November Mobile Banquet
The Mobile Banquet will be delivering 280 meals to
Linden Elementary, LifeHouse, & ASPIRE
Thursday, November 12, from 5:30-6:30pm
As rising food insecurity impacts more families in our community, our need for dedicated volunteers and donations has never been more urgent! To keep pace with this growing demand and ensure no one goes hungry, we rely on your support to expand our reach and deepen our impact!
Please consider helping make this possible with your donations of food, money, or time. Sign up by clicking the image above or call the Church Office. Please have donations to the church kitchen by Wednesday, November 11.
Extra Collection Items: Winter Gear: Coats, Hats, Gloves/Mittens, & Scarves
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October Ministry Partner
This month, we have the opportunity to partner with and learn more about the Midland University Warrior Cupboard’s expansion and new “Health Cabinet.” This program serves as a resource with no strings attached to help students with unexpected needs.
Our donations will help students feel cared for at time when they might be especially homesick and alone. Items like Vick’s VapoRub, Kleenex (small packages), hand sanitizer, eucalyptus spray, chapstick, thermometers, and peppermints (individually wrapped) can improve a student’s outlook when under the weather. Items can be dropped off at the Church Office or at the display in Fellowship Hall. Monetary donations can also go a long way to help fill needs. Click the button below or include your designated donation in the offering plate to make your monetary donation!
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FLC Presented the Statue of Good Samaritan for 20 Years of Service!
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First Lutheran Church has faithfully served as a Drop-Off Location for Operation Christmas Child for 20 Years! Each shoebox collected during the past two decades has provided an opportunity to share God’s love and the Good News of Jesus Christ with a boy or girl in need around the world. Through our partnership, Samaritan’s Purse has blessed more than 244 million children with a gift-filled shoebox and over 52 million of these children have enrolled in their follow-up discipleship program, The Greatest Journey. This 12-lesson course, taught by trained local volunteers, help these children know how to follow Jesus Christ daily and share their faith! |
How to Build a Shoebox!
Take home a box or two to make a difference in the life of a child. Watch for more info in the coming Sundays on how to fill your boxes in a FUN, FULL, and PERSONAL way! Each box represents a child and you are not only sending a tangible gift to that child, it is opening doors for them to hear the GOOD NEWS of JESUS!
For children around the world, they can’t believe people they don’t even know would send them a gift. It is a true beginning of learning about the LOVE OF JESUS! Children only receive ONE shoebox gift in their lifetime. That simple gift changes lives!
So, it is important to make sure your gift is…
FUN — include a “wow” item & other quality toys
FULL — packed to the brim with additional school supplies and personal care items
PERSONALIZED — prayed over and contains a note and photo, which are often the child’s favorite items!
After children get their box, they are offered to take a 12 lesson Discipleship class to learn more about Jesus. When they finish, they graduation and receive a Bible in their own language!
Full boxes are due Sunday, November 15 for the Box Blessing
“Every Box is like a snowflake, each one is different. The most important thing to pack is Prayer” -Franklin Graham
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Learn About Our Mission & Outreach Ministries:
FLC partners with a local organization each month. We raise funds, collect items, and learn more about these organizations in various ways each month.
The Mobile Banquet is offered the 2nd Thursday of each month from 5:30-6:30pm. A meal is prepared, packaged, and delivered to a different location in Fremont each month. Volunteers are needed to help cook, pack, serve and clean up. Food donations are also needed.
LWR seeks lasting solutions to poverty and injustic and in doing so, compels U.S. Lutheran to put their faith into action. First Lutheran Women help coordinate donations of items for baby care kits, personal care kits, and school kits during the year.
Quilters meet every Wednesday at 1:00pm in the Quilting Room (RM 141). They tie and finish quilts on the third Wednesday of the month. Anyone is welcome for any length of time that they can stay and help. We are always looking for individuals who can cut, color match, tie knots, and more! Quilt squares are available at the Church Office for anyone to take home and sew together a quilt top. The quilts made are distributed through local agencies and Lutheran World Relief. This ministry welcomes donations of fabric and bed sheets to use in making the quilts.
Prayer Shawl Ministry serves as way to wrap love around someone in need of comfort and prayers. The shawls are crocheted or knitted by members and friends of First Lutheran. The shawls receive a blessing before they are sent on their way. Patterns are available for anyone who would like to help with this ministry.
FLC Red Cross Shelter Team members have been trained by the Red Cross to serve our community in the event First Lutheran would be called up to serve as an emergency shelter. Opportunities are available for new members to be a part of the this team. If you are interested, please contact the Church Office.
FLC is partnering with a company called gotsneakers? to recycle athletic shoes. Shoes that are badly worn are shredded and the materials are incorporated into new products. Shoes with some life left in them are redistributed to markets in which they will continue to be worn. AND, the gotsneakers? company pays a small amount for shoes that are sent in, no matter how worn out they are! Proceeds will support Spoudazo.
ACCEPTABLE SHOES: (must be at least 4.5 inches long) Running, Walking, Hiking, Court Shoes, Cleats (rubber only), Casual (such as Skechers and Vans. Any brand is acceptable; they do not need to be name-brand shoes. Please leave all insoles and laces intact. Bring your shoe donations to the church.
NON-ACCEPTABLE SHOES: Boots (except hiking), Dress Shoes, Flip-Flops, Sandals, Slippers, and Water Shoes.
For more information about our Mission & Outreach Ministries,
contact Heidi Richmond at heidir@flcfremont.org or call the Church Office at 402-721-2959.