Council president Carrie Pugliano has called a special Council Meeting for Monday June 12th. 7:30 pm on Zoom. The sole item of business will be to appoint Leigh Pogue as a voting member for Synod Assembly.
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Synod Assembly is this week
Please pray for Liz Smith, Gretchen Wiesner, Pastor Bob, and all the leaders of our synod as they gather online in Assembly Thursday night and all day Saturday. You can view the livestream at swpasynod.org/assembly2021 You’ll also find a virtual film festival, a coaching workshop, and the limited release podcast Faithful and Fulfilled: Stories on Purpose, for which Pastor Bob serves as an editor. Check it out!
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TGSLC Annual Meeting Highlights
Thanks to all who participated in our first ever Annual Congregation Meeting held on Zoom! We were blessed to be able to conduct the business of the meeting with over 40 members participating either in person or on Zoom.
A few highlights from the meeting were:
- Approval of the 2021 Budget for Good Shepherd.
- Election of two new members to the Congregation Council – Carrie Pugliano and Matt O’Donnell.
- Election of two delegates for the 2021 Synod Assembly which will be held on Zoom in June.
- Announcement of a Stewardship Campaign that will begin in the next few weeks.
- Update from the Committees of the church on 2020 activities and plans for 2021.
- Thanks were given for our church staff and the many members who do so much in the life of the church.
This will be a very important year for the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church as we continue to navigate church life during a pandemic, focusing on the needs of our members and our communities. We will also continue to focus on the sale of portions of our property for long term viability of our ministries. And in all things, we continue to thank God for the blessings that he has given to us as individuals and as a community of faith working together to love and serve as he has called us to do.
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Synod Assembly this Saturday
The 2020 SWPA Synod Assembly will be held online this Saturday, November 14. Please pray for us as we elect leaders, debate the budget, hear from our staff and partners, and more.
Your voting members are:
- Cathy Holm
- Leigh Pogue
- Gretchen Weisner
- Pastor Bob
In addition, Pastor Bob is the chair of the Assembly Planning Committee, and the manager of the online event. He’d appreciate your prayers for a smooth meeting with no glitches!
You can watch the Assembly live beginning at 9:00 on the SWPA Synod Facebook page.
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Join us for an all-synod Sunday worship!
On Sunday, November 15, the Good Shepherd will join congregations from around our synod in a special online worship service honoring the 50th anniversary of the ordination of women in the Lutheran churches of America. The service will be led by women clergy of our synod, and Bishop Kusserow will preach. The service is offered as a way to bring our congregations together on the day after our Synod Assembly.
You can join the service in a several ways:
In Person
We’ll be showing the service in the sanctuary for anyone who wants to join us in person. We’ll also be premiering a performance by the Virtual Choir of “O Christ the Same” (to the tune of Londonderry Air, more commonly known as “Danny Boy.”)
On Our Livestream
We’ll be livestreaming the synod’s service and our Virtual Choir in all of the normal ways.
On the Synod’s YouTube Channel
Pastor Bob is taking a well-earned Sunday of vacation time, after chairing the Synod Assembly planning committee. Our council will be taking over the tech responsibilities in his place.
We think it’ll go just fine, but if something goes wrong, you can always watch the synod’s service live at 10:30 on their YouTube channel. It’ll work no matter what technical difficulties we might encounter on our end.