First English Evangelical Lutheran Church, Richmond Va

08/24/2026

Each month, Living Lutheran will share history and fun facts behind some hymns beloved by Lutherans. This month’s hymn is Day by Day. Text: Carolina Sandell Berg, 1832-1903; tr. Robert Leaf, 1936-2005 Music:...

08/23/2026

🔴 **Join Us for Worship — Live on Facebook!**

Can’t be with us in person this Sunday? Join us online! We’ll be livestreaming our worship on YouTube. Watch today’s service!

https://www.youtube.com/live/25-GMDVAzFM?feature=shared

🙏 Come worship with us, wherever you are.
📺 Tune in and invite a friend!

We look forward to sharing worship with you!

08/23/2026

Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry has issued his fourth in a series of monthly messages that continue through the end of this year, titled “All Together in One Place."

Each message will share a pastoral word, rooted in Scripture, that witnesses to God's presence today, our rich theological tradition and the social teaching that connects us.

Read his latest message, "A Call to be Trusted Messengers in this Election Season America," here: elca.org/news/a-call-to-be-trusted-messengers-in-this-election-season

08/20/2026

Learn more : https://www.felcrichmond.org/150th-anniversary.html

08/18/2026

👋 High School family, check this out!

🎓 Lutheran Visit Day at Roanoke College for prospective students!

Founded by Lutherans for Lutherans right here in Virginia in 1842, Roanoke College continues to be a special part of our Virginia Synod story.

Join on September 26 from 10am to 12:30pm to learn more about the college, hear from current students and staff, explore the campus, and take a tour. There is no cost to participate!

🔗 Register and learn more: https://enroll.roanoke.edu/portal/campus_programs?id=55e89176-113a-436a-9231-7fe84a664489

08/18/2026

❤️🙏 Welcome to our new and returning students from , and others! Can you believe it is time for classes already?!

08/16/2026

Good am! Welcome 🙏. We ❤️ to have this way to extend our worship with you! Our service is live streaming on YouTube and then also available after the service to catch it if you missed the 10:30 gathering time.

Check it out! Hear the readings, pray, hear the sermon, sing along! 🙏❤️Click the link ⬇️👇

TODAY’S WORSHIP
In Isaiah we hear that God’s house shall be a house of prayer for all people and that God will gather the
outcasts of Israel. The Canaanite woman in today’s gospel is a Gentile, an outsider, who is unflinching
in her request that Jesus heal her daughter. As Jesus commends her bold faith, how might our church
extend its mission to those on the margins of society? In our gathering around word and meal we
receive strength to be signs of comfort, healing, and justice for those in need.

PRAYER OF THE DAY
God of all peoples, your arms reach out to embrace all those who call upon you. Teach us as disciples
of your Son to love the world with compassion and constancy, that your name may be known
throughout the earth, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.
Amen.

https://www.youtube.com/live/OiySOIG3N3c?is=G9cQfbHPCqzCdCKY

08/08/2026

Tomorrow - Sunday Aug 9 First English will include a noisy offering of praise. Thanking God for his gifts and the joy of giving back. If you are joining us in person, bring a few coins if you can to add to the joyful noise of giving back. Thank you Lord for your many gifts.

08/04/2026

One Day, One Step is having its fifth annual gathering on Saturday, Sept 12th at First English Lutheran Church from 9 am to 1 pm. The day starts with a Service of Repentance and Healing where we will corporately pray for God's healing of racism in our city and partake in communion. Participants will be guided through a process of Lament, Repent, Forgive, and Be healed. We will end the day with a Repair Fair featuring over 20 local nonprofits doing the work of repair across the metro area. With our prayers, we have hope that ONE DAY Richmond will be racially reconciled and healed. We understand healing is a process that happens in layers; this event is ONE STEP in seeing God's Kingdom come to Richmond as it is in heaven. To learn more and to register, please visit https://www.onedayrva.org/ .Registration is free.

One Day, One Step is a multi-church collaboration that seeks racial healing for our city through corporate, intercessory prayer. The event includes a Service of Repentance and Healing that leads participants through a process of Lament, Repent and Forgive. With these prayers, we have hope that One D...

07/26/2026

🎉You found us! Stop your scroll and worship with us. (Livestream link 👇)

Despite any label that would seek to divide us, you are welcome here, and we are united in our need for a savior. Together we give God our service of worship and are transformed by Jesus, the Living Word.

TODAY’S WORSHIP
As Solomon 🙏prays for wisdom, we seek to more deeply know the treasures of faith. In today’s gospel
Jesus offers everyday images that reveal to us the reign of God: a tree 🌳 that becomes a sheltering home,
yeast that penetrates and expands, a treasured pearl, a net that gains a great 🐟🐠🐟catch. Even as we seek the riches of God’s reign, the great surprise 🎉 is that God’s grace finds us first! ❤️‼️

https://www.youtube.com/live/cVXC1Bn6WCM?feature=shared