Good Shepherd Weekly 5/16
Sunday Service Time Change
On Sunday, May 29 we are making a permanent change to our Bible Study and Sunday Service schedule. Beginning May 29 Sunday Bible Study will be held at 9:00am and run for 45 minutes. Sunday Service will be at 10:00am. For the sake of consistency we will follow this schedule year round for the foreseeable future.
Bethany Lutheran College Choir
The Bethany Lutheran College’s Concert Choir will perform two concerts in Massachusetts as part of their spring choir tour. They will be at Trinity Lutheran Church in Brewster, MA on Wednesday, May 18 at 7:30 and at Pinewood Lutheran Church in Burlington, MA on Thursday, May 19 at 7:30. The Concert Choir is a 50-70 voice choir of Bethany Lutheran College. Bethany Lutheran College is a Christian liberal arts college owned and operated by our sister synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, and is located in Mankato, MN.
Crawl to the Cross Event
On Sunday, May 29 the Stewardship Committee will host a fellowship after church. Bring a snack and enjoy the morning together, and try out a variety of RC Cars. There will be a variety of stations set up each with a different truck. Including: a run through the woods, a timed course, a rock crawl. If you have an RC Car feel free to bring yours along. Plan on sticking around after church on May 29 for some fun and fellowship.
Memorial Day at the Goetzingers
Pastor and Sarah will host a Memorial Day fellowship at their home. If you are free Memorial Day come for the afternoon and stay into the evening for fellowship, food, and encouragement. Fellowship starts at 3:00pm at the parsonage. Pastor will light the grill and dinner and sides will be served later in the day.
Wednesday Evening Bible Study
Wednesdays 7:00pm Online
As Paul writes his letter to the Christians in the city of Philippi, he is bound in prison and disconnected from his friends and church family. He is also facing a dilemma—he is unsure whether he will survive this imprisonment or not. Far from being a lament of his situation, Philippians is a letter filled with joy, praise, and thankfulness. Paul found the unique joy that comes only to those who have been lead by the Holy Spirit to discover the life of Christ. Paul shows us how being a Christian means seeing your own life as an expression of Jesus’ life. Paul shows us that Christ centered contentment can not be stolen away by life’s circumstances.
Sunday Morning Bible Study
Sundays 9:15am In-Person
Every Sunday we follow the same rubric... invocation, confession and absolution, hymn, sermon, blessing, etc... Sometimes it can seem like tradition for tradition's sake, rather than providing an obvious benefit for the people of today. Confessing sin can seem stodgy. The songs can seem old. But far from being a relic of the past this form of worship provides us what is essential for faith and life. It unites us with one another, offers encouragement to all us, and shows us that God is at work even today.
This Sunday
Conventional wisdom says that joy is a direct result of circumstance. Our disposition is nothing more than a product of the events, conditions, and relationships of which our life consists. Therefore, it would seem that for our disposition to change, our circumstances need to change. But Jesus offers us a joy that is superior. It is not a product of circumstance; it's a product of Easter. Easter proves that God can take what normally causes people to weep and turn it into what causes people to rejoice. Sin, death, and shame went into Jesus' tomb. Forgiveness, life, and glory came out. Our risen Savior gives us a joy that remains constant in the highest of life's highs and the lowest of life's lows. It is a joy that can never be taken from us.
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