Welcome to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Woodstock, Georgia, we are glad you are interested in finding out more about the life of our church. We have many opportunities to worship, learn, serve and connect!
Worship – Worship is central to our life together. We offer traditional worship services at 8:30 a.m. and praise worship services at 10:45 a.m.on Sunday mornings.
Children & Youth – We offer a variety of activities to promote lifelong learning and experiencing God’s presence in multiple ways for children and youth.
Service Opportunities – Serving in the church and community helps us to grow spiritually and we all have gifts to offer. At Good Shepherd we offer plenty of service opportunities within our community to share these talents with those in need.
Small Groups – We connect through classes, groups and events to deepen our relationships with one another and to create new friendships.
Vacation Bible School 2019 (Registration is now Closed) Check back in 2020 for our next program.
Good Shepherd Wants You to Travel with us
To Mars and Beyond!!!
Explore where God’s power can take you!
June 24-28, 2019 from 9 a.m.—Noon
We are excited to note that we have reached our maximum capacity for launching to Mars and Beyond on June 24th beginning at 9 am. For more detailed information, please click here to access our Vacation Bible School information page. Members, we are still in need for volunteers to be crew leaders. Sign-up at Sign-up Central today!
Update: MUST Summer Lunch/Give-A-Kid-A-Chance
After much discussion with the state and county health officials, MUST Ministries has been informed they can no longer accept sandwiches that are made outside of certified kitchens for the Summer Lunch Program. As Good Shepherd’s kitchen is not certified, this certainly changes the face of what our giving to MUST Summer Lunch looks like. After much thought, we have decided that we will donate a certain portion of money that was set aside for MUST Summer lunches to MUST’s Save Our Sandwiches (SOS) campaign. MUST will then purchase pre-packaged sandwiches from a national sandwich company at a significantly discounted price.
MUST still needs the “setup” portion of the lunch that consists of 2 individually packaged snacks and 1 drink in a paper bag. Therefore, the remainder of our budgeted money will go to provide setups. Since the preparation of the setups will take far less time than the preparation of sandwiches we will be preparing them in the Fellowship Hall between services ( 9:30 – 10:30) on June 30.
But that’s not all; we had a wonderful response to our Give A Kid A Chance Fundraising campaign. As a result we will be able to commit 100 backpacks to this wonderful organization this year. In usual fashion, the backpacks will need to be filled with all the usual supplies. Therefore, we will also be prepping backpacks for GAKAC in the Fellowship Hall between services (9:30 – 10:30) on June 30.
WAYS TO HELP MUST
In years past, through cunning bargain hunting and shopping, we have been able to streamline our MUST Summer Lunch giving program to where we were able to provide 2500 healthy bag lunches (including sandwich, two snacks (one a fresh veggie or fruit), and drink) to MUST for about $.80 each. This maxed our designated budget to the very last cent but allowed us to consistently deliver 2,500 lunches year after year. Unfortunately, due to the new policy changes MUST is now experiencing, our budget does not allow us to provide 2,500 complete lunches – largely in part to the fact that MUST pays $.75 just for sandwiches. This year, we will use our designated budget to provide all that we can but if you would like to help supplement the budget so we may provide a larger number of lunches, MUST has three ways to donate:
Ways to Donate to MUST Summer lunch
Just text MUSTSOS to 52182 and make a donation.
Donate via Facebook
Donate via the mustministries.org donation page. Simply write “Summer Lunch” in the comments field.
We will also be accepting additional donations on our MUST Summer lunch assembly day June 30. We will add the total from any individual donations we receive toward our donation to help MUST purchase additional sandwiches.
Nursery Volunteers Needed
We again will be offering a volunteer staffed nursery for our Sunday, 10:45 a.m. worship service. If you are able to participate as a volunteer in this capacity and have taken the Child and Youth Protection Class, please let Janice Swinford know and we will get you on the schedule. A sign-up sheet is also available at Sign-up Central in the Fellowship Hall.
Lutheran Coalition and Habitat for Humanity
Volunteers are needed for the upcoming Lutheran Coalition for Habitat build. No experience necessary, just willing hands – training and tools are provided. Last build date for landscaping is June 15.
This house is located in Woodstock, off Highway 92. Get more detailed information here or contact Mike Dooley at dooleym@bellsouth.net for any additional questions.
Sunday School Resumes Aug 11 at 9:45 a.m.
Thank you to all the wonderful teachers that helped with our youth and their christian education and faith formation. If you have not registered for next year please Contact Janice Swinford, our Sunday School Superintendent. We look forward to the fall where we have lots of opportunities for all ages. Traditional Sunday School for ages 4-12th grade and 3 adult bible study small groups. Faith Stories, Coffee and Conversation and Men in Mission. Come and pick the class that works for you.
The Caring for Creation team would like to share with you on a regular basis some tips and information on how we can all take small steps to take better care God’s creation. We hope the below information is helpful for you. Click here.
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Welcome to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Woodstock, Georgia, we are glad you are interested in finding out more about the life of our church. We have many opportunities to worship, learn, serve and connect!
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Vacation Bible School 2019 (Registration is now Closed) Check back in 2020 for our next program.
Good Shepherd Wants You to Travel with us
To Mars and Beyond!!!
Explore where God’s power can take you!
We are excited to note that we have reached our maximum capacity for launching to Mars and Beyond on June 24th beginning at 9 am. For more detailed information, please click here to access our Vacation Bible School information page. Members, we are still in need for volunteers to be crew leaders. Sign-up at Sign-up Central today!
Update: MUST Summer Lunch/Give-A-Kid-A-Chance
After much discussion with the state and county health officials, MUST Ministries has been informed they can no longer accept sandwiches that are made outside of certified kitchens for the Summer Lunch Program. As Good Shepherd’s kitchen is not certified, this certainly changes the face of what our giving to MUST Summer Lunch looks like. After much thought, we have decided that we will donate a certain portion of money that was set aside for MUST Summer lunches to MUST’s Save Our Sandwiches (SOS) campaign. MUST will then purchase pre-packaged sandwiches from a national sandwich company at a significantly discounted price.
MUST still needs the “setup” portion of the lunch that consists of 2 individually packaged snacks and 1 drink in a paper bag. Therefore, the remainder of our budgeted money will go to provide setups. Since the preparation of the setups will take far less time than the preparation of sandwiches we will be preparing them in the Fellowship Hall between services ( 9:30 – 10:30) on June 30.
WAYS TO HELP MUST
In years past, through cunning bargain hunting and shopping, we have been able to streamline our MUST Summer Lunch giving program to where we were able to provide 2500 healthy bag lunches (including sandwich, two snacks (one a fresh veggie or fruit), and drink) to MUST for about $.80 each. This maxed our designated budget to the very last cent but allowed us to consistently deliver 2,500 lunches year after year. Unfortunately, due to the new policy changes MUST is now experiencing, our budget does not allow us to provide 2,500 complete lunches – largely in part to the fact that MUST pays $.75 just for sandwiches. This year, we will use our designated budget to provide all that we can but if you would like to help supplement the budget so we may provide a larger number of lunches, MUST has three ways to donate:
Ways to Donate to MUST Summer lunch
We will also be accepting additional donations on our MUST Summer lunch assembly day June 30. We will add the total from any individual donations we receive toward our donation to help MUST purchase additional sandwiches.
Nursery Volunteers Needed
We again will be offering a volunteer staffed nursery for our Sunday, 10:45 a.m. worship service. If you are able to participate as a volunteer in this capacity and have taken the Child and Youth Protection Class, please let Janice Swinford know and we will get you on the schedule. A sign-up sheet is also available at Sign-up Central in the Fellowship Hall.
Lutheran Coalition and Habitat for Humanity
This house is located in Woodstock, off Highway 92. Get more detailed information here or contact Mike Dooley at dooleym@bellsouth.net for any additional questions.
Sunday School Resumes Aug 11 at 9:45 a.m.
Thank you to all the wonderful teachers that helped with our youth and their christian education and faith formation. If you have not registered for next year please Contact Janice Swinford, our Sunday School Superintendent. We look forward to the fall where we have lots of opportunities for all ages. Traditional Sunday School for ages 4-12th grade and 3 adult bible study small groups. Faith Stories, Coffee and Conversation and Men in Mission. Come and pick the class that works for you.
Check out our Bible studies!–HERE
Do your part in Caring for Creation
The Caring for Creation team would like to share with you on a regular basis some tips and information on how we can all take small steps to take better care God’s creation. We hope the below information is helpful for you. Click here.
Receive news and events happening at Good Shepherd sign up below for our Sheep Buzz emails.