Good Shepherd Weekly 2/22
Ash Wednesday Service & Soup Supper
Lent is just around the corner. On Wednesday, February 22 we will celebrate Ash Wednesday. Service will start at 7pm. We will also have a soup supper before the service at 6pm. A signup for food and other items is on the bulletin board next to the kitchen door.
Lenten Devotional
Lent is a time of refocus and renewal. It can feel like a lot, so to help we put together a series of Lent devotions. You can download it here: https://bit.ly/Lent23Devotion This time of refocus and renewal will help prepare you for Easter. Watch the video as Pastor G guides you through the first devotion.
Ash Wednesday Devotion - YouTube
A devotion on John 1:29-34 which is a part of our Lent devotional series. Download the guide here: https://bit.ly/Lent23Devotion
LWMS Spring Rally
On Saturday, April 15, Good Shepherd is blessed to host the Spring Rally for the Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society (LWMS). We are in the process of changing the name “Rally” to “Hearts in Motion” because that is the perfect description of the LWMS. Hearts moved to serve our missionaries and our missions around the world!!
This will run from 9-3 on April 15. Our guest speaker will be Pastor Timothy Walsh from Grace of God in Dix Hills, NY. Thai Village products will be on display and available for purchase.
The commitments from our ladies is supplying continental brunch items as the ladies are arriving and registering. And also a lunch. Table decorations and and set up are taken care of, however we usually have some kind of “take away” from each event, and if anyone has any artistic idea or fun Spring or mission themed item to have at each table setting let me know.
Please mark this on your calendar to attend! If you weren’t able to make the annual convention last summer in Rochester, this is a mini version right here at our church. If you would like to help out in any way, please let Debbie Giovinazzo know.
New Hymnal Order
Good Shepherd will be placing an order for some extra hymnals. If you would like a hymnal for your personal use, we will make sure to order one for you when we place the order. Hymnals cost $24.00. A check can be made out to Good Shepherd and placed in the offering plate. A sign up sheet is on the bulletin board in the fellowship area.
Midweek Lent Series
As we begin our Lenten journey, we focus our attention upon various witnesses to Christ in John’s Gospel. We begin with John the Baptist, a man on a mission. John the Baptist’s mission is “to witness concerning that light.” In fact, fourteen times in John’s Gospel, the word witness is connected with John the Baptist. “He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to every person was coming into the world” (John 1:8–9). John points us to Jesus, who takes away our sin, our guilt, and our shame at the cross.
Upcoming Sunday
Lent is the season of the Church Year where we wrestle with our greatest needs. Lent also demonstrates that in Christ, all our greatest needs are met. Here is what the Spirit makes clear this season. If you lack Christ, you have nothing. If you have Christ, you have everything you truly need.
Join us this for our new series: Our Greatest Needs.
Sunday Sermon
