SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 9:30 a.m. – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday

Our Worship Service ‘premieres’ on our YouTube channel at 9:30 a.m. and remains available at this link for later viewing. 

  • Today’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday Virtual Worship Service is provided by ChurchAnew, a ministry of Eden Prairie’s St. Andrew Lutheran Church (see Pastor Amy’s note below).
  • Pastor Amy will provide a brief welcome and prayer before the ChurchAnew service begins.

From Pastor Amy … As our nation continues to wrestle with the white supremacy that is around us and within us, we who are white need to put ourselves under the teaching and leadership of people of color. We have an opportunity to do that again this Sunday in a worship service offered by ChurchAnew, a ministry renewal organization based out of St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Eden Prairie, Minn. ChurchAnew offers this worship service  led by many African-American church leaders in the Twin Cities area. Our Anti-Racism Task Force and Worship and Music Committee recommend that Good Shepherd shares in this worship service.

11:00 a.m. – ZOOM SERVICE OF HOLY COMMUNION

Obituary for Don Berg

Private family graveside services for Rev. Donald L. Berg will be in Union Prairie Cemetery in rural Decorah at a later date with Pastor Amy Larson officiating.  An obituary will be available on the Fjelstul Funeral Home website.  

Holy Communion Schedule for January 2021

Here are the upcoming Holy Communion Services for January 2021:
 
Sunday, January 10, 11:00 am in the Parking Lot
 
Sunday, January 17, 11:00 am via Zoom
 
Monday, January 25, 11:00 am (after bell ringing) in the Parking Lot
 
Sunday, January 31, 11:00 am in the Parking Lot
 

If the temperatures are below zero, Parking Lot services will be postponed.

Sunday School and Youth Forum ready to resume in 2021!

Sunday School and Youth Forum are ready to resume in 2021!  Please note the following dates. ALL SS/YF activities will take place at 10:45 am on Sundays on Zoom.  Reminders and links will be sent each week to families.  Children’s Sermons will also be posted to the Good Shepherd YouTube channel twice each month.
 
Once a month, during the Sunday School time at 10:45 am, families with children are invited to worship together with Vicar Kathryn and Pastor Amy via Zoom. We will sing and pray and share in worship activities designed to connect with children. This will be offered in addition to the 9:30am service on YouTube.
 
Sunday School/Family Worship link here.
Youth Forum link here.
 
Here is the calendar for both January and February:
 
Jan 10 – Sunday School
Jan 17 – Youth Forum
Jan 24 – Family Worship (Sunday School participants and families)
Jan 31 – Youth Forum
 
Feb 7 – Sunday School
Feb 14 – NO PROGRAMMING
Feb 21 – Family Worship (Sunday School participants and families)
Feb 28 – Youth Forum

Reflections on Holy Communion during COVID-19, December 6 and 13, 2020

These Holy Communion Reflections were part of Pastor Amy’s Advent online Sunday messages on the Good Shepherd YouTube broadcasts.  The texts are found at the links below.

 

 

Reflections on Holy Communion #1, December 6, 2020

Reflections on Holy Communion #2, December 13, 2020