June 27, 2007
This Week’s Readings
1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21; Galatians 5:1, 13-25;
Luke 9:51-62
Next Week’s Happynings
Due to staff vacations and the July 4th holiday, there will be no
Happynings next week
This Week at Good Shepherd
Thursday,
June 28
7:00am Morning Bible Study
7:00pm Sisters in Faith
Saturday,
June 30
8:00am Faith in Motion
5:30pm Worship
Sunday,
July 1
8:00am Outdoor Worship
9:30am Indoor Worship
Monday,
July 2
10:30am Staff Meeting
Tuesday,
July 3
7:30am Men’s Coffee
9:30am Stay and Play
Wednesday,
July 4
Office Closed
Thursday,
July 5
7:00am Morning Bible Study
7:00pm Sisters in Faith
Saturday,
July 7
8:00am Faith in Motion
5:30pm Worship
Sunday,
July 8
8:00am Outdoor Worship
9:30am Indoor Worship
Monday,
July 9
9am-3pm Day Camp (July 9-13)
9am-Noon Pre-school VBS (July 9-13)
10:30am Staff Meeting
7:00pm Committee Night
Tuesday,
July 10
7:30am Men’s Coffee
9am-3pm Day Camp (July 9-13)
9am-Noon Pre-school VBS (July 9-13)
9:30am Stay and Play
Good Shepherd – Church of
the Month
The Christian Book and Gift Shop, 815 North Broadway, has chosen to
feature Good Shepherd Lutheran Church as their ‘Church of the Month’ in July. The
benefit to us is two-fold: 1) The publicity they provide allows us to reach out
to the community, letting people learn about our church. 2) CB&G will
donate back to our church five percent of every personal purchase we make there
throughout the month. So be sure to visit the Christian Book and Gift Shop in
July – and when you do, tell the sales associate that you attend the ‘Church
of the Month’. They will credit our account with five percent of your
purchase.
Can you help?
During the week of July 8-13, three camp counselors from Good Earth Village will be with us for a lively week of Day
Camp! Would your family be willing to host these young people for an evening
meal sometime during that week? Give Cynthia a call at 289-1748 to
volunteer. Thank you!
Fall Sunday School Teachers
The Education Committee is starting to organize Sunday School classes
for the 2007-08 school year. Help is especially needed in some of our upper
grades. Beginning this Sunday, there will be a display in the Narthex
indicating openings where help is needed. Please consider this opportunity to
help our young people grow in faith! Give Cynthia a call at 289-1748 if you
have questions.
Are you…
... active in
church, but want more?
... itching to put
your faith into action and make a difference?
... looking for
friends who have a vision like you?
If you answered yes, you should be a part of YSLI! The Youth Servant Leadership Institute is a
collaboration between Good Earth Village and our synod where high school youth are
selected from across MN to work, to learn, and to play together. These young people gather for one week during
the summer and four retreats throughout the year for leadership training. If you’re interested fill out the application
(found at goodearthvillage.org)
or talk with Mark or Emily Howe who participated in YSLI last year.
Summer
M & M
If you’re in 6-8th
grade, join us on Wednesdays at noon
this summer as we enjoy some incredibly fun activities. Below is a schedule with the times, dates,
and activities. Please note that activities
with an * require signing up in advance to the date. You can sign-up for an activity on the youth
bulletin board just outside of the youth room or by e-mail Mark at gscyouth@goodshepherdchurch.net.
Day Event Time What to bring:
July 15 *Sunday Twins Game* 11-5pm $19 & spending money
July 18 X-Box game Day 12-4pm a game/snack to share
Aug 1 Large Screen Movie 12-3pm a snack to share
Aug 15 *Canoeing and swimming* 12-4pm $5, swimsuit & towel
If
you’re an adult or high school student and you’d like to come along for any of
these activities give Mark a call. He’ll
be glad to have you along!!!
9th Grade
Summer Mentoring
If you missed the informational
meeting last Sunday please drop either Mark or Pastor Dave a line to see what you missed. Also, we are requesting that each 9th
grader send (e-mail, call, mail, telegraph) us the name of their summer mentor
before this Sunday, July 1st.
If you were with us on Sunday we have the name of your mentor from the
meeting. Mentor packets are available in the GSC office or online at www.gscyouth.com for both Faith Mentors and
9th Graders.
Mark Your Calendars
This past weekend a group of us helped build up the
foundation for the new Youth United House.
As always it was a blast.
Saturday, August 4th is our next Habitat work day of the summer. You must be 16 years of age to work with
Habitat in this capacity. Adults are
welcome and needed for our build days.
Sign-up sheet located on the youth bulletin board.
Time and Talent Prizes
There are still three unclaimed prizes in the church office from the
Time and Talent forms drawing. If you were one of the seven winners, please
stop by the church office to claim your prize.
Handbell Update
Thanks to many generous donations, Good Shepherd is
close to purchasing a set of handbells.
So far almost $8000 has been raised, and plans are being put in place to
purchase the handbells very soon.
Also, there are still a few Butterbraids left for
purchase. (These are a great, easy to
prepare breakfast treat!) If interested,
please contact Becky Bruinsma.
Confirmation Service Hours
Tenth graders “to be” are only a few months from being
confirmed! Many still need service
hours. If you are in need of service
hours, GSC custodian Ellen Herder has some projects available at the
church. If interested, contact Ellen at
church (289-1748) or home (289-5723).
Congratulations
Congratulations to the following youth who participated
in the ELIJAH musical at the Covenant
Church a week ago: Noah and Nick
Hart, Luke and Stephanie Schmidt, Hannah Thompson, Sara Caflisch, Maddie
Woodford, Logan and Kimberly Anderson, Greta and Caleb Van Loon. They did an outstanding job! Look for the video and pictures in the
Narthex – coming soon!
Rochester Area Youth for Christ
For
the 5th year in a row, Rochester Area Youth for Christ is taking orders for
delicious Colorado peaches that
will be delivered in mid August. An
18-pound box (35-40 peaches) costs $28.
To place your order by July 27th, call Rochester Area Youth for Christ
at 507-288-4567 or email it to: chowbaby@juno.com. All money raised stays in Rochester
to help fund RAYC’s ministry to high school and middle school teenagers.
The
Good Shepherd Vision Team has begun to gather, read, study, pray and think about
who we are called to be as a congregation and discern where God might be
leading us. We are spending the first
part of the summer reading and discussing Kelly Fryer’s, Reclaiming the ‘L’ Word: Renewing the Church From its Lutheran Core.
The Church Council is also reading and studying this book at each council
meeting. The team encourages anyone who
would like to read this book to do so, it is available at The Christian Book
and Gift store, where Good Shepherd is the church of the month in July. The team will continue to meet throughout the
summer and will plan congregational events in the fall. Looking ahead, we would like to have the new Mission, Vision and set of Core Values to share by our annual
meeting in January.
Why do
we have a Vision Team? This group of
people will lead GSC in discerning where God is at work in the world, and help
determine how we can join God in that work.
Their goal through prayer, individual study, group study, interviews of Rochester leaders, and in leading several congregational events
is to determine how we will thrive as a congregation of disciples, proclaiming
the Good News through a dynamic, shared ministry. In her book, Kelly Fryer noted that the ELCA
Department for Research and Evaluation studied congregations over the course of
ten years in search of what thriving, growing, vibrant churches had in
common. They came to the following
conclusion, “The ONLY factor that really matters is whether or not a church has
a clear enough vision of where God wants it to go that it is willing to do
whatever it takes to follow wherever God leads.”
God is
leading us and we are preparing ourselves to follow in an intentional and
purposeful way. How do we participate in the process? Pray for discernment, participate in congregational
events as they happen this fall, listen to one another, to the needs of our
neighbors, and to God’s voice. May we
faithfully follow God’s lead.
In Christ,
The Good Shepherd Vision Team
Pastor Dave,
Jeff Brown, Kelly Curtis, Alex Dearborn, Paula Freitag, Dave Herder, Jenny
Jaeger, Jenny Kruse, Pam Peterson, George Price, Heather Willman
Worship With Us
Summer Schedule
8am – outdoor worship
9:30am – indoor worship
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God bless your year!
June 27 Jay
McLaren, Mark Poppe
June 28 Deb
Aldrich, Dale Weber
June 29 Connie
Baker, Diane Carr, Ron Ellefson
June 30 Craig
Aldrich, Emily Augustin, Dawn Griffin, Emily Jasperson, Ron Misselt
July 1 Ruth
Anderson, Drake Evers, Paul Evers, Thomas Fryer, Kathy Lange, Mark Persson,
Melissa Stellenberg
July 2 Rebecca
Melland-Kuo
July 3 Betty
Brekke, Zach Carr, Roger Christenson, Adam Seeman
July 4 Lisa
Swenson, Jason Thompson
July 5 Lisa
Dearborn, Meg McCamish
July 6 John
Reddersen
July 8 Bill
Burgart, Cathy Pickett, Michele Saack
July 9 Kristie
Anderson, Lynn Karsten, Josh Orth, Anthony Osman
July 10 Jodi
Goetsch, Miles Neuvirth, Dana Schwartz, Caleb Van Loon
+ For all the members of GSLC,
especially: Bruce and Julie Newell (Amanda), Wes Niemitalo, Dana and Curt Njus.
+ Synod Youth Mission Trip to Tanzania.
+ For all congregations in the
Southeastern Minnesota Synod, including: Looney Valley Lutheran in Houston, Red
Oak Grove in Austin, Mansfield Lutheran in Alden, St. Ansgar Lutheran in Cannon
Falls.
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
559 20th Street SW
Rochester, Minnesota 55902
Phone: (507)
289-1748
Office hours: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Monday – Friday
E-mail info: gscsecretary@goodshepherdchurch.net
Worship Services (with Holy Communion)
Saturday 5:30 p.m.;
Sunday 8:00
& 9:30 a.m.
Staff
Dave Berg, Lead Pastor
Jack Friedli, Pastoral Assistant
Cynthia McLaren, Education & Music Director
Mark Hannan, Youth Director
Mike Thilges. Office Administrator
Vicky Mulvihill, Volunteer
Coordinator
Ellen Herder, Roger
Harty - Custodians
Happynings Newsletter: deadline,
Mondays by 4:30pm
Mike Thilges gscsecretary@goodshepherdchurch.net
Web site www.goodshepherdchurch.net
Paul Willemssen, Admin
(willemssen@charter.net)