Upcoming Events
For more information, call our Church Office at (831) 424-5643
Reports from our Church Leadership
Check our Calendar for our full Schedule.
Did you hear?! Pastor Sandi will be leading a new Adult Ed — beginning February 12th after worship service. More information to follow in bulletin!
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Both I-Help and Women Alive are in need of white socks (both men and women). There is a basket outside the nursery to drop off donations. Thank you!
Did you know?
Each month we serve and feed over 200 people through:
Women Alive (2nd and 4th Thursdays @ Dorothy’s Place)
I-Help (2nd Friday @ church)
Dorothy’s Place (4th Sunday)
Donations of every kind are needed for this important community outreach:
Cash
Socks for women and men
Gift cards to Costco, grocery stores, Dollar store, etc.
Your time!
If you/your family would like to assist at the dinners, or with cooking meals ahead of time, please contact Elaine Ketterling @ 663-0583 or Wymank@aol.com
The latest news from Guyana! Read it HERE!
El Salvador Mission News
Learn more about our mission to El Salvador HERE
We Minister to the Homeless
Monthly, we serve at Dorothy's Place Homeless Shelter.
We support Women Alive!, providing food and services to homeless women.
Monthly, we host homeless men through the I-HELP program.
Annual Congregational Meeting
Sunday, March 4, 2012
10:45am in sanctuary
MEN’S FELLOWSHIP GROUP
Meets Saturday mornings at 9AM at the church. The group is using the Serendipity Bible Study series.
ALL men are invited to attend
Bible Tours and Trips
Have you ever dreamed of traveling to the Holy Land? Or retracing Paul's footsteps in Rome? Maybe you have often wondered about the holy sites in Germany or Italy or Turkey. Wouldn't it be wonderful to experience these sites with a group from LCGS? If you are interested in hearing more about a potential overseas trip in 2012 or 2013, speak with Pastor Sandi for more information.
Serving Seniors Valentine’s
Fun and Fellowship
Wednesday, February 8th
12:00 noon
Please bring dish to share
Drinks and dessert provided!
Electronics Buffs, we need your help.
The youth room has a large array of audio-visual equipment, but it doesn’t all work together in a way that makes it accessible. Can you help? We need to get things connected in a way that all components work and are easily useable. Contact Pastor Embree or Karen Gorman if you can help.
MEN’S FELLOWSHIP GROUP meets Saturday mornings at 9AM at the church. The group is using the Serendipity Bible Study series. ALL men are invited to attend.
Join Our Youth Group of Facebook
Our Youth group has created its own Facebook page,
"Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Youth Group"
Learn about upcoming events, and e-vites to those who are "friended."
Hope all of you FORGOTTEN SHUT-IN Volunteers are visiting people in our local nursing homes.
If there are any new people who would like to join in bringing cheer to those folks who are very lonely and confined to a nursing home, please call me at 424-6452 or e-mail me at bobnkarma@yahoo.com
Let’s share our blessings by helping others!
Karma Nilsen
What Is Mission Jamaica?
Mission Jamaica is a vacation trip to the island of Jamaica where the participants spend a week enjoying the island nation and spending time - five of the days working on charitable mission projects. The group is scheduled to arrive in Montego Bay at mid-day on Saturday, January 29, 2011 and depart Montego Bay at mid-day on February 5.
The projects include tasks associated with creation of additional hurricane resistant lodging at the Westhaven Orphanage, maintenance of the existing cottages such as painting or repair, caring for the handicapped children (bathing, feeding, clothing, nurturing, etc), working with a team on a Habitat for Humanity-like project, and possibly helping at a free medical clinic. Each year we face new types of projects and we do our best to perform where ever we can help.
It is a working vacation, but with rewarding tasks that prevent the boredom that often goes with a week-long stay in a tropical paradise. Two of the days, typically Thursday and Friday, are personal vacation days when we can go on tours, shop, snorkel, or whatever we would like to do, including just kicking back and enjoying the all-inclusive benefits of the four-star Resort where we stay for the week.
It is not cheap, but one does not expect a week at the Sunset Resort and Spa in Montego Bay, Jamaica, to be cheap. The costs for the transportation and five days food/lodging are tax deductible for the mission trip – the two personal days resort cost are not tax deductible.
If you would like to take a vacation with a purpose that you will forever remember, contact Wyman or Elaine Ketterling, (831) 633-0583. We are solidifying travel arrangements now and will commit to ticketing in the September time frame.