Good Shepherd Weekly 8/16
Welcome Home Sunday
You should have received information in the mail about our upcoming Welcome Home Sunday on September 11. (If you haven’t received it yet, you should be receiving it soon.) Our goal is to have 100% of the members of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church worship together on this special day. Please do everything possible to set that date aside so that we can pack the house that day. After service there will be time for food, fellowship, and some games. So plan on sticking around!
Council for Children Gala Invite
The Outreach Committee has been working to increase Good Shepherd's visibility and activity within the local community. To that end we have partnered with a variety of local non-profits such as the Greater Attleboro Area Council for Children. Members of the Outreach Committee will be attending the Council for Children's 2022 Gala. We would love to have a great showing of people from Good Shepherd at this community event and so you are invited to join us at the Gala. The Gala is on Saturday, September 24 2022 and is 6:00-11:00. The Gala will be held at the EnVision Hotel and Conference Center in Mansfield. The cost per person is $30. If you would like to attend please contact Pastor Goetzinger (pastor@goodshepherdattleboro.com) by August 21.
This Week at Good Shepherd
Sunday, Aug 21: Bible Study, 9:00am (in-person)
Sunday, Aug 21: Sunday Service, 10:00am (communion)
Sunday Morning Bible Study
Sundays 9:00am In-Person
Upcoming Sunday
Gratitude is the appreciation and thankfulness we feel when someone does something kind to us or for us. There are two key factors that influence the intensity of gratitude. First, there is the deservedness factor. Say you do a favor for your neighbor, picking up his mail when he is out of town. A month later he does a favor for you, giving you a ride to the airport. You are grateful for his help, but not overwhelmingly so. You feel by doing a favor for him, you deserved his help to some degree. Second, there is the generosity factor. Say you do that favor for your neighbor, picking up his mail when he is out of town. When he gets back, he gives you a hundred-dollar bill. You’re stunned. “I can’t accept. This is too generous.” Apply this to God. Consider the deservedness factor. What does God owe us? How deserving are we of his blessing? Consider the generosity factor. What has he done for us? What blessings has he given us now? What blessings has he promised us in eternity? As Jesus increases our faith, so that we accurately answer all those questions, we become more than grateful. We overflow with gratitude.
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