LENT AT GOOD SHEPHERD
Exploring Forgiveness this Lent
What does it mean to forgive as we have been forgiven? Where do we start? How is it possible?
Nearly seven years ago, our church embarked on an effort to develop a new mission and vision for our congregation. The mission statement that came from this yearslong process declares that in response to God’s love and grace “we will welcome as we have been welcomed, forgive as we have been forgiven and serve as we have been served”. Following the adoption of this statement, the ministries and focus of our congregation has been shaped by these three emphases: welcome, forgiveness and service.
Our emphasis on welcome has been demonstrated through the adoption of our church Welcome Statement – explicitly emphasizing an invitation to groups that have been marginalized or excluded in the past. Our emphasis on service has been embodied through a growth in outreach efforts...Read more
Worship Opportunities
Wednesday, March 5
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. 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.
Madison Campus 12 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. | Verona Campus 6:30 p.m
Wednesdays at 12:00 p.m.
Mid-Week Worship & Lunch
During Lent, we will once again offer a midweek worship service. This contemplative worship service will feature Marty Haugen’s “Holden Evening Prayer” while we continue to explore our theme: “Forgive as we have been Forgiven,” through music, scripture, reflections and prayer. Join us Wednesdays at 12 p.m. at the Madison Campus for in-person worship with an online stream available each week.
A soup lunch will be served each week in Peterson Hall starting at 11:00 am.
Sundays at 9:00 a.m.. 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Sunday Lenten Worship
Each Sunday in Lent we will gather for Worship in Madison and Verona for prayer, song, word and sacrament.
Faith Formation Opportunities
Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.
Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I?
This weekly discussion group will explore some practical questions around forgiveness: what is it? How do we do it? What are the cultural and biblical foundations for understanding it? What are concrete steps we can take towards forgiveness and reconciliation? The class will be informed by Tim Keller's book Forgive, but it is not required to have read the book to be a part of the class. The group will meet both in-person at Madison Campus and online at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays starting March 11. Contact Eric Holmer at eholmer@gslcwi.com with questions.
Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.
Lent in Plain Sight Book Group
Join us beginning on Thursday, March 6th in the Verona chapel at 6:30 p.m. as we gather to ground ourselves in the season of lent by gathering together around Lent in Plain Sight by Jill J. Duffield. This is devotional book with short daily devotionals and the readings begin on Ash Wednesday. The book may be purchased on Amazon. I will not have extra copies. Please join us when you can. If you have to miss a week, no problem. We'll meet on Thursdays in Lent for 6 weeks, 3/6/25-4/10/25. Reach out to Ronda Beggs with any questions at rbeggs@gslcwi.com
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