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?...
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, Here's this week's study guide on Mark 14.12-25 for our continued study of the earliest written gospel account. This Sunday we will study Jesus' first celebration of communion with...
Keep ReadingDear Parents of Good Shepherd Children, At Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, nothing is more important to us than the safety and security of your children. That’s why we’ve chosen...
Keep ReadingHi friends, Here is the study guide for Mark 14.1-11. It's a significant passage in which Jesus makes it clear that he has come to Jerusalem... to die. I hope you will find the time to look...
Keep ReadingHi friends, I wanted to give you a heads up about a great opportunity coming up on Saturday, February 26th, from 9am to Noon in the Fireside Room. A healing prayer seminar will be led...
Keep ReadingTonight at an Open Table steering committee meeting, team member Leny Ambruso shared a brief excerpt from Mother Theresa's book A Simple Path that was too good not to pass on!...
Keep ReadingGreetings, As we continue to strive to be a church that makes disciples of Jesus Christ who Connect with God, Grow in Faith, and Serve in love, the study of the Bible is an important...
Keep ReadingHi friends, In an effort to conserve the resources of creation and more effectively communicate all the great things happening at Good Shepherd, we are moving forward with a new e-Bulletin...
Keep ReadingGreetings, The passage for February 6th is very interesting as Jesus continues to lay out events that will unfold in the near future and how they will affect a significant change in God's provision...
Keep ReadingGreetings, We get into some very challenging material in our text this week as Jesus begins to talk about "the end" - Mark 13:1-13. My hope is that this study guide will enable you to get into...
Keep ReadingGreetings, As we move into 2011 consider this: It is 11 years since Y2K... remember that? It is soon to be 10 years since the events of 9/11/01. And, we are here as a church to help others...
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