What’s Happening at Good Shepherd
Tuesday Morning Bible Study The Tuesday morning bible study will be cancelled for the month of July. It will resume on Tuesday, August 6th.
Church Family Fun Night! There will not be a Family Fun night for the month of July. Keep an eye on this space to find out when the next event will be held.
Kennedy Family Vacation The Kennedy family will be taking their annual vacation for the month of July. They’ll be enjoying some much-needed rest and will return to Good Shepherd in August. Please refrain from contacting them unless there is a medical/physical emergency. Tyler Van Fossen, the Pastoral Assistant will be available for meetings during this time, and the church office will remain open, and can be reached in all the usual ways.
Good Shepherd is excited to welcome The Rev. Marc Steele, and our seminarians, The Rev. Jerry Shriver Jr., and Mr. Ifeoluwa Ojetayo as interim preachers, and starting next week, our retired bishop, The Rt. Rev. David Bena to officiate.
Ongoing Ministries
Women’s Bible Study will be taking a break from meeting during the month of July.
Good Shepherd Youth Group Youth Group meets on Sunday night from 6:00 – 7:30pm at Good Shepherd. All youth between the ages of 12-18 are welcome to join as the youth group continues to study the book of Romans. Please contact Tyler Van Fossen if you’d like to know how to help or be involved in the Good Shepherd Youth Group in any way. Email: tvf.arrowhead@gmail.com.
Youth Group will not be meeting for the summer. Please keep an eye on this space for upcoming events.
Bread and Wine Is a monthly supper and book discussion for women. The group just finished reading Money, Possessions and Eternity, by Randy Alcorn. Please contact Liz Hull if you are interested.
Good Shepherd Food Pantry Summer is almost upon us and shortly children will be out of school and won’t have access to the school meal programs. What if you didn’t have the money to provide good healthy meals for your children? Where would you go? What would you do? You might turn to a food pantry like ours for help; so it’s important for us to keep it stocked all year long, so that those who make use of it won’t go hungry. Thank you to all of you who have contributed to this worthy cause! Please keep up the good work!
Items needed: canned meats and tuna, peanut butter and jelly or jam, cereal, canned fruits and vegetables, pasta and sauce, one box meals, rice, powdered milk, coffee, tea, cocoa mix, soups and stews and anything else you’d like to bring.
P.S. – Paper, cleaning supplies, and personal care products are always appreciated!
Last Week
Last Week’s Sermon given by Mr. Tyler Van Fossen, and was called ‘The Good Portion’ and was based on Luke 10:38-42. It can be listened to or downloaded here.
Preventing Grace Podcast The Kennedys are on vacation for the month of July. Preventing Grace Podcast will return with new episodes in August.
You can catch up on all of the older podcast episodes here.
This Week
This Sunday’s Sermon will be based on Colossians 1:21-29, and will be given by The Rev. Jerry Shriver Jr.
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds,he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church, of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known, the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints. To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.
Team Galations is working on the altar this Sunday.
The readings for this week are Genesis 18:1-14 and Colossians 1:21-29. The Gospel reading is Luke 10:38-42.
Helen C. will be serving on the altar guild this Sunday.
Anne T. and Evan D. will be working in the nursery this Sunday.
Shepherd’s Bowl Team 5 will be serving with Brenda Van Fossen (7/25)
Tina S., Kcaarin P., and Steph W. will be serving on coffee hour this Sunday.
To download a PDF of the 10:30 service bulletin, click on this link.
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