INSIDE: Blessings to Our Graduates, and LWR Personal Care Kits

INSIDE: Volunteer Appreciation Picnic, Summer Events, Summer Worship Time Changes

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INSIDE: Outdoor worship at 10:30am this Sunday, Upcoming Worship Changes

INSIDE: Outdoor worship at 10:30am this Sunday, Confirmation Part 2!, Upcoming Worship Changes

INSIDE: OWLs “Potluck” In-Person, Grief Support Group, Blood Drive, Worship Changes

INSIDE: No registration required, Outdoor Worship, Affirmation Sunday,

The Mabel Anderson Scholarship was established from a generous bequest received from the estate of Mabel Anderson between 1989 in memory of her parents, Peder and Johanna Anderson. It was Mabel’s wish that this monetary gift would enable further growth of our church, its ministries and stewardship within the community.

First Lutheran is cautiously returning to gatherings. Worship continues to be offered three ways: indoors and live streamed Sundays @ 8:00 and Wednesdays @ 6:15. Sundays at 10:30 are a mixture of inside and outside. Small groups are feeling more comfortable, too, as more and more of our members are reaching ‘fully vaccinated’ status.

Easter is messy, the Spirit said as I was working on the backdrop for Easter. It was the day before Easter, the sermon had been written and there she was: Easter is messy.

INSIDE: Summer Events Insert, Confirmation Sundays, Blood Drive, Amplifying the Voices of Black Youth in La Crosse

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INSIDE: No registration required for Sunday worship, Preschool Springfest Fundraiser THIS Sunday, Sunshine Boys & Girls starting back up

INSIDE: Chicken Dinner, OWLs Watch Party, Nursery Now Open on Sundays

INSIDE: Outdoor Worship at 10:30am, New Members, Chicken Dinner

INSIDE: 4K Faith Building Block, Faith Alive! U: Who Are the Hungry?

Below are the comments I made Mar. 14 as worship began indoors, in-person for the first time in a year. A number of people asked if I’d share them in print. Thank God for the newsletter!

March 14, 2021:

52 Sundays ago, exactly a year ago tomorrow, we were among the first church families in the area to cancel worship in response to COVID-19. It was a difficult decision.

“I can’t wait for Easter!”

I have heard some form of this comment from several corners of my world. This deep need for the resurrection story. It feels as if the world has been in the tomb and resurrection day is nearly here. I too feel it in myself, in my body, this need for the resurrection story. Some days it feels like my bones are jumping around, eager to be free of their confinement, or maybe that is my spirit longing for days when being free felt differently.