Scripture Readings
Isaiah 6:1-13; 1
Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11
Hymn Sing – This Sunday
A hymn sing will
begin at
Annual Meeting – February 11th
Mark your
calendars and join us for GSC's Annual Meeting on Sunday, February 11th. We
will begin with a potluck immediately following the second service, and will
follow the potluck with the business of the Annual Meeting. Hope to see everyone there!
Congregational Conversations are Coming!
Last week every member household
of
We would like the
response cards that were included in the mailing to be returned to the church
by Friday, Feb. 2. For any
hand-delivered response cards to the office, we will happily reuse postage
stamps. Beginning the week of Feb. 5, Good
Shepherd callers will begin to contact those members who have not responded.
Helping Hands
Helping hands, our senior group,
will be meeting here at
Scout Sunday at Good Shepherd
February
4 is Scout Sunday. The Cub Scouts will assist with the
Mark Your Calendars
►VBS Day Camp
(K-Grade 4) July 9-13,
►Pre-school
VBS (3-5 year olds) July 9-13,
Registration forms and additional information will be coming at a later date
This Week at Good Shepherd
Wednesday,
January 31
9:45am Stay and Play
Thursday,
February 1
Saturday,
February 3
8:00am Faith in Motion;
‘Promise’ Rehearsal (FH)
Sunday,
February 4
9:30am Education Hour
10:45am Worship
Monday,
February 5
10:30am Staff Meeting
Tuesday,
February 6
7:30am Men’s Coffee
Wednesday,
February 7
9:45am Stay and Play
Fellowship Committee
Thursday,
February 8
Sisters in Faith Bible
Study
Scrip
= Easy Fundraising
Want to be either the brains or the brawn of our new Scrip fundraising? Scrip is a term that means “substitute money”. In recent years many non-profits have stopped selling candy, magazines, and frozen pizza and have begun selling scrip. So, if you were going to purchase $100 worth of groceries from HyVee in any given week instead of paying $100 to the cashier you would buy a $100 scrip card (like a debit card) at church. You still pay the same amount but the church would make a fair percentage (varies with each store). Talk with Mark if you’d like to help get this program off the ground. The youth will do the grunt work of selling scrip but we’ll need adult help in educating the congregation, ordering scrip, and keeping track of inventory.
Youth
Group
A group for anyone in 9-12th grade that wants to
be more active with their faith. Learn,
discuss, and get revived for your daily walk through life. We meet weekly from
Spring Break
There is still room available for Adults and youth wanting
to go on our Spring Break mission trip to
Theological
Do you like thinking and talking about God? Talk
with Mark about putting your name in for
Middle School Ski Trip
There are still some
spots remaining for our Middle School ski trip to
Reminder to Teachers
All teachers are invited to meeting with
Cynthia on Monday, February 5 at
Third Grade Bibles
Ellie Berg, one of
our 3rd graders, composed the following poem after receiving her Bible last
Sunday. Thank you Ellie!
I will love this Bible till life will
end,
I will treat it like a special friend
For God I know and God I love,
has given me this book with love!
Care Group Prayers
As a way to remember
God’s unfailing gifts of love and healing, our regular worship on February 10
& 11 will provide an opportunity for healing prayers, either silently or
supported by others. Please come and be
a part of this special opportunity.
Thank You from IHN
Dear Friends:
I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know just how
important you are to our mission of helping homeless families with children in
the
In the last two years we have been developing new programs to help the families not only find housing for their immediate crisis, but also we are working with them ongoing to help them remain stable. In doing this we can help the children remain stable, in their same schools, and succeed to graduation and beyond. If we can do this and break the cycle of homelessness, the children and their children will no longer look at homelessness as a way of life. You are all instrumental in helping us to help them achieve this goal.
As the new year of 2007 is just beginning, I wanted to make sure that all of you know how important your part in this mission is and that we are blessed to be in partnership together to help God’s children in need.
Thank you again and may God bless all of you and our ministry together.
Peace,
Joanne L. Markee, Executive Director
Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater
www.ihn-greater-rochester.org
Small Group Corner
Jan. 31
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
Small
Group Directory
Care
Group (Contact Paula Freitag 282-9600)
This newly forming small group focuses on caring activities in the church and
community such as phone calls, cards, support services such as meals, household
repairs, etc.. The next meeting will be held on Jan. 31 at
Faith in
Motion (Contact Tim Fynskov 288-3607)
This group meets to encourage physical activity. May - October we meet
at Hy Vee South cafeteria for walking and bicycling. November - March we
meet on Saturday’s at
Men’s Coffee Break (Contact Dave Herder 289-5723) Guys – need a coffee break? Come join this group for some caffeine and discussion. Meets weekly at Panera South.
Sisters in Faith (Contact Beth Krolak 288-2190)
A Bible Study Group for Women broken up into 6 – 8 week sessions. The group focuses on learning, laughing, sharing, and growing in faith. Meets weekly at GSC.
Young Adults Small Group (Contact Pastor Dave or Mark Hannan at 289-1748).Meeting times are at 7:00pm on the following dates: Feb. 8 @ Erik & Michelle Schlicht’s, March 8 @ Wendy & Bart Hanson’s and April 12 at Pastor Dave’s. This group is designed for folks in their 20s and 30s. Activities include watching short films, having discussions, making faith and life connections, eating food and hanging out.
College-Age
Ministry Group (Contact Rita Howe 285-1507) This group is open to
all. The group focuses on bridging the congregation when college-age
students are away and home on breaks with caring activities such as mailings,
newsletter, get-togethers. Group meets second Wednesdays at
Lutheran Woman Today Bible Study (Contact Mary Olson 529-1314) This group will meet at Loretta Berglund's with dates and times to be announced.
Stay and Play (Contact
Tammera Bird 282-5533) In times of bad weather, the Stay and Play group follows
the
December Financial Summary
2006 December Income $58,040
2006 December Expenses $49,115
2006 December Net Income $8,925
2006 Year-to-date Income $481,767
2006 Year-to-date Expenses $524,869
2006 Year-to-date Net Loss ($43,103)
Building Fund:
*2006 contributions: $123,455
*Year-end balance: $283,463 (minus funds temporarily borrowed to meet general fund
expenses)
Benevolence Giving
Good Shepherd has maintained
a strong commitment to reach out to others and support ministries of the Church
at large. Giving in 2006 included $42,352 to the Minnesota Synod ELCA (~10% of
income), $2,000 to
Winter Fun Days at Good Earth Village
Winter Fun
Days will be held at
Summer Camp Brochures
Brochures for
