Faith Formation | 9 am
Worship in the Fellowship Hall | 10 am (onsite & online)
Hospitality in the Fellowship Hall | 11 am
Day of Repentance and Renewal/Commemoration of the Emanuel Nine
On June 17, 2015, Clementa C. Pinckney, Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd, Susie Jackson, Ethel Lee Lance, DePayne Middleton-Doctor, Tywanza Sanders, Daniel Lee Simmons, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, and Myra Thompson were murdered by a self-professed white supremacist while they were gathered for Bible study and prayer at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church A resolution to commemorate June 17 as a day of repentance for the martyrdom of the Emanuel Nine was adopted by the Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America on August 8, 2019. Congregations of the ELCA are encouraged to reaffirm their commitment to repenting of and eradicating racism, to venerate the martyrdom of the Emanuel Nine, and to mark this day of renewal.
Presider: Pastor Bradley Fuerst serves the campus ministry of LuMin, the worship and service community at UT Austin. He is originally from Nebraska, a St. Olaf College and Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary alum, a Methodist pastor’s spouse to Taylor (lead pastor at First United Methodist, Austin) and a father to Holden, Hadley, and Harper Lee. The Fuerst’s are members at FELC. Pr. Fuerst has also served as Lutheran campus pastor to Rice University and the University of Houston. Before that, he taught high school English at Omaha North High School. Pr. Fuerst enjoys cycling, running, cooking, reading the New York Times, geeking out over liturgy, and baking bread. For more info on LuMin, an FELC Benevolence Partner, visit: http://lcmaustin.org/
Guest Preacher: Deacon Darcy Mittelstaedt serves in the Office of the Bishop of the Southwestern Texas Synod as the Bishop’s Associate for Leadership and Lifelong Faith Formation, which includes call, mobility, candidacy, and faith formation. She brings 24 years of ministry experience from Children, Youth, & Family Ministry to Leadership from Nebraska to Arizona and now Texas. Deacon Darcy is passionate about engaging others in serving and sharing the love of Christ. Her ministry has always been about equipping others with the Good News to go out to love, serve, and share the Gospel.