Posts by Dara Schuller-Hanson
Pastor Dara’s Doctor of Ministry Journey and Sabbatical
In 2023, I started a Doctor of Ministry degree program at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary. With a small cohort of fellow clergy, we met together online monthly, reading…
Read MoreLabyrinth Coming to Good Shepherd’s Verona Campus this June
An invitation to open our hearts in conversation with God Every fall, my family goes on an annual excursion to a local corn maze. There are definitely moments where we…
Read MoreCreating Space for All at Verona Campus
A New Space of Welcome at Verona Campus As a part of our continued commitment to live into our church’s Welcome Statement, we continue to improve our spaces, so they…
Read MoreHelp Bring a Labyrinth to Good Shepherd
Pastor Dara is Building a Labyrinth Team Spending time with God in prayer is something that I long for more of in my life. One of the prayer practices that…
Read MoreAn Invitation to Sabbath
My soul was longing for an experience such as this and I was so grateful for the time to actually do it. I needed the reminder that God loves me just as much when I am at rest as when I am productive and busy. Maybe you do too?
Read MoreAn Invitation to Communion
Our Shared Sense of Longing When this pandemic started, we had no idea how long we might be waiting to gather again in person. And even while we connect through…
Read MoreEvangelism 101
We are the church together Do you remember that children’s rhyme- here is the church, here is the steeple, open the doors and see all the people? While cute and…
Read MoreGiving Thanks for a Restful Sabbatical
Thank you Good Shepherd Thank you, Good Shepherd, for supporting me in taking a 6 week sabbatical this summer! I am so grateful for the time for rest and renewal.…
Read MoreAdvent by Candlelight 2018
The Good Shepherd Women’s Ministry would like to invite all women of the church and their friends, as well as middle and high school girls, to join us for an…
Read MoreGiving Thanks for the First Food Pantry Garden Growing Season
God is so good! We have seen that through our first growing season at the Good Shepherd Food Pantry Garden! Our garden produced over 1500 lbs. of produce including peas,…
Read MoreGarden Season has begun!
Last evening we planted our first rows of seeds in our NEW Food Pantry Garden at Verona Campus. The produce from this garden will go to our Good Shepherd Food…
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