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.

https://www.facebook.com/

FLCBlair/

Office Hours

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

Fridays: 8:30am-3:00pm

Phone Number

402-426-4073

LIFE Night Theme:

The Nature of Faith

Trusting God even when you are not sure

Greetings from the Call Committee:

At this time, the Call Committee is working with the Congregational Council to hold candidate forums with Pastor Glen Thomas. These forums are not to be confused with the budget forums, which are being held on January 17th, 18th, and 21st.

Rather, they are a time for congregants to bring their questions, answers, and concerns to the forefront. Members of the Call Committee and Council will be present at each forum.

There is one forum left that you can attend:

Wednesday, January 21st at 6:45pm

the Budget forum will be held after the candidate forum

There has been a majority vote-to-call from the Call Committee

and from the Council. 

The Call Committee and Council are currently reviewing

Pastor Glen's interim contract.

Mark Your Calendars

Sunday, January 25, 2026

Annual Meeting of the Congregation of

First Lutheran Church

We will have our regular 8:15am & 10:15am worship

services on this day.

         Saturday, Jan. 24th—regular 5pm worship

will be held

The Annual Meeting will begin directly

after the 10:15am worship.

Annual Meeting Budget Forum:

There is one annual meeting budget forum left to attend:

Wednesday, January 21st - the budget forum will be held after the candidate forum following the 6:15pm worship

The Annual Reports for 2025 are available on the Welcome Center and the Usher's Table outside the LIFE Center if you would like to pick one up and it has been sent out by email.

Please watch for the Annual Meeting Link in

Friday's eblast.

Women’s Bible Study

Ladies…now that the holidays are behind us, are you looking for something to keep the spirit of Christmas alive in your hearts and in your lives?  Come and join other ladies on Friday mornings as we begin a new study about women of the Bible entitled “Brave and Beloved” by Meredith Storrs. 

“Women of the Bible are just like us, but their particular lives, choices, and problems can sometimes feel foreign when we read them today.  Through their stories, we can glimpse a vision of what it means to be a godly woman, but sometimes their experiences leave us scratching our heads.  This Bible study looks specifically at key women in Scripture to discover how their stories upend cultural expectations and reveal the nature and character of the God who created us all.”

This Bible study meets on Friday mornings from 9:15 to 10:45 in the church library.  No need to sign up, just show up.  Questions?  Email Susie Pinquoch at spinquoch@gmail.com or call (402) 533-3735. 

Contracts for Pastor Glen and Job Descriptions for all staff. Please see links below.

Senior Pastor Job Description 2023

Pastor Glen Thomas Contracts

Pastor Thomas RMP

Staff Job Descriptions

Ministry Site Profile

If you have questions please contact Greg Boone, FLC Council President. Greg's email is: gregdboone@gmail.com

Nebraska Lutheran Campus Ministry presents Evensong, a Grand Choir Experience. “Illumin the Night” on Sunday, January 25^th at Luther Memorial Lutheran Church (1031 Sunset Trail, Omaha). Chili Cook-off and Silent Auction begin at 4:30pm. Holden Evening Prayer with the Grand Choir begins at 6:00 pm.

If you would like to sing with the choir there will be a rehearsal at 4:30pm on the 25^th. You can get the music ahead of time from Pastor Glen.

Tax Information

To ensure the deductibility of your church contributions, please do not file your 2025 income tax return until you have received a written acknowledgement of your contributions from the church. Some of your contributions may not be tax-deductible if you file your tax return before receiving a written acknowledgement of your contributions from the church. Year-end statements will be available by the end of January.

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS

 ATTENTION High School Seniors and College Students: The Christian Growth Board is accepting scholarship applications for the 2026-2027 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. There is also a link below to get to the scholarship application. If you have any questions please call the church office at (402) 426-4073.  

https://firstlutheranblair.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Scholarship-Application-2022.pdf

The deadline to submit an application is

April 15, 2026. 

Offering Envelopes

The 2026 Offering Envelopes are out for you to pick up. The Offering Envelopes are in alphabetical order in the Narthex. Please stop by and pick your envelopes up. If you have any questions please contact Dawn in the Church office

at (402) 426-4073. Thank you!

New Christ in Our Homes

are here

Christ in Our Homes-If you would like a Christ in Our Homes daily

devotional they are available at the Welcome Center in the

Narthex and also on the usher table outside of the LIFE Center for January, February, and March. The Christ in Our Homes is a book that has a daily

devotional to read and pray. Please stop by and pick one up if you would like or if you need one delivered please call the church office

at (402) 426-4073.

Rushed on Wednesdays?

Let us do the cooking!

The W.O.W. meal menu for Wednesday, January 21st is Pizza, Salad, and Dessert!

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.

Pastor Glen's Office Hours

Pastor Glen will be keeping walk-in office hours on Tuesday and Thursday morning from 9am to 12 pm and on Wednesday afternoon from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. and is available by appointment anytime Monday through Thursday.

Reminder: If you are hospitalized or having a medical procedure it is important that you contact Pastor Glen directly because the hospitals will not call the church. You can text or call Pastor Glen at 402-740-6395 or

e-mail him at pastorglen@firstlutheranblair.org. Also, if you need to get in to the church and it is locked you can also reach out to

Pastor Glen to let you in.

WE DESPERATELY NEED COOKIES/BARS

FOR FEBRUARY!

PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!!

We are needing cookies for February!

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 February!

Signup here or call Erika

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

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.

Wednesday, January

21st, 2026

We will be serving Chicken Salad Sandwiches, Chips, fruit, and dessert.

WE REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS

Please keep these people in your thoughts and prayers