Sunday School will resume for the 2016-17 school year with Rally Sunday on September 11th.  Sunday School classes will begin at 10:45 am, and all children are welcome to join us!

Everyone is invited to attend Good Shepherd’s 7th annual Welcome Friends and Neighbors picnic to be held from 5:00-6:30 pm in the congregation’s backyard.  There will be good food (with an emphasis on local food), live music by local musicians, including the Good Shepherd Band, games for kids and a marshmallow roast – a time for fun, food and conversation.  Invite your friends and neighbors as the picnic is free and open to all!

Ruth M. Branhagen of Decorah, Iowa, passed away peacefully at Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah Saturday, September 3, 2016, at the age of 88.  Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 7, 2016, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Decorah, with Pastor Amy Zalk Larson officiating. Burial will be in Washington Prairie Lutheran Cemetery in rural Decorah.

Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah and on Wednesday beginning at 10:00 a.m., one hour before the service, at the church. Visit the Fjelstul Funeral Home website for an obituary.

Wednesday, September 7 
7:00 p.m. – Choir Rehearsal
8:00 p.m. – Band Rehearsal

Sunday, September 11 – 17th Sunday After Pentecost – Rally Sunday
8:45 a.m. – Come and Try Handbells
9:30 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
10:30 a.m. – Fellowship Hour – Coffee Sale
5:00 p.m. – Welcome Friends and Neighbors Picnic