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Adult Forum Exploring ELCA Social Statements

Thursday, May 26 (We will not meet on May 19)

7:00 PM FELC Community Zoom

Join with Vicar Wes Isberner as we explore the ELCA Social Statements. What are social statements? What are their theological groundings? How can they apply to our lives and our life together? How can we learn and grow as a community of faith, action, and service?  This forum ends on Thursday, May 26 at 7:00 PM on FELC Community Zoom link. You are invited to join this remaining session. For more information: Vicar Wes Isberner at vicar@felcaustin.org.

On Tuesday, May 3 young adults from FELC had a great time connecting with and serving over 350 UT students – the best hamburgers in town – for the last Tailgate Tuesdays event of the semester at UT Lutheran Campus Ministry (LuMin). Pastor Brad Fuerst and Vicar Wes Isberber have been doing this excellent ministry all year. Young adults from FELC included Colin Coffey, Nick Franke, Madeline Frommelt, and Elizabeth Zimmermann. LuMin thanks FELC for sponsoring this Tailgate Tuesday meal. Hook ‘Em!

Tailgate Tuesday Dinner at LuMin, May 3

Our FELC Young Adults group will be providing the Tailgate Tuesday dinner at Lutheran Campus Ministry at UT (LuMin) on May 3. Tailgate Tuesday is a ministry of LuMin providing a free dinner to UT students, serving over 300 each week.

Prep for the dinner will begin at 3 PM. Service is from 5 to 7 PM. Cleanup after that. Any young adults wanting to participate should contact Pastor Coffey and indicate what time they plan to arrive.

This will be a fun, first service event for our young adults group — more to come!

Saturday, April 30 at 7:30 PM

Only the best French musicians were members of the musique de chambre, Louis XIV’s personal, private retinue of musicians who performed for him in his personal chambers. Louis’s highly choreographed day was capped off by the coucher, a set of ceremonies that surrounded the king’s evening meal and bedtime. There was always music, and over the years the coucher brought together such illustrious musicians as Lully, Marais, Couperin, and Rebel. Ausitn Baroque Orchestra, with the leadership of Artistic Director Billy Traylor, recapture what a musical evening in Louis’s innermost chambers may have been like, presenting music by the king’s favorites in sets interspersed with brief readings from diaries written at Versailles during Louis’s life. Join us – it’ll be très magnifique!

For ticket information, visit: Musique pour le Coucher du Roi | Austin Baroque Orchestra & Chorus

On Saturday afternoon, April 23, FELC friends, family, neighbors, and newcomers gathered for our longest-running social event (since 1964): our annual chicken BBQ! A menu of chicken, beans, potato salad, and tea was served to over 70 folks. Kids and parents enjoyed a visit to our neighborhood fire station, and the firefighters joined us for some BBQ. We are grateful to our crews for the leadership they offer.

BBQ Pit Masters: Randy Baden, Tim Atkinson, Derek Bridges, Joel Baden, Charlie Boas, Colin Coffey, Adam Mays, Sean Peterson, Terry Porter;

Chicken Washers: Charlie Boas, Larry Collmann, Sean Peterson;

Kitchen preparing chickens and BBQ sauce: Charlie Boas, Sean Peterson

Kitchen preparing potato salad: Trish Karli, Tessa Baden, Kate Baden VanDellan, Anne Wiebe

Kitchen preparing beans and iced tea: Nancy Baden;

Provided boiled eggs: Henri Atkinson, Fran Collmann, Merrily Porter, Barbara Wiederaenders, LaRu Woody;

Provided boiled, peeled potatoes: Betsy Appleton, Kathryn Coffey, Erin McCracken, Leigh Northcutt-Benson, Bonnie Northcutt, Elizabeth Zimmerman;

Clean-Up and Leftover: Jennifer Biggs, Kathryn Coffey, Gwen Flory, Bruce Flory, Connor Hansen;

Serving: Trish Karli, Nancy Neuse, Merrily Porter;

Live Music: Oliver Rajamani and Company.

Our profound thanks to Randy Baden (CEO) and Terry Porter (GC)!

See more photos on the First English Lutheran Church Austin Texas Factbook page

What a joy to celebrate the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. We invite you to view our First English Lutheran Austin Texas Facebook page for more scenes from Holy Week & Easter Day. Hundreds of folks gathered online and onsite from Palm Sunday through Easter Day. Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!

And God said let there be light. And there was. And then the lighting contractors mistakenly took away all the lights when they were only supposed to take the uplights. And it was very dark. And then they fixed their mistake. AND now returned the repaired uplights. And there is even more light. And it is good! Our thanks to Heidi Goebel for coordinating with our lighting company.

April 17 at 10 AM

In-Person and Livestream on our YouTube channel

Join us as we celebrate the good news of the resurrection of Christ. Since we are not having an Easter Vigil this year, we will incorporate parts of the Vigil liturgy in our Easter Sunday worship.

• Flowering of the cross before worship (bring your flowers!)
• Blessing of the new paschal candle
• Full musical Holy Communion liturgy
• Rite of renewal of baptism
• Ensemble music
• Festive hospitality after worship (egg bake, baked goods, Easter eggs, chocolate, & more!)
• Easter Egg hunt during hospitality (bring a basket for little ones)

We will have a fun Easter Egg hunt for all the little ones on Easter Sunday, April 17, during hospitality following worship. Remember it’s BYOB: Bring Your Own Basket!