Saturday Night
5:45 pmPeaceful Praise
Each Saturday evening at 5:45 p.m., is worship in an informal setting, with a relaxed, quiet and devotional mood. Casual clothing is encouraged, and there is no standing during this worship service. A combination of traditional hymns and more contemporary music is used.
Sunday Morning
8:30 amClassic Praise
Each Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m., is our traditional, liturgical worship, using the best of our classic Lutheran liturgies and hymns from “Lutheran Worship” or “Lutheran Service Book,” with the occasional introduction of a new liturgy or hymn.
9:30 amJAM Time (Sunday School)
Description of sunday school.
9:45 amBible Class for Adults
Description of adult bible classes
11:00 amNew Song Praise
This service takes the best of our Lutheran worship and teachings and presents them with the use of alternative settings and new worship and praise songs. The music is led with keyboards and drums and other percussion instruments as appropriate, adding guitar accompaniment, with a group of singers leading the worship music. Casual dress is encouraged, and we work very hard to complete this worship time by 12:00 noon.
10:00 amWorship Afire! (Memorial Day, 4th of July & Labor Day)
Holiday weekends. This worship service combines the Classic Praise and New Song Praise styles.
General
Family
Description for family ministry.
Music
Description for music.
Organization
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is utilizing a Ministry based organization structure. The Voters' Assembly is responsible for making the "What" decisions, followed by the Focus and Coordinating Team who coordinate the overall ministry. There are four Vision Teams who facilitate the ministries that fall within their scope and are assigned by the Focus and Coordinating Team. A Resource Advisory Team is to provide leadership, coordination and communication in the areas of: 1) administration, 2) property, 3) finances and 4) technology.
more...Outreach
Live Nativity
Members of the youth group participate as cast members of a Live Nativity. They portray Mary, Joseph, shepherds, wise men and angels. Real animals also are used in the scene including goats, donkeys and cows.
Good Shepherd congregation provides this live nativity as a demonstration to the community that not only do we welcome Jesus into our lives as our Savior, but we also welcome all people to be a part of our family so that they too can know Jesus better and experience His love through us.
Organization
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is utilizing a Ministry based organization structure. The Voters' Assembly is responsible for making the "What" decisions, followed by the Focus and Coordinating Team who coordinate the overall ministry. There are four Vision Teams who facilitate the ministries that fall within their scope and are assigned by the Focus and Coordinating Team. A Resource Advisory Team is to provide leadership, coordination and communication in the areas of: 1) administration, 2) property, 3) finances and 4) technology.
The current teams are:
Focus and Coordinating Team
Executive Director:
Assistant Executive Directors: Jeff Frey, Gerald Harnisch
Resource Advisory Team
Resource Coordinator for Administration: Mike Fischer
Resource Coordinator for Properties: Tim Ferguson
Resource Coordinator for Finances: Diane Griffiths
Resource Coordinators for Technology: Art Sorensen, Barney Whatley
Vision Team for Family Ministry
Chairperson: Rhonda Gdowski
Assistant Chairpersons: Steve and JoAnna Hansen
Staff: Deaconess Beth Dittmer
Vision Team for Parish Growth Ministries
Chairperson:
Assistant Chairperson: Harry Faulhaber
Staff: Pastor Tim Anderson
Vision Team for Worship and Music Ministries
Chairperson: Vicki Sorensen
Assistant Chairperson: Rich Schurman
Staff: Pastor Tim Gierke and Barb Gierke
Vision Team for Christian Care Ministries
Chairperson: Doug Watson
Assistant Chairpersons: Matt Rossow, Sandy McDuffee
Members: Shelli Ferguson
Staff: Pastor Tim Gierke
