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Our Mission
To Share the Good News of God’s grace through worshipping,
teaching and reaching out to all in need of God’s love.
December 2018
Pastor’s Message
The lights, the decorations, the carols, the gatherings. This is a special time of year and all of the festivities are very appropriate given what Christmas is all about - the incarnation, God becoming flesh in the person of Jesus Christ. Stop and consider the wonder, the amazement, the miraculousness of this most blessed mystery.
God; the creator of all that exists, who rules the uni-verse, who is all powerful and omnipresent, has become human; a creature who is very limited in terms of power, and is very vulnerable to many things.
This is how much God loves the world. Please do not let the joy of the Christmas season pass you by. God loves you! So much so that not only did God come to earth many years ago but God still comes to you today in Jesus' body and blood. All of us, frail creatures that we are, are loved by God who is the creator of all that exists. It can't be said enough, "God loves you".
In addition to our regular Sunday morning worship, Christmas Eve worship will begin at 7:00.
Dec. 1st — Decorating the church at 9:00 am Dec. 2nd — Removal of old Chairs Dec. 6th — New Chairs arrive. Dec. 8th — Salvation Army Buckets Come help us ring the bell for the Salvation Army Red Kettles. Proceeds comes back to our community to help provide for those in need. Sign up sheet in the Narthex
Dec. 10th — Lydia Bible Study at 11:30am
Dec. 14th — Sounds of Christmas at 7:00 pm
Helping Hands Christmas Baskets
Applications are available to nominate or request a bas-ket. You can get an application at any of the area churches as well as the library, school and thru FISH.
Dec.14th—Last day to get applications in.
Dec. 16th —Last day to bring in your donation of grape jelly and Macaroni and cheese.
Dec. 21st—Pick up day
Dec. 17th— Clothesline at 9:00 am
Dec. 21st and 28th — No Bible Study
Dec. 23rd and 30th — No Sunday School
Dec. 24th —Christmas Eve Service at 7:00 pm Dec. 25th — Jesus’s Birthday
Merry Christmas!
New
Chairs for the
Sanctuary
In preparation for
our new chairs we
will be removing
the old ones on
Dec. 2nd. Our old
chairs are being
donated to a con-
gregation in need.
We will be clean-
ing the carpets in
the sanctuary and
foyer and have
been given a
delivery date of
Dec. 6th for our
new chairs!
Dates to Remember!
Other Opportunities to Serve
We Need You!
Volunteer to help with
Worship service:
Assisting Minister
Greeter
Usher
Audio/Video
Nursery
Altar Guild
Lector
Or volunteer to
help with:
Sunday School
Luth Youth
yard work/upkeep
Other Ministries
Son Rise Service
Clothesline
Plarning Group
Panera Bread
Senior Shepherds
GOOD SHEPHERD
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Presents…
A WONDERFUL EVENING OF
CHRISTMAS MUSIC
FEATURING THE CHRISTMAS CHOIR,
AND THE SHEPHERD’S BELLS
Special Guests:
“Salem” Vocal Quartet
Tara Iddings, Cello
Friday, December 14, 2018
7:00 p.m.
Next Meeting — Dec. 18th
Christmas Luncheon
Noon at Laura's Country Diner To carpool, please meet at Good Shepherd at 11:30 a.m.)
Senior Shepherds are invited to bring their Christmas Spirit and appetites to enjoy a Christmas luncheon at Laura's Country Diner, 8 Pike Street, Laura, OH!
Please register your plan to attend by signing your name on the sign-up paper on the bulletin board. If it is more convenient for you to drive to Laura directly, please indi-cate with an * after your name.
Senior Shepherds News
Highlights of November Meeting
The Senior Shepherds welcomed Dr. William Ginn, West Milton's family practitioner for over 34 years and the Miami County Coroner, as guest speaker. Dr. Ginn shared information that he has learned in the past three years since becoming the Miami County Coroner related to the local opioid crises. Many questions were raised and answered. The Senior Shepherds appreciated Dr. Ginn's presentation.
Also appreciated: Delicious refreshments provided by Marsha Fischbach. Thank You, Marsha!
NEED HELP
TO KEEP YOUR
GIVING CURRENT?
If so, you can easily
sign up for Simply
Giving, the auto-
matic withdrawal
from an account of
your choice to be
transferred to the
Good Shepherd
account. Just let
Betty Lou Johansen
know and you can
be signed up to
have the amount
you choose and
how often you
choose to have the
transfer of funds to
the church account.
There is NO
CHARGE for this,
and you can always
be up-to-date, even
when you are on
vacation! You can
start the process,
change it, or stop it
AT ANYT TIME,
just by letting Betty
Lou know. Think
about it. It is VERY
EASY AND QUICK
to sign up.
There will not be any Sunday school classes on December
23rd and 30th. Classes will resume on January 6th.
We are in need of a teacher (or teachers) for the 1st thru Mid-
dle school age group. Kia will teach in December but after
that we do not have a teacher for that age group. If you are
willing to teach or would like to get more information to make
a decision you can contact Amy Grile or Barbara Cecil.
Study, after study shows children who actively engage in a
faith community on a regular basis are rewarded with SIGNIFI-
CANTLY reduced likelihood of life problems and risky behav-
iors, and stand to significantly improve their odds of a happi-
er, healthier, and longer life. These studies show the same re-
sults for adults as well. — Neil MacQueen
Go to : https://www.sundaysoftware.com/stats.htm for more about
the importance of regular church and Sunday school attendance.
Thank You! Thank You!
Water! Water! Water! A check for $1,042.90 is being sent to the Evan-gelical Lutheran Church in America to be used where needed to help provide clean water for some of the 783 million people who do not have access to clean water and almost 2.5 billion who do not have ac-cess to adequate sanitation!
This money will be spent on irrigation canals, wells, la-trines, etc.
Thank you to all who helped with this very worthwhile project!
Thank You for Caring!
ANNIVERSARIES 29 Ed and Barbara Menker
BIRTHDAYS 3 Bob Cecil 14 Arlene Warner
7 Butch Traylor 23 Paula Barker
12 Haley Anderson 25 JESUS
Brian Ely 26 George Franks
13 John Johansen 29 Jose Lopez
S E R V I N G ASSISTING MINISTER COMMUNION ASSISTANT ALTAR GUILD
Kristine Hayes Toby Theis Gloria Shellhammer
Debbie Bredeson
ACOLYTE LECTOR
2 Carter Berner 2 Jeff Barth SOUND
9 Dawson Tinnerman 9 Jeff Barth Russ Baker
16 Grace Leffew 16 Judy Moncrief
23 Brady Tinnerman 23 Judy Moncrief
30 Rosalyn Welhener 30 Judy Moncrief
USHER CAPTAIN FLOWERS NURSERY
2 Brian Ely 2 Jodi & Jeff Barth 2 Suzie Vagedes
9 Jarrett Grile 9 Marie Kopp 9 Debbie Bredeson
16 Dave Vagedes 16 Ric & Arlene Warner 16 Kia Blankenship
23 George Franks 23 Judy Moncrief 23 Lori Gellatly
30 George Franks 30 OPEN 30
GREETERS
2 Tara Welhener
9 Kathy & Rob Williams
16 David & Kristine Hayes
23 Ann & Russ Siler
30 Lori Gellatly
If you cannot serve on an appointed day, it is your responsibility to find someone to serve in your place.
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JANUARY ACOLYTES
6 Kendall Leffew
13 Carter Berner
20 Dawson Tinnerman
27 Grace Leffew
December 2018 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
Dec 2nd—Last day to order your poinset-tias
1 9:00 am
Decorate the
Church
2 9:15 Bell Practice
9:30 am Sunday School 10:30 am Holy
Communion
Christmas Choir
Practice
3 7:30 pm AA
Meeting
4 5 3 –5 pm Plarn
7:00 pm Musical Practice
7:45 pm Choir
6 New Chairs
Delivered
7 10:00 am
Bible Study
8
9
FISH SUNDAY
9:15 Bell Practice 9:30 am SS 10:30 am Holy Communion
Christmas Choir
Practice
10 11:30 am Lydia
Bible Study
7:30 pm AA
Meeting
11
12 3 –5 pm Plarn
6:30pm Musical
Dress Rehearsal
13
14 10:00 am
Bible Study
Sounds of
Christmas Pro-gram 7:00
15
16 9:30 am Sunday
School 10:30 am Holy Communion
17 9:00 am
Clothesline 7:30 pm AA Meeting
18
19 3 –5 pm Plarn
7:00 pm Choir Practice
20
21 10:00 am
Bible Study
22
23 10:30 am Holy
Communion
24 7:30 pm AA
Meeting
25
26 3 –5 pm Plarn
27
28 29
30 10:30 am Holy
Communion
31 7:30 pm AA
Meeting
Council Minutes Nov 13th, 2018
Present: Rusty Baker, Les Barker, Kea Blankenship, Pastor Steve Gellatly, Amy Grile, Toby Theis and Ric Warner
Devotions: - Ric Warner
Secretary’s Report: Approved as read. Motion: Les Barker Second: Toby Theis All were in favor.
Financial Secretary’s Report: Approved as read. Motion: Pastor Steve Gellatly Second: Les Barker All were in favor.
Treasurer’s Report: Motion: Amy Grile Second: Kea Blankenship All were in favor.
Pastor’s Report: Endowment Committe Meeting is November 26th at 7pm . Our new copier has been delivered.
Worship: Toby Theis – No choir practice on Nov. 21st, to allow people to attend the Community Thanksgiving Service. Our Christmas musical is scheduled for Friday Dec. 14th and practices are going well. We will have communion at the rail on the Sunday’s in Advent with continuous communion on Christmas Eve. The Christmas Eve service begins at 7:00pm with special music. The worship committe will meet the first part of January to plan for spring.
Christian Education: Amy Grile/Kea Blankenship – Averaging 10 students in Sunday school and Catechism. Kea is teaching in December. We will not have Sunday school Dec 30th. We are in need of teachers for the 1st thru Catechism age group. We may not have any teachers for this class after December. Going to check with LSIM on Sunday School Curriculum.
Mission/Outreach/LSIM: Preschool – Ms. Denise is back as interim director after Ms. Luscia resigned. The position will need to be filled and in order to do so we will need to evaluate and create job descrip-tions for all Preschool positions. MUCC – Helping Hands Thanksgiving service Nov. 21st at Potsdam Brethren
Property: Les Barker/Rusty Baker/Ric Warner – wood strips have been installed over the window and door moldings in the sanctuary to allow decorations to be put up and removed without damaging mold-ing. Working on getting TV in nursery operational.
Youth: Susan Knife – No Report
Stewardship: Ric Warner/Russ Baker – 40 pledging units an increase of 3 giving units (gained 5, lost 2) Pledges are $87,444.00 plus estimated giving and Misc income of $19,908 for a budget income of $107,352. This is a reduction in estimated income of approx. $1400 from last year.
Old Business: Betty Lou is now set up with a new church data base program. We have set up a drop box connection to allow information to be shared as needed. New chairs will be here after Nov. 29th. Old chairs to be picked up after church on Dec. 2nd. Carpets will be cleaned in sanctuary and narthex before new chairs are place in sanctuary.
New Business: 2019 proposed budget was reviewed. Motion was made to submit proposed budget to the congregation. Motion: Les Barker Second: Kea Blankenship All were in favor.
We have several members who will be finishing terms on council. We will get the word out that new council members are needed.
Our next council meeting will be our Christmas Dinner on December 18th at Ric Warner’s
A motion to adjourn was made by Les Barker and the meeting was closed with the Lord’s Prayer.
Respectfully submitted, Amy Grile
Our Church Staff
Rev. Steve Gellatly
Pastor
Home Phone
937.667.6527
Cell Phone:
937.623.1600
Ric Warner
Church Council
President
Marsha Fischbach
Music Director
Betty Lou Johansen
Pianist
Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church
1209 South Miami St.
West Milton, Ohio 45383
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Thank You! The Preschool would like to thank all those who were able to show
up for our Trunk or Treat event. Even though the weather didn’t
cooperate, we had fun. We loved the crazy hats and costumes too!
Thanks again!
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