Empty Nesters at the Tellus Museum
Date: Saturday, February 17, 2024
Time: 12:30 - 3:30 pm
Meet at the museum front lobby by 12:30 pm to purchase your tickets.
- Members: free, Seniors 65+: $17.00 ea., Adults: $19.00 ea.
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Bentley Planetarium is an extra $4.25 with each paid museum admission. See the Planetarium schedule below to plan which show you'd like to see.
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https://tellusmuseum.org/exhibit/bentley-planetarium/
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Our group will leave for dinner at Las Palmas on Main Street in Cartersville (easy on/off of I-75) by 3:30 pm https://cartersville.laspalmasmexicanrest.com/
- Please arrange your own carpooling.
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If you have any questions, please contact Karen Yerkes or Tammy Frink. Hope to see you there! 😃
Museum Address:
100 Tellus Drive
Cartersville, GA 30120
Las Palmas:
140 Main St Mkt Pl SE
Cartersville, GA 30121
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What is this Sunday.....
It's New Member Sunday, the beginning of Worship Matters, and a Coffee with Council.
Join us this Sunday, at 9:45 AM in the Fellowship Hall, as we welcome 10 new families into the community of Good Shepherd. We give thanks for their presence among us, and we look forward to many years of ministry together.
Following the welcoming of new members, we'll also have a quick Coffee with Council and then those involved in Worship Matters will head into their classes. It's a busy day and that's a wonderful thing! Good Shepherd is alive and active! Rejoice!
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The Youth Envelope Fundraiser
Questions and Answers
What is it?
In an attempt to fundraise for all youth grades 6th-12th grade, we launched the Envelope Fundraiser. Envelopes are labeled 1-100 and are now in the Entryway. Take whichever envelope you wish and place the same amount of money in the envelope as the number on the envelope and color in the square that matches the number on the envelope. If you are feeling extra generous, there are extra envelopes that you can place any amount you wish.
Why are we doing it?
These opportunities for our youth are once in a lifetime, especially the ELCA Youth Gathering. To ask each family to fund the whole trip by themselves would be a huge financial ask, so we wanted to reach out to the congregation. We know how much you support to growth of our youth and we know this summer will be no different.
How much do you have to raise?
Our goal is to fill all the envelopes before March 3rd. If we meet our goal, and fill all the envelopes, every envelope filled earns a ticket to "Pie" a staff member and the rest of us can enjoy pie to eat the proper way on that day too.
Will the envelopes really help?
Absolutely! If we can fill all the envelopes, we will have raised a little over $5,000. THANKS BE TO GOD!
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If you were not able to come to one of the Conversation Circles, please select the link below, which will open a Google form and give you the opportunity to add your input on the questions that were discussed. In addition, there are paper copies of the forms in a basket at the welcome desk in the Entryway. We will keep this option available for one more week to gather every voice possible. Parents, if you have youth members, please help them submit their voice too. We want to hear from everyone.
There is a sweet spot between the known and the unknown where originality happens; the key is to be able to linger there without panicking. Ed Catmull (Pixar)
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Council has posted information including Council Minutes and more detailed financial numbers, in the Fellowship Hall. | |
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Council Meeting Highlights
- Facilities and Maintenance will be receiving Thrivent money soon for some much needed external improvements to our property. Members and volunteers help will be essential to completing these tasks.
- Council retreat is scheduled on February 24 from 9am to noon. Focus will be budget, constitution, priorities and goals.
Accolades:
- Pam Weinelt for her gifts through the music transition
- Anna Louise Panhorst for her sermon on January 28
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Lent is a season of 40 days, not counting Sundays, that began on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday. It is a time of preparation, repentance, and renewal for Easter, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Prayer is a way of communicating with God, expressing gratitude, praise, confession, intercession, and petition. Candles are often used as symbols of light, hope, and faith in prayer. They can also represent the presence of Christ, the Holy Spirit, or the saints.
Join us for worship Wednesdays, February 21, 28, March 6, 13, 20 at noon or at 7:30 PM. For these mid-week services, we will meet in the Fellowship Hall and use “Holden Prayer Around the Cross” as a guide for a contemplative service of prayer, and yes, there will be candles!
Prior to the evening worship services around 6:45 PM, we will gather as a community for soup and salad. If interested in bringing soup, please sign up in Fellowship Hall.
February 21: Our Light and Our Salvation – a service of light and intercessory prayer based on Psalm 27
February 28:In Silence we wait – a prayer of longing and hope
March 6: For the Healing of Creation – Prayers on behalf of the whole creation based on Psalms 105 and 145
March 13:Beside Still Waters – a liturgy of healing prayer and anointing based on Psalm 23
March 20:For the Healing of the Nations – intercessory prayer for peoples, lands and nations based on Isaiah 65 and Revelation 21
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Memorial Service
A Memorial Service for Virginia Mille is now planned for Saturday, March 2nd, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, at 2 PM. There will be a reception following the service. We are in need of a few volunteers to help with the service. If you are able to assist, please sign up using the button below.
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Ladies Night Out
Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2024 ;Time: 7 PM
El Ranchero
1025 Rose Creek Drive
Woodstock, GA 30189
Sign up in Fellowship Hall.
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MARCH 10, 2024
Downtown Event at The Home Depot Backyard
Onsite Registration and Pre-event activities: 12:00 PM Race begins at 2 PM. Event ends at 4:00 PM. Join with Pastor Karen and her husband and other members as they participate in this walk event.
Good Shepherd is also proud to host a local walk here at Good Shepherd on March 10th at 2 PM to help raise money for the Atlanta Food Bank. Share this event with you neighbors. Rain date is scheduled for March 17. If you plan to attend, sign up in Fellowship Hall.
OR Donate! Put Hunger Walk in the memo line or your check and drop in offering plate or in slot near bookkeeper's office. Electronic giving option is also available thru the link below. Look for the picture of the shoe! Coin boxes are also available at the Welcome Desk for those who would like to contribute in that way.
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OUTREACH COAT DRIVE
Sunday, February 25th is the last Sunday to bring in gently used coats, jackets, raincoats and sweaters for our clothing drive, with the last day to accept any items being Thursday, 2/29/24.
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We continue our recycling initiatives. We appreciate all help from congregation members to keep these items out of landfills.
1. ORAL CARE WASTE
2. HEFTY ORANGE ENERGY BAGS: (first Sunday of the month
3. BATTERIES: (Size D and smaller)
4. OLD EYEGLASSES
5. POPTABS
6. PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE BOTTLES
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Handmade Card ministry at GSLC
All OCCASION cards are available for a donation of $2.00 per card. 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 are continuing to hear that many churches and their members, including Good Shepherd, are receiving e-mails, texts and phone calls posing as pastors asking for gift cards. GOOD SHEPHERD WILL NOT ask for gift cards in this format EVER!
As a reminder:
- Check the entire e-mail address before responding. All the staff email extensions are @gslutheran.org NOT gmail or yahoo.
- If you are unsure if information is legit, don't answer the text or email or hang up and respond with information you know is correct or contact a friend and ask questions.
- Don't act on urgency, always think first
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Congratulations Hudson Garges for winning our Super Bowl raffle. We had an amazing response of soup to deliver to MUST this week. Thank you to all who donated. The K.C. Chiefs not only won the "real super bowl", but also had the most cans collected in the bins.
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Read about our youth!
Pray for our youth and leaders, Lily, Gwen, Mel & Bill as they attend All Georgia Southeastern Synod youth gathering as they head out next weekend to Camp Glisson, in Dahlonega, GA.
Our youth are active and planning many things for all ages. If you would like to engage more with what our youth are doing week to week, sign up to receive our Wednesday Weekly Lamb Buzz on our website. This is an email dedicated to families and their youth.
Read more about our youth programs on our website
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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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