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Welcome to Oak Grove Lutheran Church
Welcome! As a warm and accepting community, our mission is to put the love of Jesus into action as we welcome, serve, and love all. Our vision is to learn and grow in our relationship with God, and to compassionately address the hurts and hopes of the community and world around us.
Oak Grove Lutheran Church has been growing in the heart of Richfield for over 80 years. We're all kinds of people—young and old, longtime church members from Lutheran and other faith traditions and those new to the faith. This is a place where people can continue to grow in their relationship with God, feel welcomed into a warm community, and live out their faith in service to the world around us.
We invite you, wherever you are in your faith journey, to Oak Grove.
What's New?
Welcome our new Office Manager!
This past week we welcomed our new Office Manager Amy Hanson! We want to welcome her and invite everyone to join us in doing so!
Door Offering for Hurricane Relief on October 20
On Sunday, October 20 we will have a door offering after the service to raise money for Lutheran World Relief. They are currently working hard to help those who have been affected by Hurricane Helene and soon will be helping with Milton as well. If you want to donate online go to their website here or click on the oak grove donate button above.
Two Ministry Opportunities
There are a couple of new ministry opportunities for everyone to consider!
1. Lay Eucharistic Minister: A Lay Eucharistic Minister (eucharistic means “thanksgiving” and it is another name for Holy Communion) will share with the pastor in the privilege of visiting homebound individuals and bringing them Holy Communion every other month. Pastor Lee will continue to visit the homebound on the other months.
2. Assisting Minister - The Assisting Minister will share parts of the service with the pastor such as:
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Singing or speaking the Kyrie
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Leading the confession of faith
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Sharing the prayers of intercession (you do not need to compose these)
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Leading the offering prayer and prayer after communion and the dismissal
The role of assisting minister lifts up our understanding that we are all called to ministry- both lay and clergy.
Please contact Pastor Lee if you are interested and willing to serve God in either of these ways. Pastor Lee can be contacted at church, by email: pastorlee@oakgrovelutheran.org, or by cell phone 763-567-9843. In early October, we will have an orientation session for each of the opportunities for those who are interested.
Church Assessment Tool (CAT)
As of June 2nd the CAT is closed. We had a great response with 146 people taking the assessment. The transition team will be getting the interpretation and will be working on a summary this summer. The summary will be released later this year.
Upcoming Events
New Membership at Oak Grove
If you, or anyone you know, is interested in becoming a member of Oak Grove's congregation, please contact Pastor Lee through email at pastorlee@oakgrovelutheran.org or call the church office at 612-869-4917.