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2021 Summer Music Camps: Postponed
Edited to add: Due to low registration, we regret to inform you that this year’s virtual Camp Uke and Song-Writing Camp have been postponed. We look forward to sharing another weeklong music camp experience during a future school break, dates to be determined. We invite all interested campers to instead join us for weekly ukulele…
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Midweek Lent Worship
Welcome to Lent. Over six weeks we’ll dive deeply into the gospel stories of this season, walking with Jesus toward the cross. At 6pm we gather to enjoy one another’s company, eating dinner “together” remotely. Then at 6:30pm we’ll have a simple worship service centered around the practice of Lectio Divina, or holy reading. Email…
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2021 Annual Meeting
Together with the whole congregation, we gather to celebrate God’s work through our congregation and plan the road ahead for the year to come! Our annual meeting will take place Sunday, January 24th after service at 11am ET. In order to cast binding votes and to conduct official business, our constitution requires that a quorum…
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New: Song-Writing Camp!
First Lutheran Church is proud to offer a new program: song-writing camp! Offered over February break, we will meet for one hour each week day to learn the basics of contemporary song-writing. Small groups of students will be led by local singer-songwriters through a new curriculum developed by Berklee student Charissa Hoffman. We’ll take a…
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Winter Ukulele Lessons
After celebrating the winter holidays, we’re excited to continue offering group ukulele lessons in January. We invite students in grades 3-8 to join us. If you have a student who is a little older and is still interested, please register anyway and we will reach out to you to make sure we can accommodate your…
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Home Altars
Dearest church, It’s been five months since we’ve worshipped together in our sanctuary, longer than any of us imagined back in March. While we’re taking steps toward returning to in-person worship, it will be some time until our full congregation is able to worship in the same space, and more time yet until every person…
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Fall 2020 Ukulele Lessons
After a terrific Virtual Camp Uke, we’re excited to continue offering group ukulele lessons this fall and winter. We invite students in grades 3-8 to join us. If you have a student who is a little older and is still interested, please register anyway and we will reach out to you to make sure we…
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Online Church: Responding to COVID-19
Grace to you and peace through Jesus Christ. Beloved church, the recommendations regarding the coronavirus have changed rapidly over the course of the past week. Many of our previous plans no longer apply. Now some advise not gathering in groups of 25 or more. As followers of Jesus, we are called to show mercy and…
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Easter 2020
Holy Week This year our Palm Sunday will be a bit different! We will begin our worship by processing not only around the sanctuary, but around the block. Please remember to wear weather appropriate clothing, including shoes. If you aren’t able to walk around the block, don’t worry: when we reach the church, we will…
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Lent Opportunities 2020
Lent is a time of reflection and penitence, an opportunity to recenter ourselves on what matters: our relationship with God, and what God has done for us in Jesus Christ. This year, we have a series of chances for everyone to carve out some time to reconnect with God this season. Fat Tuesday Pancake Dinner…
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