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Meetings and Events
Piece Corps: Material Needed
Join us Wednesdays from 8:00 to 11:30 am
Quilting Material Needed
“Piece Corps” Quilting is in need of backs for quilting. Any size (twin,
full, queen or king) flat sheets or blankets are welcome as well as material
of any size. Quilts are given to those in need locally and throughout the
world.
Youth Group Nights at Good Shepherd!
7th-12th graders, come join in the Fun and Connection on
Wednesday nights at 7pm! Prayer, Games, and Conversation. Let’s grow
together! Feel free to invite friends! Who will you invite?
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Vacation Bible School 2019
Friendship: A Love that Never Ends
July 15-18 at UMC, Lena
Typical VBS night will include dinner at 5:30 pm. Skits,
music, crafts Bible teaching, games, and a memorable time for children as they
develop deeper friendships with one another, as well as the Lord Jesus. On
Thursday evening, weather permitting, all VBS attendees are invited to
Splashland for a pool party at the conclusion of the VBS week! This year the VBS
offerings will help to support Stephenson County's RAMP program. In addition to
our giving, RAMP is hosting a Wheel-a-Thon the week following VBS. To get more
information, visit their website at www.rampcit.org.
RAMP Wheel-A-Thon
RAMP is a non-profit, non-residential Center for Independent Living (CIL)
that emulates the Independent Living Philosophy with a mission that promotes
an accessible society that allows and expects full participation by people
with disabilities. Good Shepherd and Mason street VBS will take part in
their fundraising event, Wheel-A-Thon, on July 25th. We need your support.
Please check our VBS team fundraising site at
https://www.classy.org/team/231531
Open Church
Come to downtown Lena on Wednesday,
July 17th from 5pm-8pm,
for an evening fun. Good Shepherd is taking our games outside for everyone
to play. Bring your family and friends to support our service to the
community.
Friendship Club at Good Shepherd
Second Thursday of Each Month at Noon
This outreach program sponsored by Good Shepherd has been serving seniors in
the Lena community for over 30 years. Join us! Visit with friends, eat
delicious food, and enjoy great programs planned by Fern Harnish. It is a
potluck meal, but you can just come.
Hymn Sing at Lena Living Center
Join us the 2nd Tuesday of each
month at 9:45am at the Lena Living Center for a Hymn Sing. It is a great
chance to serve others by helping them find their page numbers, to encourage
others, and to sing praises to God! All youth, family, and friends are
invited and welcome to join in this fun, relaxing, and rewarding sing along.
My Friend’s Closet Thrift Store
We are dependent on volunteers and always looking for more willing hands. If
you or anyone you know are interested in helping us at the store, please
call Fawn Nolan at 815-369-4035 during the day. We are open 9 am to 4 pm,
Monday through Saturday with extended hours on Wednesday evening until 8
p.m. We offer servant hours to students also. Check us out!
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Christmas Parade
and Advent Fun
Share Special Music for Summer Worship
If you or someone you know would like to share
your talent, please call Vivian Hesselbacher at (815-369-4496) or Good
Shepherd at (815-369-5552)
Send Your Summer Pictures
If you are traveling this summer, share your joy with Good Shepherd family by
sending your digital pictures to the church office e-mail
goodshepherdlc@mediacombb.net
We will share your picture at Sunday worship.
Sundae’s on Saturday’s
First Lutheran Church of
Freeport will be serving Sundae’s every Saturday through July 27th, from
4:00pm-5:00pm. This is the perfect opportunity to bring a friend for Ice Cream
Sundae’s and join us for worship at 5:00pm too.
Please Pray for Our Friends in Pine Ridge
From Pastor Kay
(facebook.com/PineRidgeRetreatCenter)
Greetings Friends, We have been getting a lot of calls about how to help the
people on Pine Ridge as they deal with all the flooding. We are planning on
helping families once they begin returning to their homes. Any assistance you
can give to help us put together a "Recovery Cleaning Kit" would be greatly
appreciated! Once I speak with our partners here on the reservation I will send
out more details. In the meantime, you can send donations to "Pine Ridge Retreat
Center" PO Box 862, Pine Ridge, SD 57770. Please designate FLOOD RELIEF in the
memo. Many thanks to all of you who have reached out these last few days, it is
an encouragement. And as always pray for the people of Pine Ridge.
Update on Flooding Relief Effort
in Pine Ridge
Please check their Facebook page
(click
here) and continue to pray for our siblings in Pine Ridge.
Rocky Boy Indian Reservation Servant Immersion Trip
August 24-31, 2018; Box Elder, MT
Imagine learning and experiencing the history and culture of the Chippewa
Cree including bead work, dancing and drumming. Imagine visiting and
archeological dig and buffalo jump, a historical battlefield or a Lewis and
Clark interpretative center. You can do this and more when participating in a
cross-cultural exchange experience coordinated by Women of the ELCA.
The next cross-cultural
servant/immersion experience will take place August 24th-31st, 2019, on the
Rocky Boy Reservation of the Chippewa Cree Tribe in Box Elder, Montana. The host
congregation, Our Savior's Lutheran Church, has been working with the people of
the Chippewa Cree Tribe since the early 1920’s. Registration is $375 and
includes most meals, sleeping accommodations and activity fees. Men are also
welcome to join the trip. For additional information, contact the church office
at 815-369-5552 or goodshepherdlc@mediacombb.net.
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