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The future of Faith Lutheran Church will affect the extent to which we can witness to God’s work among us and in the world.
Sermon (September 20, 2015): The Future of Faith
Sunday, September 13 is the ELCA’s “God’s work. Our hands.” Sunday. This year, Faith will be using our hands to help refugees and immigrants in our community. Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area works in partnership with the U.S. State Department to welcome and resettle refugees from around the world, including Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and West Africa. These refugees have had to flee their homeland, leaving all their belongings behind.
Faith will be supporting LSS by assembling welcome kits for newly arrived refugees on Sunday, September 13. These kits will go directly to refugees in our area. Right up through the day of the service project, we will be collecting new or “gently loved” items for the welcome kits. A box labeled “LSS” is in the Fellowship Hall, or you can deliver items to the church office.
Want to do even more? Volunteer at an immigration legal clinic on Tuesday, September 15. Learn more!
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God’s presence comes to us through ordinary human experiences.
Sermon (August 30, 2015): Love, Actually
Accompanying scripture references:
Song of Solomon 2:8 – 13, Mark 7:1 – 8, 14 – 15, 21 – 23
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Sermon (August 23, 2015): Do You Also Want to Leave?
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Secrets hurt us in so many ways. Jesus gives us the courage to see and speak the truth.
Sermon (August 16, 2015): Secrets
Accompanying Gospel text: Matthew 10:24 – 33
We all want to feel comfortable going home, but pain and misunderstanding can make that difficult. The Gospel shows us the way of grace and repentance that makes homecoming possible.
Sermon (August 9, 2015): Coming Home
Accompanying Gospel text: Luke 15:1 – 3, 11b – 32
It is sometimes said that Lutherans have three sacraments: baptism, holy communion and coffee hour!
Of course, coffee hour isn’t really considered a sacrament (even if the treats are DIVINE!), but it is a well-loved tradition at Faith Lutheran Church, and, like all good traditions, it takes dedication from volunteers to carry on the legacy.
Coffee hour volunteers work in “shifts” on Sunday mornings to brew coffee, replenish snacks between services and clean up the kitchen after the last service lets out. Snack Fairies provide treats (baked goods, fruit, trail mix, etc.), which can be dropped off any time that the church is open.
If you’d like to help, please log into your Church Community Builder account and request to join the group “Coffee Crew.”
Don’t have an account yet? Contact the Church Office to send you an activation email.
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We’re taking the kids to the SonRise National Park, located right here in the Faith Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall! As kids explore SonRise National Park, they’ll learn the most important survival skill of all: they can always depend on Jesus and His promises of true peace, true riches, true power, true love and true hope. At SonRise National Park, kids will learn to trust Jesus as their all-powerful guide and Savior!
VBS is for kids ages 3 1/2 (and potty-trained) – 10.
Parents, why wait until next week to learn the music? You can listen to the songs right here!
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Sermon (May 10, 2015): Abide in God’s Love
You are the one Jesus loves. God’s grace is always with you. As one of God’s children, you are not alone.
Accompanying Gospel text: John 15:9 – 17
Saturday, April 4
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50Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph, who, though a member of the council, 51had not agreed to their plan and action. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and he was waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God. 52This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid it in a rock-hewn tomb where no one had ever been laid. 54It was the day of Preparation, and the sabbath was beginning. 55The women who had come with him from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid.
Prayer
Lord Jesus, Lord of life, you emptied yourself for us: be with those who feel empty and worthless in the world’s eyes. You were laid in a cold, dark tomb and hidden from sight: be with all who suffer and die in secret, hidden from the eyes of the world. To you, Jesus, your still body sealed in a tomb, be honor and glory with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.
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