Men’s Breakfast
Resumes Saturday, September 6
Men’s Breakfast meets on the first Saturday of the month at 8:00AM.
Bring a friend for coffee and Bible Study with the guys!
LWML: Women in Mission
2nd Monday of the Month: 6:30pm
No registration necessary, all study materials are provided.
We may add a morning group if there is enough interest. Bring a friend, or make some new ones!
Discipleship Notes from Pastor Dan
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus,
The first time I looked closely at Hebrews 12, the word “since” jumped out to me. It’s a small word, a connecting word, but it matters. Hebrews 11 talks about one powerhouse in the faith after the next and then the payoff comes in Hebrews 12. Since we’re surrounded by such a cloud of witnesses, let’s run our race.
The cloud of witnesses stretches back to the Old Testament, but it continues today. Good Shepherd is full of incredible stories of how God has nurtured and challenged the faith of people. Each of us needs to be surrounded by such stories and examples if we’re going to live the faith in our own lives.
This fall, I hope you’ll take a chance to become involved in one of the “clouds” of witnesses we have. Women at the Well is launching quite a few groups. Celebrate Recovery is always present on Mondays to help encourage those struggling with hurts from the past or present difficulties. Faithful Families will be getting together each month to help people get to know others raising children to follow Jesus. Faithful Conversations will be gathering two Wednesdays a month to dig into what Scripture says about difficult topics challenging our society while discussing how we can act in our daily life. There are Men’s studies, too, and our Discipleship Groups will be focusing on a curriculum called, “Everyone His Witness”. The goal is to get some practical advice on how we share our faith with people God places around us.
Since we’re surrounded by so many today, I hope there’s a group here that can encourage you as you look to Jesus in daily life.
—Pastor Dan
Questions? Contact Pastor Dan HERE
Faithful Conversations
The world is constantly trying to conform us and that can invoke fear. Fear reactions include fight, flight, and freeze. They all make sense, but they aren’t healthy or helpful. A better approach, according to Scripture, is to seek transformation: to spend time looking at things that are pressuring our personal lives, our families, and our communities and to find places where we can be completely open about the hard decisions we’re trying to make, to hear a traditional Scriptural approach applied to it; to talk back and forth with each other to test our thoughts, and then to commend it to God in prayer. God has a good plan, even amid a broken world. We’re gathering to have the hard conversations in a respectful manner where we’ll be encouraged and challenged to grow without fear of saying it wrong.
We gather starting October 8 on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month from 6:30-8PM in the Conference Room.
