Please join us for worship. Services will be both in person and live streamed. Contact Pastor Berg or Kristin Smith for the streaming information.
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A Fanciful Dream
from Pastor Berg's Monthly Blog
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I have talked about how we often romanticize the past. I have used the line "Nostalgia is a remembering of the past that never was." We long for a day where nothing bothers us, the weather is perfect, our best friends are ready to play, our favorite TV show is on, and we have that warm feeling in our heart. One might call it a longing for peace. Too often though, we pretend this actually happened in the past. In reality this day never happened. We have experienced snippets of this have we not? Maybe not a whole day or even a whole hour, but maybe five minutes of peace. |
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Men’s Breakfast and Bible Study! (Also available on Zoom)
Saturday, June 18, 9 – 10:15 am.
Join other congregation and community members for breakfast and conversation! There will be “food for the body, food for the soul and food for thought!” Please join us for discussion and enrichment. Questions to Roger Steinke.
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Pentecost and Confirmation Sunday - June 5, 9:30 am Worship! |
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World Environment Day was established by the United Nations in 1972 and is celebrated annually on June 5th. This year the 50th anniversary falls on the Day of Pentecost. The theme for 2022 is “Only One Earth.” This theme compliments our church’s mission for the care of God’s creation by asking each of us to live our lives in a sustainable manner in harmony with nature.
ELCA’s Stewardship of Creation Sunday – Derived from the traditional Rogationtide, the ELCA has designated the second Sunday after Pentecost as Stewardship of Creation Sunday. We will celebrate this day of stewardship on June 19th. If you’re interested in finding out what else some Lutherans are doing to be good stewards of God’s creation, click here.
“Leave No Trace” – Planning an outdoor activity this summer? Whether you’re heading to the back yard or the back country, check out Leave No Trace for seven principals to consider in order to protect the environment you visit.
Submitted by Christy Freriks and Ho Brown, FLC Church Council
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Women's Bible Study & Fellowship opportunities available:
Deborah Circle: June 14, 10:30 am.
Gather Magazine Bible Study
Rebecca Circle: June 15, 10:00 am.
Contact: Barbara Thieme 425-898-8982
Hannah Circle: June 20, 6:30 pm.
Contact: Linda Siebert 206-369-7047
FLC circles welcome all women of the congregation! Please contact the persons listed above for meeting locations.
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Audrey Fisher's 90th Birthday Celebration
June 12, 10:45 am, FLC Fellowship Hall
All are invited to enjoy refreshments while viewing Audrey's beautiful quilts an other special projects, and celebrating Audrey. No gifts please; your presence is her gift.
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Roger Steinke's Notes
Director of REACH Ministries
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Reach Ministries
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AGES
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Graduation Recognition Sunday! June 12 at 9:30 am |
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CHILDREN AND YOUTH MINISTRIES
Confirmation Service on Pentecost Sunday, June 5th, 9:30 AM
Nathan Coble, Thorin Freriks and Addie Thomas will Affirm their Baptism on Sunday, June 5th. A fourth Confirmand, Emilie Desilet, will celebrate her Confirmation later in the Summer or early Fall.
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Pool Party at Jackie Fairbanks Home
Sunday, June 26, 10:45 AM – 2 PM
Youth in Grades 6 – 12 are invited to a Pool Party at Jackie Fairbanks home. No worries about cold or rain – it’s an Indoor heated pool! Jackie and
her family are also serving up a delicious lunch. We will leave from the Church
at 10:45 AM, after the Worship Service and return to the Church around 2 PM.
Please sign up on the Youth Bard. Join Us and Get Your Swim On!
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Vacation Bible School ages 3 - 6th Grade July 11 - July 14
Preschool & Kindergarten 9 am - Noon
1st - 6th Graders 9 am - 3 pm (lunch included).
Registration is open! Download the registration here, and return or mail to the church office with your payment.
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Summer Mission Trip to Camp Lutherhaven, Idaho
July 31 - August 5
Grades 7 - 12
Work together and serve Jesus at this premier Christian camp on Lake Coeur d'Alene. Work projects at Camp Lutherhaven * campfire * bible study * hiking * team building * climbing tower * zip line * water fun in the sun! Please sign up on the youth board!
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Movie Review
7 Yards: The Chris Norton Story
Sunday, June 26, 3 pm
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“It took Chris Norton 7 years to walk his bride 7 yards down the aisle after a life-altering football tackle. Chris could have let a tackle and the ensuing paralysis define him, but he inspired over 300 million people when he walked across the graduation stage to receive his diploma. Chis and his new bride, Emily, overcame all odds persevering through paralysis, and today, they live with their five adopted daughters.” |
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Please watch the movie prior to our ZOOM Movie Review. As of this writing, this movie is available on Amazon Prime, Google Play, Netflix, Vudu and YouTube. Our discussion begins with a review of the main parts of the movie. We will also explore some of the spiritual themes of the movie and share corresponding Bible verses during our discussion. Join us! |
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The First Lutheran Book Club continues to meet on Zoom for thoughtful discussions of our monthly book selections. Please join us! |
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Book Club!
Discussion Book: Pew
by Catherine Lacey
June 28, 7:00 pm on Zoom
Discussion Leader: Clint Bastin
In a small unnamed town in the American South, a church congregation arrives to a service and finds a figure asleep on a pew. The person is genderless, racially ambiguous, and refuses to speak. One family takes the strange visitor in and nicknames them Pew.
Catherine Lacey’s third novel, is a foreboding, provocative, and amorphous fable about the world today: its contradictions, its flimsy morality, and the limits of judging others based on their appearance. With precision and restraint, one of our most beloved and boundary-pushing writers holds up a mirror to her characters’ true selves, revealing something about forgiveness, perception, and the faulty tools society uses to categorize human complexity.
Next Month:
July 26 Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown. Leader - TBA
Questions to Clint Bastin (Book Club Coordinator) or Roger Steinke. Copies of the book are available on table outside the library. Zoom link will be sent March 21.
Our FLC Library has magazines to check out! Christian Century, The Lutheran, and Gather (Women’s Monthly Bible Study). The May 2022 The Lutheran magazine and other most recent copies are on the table in the library.
Of special interest for May 2022 are two articles in The Lutheran. Page 10 is “ A Prayer for Guidance” by Nancy L. Winder about Holden Village, the Lutheran retreat center in the Cascade Mountains, which celebrates 60 years this summer 2022. One of the many treasures that guests take when they return from Holden to their homes, schools and faith communities for all of Holden’s 60 year history, is the Holden Prayer. Nancy Winder, the first Holden Pastor, and Pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Seattle for 25 years, shares the history of the Holden Prayer in this May 2022 issue.
Also in the May Lutheran, you can read about the Lutheran Ministry in the World’s Northernmost Settlement( pg. 26) This congregation is in Longyearbyen, Norway at the Svalbard Church. Our own Knut Aagaard has worshiped there.
Check it Out!
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The Pride Parade is back!
Sunday June 26, 11 am(ish)
Seattle
Come walk with First Lutheran as we join other churches of the Northwest Washington Synod to proclaim God’s love for all God’s children! Please contact Tom Payne if interested, as we must provide a list of participants to the synod by May 25. Please note that proof of vaccination and mask wearing are required.
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The above link will be updated with April's financial information after the Finance Committee is able to review the financial statements at their monthly meeting. |
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Thank you to all who have continued their faithful giving.
Listed below are ways for you to share with First Lutheran even when you can't attend in person:
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Mail in your checks. We are still doing weekly deposits.
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Set up electronic giving by using the Give Online button at flc.bothell.org, or calling Vanco services at 800-675-7430. Note: there is a one time fee to FLC for the set up of bank to bank transactions. There are approximately 3% transaction fees on all credit card donations, making credit card and debit card giving more effective if combined into a monthly transaction, rather than smaller amounts, weekly.
- Set up one time or auto payments through your bank’s pay service
Thank you for your faithfulness.
The Finance Committee
Bob Berg, Chair
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June 6: Washington State PPC Open House (zoom). Learn about the Campaign, events, and chat with others. All are welcome to come and see! Join the meeting here.
June 13th 6 to 7:30 PM
Dr. West Comes to Washington
The Seattle Regional PPC in partnership with The Well and the WA PPC is honored to host Dr. Cornel West for a virtual talk on King's Philosophy of Nonviolence. Dr. West will remind us that nonviolence is not a temporary behavior we adopt while taking action- it is a way of life for people who believe, "that justice is what love looks like in public". RSVP Here.
June 18: Watch Party & Rally
Noon - 2pm
FLC's Social Ministries Committee will host in the fellowship hall. All are welcome! View video from the D.C. Assembly and March on this day, learn more and share. A light lunch will be provided. Come and See! RSVP Here
June 18: 7am-1pm (PDT) Poor Peoples Campaign / Poor and Low Wage Workers Assembly & March on Washington D.C.
Watch for our own Ray Thomas, who is attending the rally! Watch the FLC Facebook page for posts of Ray Thomas trip to Washington DC and for ways that you can help with the PPC. Come and See!
Links for viewing the Washington DC Assembly & March from home:
Please contact Roger, if you would like to help out on June 18 in the fellowship hall or contribute.
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Monthly Outreach
CHANGE FOR CHANGE All money received in the Change for Change jar will be used to support HOPELINK food bank.
HOPELINK helps homeless and low-income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities gain stability, while providing others with the tools and skills they need to exit poverty for good. Hopelink is not accepting food or other goods at this time. Click here for donation information.
January Monthly Outreach: Compass Housing Alliance
February Monthly Outreach: Hopelink
March Monthly Outreach: Lutheran Community Services
April Monthly Outreach: Poor Peoples Campaign
May Monthly Outreach: Earth Ministry
June Monthly Outreach: ELCA World Hunger
July Monthly Outreach:
August Monthly Outreach:
September Monthly Outreach:
October Monthly Outreach:
November Monthly Outreach:
December Monthly Outreach:
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Scrip is a Great Way to Increase Your Giving
with Purchases You'd Make Anyway!
Proceeds from FLC's Scrip program recently paid for the shipment of quilts and school/health kits to Lutheran World Relief. Your purchases really do make a difference!
Purchase your Scrip gift cards on Sunday morning before and after worship or this is an excellent time to set up Shop with Scrip and Presto Pay for instant Scrip purchases and redemption on your smart phone. This is a super easy way to continue to support FLC's Scrip program. (See below for more information.)
If you are unable to attend worship or purchase Scrip online, you may mail a check to FLC Scrip, attention Gordy Phelps, with a note of what scrip cards you wish to purchase, and he will mail the cards back to you.
We have several other opportunities for earning money while you shop, for FLC's many social ministry programs:
2. Sign up for Amazon Smile and name First Lutheran Church as your charity. Every time you shop with Amazon Smile FLC receive .05% of your purchase price. You can still use Amazon Prime. Get your kids to sign up, too! In the 3rd quarter of 2021, your Amazon Smile purchases earned $84 for Social Ministries!
3. Link your Fred Meyer rewards card to their Community Rewards program for First Lutheran Church. All of your purchases will result in a quarterly donation to FLC.
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Maybe you’ve never considered walking or running a half marathon before but being a part of this team is SO MUCH bigger than that!
1. Cross the finish line of Rock ‘n Roll Washington Half Marathon on September 4th.
2. Find an incredible community of people doing this same wild thing with you.
3. Bring fullness of life through clean water to children and communities who desperately need it!
Training starts with 20 minutes of moving your feet on May 2nd
Questions? Contact Kaaren Hatlen (kaarenhatlen@gmail.com)
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