"First
Lutheran Church - Putting Christ First"

The mission of
First Evangelical Lutheran Church shall be to put Christ first in all things.
DATE
CHANGE – PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
Our
upcoming Special Congregation Meeting has been rescheduled for
Tuesday, September 7, 2010, at 7:00pm.
(The
church council made this change to coordinate better
with
the synod council’s meeting schedule.)
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PASTOR'S LETTER TO THE CONGREGATION

Dear Friends:
Belonging
to Christ is a great blessing. And it brings blessings, not only to those who
belong to Him,
but to everyone nearby them. After all, if you are close to Christ, then
anyone who is close to you
can’t help but be close to Christ too.
Belonging to Christ won’t automatically make you a good speaker. It won’t
mean you’ll know everything. And it
won’t mean your faith will be unfailingly strong at all times. But it will
mean that when you do speak, you will be worth
listening to. It will mean that you will know what is most important. And
it will mean your faith, whatever its strength,
will bring life to you and others. Why? Because belonging to Christ, you
will know love.
St. Paul
says it so well in First Corinthians. Being a good speaker, having lots of
knowledge, even having a strong faith -
these qualities, as admirable as they are, are worthless if love is missing. But
in the one in whom the love of
Jesus Christ dwells, these qualities are a gift: a gift to the neighbor, and a
gift to the world.
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