – Now that we are moving into the construction phase of our building project, it is important that we follow through with our funding plan. In order to build our new Worship and Ministry Center we determined as a church that together we would pull “five levers” to make it financially possible. The biggest “lever” is this special campaign whereby we hope many of our members will give over and above their regular offerings at least $2,025 a year for the next 3 years. Please visit our special campaign web page for more info and to either 1) make your total 3 year pledge there, or 2) make a contribution toward your pledged amount. We need at least 25 giving units from our church to participate in this campaign in order to sustain the mortgage and carry out our ministry plan. Currently we have ten people who have pledged. Thank you to those who are on board and to all who are prayerfully considering it!
Save the Date
- Monday, August 8 Work Day
- Sunday, Aug 14 Camp South Celebration Sunday
- Sunday, Aug 21 DSKids Sunday
- Sunday, Aug 28 Harvest Strategy Summit
DSC on YouTube: Watch past messages and worship services on-demand on our church YouTube channel.
Giving: To give simply follow this link to go to our secure giving page, or click Give at the bottom of the church app. You can make one-time special gifts or set up recurring gifts as well. Thank you for keeping in mind that setting up your regular giving via ACH vs credit card saves our church over 2% in additional fees.
Changing Lives with Jesus,
Pastor Ben
