Join us after our 10am service on May 20th for an outdoor picnic to celebrate The Day of Pentecost and the last day of Sunday school for the children. Our Parish Life Team will be providing the chicken, beverages and cupcakes. Please bring a salad or side dish! Feel free to bring your favorite yard or table-top game! Call the church office for more info (605.332.1474)
Happy Birthday, Mother Christina!
What a blessed Sunday we had! In between services we celebrated Mo. Christina's birthday with a wonderful spread of sweets and fruit. May her year be blessed!
Outreach for the Vets
GIVING BACK..."Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me".
On Monday April 23rd ten gallons of chili soup and toppings, four 1/2 sheet pans of corn bread, crackers, cookies and brownies were delivered to the Veteran Outreach Center for their noon lunch. When we arrived we were met by several Vets who helped us carry the food in and helped to get things set up. Everyone expressed appreciation for a "home cooked" meal and we later learned that there was enough food for two days. We were told that the soup was a "nice break" from the usual frozen foods they heat up for lunch. It is with gratitude that I thanks the folks who came to the church on Saturday morning to make soup (Starla Pfeifer, Teri Johnson, Pauline,Randjit and Eugene, Mo. Christina and Steve Albrecht) and to those who made cookies or brownies (Cora Kuhlman, Tammy Briggs, Marlene Weires). A special thank you to the Heavenly Comforter who covered the cost of the meal. Submitted by Georgia Albrecht, Pastoral Care and Outreach Team leader.
Children's Quilts for Sanford's Ava's House
Parishioner Mary Etheridge sits with the completed quilts that will go to Sanford's Ava House to be given to children in hospice. Many thanks to Mary for purchasing the quilt tops and for Billie Taylor from Calvary Cathedral for sewing them. What a wonderful ministry this is.
Ava’s House by Sanford, provides 24-hour nursing care to patients of all ages in a home-like environment. It will ensure that patients have a comforting place to turn when symptoms and pain are beyond the scope of care currently provided at the Sanford Hospice Cottages or delivered in the hospital, long-term care facilities or in-home settings. Ava's House will feature 16 adult patient rooms and 4 pediatric patient rooms.
Honoring its namesake, Ava Holder, who passed away at 4 years old after a courageous battle against cancer, Ava’s House offers one of only four in-patient pediatric hospice programs in the country.
Holy Week Schedule
Maundy Thursday March 29 7pm
Good Friday Liturgy March 30 7pm
Holy Saturday Liturgy March 31 10am
The Great Vigil of Easter March 31 8pm Celebration to follow
Easter Morning April 1 8am and 10am
Palm Sunday Liturgy
Join us Sunday, March 25th at 8am and 10am for our Palm Sunday Liturgy.
Our Lenten Book Study
Please join us starting February 22 at 2pm for our Lenten Book Study. We will be reading and discussing Max Lucado's 'Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World' which is available on Amazon or through the office (605.332.1474). Please call the office if you plan to attend.
LENTEN SERIES: The Way of the Cross
Join us starting February 21st for our Way of the Cross Lenten series beginning at 6pm with our soup and bread meal. The series will start after the dinner up in the Sanctuary with prayer, meditation and music. This has become a very popular series here at Good Shepherd. We hope you will join us!
Youth Group and adult parishioners help stuff backpacks for Feeding South Dakota.
We joined others on Tuesday evening, February 3rd, to load 27 pallets of food into backpacks that will be distributed to school children for the weekend to help insure they have healthy meals while school is not in session. Feeding South Dakota provides this service every weekend with the help of local volunteers.
The Church of the Good Shepherd Annual Meeting
Our Annual meeting was held between services on Sunday, January 28th. Our Parish Life Team provided the brunch. Mission teams gave highlights of this year's accomplishments as well as planned activities for 2018. The annual budget was also reviewed.