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)

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9:45 amBible Class for Adults

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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

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Music

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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.

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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.

Staff


Rev. Timothy Gierke

Director of Ministries

Rev. Timothy Anderson

Director of Parish Growth

Diane Wilson

Administrative Assistant

Barbara Gierke

Director of Music

Karen Parr

Office Assistant

Karen Bremer

Financial Assistant

Ron and Rachel Jensen

Custodians

Deaconess Jessica Feldmann

Family Ministry Consultant