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What is Epiphany?
Original Article by Jessica Van Roekel first appeared on Christianity Today and can be found at https://www.christianity.com/wiki/holidays/is-epiphany-three-kings-day-a-biblical-holiday.html Epiphany – while many know it as the day marking 12 days after Christmas and the time to take down the Christmas tree and decorations, it’s actually a holiday with significant meaning. Let’s take a look at the origin and traditions of this holiday today. What is Epiphany? Epiphany means “appearance or manifestation.” Throughout the world, Christians celebrate it on January 6 -…
Weekly Devotional
First Advent Scripture: Isaiah 11:1-2 Message:Advent has begun! It is the season of the liturgical year when we prepare our hearts and minds for the coming of the Christ child. We wait with anticipation of a coming Messiah, which will bring hope, peace, joy, and love to a hurting and broken world. Too often, society rushes us to the celebration of Christmas before we have time to prepare. The month of November barely begins before Christmas items blanket store shelves,…
Gratitude Jar Labels and Giving Cards
During this season of Gratitude take time to write down something you are grateful for each day between Thanksgiving and Christmas and place in your jar. Also, take time over the next weeks and pray over what you will contribute to the church budget in 2023. Fill out the giving cards and return to church before Christmas. On the back of the card take time to write what is your dream for Good Shepherd. This will be a great help…
What is Advent?
2View the Original Article Posted on Christianity.com, written by Justin Holcomb Some people may know that Advent serves as an anticipation of Christ’s birth in the season leading up to Christmas. That’s only part of the story. What Is Advent? History & Meaning For many Christians unfamiliar with the liturgical year, there may be some confusion surrounding the meaning of the Advent season. Some people may know that the Advent season focuses on expectation and think that it serves as an…
Music City Bronze Handbell Concert
Good Shepherd is pleased to host Music City Bronze on December 8th. at 7 pm. Every year, Music City Bronze , Nashville’s advanced community handbell group, presents holiday concerts filled with musical favorites of the season.All concerts are free and open to the public.Donations are gladly accepted. For more information check out their website at https://musiccitybronze.org/
Christmas Canteen – Missions and Outreach Fundraiser
Join us for our annual holiday tradition Christmas Canteen. This year all donations will go to Missions and Outreach ministries of the church. Come enjoy a wonderful evening with the beautiful sounds of our very own GSUMC Music Ministries; featuring our Shepherd Bells, Shepherd Trebles, Worship Choir, Praise Team and new this year…our Symphonic Band! Light refreshments will be served so come on out and enjoy an evening of music and delight as we celebrate the advent season. Please Register so we know how many to…
One Worship Service with Hanging of the Greens
Come join us onsite or online Sunday , November 27, at 10:30 am, for One Worship Service with Hanging of the Greens . A joyous service in which we take the time to hang the ever “greens” and prepare us for the Advent Season.
Daily Devotional
Matthew 6:34 “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Caregivers are often the silent forgotten sufferers of illness. They strive daily to care for loved ones but all the focus is on the sick or failing person. Often they juggle jobs, total care, all of the household and the only thing they sacrifice is themselves and their care. Everyone asks about the sick person; everyone prays for…
Daily Devotional
Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, These are some of the last words Jesus spoke to the disciples. All he asks of us is that we spread the Word of God and his love to everyone we can. We do that by believing in him and living a life that show the world who he truly is. It is…
Daily Devotional
2 Samuel 23:2 BSB The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue. So, how does the Spirit of the Lord, speak through us? Well first we have to let him in and then we have to recognize that it will give us the words to speak. God, through the Spirit, can help us communicate what He needs us to. In Acts 4:8-9 we hear “Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them,…
Daily Devotional
2 Timothy 3:16 NASB All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; God gave us the scriptures because he loves us and he wants us to know what to do. Jesus himself gave us the basics of the rules “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor…