Worship Services

Announcements and Prayers

April 10th, 2024

On-Line Viewing

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Upcoming Meetings

May 6th: Ladies Auxiliary, 6:30 PM

May 13th: Planning Council, 7:00 PM

Ladies’ Night Out

This Thursday, April 11th, 6:30 PM, at Casa Della Nonna, 8141 Telegraph Rd #1, Severn, MD 21144. Join us for good food, fun and fellowship. If you plan to attend, call or text Ursula, 443-995-2035, so we have enough seats ready.

Annual Roast Beef Dinner and FELC Talent Show

Saturday, April 20th, 4-7 PM. Dinner will be roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, mushrooms, carrots, roll and dessert. Eat-in or carry-out. $15 adults. Reduced cost to $12 if you donate AAA batteries for Operation Christmas Child. Pre-orders/reservations are encouraged. Call or text Margie at 443-838-8438. Proceeds to benefit Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child. This is a Thrivent sponsored event. There will be a talent show during the dinner. “Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.” (Leo Buscaglia) All ages are welcome and encouraged to participate. All talents welcome! Come and enjoy the show…you won’t regret it. There’s a signup sheet in the Fellowship Hall and in the Narthex. Please consider sharing your talent.

• Table Talent – Bring an item to display your talent (crafts, woodworking, photography, sewing, etc.)
• Performing Talent – Present your talent to the audience (singing, instrumental, dancing, reading, gymnastics, etc.)
• Baking Talent – Prepare a dessert to share for the meal at the show.

FELC Semi-Annual Flea Market

May 18th from 9am-2pm on the church parking lot. Spaces are $20 and an 8-foot table is an additional $5. We will have baked goods, hot dogs, chips, soda, and water available for sale. If you’re interested in setting up, please call the church office at 410-672-3352 or email churchoffice@felcodenton.org.

Mission Opportunities

For 2024, we are looking at potential mission opportunities to serve as the Body of Christ within the local community. The Elders have identified a few areas for your consideration but would like to solicit your input as well. What is your recommendation for how First Evangelical Lutheran Church should serve as the Body of Christ here within the local Odenton Community? In the short time he has been here, Pastor Corey observed that we have three specific community needs that seem to be presenting themselves:

• Homeless Community
• Food Insecurities
• Mental Health & Wellness

With that in mind, we were considering potential mission opportunities which include:

• Crisis Trailer – Convert the Church’s Trailer to a Crisis Trailer that could be used as a Mobile Compassion Unit to reach-out to people in need in the event of a Crisis in the area.
• Food Trailer – Variant on the “Crisis Trailer” idea above. Convert the Church Trailer into a “Food Truck” like capability to be able to provide food/meals out into the community.
• Blessing Bags – Stuff bags with non-perishable food and personal hygiene items to provide to homeless individuals.
• Blessing Box – Construct a wooden box (possibly on Church Property), that we would regularly stock with items for the area homeless, along with a sign similar to: “Take what you need, leave what you can.

Alternatively Provide Your Ideas for How you would like to become involved in serving as a member of
the Body of Christ within the Odenton Community.

• Provide your idea of a potential mission area/opportunity for the Body of Christ (i.e. our church) to
  share the love of God within our local community.
• Identify the specific role that you would like to play within this (and/or other) mission areas or
  opportunities?

Sunday School

Lessons for the children this month will introduce them to what occurs when the sad disciples who are missing Jesus, meet up with “Resurrected Jesus”. This week, “The Unsuccessful Fishermen” story will be shared as children learn they too can trust Jesus!

Operation Christmas Child

The Ladies Auxiliary and the congregation are challenged with a Goal of 100 boxes in our 4th year of supporting the Operation Christmas Child project! We again are determined to put a personal touch in the boxes. There are several ways you can help at this point. Projects thus far, are to make jump ropes from old t-shirts, decorate the insides of our boxes and write personal messages to each and every child to show a human connection of our love for Jesus and sharing it with the unchurched children. To do that, we need some free materials you can provide. There is a table at the top of the stairs as you enter the narthex that have examples of what we need. If you love to shop and like looking for bargains, there will be bags on the table with lists of items you can purchase. Please, help yourself to a bag as you leave church, just return the bag at the end of each month. Ursula should be nearby to remind you or answer any questions you may have. If your curiosity
is peaked about these projects, then join us when we gather to put those materials to good use! We can always use more hands to make this endeavor a success! Dates will be shared when the work is to begin! If you prefer online shopping, we will be putting together an Amazon wish list of items you can purchase to donate. The deadline for filling the boxes will be the first week of November! If you have questions or are interested in taking a more “hands on approach” in getting involved this year, please let me know! Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me!” And we are saying “send the love and news of Jesus to those children”, blessing and changing lives somewhere in the world of His choosing! Hope we can count on you again this year! Thank you for your support! Look for additional ways you can participate, like by attending the dinner on April 20th, featuring Margie’s amazingly delicious Roast Beef and see all the talent of our fellow brothers and sisters at the Talent show that occurs during the meal. Stay tuned and check your bulletins on Sunday, and emails on Wednesdays! Blessings to you all! Ursula.

Ladies, Mark Your Calendars

For those of you who missed the opportunity to hear from our recent visiting missionaries, Stan and Dana Stigdon, you still have a chance! The LWML (Lutheran Ladies in Mission) is holding its Spring Rally at St. Paul’s Lutheran church right here in Glen Burnie, on Saturday, April 27th. Handouts with details about time and location are available at church on Sundays. If anyone plans to attend, please let Ursula (443-995-2035) know as they would like a head count of those planning to attend. Thanks!

LED Sign Update

Thanks to everyone for helping us to reach our goal!

Blood Drive

Mark your calendar! Our next blood drive is April 12th, 10AM-4PM in the Fellowship hall. Walk-ins are welcome, but if the schedule fills up, you may be turned away. So, if you plan to donate, please schedule an appointment. To schedule an appointment, visit redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code: FELC or call 1-800-REDCROSS (1-800-733-2767). For more information or to volunteer to help, contact Denise Bach. Safe the following dates for future blood drives: June 24, August 23, and October 25.

Men’s Prayer Breakfast Group

In the interest of better communications regarding the monthly Men’s Prayer Breakfast events, we have started a “Men’s Prayer Breakfast Group” within the Church Center App. This Group is accessible either via the “Church Center App” itself (available in the Google Play Store or Apple App Store); or you can access it via a regular web browser from any device. If you have any questions regarding the Men’s Prayer Breakfast Group, see Mike Mrozek. If you have any questions regarding the Church Center App, or the Church Center web page see Wayne Van Dine.

Men’s Breakfast

Join the men the fourth Saturday of the month at 8AM for breakfast and fellowship. The next men’s breakfast will be April 27th at 8AM, in the Fellowship hall. It will be a BYOB (bring your own breakfast). Please contact Mike Mrozek if you have any questions.

Shut In Visitation Ministry

If you would like to be visited and/or receive Communion, please contact the Church Office (410-672-3352 or churchoffice@felcodenton.org.

Young Adult Small Group

If you are between the ages of 20 and 30 and would be interested in joining our Bible Study, we meet on Wednesdays from 8-9pm. We are currently studying Job. If interested please contact John Pinckney for more information.  We look forward to discussing God’s word with you!