Godly Play and Living the Good News are the two offerings for children on Sunday mornings, beginning at 9:45. Please keep in mind that Sunday school will meet every Sunday in October at 9:45. Then, at approximately 10:35, we process into the sanctuary so the kids can rejoin their family at the Peace, followed by the celebration of Holy Communion.
Quest Youth Retreat (#Blessed) to be held October 25-27 in beautiful Buena Vista
Preparations are already underway for this year’s Quest Youth Retreat weekend which will take place at Frontier Ranch in Buena Vista on the weekend of October 25-27, 2019. Good Shepherd youth along with other participating churches in our diocese will gather for a weekend retreat entitled, #Blessed.
Our 2020 Stewardship Campaign begins on Sunday, October 6
The 2020 Stewardship Campaign will begin on Sunday, October 6 this year as we commission our Stewardship Leaders, our Ambassadors, and our Prayer Team during the 10 am service that day. Commitment Sunday – the annual celebration of submitting our pledge cards - will be Sunday, November 10 at all three services.
Capital Campaign update and a big thank you
This is to thank you for your support, prayers, and financial contributions over the last eight years as we have worked to pay off our church debt. As many of you are aware, we started this journey to pay off our debt in 2010, and have had four Capital Campaigns which generated $750,000. This has reduced our debt to the current $30,000.
Men’s Group meetings in October
Snapshot of Good Shepherd’s Finances
From Fr. Gary: If you build it . . .
At the end of August, my wife and I ferried our daughter back to college in eastern Iowa (Cornell College—not Cornell University, for the curious). She and I decided to take the opportunity to vacation in Iowa; we were already there, after all! Being fans of minor-league baseball, we hoped to do three (baseball-related) things: