Greetings!
REGULAR SCHEDULE
Divine Service is Sunday at 10:00 AM.
Adult Bible Class is on Sunday at 9:00 AM.
Bible Matters meets on Wednesdays at 6:30 PM.
CALENDAR: For a calendar of events and meetings, click here.
FOWLING
THIS FRIDAY (February 21), we will meet at the HUB Stadium in Novi (44325 W 12 Mile Rd Ste H-160,) for an evening of Fowling (throwing a football at bowling pins). You do not need to be an NCAA caliber quarterback for this event. Even if you are, it will be harder than you think. The cost will be $100 per lane per hour (up to 8 participants per lane). If you just want to be a spectator, you are welcome to join us for drinks and snacks. RSVP to https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050A4FA8AA2EA64-55005393-fowling if you plan on throwing the football at this event. Our lanes are reserved from 7:00 - 8:00 PM. Please arrive by 6:45 PM.
EUCHRE NIGHTS
On the Sundays from February 23 through March 30, there will be potential for euchre nights. Various members will host for the evening, which means the venue will change from week to week. If you are not a euchre player and want to come for the sake of visiting with your fellow members, please do. It is very likely that not every euchre player will be able to play each game.
To indicate your willingness to host a particular Sunday, please respond to welsnovi@aol.com. NOTE: If there are no hosts for a particular Sunday, we will not have a euchre night on that Sunday. As of this writing, almost all dates need hosts.
FEBRUARY 23 -- At church, 6:30 PM. Bring snacks to share.
EASTER FOR KIDS PREP MEETINGTHIS SUNDAY (February 23), we will have an organizational meeting to prepare for our Easter for Kids event. We will need people to attend each of the five stations for our visitors, as well as others who can assist with crafts as needed and to interact with our guests. To find out how you can serve, join us this Sunday after church.
OPEN FORUM HIGHLIGHTS (February)
> The new cabinets for the renovated the kitchen at the church have been ordered. We expect them to be here about April 7. Renovations will not occur until after Easter to allow us to use our existing kitchen for Lenten dinners and Easter breakfast. If you are interested in using the old cabinets for your own usage, please speak with Bob Wozniak to claim them before they are deposited in a dumpster. The flooring is still available. It will hit the curb when some of the snow melts, so time is short.
> Our Evangelism & Stewardship Committees met to set up some tentative dates of interest:
February 21 -- Fowling (throwing a football at bowling pins)
March 5 -- Lenten dinners begin; six Wednesdays through April 9.
Euchre nights -- Sunday nights from February 23 through March 30. Dates will be selected by those who volunteer to host a Euchre night. Not all dates will necessarily be selected.
April 12 -- Easter for Kids
April 20 -- Easter services and Easter breakfast
We welcome members to join us and to help plan these various events. Even if you take charge of one event, that will benefit us all.
> We will begin to organize efforts to produce a pictorial directory. If you are interested in helping out, speak with Pastor Schroeder. An organizational meeting will take place in March. We will aim for March 2 (to be confirmed).
BIBLE MATTERS WINTER SESSION
Bible Matters meets on Wednesdays at 6:30 PM. We welcome all for this discussion group. This winter’s topic will be “Jesus responds to challenges by his enemies.” These challenges were hurled at Jesus during Holy Week in an attempt to accuse him of false teaching and practice. A detailed schedule can be found here.
ASH WEDNESDAY IS MARCH 5We will be utilizing the Imposition of Ashes for Ash Wednesday at our March 5 Divine Service. For information on the rationale and procedure, you will find an upcoming blogpost. There will also be a bulletin insert on February 23.
A supper will be served on March 5 at 6:00 PM. The Divine Service will be at 7:00 PM. The supper and service schedule will continue throughout all the Wednesday Lenten services.
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 are 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.
GOOD SHEPHERD ON YOUTUBE
Services are uploaded to YouTube each week. Feel free to share the videos. Here is the service from February 16, 2025: Good Shepherd Novi, Divine Service, February 16, 2025
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In Christ,
Pastor Schroeder
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DIVINE SERVICES are on Sundays at 10:00 AM.
Adult Bible Class -- Sundays at 9:00 AM.
GOOD SHEPHERD’S WEBSITE
www.GoodShepherdNovi.org
PASTOR SCHROEDER’S BLOG
www.LutheranSubject.blogspot.com
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