Events

See below for pictures of special events at Christ Our Savior:

2019 – January – Bingo and Potluck

Thank you Kathy Ballmer and Pat Van Slooten for organizing this fun night of fellowship and games. The White Elephant gift idea was a hit!

2018 Advent by Candlelight – A Star is Born

Thank you Kathy Ballmer for providing the opportunity for friends and family to share in this enchanting evening to celebrate our Lord and Savior’s coming. Thank you to all the table Hosts and Hostesses – the tables were gorgeous. Special thanks to the Handbell Choir and the Choral Choir for sharing their musical talents; to the Bible Verse readers for sharing the story; and to Jenny for accompanying on the piano. If you helped set-up, clean up, create, bake, or simply attended – THANK YOU!!

2018 Great Pumpkin Carve

Pat and Kathy did a wonderful job, along with the COS Youth Group, in providing snacks, decorations and tips for carving the best pumpkins and having the most fun in an evening. Thank you to all who participated and shared in this first time event.

17th Annual Trendway Cruise-in Benefit, September 7, 2018

We (you) set an all-time record for the dollars raised this year at the Cruise-in. The Appledorn family will be so pleased!. This year’s Cruise-In beneficiary is 13-year-old Chloe Appledorn, who suffers from Anorexia Nervosa. All proceeds will be directed to help defer the accumulated burden of the hospital stay and ongoing medical services. We are so grateful that as a church family we can help in such a meaningful way. Each year this event features food, entertainment, raffles, kids’ activities, and of course an amazing display of Street Rods, Customs, Motorcycles, Trucks, & Restored Vehicles. There were over 500 vehicles, 3,000 people and 36 volunteers from COS living generously. In addition to COS serving all the meals for the evening, Ed & Molly Schief (duo) provided music/entertainment, James Street Inn prepared and cooked all the burgers, brats and hot dogs and Leadfoot coordinated all the vehicle registrations for the evening. See the photo of the sponsors for a complete listing of all those folks that donated and to all the volunteers, (you know who you are), THANK YOU! See our Facebook page for the complete photo gallery.

2018 – Picnic and Square Dance Jamboree

We had a great turnout for this year’s potluck picnic, which was moved inside due to weather. After the meal, everyone was invited to participate in a special square dance lesson, where circles of friends were made from every square!

2018 – FAMILY STYLE VBS

This year’s theme is Parables and is told through skits, videos and the use of Legos. Dinners are served at 5:30 followed by the VBS activities.

Free will donations will benefit Operation Christmas Shoebox. Families are encouraged to bring small gifts, clothing, games, and personal hygiene items for the Samaritan’s Purse Shoebox campaign.

16th Annual Trendway Cruise-in, September 8, 2017

The benefit for the Masterton family was a huge success and our team did an outstanding job of representing our Church. A beautiful day brought out well over 500 cars and around 3,000 people to the event. Thank you for your support in serving all those hamburgers, hot dogs, and brats for this very worthy cause. Kim Masterton was so very thankful and overwhelmed at how many people came out to help support her with all of her medical bill from her husband Dan. Thank you all for giving of your God-Given gifts of love for one another.

A heartfelt thank you from Tom Nunheimer and Terry Reimink

These words, from Kim Masterton:

“How do you say thank you when thank you is not enough? Words cannot describe the amazing night and gift all of you have given to my boys and I. The event alone was unbelievable. The number of cars, number of people… all to support my family. What a beautiful night. We enjoyed every moment and my boys, Shane and Emmitt, smiled the whole time . Thank you.”

25th Anniversary Picnic, August 13, 2017

Celebrating 25 years of God’s grace and growing in Jesus as a congregation. The weather for our outdoor worship service and picnic was perfect…we thank the Lord for the ideal and beautiful day he provided.. And a huge thank you for all your help and to all who came and enjoyed the day..

Our picnic was a huge success because of all our joyful volunteers. Especially Pat VanSlooten for her thoroughness and great planning for the church picnic. Thank you for making it extra special, you did an amazing job, great fun and fellowship. Thank you Ken Reimink for mowing the property. Diana Mavis for pictures and all the re-search done of our church history, and the display board. Pastor Stephen for his wisdom and support.

To Bryan and Helen Travis, and Malea Teusing for providing music on the keyboard, classic reed organ and violin. Also all the behind the scenes help with sound and set-up John Olson thank you and to George Hamilton. Also thanks to Mark & Sue Johnson for many early

arrangements in the planning process. Thank you to John Klug, Tom Nunheimer, Kathy Balmer, Cathy Roush, Jane Martinsen.

All our game coordinators; Jean Vizithum, Bruce Campbell and Aaron, John & Esther Klug, Jane Martinsen, Phil Matro. Pie Bakers 1st place winner Nelva DeBoer, Terry Reimink, Lydia Wiesenauer, Ann Campbell, Jean Vizithum, Helen Travis, Deb Castaneda, Shari Atkinson. And our awesome judges, Mark Johnson, Rob Shinsky and Esther Klug. Our Grillers thank you for feeding our hungry bellies; Derk Teusink, Joe Castenada, Rob Shinsky, and Aaron Simmons. American Red Cross; Duanne Rotman, Sally Daniels and Gilbert Flores. Gordon Foods, Hungry for Christ, Thrivent, Hoffer Farms, Visser Farms, Al Osman. And for all the helpings hands involved in the Event. The cooperation of so many is indispensable.

Vacation Bible School 2017 – In Jesus, the Victory is Won!

In VBS, children learned that Jesus gathers us together! They looked into the Bible, God’s Holy Word, and explored five Bible accounts where Jesus graciously gathers us together to be with Him with His abundant provision and saving protection, now and forever. Fifty-four children ages 4 years to those entering 6th grade attended VBS from July 18 – 20th. They sang fun songs, did crazy crafts, ate yummy snacks, played awesome games, and so much more.

A heartfelt thank you to all the parents and caregivers that brought their children to our event, to all the children that participated and learned about Jesus’ saving protection, and especially to all the VBS coordinators, leaders, speakers, tech crew, kitchen crew, craft crew, activities crew, classroom teachers, and everyone that worked so hard to make this all possible for God’s children to enjoy. Praise be to God!

New Community Playground

Memorials from The Sinclair Recreation Company, COS church members and friends, and the hard work of volunteers have made Denny Huxhold’s dream of a neighborhood playground a reality. Come see and enjoy it.