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Worship Times:
Saturday: 5 pm-Glen Andersen, PMA will preach
Sunday: 8:15am & 10:15am-Rev. Joyce Miller, Chaplain at Nebraska Medical Center will preach
Wednesday: 6:15pm-Rev. Joyce Miller will preach
All Worship Services are Live Streamed on Facebook Live.
https://www.facebook.com/
FLCBlair/
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Office Hours
Monday-Thursday: 8:30am-4:30pm
Fridays: 8:30am-3:00pm
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Phone Number
402-426-4073
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Worship for December 10th and 11th at
First Lutheran Church
This Weekend, December 10th at the 5pm Worship Service, Glen Andersen, PMA will be preaching and on Sunday, December 11th at both worship services, both
8:15am and 10:15am,
Rev. Joyce Miller, Chaplain at Nebraska Medical Center
will be preaching.
Please Join Us This Weekend for the Third Sunday in Advent!!!
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FLC Children's Christmas Program
Good News!
Please join us, and experience the joy, music, and wonder of Christmas with FLC’s Children!!
FLC Children's Christmas Program
Sunday, December 18, 2022
10:15am
(Children in Sanctuary @ 9:45am)
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Poinsettias
Poinsettias will be used to decorate our worship areas for the Christmas season. If you would like to honor a special person in your life, give a poinsettia in memory of a loved one, or just help out in this way to beautify the church. There will be forms available at the Welcome Center or in the church office. Orders must be received by December 18th. If you have any questions please call Dawn in the church office at (402) 426-4073. Thank you!
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Ruth Circle
ATTENTION, Ruth Circle Members and any other women who would like to join us. We will again be meeting in the Social Room at Johansen MANOR on Tuesday, December 13, at 2:00 p.m.
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FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH
SENIOR CITIZEN
WORSHIP AND LUNCH
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2022
11 AM WORSHIP
with Holy Communion
LUNCH to Follow
Please RSVP by
December 9th by calling
402-426-4073
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Let us do your baking for the holidays!
FLC Youth Cookie Bazaar
December 10th @ 4:30-7pm
December 11th @ 9am-12pm
All funds raised will support the FLC Youth Fund
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Correction to Online December Ambassador
Prayer List
Meredith Dickerson - Alpha Gal Syndrome
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Please Note:
We will be preparing contribution envelopes for 2023 in December. If you do not currently have an envelope box and would like one, or if you would prefer not to use envelopes, please contact the church office no later than December 10th. Thank you!
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Thank You!
We would like to thank our church family for the good wishes, food, cards, and the many, many prayers for Rod during his recent hospitalization. It means a lot to know so many prayers were offered for him.
Rod & Pat Hansen
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Choir News
Did you know...
Singing in the choir does your body good. When we sing, our lungs fill with air, and oxygen flows throughout our body. It is good exercise, even while sitting down. Babies sing naturally, and we can take our cue from them. Improve your health with some quality singing time.
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Pictures for the Church Photo Directory
If you were not able to get your picture taken for the Church Photo Directory there is still time to submit a photo. PLEASE consider submitting a photo that we can include in the directory. There will be a fee of $15 to submit your photo for the directory, but you will receive a copy of the new FLC photo directory and also the MyUCD App. Please contact Dawn Andersen at 402-426-4073 or office@firstlutheranblair.org to submit photos or if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Synod Assembly
LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE! Is the theme for this year’s Nebraska Synod Assembly. It will be held June 2-4, 2023 in Kearney, Ne at the Younes Conference Center.
First Lutheran Church is looking for participants who would be interested in attending this years gathering! As an attendee you would become a voting member. There will be proposals to consider, amendments, and resolutions. They also adopt the Synod budget and elect officers and committee members. It’s also a time for fellowship, learning, worship and meeting new people from across Nebraska!
Even though the meeting isn’t until June, we need to have a list of representatives for First Lutheran Church before the annual meeting in January. Please contact the church office at 402-426-4073, or Laurie Wick at wickette224@gmail.com or 402-533-0536
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Social Concerns:
NEWS FLASH! We have just learned that, due to the generosity of two donors, all gifts which you contribute to ELCA WORLD HUNGER through First Lutheran Church during the month of December will be doubled! So--if you didn't manage to make a contribution to this fund which tends to the desperate needs of our brothers and sisters of all ages in more than 60 countries--there is still time! There are still brochures with envelopes attached at the Welcome Center. Your gifts will be added to those received earlier in November and to the income from our Summer Garden Market, but ALL GIFTS must be received by the ELCA prior to the end of the year in order to qualify for the match, so we encourage you to make your contribution as soon as possible! Thank you for your generosity!
During this ADVENT SEASON we invite you to take a look at the CHRISTMAS ALTHERNATIVE GIFT EXHIBIT in the narthex. It could solve your dilemma of what to do for "the person who has everything" and help others in need--a win-win situation! This year we are focusing on God's Global Barnyard (global), Lutheran Disaster Response (global and regional), and the Washington County Food Pantry (local). Each gift counts twice--once for your loved one and once for someone whom you may never meet. An animal can make a world of difference for a family in need--providing food to eat, fertilizer to grow crops, and offspring to sell on the market. Thus with one gift you can help a family escape poverty. Or you can bring hope to a family devastated by the loss of their home in a hurricane. Or you can make a difference to a struggling local family by providing basic food through your gifts to the Washington County Food Pantry. You can find over 50 options in the ELCA Good Gifts catalogs which can be picked up at the display--from pigs to water wells, school uniforms to microloans--and honor a friend, a loved one, a pastor, or a teacher at the same time. Gift cards for the above- mentioned gifts and others, Christmas cards, and "in loving memory" cards are also available there. You might also consider ordering gifts from the SERRV catalog, a Christian nonprofit resource which helps provide needed income to Third World artisans and their families by marketing their products at fair price. Perhaps you are looking for "stocking stuffers." EQUAL EXCHANGE Fair Traded products--coffee tea, and chocolate are also available at the exhibit to "fill that bill."
We are currently having a WINTER OUTERWEAR INGATHERING for Joseph's Coat and Open Door Mission. Please bring new or gently used winter coats, caps, hats, scarves, mittens, gloves, and/or warm socks for children and adults. You may either drop them in the tub so marked near the CHRISTMAS ALTERNATIVE GIFT EXHIBIT or in the larger box near the south entrance of the church by December 21. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
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New W.O.W. Meal is Here!!!
Baked Potato Bar Tomorrow!
Join us for the Worship On Wednesday in-house meal from 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm prior to Worship Lab.
****** Suggested Donation of $5/person ******
This meal is self-funded so we REALLY need your donations to be able to keep this going on a
weekly basis.
Come at 5:30 to fuel your body
and then stay for Worship Lab at 6:15 to
feed your soul.
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WE NEED COOKIES/BARS FOR DECEMBER
The Mid Week Meal needs your help.
We serve 240 people EACH WEEK. That's 20 dozen cookies/bars EACH WEEK.
Please sign up to provide a treat for these folks!! We are especially in need in December.
Signup here or call Erika (402-533- 0918): https://signup.com/go/hfewWuF
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Quick Update-Building Locked on the Weekend
Please see when the building will be open
Fridays - 8:30am-3:00pm
Saturdays - 4:00pm-7:00pm
Sundays - 8:00am-12:00 Noon
If you need to make arrangements to meet or come into the church please contact the church office at (402) 426-4073. Thank you!
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Wednesday, December
7th, 2022
We will be serving Ham & Rice Casserole, fruit, and dessert.
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WE REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS
Please keep these people in your thoughts and prayers
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†Family of Tom Austin
†Family of Michael Mahlendorf
†Family of Philip Matzen
†Meredith Dickerson - Alpha Gal Syndrome
†Zach - cancer healing
†Misty - healing and pain relief
†Karen Fenne - undergoing cancer treatments
†Rod Hansen - prayers & healing
†Marilyn Svendgard
†Del Hutton - healing from surgery
†Soren Miller - healing
†Terry Paulsen - prayers for good test results and healing
†Wendy (Gunderson) Johnson (daughter of Wes & Esther Gunderson) - prayers for safe return - deployed to Poland
†Jimmy Shaw - healing
†Sue Marsh - healing
†John Powell (boyfriend of Molly Dibben) - Leukemia - healing
†Diane Troyer - healing
†Merriebeth Ferguson (sister-in-law of Merriellen Bourn) - cancer - healing
†Chris Kesling - healing
†Russ Sonderup - prayers
†Jeff Gunderson - healing
†Alex - surgery & healing
†Pat Bentsen
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†Carolyn (mother of Deb Henson) - prayers for healing
†June Jenson - prayers & healing
†Frank Korshoj - healing
†Mary LaScala
†Jenae - healing
†Tim Jensen - healing
†Debbie Kempcke - cancer - healing
†Kenny Truhlsen
†Clark Jenson - prayers
†Martin Kuhr - prayers & healing
†Nicole Schmidt - prayers & healing
†Riley
†Georgia (great niece of Debbie Katt) -prayers & healing
†Kyler Reed - healing
†Scott & Katie Abrams - prayers & healing
†Kay Melby (Angela Ulven and Kari Hernandez’s mother) - healing
†Mr. S. Akot - healing
†Patrick McKinnis - continued healing
†Stacy Thompson Green (daughter of Marcy Bottorff) – prayers & healing
†Lisa Garcia – strength & healing
†Larry Kastrup – healing
†Leo Aguilar-Hicks – healing for Leukemia
†Lekura Parish
†ELCA World Hunger and all those we name in our hearts.
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