Acorn Update

---

CHRISTMAS EVE WORSHIP SERVICES
Tuesday, December 24
All Christmas Eve services are candlelight services.
2:00, 3:30 & 5:00pm services please use the north entrance.
12:30pm
2:00pm
3:30pm
5:00pm (Communion)

CHRISTMAS DAY
Wednesday, December 25
No In Person Worship Service, Head over to our Facebook page for a Christmas Day Devotion

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29
***No 8:30am Worship Service
10:00am

---

SPONTANEOUS, UNREHEARSED CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
Sunday’s Christmas Program was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who participated, and to Dawn for prepping and organizing all the costumes.

---

TONIGHT! COCKTAILS & CAROLS: (Brewed Theology for December)
Tuesday, December 17
Tonight, Longbranch in downtown Farmington! We're celebrating the season by gathering for Cocktails & Carols (or Beer & Hymns, or whatever you want to call it). Come early to eat supper and enjoy the company. Singing will start at 7pm. Our own Karissa Dennis will be playing piano (Hooray!). We'll bring songbooks. You bring you, a friend, and some willingness (not necessarily ability) to sing!

FOOD ON THE FOURTH
Sunday, September 22
If you haven’t picked up a green bag yet, be sure to stop by the office before Sunday. This month the food shelf has requested the following items: Cereal, Soups, Canned Pineapple, BBQ Sauce, Kleenex, Sandwich bags, Kitchen trash bags, Shampoo, Conditioner, Body wash, Toothpaste, Toothbrushes, Boxed Pasta

STEWARDSHIP UPDATE
Because God is faithful, we continue to thrive in transition, and be church in wonderful ways. We gather for worship, music, children and youth programs, and comfort & hope services. We collect and donate food, warm clothes, and toys for our community. And we’re planning to celebrate the birth of Jesus soon, on Christmas Eve (which last year gathered over 1,300 people!).

FLC Leadership has already been hard at work planning and assembling a 2025 budget for our mission, and vision together. Offering your estimates of giving helps immensely in aligning our money and ministry planning for the coming year.

As we near the end of 2024, here are two invitations for you:

1. If you have not yet done so, we encourage you to return an estimate of your giving for 2025. Even if you regularly give to FLC without having returned an estimate of giving (thank you!), submitting a statement of intent helps plan what we can do together in 2025.

2. Consider a year-end gift to Farmington Lutheran. Finishing 2024 in a strong financial position sets us up for further growth in 2025. If you have 2024 giving to complete, or Mind the Gap commitments to fulfill, we welcome those! Or, consider a one-time (always tax-deductible) gift. Many non-profits will make such asks at the close of the year; your church is one that is intrinsically local, Christ-centered, and feeds others on many levels.

Thank you for your partnership in ministry, and your gifts of time, talents, and money. We’re grateful for being co-workers with you for the Kingdom of Heaven, and look forward to what we will build together – with the help of the Holy Spirit – in the coming year.

---

Orren Lucht, Roger Wikstrom, Dorothy Noland, Emil Bostrom, Shelly Garner, Larry Walsh, Shannon Walsh, Ben Farver, Alicia Farver, Sonja Anderson, MaryAnn Rausch, Joan Johnson, Colleen, James and Shawn Engman, Marge Lancette

Betty Shanks, as she recovers from emergency surgery
Janet Hoag, mother of Angie Muehlenkamp, as she faces health concerns
Rachel Pechauer and family, as they grieve the death of Rachel’s husband, Ron
Bill Bauman, friend of Peggy and Ron Reierson, as he battles cancer
Paul and Julie Houck and family, as they grieve the death of Paul’s sister-in-law, Sally Houck
Norma Patsche, mother of Mark Patsche, as she receives hospice care
Dan Hensche, partner of Anna Zappetillo, as he receives treatment for Non-Hodgkins lymphoma
Julie Hetland, as she receives more treatment for cancer
Larry Miller, cousin of Ron Reierson, as he battles cancer
Ann and Dave Garwick, parents of Kirsten Childe, and family as they manage Ann’s Lewey Body dementia
Sharon Broske, mother of Russ Howe, who has been diagnosed with breast cancer
Sarah Grafe, stepmother of Linda Landwehr, who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

Please also include our active service members: Noah Bigbee, Meredith Gulsvig, Mackenzie Farran, and Mikkel Peterson in your prayers.

Please continue to pray for our partners in ministry, including our Sister Congregation in Tanzania, Garland Hall Orphanage in Jamaica, & Camp Wapo.

We typically include loved ones on our prayer list for four weeks. If you would like a loved one listed longer or relisted, please contact the office.