This Weekend
5:00 PM Saturday Traditional Worship
9:30-10:45 AM KidZone and Pre-School Sunday School
8:00 AM Traditional Worship
9:30 AM Traditional Worship & Adult Education
11 AM Contemporary Worship
Pastor Craig will be preaching this coming weekend.
Reminder
We’ll continue to take orders for Super Bowl Pizzas this weekend! This is a fundraiser for the FLY group as they prepare to return to New Orleans this summer for the National Youth Gathering. Order yours this weekend and pick them up on February 4th and 5th! Cost is just $10 per pizza.
New Members Orientation—There will be a New Members Orientation THIS Saturday, January 28 from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. Childcare can be provided if we are notified in advance. If you are interested in learning more about life at First Lutheran Church please contact Barb Hanson at 365-1494 x 270 or e-mail her at barbh@firstlutherancr.org
T.G.I.F. continues, despite the snowy weather! We are still looking for volunteers to bring baked goods for the construction workers next door. We need about 10 dozen cookies/bars/mini-muffins by 9 a.m. Friday mornings each week to feed our new neighbors. Are you willing to brave the cold for a few minutes to deliver the goodies? Sign-up to plate the goodies and walk them over to the trailers in the parking lot next door from 9:15-9:45 each Friday morning. Everyone over there is so appreciative of our generosity. Thank you to all who have given in the past!
A Gentle Reminder…parking continues to be a challenge for us on Sundays, especially for the 9:30 service. For the younger set among us, could we ask that you drop the family off at the drive through and then head over to the Linn Community Cares lot just a block up on 3rd Ave? There are always plenty of parking spaces there and this would give our seniors and others with mobility issues to access the closer lots. Thanks! When the new building is completed we’ll have over 900 parking spaces available to us!
New Books in the Youth Library. Come and see! We have new items for you to check out on the back shelf of the youth library. Read a new book to your kids this week!
The Reading Bee has a new book to read! It is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. The front cover explains, “Doctors took her cells without asking. Those cells never died. They launched a medical revolution and a multimillion-dollar industry. More than twenty years later, her children found out. Their lives would never be the same.” We’ll discuss the book Sunday, January 29th at 11:00 in Room 315.
The Flower Chart for 2012 is available. Please consider celebrating a milestone or honoring a loved one in this very special way. The bouquet(s) may be taken home after the 11:00 service. Each bouquet costs $17.12 and you will be billed directly by Piersons
Community Reminder
Please consider donating some food items for the Mission of Hope Meal on January 26th. We still need lots of items to put the meal together…and there is always a need for cookies or a cake to provide a sweet treat at the end of the meal.
Please remember that we are continually collecting food in our shopping cart for area food pantries. This is an especially important time of year to keep our area pantries full. Check the ads and bring in a few extra items!
Winter Weather Cancellations- It is our policy to cancel Confirmation and children’s choir rehearsal on Wednesdays if Cedar Rapids schools are closed or dismiss early due to weather. All other groups, events or services, will meet as scheduled. Use your best judgment. If you don’t feel safe going out in inclement weather, stay home. We understand, and so does God. If there are additional cancellations, we will also post them at the top of our website, or you can call the church office to be updated.
The First Lutheran Spotlight is prepared for you by Vicki Hughes and distributed through Barb Hanson’s email network. If you would like to make suggestions for items to be included please feel free to e-mail Vicki at vickih@firstlutherancr.org. If you would like to unsubscribe please contact Barb at barbh@firstlutherancr.org. Thanks!
