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Highlights
Picnic in the Park July 11
This week at FLC
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8:30a Adult Forum
9:30a Worship - 8 Pentecost (Pr 9) Lessons
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| Tue Jul 8, 2008
7:00p Council Meeting - Fellowship Hall
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| Fri Jul 11, 2008
Picnic in the Park
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| Sat Jul 12, 2008
2:00p Open House marriage celebration 2 - 6 p.m. at home of Dori Shimer & Phyllis Chrisman
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| Sun Jul 13, 2008
8:30a Adult Forum
9:30a Worship - 9 Pentecost (Pr 10) Lessons
2:00p Memorial Service for Peggy Christiansen
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Complete Calendar
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Come Worship With Us
Karan Barich paints the stairwell, June 2008
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Mission.
As a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, we are called to reach out to persons with the Gospel, to nourish individual and corporate faith through word and sacrament, learning and fellowship, and to express Christ's love in meeting human need. In fulfillment of this calling we commit ourselves to action.
Word and Sacrament. First Lutheran offers
a musically rich, liturgical worship experience. We celebrate Holy Communion every Sunday and on many festivals throughout the year, in accordance with the ELCA statement The Use of the Means of Grace. We are a member of the Sierra-Pacific Synod.
Sunday Worship
Summer Worship: July - August, 2008
A Reconciling-in-Christ
congregation. First Lutheran Church is one of over 300 congregations
in the United States that has declared that lesbian and gay people are
equally welcome to join fully in the worship and life of this Christ-centered
community.
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1920: |
The California Conference of the Augustana Synod began mission work among the Swedish Lutherans in the Palo Alto area. Later that year, Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church of Palo Alto was formed. |
| 1926: |
The congregation changed its name to First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Palo Alto, and constructed the present sanctuary. |
| 1951: |
Responding to post-World War II growth in the area, new offices, classrooms, library, fellowship hall and kitchen were added to the original building. |
| 1991: |
The sanctuary was remodeled, and other improvements, including wheelchair access, were made to the rest of the building. |
| 2002: |
The 26 rank, 1500 pipe Casavant Frères organ was installed and dedicated. We imagine it will serve well into the 22nd century. |
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| 2004: |
Reverend Sandra Dager is installed as Pastor,
succeeding Pastor Kempton Segerhammar's 15 year tenure. |
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Now, First Lutheran is a community of about 330 baptized souls in 150 households. Average attendance at worship is 142.
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