Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Carols & Cabernet
2023-12-03 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | WI
Join us on Sunday, December 3 at Toot and Kate’s Wine Bar (109 S. Main St., Verona) for this year’s annual night of “Caroling, Cabernet & Cookies!” Join us and sing-along or simply listen and enjoy the company. Come one, come all for an evening of Christmas songs and spirits! And feel free to bring a plate of cookies or munchies to share.

Birth through 3 Playgroup
2023-12-05 08:30 - 09:30, 2023-12-12 08:30 - 09:30, 2023-12-19 08:30 - 09:30, 2024-01-09 08:30 - 09:30, 2024-01-16 08:30 - 09:30, 2024-01-23 08:30 - 09:30, 2024-01-30 08:30 - 09:30, 2024-02-06 08:30 - 09:30 and 1 more date | Verona Gym
Connect at Playgroup starting Tuesday, September 5, from 8:30-9:30 a.m. at the Verona Campus gym. Caregivers with children ages 0-3 are invited to join us for playgroup on Tuesday mornings from 8:30-9:30 am. Enjoy group story time, rhymes, songs and time for caregivers and babies to socialize! We will meet weekly from September through May. Contact Emily Gold with any questions.

The Gathering Brunch Group
2023-12-05 10:00 - 11:00 | Madison Peterson Hall
Enjoy brunch, a cup of coffee, and a good conversation on the first Tuesday of the month (Oct. 3, Nov. 7, Dec. 5) at 10:00 a.m. in the Peterson Hall at the Madison Campus. Bring a dish to share – fruit, muffins, egg bake, yogurt – whatever you like. This gathering is open to all as a time to visit with folks you know and folks you don’t know yet. Think of it as an extension of Sunday morning lobby fellowship!

Advent Hymn Sing
2023-12-05 11:00 - 12:00 | WI

Advent by Candlelight
2023-12-07 18:30 - 21:00 | Verona Sanctuary
Look Forward to a New Twist on Advent by Candlelight
Come join us at Verona campus on Thursday, December 7th at 6:30 p.m. for Advent by Candlelight. This is a meaningful tradition that’s making its way back to Good Shepherd. We’ll gather in the sanctuary around beautifully set tables to usher in this sacred, special, contemplative season. This is an excellent way to center oneself for Advent. We’ll read scripture. We’ll sing carols. Storytellers will share with is what Advent means to them. We’ll also share devotional materials that could be a good anchor for you in this holy season.
In years past, when you stage a table, you’re also responsible for filling that table with guests. This year, we want to widen the circle and gather with friends old and new, so everyone is welcome to come, and you will be assigned a table when you arrive on the evening of the 7th. Please reach out to Ronda Beggs with any questions.
Please use this link to RSVP to the event as it helps us with planning. You may also use this same link to help with hospitality by staging a table with your festive décor and/or by providing a special holiday dessert.

MACH Concert - Madison Area Concert Handbells
2023-12-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Good Shepherd Verona Campus, 7291 County Road PD, Verona, WI, 53593, United States
We are pleased to welcome back MACH – Madison Area Concert Handbells – to our Verona Campus for a concert performance. Join MACH for a sleigh ride around the world as they celebrate Christmas music from musical traditions across the globe! Featuring sleigh ride music by Leroy Anderson, Sergei Prokofiev, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the program will also highlight traditional carols, popular holiday tunes, and a new arrangement by Wisconsin composer Sandra Eithun.
Ticket prices:

$15 General Admission
$12 Senior/Student

Tickets at the door:

$18 for General Admission
$15 for Senior/Student

Click here to purchase tickets online.

The Brilliance | An Advent Concert at Good Shepherd
2023-12-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Good Shepherd Madison Campus, 5701 Raymond Road, Madison, WI, 53711, United States
An Advent Concert with The Brilliance
Join us Friday, December 8th at Good Shepherd’s Madison campus for an evening concert with musical artists, The Brilliance.
This New York based group, will perform original and familiar Advent songs that illuminate the seasons rich promises.
The concert is also a fundraiser for Good Shepherd High School Ministry travels (such as the National Youth Gathering this summer).
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Tickets can be purchased for a donation at: https://goodshep.breezechms.com/form/brilliance You can choose general tickets or add-on a special session of Q&A with The Brilliance before the concert. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the music starts at 7:00 p.m.
The Brilliance music is poetic and liturgical with beautiful orchestral sounds that can be enjoyed by all.

The Brilliance is made up of John Arndt and David Gungor (brother to Michael Gungor who performed on our lawn last summer). They both grew up in Marshfield. David is also a pastor at Good Shepherd New York, while John writes a lot of orchestral scores. Their music is orchestral, hymnodic, liturgical, poetic and prayerful. Advent worship at the 6:00 service uses many of their beautiful songs.

Ordination of Jessica McCarty
2023-12-09 09:00 - 13:00 | WI
The congregation is invited! Refreshments to follow.

Community Meal
2023-12-13 17:30 - 18:30 | Good Shepherd Verona Campus, 7291 County Road PD, Verona, WI, 53593, United States

Adopt-a-School - Toys for Tots Event
2023-12-14 | Good Shepherd Verona Campus, 7291 County Road PD, Verona, WI, 53593, United States

Christmas Camp
2023-12-15 17:30 - 20:00 | Verona Campus, 7291 County Rd PD, Verona, WI, 53593, United States
Kids Age 3-5th grade are welcome for drop-off night of Christmas fun! Pizza dinner, Christmas crafts, carols and games hosted by Good Shepherd High School Ministry Youth and Children’s Ministry staff. This is a fundraiser to benefit High School Ministry trips and travels, parents can pay/donate whatever they’d like for kids to attend. Register at gslcwi.com/christmascamp

Christmas around the Tree
2023-12-17 18:00 - 19:00 | WI
Gather at the Verona Campus on Sunday, December 17 at 6 p.m. for an evening to ponder, pray, praise, and prepare in this Advent season together. Everyone is welcome to this beloved Good Shepherd tradition. A cozy gathering of readings, song, scripture and stillness. Kids are invited to wear their PJ’s. Everyone is invited to draw in close and take a holy pause before heading into a week of preparations.

Christmas Concert: "Holy Light"
2023-12-18 19:00 - 20:30 | Good Shepherd Madison Campus, 5701 Raymond Road, Madison, WI, 53711, United States
This year’s special Music Monday Christmas Concert Edition will feature K. Lee Scott’s “Gloria” and Robert Hobby’s Candlelight Service of Carols: “Holy Light.” Scripture readings, meditations and numerous familiar Christmas carols are woven into this festive program. The concert will feature Good Shepherd’s Choir and Handbells, Madison’s Second Century Brass Quintet, organ, timpani, and congregational carols. Free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be collected. Merry Christmas!

Blue Christmas
2023-12-21 19:00 - 20:00 | WI
The holiday season is hard for those whose hearts are hurting. Not everyone is up and cheery for the Christmas holidays. Know…you are not alone. Blue Christmas is a gentle, contemplative service for those who are dealing with the death of a loved one, facing life after divorce or separation, coping with the loss of a job, living with cancer or some other disease that puts a question mark over the future and a number of other situations that make parties and joviality painful. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness cannot overcome it no matter how much it seems like the darkness is winning.

Mobile Blood Drive
2024-01-08 14:00 - 18:00 | Verona Parking Lot
On Monday, January 8 from 3 – 6 p.m., Good Shepherd will host a blood drive at the Verona Campus in partnership with ImpactLife Blood Services. This is an important way to help those in your community, and your donation can help save lives and treat cancer patients. You can register for an appointment here.

Israel In Context: Jewish Perspectives on the Israel-Palestine Conflict
2024-01-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Madison Peterson Hall
On Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 at 6:30 in Peterson Hall at the Madison campus, Good Shepherd is hosting a discussion on Judaism and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict with Rabbis Jonathan Biatch and Bonnie Margulis.
Our guest speakers will provide a quick overview of 4000 years of Jewish history, focusing on Jewish connection to the land of Israel and the history of persecution in the Diaspora around the world. Then they will delve in more detail into the history and political realities of the last 100 years, leading to the creation of the state of Israel and the roots and realities of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict that brought us to today.

POSTPONED: High School Ministry Fundraiser @ Pizza Ranch
2024-01-22 16:00 - 20:00 | WI
The fundraiser dinner has been postponed due to a maintenance issue at Pizza Ranch.

A new Date/Time will be announced as soon as we have one available. Thank you for your understanding!

Human Trafficking Awareness Training
2024-01-24 18:30 - 20:00 | Madison Peterson Hall
On January 24th from 6:30-8:00 p.m. there will be a Human Trafficking Awareness Training in Peterson Hall at the Madison campus. Learn how this issue affects us all and what you can do to help curb the problem.
Member, Diane Hanson, Founder of United Madison, and in partnership with Zeteo Community, will be providing a free training on Sex Trafficking/Commercial Sexual Exploitation on January 24 from 6:30-8pm in the Peterson Hall at the Madison Campus.
Trafficking is a significant issue happening in Madison and it does look differently than what we might expect. The training will cover the following:

What is Human/Sex Trafficking
What are the signs/red flags
How to prevent trafficking
How to help victims of trafficking
Organizations involved in supporting the cause.

Learn more about the work United Madison is doing to educate the public on Trafficking and what they can do about it at https://unitedmadison.com/trafficking

Click here to register for the event

Shrove Tuesday Dinner
2024-02-13 17:00 - 19:00 | Madison Peterson Hall
All are invited on Tuesday, February 13th from 5:00-7:00 p.m. in Peterson Hall at the Madison campus of Good Shepherd for the annual Shrove Tuesday meal of pancakes and bacon.
The meal is open to all and is a free-will donation event.

Ash Wednesday Service - Madison 12 p.m.
2024-02-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Madison Lobby; Madison Sanctuary
The Lenten Journey Begins
On Ash Wednesday we begin our forty-day journey toward Easter with a day of fasting and repentance. Marking our foreheads with dust, we acknowledge that we die and return to the earth. At the same time, the dust traces the life-giving cross indelibly marked on our foreheads at baptism. While we journey through Lent to return to God, we have already been reconciled to God through Christ. We humbly pray for God to make our hearts clean while we rejoice that “now is the day of salvation.” Returning to our baptismal call, we more intentionally bear the fruits of mercy and justice in the world.

Ash Wednesday Service - Verona 7 p.m.
2024-02-14 19:00 - 20:00 | Verona Sanctuary

Ash Wednesday Worship - Madison 7 p.m.
2024-02-14 19:00 - 20:00 | Madison Sanctuary
