FLC Now

August 2025

FLC Now provides a quick, monthly look at ways to stay informed, be engaged, and get involved in the life of the church. Each month we’ll highlight ways in which the congregation can lend a hand, donate needed items, or simply be a part of the church family at happenings.

If you’d like to receive a copy of FLC Now opportunities in the mail, please call the church office, 605/336.3734.

on the calendar—visit flcsf.org/events for more info and to register

ELCA Church Governance Task Force Info Session: Sunday, August 24, 10:15a, Gathering Room

Adult Leader and Shepherd Training: Sunday, August 24, 12p, Gathering Room

Choir School and Parish Choir Retreat: Sunday, August 24, 12:30p

OWLS Luncheon: Tuesday, August 26, 11:30a, Gathering Room; presenter: Sarah Stenson, Luther House of Study

Confirmation Orientation: Wednesday, August 27, 6p

Sunday/Wednesday School Shepherd Training: Wednesday, August 27, 6:30p

Freshman Orientation: Wednesday, August 27, 7:30p

Office Closed, Labor Day: Monday, September 1

recurring

First Fridays Book Club: first Friday of each month 5p, Grille 26; join the group in the Church Center app for details

Traditional Worship: Saturdays, 5p, Chapel

Traditional Worship: Sundays, 9a, Sanctuary

Contemporary Worship: Sundays, 11a, Sanctuary

Woodshop Workers: Monday-Friday, 8a-12p, Woodshop; coffee fellowship 9-10a, Friendship Room

Sewing: Mondays, 8a-1p, Quilt Service Center

SAIL class: Mondays and Wednesdays 9a, Reformation Hall

Drive-thru coffee and prayer: Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30a

Quilting: Wednesdays, 8a-1p, Quilt Service Center

Pastors’ Bible study: Wednesdays, 10a, Gathering Room

Men’s Bible study: Thursdays, 7:30a, Gathering Room

Advanced pickleball: Thursdays, 8:30a, Reformation Hall

Open pickleball: Thursdays, 5:30p, Reformation Hall

Give – donate at flcsf.org/give, through the Church Center app, or text any amount to 84321

Donation Boxes for August (located near the Atrium elevator)

  • Infant socks needed for baby care kits, sizes 6-24 months

  • School supply kits for Lutheran World Relief: 70-count wide- or college-ruled spiral notebooks, 2.5” erasers, rulers with both centimeters and inches (wooden preferred), blunt scissors, #2 pencils, black or blue ink pens, 24-count boxes of crayons, pencil sharpeners

  • Food to You food of the month: pasta

  • Necessities for Neighbors: toilet paper, diapers, laundry detergent, feminine hygiene products (ongoing)

August Special Offering supports Call to Freedom. Read more in First Word, and donate below.

Get involved

Block party volunteers needed: The Neighborhood Block Party is coming up on Wednesday, August 13, and we need your help to make it a success. Read more and sign up now.

We are looking for a team of volunteers to work in coordination with Lowell Elementary. This team would serve under the Evangelism and Outreach Board. In the past, the team has looked for ways to provide service such as the reading buddy program that starts again in the fall. The chair of this team along with the chair of Evangelism and Outreach would meet with the principal and assistant principal in the fall to assess the needs for the new school year. Please contact Colleen Kokenge, 605/201.9962, if you are interested.

Worship assistants are needed particularly at the 11 o’clock service to usher, serve communion, and to serve as lectors (readers). If you’re interested in assisting as an usher or communion server, please contact Shirley Barlow. If you are interested in serving as a lector, please contact Jodi Hoyt.

Broadcast team members needed: Each weekend, a team of four dedicated individuals make our broadcast and live stream possible. New team members are needed; no experience or technical expertise is needed. Contact Jodi for more info.

Meeting Minutes

The Church Council approved a motion to provide minutes of all board meetings within 7 days of those minutes being approved. To keep the information private and for congregation members only, the minutes will be posted in the Church Center app (click here for more info). Additionally, they will be printed and stored in a binder at the Info Desk for check-out by members.