WHAT'S HAPPENING AT GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH

Good Morning!

Though our preschool and local school students are on Spring Break, work continues here in the office that includes preparations for Holy Week and our Special Congregational Meeting on April 27.  

Here’s the latest information on What’s Happening at Good Shepherd Church. . .

Sunday, April 13-Palm Sunday Worship will begin at 9:30am.  Following worship, we’ll have an informal potluck brunch.  Please bring a dish to share.  Note that if you are bringing a “hot” item, you must provide your own way of keeping it hot, as we have no stove or oven.  Cold items can be stored in the church refrigerator.  Thanks!

Monday, April 14-The Monday Bible Study will meet at 7pm at the home of George and Jan Sanchez.

Thursday, April 17-Maundy Thursday worship at 7:30pm.

Friday, April 18-Good Friday-11am worship; 4:15pm-showing of “The Passion of the Christ” movie; 7pm-Congregational Special Retreat; 7:30pm-worship

Saturday, April 19-8:30am-11:30am-Congregational Retreat continues

Easter Sunday, April 20-6:15am-Easter Sunrise worship (held at Resurrection Cemetery); 9:30am-Easter Sunday worship and New Life celebration (be sure to bring your 2014 Commitments)

90 Days Challenge Packets

At our Annual Congregational Meeting in January, we voted to engage in a purposeful 90-day challenge.  Part of the challenge was to come up with ways to increase our income, decrease our expenses, and find ways to grow our church – spiritually, financially, and numerically.  The results of these efforts will be shared in a packet of information to be handed out on Sunday, April 13.  Information from the packet will be discussed at our Special Congregational Meeting on April 27, following our 9:30am worship service.  Have questions about what we’re doing?  Please contact a Council member: Carrie Worthington, President; Judy Jordan, Vice-President; Dave Darguzis, Secretary; Roy Jamason, George Sanchez, and Bruce Texley, Council members at large. 

Care and Support Group met on Monday March 31st!

The first gathering of the care and support group, which was established to have a safe place to share “life concerns”,  met on Monday evening, March 31.  Because we don’t always have the opportunity to talk with each other on a deeper level on Sunday mornings, we wanted to offer an alternative time to meet and provide a safe place for talking about the daily struggles as we walk in faith.  If you are looking for  a group of people to walk with you through the ups and downs of life, perhaps this is the place for you.  If you have any questions, talk to Carrie Worthington, Rose Darguzis, Karen Ring, or Pastor Suzanne.

Manna News!  Manna orders will be in church on Sunday, as well order forms for May.  Orders will be due on May 4 and delivered on May 11, 2014.  Keep in mind that Mother’s Day and graduations are coming up and Manna cards are a nice way to celebrate any occasion.  They’re good to give and receive!

Holy Week info and schedule:

Our Holy Week worship schedule will begin on Maundy Thursday at 7:30pm; this is a special service when we listen some of Jesus’ final words to the disciples in the Upper Room; you won’t want to miss it.  On Good Friday we’ll have our traditional morning worship at 11am and then we’re offering a special all-church retreat that will begin at 7pm.  At 7:30pm, we’ll have a special time of worship and then the retreat will continue through 10pm.  We’ll gather again for the continuation of our special retreat on Saturday morning at 8:30am; the retreat will conclude at 11:30am.  Finally, our Lenten season will culminate on Easter Sunday with an Easter Sunrise service at 6:15am (held at Resurrection Cemetery, pending weather) and an Easter Worship Celebration at 9:30am.  We’ll also be presenting our 2014 Commitments as part of “New Life Sunday” during our Easter celebration.  Come join us and invite others as well!

As always, if you have questions about our schedule or activities please check out our Facebook page, our website (welcome432.org) or feel free to call me in the church office.  Remember that the Flower Power fundraising event is coming to an end on Tuesday.  Here’s to warmer weather coming (and staying) soon!

Renea Horn Johnson

Pastoral Assistant

Good Shepherd Church