First Lutheran Church (ELCA), 1207 W. Cypress Ave., returns to its post-summer schedule on Sunday, Sept. 15, with two worship services sandwiched around its Christian education hour for children and adults.
“Rooted in the Gospel for growth in discipleship and love” is the theme and focus at First Lutheran for the coming year.
“We are sinking our roots deep into the Bible because knowing the story is the prerequisite to trusting the story and living the story,” said Pastor Kim Eifert Krogstad.
The two worship services offer a choice of worship settings.
8:30 a.m. – Classic worship with traditional Lutheran liturgy along with chancel choir anthems led by choir director Susan Wade and organist-keyboardist Kim Amin.
10:45 a.m. – Contemporary worship with the First Lutheran Praise Band, led by guitarist, singer and composer Larry Long.
The Christian Education hour begins at 9:45 a.m. for adults and children and features three settings:
- “Holy Moly”, the Bible brought to life for the benefit of children in kindergarten through fourth grade.
- Video-based programs to help connect Bible stories to real life for young people in grades five through eight.
- Adult Forum will tackle the topic “If I Should Die Before I Wake: Christian Understanding of Death, Resurrection and Funerals”. The month-long series will look at what the Bible says (and what it does not say) about death and resurrection. Participants will also read through the funeral liturgy to see what is being said. A mortuary representative will talk about services mortuaries offer.
An ice cream social follows the contemporary service to complete First’s Back to Christian Education Sunday, featuring enticing flavors such as St. Peter’s Surprise, Fruit of the Spirit Delight and Isaiah’s Promise of Goodness.
First Lutheran will also offer a weekly Monday morning Bible study from 11 a.m. to noon, starting Monday, Sept. 16. Participants will look at the Gospel lesson for the coming Sunday.
WELCA (the Women of the ELCA) resume their monthly Bible study on the third Tuesday of the month (Sept. 17) at 7 p.m. in the Fireside Room of the Parish Hall. The study for this coming year will be “In Good Company: Stories of Biblical Women” by Kay Ward. The first session features “Hannah: A Promise Keeper.”
The Spiritual Authors Group at First Lutheran starts off the new year on Sunday, Sept. 15, at 10:30 a.m., following Adult Forum, to discuss “The Courage to Think Differently” by Rev. George Johnson, presented by Nancy and Allan Griesemer. The group will then continue to meet on the second Sunday of each month starting in October.
For more information, please contact the church office at 909-793-2267 or visit the website at www.firstlutheranredlands.org or visit the church on Facebook.
