Christeens began in 1964. It was started for the young girls of our congregation and that is how the name was chosen, Christ-in-teens. Each girl was assigned to a resident at Parkview Nursing Home, whom they were to visit once a week and do errands for them, read to them,… Read More »Christeens (1965-1971)
Pastor Denise Fossen will be away this upcoming week continuing education. She’ll be gone from 5/15 through 5/21. You can call Ranet Schmeichel at (320) 760-0266 while Pastor is away. And The Right Reverend Bishop Craig Anderson, Ph.D. will lead our next service on May 21st.
We pray for God’s comfort for the family of Rick Anderson who passed away on Thursday, May 4th, 2023. His funeral will be held at First English on May 9th at 11:00 am with a visitation beforehand at 10:00 am. Here is his obituary from Mundwiler’s website: Richard “The Pumper”… Read More »May God Comfort Rick Anderson’s Family
Special Notes: May 7th is our Senior Recognition Service. We will recognizing Julia Wiik and there will be cake afterwards during fellowship. On Tuesday, May 9th, there will be a visitation and funeral for Rick Anderson. May 14th is our Mother’s Day service.
The Church Council will meet May 8th at 7:00 pm. in the Fellowship Hall to discuss the following.
On May 4, 2023, join thousands of intercessors across our nation as we pray for America on National Day of Prayer. This is the 72nd annual observance of the National Day of Prayer which began in 1952 by a joint act of Congress. In 1988 that law was amended, designating… Read More »National Day of Prayer 2023
First English Lutheran Church has taken bus trips to a Twins game in the past and it’s a nice inter-generational community building activity. We would like to know if you would be interested in going to see the Minnesota Twins with us. There will be paper survey forms in the bulletin this Sunday.… Read More »Interested in a Minnesota Twins Game?
At the Sunday, April 23rd worship service at First English Lutheran Church, five Dignity Quilts were blessed. These quilts were sewn by members of the Day of Love. On Tuesday, April 25th, at our Day of Love gathering, the quilts were presented to Stephanie Haukos and Misty Wittnebel, both of… Read More »Sharing of Love, Dignity, & Respect