Faith's Friday Update

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“Gathered faithfully to love and serve God and all others.”

Faith's Friday Update

April 23, 2021

Sunday, April 25 2021

Fourth Sunday of Easter

8:00 AM Bulletin

10:00 AM Bulletin

This Week's Readings:

Acts 4:5-12

Salvation in the name of Jesus

Psalm 23

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not be in want. (Ps. 23:1)

1 John 3:16-24

Love in truth and action

John 10:11-18

Christ the shepherd

LIVE-STREAMING: Join us live Sundays at 10AM on our website!

In-person reminders: In an effort to continue to mitigate risk, we are observing the safety practices currently in place, including, the wearing of masks and distance seating.

In addition, the registration and check-in process with contact details is still in place. In the event we are notified of COVID-19 contamination, this allows us to be able to contact and advise those who were in attendance.

If you plan to attend services in-person, please sign up at www.faithlutheransrq.com/registration.

Until we are able to loosen the practices, we thank you for your patience and understanding!

SPECIAL OFFERING THIS SUNDAY

FAITH MEMORIAL GARDEN - Our memorial garden is located in the back of the church along Eugene Avenue and many members have requested that their ashes be buried there. We are committed to keeping this area groomed which is being done by a small group of volunteers. There are times this group needs money for maintenance projects which your donation would help.

FAITH LUTHERAN WILLING WORKERS

NEW & REVAMPED – OFFICE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Possible duties include answering the phone, accepting deliveries, sending visitor welcome letters, sending memorial acknowledgements & thank you cards, filling forms & envelopes in the narthex, and as needed for projects on an on-call basis.

Training provided!

The office is open M-F, 9am-3pm. Morning or afternoon helpers are needed, people with a ready smile and welcoming spirit!

We so appreciate any help you can offer - once per week, once per month, or anything in between!

If you are interested and willing, please call Tami in the office at 941-924-4664. Thank you!

FELC NEWS

Earth Day 2021

On Thursday, the FELC students and staff celebrated Earth Day with special outdoor activities planned. Each class planted vegetables and/or herbs in their classroom Earth Box along with adding many new flowers throughout the playground. The preschool class planted marigolds to send home on Mother’s Day while the VPK classes reconstructed the outdoor fairy garden. It was a great way to recognize this very important day.

Play. Grow. Learn.

#felcpreschool

THE FELC BOOK DRIVE is underway to replace needed books for the classrooms. In the narthex you will find a Book Drive table with titles of books that are needed.

If you would like to help, please select one or more book titles that you would like to purchase for the preschool.

Once you purchase the book/s, please bring them to FELC, the church office, or place them in the book bin in the narthex during the next couple of Sundays.

(Most titles may be found on Amazon and if you wish, you may have them delivered directly to FELC, 7750 Beneva Road, Sarasota, FL 34238.)

ANOTHER MATCH OPPORTUNITY!

Nearly 50% of Sarasota County students and 100% of DeSoto County students rely on free and reduced meals at school. With summer school programs closed this summer, daily meals may not be accessible.

The summer months ahead present real challenges for the children of families struggling to put food on the table.

Join the Campaign Against Summer Hunger and you can provide twice as many needed summer meals!

Your gift today will DOUBLE until we reach our $800,000 challenge match.

GIVE NOW

DAILY PRAYER

VENTURES

The ELCA offers daily Prayer Ventures, which may be found on their website, https://www.elca.org/en/Resources/Prayer-Ventures. The prayer for today is below. Visit the website if you would like to follow the daily prayers!

23 Give thanks for our church’s partnership with Lutheran World Relief to support pandemic emergency response projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America.