You're invited to join together with other crafters at our monthly Crafter's Delight & Potluck.  This Saturday, February 13th, from 9:00am - 5:00pm at the church.

Our Women of the ELCA group at Fish Lake Lutheran is collecting jeans to make quilts! What a great opportunity to start spring cleaning! Any color or condition of jeans can be placed in a box in the church basement. As WELCA collects enough they will make mission quilts and maybe even one for Quilt Bingo. Thank you in advance for your generosity!

Children in grades K-5 are invited to come learn about God’s love for us and how we share it with others. Kids Klub runs from 5:00 - 6:30pm. There will be supper, singing, crafts, games, and Bible time. The cost is $5. Sign up in the basement or email Carrie. It is like Vacation Bible School all year long!

The Women of the ELCA at Fish Lake Lutheran are also requesting donations to make Midwife Kits for Global Health Ministries.  Items needed are receiving blankets, new born under-shirts (Onsies will work), and small size bath towels. Please leave items in our sewing room or the donation box next to the hutch in the Fellowship Hall. Thank you!

Summer Bible Camp dates at Lake Wapogasset Bible Camp are set for grades 3-12.  Find out more!

Don't miss our Valentine Party at F5 on Sunday, February 14, 5:00 - 7:00pm.  Soup and sandwiches will be provided.  Games will be played and we'll end with worship - F5 style!  Please bring salad, bread or dessert to share.  Come, and be refreshed!

During Lent this year the confirmation students will be asked to ask a member of the church to spend time with them during the Lenten Suppers. We are calling this the “mentor” program with the idea of building relationships with different generations in the congregation and sharing stories of faith. The commitment is to come to the Lenten suppers, eat together, and worship together. You will be given discussion topics and activities for your time together. If you think this might fit you, talk to Carrie Stiles about how you could make an impact on one of the youth in our confirmation program.

As our February Mission of the Month, your help is needed to bring ongoing relief and continued hope for our brothers and sisters in Haiti. About 3 million people, one-third of Haiti’s population, were affected by this earthquake. One hundred percent of your donation will be used for the relief efforts in Haiti.  Donate now.

Fish Lake's Mission of the Month in August, 2009 was the Impending Famine in the Iringa, Tanzania region.  $331.50 was donated to contribute for food relief.  We are excited to announce that emergency food distribution has begun in the Iringa region.  Photos of the distribution can be viewed here.  Additional details are available on Pr. Tom Hanson's blog.
 

Good News!  $456 was donated in the month of November to support the Huruma Orphanage in Iringa, Tanzania.  The money will be used to help the orphanage purchase chickens to add eggs and meat to supplement their diet.  Yea God for the wonderful work that is completed through the generosity of Fish Lake Lutheran!

Money has also been given to help with famine relief in the Iringa Diocese of Tanzania.  We're to pleased to report that emergency food distribution has begun and families are beginning to receiving some much needed nourishment and hope.  Here's an update from Pr. Don and Eunice Fultz who serve as Companion Synod Coordinators in Iringa:

“Our thanks to you precious folks within the Saint Paul Area Synod (and others affiliated with the BKB program) for the opportunity to be your emmisaries in bringing "hope" to our brothers and sisters in Christ in the Iringa Diocese who have experienced these significant food shortages. This touches not only our Christians but those of all faiths who experience such a need in the Diocese. Pastor Lubawa read the passage from Matthew 25 that indicates that anytime you serve the needs of your fellow, you serve Jesus Christ in the process. May God's blessing reach out to us all.”