Good Shepherd Weekly 11/29
Rick Schlicht Memorial Service
Rick Schlicht’s visitation and memorial service will be on Saturday, December 7 at Duffy Funeral Home in Cumberland, RI (757 Mendon Rd.) The visitation will last from 2:00pm-3:30pm. The memorial service with Pastor Goetzinger presiding will begin at 3:30pm.
Christmas Decorating
Bring your Christmas spirit and join us on Saturday, November 30th beginning at 2PM to help decorate the sanctuary and church exterior for the holidays. A light dinner and desserts will be provided around 4:30PM. Please sign up in the gathering area so we know how much dinner to prepare. We hope to see you there.
Advent by Candlelight
Advent by Candlelight Dinner and Worship will be held on Wednesday, December 4th at 6PM. We would love for you to join us! This will be a wonderful opportunity to prepare our hearts for Advent. Dinner, drinks, and desserts will be provided.
Please sign up in the gathering area before December 1st to let us know how many in your family will be attending.
Advent & Christmas Schedule
Wednesday, December 4, Advent by Candlelight, 6:00pm Dinner, 7:00pm Service
Sunday, December 8, Advent Service, 10:00am
Sunday, December 15, Advent Service, 10:00am
Sunday, December 22, Advent Service, 10:00am
Sunday, December 24, Christmas Eve Service, 6:00pm
No service December 25, Christmas Day
Sunday 9am Bible Study
Bold Strong Courageous
Moses was NOT always bold, strong, and courageous. He was filled with self doubt and at times out right frustration. Yet at the end of his days the Bible says this about him, "Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses." How can this be? We're going to look at a variety of bold, strong, courageous Bible characters so that we might become bold, strong, courageous disciples.
Upcoming Sunday
If a parent says, “I want to give my kids a real Christmas.” What do you think that parent means? Maybe they are thinking of trimming a freshly cut tree or finding the perfect presents or spending the holidays with extended family. “Then it will be a real Christmas!” Certainly, all those are wonderful things. However, none of them are what makes Christmas real.
If you want a real Christmas, then you need to observe Advent. Advent is Latin for “coming.” In the season of Advent, Christians observe the connection between the first time the Son of God came into our world as the Savior and the second time he will come as the Judge. Advent prepares our minds and hearts, so that we might soon celebrate a real Christmas.