Week 5 of our series on our values as a church where we will examine and hear about those things that YOU have told us we, as a Christian Community, will not waver on. We have heard that Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd values deep and meaningful relationships that cross generations for the sake […]
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Week 4 of our series on our values as a church where we will examine and hear about those things that YOU have told us we, as a Christian Community, will not waver on. We have heard that Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd values deep and meaningful relationships that cross generations for the sake […]
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Week 3 of our series on our values as a church where we will examine and hear about those things that YOU have told us we, as a Christian Community, will not waver on. We have heard that Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd values deep and meaningful relationships that cross generations for the sake […]
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Week 2 of our series on our values as a church where we will examine and hear about those things that YOU have told us we, as a Christian community, will not waver on. Last week we heard our umbrella statement: Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd values deep and meaningful relationships that cross generations […]
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On Sunday we kicked off our 5 week sermon series, “Who are we? We value…” We heard what it means to be a church that values deep meaningful relationships that cross generations for the sake of the Gospel. The values that follow are how we live that out as the community of faith that is […]
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We’ve got new signs! Why new signs, you ask? A couple of reasons: A couple of times in our relatively recent history we’ve had a building consultant (professional visitor/opinion giver) come and take a walk through our building. One of the things we heard in both of those visits was that, “the more hurdles I […]
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Paul spent significant time traveling around the Roman Empire, preaching the Good News of Jesus and starting churches in many cities. How did he decide where to go? How did he know when to move on? This passage gives us a glimpse. Acts 16:6-10 They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been […]
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The Council at Jerusalem Conflict in the early church came to a head in a major council in Jerusalem. The question: “Did Gentiles (non-Jewish people) need to go through the rituals of becoming Jews before they could follow Jesus?” Paul (and Peter from last week’s reading) argued against it, telling stories of how the Holy […]
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Peter The early church started as a group of Jews following Jesus. Many, including Peter, assumed that it should stay this way. But then God appeared to Peter to change his mind and set him on a new path. Acts 11:1-18 Now the apostles and the brothers and sisters who were in Judea heard that […]
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Saul (aka Paul) vehemently fought against the early followers of Jesus. He stood by in approval as people stoned Stephen to death and did all that he could to stamp out followers of Jesus. He thought his actions were faithful to God, but God had other ideas on the road to Damascus. Acts 9:1-19 Meanwhile […]
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