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Joyful 88th! Anniversary Celebration

On Sunday, July 21, FELC celebrated 88 years of ministry and witness in central Austin and beyond! May God’s blessing be upon, and may God’s Spirit go with, the saints of God at First English for many years to come.

Our thanks to the Rev. Robert J. Karli, fourth pastor of FELC from 1984-2007, for preaching. Our gratitude to all who made this celebration festive, including Henri and Tim Atkinson, Nancy and Randy Baden, Bailey Barlow, Claudia Barlow, Heidi Goebel, Leroy Haverlah, Lois Holck, Allen Jensen, Nancy Neuse, Desmond Peterson, Merrily and Terry Porter, and LaRu and Fred “Fritz” Woody, and our choir and other worship leaders.

Below are links to our worship, prayers, and history:

Anniversary Worship Service (on YouTube, gospel reading & sermon begin at 32:50)

Anniversary Worship Bulletin

Anniversary Sermon by Bob Karli

Litany of Thanksgiving & Renewal, where we renewed our commitment to God’s mission

Prayer of Thanksgiving, where we remembered saints, including from FELC

View information on our history and witness, including stories and mementos

For more photos, visit the First English Lutheran Church-Austin TX Facebook post from Tuesday, July 23.

God of all power, you called from death our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep: send us as shepherds to rescue the lost, to heal the injured, and to feed one another with knowledge and understand; through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. (Lutheran Book of Worship, p. 22)

God Loves. We Love. Everyone!

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2024 Wednesdays of Lent

Midweek Lenten Evening Prayer 

Wednesday, February 21, 28 & March 6, 13, 20

7:00 PM in the Chapel of the Saints (not online)

Lent is a time of fasting, almsgiving, and prayer. This Lent we focus on healing within and through our bodies. For nearly two millennia, Christian experience has tended to devalue bodies. Culture today can view bodies as commodities to be used. Christ became a body—a self—and redeems us in and through our body. When we embrace our whole selves, the healing of Christ becomes more knowable, tangible, and real. Like Simon’s mother-in-law (Mark 1:29-31), Jesus touches our bodies and lifts us up, returning us to diakonia, our true vocation of service in the world. We will pray in community through scripture, silence, song, and conversation. Join us for contemplative evening prayer on Wednesdays at 7 PM, led by Pastor Travis Fitzgold and Bryan Rust.

Do you need a ride to the Wednesday evening Lenten services?  Can you pick someone up on your way to FELC on Wednesday evenings?  Let us know!  

Use the link below to complete a short Google form with your information and a member of the Care Ministry team will do their best to help connect you.  If you have any questions, please contact Claudia Barlow or office@felcaustin.org

https://rb.gy/ekt43h

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Rejoice Sunday

Rejoicing together

On Sunday, March 10 we observe Laetare Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent in the Western Christian liturgical calendar. This Sunday has been a day of celebration within the austere period of Lent, and gets its name from the first few words of the traditional entrance verses in Latin, Laetare meaning Rejoice.  On Laetare Sunday (as similarly with the Third Sunday of Advent’s Gaudete Sunday) the church expresses hope and joy in the midst of our Lenten fasts. Call it pink — or, more fittingly, rose — a traditional color on this day, indicates a glimpse of the joy that awaits us at Easter.  Before we enter into the holy days of Passiontide, our music, prayers, and liturgical texts reflect this ‘mini” Easter.  Rejoice!