Pastoral Message

Dear Flock,

This Sunday, December 1st, will be the First Sunday in Advent and is, coincidentally, the 174th anniversary of the founding of First Lutheran in downtown Moline. So, actually, it’s the beginning of our 175th year. That’s some nice synchronicity around the idea of beginnings. We’ll certainly be looking forward to observing that large number throughout next year.

I invite you to get ready for Christmas spiritually by worshiping the four Sundays in Advent. We also have a new Advent devotional out that you may use called O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. May your time leading up to Christmas be blessed with fruitful growth and reflection.

Here’s some information about Christmas Eve:

On Christmas Eve, we got a special opportunity which we haven’t had before to have the Quad City Brass play in our service. We’ll have a pre-service concert starting at 8:30 pm and a 9:00 pm Festival of the Nativity service.

I hope and pray that your celebrations will be joyful.

Love ya,
Pastor Dan