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Fifth Sunday after Pentecost July 5, 2020
GGGODODOD HHHEARSEARSEARS
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Beautiful Savior
W elcome! elcome! elcome! elcome! Thank you for joining us for worship this morning. In our
service we gather before our almighty God to offer him our
worship and praise. We also gather to strengthen ourselves through the
study of God’s holy and powerful word.
Restrooms Restrooms Restrooms Restrooms are located in the hallway directly opposite the entrance
to the sanctuary.
CryCryCryCry-roomroomroomroom. If you have a young child or nursing infant and are in
need of a cry-room, you will find it to the left as soon as you exit the
sanctuary. A speaker there allows you to hear the service.
Staffed nursery (Temporarily Suspended). Staffed nursery (Temporarily Suspended). Staffed nursery (Temporarily Suspended). Staffed nursery (Temporarily Suspended). We offer a staffed nursery
for ages 2 to 5 and special needs children. It is located to the left of
the entry foyer, through the double doors.
Connection cards Connection cards Connection cards Connection cards are available online at ourbeautifulsavior.com/
connection-card. We ask that before worship or during the offering,
you fill those out and submit them. There are no paper Connection
Cards at this time.
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
Serving all people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Summerville campusSummerville campusSummerville campusSummerville campus
720 Old Trolley Road Summerville, SC 29485
843.873.5522
Moncks Corner campusMoncks Corner campusMoncks Corner campusMoncks Corner campus
134 Foxbank Plantation Blvd Moncks Corner, SC 29461
843.899.2031
StaffStaffStaffStaff
Mark Lenz, Pastor 507.519.0431 (cell)
Jonathan Quinn, Pastor 843.826.0314 (cell)
www.ourbeautifulsavior.comwww.ourbeautifulsavior.comwww.ourbeautifulsavior.comwww.ourbeautifulsavior.com
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WORSHIP NOTESWORSHIP NOTESWORSHIP NOTESWORSHIP NOTES
TTTTHEHEHEHE SSSSEASONEASONEASONEASON OFOFOFOF PPPPENTECOSTENTECOSTENTECOSTENTECOST
The Sundays after Pentecost comprise the longest season of the
Church Year. After spending a half-year looking at Christ’s life for us,
we now spend a half-year looking at Christ’s life in us. By the power
of the Spirit working through the Word and Sacraments, Christ
produces spiritual growth within us. That growth is symbolized by
the green colors that drape the church for much of this season.
OOOOURURURUR TTTTHEMEHEMEHEMEHEME FORFORFORFOR TTTTODAYODAYODAYODAY
God Hears What does life in God’s world look like for the elderly Christian, homebound
due to weak legs? What about the sick one, lying in a hospital bed? How about the one
who sits in prison? Can their Christian life make an impact? Today we see one way all of
them and all of us can have a deeply meaningful day in God’s world no matter your
circumstances, namely, by God’s gift of prayer. C.S. Lewis once said that through prayer
God gives us the dignity of causality. To put it another way, the prayers of believers make
a difference! So God invites the Christian to boldly pray for all things and God promises
to hear those prayers. The Prayer of the Day beautifully centers worship for this Sunday:
God’s ears are open; let us then boldly ask for the blessings he promises.
OOOOURURURUR WWWWORSHIPORSHIPORSHIPORSHIP SSSSERIESERIESERIESERIES
Over the course of the summer we will take a closer look at our lives as Christians Living in
God’s World. While life in God’s world is beautiful, it is not without its difficulties and
challenges. Yet, we take comfort and find strength in the fact that the God who did all the
work for us in procuring our salvation, continues to be hard at work in our lives every
single day. Our worship will follow this pattern:
LIVING IN GOD’S WORLDLIVING IN GOD’S WORLDLIVING IN GOD’S WORLDLIVING IN GOD’S WORLD
God Speaks
God Calls
God Controls
God Hears
God Sends
God Preserves
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The Gathering
OPENING HYMN Christians, While on Earth Abiding
This service offers the congregation a form of worship that focuses on the proclamation of God’s Word.
Believers respond to this divine gift with prayer, praise, and thanksgiving.
SERVICE OF THE WORD IV
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INVOCATION
M: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God
and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.
C: And also with you.
M: Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name;
C: make known among the nations what he has done.
M: Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
C: his love endures forever.
M: And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
C: giving thanks to God the Father through him.
2 Corinthians 13:14; 1 Chronicles 16:8; 1 Chronicles 16:34; Colossians 3:17
CONFESSION OF SINS
M: We have come into the presence of God, who created us to love and serve him as his dear
children. But we have disobeyed him and deserve only his wrath and punishment.
Therefore, let us confess our sins to him and plead for his mercy.
C: Merciful Father in heaven, I am altogether sinful from birth.
In countless ways I have sinned against you and do not deserve to be called your child.
But trusting in Jesus, my Savior, I pray:
Have mercy on me according to your unfailing love.
Cleanse me from my sin, and take away my guilt.
M: God, our heavenly Father, has forgiven all your sins. By the perfect life and innocent death
of our Lord Jesus Christ, has removed your guilt forever. You are his own dear child. May
God give you strength to live according to his will.
C: Amen.
The rite of Holy Baptism may take place here.
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M: In the peace of forgiveness, let us praise the Lord.
After a brief introduction we join in singing the following twice.
Based on: Psalm 30:12; Joel 3:10; 2 Corinthians 8:9
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The Word
PRAYER OF THE DAY
M: O Lord,
your ears are always open to the prayers
of your humble servants,
who come to you in Jesus’ name.
Teach us always to ask according to your will
that we may never fail to obtain the blessings you have promised;
through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and forever.
C: Amen.
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE
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FIRST LESSON Genesis 18:20-32
20 Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and
Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous 21 that I will
go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the
outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know." 22 The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but
Abraham remained standing before the LORD. 23 Then
Abraham approached him and said: "Will you sweep away
the righteous with the wicked? 24 What if there are fifty
righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away
and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous
people in it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill
the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the
wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all
the earth do right?" 26 The LORD said, "If I find fifty righteous people in
the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their
sake." 27 Then Abraham spoke up again: "Now that I have
been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing
but dust and ashes, 28 what if the number of the righteous is
five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city because
of five people?"
"If I find forty-five there," he said, "I will not destroy it." 29 Once again he spoke to him, "What if only forty are
found there?"
He said, "For the sake of forty, I will not do it." 30 Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me
speak. What if only thirty can be found there?"
He answered, "I will not do it if I find thirty there." 31 Abraham said, "Now that I have been so bold as to
speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?"
He said, "For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it." 32 Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me
speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?"
He answered, "For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it."
Abraham’s continued pressing of God would have seemed presumptuous to any earthly master in
the ancient near East. Yet Abraham was as bold as this when talking to God! Our confidence is the
same as we boldly come before our heavenly Father’s throne seeking his free and faithful grace.
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VERSE OF THE DAY
Cantor: Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
Refrain
John 6:68
This version of the verse of the day is sung in what is called “echo style,” very prominent in the early
Christian church. A cantor sings. The congregation then echoes the cantor.
Refrain
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SECOND LESSON Colossians 2:6-15
6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as
Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and
built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were
taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through
hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on
human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces of
this world rather than on Christ. 9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in
bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to
fullness. He is the head over every power and
authority. 11 In him you were also circumcised with a
circumcision not performed by human hands. Your
whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you
were circumcised by Christ, 12 having been buried with
him in baptism, in which you were also raised with
him through your faith in the working of God, who
raised him from the dead. 13 When you were dead in your sins and in the
uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with
Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled
the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood
against us and condemned us; he has taken it away,
nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the
powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of
them, triumphing over them by the cross.
Why can we be so bold in prayer? God has given us the fullness of Christ. In him we have been made forgiven
children of God who have every right and encouragement to ask of God—as a child would ask his dear father.
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HYMN OF THE DAY Lord, Teach Us How to Pray Aright
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SERMON Luke 11:1-13
1One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he
finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to
pray, just as John taught his disciples." 2He said to them, "When you pray, say:
"'Father,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.
3Give us each day our daily bread.
4Forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.
And lead us not into temptation.' " 5Then he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend,
and he goes to him at midnight and says, 'Friend, lend me
three loaves of bread, 6because a friend of mine on a journey
has come to me, and I have nothing to set before him.' 7"Then the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The
door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed. I
can't get up and give you anything.' 8I tell you, though he will
not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet
because of the man's boldness he will get up and give him as
much as he needs. 9"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek
and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to
him who knocks, the door will be opened. 11"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will
give him a snake instead? 12Or if he asks for an egg, will give
him a scorpion? 13If you then, though you are evil, know how
to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your
Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
Jesus teaches disciples of all time for what to pray – blessings spiritual and physical – and
how to pray – with great boldness. Why? Because we are coming before our Father’s
throne of grace knowing that our dear Father always hears and blesses his dear children.
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CONFESSION OF FAITH The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy Christian Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.
THANK OFFERING
Members of Beautiful Savior have joined together in love and faith to do the Lord’s work in this
community and around the world. Visitors need not feel obligated to participate in
this offering which supports our ministry.
Connection Cards are available online at ourbeautifulsavior.com/connection-card.
We ask that you fill those out and submit them. There are no paper Connection
Cards at this time. Thank you!
If you would like to give an offering electronically, you can go to givelify.com givelify.com givelify.com givelify.com or
download the givelify app givelify app givelify app givelify app on your phone and search for Beautiful Savior. Then
select the campus, which you attend.
You can place your offering in the offering plates found near the doors on the way out of the
sanctuary this morning.
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The Prayers
THE BLESSING
M: Brothers and sisters, go in peace.
Live in harmony with one another.
Serve the Lord with gladness.
The Lord bless you and keep you.
The Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you.
The Lord look on you with favor and give you peace.
C: Amen.
PRAYER OF THE CHURCH
Prayers and petitions are brought to God on behalf of the Church.
M: Hear us, Lord, as we bring you our private petitions.
Silent prayer
LORD’S PRAYER
M: Hear our prayer for our needs and for all people as we pray:
C: Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us.
Lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours now and forever.
Amen.
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CLOSING HYMN What a Friend We Have In Jesus
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July 5, 2020
Coming Up at Beautiful Savior Moncks Corner This Week
Today through Friday, July 10—Pastor Quinn will be on vacation and for a time out of cell range and email service.
Please contact a member of the Executive Council or Pastor Lenz if you need pastoral assistance.
Today—Saturday, July 11—WELS Missions: Taste and See The WELS Missions
office is partnering with the Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society (LWMS) to host
an online event called Taste and See from June 27–July 11. This first-of-its-kind
event will combine the very best of Taste of Missions and the LWMS convention to
provide all WELS members an opportunity to be an important part of gospel
outreach occurring in the synod. WELS Missions and LWMS have launched a new
website, welstasteandsee.com, that will host all of the videos, livestreams, and activities for the two-week event.
Visit the website today to register to participate and subscribe for e-mail updates regarding the online festivities.
Monday, July 6 at 8:00 AM—Online Bible Study: It’s All About Jesus—Acts available on our YouTube channel.
Sunday, July 12 at 10:30AM—Worship: LIVING IN GOD’S WORLD—God Sends Today we see that, not
only has our Savior spoken to us in his word and called us to be his children, but he also sends us into
the world to share what God has done—to share Christ’s compassion. God’s Word today strengthens
and empowers us for this. Nothing is more precious than the good news of what Christ has done for
us. And so nothing is more precious than sharing with the world what Christ has done for them, too.
May we go where and when he sends us to care for and serve others in his love!
Looking Ahead
Sunday, July 26 at 11:45AM—K-group: Helping Hearts for the Homeless heads downtown to host our monthly
Potluck in the Park. Please contact Donna AuBuchon at [email protected] for more information.
BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH 134 Foxbank Plantation Boulevard Moncks Corner, SC 29461 843.899.2031 www.ourbeautifulsavior.com
Serving all people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ
SUMMER WORSHIP
SUNDAYS AT 10:30 AM
DATE GREETERS USHERS NURSERY REFRESHMENTS CLEAN
Today Harmon H. Pierce, J. Young, C. Bravo, J. Amidon N/A N/A
July 12 Blackwell H. Pierce, J. Amidon, R. Gebhardt, E. Scarano N/A N/A AuBuchon
July 19 Amidon T. Greenoe, J. Marshall, E. Scarano, J. Young N/A N/A
Loving Hearts, Helping Hands
Notes & News
WELCOME to our guests worshiping with us this morning! We
hope you can join us again soon. Our after worship refreshments
and fellowship time in the entry foyer are on hiatus for the time
being as we phase back into in-person gatherings. If you’d like to
visit with others please do so outside.
BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR SUMMERVILLE CALLS PASTOR DOUG LANGE
Pastor Doug Lange graduated the Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in
2008. He has been serving at Ascension Lutheran Church in
Jacksonville, North Carolina for the past 5 years. Prior to his time
in Jacksonville. He served in Taiwan, Ohio, and Utah. Pastor and
his wife Yuliya have two wonderful boys and an energetic black
lab at home. Please keep the Langes, our Summerville
congregation, and the members of Ascension Lutheran in your
prayers during this time of deliberating where Pastor Lange might
serve best in God’s kingdom.
HOLY COMMUNION As we continue our phased return to in-
person public worship we are working on a plan to incorporate
Holy Communion into our worship services. In the meantime, the
Lord’s Supper is available privately and in small groups with
Pastor Quinn. Please contact him if you’d like to set something
up—843.899.2031(office), 843.826.0314 (cell) or
IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS ONLINE
BIBLE CLASS Join Pastor Lenz on
a walk through the New
Testament in a Bible study series
entitled “It’s All About Jesus.”
Each Monday a new video lesson
will be posted at ourbeautifulsavior.com. We’ll see how each
book of the New Testament gives unique insights into the person
and work of Jesus our Savior. This week’s class is entitled “It’s All
About Jesus – Acts.” You can also subscribe to the Beautiful
Savior Media channel on YouTube and turn notifications to
receive an email whenever new content is posted.
CLEANING TEAMS Are you looking for a way to volunteer during
this time? We are in need of people who would like to help clean
the church each week between services. Please go to our website
and sign up to volunteer https://www.ourbeautifulsavior.com/
ministries/volunteer or contact Jim Marshall @ 540.903.3610.
WELS News
NEW FAMILY DEVOTIONS
WELS Commission on Discipleship has started
offering devotions developed for the entire family to
use. The devotions coincide with the previous
Sunday’s Bible readings. Each devotion is complete
with a set of questions for different age groups, a
prayer, and hymn verses that can be sung or spoken.
You can subscribe to these devotions by visiting
https://wels.net/serving-you/devotions/family-
devotions/. Downloadable printable versions are
also available.
LWMS & WELS MISSIONS TASTE AND SEE
Cynthia Natsis, president of the Lutheran Women's
Missionary Society, details some of the special
features coming up in the first ever WELS Taste and
See online event, a partnership of WELS Missions
and the Lutheran Women's Missionary Society
(LWMS). Check out what she has to say in the latest
WELS Together video update at https://wels.net/
news-media/together/.
Taste and See, June 27–July 11, will combine the
very best of Taste of Missions and the LWMS
convention to provide all WELS members an
opportunity to be an important part of gospel
outreach.
Find out the schedule, speakers, and events
at welstasteandsee.com.
July5,2020
Coming Up at Beautiful Savior Summerville This Week
Today—Friday, July 11—WELS Missions: Taste and See The WELS Missions office is
partnering with the Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society (LWMS) to host an online event
called Taste and See from June 27–July 11. This first-of-its-kind event will combine the very
best of Taste of Missions and the LWMS conven-on to provide all WELS members an
opportunity to be an important part of gospel outreach occurring in the synod. WELS
Missions and LWMS have launched a new website, welstasteandsee.com, that will host all
of the videos, livestreams, and ac-vi-es for the two-week event. Visit the website today to
register to par-cipate and subscribe for e-mail updates regarding the online fes-vi-es.
Monday, July 6 at 8:00 AM—Online Bible Study: It’s All About Jesus—Acts available on our YouTube channel.
Tuesday, July 7 at 7:00PM—Execu�ve Counsel Mee�ng— Via Zoom
Sunday, July 12 at 10:30AM—Worship: LIVING IN GOD’S WORLD—God Sends Today we see that, not only has
our Savior spoken to us in his word and called us to be his children, but he also sends us into the world to
share what God has done—to share Christ’s compassion. God’s Word today strengthens and empowers us for
this. Nothing is more precious than the good news of what Christ has done for us. And so nothing is more
precious than sharing with the world what Christ has done for them, too. May we go where and when he
sends us to care for and serve others in his love!
Looking Ahead
Sunday, July 26 at 11:45AM—K-group: Helping Hearts for the Homeless heads downtown to host our monthly Potluck in the
Park. Please contact Wendy Graham at (843) 814-5404 for more informa-on.
BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH 720 Old Trolley Road Summerville, SC 29485 843.873.5522 www.ourbeau-fulsavior.com
ServingallpeoplewiththeGospelofJesusChrist
SUMMER WORSHIP
SUNDAYS AT
8:30 AM & 10:30 AM
LovingHearts,HelpingHands
July Yard Work Team: Holzhausen and Burke
Ques�ons? Contact Luke Kujath at 262-751-5109
Notes&News
WELCOME to our guests worshiping with us this morning! We
hope you can join us again soon. Our aBer worship refreshments
and fellowship -me in the entry foyer are on hiatus for the -me
being as we phase back into in-person gatherings. If you’d like to
visit with others please do so outside.
RSVP FOR WORSHIP (NOW ONLINE!) Please remember that
each week you will need to register for which service you will be
aDending. Each service has a capacity of 65. Please also
remember masks are requested for the 8:30 AM service. Mask
usage is at your personal discre-on for the 10:30 AM service.
Please sign up using this link hDps://bit.ly/BSELC-SummWorship, by
visi-ng our worship webpage at hDps://
www.ourbeau-fulsavior.com/summerville, or by contac-ng the
church office at 843.873.5522 to register.
HOLY COMMUNION We are working on a plan to incorporate
Holy Communion into our worship services. In the mean-me,
the Lord’s Supper is available privately and in small groups with
Pastor Lenz. Please contact him if you’d like to set something
up—843.873.5522(office), 507.519.0431 (cell) or
VISIT OUR NEW WEBSITE OURBEAUTIFULSAVIOR.COM! While
there, learn about our various Ministries, including the many
opportuni-es to Volunteer, and our new Weekly Bible Study led
by Pastor Lenz. Also, be sure to sign up for our weekly emails to
receive email communica-ons. We thank Sarah Nell Blackwell
from our Moncks Corner campus for all her hard work in building
this wonderful new resource for our church.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Are you looking for a way to
volunteer during this -me? We are in need of people who would
like to help clean before, between and aBer services .We are
also in need of people to serve on our yard care teams. Please go
to our website to volunteer hDps://
www.ourbeau-fulsavior.com/ministries/volunteer.
IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS ONLINE
BIBLE CLASS Join Pastor Lenz
on a walk through the New
Testament in a Bible study
series en-tled “It’s All About
Jesus.” Each Monday a new
video lesson will be posted at ourbeau-fulsavior.com. We’ll see
how each book of the New Testament gives unique insights into
the person and work of Jesus our Savior. This week’s class is
en-tled “It’s All About Jesus – Acts.” You can also subscribe to
the Beau-ful Savior Media channel on YouTube and turn
no-fica-ons to receive email reminders.
Keep an eye on future edi�ons of The
Bulle'n for LHHH schedule updates.
WELSNews
NEW FAMILY DEVOTIONS
WELS Commission on
Discipleship has
started offering
devo-ons developed
for the en-re family to
use. The devo-ons
coincide with the
previous Sunday’s
Bible readings. Each
devo-on is complete with a set of ques-ons for
different age groups, a prayer, and hymn verses that
can be sung or spoken. You can subscribe to these
devo-ons by visi-ng hDps://wels.net/serving-you/
devo-ons/family-devo-ons/. Downloadable printable
versions are also available.
LWMS & WELS MISSIONS TASTE AND SEE
Cynthia Natsis, president of the Lutheran Women's
Missionary Society, details some of the special
features coming up in the first ever WELS Taste and
See online event, a partnership of WELS Missions and
the Lutheran Women's Missionary Society (LWMS).
Check out what she has to say in the latest WELS
Together video update at hDps://wels.net/news-
media/together/.
Taste and See, June 27–July 11, will combine the very
best of Taste of Missions and the LWMS conven-on to
provide all WELS members an opportunity to be an
important part of gospel outreach.
Find out the schedule, speakers, and events
at welstasteandsee.com.