Greetings!
REGULAR SCHEDULE
Divine Service is Sundays at 10:00 AM.
Sunday School is Sundays at 9:00 AM.
Adult Bible Class is Sundays at 9:00 AM.
CALENDAR: For a calendar of events and meetings, click here.
LADIES OF GOOD SHEPHERD will have a brief meeting after church today. Among the topics of discussion will be
bringing food for some of the Lenten Dinners.
BIBLE MATTERS
ADULT BIBLE CLASS
Sometimes we have a hard time understanding parts of the Bible. Some of those words come from Jesus himself. We are considering the Hard Sayings of Jesus. The weekly schedule can be found here. Adult Bible Class meets at 9:00 AM. All from grade 7 on up are welcome to attend.
MURDER MYSTERY – OH, HORRORS! IT’S MURDER!
Good Shepherd will be hosting an interactive theater experience on Saturday, February 7 at 7:00 PM. (Doors open at 6:15 PM.) “Oh, Horrors! It’s Murder!” will be presented by a local theater group which will feature congregational members Diane Wozniak and Tom Mattison. We will watch the first act which will depict the murder (it’s not going to be gruesome; it’s church outing!). Then, we will interact with the characters during an intermission. In the second act, we will vote on who we think the murderer is, and the actors will respond based on our vote. Tickets are $25. Look for tickets at the QR code in this link. Refreshments will be served before the play and during the intermission. You are encouraged to invite friends to this event.
> A test for our texting service was done on January 19. If you did not receive a text message but would like to receive them, speak with Terry Barber.
> In an effort to engage more members with more opportunities to serve, we are summoning more men to serve as ushers. We also intend to be more organized so that we don’t grab people at the last minute to fill in for absent people. We will be recruiting people who will count and deposit the offerings. We will also be recruiting more women who can serve in handling the sacred vessels for holy communion. Training for all of these areas of service will be scheduled in the months to come.
> Every four years or so, the pastor conducts visits at the homes of all the members. It is intended to stay connected with everyone and to allow people to address any issues that may bother them or confuse them. Every Member Visits will begin in February. A sign-up sheet will be posted at church to allow people to schedule their visit. As the year goes on, phone calls will be made to those who have not yet signed up (ominous music inserted here).
> The Michigan Lutheran Seminary Choir will
be conducting a sacred concert at Good Shepherd on Wednesday, March 25 at 7:00
PM. While the concert is a ways off,
we will need to prepare for them. We
will be providing a supper at church before the concert. After the concert, host families will be
needed to provide lodging, breakfast, a sack lunch, and a return trip to church
on Thursday morning. More details will
be offered later. For now, consider if
you could host some teens and how many you would be able to take home for the
night.
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.
OPEN
FORUM AND VOTERS’ MEETING
We have
scheduled our Open Forum, followed up by our Annual Voters’ Meeting, on Sunday,
February 15 at 11:15 AM. We will
present proposed projects for the coming year as well as various opportunities
for our members to serve the congregation.
ASH WEDNESDAY is February 18. This will also mark the beginning of our Lenten Dinners. We will need people to provide for meals on February 18 and 25 and March 4, 11, 18, and 25. March 25 will also be including the supper for the Michigan Lutheran Seminary Choir. If necessary, we can have a meal catered, but we will need to know which Wednesday to do that if no one is available to provide a dinner.
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In Christ,
Pastor Schroeder
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