People encountering the grace of the living God.

Year: 2020

  • June 14 Online Worship information and a link to a bulletin for worship

    ALL are welcome to our 10 AM Sunday, June 14th online worship!Logon to https://www.gotomeet.me/FirstLutheranAlbany/worship. for video etc. To connect with telephone, please call 866-899-4679 and enter Access Code: 666-886-413.Here is a link to our worship bulletin for this service.https://drive.google.com/…/1m7Xsih_VLYv_hRg8e7PfVWNMGd…/view

  • June 7 Online Worship Connection Information and Bulletin Link

    ALL are welcome to our 10 AM Sunday, June 7th online worship! We will celebrate The Holy Trinity!Also, we will be sharing a sermon from our ELCA Presiding Bishop, Elizabeth Eaton. We hope you will participate!Logon to https://www.gotomeet.me/FirstLutheranAlbany/worship. for video etc. To connect with telephone, please call 866-899-4679 and enter Access Code: 666-886-413.Click on the…

  • June 1 – 9 AM to 9 PM Prayer Vigil with Upstate NY Synod ELCA on YouTube

    MONDAY JUNE 1 FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM – Upstate New York Synod ELCA Prayer Vigil: Monday, June 1 from 9am to 9pm. Come at any point during the day to sit, pray, weep and hope with us on the Synod’s YouTube channel – www.YouTube.com/UpstateNYSynodELCA. The time to come together is now. We must…

  • May 31 at 10 AM – Pentecost Online Worship Service Bulletin Available Here

    ALL are welcome to our 10 AM Sunday, May 31st online worship! We will celebrate the Day of Pentecost!“Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.”Logon to https://www.gotomeet.me/FirstLutheranAlbany/worship. for video etc. To…

  • May 2020 Newsletter Article from Pastor John Medwid

    Reset or Pause? My Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, “This is it: we have arrived at the end of the world. Finally. Now we can start to build a new one. This is our chance to reshape ourselves as spiritual, scientific, and ethical beings. [1]” These words by professor, philosopher, and theologian, Zachary Stein,…

  • May 2020 Newsletter

    Please click here to access the May 2020 Newsletter for First Lutheran Church. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XmGZ5rZUjbmqNjD8jaXsubTfj5O7GdLu/view

  • Online Worship Continues through May 2020

    ALL are always welcome to participate in our Sunday worship services at 10 AM. Our online format will continue throughout the month of May. Logon to https://www.gotomeet.me/FirstLutheranAlbany/worship. for video etc. To connect with telephone, please call 866-899-4679 and enter Access Code: 666-886-413.

  • Virtual Crop Walk on May 3, Donations welcome!

    Sunday, May 3, Virtual Crop Walk to End Hunger! There will not be an in person event this year, but First Lutheran Church still has a team of walkers and would appreciate support for this important ministry! Please consider donating online at this link to our church team. You may support one of the walkers…

  • Easter Sunday Worship 2020

  • Easter and the New Normal, a message from Pastor John Medwid

    Easter and the New Normal My Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Alleluia! The Christ is risen! Alleluia! Those words may seem jarring and out-of-sync with our present situation. Yet, I would maintain that they are more necessary than ever! With our social distancing, isolation, and quarantine, we are getting a glimpse of the darkness…