Good Shepherd Church LEADERSHIP Council & Committee Leaders 2019 Leadership Council Member/Candidate Term Ends Lead Pastor Rev. Charlie Leonard Serving under call Associate Pastor Rev. Dr. Carl-Eric Gentes Serving under call President Delbert Feenstra Jan-21 Vice-President Lori Bates Jan-21 Secretary Colin Lange Jan-20 Treasurer Rhonda Torvund Annual Appt. Member Carl Jepsen Jan-20 Member Tony Aipperspach Jan-21 Member Sue Titus Jan-22 Member Denise Krueger Jan-22 Member Ben Mohr Jan-20 Committee Leader Term Ends Social Ministry TBD at next meeting Jan- Worship & Music TBD at next meeting Jan- Youth Vacant Indefinitely Vacant Education & Family Lonnie Fynskov Jan-21 Fellowship/Evangelism Toni Aipperspach Jan-22 Finance Carl Jepsen Jan-20 Personnel Ben Mohr Jan-20 Property & Technology Tony Aipperspach Jan-21 Stewardship TBD at next meeting Jan- Memorials TBD at next meeting Jan- Audit Kenton Lynne Jan-20 Audit Joel Krueger Jan-21 Audit Rudy Naul Jan-22 Nominating Committee Lori Bates VP 2019-2020 Nominating Committee Mary Manges 2019 Nominating Committee Colin Lange 2019 Gift Committee member at large Carol Kivimagi 2022 Endowment Committee Dave Herder 2022 Endowment Committee Jack Friedli 2022 ? Endowment Committee Tim Fynskov 2022 ?...
Whether you were the 70+ year-old taking pictures at the event, the 5 year-old that wiped down tables, or somewhere in between that worked on the quilts, helped clean up in the kitchen, or took time to show your enthusiasm for all the entertainers, again, THANK YOU! We couldn’t have had such a fun day and benefited a great cause without all your help and support! Thank you to all those that played a major role in pulling all this together. Your months of preparations in all categories (decorations, time-table of events, tents/chairs, music, games, food, setup, greeters, finding a benefactor, etc) was very thorough and resulted in the day going on without even a hiccup. Had 170 people signed in, but we’re guessing we had more than 225 people. You all made 3 quilts and raised $1,200 for IHN !!! Good call on having the water games with temps in the high 80’s!! We are planning a “lessons learned” meeting to review what went right and what can be improved upon. We welcome your input too, the office is always taking...
Come out for some spooky fun and fellowship with our annual Trunk or Treat. Decorate your trunk. Put on a costume. Get some candy. Pizza dinner at 6:30 followed by trunk or treating at 7 pm. All ages welcome.
Lessons for Life and Promises from the Gospel That’s the title I would assign to our 2018 Fall Stewardship emphasis. Lessons and promises sound like more than traditional preaching, and in all actuality, it is. Preaching is about being filled with promised grace, lessons are part of a deeper learning to accompany these promises. This fall we have experienced a different form of preaching in worship, a format that calls upon us to engage more deeply with the promises of the gospel. Yes, it has meant a slight change in our liturgy, but it’s meant to enhance engagement with the gospel promises through learning and responding. I pray it is, or becomes, a meaningful reception of grace for you as we continue through the fall. Our Stewardship plan this fall has folded into five Sundays of lessons and promises. This combination is occurring through readings, singing, a video, preaching, meditation, sharing, and praying. The Lessons and Promises topics for these 5 weeks are: Promise Legacy Ambition Capacity Essence Come ready to learn, to engage your hearts and minds, and to receive grace. In worship on November 3rd and 4th we invite you to celebrate this grace, perhaps with new meanings by looking ahead to 2019 with God’s promises deeply embedded in our hearts. See you in worship, Pastor...
Our Stewardship committee is asking for your help to join us on Pledge Weekend (November 3&4) by being a part of a “Time and Talents Fair.” What we are envisioning is each group putting together a display and/or demonstration of what your group does and be available to answer questions both Saturday night and Sunday after worship and hopefully get interested members to sign up. We hope this will be something fun — use your imagination and creativity to get attention. As an added incentive, (and to make it a little more interesting) two anonymous donors have committed to awarding a first and second prize for the two best displays. This award is in the form of a contribution to a local charity in honor of your group. If your group is willing to participate, let me know by October 20th so we can plan a layout of tables or spaces for your displays. We hope as many of you as possible will be willing to participate. If you have questions you can contact me by return e-mail or give me (Judy Wasser) a call at 507-285-0953.Your Stewardship Committee,Jen Woodford, Joleen Mainz, Gene Harnack, Dave Jasperson, Judy Wasser, Pastor Charlie...
An opportunity for you to help homeless families staying at GSLC as they proceed toward self-sufficiency and into their own home. To be good hosts for these guests, volunteers are needed to Drive, Cook, Be Social Hosts, and help Set Up and Take Down of the guest rooms. Sign up is in the Narthex or contact Rudy...
Pack the Pews On March 24-26, 2017, we will join other faith communities across Minnesota to Pack the Pews for Minnesota FoodShare. Please bring nonperishable foods to worship and consider making a monetary donation. Food donations will be delivered to our local food shelf. Did you know hunger is still a problem in Minnesota? 1 in 10 Minnesota families experiences food insecurity. In 2015 there were over 3.2 million food shelf visits in • Minnesota, half of which were made by children and seniors. Last year the March Campaign raised more than 5.2 million • pounds of food and $7.9 million for food shelves around the state. 100% of contributions go towards hunger relief. Your local food shelf can make each dollar donated • stretch further through their access to low‐cost products. “You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness…” ~Isaiah...
The Sunday school students invite all members to an event celebrating the first Sunday of Advent on November 27, 2016, from 9:15-10:15am. We will throw a baby shower for Mary and baby Jesus. We ask attendees to donate new or gently used baby items that we will donate to the Rochester Women’s Shelter. We ask that you bring the items unwrapped, so that the kids and adults can have fun wrapping and decorating the packages before we present them to Mary. The following are some items the Rochester Women’s Shelter is in need of: diapers (sizes 4,5, and 6) pull ups (all sizes) wipes sippy cups bottles bottle brushes baby powder shampoo lotion thermometers infant and toddler toys, like duplos. This event will take place in lieu of Sunday school that day. Hope to see you all...
