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WORSHIP AND EVENTS This Fourth Week in the Season of Lent …
WORSHIP This Week …
March 22, 5:30 p.m. - Wednesday Evening Lenten Service - THE LORD’S PRAYER
“What Does This Mean? Insights from Martin Luther for Our Faith Today”
- Presiding -- Pastor Amy Larson
- Preaching -- Pastor Tom Buresh -- Pastor Buresh is a recently retired Presbyterian pastor now living in Decorah.
- A Simple Soup Supper and Sue Blair’s Puppet Ministry for Children follow the Service
- NO Choir or Band Rehearsals this evening
Worship Leaders and Ministry Team
- ORGANIST/PIANIST: Brooke Joyce
- USHERS: Ed Epperly and Jonathon Struve
- ASSISTING MINISTER: Bob Larson
Copies of Free Indeed: Devotions for Lent 2017 are available in the Narthex. It brings Luther’s Small Catechism into our homes and devotions and provides insights into our Lenten theme and journey.
March 26, 9:30 a.m. - Fourth Sunday in Lent - Worship with Holy Communion
From Pastor Amy - I was blind but now I see. Jesus opens our eyes again to his presence and to the needs of our neighbors.
Offertory Music - Handbell Choir -- Rehearsal at 8:45 a.m.
Adult Forum - Introduction to J.S. Bach’s Mass in B-Minor. Jonathon Struve will help us appreciate and enjoy this monumental work. It will be performed by the Luther College Symphony Orchestra, Nordic Choir, and alumni soloists on Saturday, April 1 as part of the College’s Reformation 500 conference Liberating Grace.
Worship Leaders and Ministry Team
- ORGANIST/PIANIST: Brooke Joyce
- CANTOR: Dennis Barnaal
- ACOLYTE: Jayda Winkelman
- USHERS: Chris Hick and Lindy Moeller
- GREETER: Rae Jean Rathje
- ASSISTING MINISTER: Marv Slind
- COMMUNION SERVER: Nathan Larson
- ALTAR GUILD: Chris Hick, Bob Larson, Linda Wolfs
- FELLOWSHIP SERVERS: Marilyn Rue (Coordinator), Elizabeth Kaschins, Rae Jean Rathje, Jennifer Self (F), Marv Slind
March 29, 5:30 p.m. - Wednesday Evening Lenten Service - HOLY BAPTISM
“What Does This Mean? Insights from Martin Luther for Our Faith Today”
Presiding - Pastor Marion Pruitt-Jefferson
Preaching - Pastor Amy Larson
Worship Leaders and Ministry Team
- ORGANIST/PIANIST: Brooke Joyce
- ASSISTING MINISTER: Jonathon Struve
- USHERS: Ed and Joyce Epperly
NEWS and Upcoming EVENTS …
Good Shepherd member Amalia Vagts will begin attending Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa this fall. She plans to attend via its distributed learning program, which means she will take most of her classes online and remain part of the Decorah and Good Shepherd communities. Amalia will leave her role as executive director of Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries at the end of July in order to focus full-time on her studies.
Sunday, March 26, 10:50 a.m. - Good Shepherd Information and Q&A Session
New members, those considering membership, and those wanting to learn more about connecting at Good Shepherd are invited to this informal gathering in the Sanctuary.
Wednesday, March 29, 12:15-12:45 p.m. - Noontime Lenten Organ Recital
Brooke Joyce, Good Shepherd organist, and member Jonathon Struve will perform a short program of works by Bach, Wolf, and Vaughan Williams. Brooke is Associate Professor of Music and Composer in Residence at Luther
College. Jonathon, a baritone, is an Adjunct Instructor of Music teaching voice at Luther.
Special Lent and Easter Offerings will be given to The Campaign for the ELCA and Northeast Iowa Path to Citizenship. Sunday School’s Lenten Tree Project offerings will be divided between Good Shepherd’s Reformation Grove and LWR’s Sustainable Response to the East African Drought. To date, $684.58 has been received in support of the Sunday School Projects.
Lutheran World Relief Personal Care Kits - The congregation is invited to participate in WELCA’s Lenten Project to aid families in need around the world by providing selected Items for the Care Kits. Our inventory indicates that we need wrapped, bath-size soap and metal nail clippers. Collection continues through April 2.
Luther College’s Conference Liberating Grace: The Power of the Reformation in the World Today, Friday, March 31 - Saturday, April 1, includes exhibitions, seminars, workshops, key-note speakers, a special dinner, and a musical performance. Of particular note for Good Shepherd are: Saturday morning's 8:45 Plenary Address by LWF's Ralston Deffenbaugh, Welcoming the Stranger: Refugees at the Core of the Lutheran World Federation; his10:30 Seminar, The Global Challenge of Refugee Protection in an Age of Fear; and Wanda Deifelt and Amalia Vagt's Breakout Session at 1:30 or 4:00 p.m., For the Sheer Joy of It: Luther's Theology of the Body. All events are open to the public; there is no charge for these events. Registration, complete and updated schedule information, and arrangements for ticketed events are available here: https://www.luther.edu/reformation-2017/conference/
Would you like to get to know our Sunday School children? We are seeking a few more volunteers to assist with our Faith Five activities on Sunday, April 2nd and Sunday, May 7th. We provide instructions to guide you through this simple faith practice that includes reading the story/theme, praying together and blessing each other. These activities will require approximately 30 minutes of your time during Sunday School. Our children have enjoyed interacting with several adults in our congregation so far this year – please consider joining us for our two remaining sessions! Contact Anna Norris (amakemp@yahoo.com) for more information and to volunteer.
Kids and parents are invited to Canoe Creek Farm on Sunday, April 9 to visit with Barb and Kevin Kraus and their herd of sheep. The visit will be part of our four week theme on Psalm 23. We will depart Good Shepherd following worship around 10:45 am and will return back to Good Shepherd around 12 noon. Please RSVP to Heather Cote (cotecheck@gmail.com) if your child would like to join us on this field trip and/or if you are willing to assist with transportation
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