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:

A wise man once said, “You can fool some of the people some of the time.” He was wrong. You can fool almost all of the people pretty much all of the time. And the world knows it. And so does God. So he gives us the spiritual gift of TOUGH MINDEDNESS that we might make our way through this world focused on what is thoughtful and substantive. This is the gift of baptism, that we know the one thing, the one truth that is both our blessing and our calling. This is our anchor and our hope, and we need it now

 more than ever.

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.

Starting this week, a computer station will be in the Narthex for you to do just that!

And if you would rather do it from home, you may visit https://onrealm.org/FirstLutheranCh13871

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

Ruth Circle

Attention: all women who are members of Ruth Circle

Bible Study group and any other women who would like to join us! 

We will be meeting on

Tuesday, January 14th at Johansen Manor in the Social room

 at 2:00 P.M.

Please bring your January/February issue of the "Gather" magazine if

you have one. If you do not have one come anyway. You will not need

to bring your Bibles as the texts will be provided for you by Doris

Cooksey. Trudy Hutton will lead the lesson and Ellen Whitaker will

serve refreshments. We look forward to seeing you there.

Women's Bible Study

“The Minor Prophets, spanning from Hosea to Malachi, represent a tapestry of prophetic literature in the Old Testament. These twelve books, collectively known as the “Book of the Twelve” in the Hebrew Bible, are united by their brevity compared to the “Major Prophets” (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel). They address the covenantal faithfulness of God and the repeated infidelity of His people. Each book offers unique insights into the character of God, His dealings with Israel, and His ultimate redemptive plan fulfilled in Christ.”

The Friday Morning Women’s Bible study are learning about the Minor Prophets. The guide for this study is “Journey with the Minor Prophets” by Mary Cooney. “Through observation, interpretation and application the goal is to engage your heart with the living Word of God. Not intended to provide you with all the answers, rather to help you discover for yourself a few of the riches that God has for us in His Word.”

Please join us in the church library on Friday mornings from 9:30-11:00 a.m. to learn more about the minor prophets and enjoy fellowship with one another.  If you have any questions about this Bible study, contact Susie Pinquoch at spinquoch@gmail.com. 

Mark Your Calendars

Sunday, January 26, 2025

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. 25th—regular 5pm worship

will be held

The Annual Meeting will begin directly

after the 10:15am worship.

Annual Meeting Forums:

There will be five annual meeting forums held prior to

the Annual Meeting:

      Saturday, January 11th at 4:00pm

      Sunday, January 12th between worship services

      Saturday, January 18th at 6:00pm

      Sunday, January 19th between worship services

      Wednesday, January 22nd at 6:45pm

Women of the ELCA

Winter Retreat 2025

Saturday, January 18, 2025

St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Grand Island, Nebraska

Additional registration forms are available on the

women’s table located outside the Life Center.

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!

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. 

WE NEED COOKIES/BARS

FOR JANUARY!

We are needing cookies for January!

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 January!

Signup here or call Erika

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

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

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. 

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 15th, 2024

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