Installation of 2017-18 Council and Committee Members, Sunday, February 12

February 5, 2017 by
 We will have an installation of all of 2017-18 Congregation Council and Committee Members as well as other leaders and servants next Sunday, Feb. 12 at worship. We’ll invite the Congregation Council members to come forward and then have all others who are involved in service and leadership stand up from their spots in the pew.
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This Week at Good Shepherd, February 6-12

February 5, 2017 by


Tuesday, February 7
4:00 p.m. – Mary Circle, Naomi Craft hosts
7:00 p.m. – White Privilege Conversation

Wednesday, February 8
7:30 a.m. – Men’s Breakfast
10:30 a.m. – Pr. Amy at Aase Haugen
1:00 p.m. – Pr. Amy at Wellington Place
2:00 p.m. – Miriam Circle – Bev Nelson hosts at church
6:00 p.m. – ConFest and Conference Assembly at Decorah Lutheran
7:00 p.m. – Choir rehearsal
8:00 p.m. – Band rehearsal

Thursday, February 9
10:00 a.m. – Bible Study with Pastor Amy
1:30 p.m. – Property and Management Committee

Sunday, – February 12 – Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
8:45 a.m. – Band Warm Up
9:30 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
10:30 a.m. – Fellowship Hour
10:45 a.m. – Adult Forum – John Moeller on the new political climate
10:45 a.m. – Sunday School and Confirmation Class

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Wanda Deifelt to be Guest Preacher, Sunday, February 5, 2017

February 1, 2017 by

Reformation Anniversary Event: Good Shepherd member, Professor Wanda Deifelt, will be our guest preacher and presenter on Sunday, February 5. Professor Deifelt is a scholar of Martin Luther and serves on the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity. She will offer an Adult Forum on February 5 as well.

Wanda Deifelt has been a professor in the Luther College Religion Department since 2004, focusing on the topics of Luther and Lutheranism, Creation, and Christology.

She achieved her Ph.D. and Masters of Theological Studies at Joint Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Northwestern University Doctoral Program (Evanston, Illinois) and her Bachelor of Arts at Faculdade de Teologia, Escola Superior de Teologica, (Sao Leopoldo, Brazil). She also achieved her Th.D. Honoris Causa at the University of Olso (Olso, Norway). 

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Response Concerning the Executive Order on Refugees and Immigrants

January 30, 2017 by

This is what was shared at worship at Good Shepherd during the announcements this morning regarding the executive order on refugees and immigrants. Our pastor offered the opening statement and then members of our social justice committee stood up from their seats in the congregation to share the readings. The sermon touched on these issues as well. That will be shared shortly.

Friends in Christ, we can and should disagree about a number of political issues but we cannot be silent in the face of discrimination and hatred, especially when it is being done in our name as American Christians. This weekend Muslims seeking to enter the US, including refugees fleeing persecution are being detained at airports and banned from entering the country. Our faith compels us to speak and act.

1) from Leviticus 19:33-34: “When an alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien. The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”

2) from Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service: “As people of faith we do not stand for welcome on the condition that refugees are Christian, we stand for welcome because we are Christian.”

3) from presiding Bishop of the ELCA, Elizabeth Eaton: “As Lutherans, many of our ancestors faced the pain of having to flee our homes and the joy of being welcomed in new communities across the United States. As we have done throughout history, I urge our elected officials to honor our biblical witness as well as the best of our nation’s traditions of refuge and stand firmly against any policies that result in scaling back the refugee resettlement program.”

4) from Jesus in Matthew 25: 34-20: “Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?’ And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.”

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Bishop Elizabeth Eaton speaks at Luther College Convocation, Thursday, February 2

January 29, 2017 by

Luther College’s commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation will begin with the opening convocation of spring semester 2017 on Thursday, February 2, 2017. The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, will be the honored speaker. The event will be held in the Center for Faith and Life at 9:40 am. Bible study at Good Shepherd will not be held that day.

Bishop Eaton was elected to serve a six-year term as ELCA presiding bishop at the 2013 ELCA Churchwide Assembly.  Eaton, the ELCA’s first female presiding bishop, holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the College of Wooster and a Master of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity School.  Ordained in 1981, Eaton served three different congregations in Ohio as assistant pastor, interim pastor and pastor before being elected bishop of the ELCA Northeastern Ohio Synod in 2006 and re-elected in May 2013.  

 

 

 

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