Update from Good Shepherd (October 10, 2019)

Greetings!

REGULAR SCHEDULE

        Divine Services are Sundays at 10:00 AM.

        Sunday School is on Sundays at 8:45 AM.

        Adult Bible Class is on Sundays at 8:45 AM and Wednesdays at 6:30 PM.

        Adult Bible Class will be working our way through the books of 1 & 2 Samuel, seeing how God continued to preserve his plan of salvation.  We will give special attention to the prophet Samuel and to the kings, Saul and David.  NOTE: Sunday morning and Wednesday evening are the same class.

CHOIR TO BEGIN 
Good Shepherd's choir rehearsals are scheduled to begin on Wednesday, October 16 at 7:30 PM.  If you are interested in learning more about choir, please speak to Jeanette Schneider.

Support Our Collegiate Students (SOS)

        After church on Sunday, October 13, the Ladies of Good Shepherd will be meeting to discuss upcoming events and package eleven SOS packages.  This should not take too much time.  Your interest/involvement in these opportunities is appreciated by so many.  We also are accepting your financial support.  Hope to see you there.  If you have any questions, please contact Cathy Mowers, cmowers@comcast.net  or Georgene Kinsman, gjkinsman@sbcglobal.net

TRUNK OR TREAT
On Saturday, October 19 (9:00-11:00 AM), Good Shepherd will be host a Trunk or Treat for our members and for the community.  We will be having cars decorated and their owners handing out goodies to the children who come.  We will have a pumpkin patch where each child can pick up free pumpkin (for as long as they last).  There will be lawn games outside and indoor activities.  Coffee, cider, and donuts will be available.  All this at no cost.  Tell your friends.
Members of Good Shepherd: We will need people to have decorated cars in order to make this a worth while event for our guests.  We would like to have at least ten cars here.  If you have a few hours to spare on Saturday, October 19, please join us.  Call the church (248-349-0565) or email (welsnovi@aol.com) to let us know if you will be able to bring your car for Trunk or Treat.

MISSION FESTIVAL
On Sunday, October 20, Good Shepherd will have a Mission Festival.  We give our offerings regularly to support the preaching of the Gospel around the world.  One of the many missionaries we support with our offerings will be here to tell us about the work we are doing together in south Asia.  Rev. Guy Marquardt (a classmate of Pastor Schroeder) will be our preacher.  A pot luck dinner will follow the service at which Pastor Marquardt and his wife Linda will tell us about the work they are doing.  There will also be a mission display from the country where Pastor Marquardt serves.  Look for a Sign Up Genius link soon so that we know who will be bringing what food for our meal.

WELCOME HOME SUNDAY
The Church is a communion of saints, made up of brothers and sisters in Christ.  If we are brothers and sisters in Christ, we long to treat one another that way.  That means we rejoice to see one another, and the weekly opportunity to meet is at our Divine Services on Sundays.
Sadly, some of our brothers and sisters have become somewhat estranged.  For whatever reason (laziness, shame, burdens of guilt, struggles with doubt—it could be anything), they do not come often or almost never come to church at all.  It is for these brothers and sisters that we pray.  More than praying for them, we want to make an intentional effort to have them back with us.  Our focus for this is “Welcome Home Sunday,” on October 27.
We will be contacting all of our members in one fashion or another, and even reaching out to those who stopped coming to our church.  We want all of God's people joining together to receive the blessings of God, for the mutual encouragement of one another, and for a foretaste of all the saints who will be joined together in heavenly glory.  Can you imagine Good Shepherd packed wall-to-wall with people singing robust praises to God?  We'd rather not imagine it; we'd rather see it happen.
We hope to achieve a full attendance on Sunday, October 27, and we want those who have come back to continue coming.  Having a full house should not be the exception; it should be the goal every week.  Step one will be Welcome Home Sunday on October 27.  You are encouraged to reach out to people you have not seen for a while, and you are encouraged to invite others to be with us.  And if we should have many people back with us, make it a point to let them know that you long to see them again, and that you are glad they came home.

REFORMATION RALLY

To give thanks to God for the pure Gospel which was restored to the Chuch by Dr. Martin Luther, our area Reformation Rally will be held at Huron Valley Lutheran High School (33740 Cowan Road, Westland) on Sunday, October 27 at 4:00 PM.  Rev. Craig Birsching of St. John's Lutheran Church of Westland will serve as our preacher.  The choir from HVL will also be singing God's praises.

NOTES from Huron Valley Lutheran High School (HVL)

Join HVL’s Mailing List - Go to HVLHS.org and click on “Sign up for Newsletter” or call or email the school office at mail@hvlhs.org to be added.

OFFICE HOURS
        Regular office hours at Good Shepherd will be Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM. While there may be some flexibility to this schedule, we will try to keep it as regular as possible. 

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God bless you.

In Christ,

Pastor Schroeder

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SUNDAY SCHOOL -- Sundays at 8:45 AM.

ADULT BIBLE CLASS -- Sundays at 8:45 AM and Wednesdays at 6:30 PM.

DIVINE SERVICES -- Sundays at 10:00 AM

GOOD SHEPHERD’S WEBSITE

www.GoodShepherdNovi.org

PASTOR SCHROEDER’S BLOG
www.LutheranSubject.blogspot.com

Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church
41415 W. Nine Mile Road
Novi, Michigan  48375-4306
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Divine Services -- Sundays at 10:00 AM