Council Meeting – Tuesday, March 10th at 6:30pm

Elders Meeting – Tuesday, March 17th at 6:30pm

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Family Fun Day

The Preschool’s annual Family Fun Day is Saturday, June 6, 2026. It’s a fun day of food, friends, games, entertainment, crafts, and a Silent Auction. Please mark your calendars for this very special day!

Preparations are already underway for this big event. You can help! We are asking families to consider donating to our Silent Auction, either privately or through their employer. We are seeking donations of items such as: tickets or certificates to sporting events, movies, concerts, amusement parks, restaurants, manicures, haircuts, a weekend getaway, business services, and more. We are also happy to accept monetary donations, and we’ll do the shopping for you. The funds raised will be used to improve our preschool facilities and add new learning materials.

To donate an item or make a monetary donation, please call the preschool office at (949) 786-3997 or email Brenda at preschooloffice.loc@gmail.com.

Drive Through Prayer:

Thursday, March 27, April 3 and April 10 from 5pm to 7pm. We need your help!

A group of people hold signs along Culver Drive, smiling and waving to people driving by. Signs letting them know they can pull into the church parking lot and have someone pray with them. You can see this with pictures from previous years. We need at least 10 people and the more the merrier.

We also need a few people who would be willing to wait in our parking lot to pray with those who pull in. This is the third year of doing this and the first two years we had several cars pull in for prayer.

The reason we do this is to serve our neighbor. We are not trying to get them to join our church. We want to show concern and care for those in our community by praying for them.

Adult Ed : "Finding the Right Way through Paradise Lost"

Reading Milton's 17th-century poetic masterpiece, Paradise Lost, can be a daunting task on one’s own. Join Dr. Kerri Tom and the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Ruehs on Sunday mornings in the season of Lent (Feb. 22-Mar. 29) as they guide us through this epic poem about Creation, the Fall, and God’s plan of salvation for His people: Dr. Tom will focus on how Milton uses poetry to express his beliefs while Dr. Ruehs explains the theology behind them, noting the places where the author’s Christianity aligns (or does not align) with our Lutheran understanding.

Please note: although you are encouraged to read Paradise Lost in its entirety over the six weeks of this study, you do not need to; important passages will be handed out to you each week.

The Laudamus Choir March 18th

The Laudamus Choir, from Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, will be sharing music during our Wednesday evening service on March 18. Please meet future pastors of our synod at dinner and join in a very musical worship service, welcoming back Sam Held, Stephan Christian, and John Trinklein, all who sing in the choir and have previously worshipped regularly at Light of Christ.

We are seeking hosts to keep the singers overnight. You would give them a bed to sleep in after the concert and breakfast in the morning, dropping them off at Light of Christ by 9:00 AM the next morning. Email jeff.held@cui.edu if you can help! If you previously shared your email, more details are coming!

Line Dancing Youth Fundraiser – March 22nd

LCRL Bulletin BLURBS –

March 2026

March 8

Start your week with a timely devotional message written by Dr. Seltz delivered to your email inbox. Subscribe at https://www.lcrlfreedom.org/#subscribe.

March 15

The “Ides of March” (March 15) may not have been beneficial for Julius Caesar, but you are invited to be informed and inspired by the Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty podcasts – see https://www.lcrlfreedom.org/podcast.

March 22

The Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty is your voice in Washington DC. Help keep your voice strong, please consider a donation – see https://www.lcrlfreedom.org/donate.

March 29

The Lutheran Center for Religious Liberty equips Lutherans to faithfully engage the public square with clarity, courage, and compassion. See www.LCRLFreedom.org.