Our Savior Lutheran Church
WELCOME TO
OSL!
You’ll find the main church entrance on the west side of the building by the playground. Once you enter the building, the Sanctuary will be to your right. Stop by the Welcome Center upon entering for more church information, a campus map, and Sunday Bible class opportunities.
Ushers passing out service bulletins can answer any questions you may have. Once you enter the Sanctuary, everything you need to know is in the bulletin. Both the traditional and contemporary services use liturgical elements, like the Apostles Creed and the Lord’s Prayer. Both services include the Lord’s Supper. You’ll want to read the insert in the pew rack for more information on participating in the Lord’s Supper. At different points in the service we stand (the bulletin tells you when, so no need to guess!) It all takes place in about an hour. Before or after the service you’re welcome to grab a donut and coffee (and a free OSL coffee mug at the Welcome Center).
We’re a friendly church full of people who welcome the chance to get to know you and help you find what you’re looking for. We look forward to seeing you!
MISSION & VISION
AT OSL
OUR MISSION
Inviting people into the joy and journey of growing closer to Jesus and one another.
OUR VISION
A community prioritizing our relationship with Jesus and one another so we might ever stand firm in the faith in a shallow, distracted, and disconnected world.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
AT OSL
MAN
Mankind was created by God in His own image. God delights in giving gifts to His creatures, desiring that we look to Him for life, meaning, and purpose. But man, through disobedience and selfishness, chose not to trust God, which severed that relationship, plunging us all to separation from God. We cannot work our way back to God in our own efforts; we are truly lost and will surely die.
GOD
But God, who is rich in mercy, sent His Son Jesus, full of grace and truth, to rescue us and to bring us back into relationship with His Father. Where we could not make our way to Him, Jesus came to us, and it is only believing in Jesus, His life-giving message, His death, resurrection and ascension, and His promise to return, that we may once again have life in abundance.
CHURCH
Throughout the ages God has been calling and redeeming His church, the assembled saints who have been forgiven and made new. The church is called to live in this world according to God’s Word until Jesus comes and takes us home to be with Him. Our Savior Lutheran Church is a part of that amazing family, spanning the entire earth and stretching throughout the ages.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
ABOUT
THE BIBLE
The Holy Bible is the revealed Word of God. The Bible was written by holy men of God over several centuries under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:21). The Word of God is infallible and true, is without error or contradiction (2 Timothy 3:16), and is the sole source of all Christian doctrine and teaching (Ephesians 2:20).
GOD
The Bible tells us of the one true God (Deuteronomy 6:4) who existed from eternity past as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:2b, Colossians 2:9), three persons but one essence in unity. God is inherently good and loving toward man (Ephesians 2:4-5), and cannot lie or deceive. He desires to show His love for His creation, and to be in fellowship with His creatures.
CREATION
God fashioned everything out of nothing by the speaking forth of His Word (Genesis 1 & 2). He gives every living creature life and breath, and nothing can exist apart from His power and will. He holds all things together (Colossians 1:16-18).
MAN
As the crowning joy of His creation, God created man in His own image. In the beginning, man was content living in perfect and sinless submission to the God, enjoying complete intimacy with God and trusting Him for all things (Genesis 1).
LIVING BY FAITH
Just as man is reunited to God by His grace through faith, we are also to live by faith (Romans 1:17). We are to love God with all our soul, mind, and strength (Mark 12:30), and trust Him for all things.
SIN
The first man broke fellowship from God by disobeying Him, no longer trusting in God’s desire to sustain him in all things (Genesis 3). In this way sin entered the world, separating man from His Creator and building a wall between them which man cannot ever overcome by his own will or strength. In this fallen state man is now an enemy of God, unable even to renew fellowship with Him or even desire to do so (Ephesians 2:1-3).
REDEMPTION
Because of His great love, God did not allow man to remain in permanent separation from Him, but reached out in love by sending His Son, Jesus (John 3:16-18), to become man and to live the sinless and perfect life originally intended for man. Jesus revealed the essence of the Father to man, teaching all about the Father’s love. The world rejected Jesus, causing Him to suffer and be killed, and through this sacrifice Jesus would pay the penalty for sin that separates man and God. By believing in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, God renews man by His great grace through the forgiveness of sins, and all who believe are returned to fellowship with the Father. This is the Gospel, the good news of Jesus, and the only way to have fellowship with the Father (Romans 1:16).
THE MEANS OF GRACE
Though we have been forgiven and made righteous through Christ’s deliverance, we still carry the human tendency to sin until death. Daily we are to confess our sin and receive God’s ongoing forgiveness (1 John 1:9). God continues to work in each of us, delivering us from our sin and making us righteous by coming to us through His Word and through the Sacraments. By these means of grace Jesus comes into our midst, and continues to draw us closer to the Father and to one another in fellowship, until the day of the Lord when He returns to bring us home to live with Him in perfect peace forever (Psalm 23:6b).
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And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation." - Mark 16:15
