GIVE
If you wish to make a gift now, you may do so via PayPal (no PayPal account required; all credit cards accepted):
First Lutheran’s Endowment Fund is a way to support FLC in a more permanent way. Contact a pastor for more information.
Each month, we lift up a ministry partner as the Called to Care recipient. For this month’s recipient and more information, see here.
Thoughts and information about why and how we give can be found here.
PLEDGE FOR 2024
Through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
-Revelations 22:2
For First Lutheran’s intergenerational event in honor of Earth Day, we toured the church grounds and learned about the importance of trees to the health of our community and to our world. We identified the Coast Redwood and Coast Live Oak which are native to California. Others are native to Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Africa. Years ago, these trees came together and have grown together.
More than 100 years ago, Swedish immigrants gathered together and planted the seeds for First Lutheran Church. We have welcomed members from near and far, worshipped together, pursued exciting opportunities, and grown together.
We met challenges with the onset of the pandemic and grew stronger in many ways, including:
- adapting to a hybrid worship format
- introducing creative music collaborations including a pickup choir and congregational prelude “sing along”
- participating in events for intergenerational sharing and service
- reaching out to neighbors including Rios de Agua Viva, St. Elizabeth Seton School, East Palo Alto, and immigrant friends.
As we embark on our 2024 Stewardship Campaign, we invite you to plant seeds and share your gifts for FLC’s future—financially, and with your time, talent and prayers.
Please mark your calendars for Commitment Sunday, November 5, 2023.
