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Welcome
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Sheep Buzz Newsletter
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Coffee with Council: Sunday, December 10th
On December 10th, at Coffee with Council in between services, updates from Council, Stewardship, and our Long Range Planning Task Force (see more below) will be the main topics for discussion. Please plan to attend.
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The Long-Range Planning Task Force (LRPTF), consisting of Gina Crittenden, Pete Dumpis, Tony Endozo (Chair), Michael Epstein, Donna Garges and Anna Louise Panhorst, and Pastor Karen, met this week on Wednesday, December 6th and are excited to share some upcoming events. Plan on being at Coffee with Council to hear what the LRPTF has planned. This includes upcoming Conversation Circles in January and February, and an interactive timeline, “Coming to a Wall Near You.” Our next meeting will be January 8, 2024, at 6:30.
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Council has now posted information including Council Minutes and more detailed financial numbers, in the Fellowship Hall. | |
Use this QR code or link to our giving platform. Look for the colorful tile labeled Southeastern Synod Pledge and make your donation. | |
Synod Pledge
Looking for a way to contribute to the Southeastern Synod? The easiest way is through our Vanco Mobile Online Giving Platform. You can donate any way you like, 1 time or set something up as a recurring donation using a credit or debit card. We will also gladly accept any contributions by check, be sure to put "synod pledge" in the memo line and place in the bookkeeeper wall slot or offering plate.
Thank you.
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Dessert will be provided by our Fellowship Committee prior to the Wednesday evening Advent worship services. Come at 6:45 PM and join in some fellowship time with your Good Shepherd family. | |
Youth Christmas Pageant
"Come and enjoy our youth reenact the story of the Birth of Baby Jesus, between services on December 17th, at 9:45 AM in Fellowship Hall. You can enjoy christmas tunes, acting, and your cup of joe while taking in the festive spirit. Stick around after the pageant for our annual Cookie Walk, benefitting our Youth. Boxes will be sold for $5. Sign up to bring your favorite cookies to share. Sign-up sheet is located in Fellowship Hall.
Pageant participants: Read your Lamb Buzz and other notices from Mel on rehearsal dates and times.
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Save Time and Support our Youth
Don't feel like wrapping your gifts this year? Don't worry! The youth will! In collaboration with the card ministry, youth members will be wrapping gifts, with a minimum $2 purchase of a gift tag made by our very own card ministry. Wrapping will occur from 8:30-12:00 on Sunday December 10th, in the meeting room. Specific instructions for wrapping or decroations should be attached to the gift.
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Looking for all the news for our Youth? Be sure to read your Wednesday, Weekly Lamb Buzz Email. Some exciting things are happening at GSLC for all ages of our youth. Access each week on our website under the Youth Tab, the button below or sign-up to be on the e-mail list. Let Mel know at youthfamministry@gslutheran.org if you want to be included in the email blast.
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The Annual Empty Nester's Christmas party was held this year in Canton. We enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Local on North followed by Christmas lights photo ops and a terrific Christmas show by Glowband at the Canton Theatre. The band even gave a special shout-out "Thank You" to our group of 40 for coming, followed by a festive rendition of "I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause"!
From start to finish this was one of our most enjoyable events we've ever had. Many thanks go out to everyone who helped to make this happen.
Karen and Tammy, your Empty Nester's Coordinators
See more pictures from the event here.
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Caroling for All Ages
Ready to sing some holiday jingles? Then join us for caroling on Dec 9th, from 12-1pm! After meeting at the church, we will be heading right up the street to Sunabella Assisted Living, where we will sing and congregate with the folks in residence. Afterwards, we will split up and visit some of our shut-in members and bring a little bit of holiday cheer to their lives as well. Everyone of all ages are welcome.
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Ladies Night Out
Date: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Time: 7 PM
Tuscany
250 Cinema View
Woodstock, GA 30189
Sign up in Fellowship Hall.
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A new member class will be scheduled sometime in January. If you have been thinking about joining Good Shepherd, please let Pastor Karen know and we can begin to send you some materials about membership. Email Pastor Karen here. | |
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Card ministry at GSLC
We now have Beautiful HANDMADE CHRISTMAS CARDS are available for purchase! There will be single cards (minimum donation of $2.00), as well as 3 card bundles which are available for a minimum donation of $5.00 - a great value.
When you need to send a card, this is a handy way to pick up a beautiful card and support Good Shepherd’s outreach efforts, as each card has a Good Shepherd label on the back. All proceeds will support our Good Shepherd Youth Mission Trips. This ministry is being hosted by Molly Maher, Linda Rowell and Pam Hough
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We have currently collected 90 intent cards. It is never too late to bring/send yours in. You may leave the cards in the offering plate or in the bookkeeper's mail slot.
If you still need an intent form, you may click the button below to access the form. If you are not able to drop off at church, you may:
- Print the form
- Complete the form
- Scan or take a photo of the completed form
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Email it to our bookkeeper at books@gslutheran.org
Additional information and forms can be found on our Stewardship Page on our website. Thank you.
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You May Have Been Assigned a Servant Role
If switching to a new role, please email our Office Coordinator, Melina, so she can add you to our schedules. Also, please let the office know in advance if you are scheduled, or future plans have you going away and cannot serve. Thank you.
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MORE WAYS TO HELP SERVE!!!
We have sign up opportunities in the Entryway to serve during the Christmas services. We strongly encourage you to consider volunteering for the 4 PM and 7 PM services, these two services are low on volunteers.
Please consider volunteering.
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We are always looking for new singers or instrumentalists to enhance our worship, and we would especially love to have new voices during the Advent/Christmas season. Please contact Pam through the link below for more details and expressions of your musical gifts. | |
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CARING FOR CREATION
We will not meet in December due to midweek Advent services. Our next meeting will be Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. on Teams
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GARDEN OF GRACE: Fall plantings include radishes, lettuce, spinach and carrots. We have already been harvesting radishes and lettuce and expect to have carrots in a few weeks. The peppers have produced abundantly all summer, but were killed by the recent freezing weather. All produce harvested from the Garden of Grace is donated to Forever Fed.
CARING FOR CREATION: Our recycling initiatives are going well including collection of oral care waste, small batteries, used eyeglasses, pop tabs and Hefty energy bags for hard to recycle items. We recently added collection of beverage pull tabs. We will resume collection of prescription medicine bottles tin January. If you have questions, please see any member of the committee.
We will be exploring ways everyone can care for God's creation by reducing our carbon footprint. Look for tips and suggestions in upcoming newsletters.
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Reducing our Carbon Footprint
For the next couple weeks, the Caring for Creation Committee will highlight articles on ways you can reduce your carbon footprint at home. Our next article is about Thermostats. You can read this article and more on our website. Here is the introduction to that article:
Thermostats
Growing up we had a thermostat that was a dial that would set the temperature you wanted your house to be set at and a switch that would toggle between cooling and heating. It was a very simple design; however, the thermostat didn’t know when we were home or not and would simply set the temperature based on the overall house temperature and what we wanted the temperature to be.
Since purchasing my own home I have installed programmable thermostats that indicate when based on time and temperature when the furnace or A/C should run. Click here to read more....
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News from the SES Synod and ELCA | |
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Sunday School
We will meet through Dec. 10 unless noted
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Coffee and Conversation meets Sunday mornings at 9:45 AM, and is engaged in a study titled, God's Law is Love" that includes excerpts from several books of the New Testament. We will continue to meet on this study through Dec. 17th. Ben Setzer continues to lead this group.
Faith Stories: begun a new four week study this past Sunday, by Walter Brueggemann, titled Names for the Messiah: An Advent Study. We meet at at 9:45 AM in rm. 117. We encourage new faces to join us at anytime. The book can be purchased on Amazon.
Men in Mission: We are currently working through the Master Builders Bible for Men. We meet Sunday Mornings at 9:45 AM in rm. 118. Join us for good conversation and reflection. We also try to meet at Marlow's Tavern, usually the first Wednesday of the month for lively dinner conversation at 7 PM. Check with the group on Sunday mornings for updates to this schedule.
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WEEK DAY BIBLE STUDY OPPORTUNITIES | |
Wednesday Lunch and Learn: This past week we began the study, Bless the Advent We Actually Have, by Kate Bowler. We will meet in the Meeting Room at 11:00 AM. Bring your lunch and join us for this lunchtime study. We are always looking for new study partners. | |
Word of Wednesday (WOW): Word on Wednesday meets at 10:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Virtual options will be available for those not able to attend in person. We invite you to join us in our journey along the path of life with God as we study "The Serenity Prayer - a simple prayer to enrich your life" by Trevor Hudson. Lori Peters continues to lead this group. | |
Thursday Bible Study: The Thursday Bible Study is engaged in a study on the theology of Paul, then we will move into a study of his letters to Thessalonica. Bring your Bible! | |
Theology on Tap will resume, at 6:30 PM in January.
Theology on Tap will take a break for Advent/Christmas and will resume every other Wednesday, January 10, 24 and February 7. It's a great time to join a great group of Christians, with open discussions on varied topics.
We will continue our discussion at Game Day in Woodstock, at 2990 Eagle Dr. We gather around 6:30 PM to order food, begin our discussion around 7 PM, and continue till about 8:30 PM.
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NEXT OUTREACH MEETING
Our next outreach meeting will be held January 7, at 9:30 AM. Please plan to attend if you are able. We will not be meeting in December.
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This Month Two Can Sunday is sponsoring a food drive for Timothy Lutheran Cupboard. See the top Urgently Needed Donations below. Use the bins in Fellowship Hall.
We will be running this drive the entire month of December.
Papa's Pantry was overwhelmed with Good Shepherd's food gererostiy for the month of November. They extend their sincere thanks for your donations. God bless you!
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Christmas Angel Tree
All angels and gifts need to be returned this Sunday. Remember to circle the items purchased and place the angel on the gift.
Thank you for the generous outpouring of love for the community of Oak Grove Elementary School.
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Consider bringing a food donation and leave in the barrels on our front porch.
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us - Ephesians 5: 1-2a.
Must Ministries Website
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Eye on the Magi - Written by Justin Lind-Ayres | Illustrated by Krista Schrock
As your family journeys toward Christmas and the birth of Jesus, you are invited to keep your Eye on the Magi. Through art, scripture, and prayer, this children's book offers twenty-five days of brief devotions intended to immerse families in the Christmas story. Each day in December leading to Christmas, children locate the three magi (cutouts provided) moving throughout the home in their search for Jesus. Once the magi are found, families open to the appointed day and share in a short devotional together. It is a playful way to deepen faith and enhance the Advent season. Balthazar, Caspar, and Melchior -- the traditional names of the magi -- welcome you to keep your eye on them, follow in their footsteps, and experience the wonder and waiting of the Advent season.
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Pastor Justin Lind-Ayres was also a featured writer of November 1 -15th, in the current edition of the "Light in Our Home" devotion booklet.
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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 Office Coordinator and she can add you to the Prayer Circle group.
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Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
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