Plan Ahead to Grow During Lent!
Each Wednesday from:
March 5, 2025 (Ash Wednesday) - April 9, 2025
5:30 pm Soup Supper
6:30 pm Worship

Plan now to dedicate your Wednesday evenings to worshipping and
gaining a deeper understanding of your Spiritual Gifts!
The service also includes “Holden Evening Prayer”

                                                      Week 1 March 5         Ash Wednesday
                                                      Week 2 March 12       “Your Personality” (Quirks & All)
                                                      Week 3 March 19       “Your Vocation” (More Than a Job)
                                                      Week 4 March 26       “So Many Lists” (Compatible & Complex)
                                                      Week 5 April 2            “Sub-lists & Learning Trials“ (Yes, Never, Maybe)
                                                      Week 6 April 9             “Greater Love” (whole Self Surrender)

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE
April 17, 2025 9:30 am Palm Sunday service with palms, drama, and Worship
April 20, 2025 7:00 pm Maundy Thursday service with Holy Communion
Apri 21, 6:30 pm Good Friday service 

                                                

EASTER SUNDAY SCHEDULE
APRIL 20, 2025

                              

Welcome To First Lutheran Church! 

We are so glad that you are here!

Here at First Lutheran Church, we foster a sense of family and strive to not only strengthen our relationships with God, but to strengthen our bonds as a congregation while doing it.  Our Mission is to “Renew Hope In Our Community Through Christ," and we would love to help you and your family renew and/or deepen your hope in Christ, our savior. To learn more about us, you can click here, or go to the about us page on the top right corner of this page.

Schedule a Visit With our Pastor!

All are Welcome!

126 North Jefferson, Ottumwa, Iowa 52501

First Lutheran Church Worship 

  • Sundays: 9:30 am Worship Service, Holy Communion is celebrated every 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month. 
  • Sundays: Before & After Worship Coffee, Treats, & Fellowship in the Library Lounge  
  • Wednesdays: 5:30 Chapel Worship with Holy Communion every week 

Bible Study

  • Mondays: noon. Connexus 2.0                                                                                                                                             
  • Tuesdays: 10 am. Connexus Bible Study                                                                                                                         
  • 1st & 3rd Tuesdays: 6 pm. Women's Bible Study                                                                                                                 
  • 2nd & 4th Wednesdays: 11 am. Women's Bible Study 
  • Sundays: 4:00 pm. Confirmation for all ages 6th Grade-Adult
  • Sunday at 5:00 pm. High School Small Group Bible Study with dinner                                                                                                                                                                                         

Click here for more info on small groups

Click here for more info on Youth Group

Monthly Bible Challenge

Invest a few minutes a day to deepen your understanding of Scripture. Take the “Monthly Bible Challenge.”  Whether it’s on your own for personal devotions or with your family for a God-Time routine, it’s an ideal way share in the process of learning the Bible and growing in the Word. Click here for the  Monthly Bible Challenge.

2024 Summer Mission Trips at First Lutheran 
India Mission Trip to Bishara Campus in Kerala Manjerry India June 2024

Youth Mission Trip to Kenosha WI July 2024

Plan Ahead to Grow During Lent!
Lent begins with Ash Wednesday on March 5t  
but plan now to dedicate your Wednesday evenings to
worshipping and gaining a deeper understanding
of your Spiritual Gifts!
The service also includes “Holden Evening Prayer”