Jan. 21: Semi-Annual Meeting

Jan. 21: Semi-Annual Meeting

Mark your calendars for our semi-annual meeting!  All voting members of Oak Harbor Lutheran are encouraged to attend as we consider our congregational budget for 2024, vote on an update to our by-laws, and attend to other items of business.  A full agenda and related documents for the meeting will be made available by Sunday, January 14.

We will also be seeking candidates for the following positions for election at the meeting:

  • Delegates (2) to Josephine Home, our Lutheran nursing home/care facility in Stanwood
  • Delegates (2) to Lutherwood, our camp and retreat center in Bellingham
  • Voting Members (up to 3) to the 2024 Northwest Washington Synod Assembly, held Saturday, May 18, at Grace Lutheran Church in Des Moines, WA.
If you are interested in any of these opportunities, let us know by contacting Pastor Spencer or a council member.
JAN 6: TWELFTH NIGHT PARTY

JAN 6: TWELFTH NIGHT PARTY

How about one more party before the holiday season is over?

Plan on joining us on Saturday, January 6th, at 6pm for an elegant evening of food, fellowship, and chamber music. Dinner and dessert will be potluck. Sign-up sheets will be out soon so you can RSVP and let us know what you’re planning to bring. In the meantime, save the date!

BORN FOR YOU!

BORN FOR YOU!

BORN FOR YOU!

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24: Christmas Eve

(No 8:00AM service) 10:30AM: Worship, including the Sunday School Christmas Program   7:00PM:   Worship (nursery provided) 10:00PM: Worship

MONDAY, DECEMBER 25: CHRISTMAS DAY

10:00AM: Worship   Our normal schedule resumes Dec. 31, with services at 8:00AM and 10:30AM

SHARING TREE

SHARING TREE

Our Sharing Tree is up! Here’s how it works: Take a tag from the tree, purchase the gift/s listed on the tag, and then bring the gift AND the tag back to the church by the designated time.

There’s also a “No Shop” option: Take any tag from the tree and return it to the church office with case or a check donation to cover the cost, and someone will purchase items and deliver them for you.

Please return all items by SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17. Make sure the Sharing Tree gift tag is visibly attached to the gift, whether the gift is wrapped or not. All gift cards should be taken to the church office along with the tag from the Sharing Tree.

This year’s gift recipients include:

Josephine Caring Ministries
El Camino de Emaus Lutheran Church families
The WI-Cares-sponsored Ukrainian family
Holiday House teen gifts
Thank you for sharing!
ADVENT AT OHLC

ADVENT AT OHLC

Join us this Advent season for our adult Bible study on Sunday mornings and midweek Advent services on Wednesdays as we “Shake the Branches of Jesus’ Family Tree.” Through Bible study on Sundays and dramatic presentations on Wednesdays we will learn more about what the genealogy of Jesus tells us about who he is and why he came, and what it means for us who have been grafted into this same family through faith.

Our midweek services will include a midday liturgy at Noon and Holden Evening Prayer at the 6:00PM service. Soup suppers will follow.

Sunday Morning Adult Bible Study:
9:15AM in the church library
December 3: Unlikely Great-Grandmas: Tamar & Rahab
December 10: Jesse: From Sons to Stump
December 17: A Jagged Royal Line: Jehoshaphat to Zerubbabel
Midweek Advent Services:
Noon & 6pm, soup suppers following
December 6: Ruth, The Grafted-In Gentile
December 13: David, A Great Sinner with Great Faith
December 20: Joseph, Plucked from the Dustbin of History