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301 S. Maryland Parkway • Las Vegas, NV 89101
CALL US TODAY 702.384.6106

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Worship:  Saturday @ 5pm & Sunday at 10:30am
Bible Study:  Sunday at 9am, Wednesday 10:30am
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Follow us on Instagram @fgslasvegas 
Order of Worship Click Here
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CONNECTING PEOPLE TO CHRIST AND ONE ANOTHER
First Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Statistics
Worship Attendance:
Saturday - 35; Sunday - 226; Total - 261; YTD Avg. - 189
 
Stewardship Life Report
(Fiscal Year: July 1, 2018-June 30, 2019)
Weekly Total:  $9,194.00
(General Fund)
Received YTD:  $235,031.83
Click Here to view FGS' financial statement as of November, 2018.

Church Council meeting notes are available for review in the church office.
Click Here for meeting minutes from the November 17th meeting.

The LWML Christmas Card is available to sign in the narthex.  Donations will go to an FGS family in need.
Decorate the church for Christmas with:

Please see the box in the narthex with poinsettia wrapping paper and return your order form by THIS SUNDAY, December 16th.  Each plant is $15.  You get to take the plant home after Christmas!  Proceeds help the youth ministry.
Advent Worship Schedule
We're partnering with Redeemer for Advent Worship this year.

December 5th & 19th at Redeemer
1730 N. Pecos Rd.
5:30pm Soup Supper; 7pm Worship
December 12th at FGS
5:30pm Soup Supper; 7pm Worship

Bringing Christ out of the Church
during the Christmas season.

All the shirts have been handed out.  Contact the church office if you would like to be on the list for next year (or whenever we get enough for another order).
Wear the shirts during the Christmas season and let the Holy Spirit do the rest.
Don't forget to post Luke 2 Project logos on social media.  Click here to visit the Luke 2 Project website.  Click here (flier front), here (flier back) & here (bookmark) to download.  Paper copies are in the narthex as well.
Share one with a neighbor!
40 Month Note at 4%

To meet future loan demand and help support growing ministry opportunities, LCEF needs to raise an additional $100 million.  Visit lcef.org/40month for more information on how you may help.

With help from people like you, LCEF has reached
67% of its goal!
This past Labor Day weekend Carol White was hospitalized with what was later discovered to be a brain tumor.  A website has been created to keep everyone updated on her progress.  Click Here to stay updated. 
She knows and feels all the love that is being shared by so many.  Keep it up! 
Carol will be home for Christmas! 
Praise God!

Pick up your 2019 offering envelopes from the table in the back of the church.  Please contact the church office if you don't have offering envelopes and would like them.
Youth Happenings
Please click here to visit the youth page of the church website.
Youth news is sent via e-mail.  Click here to sign up for the youth e-mail list.

4th/5th/6th Youth Night
Join us TONIGHT, December 14th, as we go Christmas caroling.  We'll also have dinner and maybe a game (time permitting). Click Here for an RSVP sheet.
SCRIP makes great
Christmas presents!


Proceeds help the Youth Ministry.  The company makes the donation.  You get the full value of the card.
Order by THIS SUNDAY, December 16th to make sure it arrives by Christmas!
Click Here for more details.
(Click above to visit our websites)
 
Box Tops for Education!
Clipping box tops is an easy way to earn cash for our school. Contact the school office for more information.


Sing & Ring for Joy will resume January 23rd and continue on Wednesdays at 4pm.  All 2nd - 6th graders are welcome to join this community choir & handbell ensemble.
Christmas Dinner December 25th
after worship at 10am. 

Sign up in the narthex. 
All are welcome.
Faith Community and Wahoo’s are partnering in an effort to raise $10,000 to help the victims of the wildfires in Paradise, CA. For every $10 donation, you will receive a $10 gift certificate to any Wahoo’s Las Vegas location.

Click Here to make a secure donation or you may also pay with cash or check in person at Faith Community during business hours.

For more information please contact Linda Kurtz at:
linda.kurtz@faithlasvegas.org or 702-439-7902

FGS will be hosting families in transition January 6 - 13, 2019.  Contact Randy Doring for more information.
Interim Church Council Meetings, Information & Voters' Meeting
Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 3:00 pm - General Meeting - FGSLC Conference Room
Saturday/Sunday, January 5-6, 2019 – (After Church Services) Informational Meeting to preview drafted bylaws - Sanctuary
Sunday, January 20, 2019 - Special Voter's Meeting (After Church Services) to vote on FGSLC new bylaws and elect FGSLC Church Council Members - Sanctuary
Click Here to review the draft agenda from the December 1st meeting.
Birthdays This Week
Dec 16   Jon Peterson
Dec 17   Ardee Anderson
Dec 17   Shari Koch
Dec 18   Melissa Kaufman
Dec 19   Kristi O'Brien
Dec 20   Holly Katz
Dec 20   Kena Papanek
Dec 20   David Webb
Dec 22   Delores Benner

Dec 22  Cheryl Launer
 
Anniversaries
Dec 1   Jeff & Vicki Hegge
Dec 6   Michael & Rebecca Novak
Dec 8   Al & Janice Mommeny
Dec 10
Rick & Jennifer Pollock
Dec 10 James & Cindy Ward

 
We thank God for all of you!
If we missed a birthday or anniversary,
please let the office know!
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