SHEEP BUZZ NEWSLETTER

April 4, 2025

 We are called gathered and blessed to be a community and instrument of grace for all sheep of the Good Shepherd.

Sunday School | 9:45 AM

All youth classes NO CLASS THIS SUNDAY. Next week we will meet downstairs. K-5 in B3, 6-8 in B8 and High School will meet in B1 for our Easter Egg Hunt!

Faith Stories: Rm 117: Come join us. We continue to be engaged in "Exploring Evangelism this week"

Coffee and Conversation: Rm 118:  Continuing the "Exploring Evangelism" study this week.

Men in Mission: Rm 116: Various topics and discussions just for men.

TWO-CAN SUNDAY - April 6

Let's top off this Lenten season with donating again to our local food pantry partner. Please place your cans in the shopping cart.

HEFTY RECYCLE BAG

Bring your bagged hard to recycle items this Sunday! Leave in bin on porch.

OFFICE COORDINATOR

The Personnel Committee has accepted the resignation of Alissa Wells from the Office Coordinator position. We are grateful for the time Alissa has spent with us and the work she has done while here and we wish her Godspeed in her future endeavors. Have skincare needs? Visit Alissa at her at her skin care clinic, in Woodstock. Alissa's last day will be April 17.

The Personnel Committee is also pleased to announce that we have already filled the Office Coordinator position. We would like to welcome Michelle Provost to the role of GSLC Office Coordinator. Please welcome Michelle in her new role as a part of our staff. Michelle will initially work Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-3 from April 21 until May 22nd and will resume a Monday-Thursday schedule from 9-12 following the Memorial Day Holiday. The physical office will be closed on the Mondays following Easter until June 2nd, we can still be reached via phone or email.

A LITTLE NOTE ABOUT MICHELLE

Michelle has called Good Shepherd her church home since 2012. She most recently worked as a Teachers Assistant, and before that spent many years as a Receptionist and Human Resources Assistant at a large design firm in Atlanta. She has a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Interior Design from Georgia State University. Michelle and her husband have two daughters who have grown up here at Good Shepherd. In her free time Michelle enjoys watching movies with her family, gardening, and playing with her cocker spaniel, Bingley.

SUNDAY SERVANT SCHEDULE-APRIL

• Check if you are scheduled to serve for Easter. (see link below)
• Sign up this Sunday in the Entryway for Palm Sunday readers, and Maundy Thursday and Good Friday Worship servants.
• Sign up for youth Sunday has been posted in Fellowship Hall.

Direct all updates and changes to the schedule to our Office Coordinator, at Office@gslutheran.org. Please remember to try to find your own replacements. Thank you.

FINAL MIDWEEK LENTEN SERVICE

We gather at noon and 7:30pm on Wednesday. Our service uses Vespers: A Service of Evening Prayer by Carla Gioma. Soup/salad meal begins at 6:30 PM.

Our Lenten offerings will be contributed to Inspiritus to help with their many efforts in dealing with refugee families.

A HUGE thank you to all who have contributed to the special music for our services. We averaged around 100 people attending each week on each of these services. We also want to thank the cooks for our soup and salad suppers this Lenten season. There have been lots of yummy soups and salads shared by many. Thank you also to those who have helped set up and clean up after these events. Your time is invaluable to all who have participated in this meal.

YARD SIGNS FOR EASTER

We have purchased 20 yard signs to advertise our worship services in your front yard. Each sign will cost $10. A sign-up sheet is posted in Fellowship Hall to place your reservation. Money is due at time of reservation. Please make any checks out to GSLC and put "YARD SIGN" in the memo line. Signs will be available for pick-up Palm Sunday. These are not dated so they can be used year after year. A great investment in evangelism for Good Shepherd.

FUNDRAISER FOR OUR INTERGENERATIONAL SERVICE TRIP - Only a few envelopes are left! Get yours on Sunday!



There are colorful envelopes posted in the Fellowship Hall in various denominations. If you are able, kindly take an envelope or two, fill them, and return them to GSLC - either in the offering plate, or place them in the gold slot next to the Bookkeeper's office. Funds raised will help offset costs for the planned intergenerational summer service trip taking place June 15 - 20th. Thank you for your support - we appreciate you!

AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY

Unable to join our GSLC trip? Others from ELCA congregations in Metro Atlanta will be traveling to work at LutherRock from Wednesday May 28th to Saturday May 31st. This area experienced severe damage from Hurricane Helene and has to this point been underserved. If you're interested, please reach out to Mike Dooley for information about how to get involved. This trip is not being coordinated by GSLC but welcomes all adults to join.

THE LUTHERAN COALITION AND HABITAT BUILD

The Lutheran Coalition Website lutheranhabitat.org has been updated with the latest Habitat build information. Use the site for everything you need to know about the current build at 617 Hickory Nut Dr. in Canton and signing up for it.

HUNGER WALK 2025 RESULTS

The numbers are in and this year again proved to be a successful event for the recipients of our Hunger Walk Campaign. Although the weather was a little bit less than perfect, we had a great showing for our local walk and we got some exercise walking around our GSLC grounds. Throughout the campaign, we contributed carload after carload full of food to MUST Ministries, Timothy's Cupboard and Papa's Pantry and raised a little over $3,200 for the Atlanta Food Bank through your donations. Thank you to all who made donations of any kind and to the leaders Molly Maher and Gail Tverberg for the time and effort they have given to help make this be a huge blessing to our community.

We continue to collect the coin boxes for Carmel Elementary School to help with families that struggle with paying their lunch accounts and will report on those contributions at a later date. If you are returning your boxes you can leave them in the basket on the table in the Entryway.

THANKS BE TO GOD!

HOLY WEEK 2025 - GET THESE DATES ON YOUR CALENDAR

Postcards are available on the Welcome Desk to invite a friend or neighbor.

YARN ANGELS

Yarn Angels will meet at the home of Linda Rowell on April 7th, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided.

CAREGIVERS SUPPORT GROUP

Our next Caregivers Support Group in connection with the Alzheimer's Association is scheduled for Saturday, April 12th, at 1 PM in Fellowship Hall. Anyone in the community who is supporting and/or caring for a loved one experiencing dementia or other long term debilitating issues are invited to attend and become a part of this group.

LADIES NIGHT OUT

Ladies Night Out for April will be on April 15th, at 7:00 pm

Keegan's Public House

1085 Buckhead Crossing

Suite 140

Woodstock, GA 30189

Please sign-up in Fellowship Hall.

JUST TO NOTE...

Holy Trinity's church council will be meeting for their Council Retreat in our Fellowship Hall this Saturday from 8am - 4 pm. If you happen to be at the church on Saturday, be sure to warmly welcome them to Good Shepherd.

PHOTOS FROM MEN IN MISSION AT EXTENSION

The Extension in Marietta has helped hundreds of adults experiencing homelessness in Cobb County take control of their lives back from drug and alcohol addiction. GSLC's Men in Mission helped serve a meal last weekend.

YOUTH & FAMILY EVENTS

SAVE THE DATE

FOR VBS

June 9 –13,

 9 AM—12 Noon.

Registration will open

May 1st.

 Interested in helping this year? Contact Karin Storla to let her know.

NOW HIRING A YOUTH COORDINATOR

We have a shared Youth Coordinator position open and we're accepting resumes if you know of anyone that might be a good candidate to apply. Please pass them the following link to apply or let them know to reach out to our Personnel Committee with any questions. This will be a shared Youth Coordinator between GSLC, Christ Lutheran Church of Marietta and First United Lutheran Church in Kennesaw. We are looking to have an expanded youth program to incorporate more families together. We plan to have Middle and High School youth join up for service projects, fun youth outings as well as mission trips. We also plan to have joint confirmation classes together as well.  

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GREETING CARD MINISTRY

ALL OCCASION handmade greeting cards are available, most for a suggested donation of $2.00 per card. All proceeds support our Good Shepherd Youth Mission Trips. This ministry is being hosted by Molly Maher, Linda Rowell and Pam Hough. Thank you for your wonderful support of this GSLC ministry.

EASTER CARDS: There are Easter cards available. Look for the bin on our card table in the Fellowship Hall.

NEW: Look in the card bins for LARGE PRINT cards. We now have a few Large Print cards available for your friends and loved ones who have vision problems. They will be distributed throughout the bins, but labeled as Large Print.

We have a new donation supply of HAND PAINTED cards from a local artist. If you enjoyed the hand painted cards previously, check out the new ones in our card bins.

WEEKLY BIBLE STUDIES

Monday Evening Study, April 7, at 7:00 PM" We are engaged in the Exploring Evangelism" discussion. Both in person and Teams options are available. Contact Holly Jones for the link.

Word on Wednesday 10:00 AM Fellowship Hall. We will resume the Rachel Evans study April 9th. As always, both in-person and Teams options are available for our group. Please contact the church office for Teams link.

Wednesday Lunch and Learn: We will meet at 11:00 AM in Mtg. Room. Our next meeting will be the start of our new study by Priscilla Shirer titled, "He Speaks to Me". This is a great time to join the Book Club type study group.

Thursday Bible Study:  We have returned to our Lectionary based study at 10 AM. Join us anytime.

Our midweek studies will not meet during Holy Week.

Theology On Tap: We will resume at Game Day, at 6:30 PM, on April 30th.

CARING FOR CREATION

We continue our many recycling initiatives. We appreciate all the help from congregation members to keep these items out of landfills. 

NEW WAY TO RECYCLE THOSE PLASTIC BAGS

Mostly Mutts Market is accepting plastic bags from various businesses - Target, WalMart, Publix, Kroger, etc. to use at the store. They are also accepting cardboard boxes, flattened or not, as well. Their address is 5505 Bells Ferry Rd. Acworth 30102.  

1. ORAL CARE WASTE

2. HEFTY ORANGE ENERGY BAGS: (First Sunday of month) Please remove labels (see below)

3. BATTERIES: (Size D and smaller) 

4. OLD EYEGLASSES

5. POPTABS

6. PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE BOTTLES

We need to remove labels from these bottles try these methods:

1. Warm the label in the sun
2. Use a hairdryer for heat
3. Put bottle in a glass of very hot water

MORE NEWS AND INFORMATION

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CHURCH CALENDAR

ONLINE CALENDAR

Use this as a resource for all Good Shepherd Events. Need to add an event? Contact our Media Coordinator and she will get it on the calendar for you.

This is our submission form for you to submit non-urgent prayer concerns. Prayers will be posted to the Prayer Circle, via e-mail, during normal business hours, usually around 3 PM. As always, if you have an urgent prayer request, please contact Pastor by cell or email. 

If you would like to pray for others, as part of our prayer circle, please contact our Media Coordinator and she can add you to the Prayer Circle group.