Missions

Announcing our New Meal & Mentoring Program

We Are FinThis new program is offered Thursday after school to our Friends in Need. Each Thursday, approximately 25 children will be transported to the church for homework help and mentoring. Afterwards, all will enjoy a hot meal provided through the Kid’s Cafe Program of Second Harvest, offered through the Gatlinburg Ministry Friends in Need. If you have a child that can benefit from this program also contact the church at 436-5641 to inquire about a child attending. If you would like to volunteer services to this program, visit www.wearefin.org. There is a volunteer application on the administrations page; fill that out and contact us and we will get you started!

Our Savior Lutheran Church is an Active Ministry to the County and the World Beyond, and An Active Supporter of:

  • A Christian Ministry in the National Park
  • New Missions
  • World Hunger
  • Missionaries Ted & Jane Zimmerman in Hong Kong
  • Living Waters Lutheran Church in Cherokee, N.C.
  • House of Hope
  • Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic
  • Gatlinburg All-Community Bible School
  • Gatlinburg Ministerial Association
  • Sevier County Food Ministry
  • Chaplaincy Ministry to Fort Sanders and Sevier County Jail
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Sevier County Rescue Ministry
  • Needs met due to devasting acts of nature & more!
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To learn more about Living Waters Lutheran Church visit www.livingwatersnc.org

We love to hear from our missionaries in Hong Kong, Afghanistan, and Scotland.
This note was received from Ted & Jane Zimmerman from Hong Kong.

Dear Friends,
Ted in Hong KongWe want to share these two pictures of the students at the Lutheran Theological Seminary (LTS) here in Hong Kong. “Mid-Autumn Festival” was earlier this week. In this China area of the world, it is the harvest festival when families gather similar to Thanksgiving in the USA. This holiday is always on the full moon of one of the fall lunar calendar months, so gathering with paper lanterns to gaze at the full moon is a part of the tradition. LTS had a special dinner, followed by a walk to the cross near LTS that overlooks the Sha Tin Valley. One of the photos shows the students singing around the cross with their lanterns. In the background are the apartment buildings of the hundreds of thousands of people who live in this valley— including our family! Fifty years ago, this Sha Tin Valley was an inlet of the ocean with rice paddies surrounding it. In fact, “Sha Tin” means “sandy fields.” Crowded conditions have changed that!

LTS has almost 300 students mostly from Hong Kong, but some special students from China and students from other countries in Southeast Asia including Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Ted is grateful for the opportunity to be among the faculty who guide these students on their way as they prepare to serve churches in various leadership roles. We thank you for your continuing support. Please know that we also keep your congregations in our prayers.
-Sincerely, Janey and Ted Zimmerman