A Memorial Service for Judy Ragland will be held here at First Lutheran Church on Friday, October 16th at 10am.
A Memorial Service will be held here for Glenn Madsen on Saturday, October 24th at 2pm. We give thanks to God for Glenn’s 95 earthly years and commend him to the eternal life in God’s care.
A Huge Welcome and Thank-you to our new Youth & Family Director, Renee Merten!
We are grateful for all the time and effort Renee has spent volunteering to organize our Sunday School program and are happy to announce that she has accepted the position officially. Thank you!
Ministry Meetings will be held after worship on Sunday, October 11th, after the worship service. Get in touch with the ministries you are a part of, or discover a ministry that’s right for you. There are plenty of opportunities to volunteer here at First Lutheran; if you feel called to Outreach, we are getting ready for our Trick-or-Treat Open Gym night this Halloween.
Beginning October 11th we will collect for a special offering for ELCA World Hunger in honor of World Food Day (October 16th). ELCA World Hunger has been at work for more than 50 years, addressing root causes of hunger around the world and here in the United States through innovative, sustainable projects. Our goal is to raise $1,020 for an Abundant Community gift, which will provide a community with a goat, a rooster, a cow, three chicks, seeds and gardening tools, honeybees, three fruit-tree seedlings, farmers’ field school and a community garden. Help us reach this goal to do our part for World Food Day!
Please join us after worship on October 18th to Celebrate Fred Cutlip’s 90th Birthday! All are invited. Congrats, Fred!
Welcome back, Sunday School! Our Sunday School class for kids ages 3 to 5th grade are now in session. Kids will be called up for Kid’s Time during the worship service, and go back for about 20 minutes of class during morning sermon.
Confirmation Classes are on Wednesdays from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. Dinner and games are on hold until we can recruit more members for the Youth Group. There will be no Confirmation Class on October 14th while Pastor Dennis is in Lewiston, ID for Bishop’s Convocation.
Choir will begin on October 8th. Thanks again to Phil Cutlip, our wonderful choir director, and to Betty Kramlich for accompaniment. We’re always looking for new choir members!
The Candy Wagon is out! For the month of October we will be accepting donations of candy and small prizes to give out for our annual Open Gym Trick-or-Treat event on October 31st, 3-5pm. We are also looking for volunteers to help with the games.