Celebrate 140 years with us!

May 5 ~ Bishop Brian Maas
8:30 and 11am Worship Services
Cinco de Mayo Brunch

May 12
8:30am Worship with Communion
11am “Lift Up Your Eyes: A Musical of Hope”
Mother’s Day Brunch catered by Chef Matt Weber and the staff and volunteers
of Table Grace Café. Adults: $15, Children (8-12) $10 (4-7) $6 (3 and under) free. Reservations by May 7 by mail, web: www.tablegracecafe.com/mothersdaybrunch or call 402-965-1276. Please leave a message to specify the half hour time slot you would like to reserve 10am, 10:30am, 12pm, 12:30pm, 1pm, or 1:30pm and how many are in your party.

May 19 ~ Pastor Harold Schmidt
8:30 and 11am Worship Services
Brunch

May 26 ~ Pastor Charles Reimnitz, son-in-law of Pastor Acker
8:30 and 11am Worship Services
Brunch

Free will offering  (except Mother’s Day for Table Grace Cafe) for First Lutheran’s Roof Fund.

Please join us for our annual Salad Luncheon on Saturday, May 5  at 12 noon in the newly redecorated Centennial Hall.

Enjoy a wonderful selection of salads and fellowship with friends – both old and new.

Cost: $8 per person.

Entertainment provided by the Heartland Harmonizers.

Purchase “Midnight Garden” queen-sized quilt raffle tickets for only $1.

See you there!

The Food Pantry is staffed by volunteers and stocked with food donated by members of the community and other churches, purchased with donated money, or obtained through the Food Bank of the Heartland. We gratefully receive special contributions from area merchants like Panera, Wholesale Foods and Trader Joe’s.
The Food Pantry is open from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Monday through Thursday and feeds an average of about 40 hungry people each weekday the year round. Lately, we have been serving 85 to 90 people per day! We are in need of cereal, dry beans,  peanut butter, soup, diapers, personal hygiene items (soap, toothbrushes, etc.) and toilet paper.
We would like to have two volunteers per day Monday through Thursday from 1-2:30 pm. If you would be interested in volunteering, please contact the Church Office at 402.345.7506.

Prayer Request

Please click here for Prayer Request form.

Please know that you are a holy and precious Child of God and that God is always with you. Let us know if you wish to be contacted by including your phone number.

Many blessings to you,

First Lutheran Church

Join us as we gather around music in the sanctuary as we gather together to play and sing music simply for the fun of it!
Simone and Erin will lead us in a bilingual Worship Service.

Bring an instrument or a song/hymn request if you’d like. It will be a time to be together, sing, and Praise God.

I am home at FLC after a 3 month sabbatical. FLC joined in the sabbatical time by growing in Spirit along with me. When I returned to worship in our sanctuary on Easter Sunday I was grateful for the joy and the many faces I did not recognize and the happy reunion with those I had not seen for months. Many worshipers have found their way to God’s house on the corner of 31st and Jackson.

I have been listening to the stories of my sisters and brothers in Christ as they share the activity and growth of these past 3 months. I have compiled a presentation to share in bits and pieces in a variety of ways in the coming weeks and months. Some of it may even appear on the new addition of our big screen in the sanctuary!

Of course, I have been trying to take it all in and stay refreshed and refueled as I once again adjust to the pace of a church that is ever changing and growing. I came back to many decisions that needed to be made jointly and an eager staff. The council met this month and together we decided we must continue with our two services on Sunday mornings throughout the entire 12 months of the year.  We will continue to grow our bilingual service on Mondays. There is the possibility of an evening service being added during the week sometime in the future because our community is in need of more options. We have too many gifts to fit into one Sunday morning worship time. Growing churches add rather than subtract services. God is opening doors we only dreamed possible and now we are seeing the realities.

As we gear up to celebrate 140 years this May of 2013, we gather as people of God to make plans to remember the past, live the present and look into the future with hope. Come and be fed spiritually as we hear the Gospel proclaimed by guest pastors that have all played a significant role in the past and present of FLC. Our bodies will also be fed with delicious food.

The vision of FLC has no bounds. I have never known a more passionate time at our church in the 10 years that I have led this community as your pastor. The strategic plan is a map that is successfully guiding us as we move forward.  But it is you the people who are the faces of God making a difference each day in the church that God has called us to be today.

It is great to be back even though it was quite nice to not have had a packed schedule for the past 3 months. Thanks for the efforts of all of you that kept the momentum going and helped make dreams come true for FLC. We are a team with potential that is being acted out in amazing ways.

Peace,
Pastor Judith Rainforth

But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary.”     ~ Isaiah 40:31