Good Shepherd Garden Party

The Local Outreach Committee has planned a garden work party on Saturday, April 28 at 9am, immediately following the Men’s Rally Point breakfast.  The entire Church family is invited to participate.

Work will include sod removal, compost application and rototilling. Weather and soil conditions permitting, we may start planting blueberry plants and veggies. There are also plans for cleaning and sprucing up the flowerbeds around the property.  Please bring wheel barrows, rakes, shovels and other gardening tools plus a smile.

Lunch (pizza and salad), snacks and beverages will be provided.

Annual Membership Meeting and Potuck

There will be a potluck and membership meeting on Sunday, April 29 right after the morning service.  For the potluck, please bring a prepared main dish and a salad or dessert.  After the meal, we will be voting on the proposed 2012-13 budget and to affirm Dan Long as an Elder. We will also be hearing reports from some of our ministries. All members are encouraged to attend.

New Hope Uganda: GSCC Missions Trip 2013

Would you partner together with us in living out the implications of the Gospel?

In February of 2013 a team from Good Shepherd Community Church will be spending 2 weeks at New Hope Uganda serving the Lord by providing spiritual encouragement and physical help on a number of important projects.  Each GSSC Team member can bring with them three large suitcases (up to 50lbs each).  We would love to show our love to the people of Uganda by bringing them much needed goods. Please prayerfully consider how you can partner with us in prayer and gift giving.

A Needs Wishlist has been placed in your mailboxes and extra copies are in the Church office if you do not have a mailbox yet. A drop off station will be set up on the Church Foyer next week.

Here is a video about the childcare organization in Uganda that strives to bring the Fatherhood of God to the fatherless.  For more information please visit the New Hope Uganda Web Site.

Bible Classes

Two new Christian Education Classes will begin April 15th. “How to Share Your Faith” will be taught by Tom Anderson and others. “Prayer: Let Us Draw Near” will be taught by Dennis Cairns. Please sign up in the Church foyer.

Recommended Reading for April

Worldliness: Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World
Edited by C.J Mahaney
These skillful soul-surgeons are brilliant at diagnosis and treatment, and will help you see yourself, see your sin and see your Savior. I now know that first book I am going to reach for when a Christian is wrestling with worldliness, or isn’t but should be! The questions they offer for self-examination are, in and of themselves, of strategic value in our fight of faith for joy. This is a book I will make use of, by God’s grace, again and again.”
-J. Ligon Duncan, Senior Minister, First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi;

You may check out our library copy or order a copy in the Church Office. The cost is $11.50

Baptism

Reminder: We will be having a Baptism celebration on Easter Sunday, April 8th. If you would like to be baptized please let the office know @ 384-5403.