.....2019.....The  year in pictures.....

 

   

 

    

Youth held BIG sale at church (Lots donated by many families .. thank you so much) .. Money donated from sale, goes into Youth account for Mission Trips and Activities - August 15 & 16, 2019

 

 

  

                                           (ELCA Churchwide Assemble attendees marched)

 

       (Our Bishop Tom Aitken)

The Evangelica Church in America (ELCA), held it's churchwide council in Milwaukee WI.  American Indian Alaska Natives and 750 more Lutherans, including voting members of the ELCA Churcwide Assembly, gathered for a prayer vigil in support of migrant children and families.  They walked from the WI Center to the nearby U.S. Citizenship and Immigration. - August 5 - 10, 2019

Please click on 2019 Churchwide Assembly & March for some information    

 

 

 

Church Trip to Twins Game - "Lutheran Night" (Fun time had by all) - August 5, 2019

 

City On The Hill Christian Music Festival in Duluth (great music, wonderful fellowship) -

August 2 & 3, 2019

 

  

  

Ordained at our church, was Josh Blair!  So many clergy , family and friends, came to celebrate the day with Josh.  He received his  stole from Diane (the wife of our former Pastor, Carl Lunder), a beautiful quilt (made by Ann Mans), such a celebration, with a meal that followed. 

Congradulations Pastor Josh! - July 26, 2019

 

July 19 - 26 - CHICAGO Mission Trip...

Last evening together - July 25/26, 2019

Click On Date To Open Youth Notes ... July 25 (last one)

 

  

Last day/evening of Mission Trip (filled with our service projects, bonding with each other & other youth, laughs, tears, meal with community) - July 25, 2019

Click On Date To Open Youth Notes ... July 25

 

 

 

 

 

This day was spent cleaning building, to MAC to pack boxes of food, a community cook-out, handing out flyers, painting fence and worship (with a faith story) - July 24, 2019

Click On Date To Open Youth Notes ... July 24

 

  

 

Navy Pier & African Heritage Garden ( After working service hours, some down time) - July 23, 2019

Click On Date To Open Youth Notes ... July 23

 

   

Devotions & Lessons with Woman at the Well, Service Works Begin (at MAC packaging food & Help to set up garage sale), toured church, in the evening, a guest speaker (talked about the city, unfair school system, racial profiling, etc.) - July 22, 2019

Click On Date To Open Youth Notes ... July 22

 

 

Lincoln Park Zoo, Beach Time, Housing Site (Fun time at Zoo & Beach, the back to Youth Worksite, to greet & meet people and then Devotions & Prayers) - July 21, 2019

     

Six Flags Over Great America/Hurricane Harbor (great day filled with fun & fellowship) - July 20, 2019

  

 

Prayers, from Pastor for send off, arrival to Chicago, ELCA Church-Wide Office - July 19, 2019

Click On Date, To Open youth notes ...  July 19, 20, 21

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Out to Lunch Bunch - at First Lutheran -  Celebrating together - good meal - great fellowship - THANK YOU, to all who brought/shared food! - July 17, 2019

 

 

Joyful Noise Concert, in Blaine (great music & fellowship) - June 14th & 15th, 2019

 

 

LYO Camp (learning, fellowship, fun gathering) - June 10 - 14, 2019

 

Last Vacation Bible School Day (Program, Meal and Fun) - June 12, 2019

 

Family, Fellowship Outing (St. Paul SAINT'S Game) - fun time - June 7, 2019

 

Graduates!  During service, our graduates received their quilts made by church members (beautiful job, thank you, congradulations to all graduates) - June 2, 2019

 

Josh Blair, graduated from Lutheran Seminary - Congradulations and blessings from your First Lutheran church family (Mindy and her family, were present for his graduation) - May 26, 2019

 

LYO Installation and 3rd grade, Bible presentation.   Congradulations LYO youth! - May 19, 2019

 

 

 

 

Women On A Mission, packing newborn kits (wonderful service project & made many

kits to send) - May 13, 2019

 

Last Faith in Action program for the 2018-29 school year, (thank you to all the volunteers who made the year go by smoothly) May 8, 2019

 

Confirmation (Proud of our only confirmad Paige, on her accomplishment in her "walk of faith") CONGRADULATIONS! - May 1, 2019

    

 

 

Last evening of Confirmation - took the confirmads bowling, in celebration of a GREAT year and they had so much fun  - May 1, 2019

 

Mindy, took some of the youth, for a Luther Seminary Preview Day! Exciting, as well as

interesting day - April 30, 2019

 

Twins Game (Church Family Outing, with First Lutheran & Our Redeemer Churches) - April 28, 2019

Easter Sunday - HE IS RISEN!  Allelulia - April 21, 2019

Pam Sunday celebrated with the Sunday School children, during service - April 14, 2019

 

 

  

Youth helping with service on Sunday (after sharing their Famine Week-end, doing great service projects) - April 7, 2019

 

   

 

Day 2 of Famine Week-end....

 

 

 

DAY 1 of Famine Week-end....

FAMINE SERVICE WEEK-END (Day 1 - Youth & adult leaders at Feed My Starving Children.  Also the youth passed out "Jesus Loves Me" bags and sandwiches to those in need) - Day 2 - Youth with adults helping sew diapars, filled hospice kits and helped to set up the Father/Daughter dance) - awesome service weekend! - April 5 & 6, 2019

Great group from First Lutheran, at WELCA gathering.  (Look at those smiles!)   Message was "Who Is My Neighbor?"  Wonderful fellowship - April 4, 2019

 

Church Office Staff Retreat (Camp Onamia)...great fellowship, fun craft, delicious food, wonderful staff & accomodations, excellent programs, fantastic speakers, great way to share & bounce things off of other church office people...thank you to our congregation here at First Lutheran for sending us...and many thanks to Camp Onamia for hosting us....Donna, Rick and I (Kathy) thoroughly enjoyed it!!! - April 1 & 2, 2019

   

Packing the cross with food bags for Food Shelves, for March food drive & enjoying the youth choir singing, during 7:00 PM Wednesday service - March 24, 2019

 

Out to Lunch Bunch (Willow River) Enjoying good fellowship and good food! - March 21, 2019

  

   

  

Fellowship at Como Zoo Conservatory.  Next one in May!  Beautiful flowers...good meal...great fellowship!  (Robin, Mindy, Shalia, Dorothy, Elaine, Kirsten, Donna, Sheila,

Ashley & I (Kathy) -  March 18, 2019

 

 

SYNOD Nuts and Bolts Workshop in Cloquet ... great information ... good to hear/see from other churches.  Always a great experience. (Rick, Donna & I (Kathy) - March 16, 2019

 

 

Blessing the hospice bags, before they are shipped to Africa.  Kids did a great job packing them

during FiA. - March 13, 2019

Faces changed for kids with the glasses ... Jesus' face changed too ... Experiencing the Holy Spirit, on Transfiguration Sunday with the kids! - March 3, 2019

 

Cardia Deo, Senior High Gathering (Great learning experience as these youth, are learning to become leaders!) - March 1-2, 2019

BLANKET EXERCISE (a teaching tool, to raise awareness of a history of the nation-to-nation relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.  To help deepen the understanding of the denial of Indigenous peoples' nationhood & human rights since the first contact originating in 1942) held in our Fellowship Hall, February 27, 2019

 

 

 

Youth & Family fun at WILD MOUNTAIN in Taylor's Falls (skiiing, tubing, snow boarding, fire with hot dogs, FUN FUN FUN) - February 23, 2019

 

 

QUAKE - "We will diverge" (Mall of America - time for youth to establish their faith & become empowered for Christain living, through ministry & leadership) - February 23, 2019

 

 

Valentine's dinner (a great way to celebrate Valentine's Day and support our youth, in their Mission Trip funding. Great food, good entertainment and fun for all!- February 10, 2019

 

 

Faith in Action youth went sliding/skating, for a fun activity!  Thankful for the great weather and awesome volunteers. - February 6, 2019

 

 

 

Mindy spent a couple of days at Disney, enjoying fellowship with some other youth leaders and had a great Youth Ministry

Extravaganza 2019, in Florida!  Had some fun and learned so much. - January 22 - 28, 2019.

SANCTUS REAL (There is something about people singing about Jesus, at the Mall of America! - January 20, 2019

In Brainard for Bishop's Convocation on Mental Health (great guest speaker - very informative) 

Pastor B., Betty, Kathryn, Judy, Gracie, Rick & I (Kathy) attended - January 19, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

Youth Lock-In at Grand Cinema - The youth enjoyed doing service projects, for Martin Luther King week-end (movies, pizza, games, etc. at Cinema) - January 17 & 18, 2019

 

FiA classes gathering in church, for singing before service - January 16, 2019

     

Youth gather before FiA on Wednesday - Early Out Day for school (projects, fun and games) - January 16, 2019