FLC Weekend Announcements

Worship Times:

Saturday: 5pm

Sunday: 8:15am & 10:15am

Wednesday: 6:15pm

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

Pastor Glen's focus for his message for

this upcoming weekend:

 Mary plays a significant role in this season of Advent, not because of anything specific about herself but because of the vulnerability that is inherent in the world of birth and babies. It was not a small thing that God comes in human flesh and it is important for us to not underestimate what it means that he did. We see our lives as troubled, we are anxious and disturbed. Why would God want to be a part of that? But he favors humanity, chooses us to bear his very Spirit, and turns our brokenness into an instrument of his salvation. God embraces human vulnerability. Why don't we?

Special Music on Saturday, December 20th

Special String Ensemble music will be presented at the 5:00pm service on Saturday, December 20th.

Please plan on arriving early, starting at 4:45pm, to hear the Christmas medley prelude.

And please stay for the postlude of 2 Bach Chorales.

A member of our congregation is part of this ensemble.

Social Concerns Committee:

Here at FLC, we have historically created a large display focusing on Alternative Gift Giving. This year we are “keeping it simple”. We encourage you to think about the opportunities that are close to your heart. We do have a couple of options here at church in December that you may wish to consider:

1. A Winterwear Ingathering (coats, hats, mittens, gloves, warm socks – new or gently used) will be collected and distributed where needed in the community.

2. We are joining in the Jeanette Hunt Blair Animal Shelter’s Christmas for Pets effort by offering the opportunity to contribute dog & cat supplies to support our furry friends.

3. Your support of the Washington County Food Pantry is ALWAYS welcome!

You will find information in the narthex to consider each of these alternative gifts! Maybe your grandson would be happy to know that you gave a bag of dog food to a special puppy at the shelter in his honor – something even better than another toy to add to his collection.

Remember this Christmas season -- your gifts of time, talents & treasures in support of others can become the “perfect gifts” in Jesus’s eyes!

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH

SENIOR CITIZEN

WORSHIP AND LUNCH

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2025

11 AM WORSHIP

with Holy Communion

LUNCH to Follow

Please RSVP by

 December 12th by calling

402-426-4073

FLC Youth Cookie Bazaar

December 13th @ 4-7pm

December 14th @ 9am-12pm

All funds raised will support FLC Youth activities, events, and service projects

Poinsettias

Poinsettias will be used to decorate our worship areas for the Christmas season. If you would like to honor a special person in your life, give a poinsettia in memory of a loved one, or just help out in this way to beautify the church. There will be forms available at the Welcome Center. Orders must be received by December 17th. If you have any questions please call Dawn in the church office at (402) 426-4073.

 Thank you!

We are in need of Worship Assistants for all

3 of our worship services on Christmas Eve

FLC Kids’ Christmas Program

The Christmas Promise

December 14th @ 10:15am

Please join us to hear the story of Jesus’ birth from our PreK—5th graders, and experience our closing

Hallelujah Shadow Nativity

Please Note:

We will be preparing contribution envelopes for 2026 in December. If you do not currently have an envelope box and would like one, or if you would prefer not to use envelopes, please contact the church office no later than December 8th. Thank you!

Women’s Bible Study

Waking Christmas morning and knowing that the magic day has come. Running downstairs to discover what’s under the tree. Opening a package and finding something special that was selected just for you. Christmas is a day of delights that we can always approach with fresh wonder. But the reality is that it is not always a happy season. Christmas can remind us of past losses, the family we wish we had or our economic stress.

The Friday morning Women’s Bible study will begin an Advent study in preparation for Christmas. Come join us in the church library on Friday mornings from 9:15 to 10:45 A.M. as we study together “Advent of the Savior”. Need more information? Email Susie Pinquoch at spinquoch@gmail.com. 

Do you have old magazines piled up?

Please donate them to FLC for our children's and youth craft activities. We especially need magazines geared toward sports/hunting/nature/outdoors. But we'll take them all!!

THANK YOU!!

Rushed on Wednesdays?

Let us do the cooking!

The W.O.W. Meal is back!!!

The W.O.W. meal menu for Wednesday, December 10th is Chicken Noodle Soup, Biscuits and Honey, 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 DECEMBER!

PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!!

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

ATTENTION FLC MEMBERS!!

FLC is now using a new database called Realm. This database is used to organize our membership records. This system also tracks all our financial giving, enables us to do scheduling, and Realm collects all kinds of information to help us be a better church.

The really unique thing about Realm is that YOU, the congregation, can update, edit, and control all of your own data in the system. You can change your address, add an email preference, tell us where you'd like to be more involved at FLC, see your giving information, and so much more.

If you would like to do this from home please email Vince at vkrysl@firstlutheranblair.org to request a login.

We hope to have all our FLC members update their profiles and begin interacting on Realm by the end of 2025.

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, December

10th, 2025

We will be serving Creamy Chicken Casserole, fruit, and dessert.

WE REMEMBER IN OUR PRAYERS

Please keep these people in your thoughts and prayers