FLC Weekend Announcements

Worship Times:

Saturday: 5 pm

Sunday: 8:15am & 10:15am

Wednesday: 6:15pm

All Worship Services are Live Streamed on Facebook Live.

https://www.facebook.com/

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Office Hours

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

Fridays: 8:30am-3:00pm

Phone Number

402-426-4073

Pastor Glen's focus for his message for

this upcoming weekend:

The temptation of Jesus is but a shadow of the temptations we face daily – not merely to wealth, power or fame, but just to have some control over the uncertainties that we face every day. It is the same temptation that got Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. To have knowledge means to have control and that gives power to us who too often seem powerless. But that is the challenge we face when in faith we confess that the power belongs to God. Our search is for hope that grounds us in the real challenges of just being who we are.

Choir News

But what if I can't sing?  A tiny percentage of the population truly cannot sing. Most of us have been given the air and vocal cords we need, and what we may lack is confidence. Perhaps a negative experience affected your willingness to sing. We can develop and learn how to sing at any age.  Choir can be one opportunity to explore the voice you didn't know you had.

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

LIFE NIGHT TEACHER APPRECIATION DINNER POSTPONED!!

Due to the impending weather conditions, we are postponing our Appreciation Dinner to next Wednesday, March 1st at 5:30pm. Our congregation appreciates our little ones' teachers SO MUCH!!

Please plan to join us for chili, cinnamon rolls, and Costco cake NEXT WEEK!! 

Communion Update:

Thank you for helping with this accommodation for Pastor Glen: because it is difficult for Pastor to bring communion to members in the pews, if you find it physically difficult to come forward during communion, we invite you to pick up the communion elements as you come into the Sanctuary and receive them during the communion liturgy when the Pastor indicates.

Women of the ELCA Spring Gatherings 2023

If you have questions please call Trudy Hutton at (402) 426-4358 or

 Sarah Boeka at (402) 669-6008.

BUTTER BRAIDS ARE BACK!!

Order your butter braids and support FLC Youth!!

You can order from any 6th-12th grader, you can order on the form in the Narthex, or you can contact Erika.

Payment is due when ordered, and pickup is on March 22nd.



Click here to order and pay for your braids online! Choose any youth to order under - it doesn't matter.

https://store.myfundraisingplace.com/2db3c109-36b2-4cb1-b005-617661b795d6

THANK YOU SO SUPPORTING OUR YOUTH!!

Social Concerns Committee:

We need your help with bringing food for the Have a Heart for Hunger!

Our 11th Annual "Have a Heart for Hunger" needs your continued help! Following this past weekend an additional 95 lbs. that had been collected at FLC was taken to the Washington County Food Pantry. That brings our total intake including the 564 lbs. received at our collection day on February 11 at Family Fare to 920 lbs.  Since our goal is 1200 lbs. that leaves us about one more week in February to collect 280 lbs.!  Can we do it for our neighbors in need? Let's show them that we can! Remember that the theme for this year's ingathering is all things related to soups--canned soups, dry soup mixes, kidney beans, black beans, navy beans, broth, noodles, crackers,--or anything else you wish to donate! Also, cash is always welcomed, as the Food Pantry can buy at wholesale prices and make our money stretch further than we can! Your Family Fare "Direct Your Dollar" receipts are also welcomed.  

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH will be staffing the Washington County Recycling Center on Saturday, February 25.  Thank you to all the volunteers who have signed up at the Welcome Center to serve in this capacity. However, we are still in need of at least four more volunteers for the 10:00 to Noon shift to cover the need. This is a great way to help care for the world God gave us for which we are to be stewards. And a big thank you goes to ALL of our FLC folks who work at the Recycling Center every week!  

FLC Garage Sale Collection has BEGUN!!

Drop off your donations at FLC anytime. Contact Erika if you have any questions or need assistance in getting your donations to the church.

FLC Youth will raise funds for our trip to the ELCA Youth Gathering in New Orleans in 2024!!

Please tell your friends and neighbors!!

Carol Joy Holling Camp-Heart of Camp Gala

Carol Joy Holling is having their 10th Annual Heart of Camp Gala. The Gala will take place on Saturday, April 1st at A View West Shores. For more information please see the Gala information on the their website at: https://www.caroljoyholling.org/gala

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.

SCAM ALERT

Scammers are pretending to be a pastor, rabbi, priest, imam, or bishop. They’re asking worshipers for gift card contributions for a worthy cause.

These appeals are fraudulent. If you receive a phone call, text, or email asking for amazon gift cards, itunes, etc. Feel free to contact the church office to verify. Do not share any personal details. 

If you or someone you know paid a scammer with a gift card, report it as soon as possible. Call the card company and tell them the gift card was used in a scam. Here is contact information for some of the gift card companies that scammers use most often. Then, tell the FTC about it at ftc.gov/complaint. Your reports may help law enforcement agencies launch investigations that could stop imposters and other fraudsters in their tracks.

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.

WE DESPERATELY NEED COOKIES/BARS FOR MARCH.

We are Desperately needing cookies for March.

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

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS

ATTENTION High School Seniors and College Students: The Christian Growth Board is accepting scholarship applications for the 2023-2024 school year for post-secondary education. Any member of FLC that is currently a high school senior or college student may apply. 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 15, 2023.

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!

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!

Wednesday, March  

1st, 2023

We will be serving Creamy Chicken Casserole, fruit, and dessert.

WE REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS

Please keep these people in your thoughts and prayers