HEARING
Good Shepherd – Lent 2016
Coming to our Senses: Returning to God
This week let your sense of HEARING open you to God’s presence.
Click on the link below for the full devotion for this week.
Cross Returns to Its Historic Location
March 2, 2016 by
Today a crew composed of congregation members Reg Laursen, Jerry Frank and Dan Raney installed a cross in the Fellowship Hall which was last hung in the hall shortly after the original sanctuary was built in 1958. This was at the time the Fellowship Hall served as the sanctuary for Good Shepherd. The style of the cross design was reminiscent of the exterior cross which was located in front of the original church building.
The cross was rediscovered last year during a Good Shepherd clean-out of the Annex attic. Mike Cornelius of The Restoration Station refinished the walnut wood and repainted the hand-hammered metal mounts. Ray Torresdal created the metal brackets necessary to mount the cross on the wall. The Art Committee recommended the location of the cross which is hung directly opposite the Barn Board Cross created by Ruth Frost when she was a student of Art Prof. Orville Running’s at Luther College. It also hung in the original sanctuary as can be seen in the photograph below taken at the time the sanctuary was moved to its present location.
2016 Lenten Organ Recitals Begin Wednesday
February 28, 2016 by
The public is invited to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church’s noontime Lenten Organ Recital Series on Wednesdays, March 2, 9, and 16 in the sanctuary. The performances will start at 12:15 and finish by 12:45.
The opening recital on March 2 will be played by Michael Reiter, Luther College Keyboard Technician with a degree in church music from Pacific Lutheran University and experience as a church musician in the Pacific Northwest and Southern California. March 9 will feature Luther College Organist and Music Department Chair Gregory Peterson, who served as Good Shepherd’s organist when he was a student at Luther, and subsequently served as organist at the famous Old South Church in Boston. The final recital, on March 16, will be played by Brad Schultz, Visiting Instructor of music at Luther College and organist for Luther’s student congregation.
The Hook and Hastings Organ at Good Shepherd was acquired in 2009. This 2-manual, 8-stop, 11-rank organ was built in Boston in 1883 as a parlor organ for use in a private home. Acquired in 1973 by Pastor Paul and Ruth Tweeten, the organ was moved to the Midwest and in 1990 underwent an extensive rebuild by J.C. Taylor Organmakers, in Kaukauna, WI. After being damaged in a storage location, the organ was once again refurbished and restored by Jim Taylor in 2008, prior to its installation at Good Shepherd.
Attendees are welcome to bring brown bag lunches which can be eaten in the Fellowship Hall afterward. Coffee and light refreshments will be served. For further information, contact Brooke Joyce, Good Shepherd’s Director of Music, who coordinates this series.
TASTE – February 28-March 5
February 28, 2016 by
Good Shepherd – Lent 2016
Coming to our Senses: Returning to God
This week let your sense of SIGHT open you to God’s presence. Click on the link below for the full devotion for this week.
News and Events, February 29-March 6
February 28, 2016 by
Tuesday, March 1
7:00 p.m.- Mary Circle, Marilynn Larson hosts
Wednesday, March 2
7:30 a.m.- Men’s Breakfast
12:00 p.m. Lent Organ Recital by Mike Reiter
5:30 p.m.- Lenten Wednesday Worship/Holden Evening Prayer Service; TASTE and see that the Lord is good- John 2:1-10
LWR Baskets of Promise Kits: Nail clippers
6:15 p.m. – Lenten Soup Supper, Puppet Ministry SS Room with Sue Blair
7:00 p.m. – Choir rehearsal
8:00 p.m. – Band Rehearsal
Thursday, March 3
No Adult Bible Study during Lent
5:00 p.m. – Community Meal at First Lutheran
Sunday, March 6
9:30 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion, First Sunday in Lent
10:30 a.m. – Fellowship Hour
10:45 a.m. – Sunday School in Sanctuary
10:45 a.m. – Youth SS in Sanctuary/Confirmation in Pr. Amy’s office
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