The women of Shepherd’s Daughters (and Lary Hall) had a great time while cleaning Pastor’s classroom, the new Sunday School classroom, and the small kitchen. See below for the results.
Join us next time when we work again to make God’s House beautiful.
“Truly I say to you, as you did unto one of the least of these my brothers, you did unto me.” (Matt. 25:40)
Shepherd’s Care is a ministry to help those in need in our congregation. We would love to have YOU join us as we serve our fellow believers. Some examples of care provided include:
•Meals for members recovering from surgeries, hospitalizations, or
illness
• Rides to doctor’s appointment or run errands
• Sitting with someone who is ill or recovering—both as
companionship and to give a caregiver a respite
• Other needs as they arise
There are no requirements to be on this team other than love for fellow church members and willingness to help. When a need arises, you help as you are able.
If you know of someone in our congregation who could use our support or if you want to help, please contact Linda, Judy, or Amber
Shepherd’s Daughters are holding a cleaning day for Pastor’s classroom and the new Sunday school room on Saturday, July 27 at 9 a.m. Please bring your equipment and supplies to clean floors, tables, woodwork, and windows. It is rumored that doughnuts may be involved.
Good Shepherd Lutheran has only eight Altar Guild members, which is not sufficient to fulfill the duties of the Altar Guild. Please pray and see if you are being called to prepare the altar and sacraments for Sunday Worship Service and other special services throughout the year.
Christ’s Spirit fills us with songs of thanksgiving for all that God has done for us. In response to all of this, we are called to offer ourselves in service to Christ. Schedules are flexible and easily adapted to change as may be-come necessary.
Is Christ calling you to offer your time and talents in Service to Him, the church (His body)?
Altar Guild training will be held in a few weeks (date to be announced.)
Contacts for Altar Guild: Barbara Gullikson and Barbara Corey
We are in need of two volunteers to count money after worship service once a month. Counting takes around one hour. Please contact Susan Ritchie, Financial Secretary, if you are available to help.
Debbie Hall is in charge of making monthly schedules. If you are unable to serve during the time listed on the monthly sched-ule or in the upcoming month, please let Debbie or Christine (in the office) know this fact.
First, please–no more plastic bags. The Pantry has enough for now.
Second, the Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is Saturday, May 11. Paul Minor is seeking some able-bodied people to help get the food from the Post Office. he has pickup trucks and need people to load and unload. He also needs people on Monday, May 13 to sort and store the donations. If you can help, please email to call Paul.
Thank you to all who helped with the Community Picnic on May 4th. Whether you worked Saturday or donated supplied and money, your help made the picnic a success.
Volunteers needed, esp. someone for video and photography. Also, canopies, coolers, water, and ice. Contact Rickey Hall for details.
Please help sweep (or blow) the oak flowers, leaves, and pollen from the parking lot on Saturday, March 23., 9 a.m. Bring your leaf blowers and make Good Shepherd beautiful for Holy Week.
Please take a bag of empty plastic eggs and fill them with candy* for the Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, March 31. Return the filled eggs to church before Easter Sunday.
*Pastor Bruce suggests filling them with “the good stuff.”
Are you a Grandparent? Do you have Grandchildren close by? Some of the children at the ELC have that, and some don’t. Good Shepherd has had an “Adopted Grandparent/Grandchild” program for many years, but it was interrupted in 2020 when Covid made its appearance. Now it’s time to start again.
What is an Adopted Grandparent?
We invite you to pray about joining the Adopted Grandparent Program and enjoy the blessings of having a sweet young child be a part of your life.
Stay tuned for more information about how to become a part of this outreach ministry.
Please join us to beautify the church in preparation for the Christmas festivities on December 9th at 9 a.m.
Help and candy are needed for the Titusville Christmas Parade on December 9th. The candy ran out halfway along the route last year. Volunteers are needed to decorate the float as well as to ride on the gloat or walk beside it to hand out candy. PLease contact Rickey Hall or the church office to volunteer or for more information.
The Parade begins at 6 p.m. at Titusville High School. Volunteers should arrive by 5 p.m. at the school. There is no car parking on school grounds; volunteer parking is off campus. See also christmasparadeirc.com (URL in bulletin is incorrect.)
The Food Pantry days will change in November and December due to holiday conflicts. The new dates are:
Tuesday, November 5 & 21 and Tuesday, December 5 & 19
Although Bob and Paula Minor are stepping down as leaders of the Food Pantry, they are not leaving the pantry. if anyone wants to serve the community by taking their place, let them or a Food Pantry member know.
Good Shepherd’s Food Pantry gave 549 bags of food to feed 1240 people last quarter. Prayers were said for 341 people.
We are grateful for all the people who made donations of food or money to our Food Pantry.
Thank you to all who helped make the rummage sale a success. Many volunteers put long hours into sorting, tagging, arranging, boxing, etc. This was truly a joint effort by many, many people. The results were astonishing. Now only was money raised for some special projects, but the community was blessed. Additionally, there was much fellowship and comradery. Good job, church!
The Early Learning Center needs volunteers for homework help, story time, and to teach weekly classes in arts & crafts, painting, or music. A background check is required for all volunteers. Call the Preschool for more information or to volunteer.
Good Shepherd is participating in not one, but two Trunk or Treat activities this year. *
WE NEED CANDY!. There is a box (probably not big enough) in the narthex for your donations of bags and bags of candy. Please be generous and bring lots of candy. **
* Oct. 19 at Lowe’s on South Street from 5-7 p.m. and Oct. 21 at Good Shepherd with our famous Haunted Hayride.
** I’m not exaggerating–we need a tremendous amount of candy.
Good Shepherd’s Food Pantry is seeking volunteers who have a heart for those in need. If you can spare 4-6 hours each month helping to fill food bags, receive prayer requests and pass them on to Pastor Bruce, maintain the catalogue of family size of those served, and to help them with lists of open jobs, then we have the spot for you.
Those who come for help are treated with the utmost respect and care; the goal is to fill the gap until they are able again to afford to feed their families. See Bob Minor for more information.
Thank you to all who helped with the Good Shepherd Community Unity Picnic on June 10. It was a lot of hard work, but the picnic was a great success.
Also, thanks to Pepsi for donating all the canned drinks.
We are blessed by everyone’s work and generosity.
Much thanks to those who worked so hard to improve and beautify the Early Learning Center’s playground and to spread the multiple cubic yards of mulch given us by Lowe’s. Thank you also to Lowe’s for the generous donation.
A big Thank You to Peggy and Lary for donating to the church a popcorn machine and all its supplies!
We still need coolers, bags of ice, and cases of water; please let Joel or Amber know if you can lend coolers or bring ice and/or water the day of the picnic.
If you have the following and can lend them for the Community Picnic on Saturday, June 10th, please let Joel Gilchrist know:
We also need volunteers to help with booths and games, cases of bottled water, and bags of ice to cool them.
.Please bring wrapped Easter candy* and baked goods and desserts for the $Easter Breakfast and Egg Hunt on April 9th. The candy must be brought in by Palm Sunday (April 2nd) for egg-stuffing. Filled eggs must be brought in by April 8.
The baked goods may be left in Shepherd’s Hall before Sunrise Worship.
* Pastor requests the candy all be “good stuff.”
If you are able to watch the Narthex and help late-comers during worship, please see Joel Gilchrist.
Do you make the best chili ever? If so, bring it to church Feb. 26 and compete against other chili cooks for the title “2023 Best Chili of Good Shepherd.” Sign-up sheet for competitors is in the Narthex.
Everyone else: come join us for a great competition, good fun, and yummy chili. Money raised from voting for the best chili will go towards two new and much-needed computers.
Saturday, January 7, volunteers will take down the Christmas decorations. If you want to help, please arrive at 9:30 a.m.
Decorating will be Saturday, December 10, at 9 a.m.
Volunteers accompanying the float need to be at the Titusville High School staging area by 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10. Parking is at Sand Point Park; there is no parking at the high school. To carpool, be at the church before 4:30 p.m.
Mark next year’s calendar now for Lutheran Early Response Team (LERT) Basic Chainsaw training class. Date is Saturday, January 14, 2023 at5 Abiding Savior Lutheran Church (9700 W. Newberry Road, Gainesville, FL 32606) from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (
You must have previously completed the LERT basic training class to participate in this class. To be authorized to use a chainsaw on LERT disaster responses as an LCMS LERT Chainsaw Operator, you must attend BOTH the morning classroom lecture and the afternoon “hands-on” session.
Click here for the training information page
There’s been discussion about starting a community garden at Good Shepherd, possibly as an Early Learning Center project with space for church members or as a full community effort with our neighbors. If you have experience with community gardens or gardening in general and are interested in managing or helping, please let Pastor Bruce know.
We would like another meeting on Monday, April 11 at 6:30 pm for anyone who couldn’t come to Friday March 4 meeting. It will be in the meeting room in the Sanctuary for all the ladies in the congregation who would like to get a “Women’s group” together. We will talk about things that we can do at church. It will be about an hour long. Please come and help us organize some activities. Contact Shirley Kaiser or the church office for more information. If you have a suggestion for a more convenient day and/or time, please let us know.
Help make the church grounds look great for Easter Saturday, April 16 from 9 a.m. to noon. Bring your work gloves and your favorite lawn tools.
A huge thank you to all who helped install the new speakers in the sanctuary on Wednesday, February 16 and to all who helped set up the Hibiscus Show in Shepherd’s Hall on Friday, February 18, and early Saturday, February 19. We are grateful for your hard work.
“We’re putting the band back together…” so let Pastor know if you can sing, play an instrument, or can help in any way by returning the survey in the January 27th bulletin or by calling the office or Pastor.
Junior Confirmation class is cancelled for Saturday, January 8th. Class will resume on Saturday, January 15.
Weekly Worship with Communion will resume Sunday, January 9th at 9:30 a.m.
Adult Class will resume Sunday, January 9th after Worship (around 11 a.m. when all the bacon has been eaten.) The topic is The Papacy and the Antichrist.
We will be taking down the Sanctuary Christmas tree and decorations this Saturday. Everyone is invited to help. Come Enjoy some good fellowship and fun!