Update from Good Shepherd (February 24, 2023)

Greetings!

REGULAR SCHEDULE

Divine Service is Sundays at 10:00 AM.
Sunday School and Adult Bible Class are on Sundays at 9:00 AM. 
Bible Matters will be discontinued until April. 

For a calendar of events and meetings, click here.

BAD WEATHER POLICY FOR GOOD SHEPHERD

          We will always have services as scheduled at Good Shepherd. Since I live across the parking lot, I can get to the church no matter how bad the weather gets. Even if the service is just me and my family, we will be here. For everyone else, please use your God-given common sense to determine whether or not you will get on the road to attend any service when the weather is bad. We don't want anyone to risk his or her life to be here. But if you do venture out, the scheduled service will take place. It may be only a handful with a cappella singing and/or spoken liturgy, but we will be here.
          Bible Classes and meetings may be canceled due to weather. Check your email regarding announcements to see if any of those scheduled events is canceled. If there is no email about it, it is not canceled. But again, use common sense to determine if you can make it, and call the pastor to let him know if you will not be coming.

NOTE: As of this writing (Friday afternoon), Good Shepherd is without power.  DTE suggest that it may (MAY!) be restored by Sunday.  No matter what, church will go on.  If the power is still out, you will want to wear your coat.  We will sing a cappella, and the liturgy will mostly be spoken.  But power outage will not mean that the Gospel will have its own outage.  We will meet, and we will receive God's blessings--power or no power.

ADULT BIBLE CLASS: HE WENT THROUGHOUT THEIR TOWNS AND VILLAGES
          Throughout his ministry, Jesus never traveled more than 100 miles from his hometown of Nazareth, yet he covered a lot of ground. We will consider the various places and events which marked Jesus’ life and ministry.  Travel along with Jesus throughout Judea and Jerusalem, Samaria, the villages of Galilee, and a few areas beyond Palestine.
          The schedule for this class can be found here.  Classes are on Sundays at 9:00 AM.

LENTEN VESPERS

         Lenten Vespers will begin on Wednesday, February 22.  We will offer mid-week services throughout the Lenten season.  These Wednesday evening services focus on the sufferings and death of Jesus.  The Passion readings will feature the Gospel according to St. Matthew.  The sermon theme for each week is listed here.  February 22 will have an Ash Wednesday Divine Service with the imposition of ashes and holy communion at 7:00 PM.  Each successive Wednesday will be Vespers (an evening prayer service) at 7:00 PM.

          A supper will be served each Wednesday at 6:00 PM.  If you would like to contribute to the Lenten dinners, a Sign Up Genius link will be provided soon.  It will be updated as we approach each Wednesday meal.

GOOD SHEPHERD ON YOUTUBE

          Services are uploaded to YouTube each week. Feel free to share the videos. Here is the service from Sunday, February 19: (42) Good Shepherd Novi, Divine Service, February 19, 2023 - YouTube

OFFICE HOURS
          Office hours are Monday-Thursday, 9:00 AM – Noon. The pastor will be in his office unless a meeting has been scheduled elsewhere (consult the weekly schedule). The pastor is also available by appointment. Call or text (248-719-5218). You may also email (welsnovi@aol.com), but the response may be slower.

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In Christ,
Pastor Schroeder

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REGULAR SCHEDULE
DIVINE SERVICES are on Sundays at 10:00 AM.
Sunday School and Adult Bible Class are on Sundays at 9:00 AM.
Bible Matters is discontinued until April. 

GOOD SHEPHERD’S WEBSITE
www.GoodShepherdNovi.org

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