Good Shepherd Board approves revision to Forward Together reopening plan Dear Friends and Family at Good Shepherd, This week, the Good Shepherd Board approved changes to our reopening plans that will lead to more opportunities for members to gather together safely. These changes were recommended to the...
Dear siblings in Christ at Good Shepherd, Thank you for attending our first, and hopefully only, virtual Town Hall Meeting on June 28. I was so humbled by the stories that were shared and the videos that showed just a small slice of the life of our...
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 phone calls, emails and online videos, our community longs for more. We ask God for more;...
Dear family & friends at Good Shepherd, Over this past week, our COVID-19 Task Force met to come up with recommendations on how to move forward as a congregation in light of our experiences of the last two months and as we look ahead into the...
Dear family and friends at Good Shepherd, I was able to see our brother, Pr. Joe, for the first time in over two months this morning and I want to give you an update on him that will include more specific information than I have been...
Christ is Risen! He is Risen, indeed! Alleluia! Alleluia! We have come through certainly the most unique Holy Week quite possibly since the very first one 2000 years ago! What we have learned in these weeks is that while the church buildings might be closed, the...
An Update from Church Treasurer Wade Huseth Recently, the Small Business Administration introduced a new program known as the Payroll Protection Program that allows organizations negatively affected by the COVID-19 crisis, including churches, to borrow money at favorable terms. If the loan is used primarily to...
The Great Three Days As we enter into the Triduum (The Great Three Days of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter), we have much to give thanks for even as we yearn for a return to a time when we will again gather face to face...
An Update on the Good Shepherd Food Pantry Dear Friends, The Good Shepherd Food Pantry will be open this Thursday during our normal hours, 10 a.m. to noon and 5:30-7:00 p.m. If you have not shopped with us in the last 4 weeks and need food, you...
Working to Continue Drive-Up Operations The food pantry coordinators have come up with a plan to keep the food pantry open during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will be open our regular hours as a drive up pantry only. Families will receive prepackaged bags of food which...