Items for this week: 

Worship this week

Zoom Link: http:// https://us04web.zoom.us/j/499545065?pwd=aXd4M3EwcmdOWTh0SC80TVNGeW44dz09 
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/firstlutheransmtx/
 

More full instructions are on the website. Additionally, if you cannot access from the usual links, check the website because Zoom often implements updates on the weekend.  The website can be changed in minutes if needed to update links or passwords. You can find all the information at https://flcsm.org/onlineworship/ and more complete instructions at https://flcsm.org/worshipaccess/

The worship book is posted at https://flcsm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sep-13-WEB.pdf

Our readings this week are: 

Genesis 50:15-21
Psalm 103:1-13  
Romans 14:1-12  
Matthew 18:21-35
You can read them here: https://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu//texts.php?id=159

Now that we are past Trinity Sunday, there are two Old Testament reading and Psalm options listed. We use the ones listed second on that website. 

Our hymns are: 
Gathering Song Now Thank We All Our God (isometric) (ELW 840)
Hymn of the Day Baptized and Set Free (ELW 453)
Communion hymn: Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow (ELW 884)
Sending Song Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (ELW 858)


The worship book now has a permanent address so you can find it easily and there will be fewer chances for errors. It will be at http:// http://flcsm.org/next-sunday-worship-book/ . You might find a placeholder file there during the week. It will be posted by Saturday at the latest.  (There may be changes in prayers and other small items, but the link should remain the same. If there are any major changes, which we do not anticipate, we would send another email on Sunday.)
IF YOU GO there on Saturday and Sunday and find last weeks file you need to fully refresh your browser because your computer is reading its cached version. 
If that does not work try getting the file from the specific date link on the worship page. 

We are sad to announce that Byron Wolverton, former member and organist at First Lutheran, claimed the full promises of his baptism as he died this past Monday and rests in the care of our God. 

There will be a visitation this Saturday at Pennington Funeral Home from 9 to 10:30 AM.  

Funeral services will follow at 11 AM in the San Marcos City Cemetery.  

The full obituary may be found at https://www.penningtonfuneralhome.com/obituary/byron-wolverton 

Please keep Betty and their sons Michael and Christopher in your prayers. 

This email is coming from the new address. 
There is also a second coming later today to make sure people are seeing this one, with instructions about how to keep from going to junk mail. 
We have changed some settings that hopefully will keep that from happening. 

If you receive this one, you can disregard the one this evening. 
 

We have had several issues with our phone and internet service from Grande and are looking at better options. One change that will be necessary to to get better service (and hopefully pricing) will be our email address. The current one is tied to Grande and will not work once we make potential changes. A new general email for the church will be info@flcsm.org . This change means we are no longer stuck to Grande. 

The old email address is still active for the moment but may go away soon. Please update your address books!  

This email will begin coming from that address in the next weeks. If you do not see it, check your spam folder. A good way to get your spam folder to not stop these emails will be to send an email to info@flcsm.org yourself so the system knows it is someone you want to hear from! 

The answering machine is cutting messages short. If you get it and want to make sure the message gets through, be double sure with email!  firstlutheran@grandecom.net is still working at this time! 

In addition to hymn suggestions (which we are now running short on) we also want to hear other ideas for worship. Some have offered ideas from other services they have beeen witching online. Others have asked for changes to the worship book to make it easier to follow. The good side of worship this way is it is very flexible in format and open for experimentation. If you have sugestions or critiques, Pastor Tim wants to hear them. Not everything may be possible, but we can try!  

Along with suggestions for worship ideas, if you want to submit a favorite hymn, email it to pastortim@flcsm.org . You don't need to put down a number but it does need to be in the ELW hymnal. We will draw weekly starting soon.