SHEEP BUZZ NEWSLETTER

April 25, 2025

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

Social Justice Meeting | 10 AM

The Social Justice group will meet in Fellowship Hall this Saturday, April 26^th, at 10 am. Please join us as we gather to continue our discussion of gender discrimination and justice. We will also talk about beginning our book study of The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr. All are welcome.

Sunday School

All youth classes meet downstairs: K-5 in B3, 6-8 in B8 and High School will meet in B1. Confirmation will meet in Pastor's office this Sunday at 9:45 AM

Faith Stories: Rm 117: Come join us. We will explore the beginning of a new book titled, "Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers" by Anne Lamott.

Coffee and Conversation: Rm 118:  We will engage in "Responding to God's Grace" series.

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

  Accolades

• Musicians who assisted with Wednesday mid-week services – Pam Weinelt, Chase Peterson, Alan Boda, Lori Peters, Bill and Paulette Alderfer, Drew Dickerson. Jennifer Taylor, Barb Kidder, Melinda Mundis, and Aaron Frink
• Bell choir for the wonderful music that they bring to BOTH worship services
• Good Shepherd congregation for supporting our Lenten Hunger Focus to help our hungry neighbors. We raised over 3K and collected many, many cans of food. We’ll be counting the coin boxes soon!
• Many thanks to Monica Smith for her time as Altar Guild Chair. We appreciate you, Monica!
• Thanks to all who have financially supported the Intergenerational Mission Trip this summer and continue to support the Youth and Family Ministry!
• Those who beautified the church for Holy Week and Easter – Carrie and Jaime Escamilla, Clint Gruwell and Ken Eggers, Pat Bull.
• A BIG thank you to everyone who made our Lenten Soup and Suppers a big success by making delicious soups, hosting, and cleaning up: Clint Gruwell, Barb & Ken Kidder, Jamie & Carrie Escamilla, Janice Swinford, Tom & Mary Wilson, Gail & Ben & Steven Setzer, Joella Molway. Karin Storla, Tammy & Steve & Aaron Frink

Council highlights:

• Spending has been down, but giving has been low as well.
• Those of us who are able are asked to park away from front rows in parking lot to keep the front spaces for visitors and those who need a closer spot.
• We are still in search of a shared youth coordinator.  Personnel liaison provided Council an update and shared potential steps to attract additional candidates.

COIN BOXES

Thank you for your coin box donations for Carmel Elementary School. We have collected $2,620.05 to contribute to the negative balances of school lunch accounts. A lunch costs $2.45. With our donations, we have purchased nearly 1,070 lunches. What a way to show our love in the community. If you have not returned your coin boxes, please return them to us this Sunday or during the week during office hours.

STAFF HOURS

Please also note as we change staff members in the Office Coordinator position, the physical office will be closed on the Mondays until June 2nd, we can still be reached via the church phone number or email.

Stop in and say Hello to our new Office Coordinator Michelle Provost!

WE NEED SOME HELP

On May 3rd at 9 AM we will be digging some holes to erect a banner at the intersection of Rose Creek and Eagle Drive. We are looking for a few people who would be willing to come out and assist with the project and/or anyone that might have a gas powered post digger that we could borrow. Please contact the church office if you are willing to volunteer. We could use about 5 laborers.

SUNDAY SERVANT SCHEDULE-MAY

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.

TACOS AND TRIVIA

We are postponing this event for a later date, however ...

ENVELOPE FUNDRAISER

We want to extend a BIG THANK YOU from the Youth & Family Ministry Committee! Thanks to your generosity, we were able to raise over $1,200 during our envelope fundraiser to help offset costs for our summer Inter-Generational Service Trip. These funds are instrumental in allowing all those who have the desire to participate and we are so very grateful for your continued support - both financially and spiritually - for these opportunities for us to be God's hands and feet in the world! The members of Good Shepherd are truly a blessing!

CAREGIVERS SUPPORT GROUP

Our next Caregivers Support Group in connection with the Alzheimer's Association is scheduled for Saturday, May 10th, 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.

FUNERAL PLANNING

Pastor Karen will be leading a funeral planning seminar June 22nd, after the 8:30 AM service and June 29th, after the 10:45 AM service. If you are curious about how to plan for this celebratory transition into eternal life and ease the burden of your loved ones, consider attending one of these sessions.

LADIES NIGHT OUT

Ladies Night Out for April will be on May 20th, at 7:00 pm.



Nuevos Amigos Cocina Mexicana

3740 Sixes Rd.

Canton, GA 30114

Please sign-up in Fellowship Hall.

YOUTH & FAMILY EVENTS

Registration for VBS will open May 1st.

SAVE THE DATE

FOR VBS

June 9 –13,

 9 AM—12 Noon.

 Interested in helping this year? A sign -up sheet has been posted in Fellowship Hall. Sign up today!

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.  

https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=6a8cbe8612456a00&from=shareddesktop_copy

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.

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. 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.

Word on Wednesday 10:00 AM Fellowship Hall. We have resumed the Rachel Evans study, "Searching for Sunday". A great place to join us as we pick this up again. 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 11:30 AM in Mtg. Room. We just began 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!

Theology On Tap: We will meet 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

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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.