Gathering: Wednesdays (February 18 – March 25) for fellowship and worship

  • 11:00 am Soup & Pie Meal in Fellowship Hall
  • Noon Worship with Classic Hymns
  • 6:00 pm Holden Evening Prayer Service

This year’s Lenten Offering is designated for Wells for Malawi, building a sustainable water supply in our companion synod in Africa.

First Lutheran Lent Devotions

Devotion 2/26/26

February 26, 2026 Sometimes you just need to look away. Ever feel that way? You just need to look in a direction that you see no people, nothing human made, just nature? Psalm 121 begins with: “I turn my eyes to the hills. From where will my help come?” I think it is a common…

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Devotion 2/25/26

February 25, 2026 One of the biggest A-Ha moments in my life was taking Hebrew in college and learning that the name for God is untranslatable. The word for God in Hebrew is a verb form. We are hopelessly stuck in the nouns. A noun is a person, place or thing we were all taught. …

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Devotion 2/24/26

February 24, 2026 It was a common saying once whose meaning everyone understood. It was as common as Curiosity killed the cat and a penny saved is a penny earned. It was Remember Lot’s Wife. The story of Lot’s wife is early in Genesis when God decides Sodom and Gomorrah have to go but the…

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Devotions 2/23/26

When Elijah was about to die and be taken away he asked his young apprentice, Elisha, what he could do for him. Elisha said that he wanted a double share of Elijah’s spirit. Elijah said that it was a tough ask but if Elisha watched him be whisked away Elisha would be granted his request. …

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Devotion – 2/21/26

This weekend in worship Jesus will be tempted in the wilderness. His temptation will be to think solely about himself. The tempter is looking for where Jesus feels most vulnerable. Does Jesus worry about food? Is Jesus desperate for attention? Does Jesus feel vulnerable unless he has power? The tempter is looking for an angle…

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Devotion 2/20/26

Friday, February 20, 2026 I am not a Cordon Bleu Chef, nor am I an alchemist, but every now and then I make something to eat that is absolutely fantastic. How do I do it? I obey the recipe and the instructions. I do exactly what they tell me to do, with the right measurements,…

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