Early Childhood

The Nursery

  • Open to children: Newborns – 4 years old
  • Open for all services!

Family Gatherings that provide an opportunity to share joys, concerns and fellowship with fellow parents to encourage and help parents plant the SEEDS of faith in their home.

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Elementary

Rally Sunday 
Our kick-off event for educational programming at First Lutheran!
9:00 am – Worship including Blessing of the Backpacks
After worship – Join us outside for fun and treats!

Sunday School
Sundays, 10-11am
To encourage our students in their faith we meet for an interactive opening before breaking into small groups for the day’s lesson.
Our Sunday School Ministry is open to students from ages 3 – Grade 6.

KFC 
Wednedays, 3-5pm
Kids First Club (Kids for Christ)!
Open to students: K-6th Grade.
Register at the church office
Includes snack time, a Bible lesson, and choir.

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Confirmation

Our confirmation program for 7th-9th graders takes place on Wednesdays during the school year from 6 – 8pm. Our program challenges students to take the faith their parents taught them and mold it into their own. This program includes large and small group times, fellowship and service opportunities, retreats and other larger events.

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High School Ministry

High School ministry is focused on summer trips and events, youth group get-togethers through the school year, and supporting high schoolers as they engage in more adult roles in the congregation, such as leading worship, singing in the choir, assisting with Sunday School, or serving on committees and teams.

Recent highlights include trips to ELCA Youth Gatherings in Houston and New Orleans and Rainbow Trail Lutheran Camp in Colorado.

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College

Confirmed members of First Lutheran Church may qualify for our ELCA scholarship. This scholarship is available to confirmed members of First Lutheran Church that plan to attend an ELCA affiliated college or university. The scholarship from First Lutheran will be matched by the ELCA college you attend and can be applied for up to 4 years. Colleges in the Midwest who are ELCA affiliated include:

Luther College. Decorah, IA
Wartburg College, Waverly, IA

Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN
St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD

Deadline for submitting applications to the FLC office is May 1,

Historians argue that the Lutheran church was born in the universities. Higher education has been an important part of our heritage – and we continue to support the ongoing work of Jesus Christ by educating young men and women in order to be sent out into the world to make positive contributions for the benefit of people, nations and the environment.

Click here for a listing of Lutheran colleges.

First Lutheran encourages and supports our confirmed members to enroll in Lutheran colleges by providing scholarships that are often matched dollar-for-dollar by qualifing institutions.

Confirmed members may obtain a scholarship application by contacting the church office (651) 345-5003 or by following the link below.

FLC Scholarship Policy & Application

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