The First Lutheran Women (WELCA) winter supper will be on Wednesday, February 1, serving barbecue meatballs, scalloped potatoes, beans, salad bar, and assorted desserts from 4:00 to 6:30 for a free will offering.  Everyone is most welcome.

Rehearsals of an area choir to present a Palm Sunday cantata on April 1 will begin on Sunday, Feb. 19, at 4:00 at First Lutheran Church under the direction of Kathy Englund and accompanied by Kirstin Olson.  All singers from all area churches are welcome to join the choir in presenting the message of Christ’s death and resurrection.

The women of First Lutheran Church will meet for brunch, Bible study, and the quarterly general meeting of the WELCA on Saturday, January 14, at 9:00 a.m.  The officers will be serving the brunch.  The pastor will lead the Bible study.  The general meeting will review events of the fall and winter.  If you have not picked up your 2012 yearbook, please do so soon and look it over in preparation for the meeting.  The Faith Circle will meet as usual on the fourth Friday of the month at 2:00 at The Meadows.

Sunday School sessions will resume on January 8 after the Christmas-New Years break.  There will be no Sunday School on New Year's Day, January 1.  Please note that Sunday School will be at 9:30 a.m. on January 22 to accomodate the annual meeting of the congregation that Sunday.

 ANNUAL MEETINGS

Sunday, January 22, at First

Sunday, January 29, at Eidsvold

The annual meeting of First Lutheran Church will be on Sunday, January 22, at approximately 1:00 p.m.  There will be the usual election of council members and adoption of the 2012 budget, but added to the agenda this year is a discussion about roofing the church possibly in 2012 and calling an intern possibly for 2012-2013 with the Lake Bronson and Lancaster parishes.  The annual report booklet on 2011 will be available one week before the meeting, that is, on January 15 with more details on these subjects.  A dinner will be served at noon on January 22 by the New Orleans bound youth who request a donation for the meal to help them get to the 2012 national youth gathering.

The annual meeting of Eidsvold Lutheran Church will be held on Sunday, January 29, at about 1:00 p.m.   There will be a congregational potluck dinner at noon with the meeting started when the dinner is done.  In addition to the election of council and committee members and the adoption of the 2012 budget, there will be discussion of the proposal to call an intern for 2012-2013 with the Lancaster and Lake Bronson parishes.  The annual report on 2011 will be available one week prior to the meeting, which would be on January 22.  It will have more information on the internship proposal as well as the usual reports.

Reports from officers of all organizations in the congregations are needed as soon as possible for the annual report booklets on 2011.  They can be mailed, emailed, or dropped off at the office.  Deadline for First is January 11.  Deadline for Eidsvold is January 18.