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Three youth have volunteered to serve as acolytes and there is room for more. Contact Lori Smith, coordinator of the acolyte program, if you know of any 5th – 8th graders who may wish to participate in the worship service as acolytes. It’s such a wonderful and important way to serve our Lord and Savior

If you’d like to read the daily Portals of Prayers devotions on your laptop, tablet or phone, digital subscriptions are available through Concordia Publishing House (cph.org). The cost is $10 for one year or $17 for two years. A digital subscription would help decrease the cost of purchasing printed versions by SOTC.

For those who watch the live-stream of our worship service, we have begun uploading the order of service on the homepage of our website, so viewers can follow along better.   At the very top of the homepage is a horizontal blue bar that contains our phone number, a link to our Facebook page, a

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The Shadow of the Cross Sewing Circle meets every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in room #106. You are welcome to join them. Their ongoing ministry involves making pillowcase dresses for girls at orphanages in Zambia. Donations of new pillowcases with bright prints and colors are welcome. The newest batch of dresses were

MOST Ministries was able to serve nearly 600 community members in Guatemala and deliver more than 800 pairs of glasses in May. The organization thanked SOTC for its contributions to this ministry.   SOTC continues to accept donations of eyeglasses to support MOST Ministries. The glasses can be placed in the container on the red

Shadow of the Cross is now enrolled in Kroger’s Community Rewards Program. In order for SOTC to reap the benefits of this program, members and friends also need to enroll individually. Once you have enrolled, every time you use your Kroger card, a portion of the money is rebated to SOTC via check. 18 households

We learned about Ben Tino’s music ministry and his wife Scarlett’s deaconess work in Zacapa, Guatemala, in person on Sunday, September 1. Email Ben to be added to his e-newsletter: bassmantino@gmail.com. The link to contribute to their work is GlobalLutheranOutreach.com/blog/btino. In addition, checks payable to Global Lutheran Outreach can be mailed to Global Lutheran Outreach,