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 3/13/26

March 13, 2026 The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living noted five characteristics of people who lived relatively well-adjusted. And they dovetail with Christianity quite nicely. The fifth of the characteristics is Forgiveness. Forgiveness should never be confused with forgetting – some things are impossible to forget. Forgiveness does not mean saying that what the…

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Devotion 3/12/26

March 12, 2026 The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living noted five characteristics of people who lived relatively well-adjusted. And they dovetail with Christianity quite nicely. The fourth of the characteristics is Higher Meaning. Higher Meaning is interpreting your experiences in such a way that they become an asset. Grieving can make you a compassionate…

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Devotion 3/11/26

March 11, 2026 The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living noted five characteristics of people who lived relatively well-adjusted. And they dovetail with Christianity quite nicely. The third of the characteristics is Acceptance. Acceptance is simply living honestly in reality. Only by accepting reality can we deal with it. If it is 20 below outside…

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Devotion 3/10/26

March 10, 2026 The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living noted five characteristics of people who lived relatively well-adjusted. And they dovetail with Christianity quite nicely. The second of the characteristics is Compassion. Compassion is simply the acknowledgment that other people have feelings and experiences. Compassion understands that others also experience loss and grief, joy…

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Devotion 3/9/26

March 9, 2026 The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living noted five characteristics of people who lived relatively well-adjusted. And they dovetail with Christianity quite nicely. One of the characteristics is Gratitude. Simply living as thankful helps us to appreciate life and treat it as a gift. The opposite of being grateful is a two…

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Devotion 3/7/26

March 7, 2026 The Gospel for this weekend is the Story of the Woman at the Well from JOHN. If one were to start a Church revival one would probably not say, “I think we should look for women who can’t stay married and who are rejected by their own community as our lead evangelists.” …

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