Churches United Holiday giving

Quilts Made and Disbursed 2021 to 2022

11/7 Pastor Brad    1

11/11 Food Shelf    20

11/11 Lutheran Social Services   10

11/11 Homeless in Fargo   15

3/10 Mexico     2

5/30 Individuals    5

3/28 Prom     2

5/30 Sold     8

Seniors     4

Outreach    1

Lutheran World Relief   61  Total given out    129

4 Teddy Bears and 1 Dog sold with quilts In Bee Hive.

Great job Gals

  A big shout-out thank you to the counselors from Luther Crest that spent the week here with our kids for Day Camp.  The quietness was gone for sure but the kids had a great time learning new songs and acting out the bible stores.  Pastor Doug and Pastor Tammy did a great job fishing where God told them to fish.

 Our little library is a gift to the children who live near or visit Battle Lake, a resort community.  It only contains kids' books and will at times include card games or board games.  Its purpose is the same as any library: to encourage reading!  It was built by members of our church and decorated by 5th and 6th graders in our WAFL program. (Wednesdays at First Lutheran).  Come and check it out.  If you want to donate to this, please feel free. 

Wednesday At First Lutheran

  We welcome children Pre-K through 6th grade to come and  join us for our Wednesday after-school Program.

We promote Faith Formation through music, Bible lessons, fun activities & fellowship. 

After school snack is provided.

WAFL Students also participate in monthly service project that ranges from local charities to global missions. This month we filled bags with toiletries and socks and had blankets donated to go to the homeless shelters and we also raised money with our noisy offering to go to a "Water Work" project  to help other countries to get clean water that has not been available to them before.

First Lutheran Men’s Fellowship meets at 8:30 AM on the first Thursday of the month at the Lake Cafe.  Battle Lake. Men of the congregation are invited for fellowship and Bible Study.  The Men’s Fellowship supports several projects: food shelf, Lutheran Social Service, Ronald McDonald House, and the Salvation Army.  The men serve an annual breakfast, collect aluminum cans, and participate in area functions: Such as our annual Brat Stand at the Arts in The Park Day.  We are also working on our Christmas Gift Baskets for needy families working with our schools.  Gift cards will be given to be used at the local grocery store. Donations are welcome to help with the costs of these.  Thank you all for your support in helping our ministries!

WELCA stands for Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.  Women who are members of the congregation are automatically welcome as members of this group.  WELCA is organized into circles for Bible study and fellowship.  The circles meet either in homes or at the church the second week of the month.  Twice a year all circles meet for the introduction of the yearly Bible Study and for a guest speaker.  WELCA hosts a yearly Fall Festival, salad luncheon, and financially supports many local and area organizations.  

The council governs the activities of the church.  It's made up of volunteers including a president, treasurer and secretary.  Each board member also is involved in the leadership of the other mentioned Ministries.

One of the many projects the Outreach committee works on is the cleaning up of Sand Bay Park and beach.  Lots of cleanup the year with the storms and all did a great job.

We also have a pork feed during the year for the community and this year we also hosted the Habitat for Humanity Bike run as a rest and refresh area for the bikers.

Activities at First Lutheran Church in Battle Lake could not be possible without volunteer opportunities.  We have many committees who help with specific needs.  Some of these include:

Altar Guild

Faith Formation

Outreach

Finance

Health

Property

Worship & Music