FLC Weekend Announcements

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 on Wednesday

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

Please click link below for

FLC Treasurer's Financial Update:

FLC Treasurer's Financial Update

Worship for October 22nd and 23rd at

First Lutheran Church

This Weekend, October 22nd at the 5pm Worship Service, Glen Andersen, PMA will be preaching and on Sunday, October 23rd at both worship services, both

8:15am and 10:15am,

Rev. Joyce Miller, Chaplain at Nebraska Medical Center

will be preaching.

FLC Halloween Party!!

Monday, Oct 31st @ 5-7pm in the LIFE Center

Join us for games, activities, and a blessing!!

PS - We need candy to share with our trick or treaters!! :)

Men’s Bible Study

Men’s Bible Study meets Mondays at 8:00am

We are inviting anyone interested to join us in an eight-week study,

“The New Testament You Never Knew”. 

The study uses a DVD presentation followed by class discussion. 

The study begins October 31 at 8:00am. Study guide books will be ordered prior to the class and the cost will be about $13. 

If you would like to join us, call Glen Andersen, 402-237-9775 or the church office.

Only a few days left to get your photo taken for the directory!

Time is Running Out! Please sign up!

There are still times available!

Please hurry and sign up!

Church Photo Directory is Here!

Photography for our new pictorial directory starts today! Photography will be held on the dates of:  October 18-22. If you have not scheduled your appointment, we still have slots available and we want you to be included. You are an important part of our church family and our Family Directory will not be complete without you!

For participating, you will receive a complimentary 8 x 10 portrait as well as a new updated portrait directory for your family. The process will only take about 45 minutes and you will have the opportunity to purchase family portraits.  

You can schedule your appointment by going contacting the church office or by clicking the link below. Thank you for being part of our church family! 

What are those instructions for Signing up on-line?

1. Go to the website of Universal Church Directories www.ucdir.com
2. Click on the “Photography Appointment Scheduling Login”
3. Enter First Lutheran Church CODE: NE168
4. Enter password: photos
5. Choose a date, choose a time, enter the required information
6. Click the Schedule Appointment button
7. You’re all set! Thank you for being part of our Church Photo Directory

We want to get 350 photos at least for this new directory. This will be a good way to connect with each other again after the past couple of years of COVID-19 induced separation. Thank you for considering to part of the directory, and being part of our congregation.

Mission, Evangelism, and Fellowship Committee

THANKOFFERINGS is Going on Now through November 6th

Women of First Lutheran Church

At worship you are being given a “Women of the ELCA Thankoffering envelope.” The tradition of giving “Thankofferings” out of gratitude to God for our many blessings is more than 100 years old and is grounded in our celebration of community. Thankofferings support our partnership with God in making Christ known to to all the world. They also support the total ministries of the Women of the ELCA, as seen below.

Thankofferings: 

Encourage women to respond monetarily as they give thanks.

Help Women of the ELCA  provide needed resources for : events, programs, leadership training, global education, anti-racism work, grants, scholarships, social media outreach, ecumenical collaboration, sex trafficking awareness and prevention, and much more.

Help women of the ELCA provide an annual gift to the ELCA that recognizes our partnership with ELCA as a whole.

We give thanks for YOU, our sisters in Christ. Please return your Thankoffering envelope at one of our services or you may also drop it off at the church office at any time. Please respond by Sunday November 6th.

• We invite you to join us for study and Christian fellowship at our weekly Women’s  Bible Study Friday mornings at 9:30 or our monthly Circle Bible study which is held on the second Tuesday of the month at 2pm.

We also welcome your participation in our Women of First Lutheran Church Steering Team. Currently we are seeking a Co- coordinator position. If interested please contact Sarah Boeka at 402-669-6008 or Emily Rasmussen at 402-426-4869.

SAVE THE DATE!!!!

The First Lutheran Church Women's craft fair is November 19 from 9am to 3pm. Volunteers are needed to bake for the bake sale table, morning coffee, and desserts at noon. Volunteers are also needed to serve in the kitchen, monitor the church bake sale table, cashiers for the luncheon and help clean up. Sign up sheets will be available at the welcome center starting October 29. We are still accepting registrations for vendors. Contact Deb Henson, 402-690-0278, or Rhonda McMurtry, 402-427-3341, if you have any questions.

Choir News

First Lutheran Church Choir will meet for rehearsal every Thursday night at 6:30pm and every Sunday morning between the two services.

We invite you to join us.  

Dick Shaw

New W.O.W. Meal is Here!!!

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.

Locket pin found at church

There was a locket pin with photos in it found at

church this week.

 Please stop by the church office if you have lost this.

Thank you!

News from Christian Growth Board:

Dear Members and Friends of First Lutheran Church:

The purpose of this letter is to ask each of you to consider the Christian Growth Fund ministry in your estate planning, including Wills, Trusts and even designating the Fund as a beneficiary for a portion of life insurance or retirement plans.

The Christian Growth Fund is essentially an endowment fund established by FLC. The bylaws of the church direct that all undesignated gifts, regardless of amount, from estates and trusts be placed in this fund. The by-laws provide that 10% of each gift received may be distributed to a charitable or religious purpose and the remaining 90% invested. The income from those investments is then used to support the benevolent mission of FLC.

Last year we distributed over $60,000 towards the benevolent mission of First Lutheran Church (FLC). Some of the recipients of Christian Growth Funds include: college scholarships, Lutheran Family Services, Snack Pack Program, Joseph’s Coat, Table Grace Ministries, Carol Joy Holling, Washington County Ministerial Associate, Mosaic Of Omaha, TeamMates of Blair, Men’s Group, The Bridge Crisis Center, FLC Senior Lunches, FLC Youth Travel Fund, Love Days, Vacation Bible School, Tanzania Ministries, Lekura Parish, ELCA World Hunger, Bread for the World, Habitat for Humanity, Oaks Indian Center, and ELCA Disaster Relief.  

A few simple steps to consider include:

1. Decide if you want to provide a gift.
2. Determine what portion of your estate you wish to gift. 10%, 25% or a specific amount.
3. Contact your attorney, financial planner, life insurance agent or retirement custodian and inform them of your intentions.
4. Please be sure to inform them that undesignated gifts to FLC and gifts specifically directed to the Fund will go to the Fund. Gifts specifically designated for such purposes as payment of church debt will NOT go to the Fund, but will instead go to the appropriate account of the church.
5. If you, your attorney or financial advisor need more information, please call the church office and they will be directed to someone who can answer questions about Christian Growth Fund and its mission.

Please prayerfully consider a gift to First Lutheran Church Christian Growth Fund.

Sincerely,

Christian Growth Fund Board

Layne Lueders

Brenda Schroeter

Mick Jensen

Mike Boeka

Carol Hartvigsen

9 to 12 Youth Group!!

Sundays from 6:30pm-8:00pm

All high schoolers are welcome to come and hang out, have dinner, and do activities.

Let's start our year out with some FUN!!

WE NEED COOKIES/BARS FOR NOVEMBER

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 November!

Signup here or call Erika (402-533- 0918):  https://signup.com/go/hfewWuF

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, October  

26th, 2022

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

WE REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS

Please keep these people in your thoughts and prayers