e-Bulletin | Sunday, April 24th
Hi friends! Here's our weekly e-Bulletin. If you're able, please remember to carpool tomorrow morning, to make room for the many who will be joining us to celebrate the Resurrection!...
Keep ReadingVenn Diagrams
I 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?...
One Step Toward Our 2030 Vision
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....
Mine!
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...
Start With Why
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....
A Day at CBS
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....
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VBS Week
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...
Thank You!
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...
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Rivalries
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...
Resident Aliens
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....
Counter Culture
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...
Celebrate Easter!
Ah yes, Easter. The one day out of the year children look for brightly colored plastic eggs filled with candy and lunch with the family is mandatory. And that's it. Or is it? Could there be more...
Keep ReadingStudy Guide | The Gospel of Mark 16.1-8
Greetings, Here is this week's study guide on Mark 16.1-8. As we enter into Holy Week let me encourage you to focus on the events of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus and be...
Keep Readinge-Bulletin | Sunday, April 17th
Hi friends, Here's this week's e-Bulletin! As always, it's filled with a number of opportunities to connect with God, grow in faith and serve in love. If you'd like to submit an event to be included...
Keep ReadingStudy Guide | The Gospel of Mark 15.40-47
Greetings, Here is the study guide for Mark 15.40-47, which focuses on the events around the burial of Jesus which is our passage for April 17th. This will be Palm Sunday, the beginning of a...
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In the Hands of the Potter
The Women’s Ministry spring luncheon, “In the Hands of the Potter†on Saturday, May 7th will feature guest speaker Carole Wolaver, The Pottery Lady. She will instruct and in inspire us to be...
Keep ReadingStudy Guide | The Gospel of Mark 15.33-39
Greetings, We continue to journey through the Passion Week in our study of the Gospel of Mark. The passage for this week is Mark 15.33-39 in which Mark describes Jesus' experience on...
Keep ReadingThe Letter to the Hebrews
Hi friends, I hope this finds you well in this Lenten season, as we journey toward the Resurrection! I encourage you to be thinking about those you know who need to hear the good news...
Keep ReadingStudy Guide | The Gospel of Mark 15.16-32
Greetings, I have just finished the sermon-based study guide for this coming Sunday and have been moved by the amazing love of Jesus Christ - the event of his crucifixion, his willingness to...
Keep ReadingSupport Misión Mexico 2011
Support Misión Mexico 2011 at The Open Table Tuesday, April 5th. Proceeds from dinner will help our team build retaining walls for a women's halfway house operated by Pastor Maria of...
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