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Welcome
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Sheep Buzz Newsletter
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Scroll down to the bottom of this email for pictures of Pastor Karen's Installation service last weekend. | |
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Upcoming August worship events: Mark these dates!
August 27: Rally Day and hotdog luncheon. One combined service at 10 AM. Plan to stay after service for lunch, fellowship and small yard games. Please sign up in Fellowship Hall or using the button below to bring a dish to share.
"God's Work. Our Hand's." Sunday, September 10th. Outreach is planning activities between services. Men in Mission and the Youth will be serving at The Extension in Marietta. See how you can participate below.
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To best serve our community, we're going to postpone the GARGAGE SALE and consider it again for Spring. This will give us time to ensure we have enough volunteers and plenty of time for everyone to do their Spring Cleaning. Stay tuned. | | |
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.
Donate Now
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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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We are looking for volunteers for the Nursery. You can sign up in Fellowship Hall.
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Celebrate our new Buddy Bench
Cadette troop 17215 is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony to install the buddy bench at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church playground on Sunday, 8/20/23 at 2:45pm. The Scouts started this project back in May during their Girl Scout Journey badge work. They were tasked with completing a Take Action project when they completed the Journey to leave something sustainable for betterment in the community. They regularly meet at GSLC, and they wanted to leave something for the church and preschool that the kids could enjoy. The Buddy Bench will be installed at the playground near the garden area. It has a theme of fostering friendship and is a place for children to go when they want someone to talk to. Lily is a member of the troop and regularly attends GSLC. We are excited to share the bench with the church.
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Our first "How to" will be Oct. 1 sponsored by Men in Mission on how to change a flat tire. Save the date to learn. | |
How-To Seminars
Stay tuned to your Sheep Buzz for some new "How To" Seminars on various topics. Coming soon once a month, during the school season on Sunday mornings during the education hour.
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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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NEW!! Card ministry at GSLC!
Are you needing a Birthday, Get Well, Sympathy or a Thinking of You card? We may have just what you are looking for! Our card ministry will provide HANDMADE cards for sale in Fellowship Hall, starting this Sunday.
We are accepting donations with a minimum offering of $2.00. The BEST PART is ALL proceeds will support Youth Mission Trips for GSLC. As the seasons change, we plan to offer Fall/Thanksgiving cards and Holiday/Christmas cards. This ministry is hosted by Molly Maher and Linda Rowell.
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Ladies Night Out
Ladies Night Out will be Tuesday, September 19, at 7:00pm. It will be at
Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 7:00pm
Dina’s Family Italian Restaurant
(Formerly Gondaliers - Same owners and menu)
10029 Highway 92, Woodstock 30188
Sign up in Fellowship Hall
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Our August Outing at Nuevos Amigos | | |
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This week's bountiful harvest donated to Forever Fed for the food insecure in our own community. Thanks be to God! | |
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Pollinator Garden: We are excited and thankful to share the news that our Pollinator Garden is now a CERTIFIED POLLINATOR GARDEN with Woodstock Parks and Recreation. It continues to attract pollinators for our Garden of Grace. Stop by to see it in person.
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CARING FOR CREATION
Next meeting: Wednesday, September 13, at 7:00 p.m. on Teams. To help care for God’s glorious creation contact church office or Reba Sumner. All are welcome!
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NEW RECYCLING INITIATIVE: Do you have prescription medicine bottles that you would like put to good use? We are now collecting these to send to Matthew 25 Ministries where they are used to dispense prescription medicines to patients in third world countries where they are much needed. Please place these in the designated box in the Fellowship Hall. Bottles must be clean and all labels removed. Thank you for your help.
Do you have leftover paint in your garage that you don't know what to do with? We have investigated responsible ways to recycle leftover paint. The Cherokee County Recycling Center on Blaylock Road will accept cans of paint for recycling. Their fee is $5.00 for a one gallon bucket and $10.00 for a five gallon bucket.
GARDEN OF GRACE: Our garden continues to produce vegetables for the food insecure in our own communty. We are now harvesting okra as well as tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers. If you have vegetables from your own garden that you would like to donate, please leave in the Fellowship Hall and we will add them to our harvest. Our garden pickers work hard picking vegetables at least twice per week. Thanks be to God!
On a sad note, we have seen some vandalism in our garden (vegetables picked and smashed, etc.). We believe this may be done by teens who may have nothing else to do. We ask for your prayers. When you are at Good Shepherd, please drive by the Garden. We are checking into the feasibility of lights focused on the garden.
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News from the SES Synod and ELCA | |
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Connect with the ELCA and Southeastern Synod
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Latest Edition (8-15-23): Southeastern Synod E-News
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Available for any and all ages!! | |
Coffee and Conversation meets Sunday mornings at 9:45 AM, and is engaged in a study titled, "Discipleship and Mission" that includes passages from Matthew's Gospel, Luke's Gospel, and Paul's letter to the Romans. We will continue to meet on this study until Aug 27. Ben Setzer will continue to lead this group. | |
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Fatih Stories: continues their study of the "Book of Joy", by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu, beginning this Sunday, at 9:45 AM in rm. 117. We encourage new faces to join us at anytime. The book can be purchased on Amazon.
Thursday Bible Study: The Thursday Bible Study, which meets at 10 AM every Thursday, will begin a review of the ELCA Social Statement on church, state, and civic participation, which is currently in the study phase and is scheduled to be voted on at the Churchwide Assembly in 2025. We will participate in a study curriculum to learn more about the civics and faith and then provide our feedback to the task force. Information is available here: https://elca.org/civicsandfaithstudy
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A discussion of varied topics that are sometimes thought provoking and difficult to answer; laid out in a casual setting where all are welcome. | |
Theology on Tap meets next August 23, at 6:30 PM
Karen and Michael Epstein have volunteered to lead and continue Theology on Tap at Game Day.
We will begin to gather around 6:30 to order food, begin our discussion around 7 PM and continue till about 8:30 PM. Stay tuned to your Sheep Buzz for additional dates into the fall as time goes by.
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Wild Women Weekend at Lutheridge
Start thinking about an awesome Women's retreat in March of 2024. Registration will be happening soon!
More information
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Thank you for the over 200 stuffed animal donations for the Encouragement Project. We will continue to collect through August 31st. On Sunday, 9/3, we will take all the animals home, count them, bag them up and call the Encouragement Project to come pick them up. | |
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Consider bringing a food donation and leave in the barrels on our front porch.
MUST is in need of plastic grocery bags. If you have these available, please drop them in the barrels. Thank you.
We are now scheduling delivery helpers on our Sunday Servant Schedules.
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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This is our submission form for you to submit prayer concerns. Prayers will be posted to the Prayer Circle, via e-mail, during normal business hours.
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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