Pastor’s Note
How to prepare Holy Communion at Home
Instructions to Prepare for Holy Communion Before worship begins, set a table with enough bread and wine/grape juice for each person present. During our live-streamed worship service, a pastor will…
Read MoreGod’s Language of Grace
Holy Trinity Sunday Today is Holy Trinity Sunday on the church calendar and confession time, since becoming a pastor this has not been my favorite church holiday because today we…
Read MorePastoral Letter From Pastor Chris Enstad
Dear friends & family at Good Shepherd, In the last two weeks our nation surpassed over 100,000 individual lives lost to the pandemic. In that time, grief has compounded grief as the death…
Read MoreThe Holy Spirit Has Left the Building
The First Pentecost The story of Pentecost from the Book of Acts has so much going on, that it’s hard to pick a highlight for our attention. Still, here’s what…
Read MoreThe Holiness of God and us
Unknown Caller The other day my husband answered his cell phone and had an interesting conversation. He doesn’t usually answer numbers that he doesn’t recognize, and I could tell he…
Read MoreThe (Other) Lord’s Prayer
Pausing in Prayer Prayer is one of the toughest habits to get into in this day and age. With the busyness of daily life, we start and end our days…
Read MorePastor’s Note | May 27, 2020
Jesus said, “This is my commandment: That you love one another as I have loved you.” (John 15:12) In normal times, personal contact is the typical way we express our…
Read MoreAscension Blessing
May 21, 2020 is officially Ascension Day in the Christian calendar throughout the world. Ascension Day always takes place on a Thursday, as it occurs 40 days after Easter Sunday.…
Read MoreJesus Doesn’t Leave us Orphaned
Finding Comfort This week I called a member of our church who is in the hospital. She has had a few ups and downs, hoping to go home and unable…
Read MoreLetter from Pastor Chris | May 14, 2020
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…
Read MoreSticks and Stones May Break My Bones…
The first Christian Martyr The story of Stephen’s martyrdom in the book of Acts is the story of the first Christian martyr. It must have brought the reality of this…
Read MoreJesus’ Way
“I don’t get it.” Remember back when you were in a classroom at school? Who knew when I’d say this, I’d even be inviting our children to remember back when…
Read MorePastor’s Note: May 7th, 2020
Answering the Call to Serve Last night at our Wednesday evening worship, the scripture reading was from Matthew 20:17-28. In the gospel Jesus instructs his disciples to completely rearrange their…
Read MoreJesus Loves Us into Service
Visible Signs of Care As we continue on in this pandemic, I hear more and more people are making masks and wearing them. Different designs are out there- people are…
Read MoreWhat does it mean for us to be a part of a church? What does it mean for God?
Requirements for a new community These words from the book of Acts describe the immediate results of the sermon that Peter preached after the coming of the Holy Spirit at…
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