This month we will be collecting supplies for our LWR school kits. We are in need of 70-sheet notebooks, 30-centimeter rulers, pencil sharpeners, blunt scissors and blue or black ballpoint pens. LWR school kits contain basic items that do a lot to help families send their children to school. Currently there are more requests from around the world than kits to fill them. Collections boxes will be set up in the narthex on the weekends. Donations during the week can be placed in the W/ELCA cupboard in the north classroom. School kits will be assembled on Sunday October 26. If you have any questions contact Bev Sheridan.
Pastor Steve Jacobsen to Preside
September 29, 2014 by
Pastor Steven M. Jacobsen, retired pastor from First Lutheran Church in Decorah, will be presiding at worship services the weekend of October 4-5. Pastor Jacobsen received his B.A. degree from Luther College, his D.Min. from the Lutheran School of Theology-Chicago, and his M.Div. from Luther Seminary-St. Paul. He was senior pastor at First Lutheran from 1995-2010.
Member Jan Berg’s Memorial Service September 27
September 24, 2014 by
Mary Janice “Jan” Reid Berg, 87, died on Thursday, September 18, at the Aase Haugen Home where she had been a resident in recent years. A Celebration of Life memorial service is at 11:00 am, Saturday, September 27, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church with visitation beginning at 10:00. Rev. Richard Simon Hanson will officiate. A luncheon will follow the service in the church’s Fellowship Hall. A private family inurnment at Phelps Cemetery will be held at a later date. Jan and her husband, Warren (1924-2012), and children Paula, Kristin, Kari, Jon Torger, and Erik, were Charter Members of Good Shepherd. From the time of its founding in 1958, the family was deeply involved in the life and leadership of the congregation. To all who knew them – their family, the Luther College and Decorah communities, Scandinavian educators, and the Good Shepherd congregation – Jan and Warren were an enduring team. The full obituary can be found at decorahnewspapers.com and fjelstul.com.
Supply Pastor Schedule for October
September 24, 2014 by
Good Shepherd’s Supply Pastor Schedule During October:
During the month of October, the following Supply Pastors will be presiding at services at Good Shepherd. Biographical profiles of these individuals may be found under this tab and on the Good Shepherd Facebook and Google+ sites.
Saturday/Sunday, October 4/5: Holy Communion – Steven Jacobsen
Saturday/Sunday, October 11/12: Marion Pruitt-Jefferson
Saturday/Sunday, October 18/19: Holy Communion – Owen Christianson
Saturday/Sunday, October 25/26: Marion Pruitt-Jefferson
Rev. April Ulring Larson to Preside
September 22, 2014 by
Rev. April Ulring Larson will continue Good Shepherd’s fall schedule of Supply Pastors by presiding at worship services on Saturday and Sunday, September 27 and 28. Rev. Larson has been in ordained ministry for thirty-six years. She has served in diverse settings, from rural parishes to fulfilling her three-term limit as Bishop of the La Crosse Area Synod where she was elected as the first woman bishop in the ELCA. Rev. Larson has served on several major boards including the board of Lutheran World Relief for eight years, the Board of Regents of Luther College for sixteen years, and the executive committee of the ELCA Conference of Bishops. She recently retired after serving as senior pastor of First Lutheran Church, Duluth, MN. Rev. Larson attended Luther College for two years, then transferred to the the University of Iowa where she earned a B.Mus, degree. She and her husband, Luther grad Rev. Judd Larson, both earned their M. Div. degrees from Wartburg Theological Seminary. They were ordained together in February, 1978.
Photo courtesy of First Lutheran Church, Duluth, MN
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