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In compliance with recommendations for limiting the spread of the COVID-19 virus, First Lutheran is following Phase Four guidelines for re-opening:
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OLD WHEELS CAR SHOW HAS BEEN POSTPONED INDEFINITELY. Watch this space for updates on an alternate date.
Bible Study Resumes
Pastor Shields' Bible Study will resume on Wednesday, September 9th, at 11:00 a.m. We will meet in the Fellowship Hall where we can be socially distanced. If the group is too large, we will move up to the sanctuary. We will pick up where we left off in the spring, starting at Numbers 10:11. Please wear a face mask while indoors.
Indoor Worship Now Offered On Saturday
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Indoor Worship is now offered on Saturday mornings at 9:30 am. We will be following CDC guidance to stay COVID compliant. To see a copy of the protocol presented by the Worship and Music Ministry Team and adopted by the Church Council, please click HERE. Note that worshipers are asked to wear face masks and maintain social distance to keep others protected. |
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Outdoor Worship will continue on Sunday mornings at 9:30 am. We have worshipers who recognize that outdoor gatherings pose less virus risk and are willing to tolerate warmer summer temperatures. We meet in the church parking lot and adjacent grassy surfaces. The service is broadcast on a short range FM system that can be listened to on your car radio, or a portable radio if you choose to sit in lawn chairs. Those without radios may want to sit near the "boom box" on the transmitter table. All services are always open to the public.
Online Worship will continue to be recorded and uploaded for use on computers, phones or smart TVs for those who choose to worship at home. Use 'Online Sermon' tab above. |
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Martin Luther Speaks |
When Martin Luther was dealing with The Black Death plague, he wrote these wise words that can help inform the way we approach things happening in our world right now...
“I shall ask God mercifully to protect us. Then I shall fumigate, help purify the air, administer medicine and take it. I shall avoid places and persons where my presence is not needed in order not to become contaminated and thus perchance inflict and pollute others and so cause their death as a result of my negligence. If God should wish to take me, he will surely find me and I have done what he has expected of me and so I am not responsible for either my own death or the death of others. If my neighbor needs me however I shall not avoid place or person but will go freely as stated above. See this is such a God-fearing faith because it is neither brash nor foolhardy and does not tempt God."
Luther's Works Volume 43 pg 132 the letter "Whether one may flee from a Deadly Plague" written to Rev. Dr. John Hess
“I shall ask God mercifully to protect us. Then I shall fumigate, help purify the air, administer medicine and take it. I shall avoid places and persons where my presence is not needed in order not to become contaminated and thus perchance inflict and pollute others and so cause their death as a result of my negligence. If God should wish to take me, he will surely find me and I have done what he has expected of me and so I am not responsible for either my own death or the death of others. If my neighbor needs me however I shall not avoid place or person but will go freely as stated above. See this is such a God-fearing faith because it is neither brash nor foolhardy and does not tempt God."
Luther's Works Volume 43 pg 132 the letter "Whether one may flee from a Deadly Plague" written to Rev. Dr. John Hess