MESSENGER

This year marks the second year that COS has celebrated our young people through the Rite 13 ceremony. We will honor six of our Youth Group participants this spring. “Rite 13” will formally observe a milestone around these young peoples’ 13th birthday, marking the transition from childhood to adulthood. We recognize the importance of helping our young people appreciate their growth and progress as they move toward adulthood. On Sunday, May 10th, during the 10 am service we’l

On April 2, Our Saviour Center hosted its annual Easter meal distribution, our second largest distribution of the year. We handed out meals which included ham or chicken, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, and canned goods to 447 households — a total of 1,231 individuals. Our team was deeply touched at the event when three women made the sign the cross and began praying after receiving their food. One of the them was so grateful she was moved to tears. This moment reminded us of t

Sunday, April 19 | 9:00 am | Cleaver Hall Church of Our Saviour is honored to welcome home Jonathan Moss, a beloved child of this parish, for a special Adult Forum on Sunday, April 19 at 9:00 am in Cleaver Hall . Jonathan will talk about the extraordinary humanitarian and faith-filled work he is doing in Myanmar (formerly Burma) with the Free Burma Rangers. Jonathan, a chaplain, is the son of longtime COS members Irv and Andrea Moss, and many in our parish will remember him a

Dear siblings in Christ, Alleluia, Christ is risen! This Sunday, we will gather with Christians near and far to celebrate the miraculous fact that the tomb was empty: Jesus rose from the dead. With that divine act, Jesus broke the bonds of death and now offers us the hope and knowledge of new life, even in death. Church of Our Saviour is a vibrant faith community, welcoming all, empowered by sacramental worship to joyfully serve others in Christ’s name. I arrived as Churc

Dear DOD, How did eggs and rabbits get associated with Easter? Carol Dear Carol, The word Easter, it seems, occurs only in English usage. The Venerable Bede, an eighth century English monk, noted the connection of the celebration of Jesus’s resurrection to the celebration of the Germanic goddess of spring, Eastre/Ēostre. Our word Easter most probably derives from the name of that goddess. Bede noted that Christians continued using the name of the pagan month Eosturmonath f