Fall Worship Schedule Begins August 29

Worship services will be at 8:15 and 10:45
Sunday Morning Education will be at 9:30 AM. Sunday Morning Education will not be held September 5. The church office will be closed on September 6 for Labor Day.

Heartsong Online

Members of Heartsong performed on the High School Mission trip this July in Hyde County. Here is a link to a YouTube video of their performance at Swan Quarter Baptist Church.

They're Here

Pastor Lauren and Dave have arrived! They moved into their home on Still Pines Drive Sunday afternoon. A group of people from the Call Committee, Rams and Youth group helped them to unload the truck in 30 minutes. Thanks to all who helped and WELCOME Pastor Lauren and Dave.

 

 

Congregational Meeting Results

It is with a great deal of pleasure that we inform you of the results of this past Sunday’s Congregational Meeting. At that meeting the congregation voted to extend a Letter of Call to Lauren Wegner as our Associate Pastor and Director of Faith Formation and we approved the recommended compensation package. Lauren has accepted our Letter of Call and will begin her pastoral ministry with us on Monday, July 26, 2010.  She will preach at all worship services on August 1st.

Please keep Lauren and her husband Dave in your prayers as they move to Raleigh and as Lauren transitions into her new responsibilities and ministry with us. We give thanks to God for our continued ministry together as we seek to Believe, Belong and Serve in and beyond Good Shepherd. You will be able to reach Lauren at lauren.wegner@gslchurch.org

 

Photos from Zimbabwe Trip

Thanks to Ken Newcomer for providing these photos from the GSLC trip to Zimbabwe.

 

GSLC Stephen Ministry on PBS

PBS recently produced a short story on Stephen Ministry through their Religion and Ethics department that featured Good Shepherd’s Stephen Ministry program. Included in this 7 minute video are clips from the training of our new Stephen Ministry class and several of our current Stephen Ministers and Leaders: Pam Mansueti, Elizabeth Arrowood, Allan Dickson, Karen Crews, Angie Glendenning, Kim Sweet, Pam Montgomery, Rene Anctil, Rob Crews, and Jeanne Van Divender. There is also a brief interview with Pastor David.

Please click here to see the video.

Our new class of Stephen Ministers will be commissioned on Sunday, April 25 at the 10:45 worship service.

Thanks be to God for our Stephen Ministers and how God works through them to offer companionship and hope to people who are hurting!

Welcome to Boy Scouts

Boys, ages 11-18, are invited to join Boy Scout Troop 28 for adventure and fun.

Scouting promises the great outdoors, friendship and challenges.

Troop 28 enjoys mountain campouts, rock climbing, whitewater rafting, backpacking, canoeing, beach camping, helping their community, and prepares boys to become good citizens. Troop 28 meets at Good Shepherd Underwood Hall, Monday’s at 7 pm.

Join the adventures of Scouting; call Scoutmaster Dennis Ritter at 845-6408.

 

 

Youth Return from National Youth Gathering in New Orleans - 2009

The 28 youth and adults from GSLC returned from the National Youth Gathering in New Orleans summer. GSLC’s area of focus was housing. Housing projects included learning about the housing crisis in our country, understanding New Orleans housing needs before and after Hurricane Katrina, some limited Habitat for Humanity projects, painting homes and churches, supporting neighborhood associations and learning about homelessness. Now that they have returned the group will begin to look at ways that they can address the housing issue within our community here in Wake County.

 

 

Adult Sunday Morning Education Schedule Now Available

Click here to download the Adult Sunday Morning Education Brochure.

First Annual Choir Homecoming Held  April 25-26, 2009

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On April 25 and 26 our musicians and singers from past years at Good Shepherd gathered for rehearsal, food , MORE food and worship!

Our Choir Homecoming event was coordinated by Kris Allsbury, Ellen Goode and Lois Walker and we were so blessed to have with us Dale and Sonia Franz, Barbara Huff and Jan Carpenter along with many other friends and singers.

The weekend began on Saturday April 25 at 9:30 am. We met at the church in the morning for coffee and rehearsal.  Our musicians and singers were directed by Dan Heyl and Carol Henderson  and  the rehearsal included two anthems and other worship music in preparation for two worship services on April 26th.  After the rehearsal we went to Jason’s Deli for lunch where the food is the “most healthy in Raleigh” and also includes free ice cream! The afternoon was free time and at 6:30 pm. we came together again for potluck dinner hosted by Ellen and Larry Goode.  We ate wonderful food and had a joyful time around the piano while Bill Shelton improvised Broadway tunes and we sang and danced. We returned to the church in the morning after a good night’s rest and sang for worship at our two worship times of 8:15 and 10:45.  We then said farewell to our old and new friends and resolved that this would become an Annual event.

Wild Women Invade Lutheridge

23 Wild Women from Good Shepherd and Joy of Discovery enjoyed a finely crafted Wild Women's Weekend at Lutheridge. We studied about female images of God. Pastor Mary and her sister Pastor Beth led the weekend of bible study, storytelling and bread baking, ending with our Dinner with the Divine. The weather was sparkling and the fellowship was priceless. Any Wild Woman who is interested in attending next year, sign up is usually in August and the cost is around $160. Group registration ensures we get to go the same weekend. If you're interested, and don't want to risk missing this in the pewsletter, email cvitek@nc.rr.com to receive information when we start organizing for 2010.

P.S. There was also a Wild Women Left Behind, hosted by Robin Kirk, for Wild Women who wanted to participate, but couldn't go this year. Pastor Mary even sent some of her materials for them to use!.

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Have Something for the Web?

We now have guidelines to posting for the GSLC website with descriptions of what and how to post. Did you know that each webpage has a "revision" date on the bottom? Ministry team leads, when was your page last updated? Click here for more info on posting.