July/August Newsletter
Hi friends, Our July/August Newsletter is now available online! If you get a chance, send a note of thanks to our Deacon and bookkeeper Kristi Tinker for putting it all together!...
Keep ReadingI love Venn diagrams. The visual representation of all logical relations between a finite collection of different sets is just the coolest. Don’t you think?...
As we enter a new year of “inviting all people to grow into a Christ-centered life in God’s family” Good Shepherd staff members have brainstormed three key areas vital to living out that mission....
Every year at this time, the Weekly is filled to the brim with various opportunities in the life of our church. By my count, there are 23 opportunities this week alone! A recent member of the Good Shepherd family recently e-mailed me to share of the fun...
Next Saturday, August 25th, our elders are meeting for a bi-annual retreat day. We do so every January and August, and they have become two of my absolute favorite days of the entire year, not only because we have a lot of fun together, but also because I learn so much from each one of the leaders on the team....
Last week we welcomed over 220 kids for VBS. This week, our Middle and High School students are on Catalina at Campus by the Sea for a week of summer camp. Different settings, to be sure, but the same goal....
VBS week is like no other week on campus. It’s not even close. All week, over 220 Pre-K through 5th graders have been making crafts, engaging in science experiments, playing games, watching skits and singing. And singing. Then, a little more singing...
When we discovered Jen was pregnant with our first child we were still in Princeton, NJ, entering the last year of our seminary adventure. It was the summer of 2000. In the fall of that year we traveled back home to southern California. We celebrated Jen’s birthday...
The Red Sox and the Yankees. Tom and Jerry. UCLA and USC. Batman and the Joker. Coke and Pepsi. The Hatfields and the McCoys. Classic rivalries are all around us. Here's one you may have never thought of: 9am Classic and 10:45am Modern...
Stanley Hauerwas and Will Willamon’s book Resident Aliens opens with these words: Sometime between 1960 and 1980, an old, inadequately conceived world ended, and a fresh, new world began. We do not mean to be overly dramatic....
In 1926, the United States Supreme Court made a well-intentioned ruling that affects our everyday lives - perhaps for the worst. The justices ruled that the town of Euclid, Ohio could bar the development of land which had been slated for an industrial-use...
Hi friends, Our July/August Newsletter is now available online! If you get a chance, send a note of thanks to our Deacon and bookkeeper Kristi Tinker for putting it all together!...
Keep ReadingHi friends, Here's this week's e-Bulletin. As always, it's also available via a shortcut on the front page of our website (see screenshot). See you Sunday as we continue our journey through...
Keep ReadingHi friends, Last week I was able to congratulate my friend, Good Shepherd member and former Student Ministries intern, Jessica Knutzen upon her graduation with a Master of Divinity...
Keep ReadingHello, Here is the Study Guide for Hebrews 4.1-10, the focus of our teaching Sunday June 26th. It points us to God's rest given to us through Jesus Christ and the wonderful reality of heaven...
Keep ReadingHi friends, Happy Friday! Here's this week's e-Bulletin. As always, it's filled with a number of ways to fulfill our mission: to connect with God, grow in faith and serve in love. Note especially our...
Keep ReadingYep, you heard right! Starting this year, you can register your child for Vacation Bible School AND pay for the registration fee, ALL online via Eventbrite! Why leave the comforts of your home...
Keep ReadingGreetings, Here is the Sermon-Based Study Guide for Sunday, June 19th on Hebrews 3.14-19. It is a poignant reminder and call to be people who not only share in Christ - God's household...
Keep ReadingHi friends, Here's this week's e-Bulletin! May it guide us in connecting with God, growing in faith and serving in love. Note especially the opportunity to serve alongside the SHIP program...
Keep ReadingGood Shepherd is welcoming SHIP (Self Help Interfaith Program) again this year from July 2 through July 15 and servants are needed to host 4 to 6 men (and possibly women) while they...
Keep ReadingGreetings, Here is the study guide for this Sunday's text, Hebrews 3.7-13. This passage calls us to perseverance as followers of Jesus and to continue to listen to the voice of God's Spirit...
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