INSIDE: Connecting with the Gospel of Mark • OWLs Events • Warming Center

INSIDE: Daylight Savings Ends this Saturday • All Saints Sunday • Christmas Events Insert

On First Fest Sunday, back in September, First Lutheran tried something new (to us). The idea was to invite every kid and every adult into a Faith Web. On poster paper, we drew five lines. On the top went the name of a child who, in 2024, plans to experience a faith formation event by attending a Christian camp, our middle school mission trip to Rapid City, SD, or the ELCA Youth Gathering to New Orleans. On the next line down goes the name of the child’s family. That family is “supporting household #1” for that child. There is space under that first supporting household for three more. Each supporting household commits to connecting with that child in whatever way(s) they choose. It could be as simple as getting to know each other’s name, keeping the child in prayer and perhaps receiving a note of thanks at some point after the faith formation experience. The ‘thanks’ is for the other big commitment made by each supporting household: $300 toward their faith formation experience…

INSIDE: Faith Webs • The Gospel of Mark • All Saints Worship • Ecumenical Thanksgiving Eve Worship • Christmas Events Insert

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INSIDE: Confirmation Sunday • All Saints Worship • Butter Braid Orders Due this Sunday

INSIDE: Meet Your Faith Web (2nd Chance) • Parents’ Night Out • Fall Festival

INSIDE: Meet Your Faith Web • Monday Meal @ Trinity • Jazz Worship on Wed

INSIDE: Sunday School & Outdoor Worship @ Sugar Creek • Faith Webs (Supporting Youth) • Reg Deadline for Gathering extended to THIS SUNDAY, Oct. 8

INSIDE: Cottage Meeting on Sunday • Building Community—Supporting Youth • Play Days @ Sugar Creek

INSIDE: Cottage Meeting • Parents’ Night Out • Supporting Youth

INSIDE: Rachel Kurtz Concert • Changes in Worship Times • First Fest

Embracing the Wilderness. This is the “theme” of my sabbatical this year. I am so thankful for this time away to spend intentional time in the “wilderness” (literal and figurative) to more deeply connect to my self and my passions so that I can navigate the next five years with integrity, joy and strength.

INSIDE: A Night with Rachel Kurtz, First Fest, Play Days @ Sugar Creek

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