Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Foundation
About the Foundation
The Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Foundation was started in 1978 for the purpose of supporting the ministry of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. The Foundation is responsible for gathering assets, managing assets, and making distributions to serve OSL.
The Foundation board works diligently to establish policies and procedures for all activities of the Foundation and provides ongoing oversight of those activities. Financial statements are prepared every year by an accounting firm to ensure accuracy and integrity.
Each year the board evaluates requests that reflect current needs of Our Savior’s and available funds are distributed to fulfill those requests. During the past five years, the Foundation has given $643,700 to Our Savior’s to support various ministry needs.
Click here to view the annual report to see more information about how the Foundation supports ministry at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church.
The Foundation gathers and grows assets in numerous ways, but in the end it is the generosity of members and friends of OSL that is the key to long-term success. The Foundation manages approximately $3.5 million of assets, which has grown over the years because members and friends have been active stewards. Some gifts come in the form of memorials and some in the form of donations, but most of the growth of the Foundation’s assets has come through legacy gifts. Legacy gifts involve a process in which donors determine the ultimate purpose and beneficiaries of their financial and estate plans. If you have contemplated ways to make a lasting impact on the mission of your church home, contact the Church Office, 605-336-2942.
Other resources to assist with estate planning include attorneys, accountants, financial planners, or Lutheran Planned Generosity located in the South Dakota Synod office on the campus of Augustana University. You may also contact any of the foundation board members listed below for assistance.
Dean BucknebergChris Fischer
Dennis Hanneman
Dean Mertz
Curt Olson
Debby Olson
Betsy Sittig
Brian Sittig
Jaysen Stevenson
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Foundation Jubilee Society Members
Donald* and Sarah Abbas
Selma Ahrendt*
Roger and Uydene* Amdahl
Loren* and Mavis Amundson
Charles and Sonja Anderson
Sue Anderson*
Ben Aning
Joan Bakke*
Charles* L. and Elizabeth* Balcer
Gerald and Brenda Beninga
Verna Berg*
Jerome and Susan Blake
Steve and Karen Bonte
Allison Boyd
Scott and Beth Boyens
Michael Castle
Karen Chesley
Lyle* and Othella* Christensen
Steven Christianson
James* and Judy Dedrickson
Conrad and Helen Dice
Verna Driveness*
Norm and Clarice* Eitrheim
Deloris Elgethun*
Bob* and Rita Elmen*
Brian and Gail Ensberg
Dorence* and Sally Ensberg
Randy and Joan Fink
Jerald and Jill Franken
Jon and Jana Gadbury
Darrel and Joyce Goldammer
Dennis and Pam Hanneman
Bruce* and Wendy Hasche
Steve and Susan Hauff
David and Joan Haugen
Patty Haugen
Dennis and Patsy Holzwarth
Don* and Gayle Hooper
Harriet Hybertson*
Ken and Laurice Iseminger
Dennis and Janelle Jarabek
Don* and Leora* Jensen
Ralph and Lavonne Johnshoy
Kendall Johnson
Frances Kilen
Jim and Leann Kvernes
Priscilla Jorve
James* and Berniece* Kopperud
Al* and Nancy Kosters
Dale and Sharon Krause
Elvira Larson*
Leroy* and Jorene* Larson
Don and Sharon Lehmann
Grace Lindroth*
James and Kathleen Lunder
Dennis and Anne McFarland
Eleanor McMahon
Dean and Debbie Mertz
Deb Merxbauer*
Marsha Millage
Marie Muchow*
Robert Nanson*
David Neiman
Carol Nielsen
Margaret Novak
Jim and Carol Oakland
Jon and Julie Oien
Oscar* and Elsie* Oksol
Betty Oldenkamp
Arthur* and Ruth Olsen
Robert* and Berniece* Olson
Mike and Deborah Olson
Irene Pearson
Louis* and Joyce* Profilet
Orley* and Viva Rath
Roy Rogers and Jan Haugen-Rogers
Ron and Martha Rossing
Conley and Paula Ruud
Rosalie Ryan
Marcella Schlicht*
Sharon Schulte
Steve and MaryAnn Sherman
Vi Sinning*
Brian and Betsy Sittig
Matthew and Amy Skilbred
Elmer and Joy Smolnisky
Ellen Smook
Darrell Svendsen*
Les and Carolyn Svendsen
Bob and Joan Thimjon
Aryln and Jeanine Thomas
Don and Marie Thompson
Debra Thormodsgard
Jerel and Nancy Tieszen
Charlie Tran
Carl* and Charlotte* Van De Waa
Dan and Margretta Van Schepen
Eileen Ward
Roger White
Dick* and Donna Wilson
Dale and Judy Winter
(* – Deceased member)
OSLC Foundation Notes
Here is a list of people who have made recent gifts to the OSLC Foundation. When gifts are made they honor our loved ones. Those gifts also help us with the grieving process as we recall and cherish memories as we press on without them. The monetary support serves the OSL congregation for years and years, sometimes seen, sometimes unseen.
It is important for you to know that your gifts are greatly appreciated and stewarded with the utmost care by the OSLC Foundation board. Contact the Church Office, 605-336-2942, or any of the Foundation board members to talk about making a gift.
Gifts to the OSLC Foundation, 2023
Steven Christianson
Karen Chesley
Michael Castle
James and Kathleen Lunder
Priscilla Jorve
Donna Wilson
Jim and Leann Kvernes
Ruth Olsen
Sarah Abbas
Dean and Debbie Mertz
Burleigh and Betty Boldt
Barbara Lockrem
David and Bonnie Bogue
Richard Bogue
Gifts in Honor of Church Staff
James and Carol Oakland
Gifts in Honor of Pr. Randy Gehring Retirement
Lloyd and Donna Knutson
Marilyn Sherman
In Memory of Al Kosters
Nancy Kosters
Donald and Joyce Helberg
William and Twyla Smith
Bill and Lorrae Lindquist
Gerald and Brenda Beninga
Rick Entwistle
Judith Schwerin
Steven and Susan Hauff
Don and Kathy Fjellestad
In Memory of Al Kruse
Robert and Joan Thimjon
Charlie and Sonja Anderson
Robert and Therese Vandenover
Dennis and Pam Hanneman
Steven and Susan Hauff
Sharon Rueschhoff
Dorothy Kruse
Mary Birkeland
In Memory of Bill Woods
Steven and Susan Hauff
In Memory of Dianne Kaardal
Dennis and Jeanne Unkenholz
Cheryl and Gregory Edblom
Stephen and Donna Pucket
Susan Irons and Keith Beachler
Deb Leslie
Ivar Kaardal
Karen Muller
George and Deb Kohler
Connie Matsuda
Vicky and Jeff Sayler
Joan Ferdinand
John Pekas
Carrie Carr
Terry and Sharon Grove
Kim and Orrin Tryon
Kathy and Curt Struck
Dennis Olsen
Bob Frank
Jenn Groenewold
Deanna and Gerald Hoffmann
Donna Wilson
James and Suzanne Hegg
In Memory of Donald Swenson
Dennis and Patsy Holzwarth
Dennis and Pam Hanneman
In Memory of Duane Nearman
Arlean Jensen
In Memory of Eleanor McMahon
Betty Tanck
In Memory of Frank Petereit
Almira and Kim Pederson
Norman Eitrheim
In Memory of Grayce VanderWaal
Gayle Hooper
Curtis and Elaine Sandvall
Glenn and Cindy Wika
Donna Wilson
Floyd and Carol Prouty
In Memory of Jim Croston
Carrie Aaron
Fred and Susan Aderhold
In Memory of Jim Gulbranson
Floyd and Carol Prouty
In Memory of John Moe
Ruth Olsen
In Memory of Judith Musgjerd
Renee Aaker
Dennis and Pam Hanneman
In Memory of Judy Zueger
Conrad and Helen Dice
In Memory of Judy Zueger – Music
Jerry and Jill Franken
In Memory of Laurel Knudson
Karen Johnson
In Memory of LeNita Groos
Verona Moen
In Memory of Les Miller
James and Carol Oakland
In Memory of Shelley Fetters
David Fetters
In Memory of Marj Hanson
Norman Eitrheim
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Monday–Friday
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. - Office Address
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Our Savior's Lutheran Church909 W. 33rd St.
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
Summer Worship Services –
Festive Saturday, 5:00 p.m., Sanctuary.
Celebrate, 8:45 a.m., Celebrate Center.
Festive, 10:30 a.m., Sanctuary.