Good Shepherd Weekly 9/5
No Bible Study Sept 8
There will be no morning Bible Study on Sunday, September 8. A new Bible Series will be starting at 9am on Sunday, September 15. See more info below.
Welcome Home
On Sunday, September 8 at 10am we will celebrate Welcome Home Sunday. After service the celebration will continue around a meal together. The church is not just a place but it is a gathering of people around God’s Word and Sacraments. We will be celebrating all the gifts God gives through this gathering of people. This gathering is intended to be like a well at which an individual can receive refreshment. It is supposed to be a gathering that one returns to after a hard week in order to receive comfort. It should be a gathering that gives us the right direction in a world full of options. In short, God wants the church to be like home. We want to pack the house, the goal is to have 100% of our members in worship that day. Please, set aside that date and join your brothers and sisters in Christ!
Fall-Winter Church Calendar
A church calendar which lists the majority of upcoming church events has been delivered to your church mailboxes. This calendar will help you to stay up to date with what is going on. A digital calendar, accessible through our church app, will be forthcoming.
EIO Training September 16
The first English Improvement Class at Good Shepherd will be held on Tuesday, September 17. Pastor Flunker will be present for that class. More importantly, he will be here on Monday, September 16 to provide training to our volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering in any way with English Improvement Opportunities then we encourage you to plan on being here for training. More specific times on September 16 will be forthcoming. These classes are a way for us to put our Christian love into action. If you have any questions please speak to any member of the Outreach Committee (Jack Terry, Mary Terry, Inga Wohlgemuth, Katie Otto, Pastor Goetzinger).
New Bible Study: Commissioned for a Mission
In Acts 1 Jesus said to his disciples, “You will be my witnesses.” The disciples were commissioned to be something That being would inform their doing. They were commissioned for a mission. This commissioning has been given to us today. Through our study of Acts, we will see that we have been commissioned to be witnesses. We are witnesses now. We don’t cease being witnesses—we have a commission. This commission helps us carry out the task of witnessing as we share the message of the risen Jesus and his saving work.
Sunday 9am Bible Study
Acts: Commissioned for a Mission
In Acts 1 Jesus said to his disciples, “You will be my witnesses.” The disciples were commissioned to be something That being would inform their doing. They were commissioned for a mission. This commissioning has been given to us today. Through our study of Acts, we will see that we have been commissioned to be witnesses. We are witnesses now. We don’t cease being witnesses—we have a commission. This commission helps us carry out the task of witnessing as we share the message of the risen Jesus and his saving work.
Upcoming Sunday
Jesus has called each one of us to follow him as disciples. Yet, distractions often overshadow our spiritual focus and busyness clouds our understanding of discipleship. Over the next seven weeks, we will rediscover what it means to follow Jesus in our everyday lives. We’ll recall Christ’s mission, relearn his path, and most of all we’ll be reminded that Christ encourages and equips us to follow him as his disciples every day.