Schedule of Events

Tuesday March 2,   

                                                 2 PM WELCA Bible Study

                                                 5 PM worship/Music Meeting Zoom

                                                 7 PM Outreach Meeting Zoom

Wednesday March 3,           1 PM Staff meeting Zoom

                                                 5:30 PM Executive Meeting

                                                 6:30 PM  Lenten Worship on-line

Thursday March 4,                8:30 AM Men's Fellowship Zoom

                                                 10:30 AM Bible Study Zoom

Friday March  5,            Sign-up to attend church by 12

Saturday March 6,              11:00 Memorial Service for Carl Tegtmeier   

Sunday March 7,               10 AM  In-Person Worship with Communion

Monday March 8,                 5 PM Finance meeting Zoom 10 AM  

Tuesday March 9,                6:30 PM Council Meeting Zoom & in-person                                                 

Wednesday March 10,       1 PM Staff Meeting Zoom

                                               6:30 PM Lenten Worship on-line

Thursday March 11,           10:30 AM   Bible Study Zoom  

Friday March 12               Sign- up to attend church by 12

Sunday March 14,         10 AM In-Person Worship with Communion 

                                  Daylight savings time begins Spring Ahead 

Wednesday March 17,    St. Patrick's Day

                                                1 PM Staff Meeting Zoom 

                                                6:30 PM Lenten Worship on-line                                                   

Thursday March 18             10:30 AM Bible Study Zoom

Friday March  19,    Sign-up to attend Worship by 12

Sunday March 21,         10 AM In-Person Worship with Communion

Monday March 22,          Newsletter articles due.

 Wednesday March 24,       10 AM Communion Good Sam

                                                1PM Staff Meeting  Zoom 

                                                6:30 PM Lenten Worship on-line                                             

Thursday March 25,           10:30 Bible Study Zoom

Friday March 26,          Sign-up to attend church by 12

Sunday March 28,          Palm Sunday 10 AM In-Person Worship with Communion

Wednesday March 31        1 PM Staff Meeting Zoom

 Studying the Word - Lenten Study starting Thursday February 17

We will be focusing on hunger and food insecurity during the upcoming Lenten season, with a theme of “You Satisfy the Hungry Heart” in our Lenten Wednesday series, along our daily and weekly use of resources from ELCA World Hunger.

Please consider joining our weekly study on Thursdays at 10:30 via Zoom. The theme of this study will be “What will it take to end hunger?” and is part of the ELCA World Hunger’s “40 Days of Giving” during the Lenten Season. Please contact the church office by phone or email to register, request a copy of the study material, and get additional information.

First Lutheran Church will be holding In-Person Worship Service

Starting February 7, 2021 at 10 AM

The Church Council voted on January 12th to open the church for In-Person Worship. Worship services tentatively start on Sunday February 7th. On-Line Worship services will continue to be provided. The February 7thdate was chosen to allow time to complete the preparation for In-Person Worship. 

The following requirements need to be met to hold In-Person Worship.

1. Covid-19 cases need to remain steady or show a decline from their current level and not rise above our 50/10,000 limit. We should be past the affects of Holiday Travel on new cases by February 7th.

2. We need several volunteers in order to conduct In-Person Worship. Please contact the church office if you are willing to help.

218-864-5686 or email: office@blfirstlutheran.org 

· 1-2 temperature takers

· 3-4 ushers

· Person for the AV room

What In-Person Worship will look like:

· Social distancing in place

· Masks are required

· Minimal to no congregational speaking parts or Congregational singing

· Attendance capacity for Worship is 75, for this phase of our preparedness plan

A walk-through video regarding In-Person Worship will be shared online.

Please sign -up for Sunday worship by calling or emailing the church office by noon Friday February 5thfor the Service on Sunday the 7th.

218-864-5686 or office@blfirstlutheran.org 

Please see the following page for the Resolution regarding Resumption of 

In-Person Worship.

Our preparedness plan is on the church website.

God’s Peace, 

Mike Youngblood Bill Taylor Rev. Bradley J. Skogen

Council President Pandemic Team Pastor

“Bringing the Hope we share in Christ to others” 

Resolution Regarding Resumption of In-Person Worship

The Council of First Lutheran Church of Battle Lake hereby resolves that it will resume in-person worship as of February 7, 2021.

Consistent with our calling to love and care for one another and for the health of our neighbors, any person attending in-person worship (including weddings and funerals) or other church activities must (1) sign-in providing their name and phone number, (2) wear a mask at all times, and (3) maintain social distancing.

Those who are ill, have tested positive for COVID-19, or who are in vulnerable populations should refrain from attending in-person worship or other church activities. Persons exposed to COVID-19, or who have previously tested positive for COVID-19, must refrain from attending in-person worship or other church activities until at least 14 days after or they have tested negative for the presence of the virus. 

Persons who choose to attend in-person worship or other church activities agree to inform the church promptly if they learn they have tested positive for COVID-19 or have been exposed to COVID-19. Notice of COVID-19 exposure should be made by calling the church office at 218 864-5686 or email office@blfirstlutheran.organd should inform us of the relevant date(s) of in-person church attendance.

The church will then make appropriate anonymousnotifications to others who may have been in attendance on the same date, so they may take appropriate steps to protect their health and safety. (The church could assist public health authorities with lists of contacts to help with tracing and will assist them in any efforts to undertake contact tracing if requested.)

This action should not be considered as a substitution for the individuals own responsibility to contact public health officials for more detailed contract tracing.

As a graduating senior and an active member of First Lutheran Church, you are eligible to apply for the First Lutheran Church Scholarship. The Men's Fellowship scholarship program has merged with the First Lutheran scholarship program making a single program.

Eligibility is determined by  1) Church participation 2) scholarship

Scholarship packets can be picked up at the church office after March 1st or you can 

call 864-5686 or email the church office@blfirstlutheran.org and they will mail you a scholarship packet. All completed applications and Letters of Reference are due back to First Lutheran by April 15, 2021

If you would like to order an Easter Lily "In Honor" or "In Memory" of your loved ones, please call or email the church office  218-864-5686 or office@blfirstlutheran.org by March 10.

The cost of the Lily is $15. You can send a check payable to First Lutheran and in the memo line write "Easter Lily" to the church. Any questions call Julie Taylor at 916-847-2106

Thank You 

Alter Guild