Please join us for worship. Services will be both in person and live streamed. Contact Pastor Berg or Kristin Smith for the streaming information.

If you know of someone looking for a preschool, please encourage them to check us out at Bothell Preschool!

In order to live into FLC’s Vision 2025 and the first guiding principle that states that we will create opportunities for folks to practice the ways of discipleship, we have joined the Synod’s lay educational initiative the LiVE Project (Living into Vocational Engagement). This means that you have an opportunity to participate for free in education opportunities for lay people. In January the course that is being offered is called “Interrogating Privilege in Church and Our Lives.” It is an 8-week course held on Wednesdays, 6:30-8pm which started on January 19. (You can still join in.) To learn more about this opportunity and to register, go here: www.lutheransnw.org/events/live-culture-course 

Congratulations to our New Council Members: Gary Curtis, Jess Faubion, Karen Johnson, Jean Peterson and Kristi Pyne.

Many thanks to our outgoing Council Members: Karey Coble, Lloyd Condra, Roger Wolter and Andrea Peoples.

2022 Synod Assembly Representatives: Jacky Schnarre and Paul Flatness. We still need one more man, one young adult (under 30 years) and one youth. Please contact the church office to volunteer.

2023 Nominating Committee: Lloyd Condra, Pat Daane, Tom Payne, Derrick StaRosa and Carsten Thode.

The congregation approved the annual 2022 Budget, recommended by the FLC Finance Committee and FLC Council. (Available on page 10 of the Annual Report.)

The congregation approved a motion to become a faith partner with the Washington Poor Peoples Campaign.

Council met in January and discussed the current rising COVID cases in our county. We hope you are staying healthy and safe. We pray for all those affected by COVID. We will continue in person worship services, however, we encourage you to worship online if you are feeling ill or uncomfortable worshiping in person at this time.

Your council has been hard at work this past year and I'd like to thank those council members that are at the end of their term limits. Thank you for your service to Roger Wolter, Karey Coble, Lloyd Condra, and Andrea Peoples.

We are proud to announce that we will be a field education site for Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. We will welcome our first student pastor on February 6. This student pastor will be with us for a few months, worshiping with use and getting used to their new identity of being a pastor.

God's blessings on you today and always,

Holly Batstone

Council President

From the FLC Council's Covid-19 Task Force

For the time being, we will not serve any refreshments after worship services or at any FLC activities, with a goal of keeping people from congregating in a way that increases the risk of spread.  

Although bottled water is available, we ask that you get into the habit of bringing a reusable water bottle with you to use at our water filling station. Did you know that it takes up to 1,000 years for every single plastic bottle to decompose? Bringing a reusable water bottle will help us to reduce the environmental footprint of FLC.

Questions to Christy Freriks.

Youth in Grades 7 – 12 are invited for Bowling and Pizza at Kenmore Lanes! We will meet at the Church at 11:15 AM after Worship and start our afternoon of FUN!  Please bring $5 to help cover the cost of bowling and pizza. Please bring along extra money if you want to play in the newly updated Arcade and Redemption Center. We will return to the Church by 3 PM. Please Sign-Up on the Youth Board.

Every three years, 30,000 high school youth and their adult leaders from across the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America gather for a week of faith formation known as the ELCA Youth Gathering.

The ELCA has paused registration for the July 2022 Youth Gathering in Minneapolis and issued this statement: “Due to the latest COVID-19 surge and recent changes in Gathering leadership, we are pausing registration so our team can evaluate and discern the most faithful next steps for the 2022 Youth Gathering. Registration rates and other key dates will be adjusted accordingly. Stay tuned to our social media, website and Gathering News for updates in the coming weeks.”

A group of youth and adults from First Lutheran Church Bothell is being assembled to hopefully attend the gathering. Youth entering Grades 9 – 12 in the Fall of 2022 (and 2022 High School Graduates) are all eligible to attend.  Our group will leave Seattle on Friday, July 22nd and return on Saturday, July 30th. Please contact Roger if you are interested in attending. We hope to know the status of this event in early to mid February. Read more: ELCA Youth Gathering and at the FLC Youth Page. We'd love to have you along on the adventure!

MOVIE REVIEW: Please watch the movie prior to our Zoom Movie Review. As of this writing, Dark Waters is available to watch on Amazon Prime, HBO Max, HULU, Roku and Showtime Anytime. Our discussion will begin with a review of the 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. Please plan on joining us.

During February, we are collecting the following items for an urgent need at Compass Housing Alliance : Shower flip-flops, sweatpants, sweatshirts (larger sizes) and used tableware (forks, knives, spoons). Thank you in advance for your generosity!

We need 130 school kit bags sewn in time for the May Lutheran World Relief shipment of quilts and school kits. We have enough school supplies - we just need people to sew the bags! Directions and fabric for the bags are available for you to check out in the narthex. If you'd like a demonstration or more information, please contact Audrey Fisher or Lucy Kay Osborne.

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.

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 have questions email Gordy Phelps.