Dear Church Family,
Have you ever felt emotionally, mentally, or spiritually drained? Whether it’s work, school, relationships, family, home projects, or hobbies, there are plenty of things that leave us feeling drained. When your phone or computer is low on battery, you find your charger, plug it in, and after a while it’s fully charged. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could do that? What if we could just plug ourselves into the wall, or sit on a wireless charging pad and quickly feel recharged and refreshed? Sounds amazing, right?
This Sunday we’re going to see how plugging into the Word of God recharges us and gives us the energy we need to live a life in Christ. We’ll explore how God can help us go through life recharged and filled up with his love.
That’s what all the kids at Camp South studied just a few weeks ago. As part of our service, we’ll be having a special Camp South Celebration Sunday. You’ll hear some songs from Camp South, as well as some stories of God’s grace from the week.
So join us this Sunday at 9:30 am as we worship for the first time in the High School Commons!
Where will we worship? This Sunday, Aug 14 will be our first worship service in the high school commons as we begin demo and construction of the new Worship and Ministry Center. If you are able, please park in the back parking lot north of the high school or in any of the spaces along 58th Street. The greeters will guide you as you follow signs and enter through the doors that lead to the high school reception office. This will be our main entrance for all worship services and a great place to greet one another and guests, as well as register for DSKids. This will allow more spaces for guests along the side of the high school gym. Feel free to use the high school circle to drop off your family and park afterwards. We can’t wait to see you on Sunday!
ICYMI: Watch Pastor Carlos’s sermon from last Sunday as he preached with the installation of our new teachers in mind about how God Makes Us Competent.
School-Year Church Schedule: We will continue to have only Sunday morning worship (9:30 in English and 11:30 in Spanish) during this school year. We’ll revaluate having a Saturday service next year after completion of our Worship and Ministry Center. We’ll also continue to livestream our Sunday services and archive them to our YouTube channel for anyone who is unable to worship in-person on Sundays.
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.
“$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
- Sunday, Aug 14 Camp South Celebration Sunday
- Sunday, Aug 21 DSKids Sunday
- Sunday, Aug 28 Harvest Strategy Summit
- Sunday, September 11 Welcome Back Sunday
- Wednesday, September 21 Discover DSC Event
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
