School Supplies Needed for ACTS 20:35
During August and September the ACTS 20:35 Clothes Closet will to start collecting school supplies for high school kids visiting the clothes closet. Place donations in the ACTS 20:35 tote out in the narthex. Thanks!
Before the After
Before the After is a planning tool to be used by anyone, any age, to outline your wishes, prepare and organize pertinent documents and eliminate possible tough decisions for your loved ones. You are welcome to attend as many Planning Sessions as needed to plan your Before the After, ask questions of knowledgeable individuals, open communication with family or friends and coordinate all your information in One Place.
Join the Team for the Color Run!
Run with team “Light Up the World” on Saturday, September 13! Anyone who wants to join First’s team can go to the website and register! www.thecolorrun.com/la-crosse
OWLs Post for August
The OWL’s enjoyed a trip to the Circus in June. We visited Circus World in Baraboo, Wisconsin and were treated to a day of Big Top Performances, elephant rides (see picture), circus wagons and tours of the Ringling Bros. winter headquarters. A great deal of fun was had by all. The trip had the added adventure of the van breaking down just east of Tomah on the way home. You will have to talk with an OWL who made the trip for the whole story. At the June potluck we shared stories of our favorite circus adventures....
Entertaining Angels
It was a very snowy windy day, as we were traveling back from Chicago, so we stayed behind a semi-truck most of the way back home. As we followed the semi-truck, we thought of the semi driver as our angel. Whenever some stranger helps me, I think of that person as an angel that God has placed there to help me. It's a wonderful thought that there are angels out there to help us when we are in need and to protect us when we are in trouble. Angels are also those who are strangers to us, those who don't look like us or act like us, that might need our help. When we show kindness to a stranger in our homes, at church and anywhere we are, we might be entertaining an angel without knowing it....
Message from Pastor Karyn for August
“A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.” – Thomas Jefferson
When I saw this quote, I laughed. It was so perfect. It fit with everything we had learned while being in Philadelphia. If I was a t-shirt wearing person I would have purchased the t-shirt. The funny thing was when our group met for lunch that afternoon, several others mentioned seeing it and thinking the same thing!...
Message from Pastor Stanton
Ten teams of three to five people each have been busy putting meat on the bones of our plans. These teams are coming up with specific ideas for how to address how First serves the community, hospitality, evangelism, learning ministries, property concerns, worship, stewardship and more. Ideas have been flying around all summer without much concern for exactly how they will all get done. Now that we are naming the places we want to go, the next step is for our staff, leaders and all our members to figure out how to get there....
Good News for August 2014
Newsletter for August 2014, featuring VBS, Jonathan Rundman in Concert, Website 3.0, and the Color Run.
Remembering Pastor Grant
Last week First Lutheran received word from the synod office about the death of our brother in Christ, Ordean L. Grant. Pastor Grant died Tuesday, July 22, at 81 years of age....