FLC Mid Week Announcements

Worship Times:

Wednesday: 6:15pm

Saturday: 5pm

Sunday: 8:15am & 10:15am

All Worship Services are Live Streamed on Facebook Live.

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Office Hours

Monday-Thursday: 8:30am-4:30pm

Fridays: 8:30am-3:00pm

Phone Number

402-426-4073

GUEST SPEAKER THIS WEDNESDAY!!

Joanna Alexander, Cantor at Temple Israel

Wednesday, 2/28 at 6:45pm

Please join our confirmation students to hear more about her Jewish faith, the Temple, and more!!

FLC Youth Silent Auction BEGINS SATURDAY!!

18 different baskets for you to bid on! Contact Erika for your Bidding Number!

Bidding begins: March 2nd @ 4pm

Bidding ends: March 24th @ 12pm

Winners announced at our Pie Auction: April 7th @ 6pm

The funds we raise will help us reach our fundraising goal of $70,000!! We're headed to the ELCA Youth

Gathering in July!!  

Thank you for your support!!

Women's Bible Study 

The Friday Morning Women’s Bible Study will begin a new study entitled “From Beginning to Forever” by Elizabeth Woodson.  “Too often we have just a fragmented understanding of parts of the bible.  This leads us to see the Scripture through the lens of our individual stories, causing us to miss God’s bigger story-His redemption and restoration of the entire world.  In this study, Elizabeth Woodson explains how all sixty-six books of the Bible combine to form one unified narrative. We will see how the rich theological truths found in Genesis through Revelation show us the eternal significance of what God is doing in the world and how He invites us to be a part of it.”  This Bible study will combine a video with a study guide and meets in the church library on Friday mornings from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.  If interested in coming to this Bible study, contact Susie Pinquoch at (402) 426-8182 or email at spinquoch@gpcom.net.  

Monday Morning Bible Study: A Love Story in Three Parts

This month, as we prepare for Holy Week, we will take an in-depth look at the events of that most-important week in our faith story: Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. These are the days when everything is at stake and through which God changes our world and our lives. Join this detailed look at the texts and contexts of the Gospel accounts that define our faith. Monday mornings at 9:00 am.

Social Concerns Committee:



“Have a Heart for Hunger” Campaign Nears End.

Please bring your food before March 1st.

At this writing, only this coming Wednesday night service (February 28th) is left for the “Have a Heart for Hunger” campaign.  With last weeks total of 125 pounds of food delivered to the Washington County Food Pantry, the total amount of food from the four-week campaign comes out to be 322 pounds of food.  This added to the 531 pounds of food from the in-store collection at the Family Fare on February 10 gives a total of 853 pounds of food and 264 dollars in cash donated to the Food Bank from First Lutheran. 

Church members are encouraged to pick up a few items as they shop and leave in the grocery cart in the narthex of First Lutheran. Suggested items for the “Easter Dinner” theme include canned fruits and vegetables, Jello, marshmallows, cake mixes and frosting, muffin mix, salad fixings (crotons, dressing), boxed potatoes, mac and cheese, toilet paper individual oatmeal packages, and spaghetti sauce and jelly. Cash donations are also welcome and can be made payable to the “Washington County Food Pantry” and left in the church office.

BUTTER BRAIDS ARE FOR SALE!!

Please support our FLC Youth and our ELCA Gathering Group by purchasing your Butter Braids and Caramel Rolls before March 6th!! Contact a 6th-12th grader or Erika to order yours now!!

Dates: Feb 14 - Mar 6

Flavors: Cherry, Cinnamon, Blueberry Cream Cheese, Strawberry Cream Cheese, Apple, Raspberry, 4 Cheese & Herb and Caramel Rolls (very popular!!)

Cost: $15 each (Checks to FLC Youth)

Pickup: Anytime after March 20th @ 12pm

Don’t give the church money. Make your offering to God.

Our offerings are not about finances, nor are they about the costs of running the church or the size of a tax break. Offering is an act of worship, of acknowledging that God gives us all that we have and practicing the spiritual gift of gratitude. The liturgical ritual of gathering the offering during the worship service fosters that spiritual gift. It is a necessary rite for disciples gathered in worship, it is good and right to do.

And so we shall.

It has always been the practice of the church that the worship service includes a time to gather offerings. We must retain this part of the liturgy as an act of discipleship and for the sake of faith. Beginning in Lent, we will return to the passing of the offering plate during worship at every worship service at First Lutheran Church. It is my hope and prayer that you will discover the spiritual joy of giving and that your hearts will be gladdened by this experience of worshiping God.

Pastor Glen

Lent Focus is LOVE

Why is Lent such a gloomy season? Maybe because we’re all just gloomy inside. NO! People who live in the grace of God should never despair. Lent is a time to focus our attention on something wonderful and amazing: that God loves us so much that he gives us his only Son, a love expressed in the passion of Good Friday and fulfilled in the light of the Easter dawn. Our lives are not defined by sadness, they are defined by love. And we exercise that gift in the people we love and how we love them.

Wednesday mid-week worship at 6:15 pm. Our weekly readings ponder five different stories of love in the gospels. As Jesus encounters people on his journeys, so we reflect on the people we meet every day and how we show love to them. 

Sunday is a Day of Promise. Our scripture readings during the season of Lent focus on the promised blessings of God given over and over again, like those to Noah, Abram, and Moses. God promises us healing in our ailments and that his Word will be written on our hearts. He promises the coming of his eternal reign and his constant presence in the bread and wine. Lent is a season to exercise a discipline of love, of knowing that we are blessed and living a life of gratitude for all of God’s gifts.

WE NEED COOKIES/BARS

FOR MARCH!

We are needing cookies for March!

Please help if you can!

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 March.

Signup here or call Erika

(402-533-0918):  https://signup.com/go/hfewWuF

Lenten Daily Calendars!!

We have a Lenten Calendar available for all! The calendar has a daily opportunity of either a prayer, a fast, or a give of some kind. We would love it if all of us could participate in these activities as a church family and share them with our neighbors! If you would prefer an electronic copy, please contact Erika.

Pick yours up at the Welcome Center beginning Feb. 7th. Lent begins on Feb. 14th.

Funeral Coordinator

The Women's Steering Team is in need of a Funeral Coordinator. This person would work with the family to provide workers for the funeral luncheon. The family is responsible for providing all the food. Please contact Sarah Boeka, Coordinator if you are interested in this position or would like more information. sboeka@abbnebraska.com 

or 402-669-6008.   

Safety Note from Pastor Glen:

Safety is an act of love! As COVID remains a threat in our community, and as flu, RSV, and other infectious diseases are on the move let us resolve again to use safe practices for the sake of one another. There is hand sanitizer available at the various entrances to our building and we would ask that you use it every time you enter the church. We will also make masks available for anyone who would choose to use them. At this point we will maintain our current worship and fellowship practices, but please know that we will continuously review them as is necessary to fulfill our responsibility to each other. Thank you for your

sense of grace and mutual respect.

-Pastor Glen

FLC Youth Garage Sale 2024!!

Yes, the time has come.

We are collecting items for our garage sale. Please bring your items to the elevator. If you have a large number of items or large sized items, please contact Erika to setup

a time for dropoff.

If you need to have your items picked up, we can try to arrange for that, but our abilities are limited with our kids' schedules. We'll do our best!!



Sale Dates: June 13-15, 2024

In the last few months, we have noticed that some supplies around the church are being used up more quickly than usual, such as toilet paper, soap, ice melt, and the like. If you use these items, please let the office know so that we can make sure that we are fully stocked when needed and not be surprised when we run out. 

Thank you for helping us be good stewards of our supplies

at the church.

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS

 ATTENTION High School Seniors and College Students: The Christian Growth Board is accepting scholarship applications for the 2024-2025 school year for post-secondary education. Any member of FLC that is currently a high school senior or college student may apply. Applications are available on the church website or by the Welcome Center. If you have any questions please call the church office at (402) 426-4073.

The deadline to submit an application is

April 14, 2024.

Do you participate in our online worship services?

If you watch our services on Facebook or other sites, please like the post or leave a comment each time. This will help us improve our accuracy in attendance numbers at First Lutheran.

W.O.W. Meal is back on Wednesdays!

The menu is Hamburger Macaroni Soup,

Fruit, and Dessert!

Rushed on Wednesdays? 

Let us do the cooking!

Join us for the W.O.W. Meal

in the Fellowship Hall from 5:30 pm – 6:15 pm

prior to Worship Lab.

** Free-will offering **

  Come at 5:30 to fuel your body and then

stay for Worship Lab at 6:15

to feed your soul.

Choir News

Could the Spirit be calling you to add your voice to the choir?

If so, we can promise with great certainty:

You will feel welcome, comfortable, and involved 

The choir began rehearsals on Tuesday, September 5th at 6:30 pm in the choir room (take the elevator to the second floor and turn left).

Regular attendance is encouraged but don't be discouraged if you can't make it each week.

You are welcome to join as often as you can.

For more information and questions, contact Vince at VKrysl@firstlutheranblair.org

Come, join us in making a joyful noise!

Pastor Glen's contact information

Pastor Glen's email is pastorglen@firstlutheranblair.org and his cell phone number is (402) 740-6395

if you need to contact him. 

Wednesday, February

28th, 2024

We will be serving Baked Ziti Casserole, fruit, and dessert.

WE REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS

Please keep these people in your thoughts and prayers