Posts Tagged ‘Advent’
Caroling & Cabernet
Sing a Joyful Song Join Good Shepherd friends on Sunday, December 16th at Toot and Kate’s Wine Bar at 109 S Main St in Verona for an evening of sharing and singing. Good Shepherd Worship & Music Director Jared Stellmacher will be leading a sing-a-long of Christmas carols from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. You…
Read MoreJoyful Expectation | December 11
Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge God, who will direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 When I was denied admission to the music program after choosing the university because of its good reputation for that very program, I stood on the threshold…
Read MoreJoyful Expectation | December 10
At times in my life I have come to a point, a liminal area, where I have been uncertain of how to proceed. Liminal is derived from the Latin word limen, simply meaning a threshold. A threshold joins one area to another, i.e. an entrance, doorway, portal, etc. Sometimes these areas can be comfortable and…
Read MoreJoyful Expectation | December 9
In my college days, the pastor of my church had graduate degrees in both Divinity and Engineering. I thought he was a real nerd. I went on to receive graduate degrees in both Divinity and Engineering. Therefore, I’ve spent much of my life studying and pondering truths physical and metaphysical, scientific and spiritual, natural and…
Read MoreAdvent by Candlelight 2018
The Good Shepherd Women’s Ministry would like to invite all women of the church and their friends, as well as middle and high school girls, to join us for an evening of dessert, candlelight and carols as we prepare our hearts and minds for the Advent season at our annual Advent by Candlelight event on…
Read MoreJoyful Expectation | December 8
I was so excited for this new chapter in my life – getting married, starting a new job, and moving to a new city. My parents enjoyed 50+ years of marriage, and I was looking forward to the same, including the plan to have at least 4 kids. Fast forward a year, and I quickly…
Read MoreJoyful Expectation | December 7
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” Hebrews 13:8 Everything had changed in a moment. It was three years ago and we were planning a big vacation to Vancouver Island, BC. We had been preparing for several months – now we would be going nowhere. “Gary, you need open heart surgery as soon…
Read MoreJoyful Expectation | December 6
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end” Ecclesiastes 3:11 I’ve experienced several liminal times in my life- times when I have noticeably shifted from one chapter to another, from one version of…
Read MoreJoyful Expectation | December 5
God… when pursued is the White Tail (tale) flash in the brush… the sound of something leaving quickly to avoid… not detection, but ultimate domestication. Sometimes, when sleeping on the tree stump, in the patch of sun, in the midst of snow cold winter, God comes to nuzzle your hunting boots,…
Read MoreJoyful Expectation | December 4
Be still and know that I am God Psalm 46:10 (NIV) Stop and realize that I am God Psalm 46:10 (Beck’s) “Praise Him in the hallway”“God doesn’t close doors without opening a window” “If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies”“And if not, He is still good” These are some of phrases you hear…
Read MoreJoyful Expectation | December 3
He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake,…
Read MoreJoyful Expectation | December 2
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings,…
Read MoreGingerbread House Workshop
Family Decorating Fun The annual Gingerbread House Workshop for all members and their friends will be Monday, Dec. 2, 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Madison campus. Make your own gingerbread and frosting at home or buy pre-made gingerbread and frosting on your own and bring it to the workshop. Please sign up in the…
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