FLC Weekend Announcements

Worship Times:

Saturday: 5pm

Sunday: 8:15am & 10:15am

Wednesday: 6:15pm-No LIFE Night Worship or Classes on December 25th & January 1st

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

Pastor Glen's focus for his message for

this upcoming weekend:

The Magnificat is the first Christmas Carol, Mary's amazing love song to God. To hear it is to discover that we do not even know the smallest bit about love. How amazing it is to know that God sees us, how he sees the least in all of the creation and pours his grace upon what we might otherwise overlook. Now, here at the end of our Advent journey, let our words and deeds spread the Good News into all of the world of what God has done. He is Emmauel, God among us, his love is amazing indeed!

FLC Parsonage Open House is Postponed

until December 29th!

The FLC Parsonage Open House is postponed until Sunday,

December 29th.

We love to transform our house for Christmas we look forward to welcoming you to the parsonage. Please join us on Sunday, December 29th, between 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm for a Christmas Open House

at the FLC Parsonage (657 North 22^nd – just across the street from the church). Have a treat and share some holiday cheer.

No LIFE Night Worship or Classes on Wednesday, December 25th and Wednesday, January 1st

There will be No LIFE Night Worship or Classes on

Wednesday, December 25th

and Wednesday, January 1st.

If you have any questions please

call the church office at (402) 426-4073.

First Lutheran Church

Christmas and New Years Schedule

End-of-the-Year

Contributions

In order for you to claim a deduction for contributions made to First Lutheran Church during 2024, the church office must receive your contribution by December 31, 2024. All contributions placed in the offering plates at any of the Christmas services will be recorded as 2024 contributions. If you are

hand-delivering checks, please have them to the church office by Noon on Tuesday, December 31. All checks must be dated in 2024 and if mailed, must be postmarked no later than December 31. First Lutheran Church will be following these tax rules when posting receipts. 

Mid Week Meal date changes for Christmas Day and New Year's Day!

The Mid Week Meal will be changing days because of the Christmas and New Year's Day holidays. The Mid Week Meal will be on Thursday, December 26th instead of Wednesday, December 25th because of Christmas Day. Also, the Mid Week Meal will be on Thursday, January 2nd instead of Wednesday, January 1st because of New Year's Day. If you have any questions please contact the church office at (402) 426-4073.

Offering Envelopes

The 2025 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!

Church Office Closed

The Church Office will be closed on Wednesday, December 25th and Thursday, December 26th. The church office will also be closed at 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, December 31st and all day on Wednesday, January 1st. If you have any questions please contact the church office

at (402) 426-4073.

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. 

Social Concerns Committee:

The Annual Alternative Giving display is in the narthex for the upcoming holiday season. We hope you’ll take a few minutes to look at the materials on the table and consider a unique gift that “keeps on giving” by helping those in need.  Our focus areas for this season include: Washington County Food Pantry, God’s Global Barnyard and Lutheran Disaster Response, however, you can direct a gift to any of your favorite charitable organizations in honor of a friend or loved one.  The Equal Exchange products have also been stocked up and will be available at the display.

We will again be collecting Winterwear to help our neighbors through the cold winter months ahead. A box will be set up at the church to collect your new or gently used coats, mittens, hats, gloves, scarves, sweaters and blankets.  Items collected will be shared as needed with Joseph’s Coat and the Open Door Mission/Lydia House. Children and adult sizes welcome. Please ensure the items are clean or laundered.  The box will be available through the Christmas holidays.

Advent Theme

Welcome to Advent 2024: In Light and Darkness

Barbara Brown Taylor’s book, Learning to Walk in the Dark, asks, “What can light possibly mean without dark?” This

Advent season, we gather for a

conversation about how we experience light IN THE MIDST of darkness. Together we will explore how this understanding influences the way we view God, our faith, and the world.

Each week we will add light and brightness to our

worship space. Weekend and midweek messages will explore how the light of Christ grows in our hearts and world. All of our worship services will share texts and prayers to create a common experience of the

journey of Advent. Mid-week worship services will

also feature music from Holden Evening Prayer.

You are invited to add the Advent devotion calendar

focused on Light and Darkness to your preparations for Christmas. They are located on the Welcome Center.

May this Advent season open your heart to welcome the light that has come into the Dark of the World, our

Savior Jesus Christ! 

WE NEED COOKIES/BARS

FOR DECEMBER!

We are needing cookies for December!

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 December!

Signup here or call Erika

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

Monday Morning Bible Study

Martin Luther loved Paul’s letter to the Galatians and considered it his “beloved Katie.” One of Paul’s earliest writings, it is carefully constructed love letter that begs a deep dive into its powerful proclamation of the Gospel. Pastor Glen will lead us through his own translation process and help us open up

Paul’s words and thoughts.

W.O.W. Meal is back on Wednesdays!

There will be No W.O.W. Meal on the next 2 Wednesdays,

December 25th and January 1st due to the holidays!

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.

Pastor Glen's contact information

Pastor Glen and Lorie are now living at the parsonage. If the church is locked and you are needing to get in, you can call Pastor Glen and he will unlock the church for you. Pastor Glen's email is pastorglen@firstlutheranblair.org and his cell phone number is (402) 740-6395

if you need to contact him. 

Women's Bible Study 

The Friday Morning Women’s Bible Study will begin a new study entitled “From Beginning to Forever” by Elizabeth Woodson.  “Too often we have just a fragmented understanding of parts of the bible.  This leads us to see the Scripture through the lens of our individual stories, causing us to miss God’s bigger story-His redemption and restoration of the entire world.  In this study, Elizabeth Woodson explains how all sixty-six books of the Bible combine to form one unified narrative. We will see how the rich theological truths found in Genesis through Revelation show us the eternal significance of what God is doing in the world and how He invites us to be a part of it.”  This Bible study will combine a video with a study guide and meets in the church library on Friday mornings from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.  If interested in coming to this Bible study, contact Susie Pinquoch at (402) 426-8182 or email at spinquoch@gpcom.net.  

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.

Thursday, December 26th, 2024

We will be serving Cheeseburger Casserole, fruit, and dessert.

WE REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS

Please keep these people in your thoughts and prayers