| Ministry | Minister-in-Charge | Ministry Description | |
| Church School | Committee | Our church school teaches the basics of faith to our children. Bible stories are emphasized. There are activits and snacks that make the experience like a mini-vacation bible school. | 
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Vacation Bible School | Committee | Every summer, Our Saviour hosts a Vacation Bible School. This one week, in the mornings, school teaches children about faith and Jesus through the use of skits, study, crafts, music, and snacks. The students also learn how we live together and how we should treat each other. In addition, Camp Noel Porter in Tahoe City has summer camps for people from the age of 6. There schedule is located at http://campnoelportertc.com/. | |
| Youth group | Committee | The youth group meets monthly to discuss age appropriate issues and needs and to engage in how the members relate to the church. Though there is a Senior High camp at Camp Noel Porter, people in theis age group may also apply as camp counselors. For more information about the Camp Noel Porter schedule see http://campnoelportertc.com/. | |
| Confirm not Conform | TBA | This is a nine-month program of potential confirmation for teens. Potential, because the decision to confirm is up to the participants. This course is designed to form long-time, active participants in the church. Our Saviour was one of the pilot parishes for this program. For more information, see http://www.confirmnotconform.com/. | |
| Parish Forum | Fr. Craig Kuehn | Topics of contemporary issues, the Bible, spirituality, theology, and an occasional informational session highlight the topics discussed during the forum. | |
| Education for Ministry | David Zelinsky | This is a four year program, signed up for one year at a time, that gives peoples the theological tools for ministry. Year one is Old Testament. Year two is New Testament. Year three is church history. Year four is theology. For more inforamtion, see http://www.sewanee.edu/EFM/index.htm. | |
| Daughters of the King | Sandy Bert | This is an order of women dedicating their lives to prayer and service. For more information, see http://www.dok-national.org/. | |
| Sunday Hospitality | Elsie Cannon | This group of dedicated people work in teams to provide snacks and make coffee and juice for the conregation after Sunday services. | |
| Women's Retreats | ad hoc | There are, typically, two women's retreats per year, one of which is on-site. There is a different theme for each retreat that focuses on some aspect spirituality. | |
Compassion | NA | We are a Compassion Church. Compassion is an organization who, through sponsors, helps children in some of the poorest regions of the world. Their ministry is in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Parishioners at Our Saviour sponsor children so that they receive food, clean water, medical care, an education, and hear the gospel. We are currently working on a project to bring a fresh water well to a Compassion site in Burlina Faso. This is a cooperative effort among four El Dorado County churches. In addition to Our Saviour, Green Valley Community Church, Pioneer Bible Church, and Foothills United Methodist Church are rasing funds for this effort. | |
| Upper Room | Lee Hill | The Upper Room is an ecumenical ministry of the Placerville area churches to provide a hot meal to anyone desiring one. The Upper Room is open daily at 4PM. Our assigned time is the fourth Thursday of the month. | |
| HELP | Bob Wirth, board member | HELP provides housing to those who are homeless. They host one family for transitioanl housing until they get back on their feet. For others, they provide vouchers for participating area motels. Our Saviour offers regular financial support and some parishioners volunteer handling housing requests. | |
| SHARE | Sandy Bert, board member | SHARE is a food closet operated in the basement of the Federated Church. Our Saviour gives regularly to this ministry. We gather food on Sundays for SHARE and several members volunteer at SHARE and help purchase and deliver food. | |
| Marriage Education | Fr. Craig Kuehn | Our Saviour offers several, research based, courses designed to enhance relationships, generically called marriage education. Every couple can benefit by attending at least one marriage education program per year. For more inforamtion, see www.edhealthymarriages.org. | |
| Altar Guild | Brenda Hill | The Altar Guild provides the logistics necessary for worship services to work at Our Saviour. In addition, they go to great efforts to decorate Our Saviour for Easter and Christmas. | |
| Family Dinner and a Movie Night | Boyd and Wendi Roberts | Every other month, a movie preceded by dinner is hosted by Wendi and Boyd Roberts. There are two movies, one for children and one for adults. The adult movie is also appropriate for children, but not always as much fun. | |
| Pastoral Partners | Lee and Tom Weikert | Pastoral Partners is a group of people, trained in pastoral care, to stay in touch with selected parishioners in their care circle. We hope someday to have enough pastoral partners for all our parishioners. | |
| Worship Ministries | Fr. Craig Kuehn | Worship ministries include: readers of scripture, intercessors, eucharistic ministers, eucharistic visitors, acolytes, the choir, and musicians. | |
| Vestry | Fr. Craig Kuehn | The vestry acts as a parish board of directors in the Episcopal Church. The vestry members are elected to three-year terms at the annual meeting. | |
Delegates to Diocesan Convention | Fr. Craig Kuehn | We send a delegation to the annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California (www.dncweb.org). These delegates also attend any special convention meetings and are delegates to deanery convocations. This is a one-year term, elected at the annual meeting. | |
| Women's Bible Studies | ad hoc | A long standing Bible study meets at noon on Wednesdays in the St. John room. | |
| Handy Helper | Lee and Tom Weikert | This is a ministry born out of Pastoral Partners, but does not necessarily comprise of Pastoral Partners. Handy Helpers are on call to help those who are unable through age or infirmity to do those common houehold maintenece tasks. | |
| Ready Driver | Lee and Tom Weikert | This is a ministry born out of Pastoral Partners, but does not necessarily comprise of Pastoral Partners. Ready drivers are people who offer rides to church events when a parishioner is not able drive herself or himself. | |
| Worship Committee | Fr. Craig Kuehn | This committee gives advice to the rector about how and what worship services we do at Our Saviour. Details of special services are often fleshed out. This committee also acts as an information clearing house for the other ministries at Our Saviour. | |
| Bread for the World | Karin Aguilar | Our Saviour supports Bread for the World, a national, ecumenical, lobbying organization promoting programs to alleviate hunger throughout the world. For more information, see www.bread.org. | |
| Buildings and Grounds | Bill Baird | The Buildings and Grounds Committee supervises the maintenance of our parish property. This includes doing routine maintenance tasks and receiving bids and supervising contractors and others approved by the vestry for tasks that are not routine. | |
Gratitude Committee | Sandy Bert | This committee does year long education for the care of all that God gives us and giving thanks to God. The committee is also responsible for the Every Member Canvass in the fall. | |
| Finance Committee | Charles Griffin | The Finance Committee reviews the parish financial statements, makes recommendations to the vestry, and creates the draft budget for the parish. | |
| Clothing Giveaway | Joanne McCormack | We gather gently used clothing on the last Sunday of the month for free distribution at Green Valley Community Church. | |
| Holy Faire | Karin Aguilar | This annual event is held in early December. There are prepared meals during the weekend, items for sale (handcrafted items, quality hand-me-downs, and episcopal haberdashery), and historical tours of Our Saviour. | |