Worship

Chancel Choir, Sharmyn Thompson

Provides music for worship on Sundays, Holy Week, Christmas Pageant, Christmas Eve, and other special music opportunities.

Worship Team, Sharon Gray

Provides music for early morning Sunday worship.

South Sudanese Worship, Philip Alier Deng

Provides worship in Dinka for Sudanese.

Altar Guild, Ann Newman

Oversees maintaining altar paraments and furnishings; provides visual seasonal displays.

Ushers, Misty Coyle

The usher team at First Lutheran Church fills an important role. They are involved in directing attendees to their seats, ensuring the safety of the building during services, guiding traffic, helping visitors, answering questions, providing direction, unlocking doors, locking doors, and generally ensuring that the service can proceed problem-free. The usher team is a servant-hearted group of men and women whose ministry is integral to church life.  If you would like to join the Usher team, please contact Misty through here.

Lectors and Communion Assistants, Misty Coyle

Reading the Word of God; being led in a prayer for the whole church and all the people in the world; and serving a sacrament to the children of God are very important elements of worship.  Please let the office know, here, if you would like to be added to the schedule to read and/or assist with communion service.

Media & Technology, Misty Coyle

Using media to spread the gospel is a privilege of First Lutheran Church. In an age of widespread technology, we have a stewardship to use these tools as best as possible for kingdom purposes.  Along with our website, we also maintain an active Facebook  for additional church communication.  

Service

Project Hope

Provides funeral dinners for families and friends on the day of the funeral.

Open Door Food Kitchen

Serves meals to the community 6 Saturdays a year at the Open Door Food Kitchen.

Thrivent, Cody Vaughn

Provides Thrivent Action Grants, financial education resources and workshops for the congregation and community.

Sunday Community Dinner,  Pastor Roger Lenander, Carolyn Pearl

Monthly Community Fellowship Dinner for people in shelters, group homes, and the neighborhood.

Imagine Eleven, Pastor Roger Lenander

A summer community concert series organized by First Lutheran and led by community volunteers in St. Joseph.

Faith In Action, Nadienne J. Hoffman, Director

Volunteers provide assistance with transportation, cleaning, respite, and conversation to shut-ins in the community.

The Crossing, Dan Gach

Outreach to people in poverty to guide them in strengthening their work skills in the community.

8th Street Drop In Center

The Drop In Center provides case workers, showers, laundry, and referral services for people living in poverty.  Volunteers work as hospitality volunteers.

Carden Park Elementary

As a business partner to this neighborhood school, we help to provide volunteers for student events through out the school year.

Food For Kids

Partnering with Sheila Gilbert in providing daily lunches to over a hundred children in the neighborhood and community through the summer months.

Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Eugene Lickenbrock and Misty Coyle

Providing leadership development, life skills, teamwork, and healthy relationships with youth and adults.  

Personal Development

Prayer Chain, Misty Coyle

"Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ" Galatians 6:2
Take the burdens of other people to the Lord in prayer.
Prayer is the place of admitting our need and the needs of others, of adopting humility, and acknowledging our dependence upon God. Prayer is the needful practice of all peoples from all over the world. Prayer is the exercise of faith and hope. If you have a prayer request or would like to participate in the Prayer Chain, please contact the office through here.   

Support Groups

**None at this time.**