Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Watch The Chosen | Season 4 : Episode 1
2024-10-07 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Madison Peterson Hall

Healing Prayer Service
2024-10-03 18:30 - 19:30 | Good Shepherd Verona Campus, 7291 County Road PD, Verona, WI, 53593, United States
Special music and scripture readings remind us that God is always ready to receive our worries, concerns, illnesses and heartaches.

LGBTQ+ History and Community in Wisconsin
2024-10-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Madison Good Shepherd Room
RIC and Sarah Simon, sdsimon.wi@gmail.com

Baptism Class
2024-09-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom Meeting
Learn about the Sacrament of Holy Baptism
Our Fall baptism class will take place on Sept. 26, 6 p.m. via zoom. During the class we will talk about baptism biblically and how we practice baptism here at Good Shepherd. This is also a chance to connect with others who are in similar stages and seasons and a good way to learn about community at Good Shepherd. Please connect with Emily Gold with with questions or register online at gslcwi.com/baptism.

Healing Prayer Service
2024-09-16 18:30 - 19:30 | Good Shepherd Verona Campus, 7291 County Road PD, Verona, WI, 53593, United States
Receive God’s Healing
Special music and scripture readings remind us that God is always ready to receive our worries, concerns, illnesses and heartaches.

Fall Kick-Off Sunday
2024-09-15
Madison Campus | 5701 Raymond Road

Breakfast from the Holy Cow, inflatables and treats following 9:00 a.m. worship service

Verona Campus | 7291 County Hwy PD
Brats & Hot Dogs, inflatables and treats following 10:00 a.m. worship service Dinner & Cotton Candy following 6:00 p.m. worship service

Register for Children Youth & Family Programming | Beginning Sunday, September 15

Church School Ages 3-5th Grade, held at all worship services gslcwi.com/children
High School Youth Group, September 15 & September 28, 7:00pm Verona Campus gslcwi.com/high-school
Playgroup for caregivers and children birth-3, Meets every Tuesday beginning September 17, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Verona campus gym gslcwi.com/children
AMPED Confirmation Family Night, September 18th 6th-8th grade and parents, 6:15 p.m. Verona campus gslcwi.com/amped-confirmation

"God's Work. Our Hands." Sunday
2024-09-08
God is at work in our Community
On Sunday, September 8, ELCA congregations across the country will participate in the annual “God’s Work. Our Hands.” Sunday in a joint effort to serve our local communities.
Good Shepherd will be organizing a drive for essential supplies for families and children that attend local schools – specifically at Badger Ridge in Verona and Orchard Ridge in Madison.
Requested student donation items include:

Shampoo
Conditioner
Deodorant
Body Wash
Toothpaste & Toothbrushes
Body Lotion/Moisturizer
Chapstick

Any personal items that will help students start their school year off right!

How to donate your items
Bring your donations to any of the three worship services at Good Shepherd this Sunday including 9:00 a.m. at Madison Campus and 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. at Verona Campus.

Blessing & Supporting Lutheran World Relief Quilts
During these worship services we will also have a special time set aside for the blessing and sending of hand-made quilts that will be provided to Lutheran World Relief for use in places of need around the globe.

Let’s partner together this Sunday as we use our hands to do God’s work!

2024 Neighborhood BBQ Ribs Cook-Off
2024-08-21 17:00 - 19:00 | Madison Campus Lawn
Do you have the best BBQ in the neighborhood?
Now’s your chance to prove it! All are invited to this annual event that brings out some of the best BBQ Ribs in town.
Want to enter your ribs in the contest? Contact Director of Outreach Rick Thomas at rthomas@gslcwi.com to enter.

Music Monday | Top Shelf
2024-08-19 17:00 - 19:00 | Madison Campus Lawn
An evening of great songs from the 70s to the 90s featuring Good Shepherd friends Tracy Jane Comer and Alan Maslowski. Unique duo Top Shelf is often hailed as a “two-man band,” known for versatility and variety and for magically bringing songs to life within a small format, without use of backing tracks or loopers. (“I can’t believe there’s only two of you!”).

Music Monday | Acoustic Collective
2024-08-05 17:00 - 19:00 | Madison Campus Lawn
If you like feel-good music from the ‘60s to the present, then you’ll love the Madison based vocal group Acoustic Collective. The five-person ensemble recreates the vocal harmonies of groups like CS&N, Simon & Garfunkel, America, The Youngbloods, The Eagles, The Everly Bros and more while keeping their repertoire current with music by the Indigo Girls, Chris Stapleton, Cam, Alison Krauss, John Prine, The Dixie Chicks, and many others.

Music Monday | UW Marching Band
2024-07-22 17:00 - 19:00 | Madison Campus Lawn
Join us for a fun evening featuring two sets of musicians! We’ll dance the evening away with DJ hits and members of the UW Marching Band. Echoes of Camp Randall will blast 5th quarter favorites like “On Wisconsin,” “The ‘Hey’ Song,” “Chicken Dance,” and more from 6:00—6:30 p.m.

2024 Annual Meeting
2024-07-21 10:30 - 12:00 | Madison Sanctuary
Good Shepherd will hold its Annual Meeting on Sunday, July 21, following a 9:00 a.m. combined worship service at the Madison Campus. The 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. services in Verona will resume the following Sunday, July 28. The Annual Meeting is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the past year of ministry, vote on the annual budget and envision our future together. Copies of the 2024 Annual Report are available in the lobbies of both campuses for your review and also available online at gslcwi.com/annual24

Music Monday | Casey & Greg
2024-07-08 17:00 - 19:00 | Madison Campus Lawn
An evening of popular, Irish and original folk music by Verona acoustic musicians Casey Day and Greg Matysik; a very eclectic duo known for our tight vocal harmonies and excellent musicianship.

Music Monday | All That Jazz Big Band
2024-06-24 17:00 - 19:00 | Madison Campus Lawn
Started in a Middleton basement in 1985, All that Jazz Big Band is now a 20-piece big band laying down classic charts from Glenn Miller, Count Basie and Sammy Nestico but has a 400-song library also featuring jazz classics from Polka to Rock and Roll.

Bingo Under the Tent
2024-06-20 18:30 - 20:00 | Good Shepherd Verona Campus, 7291 County Road PD, Verona, WI, 53593, United States
Enjoy appetizers, desserts and drinks from the Holy COW as we play Bingo under the tent. All ages welcome to attend.

Good Shepherd Night at The Duck Pond
2024-06-19 18:05 - 19:30 | The Duck Pond at Warner Park, 2920 N Sherman Ave, Madison, WI, 53704, United States
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Music Monday | The Trophy Husbands
2024-06-10 17:00 - 19:00 | Madison Campus Lawn
What first began as a cocktail lounge jazz group (originally called The Oxfords then Nathan Gerlach & Friends), the Trophy Husbands has evolved into a finely tuned band.
The group originally met performing for worship services at Bethel Lutheran Church in Madison, in the late 2000’s, where many of them still perform today. With tight harmonies and creative arrangements of covers, the band enjoys opening up songs for improvised solos and taking Top 40 hits and making instrumental arrangements of them.

Kinder Creation Camp
2024-06-10 09:00 - 10:30 | Verona Lobby; Verona Sanctuary; Verona room 1; Verona Music Room
Let’s get creative!
Kinder Creation Camp is an outdoor exploration camp geared toward little learners ages three – Kindergarten. Enjoy outdoor learning and hands-on creation!

Family Dinner with the COW
2024-06-07 17:00 - 19:00 | Good Shepherd Verona Campus, 7291 County Road PD, Verona, WI, 53593, United States
Enjoy a family dinner from the COW. Event sponsored by Youth and Family ministry.

Stop the Violence Community Meal
2024-06-05 17:00 - 19:00 | Good Shepherd Madison Campus, 5701 Raymond Road, Madison, WI, 53711, United States
Join the Holy COW as we BBQ for a cause. Enjoy this annual Stop the Violence community meal in the Meadowood neighborhood.

Music Monday | The Red Hot TradJazz Band
2024-06-03 17:00 - 19:00 | Good Shepherd Madison Campus, 5701 Raymond Road, Madison, WI, 53711, United States
Special Edition: ELCA National Youth Gathering Fundraiser
Formerly Red Hot Dixie, The Red Hot TradJazz Band will transport us to New Orleans for an evening of new orleans jazz favorites. Join us for this Music Monday Special Edition Fundraiser. All proceeds will support Good Shepherd’s Youth Ministry and their pilgrimage to the ELCA National Youth Gathering in New Orleans this July. The Holy COW meal will be flavored by the New Orleans rich food culture.

Team World Vision Kickoff Event
2024-05-08 19:30 - 21:00 | Verona Coffee Bar
On Wednesday, May 8 at 7:30 pm at Verona we are having an informational session on TWV. We will talk about how to get started, what this team is about and how to fundraise. All who are interested in learning more are welcome! Team World Vision training starts May 13! Training begins with 8 week of foundation building, where you never even actually run! During this time, all trainings are walking and cross training videos. This year there is an option to participate in a 10K in addition to the half and full marathon. We’re looking for 10 new runners to join the team this year – contact Danielle Sill at Danielle.n.sill@gmail.com for more details.

Affirmation of Baptism Service
2024-05-05 12:00 - 15:00 | Madison Peterson Hall; Madison Sanctuary
“I Have Called You By Name, You are Mine”
You’re invited to join in worship as we celebrate these young people and their decision to affirm their baptisms. During baptism the congregation makes a promise to support the child and their parents and being a part of this service is a way for us to follow through on that promise.

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Volunteer Appreciation Dinner
2024-04-24 17:30 - 19:30 | Madison Kitchen; Madison Peterson Hall
Thank you for serving!
Good Shepherd is holding a volunteer appreciation dinner in Peterson Hall at the Madison Campus to recognize and honor the contributions to our church community from our many volunteers. So, if you have served by volunteering for Worship, the Children and Youth Ministry, the Food Pantry, the Clothes Closet, the Holy Cow, or in any other capacity in the past year, then this dinner is for you! Please RSVP to Ronda Beggs.
Thank you to all who have volunteered!

Madison Forward vs. Wisconsin Men's Soccer Exhibition Game
2024-04-20 17:00 - 19:00 | Breese Stevens Field, 917 E. Mifflin Street, Madison, WI, 53703, United States
Enjoy a Night at Breese Stevens!
Get ready to go Fullmingo as Forward Madison FC hosts the UW-Badgers on April 20th at Breese Stevens Field in what should be a fun exciting matchup!
Click here to get your tickets

"The Death of Polite Religion and the Future of America"
2024-04-20 09:00 - 12:00 | Madison Kitchen; Madison Peterson Hall
Have you ever wondered why American religion seems so caustic and polarized?
Using five decades of social science survey data, Dr. Ryan Burge charts how and why the American religious landscape has changed. The discussion will focus on the collapse of the mainline, the perpetual strength of American evangelicalism, and the dramatic rise of the nones. Additionally, Dr. Burge will help attendees think about ways to make their own congregations less polarized and homogeneous as a means to transform not only their congregation but also their community.
About Dr. Ryan Burge
Dr. Ryan Burge is an associate professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University. He is the author or co-author of four books including The Nones, 20 Myths about Religion and Politics in America, and The Great Dechurching. He has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and POLITICO. He has also appeared on 60 Minutes, where Anderson Cooper called him, “one of the leading data analysts of religion and politics in the United States.” He has been a pastor of an American Baptist Church for over seventeen years. Additionally, he writes posts every Monday and Thursday for Graphs about Religion.

Interfaith Intersections - Fasting & Self-Denial
2024-04-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Madison Lobby
This program brings people together to hold intentional conversations on a variety of topics related to faith.
Program Goals:

to deepen relationships among people of different faiths
hold rich conversations on different topics
learn about faiths other than your own.

An important aspect of this program is that our panelists are lay people, not clergy or academics. Therefore, panelists will address this topic speaking from their own understanding of their faith but not speaking for their faith.
Each event will be held both in-person and on Zoom.
Click here to register for the event

Campus Spring Clean Up
2024-04-06 09:00 - 12:00 | Madison Parking Lot; Verona Parking Lot
The Spring Clean Up has been scheduled for April 6th with a rain date of April 12th.
Verona’s Plan
Clean Shrubbery
Trash on Grounds and Parking Lots
Help Garden Needs
Pea Gravel back in play ground
Madison’s Plan
Clean Shrubbery
Trash on Grounds and Parking Lots
Relocate Preschool Storage shed

Watch The Chosen | Season 3 Episode 7
2024-04-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Madison Good Shepherd Room
About this Episode
Andrew and Philip return from their trip with desperate news: they need Jesus’ help to solve a huge crisis in the Decapolis. Jesus leads them on a trip to the dangerous region, where they face opposition from all sides. Literally. Meanwhile, John is assigned to bring an angry Simon to Jesus.
Watch from Home!
Due to the weather, this episode will be a zoom-only edition: No in-person gathering will be held at Good Shepherd.
Join the Conversation on Zoom
In addition to the in-person meeting at Peterson Hall, you can watch the episode along with the in-person group on Zoom and discuss the questions with others on the Zoom meeting.
Click here to join the Zoom Meeting
Watch the Episode at Home
Every episode of The Chosen is available for streaming free at home. You can watch the episode on your own schedule and utilize the discussion questions for reflection with your own family or small group.
Click here to watch Episode 7
View the Discussion Guide
Each episode has a corresponding discussion guide that will inform some of our discussions in-person but can also be used at home, with your own group or for personal reflection.
Download Discussion Guide for Episode 7

Watch The Chosen | Season 3 Episode 6
2024-03-26 18:30 - 20:00 | Madison Kitchen; Madison Peterson Hall
About this Episode
Andrew and Philip discover their previous mission resulted in devastation that will require a return. Simon Z is finally forced to confront his past, but then two disciples of John the Baptist come to Capernaum with an important question for Jesus.
Watch at Good Shepherd
Each week we will gather in Peterson Hall at the Madison Campus to watch the episode and discuss together. Refreshments will be provided.
Join the Conversation on Zoom
In addition to the in-person meeting at Peterson Hall, you can watch the episode along with the in-person group on Zoom and discuss the questions with others on the Zoom meeting.
Click here to join the Zoom Meeting
Watch the Episode at Home
Every episode of The Chosen is available for streaming free at home. You can watch the episode on your own schedule and utilize the discussion questions for reflection with your own family or small group.
Click here to watch Episode 6
View the Discussion Guide
Each episode has a corresponding discussion guide that will inform some of our discussions in-person but can also be used at home, with your own group or for personal reflection.
Download Discussion Guide for Episode 6
