WHAT'S HAPPENING AT GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH

Hello!

Now that the local schools are officially on summer vacation, we have a lot of activity opportunities to offer.  Check over the information below and call the office (815-886-4354) if you need any further information about participating.  We need participants and volunteers to make these successful.

 

Here is What's Happening at Good Shepherd Church over the next few weeks. . . .

 

1.      TONIGHT-Thur. June 7- G2R (Genesis to Revelation) Study at Stoughton's beginning at 7pm

 

2.      Fri. June 8- Friday Study at the Valintis home begins at 7pm

 

3.      Sat. June 9- Shepherd's Food Pantry is open from 9:30-11:30am at 2 Belmont Dr. (at Rt.53).  Helpers are always welcomed!

 

4.      Sat. June 9-Music for Malaria final planning meeting at the Romeoville Municipal Center at 12:30pm

 

5.      Sun. June 10- Worship Services at 8:15 and/or 10am (announcements begin 10 minutes before each service).  Connection Café offered between services.  NOTE:  There will be a

 

6.      Sun. June 10- Radical book study meets from 4pm to 6pm at Lydia Faber's home

 

7.      Mon. June 11- Creativity Unleashed for youth in Grades 6 to 12 from 2-4pm at the church

 

8.      Mon. June 11-Monday Bible Study at Suchomel's beginning at 7pm

 

9.      Wed. June 13-Creativity Unleashed for youth in Grades 6 to 12 from 2 to 4pm at the church

 

10.  Wed. June 13-Our first Play and Pray Wednesday gathering begins at 6pm

 

11.  Thur. June 14-FLY (Finally Loving Yourself) Ladies meeting at 7pm

REMINDER:  Deadline for submitting July Rod and Staff newsletter information is today

12.  Fri. June 15-Creativity Unleashed for youth in Grades 6 to 12 from 2 to 4pm at the church

 

13.   Fri. June 15-Friday Bible Study meets at 7pm at the Valintis home

 

14.  Sun. June 17- Worship Services at 8:15 and/or 10am (announcements begin 10 minutes before each service).  We'll be celebrating Father's Day following worship with a barbecue!

 

Music for Malaria Volunteer/Servant Meeting

Join us this Saturday at 12:30pm at the Village of Romeoville Municipal Center (1050 W. Romeo Road) for our volunteer/servant meeting.  We'll be connecting people with our various servant roles for our 6/29 Music for Malaria event.  There are lots of different places to use your gifts including:  greeters, "medical" help, "mosquitoes," Fair Trade Market vendors, Tanzanian Trail guides, etc.  This is sure to be a great event and we hope that everyone will come out and join us.  We want this event to be a "come together" moment for our church and the other churches joining us that day!  All ages are welcome and needed!!!  Questions?  Please contact Chris Daniels, our Volunteer/Servant Coordinator.

 

Creativity Unleashed

Rose Darguzis, Roy Jamason, Heather Murphy, and Pastor Suzanne are coordinating this summer arts experience for youth in grades 6-12.  We will kick off this "program" on Monday, June 11 at 2pm at the church.  We've decided to use an anti-bullying theme for this and all the artwork produced will be displayed on the Sunday of Romeofest.  We're hoping to get all kinds of youth artists including singers, painters, dancers, photographers, musicians, etc.  We'd love to have skit, band and/or singing group perform on Sunday afternoon on the mainstage at the Fest.  We're also hoping to display some of the paintings, photography, etc. during that time as well.  If you know of a youth who would like this program, please invite them to join us.  It is a FREE program!  And, if you have artistic talents and would like to help out, please let us know or just show up.  The first week (6/11, 6/13, 6/15) we'll meet Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 2-4pm.  The second week (6/18, 6/20, 6/22) we'll meet from 7-9pm.  Please help us spread the word!

 

Play and Pray

Our first 2012 Summer Play and Pray event will be this Wednesday, June 13 starting at 6pm.  Bring your own supper and join your Good Shepherd family for a time of fellowship.  We'll then worship together at 7:30pm.  If the weather is good, we'll be outside so please bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on.  Mark your calendars for our other Play and Pray events – July 11 and August 15.  Please note that the Wednesday study WILL meet next week; we'll continue our discussion of Job at 6:30pm, worship at 7:30pm and then continue our discussion after worship.

 

Pastor Suzanne Out of Town

Pastor Suzanne will be out of town from next Thursday evening through Saturday evening to attend the Northern Illinois Synod Assembly on Friday and Saturday with our delegates, Camille Garcia and Bob Hurdle.  If you have an emergency during this time, please text or call Pastor at 815-355-2397 and she will make arrangements to get someone to you.  Thanks!

 

Recap from last Sunday:  Our theme was "Could We Be an Acts 2 Church?"  Using Acts 2:22-47, with an emphasis on verses 43-47, we discussed what stands in the way of us being like the kind of church that the early disciples led.  Many people said selling our possessions and giving the proceeds to the poor would be the hardest.  We like our things, don't we?  Pastor Suzanne challenged us to think about what is keeping us individually and corporately, as a church, from being the Church that is described in Acts 2:43-47.  What does it mean to have a deep sense of awe?  What does it mean to meet together constantly, to share everything we have?  What does it mean to sell what we have and give the proceeds over to the poor?  What does it mean to worship together every day, to meet in homes and share meals?  And if we did those things, would we see the end result that the early Church did, which is, "Each day the Lord added to their group those who were being saved?"

 

Preview of this Sunday:  This week, using Mark 3:20-35, our theme will be, "We Are Family."  We'll talk about how Jesus defines family and how our spiritual family can be just as important to our lives as our blood family.  We'll also be discussing 2 Corinthians 4, where Paul discusses the troubles that happen in our lives and we'll talk about how our relationships in God's family can help us walk through these times of trouble.  Join us and invite a friend to join us too.

 

One final note regarding VBS 2012

SKY Vacation Bible School: Where Everything is Possible With God! The Sky's the Limit!  Come join us Sunday, June 24 – Thursday, June 28 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.  Registration is FREE and open for children aged 4 through 5th grade.  Please call Debbie Suchomel at (815)341-6135 or register on-line at www.groupvbspro.com/vbs/ez/welcome432   Invite your family, friends, and neighbors!  We look forward to seeing you there!  (P.S. We are also still looking for a few servants of God to help!)

 

Wishing you the blessings of peace, hope, joy, health, and love always! 

 

Renea Horn Johnson

Pastoral Assistant

Good Shepherd Church