The Annual Meeting for Good Shepherd will be held Sunday, January 18, immediately following the service.  Packets for the Annual Meeting containing the agenda, reports from committees, the 2015 budget proposal and ballots for new Congregation Council and committee members will be mailed to members during the preceding week.  All members are urged to attend this important event in the life of the Good Shepherd congregation.

On Sunday, December 7, during the Sunday School hour, Lise Kildegaard retold the Christmas story to a large group of children, youth and adults  in the Good Shepherd sanctuary. Lise made this familiar story come alive to the audience as she related the details that have been passed down over two thousand years through the Gospels. This narration was an especially meaningful introduction to the Advent and Christmas season at Good Shepherd.

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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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