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Join Us at 10:30am on Sunday 12/10 for our Children’s production of “Angels Say What?” Sunday School Begins at 9:15am with the Service and Play following at the 10:30am Service.

Register My Child Enjoy a kid-free evening on Friday December 1st, from 6:00p-9:00p. We will have a pizza dinner and an evening full of activities. Drop off is at 6:00pm. Pick up is at 9:00pm. Both will occur in the Connector (double doors on the right side of the church, hallway of windows between the church building and the gym building). Each child will receive a wristband with a code that the person picking up must have at pick up.…

Wednesday night grow Join us each Wednesday starting August 16th for our Wednesday Night Grow discipleship opportunities. We begin each Wednesday with dinner at 5:30pm in our Fellowship Hall and start classes for all ages at 6:30pm. Find below a list of all classes. Nursery is also available. Methodist Who? What? why? (ADULT) Come and Join us while we discuss who we are as a denomination, what it means to be a United Methodist – Then and Now, and why…

This Sunday October 29th will be a One Service Sunday! Service will be at 10:30 AM and there will be no Sunday School. At 9:30 am we will be gathering for Games, Food, and More to help us fellowship with one another and share in the Joy of being with each other as the Good Shepherd Family. We are inviting everyone to wear a Tie-Dye Shirt, sweatshirt, or other article of clothing if you have it to help celebrate the…

Childlike faith means you’re content because you trust God. You aren’t anxious or fretabout everything that goes wrong. You have a childlike approach to life when living in agrown-up body but don’t respond childishly because you have a mature mind.I Corinthians 13:11 “When I was a child, I talked like a child; I thought like a child; Imade plans like a child. When I became a man, I stopped those childish ways.”If you spend time with children, it’s easy to…

I love love. More specifically, I love the idea of love. That kind of storybook love will overcome any challenge. The kind of love that you can’t help but fall into. I recently rewatched the classic 80’s film The Princess Bride. And that movie is one of the best movies ever made (don’t try to change my mind). In it, a sick boy’s grandfather reads him the story of a farm boy-turned-pirate named Westley who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies, and…

1 The hand of the LORD came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, and they were very dry. 3 He said to me, “Mortal, can these bones live?” I answered, “O Lord GOD, you know.” 4 Then he said to me, “Prophesy to…

Ephesians 4:1-6As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of…

Peace is a Person. “I have said this to you, so that in me you may have peace. In the world you will face persecution. But take courage; I have conquered the world!” John 16:33 Last week’s devotional hit on trials. Clearly the above verse states in no uncertain terms that we will all face our own trials. My story is filled with its own unique trials through which God has answered prayers and done numerous wonderful things. For the…

1 Peter 5:10  And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. As the Devotional from last week about prayer, I thought it would be good to talk about prayer and the way god may answer our prayers. We all tend to pray for God protection over those we love, for certain outcomes, some self-growth, and for guidance…

16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.     1 Thessalonians 5:16-18  (NIV) I love to pray.  I pray all the time.  And I love to talk to others about an active, effective prayer life.  Rick Hamlin, executive editor at Guideposts magazine wrote a book, 10 Prayers You Can’t Live Without.  Part of his introduction says this:  “To try to pray is to pray.  You can’t fail at it.  Nobody…