Grace is undeserved love. It is God’s kindly attitude toward sinners like us. Our salvation comes from God’s faithful love, not from anything we do. So how do we share this great love? Through our interactions with others as a loving response to God’s gift. What...
What is Faith’s mission statement? Imagine if everyone at Faith could answer that question without pause! A mission statement is a summary of what we DO as a church. It helps guide decisions about priorities, actions and responsibilities. In January 2019, the Faith congregation...
The next time you enter the Faith chapel, look up! Lovely new LED light fixtures illuminate this special space in our church. Recently, Prayer Lab activities on Wednesday nights "illuminated" the need to replace old fluorescent fixtures that were loud and often flickered. The...
"Dear Parent / Guardian A message to you from Faith Lutheran Church of Forest Lake: Our hope is that families in difficult situations know that we at Faith Lutheran care about you and your children. We also hope that your future circumstances might allow you and your children to consider 'paying...
We are seven years into our preschool partnership with Lake Area Discovery Center. Enrollment is strong and this year we are 94% full! Together we support parents and children through a creative environment that promotes and teaches Christian values, honors diversity and fosters fellowship...
"What an awesome event!" "I was so touched by the stories I heard." "Wow!" Share Tank, Forest Lake's first ever community sharing competition, took place on September 11th at Faith. Spiritual entrepreneurs pitched ideas to community leaders and received grants in the amount of $2,250 to...
In June we launched the Faith $100 challenge. 10 people received $100 during worship and were invited to live generously with the additional gift. Here is an update from Bob & Joanne Olson "We gave the $100 to Union Gospel Mission. We know they do good work. In the past I've sent a...
In June we launched the Faith $100 challenge. 10 people received $100 during worship and were invited to live generously with the additional gift. Here is an update from Don & Denise Baber: Acres for Life is a therapy and wellness center that uses horses to bring hope and healing through...
In 2017 Faith started the process of strategic branding. Our first step was to re-imagine our website with goals of being visitor friendly, mobile friendly and sticky. We shifted the primary narrative from telling what our church does to who we are and how our church relates with God...
Neither thunder nor rain nor low hanging wires stays these evangelists from the swift completion of their appointed parade route. Sometimes all you can do is laugh. Our parade planning started in March. The overall theme of the parade was “Can you hear the bell of...