Have you recovered from the time change confusion? Are you missing all of the political propaganda we were flooded with? I'm missing the sunshine and hope to find my happy light bulb to chase the seasonal gloom away!
Here is What's Happening at Good Shepherd Church over the next few weeks...
1. TONIGHT-Thur. Nov 8-FLY Lady (Finally Loving Yourself) will meet at 7pm at Lydia Faber's home. Come get organized and feel better about yourself.
2. Fri. Nov 9-Friday Bible Study will meet at 7pm at the home of Laura Voruz
3. Sat. Nov 10-Shepherd's Food Pantry will be open from 9:30 to 11:30am at 2 Belmont Dr. (at Rt. 53)
4. Sun Nov 11-One worship service will be held at 9:30am at the church
5. Sun Nov 11-Book Study will meet at 4pm at Lydia Faber's home
6. Mon. Nov 12-Monday Study will meet at 7pm at the Suchomel home
7. Tues. Nov 13-Ministry Teams meeting at 7pm at the church
8. Wed. Nov 14-There will not be Bible Study tonight. All are encouraged to attend the Heroin Awareness Event at Romeoville High School (see information below)
9. Thur. Nov 15-The Annual Preschool Thankful Dinner will be held from 6:30 to 8pm at the Preschool. Bring a dish to pass and a non-perishable donation. Please call the Preschool (815-886-4356) to let them know you're attending.
10. Fri. Nov 16-Reports for the Church Council need to be submitted to the office today
11. Fri. Nov 16-NEW! Scrapbooking and Crafters will meet for the first time at the church beginning at 6pm and plan to go until midnight! They are planning to meet at least twice a month. See Carrie Worthington for further information.
12. Fri. Nov 16-Praise Band rehearsal at church begins at 6:30pm
13. Fri. Nov 16-Friday Bible Study will meet at 7pm at the Voruz home.
14. Sun. Nov 18-Worship at 8:15 and/or10am with Connection Café between services. Announcements begin 10 minutes before each service.
15. Sun. Nov 18-Sunday School for children 4 years old to 5th Grade meets at 9:15am in the church office.
Heroin Awareness Event - Please join the Romeoville Police Department and the Valley View School District this Wednesday, November 14 at 7:00p at Romeoville High School for a very important discussion on the prevalence of heroin in and around our community. There will be a variety of speakers, including the mom of the young man who died on the day of one of our Special Congregational Meetings. If you have kids, work with kids, or just care about the kids of our community, please make every effort to attend this meeting. Thanks!
Pastor on vacation-- Pastor Suzanne is on vacation through Monday, November 12. During this time, if you have a pastoral emergency, please call or text Pastor on her cell phone (815-355-2397) and she will make arrangements to get someone to you. Non-emergency messages can be left with Renea in the church office (815-886-4354). Church matters can be handled by one of our Council members - Sue Hattimer, Cami Garcia, Judy Jordan, or Ronn Young-Black. Please pray for safe travel for Pastor and her family.
Joliet Job Corps Worship - We are hoping to worship with the lgbt students at Joliet Job Corps next Sunday, November 18 at 6pm. Pastor Suzanne will be confirming this when she gets back. If you are interested in going for worship, please email Pastor Suzanne so she can keep you updated. Thanks!
LOOKING AHEAD: Be sure to mark your calendar for Wednesday, November 21 at 7pm. This is our annual Thanksgiving Eve Worship and Dessert Fellowship. After our worship service, where we will give thanks to God for all our blessings, we will gather a time of fellowship...and dessert. Please bring a dessert to share and join us!
Recap from last Sunday: Last week, our theme was, "It's All About Love." Using several Scripture readings including Deuteronomy 6, Mark 12, and 1 John, Pastor Suzanne talked about the Great Commandment and how we are called to live that out in our lives. The Great Commandment, "Love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and love our neighbor as yourself," is something Jesus calls us to do. We discussed why it is sometimes hard to love our neighbors...and ourselves. We talked about why the Deuteronomy text does not include loving God with all your mind, while the text from Mark (with Jesus' words) does. As we've discussed before, our mindset often changes how we act. So, if we are loving God with all our mind, let alone our heart, soul, and strength, perhaps it will become easier to love our neighbors...and ourselves. Our challenge for the week was to think about how we can do better at loving God and loving others.
Preview of this Sunday: This week, our theme will be, "Always Enough." We'll get to hear the story of Elijah and the widow from 1 Kings; we'll hear Paul's words about the generous farmer; and we'll hear Jesus' words and observations about the widow's offering. We'll think about what it means to have enough...what does that really mean? Be sure to join us!
One final note: We want to express a big THANK YOU to all those who helped out with the Estate Sale for Darlene's benefit. Whether you were here a lot or a little, all of us working together was really heartwarming and Darlene appreciates it more than words can express.
I'll be off tomorrow to take care of some personal business, but will back in the office on Monday. Here's wishing you all peace, hope, joy, health, and love always.
Renea Horn Johnson
Pastoral Assistant
Good Shepherd Church
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