Raising Up Families and Followers of Jesus Christ
NOTES, NEWS & EVENTS
STREAMING SERVICES
We currently offer streaming of our worship services via a service called RESI. It provides a significantly more stable video stream, and we pray that it will prevent many of the issues that we have been encountering — freezing video, audio clipping, etc. On the 5th we invite you to go to https://faithlutheranlacey.online.church in order to join in worship at Faith Lutheran. As you join, you do not have to create an account. You should see an interface that shows a black box for watching the live stream. There will also be a side bar where you can select a built-in Bible, any notes for the service, and a schedule for upcoming live streams. In the future there will be a place to chat with other online worship attenders.
GATHER & GROW HOUR
The Gather & Grow hour is designed as a learning time for adults and children between Sunday morning worship services.
CHILDREN'S SUNDAY SCHOOL
Sunday School is open for children ages 3 – high school. We gather in the church at 9:30am. Join us weekly!
ADULT CLASS OPTIONS
The Acts of the Apostles—Luke’s sequel to his gospel is all about foundations.
Sundays @ 9:30 in the Cypress room.
Luke begins just after Christ’s Resurrection and follows the development of the church for just over thirty years. About half of the book follows Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles, appropriate as the Christian Church did not remain within the Jewish race or the Jewish race.
We’ll follow Luke’s narrative always looking toward who the beginnings of our history suggests we are, who we should be.
The study will run nine sessions, through January 18.
SANCTUARY PROJECT
We have begun a three-month capital campaign to raise $150,000 for the renovation of our sanctuary. If you were not able to attend any of our information meetings, please take a moment to see our vision board and follow the goal board in the Fellowship Hall.
You may donate to the project by using the Breeze offering link and selecting "Sanctuary Project", by writing "Sanctuary Project" on the memo line of your check, using the color envelopes in your pew, designating Thrivent Choice Dollars, Required Minimum Distributions (RMD’s) or Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD’s).
Detailed information on this project is laid out in the December newsletter. Financial questions may be directed to Jenn Bache, j.bache@flschool.org or the church office. Project questions may be addressed with Matt Koehler.
We will keep you posted on this exciting project!
THRIVENT CHOICE DOLLARS
If you are a Thrivent account holder, you can regularly direct Choice dollars to Faith Lutheran Church and Faith Lutheran School. While the amount may not be great, the impact of your giving always is. Visit Thrivent.com for additional information.
Also, Thrivent members are eligible to join Thrivent Action Teams which can get seed money towards fund-raising for any number of projects, including scholarships, silent auctions (like Faith’s annual auction), or raising money for school supplies. If you are a Thrivent member and are interested, contact Michael Kramer (michael_kramer@sbcglobal.net).
3M'S BIBLE STUDY
The 3M’s (More Mature Members), a group designed for seniors 55+, meet in the Community Center Cedar room weekly on Thursdays at 10:00am for an hour and a half to share in fellowship and study God's Word.
Occasionally, trips and traditions take us off campus. For more information, contact Jim Nordness or leave a note in his church mailbox. You may also call the church office at 360-491-3552.
MONTHLY PINOCHLE MEETING
If you play Pinochle, please plan to join us on the 3rd Thursday of every month. We bring a bit of something to share with the group to eat, this starts around noon, and the playing starts around 12:30. If you do not know how to play, please do not let that stop you. We can teach you. It is a lot of fun, and we are normally finished by 2:00.
Join us January 15!
WIGGLE CHURCH
The evening begins at 5:15 with a free kid friendly dinner followed by play time and a brief but fun worship experience concluding at 6:30. No need to RSVP, just bring the kiddos and enjoy the fellowship! Public is welcome so invite your friends & neighbors!
We'll see you January 8 & 22.
CARE WARRIORS
Meeting needs through sponsorship to Faith’s members who are sick, grieving or homebound. Please connect with the church office, faithlutheranlacey360@gmail.com or 360-491-3552 to get involved in an effort to keep these friends connected and feeling they are still a part of Faith’s community.
PRAYER CHAIN
If you would like to be a part of the Faith Lutheran Prayer Chain, please let the church office know. Prayer requests should be sent to Holly Carr, 253.533.0022 or teecarr5@gmail.com. Immediate prayers should be texted.
ALTAR FLOWERS
Would you like to dedicate Altar flowers for a birthday, anniverary, in memory of, or other special occasion? We now have a flower calendar in the Fellowship Hall where you can sign up! You may also email the church office at faithlutheranlacey360@gmail.com. Please have your flowers to the church Friday before 3:00 pm or Saturday morning before 11:00 am.
CHILDREN'S RESOURCE
A wonderful resource to help your child understand the what, how and why of Lutheran worship is now available through LCMS called “Kids in the Divine Service”. Visit lcms.org/worship/youth-in-worship to see what is available. This is also a great resource for anyone who may be new to the Lutheran faith.
CHRISTIAN RADIO
Faith comes by hearing and you can hear the sung and spoken Word on many radio stations. Program in a Christian radio station that suits you and your family. You never know when God may use just the right message for just the right time.
On the FM dial, check out 88.1 Air1, 90.5 KACS, 98.5 & 104.5 K Love and Spirit 105.3
Stream online
https://www.air1.com/listen/player ,
https://www.air1.com/listen/christmas
https://www.kacs.org/listen-live
http://www.klove.com/listen/player.aspx