ALTAR FLOWERS are given to the glory of God by Rogelio and Johnnie Douglas in thanksgiving for God’s richest blessings and in celebration of their 35th wedding anniversary.
A REMINDER OF GOD’S PROVISION AND LOVE The extra bouquet of roses on the altar are from the 140+ roses around our church campus. They are a reminder of God’s eternal love for us.
A KIND REMINDER Please remember that any use of church facilities or equipment requires the approval of the Board of Trustees. This applies to congregational organizational use, personal use and outside organizational use. Facility and Equipment
Request Forms are available from the Information Rack in the Narthex as well as from the Church Administrative Center. Completed requests should be returned to Pastor Schaar.
EMERGENCY CONTACT LIST Please! If you have not yet supplied us with a contact in case of emergency, please stop by the card table in the Narthex today.
RUTH AT SEA For those interested in following the world travels of Ruth Koch during her “Semester at Sea,” you can log onto http://ruthatsea.blogspot.com. In addition, weekly printed copies of Ruth’s weekly blog will be available in limited numbers from the Information Rack in the Church Narthex.
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT Hilda Nichols and Don Mager will be married this coming Saturday at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Arcadia.
THANK YOU! Pastor Schaar thanks everyone who honored him on his birthday with an extra contribution to Historic First Lutheran. Altogether, over $250.00 was collected.
PRAY CONTINUALLY! Please be reminded about our weekly prayer service every Wednesday from 11:30 a.m. to 12 Noon. If you are unable to join us, please spend some personal time in prayer at the same time.
AN AWESOME NEW WEBSITE Thanks to Chad Schmutzer, The Association of Downtown Churches now has its own website. It’s still very much under construction, but check it out at www.downtownlutheranchurches.org.
IS THE TIDE TURNING? Thanks to your generous giving, the month of June became the first month during 2008 where we have actually paid all our bills with a balance afterward. Our deficit was reduced this month by $1,604.00, reducing our deficit year-to-date to $8,982.00. Please continue to help reduce this deficit through your generous financial contributions!
USHERS TAKE NOTE Next week’s service will involve Usher Team #5: Ocilda Files, Rudy Melinat, Lisa Morita and Scott Vila.