The Study of the Book of Exodus
Posted Feb. 17, 2021
Join Pastor Peterson's Sunday morning Bible study on February 28th at 11:00 am for a new study of Exodus. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any questions. Click HERE to join the study. (Meeting ID: 824 9937 2272/Passcode: 919052)
National Lutheran Schools Week is Next Week
Posted Mar. 3, 2021
Open Arms will be celebrating National Lutheran Schools Week next week - March 8th through March 12th - with various activities and special events scheduled. In addition, everyone is invited to join a virtual "Reading under the Stars" event. A different staff member will be reading a bedtime story each night at 7:00 pm. Click here to join in the fun!
Open Arms Summer Camp - Camp GLOW
Posted Mar. 3, 2021
Open Arms summer camp - Camp GLOW information will be available for half-day preschool and full-day school-age on March 8th! Priority enrollment for current students will be March 8th through March 19th with Open enrollment beginning on March 22nd. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more details.
Fellowship Meetings at Potomac Green and Ashby Ponds
Posted Feb 24, 2021
Attention Residents of Potomac Green and Ashby Ponds—Pastor Peterson has the following fellowship meetings scheduled:
- Potomac Green—Please join Pastor Peterson on Monday, March 1st at 10:00 am for a fellowship meeting via Zoom. This group will meet on the first Monday of the month at 10:00 am.
- Ashby Ponds—Please join Pastor Peterson on Wednesday, March 10th at 11:00 am for a fellowship meeting via Zoom. This group will meet on the second Wednesday of the month at 11:00 am.
Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for meeting details.
Youth Family Ice Skating
Posted Feb. 26, 2021
Let's try this again! We understand many of your kids wanted to attended our ice skating event, but the tickets sold out. So we are scheduling another event on Saturday, March 13th, from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm, at Reston Town Center (RTC). Tickets are currently on sale and we suggest that you buy your tickets no later than March 6th.
While gatherings are limited right now, individual families are able to do activities together at their discretion. Reston Town Center Ice Skating currently sells up to 100 tickets per skate time, and we would love to see our Youth families there, if they feel safe and comfortable. Families can find information about the COVID-19 precautions RTC is taking and purchase your tickets for the 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm time slot at oswlc.org/Skating.
Men's Virtual Breakfast
Posted Mar. 3, 2021
Attention Men of OSWLC - Please join us for the "virtual" men's group breakfast meeting on Saturday, March 13th, from 8:00 am to 9:00 am. We will have a great discussion/devotion in the middle of Lent as we mark one year since the COVID shutdown. You may join the meeting here and enjoy fellowship with men from our congregation!
Parent/Student Confirmation Class on Communion
Posted Feb. 26, 2021
The Confirmation class continues to meet virtually and parents are invited to participate during both the large group and small group parts of the lesson on Sunday, March 21st, which Pastor Tyson will help teach. We typically give students the chance to taste the Communion elements during this class. We invite you to pick up a prepackaged grape juice/wafer packet for the students to taste during the online lesson. You can pick it up after church on March 14th or March 21st if you attend in-person worship, or from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Monday, March 15th.
If those times don't work for you, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to coordinate another date and time.
Ladies of OSWLC are Invited
Posted Mar. 3, 2021
Please join the Tuesday Night Ladies' Bible Study, led by Martie Dunnett and Ramona Meese, for a new study based on Psalm 23. This seven-session video-based Bible study will start on Tuesday, March 23rd at 7:00 pm on Zoom. Join this group to gain fresh insight and encouragement from Psalm 23, explore the depths of God's compassionate care, trade the myth of self-reliance for the truth of God's providence, and banish fear as you trust the Shepherd's goodness in every season of life.
This group meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month. If you are interested in joining this group, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information or to sign up for the class.
LCMS Virtual Life Conference
Posted Feb. 3, 2021
LCMS Life Ministry will host its first-ever virtual life conference March 19–20, under the theme “Making Disciples: Valuing Life.” Registration is open now.
“This conference is for everyone,” explains Life Ministry Director Deaconess Tiffany Manor. “The pandemic constraints have given us an opportunity to share presentations by many experts with students of all ages, missionaries, church workers and congregation members who couldn’t make it to previous in-person events.”
And that includes you!
Conference sessions will help you explore a distinctly Lutheran understanding of the sanctity of human life, specifically as it pertains to:
- Speaking for life in the public square;
- Caring for life in your community; and
- Teaching about human life.
Hear from theologians and human care advocates, including LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, Focus on the Family Vice President of External and Government Relations Timothy Goeglein, and Deaconess Manor.
Explore a variety of life topics for participants of all ages, with your family, or on your own. A Spanish language track will be available as well.
“More than ever we need to be focused on the truth of our triune God’s value of all human life no matter a person’s stage of development or abilities,” Manor notes.
Join in:
- Access the conference by livestreaming, watching on-demand videos and engaging with speakers through question-and-answer opportunities.
- Register individually, or as groups of 10 for a group registration discount.
- To register for the conference or learn more information, visit lcms-life.org.
2021 Workcamp
Posted Aug. 26, 2020
Announcing the dates and location for next summer's Workcamp - July 11-17, 2021 in Wilmington, Delaware!
Register now and join us for this life-changing experience that will help you to grow in your faith in Jesus in ways you could never imagine! Click here to download the registration form for all the details about next summer's mission trip.