During the four Sundays of Advent, Music Director Brooke Joyce will play four short meditations on Gregorian chants that he composed. These will be played mostly as preludes during Sunday worship services.

• Adult Forum on Sunday, December 14 will feature Pr. Marion Pruitt-Jefferson presenting on J.S. Bach’s “Magnificat,” a beautiful musical setting of Mary’s Song from the Gospel of Luke (1:45-55 “My soul magnifies the Lord”).
• Hanging of the Greens will be held Saturday, December 20, at 3:00 pm when the church will be decorated for the Christmas season.
• The Youth Christmas Pageant will take place Sunday, December 21, at 5:00.  All youth are welcomed and encouraged to participate.  Rehearsals will be held December 14 and 21 during the Sunday School hour.  Everyone is invited to celebrate with sandwiches and cookies following the pageant.
• The Christmas Eve candlelight service with Holy Communion is scheduled for Wednesday, December 24 at 4:30 pm.
• The Christmas Festival Communion Service will be held on Thursday, December 25 at 9:30 am.

On Sunday, December 7, the Good Shepherd youth invite everyone to participate in an intergenerational activity in the sanctuary during the Sunday School hour. Lise Kildegaard will be presenting the Christmas story making this story come alive to the audience.

Also on December 7, the final photo session for the new Good Shepherd Directory will be held in the Fellowship Hall immediately following the worship service. After this final photo session, print directories will be prepared.

Pastor April Ulring Larson began as the Interim Pastor at Good Shepherd  during the weekend of November 8-9, 2014, during special services followed by a reception on Sunday.  The reception was integrated with the annual W/ELCA Soup Luncheon and Country Store event.  The congregation welcomed Pastor April with the long-standing Good Shepherd tradition of a potluck, but for this significant occasion supplemented with  cupcakes, unique fall centerpieces, welcome sidewalk flags and a short program.  The reception was held in the Fellowship Hall.

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Tabita Green, webmaster for Good Shepherd, will be demonstrating the new Good Shepherd online directory and answering questions during fellowship time after the service on Sunday, November 16.  Paper access instructions will also be available.  An app can be downloaded for Androids and iPhones.  All updates for the directory should be submitted to the church office where they are continually added to the new directory. For more information, consult the FAQs on the website or contact Jeri Laursen.

A Soup Luncheon and Country Store is planned at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church for Sunday, November 9. The church’s W/ELCA group is sponsoring the event which will be held at 11:00 am in the Good Shepherd Fellowship Hall. The public is invited.  The Country Store will have baked goods and attic treasures for sale.

A soup luncheon with cheese and crackers, vegetable plates, fruit and dessert will be served to those attending. Fair trade coffees and other foods which benefit the Lutheran World Relief Coffee Project will also be for sale. All proceeds will be used for church projects and charitable outreach.