Good Shepherd's News

Aug. 4,2019Pastor: Krister UlmanisAdmin. Assistant Claudia Karpinskas

248-548-3111 Worshipwww.goodshepherdro.org

Welcome to worship as we gather to "thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonder-.ful works to humankind" (psalm 107:8, NRSV).

Organist (interim) Catherine Case10:00

One of our Outreach Ministries is the Beacon of Hope Fresh Food Pantry which operates once amonth. A week ago Saturday (July 27) was one of those mornings we reached out to people in

the community with this ministry.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU •.. to everyone involved in this important minis-try - those who pray for this ministry; those who donate food or $$$ to purchase food; those who

volunteer their time on the Saturday of its operations.

God's Work. Our Hands! in action ...

Follow the church on Facebook and stay up to date on new information.How to do that? In the Facebook search bar type in "Good Shepherd Lutheran Church" andmake sure you click on the Good Shepherd in Royal Oak.

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• Love: "There is always an 'again' with love." -Unknown• Joy: "I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains." -Anne Frank

• Peace: "Peace begins with a smile." -Mother Teresa• Patience: "The purposes of God may sometimes seem delayed, but they are never abandoned."

-H.C.Mears• Kindness: "Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." -Mark

Twain• Goodness: "Goodness means to do things for the glory of God." -Martyn Lloyd-Jones

• Faithfulness: "Do small things as if they were great because of the majesty of Christ, who doesthem in us." -Blaise Pascal

• Gentleness: "There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness." -Han Suyin• Self-control: "God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control." -2 Tim.

1:7 (ESV)

Lunch Bunch (women in Fun, Food and Fellowship) are at itagain!! At 1:00 pm.August 8th Seros 12 mile Rd Madison Hts., Sept. 12 Firenzes 10 mile and VanDyke and Oct. 10th Cols Stephenson Madison Hts., Let Joan Shemansky knowahead of time so she can make sure she gets a table for all the attendees.586-755-6834

The joy ofthe LORD is [my] strength" (Nehemiah 8:10). I am here to give thanks to you, God,and to be rejuvenated to live out your love in the world.

Bible Studies: We invite you to join us ....• Sunday Morning Bible Study will resume the first Sunday after Labor Day.• 1st Monday evenings 7 :00 pm Revelations at the home of Jeanette Bateman 1023 N Blair

Royal Oak• Wednesday Mornings 10:00 am in the Lounge (Good Shepherd) Starting the book ofIsaiah

through the fall. Please come join usQuestions? See Morey Anderson, Jeanette Bateman, Mary Coburn, Sandy Mazurek; or. ..Check the box on one of those lilac sheets you receive with your bulletin today and we willcontact you. We look forward to you joining us!

Quilters: . Quilters are resting for the summer .... Rest up and hope to see you August 15th andthen will start for good after Labor Day Sept. 19th! Come join us

Council Meetings are the 3rd Wednesday AFTERNOON. Beginning at 2:00.pm . Open tomembers;(however permission to speak must be approved ahead of time through our PresidentJeanette Bateman.)

In serious need o/help during and before worship. Please See Bernice Kocehvar if you are ableor willing to help with Communion set-up and/or distribution, reading during worship, acolyte,greeting or any of the ways we fulfill worship roles.

Coffee Hour Hosts Needed.Please sign up to host a Sunday or two this summer. Grab afriend and host to-gether makes it so much more fun and easier too! Please load and run the dish-

washer so cups are available for others. Thank You

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George WieskeJane BondarDon Hanus

Jack KemptonDiane BellerShirley WilsonDemetrius DennisMark Harris

Beverly Haskell

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Christians are like the several flowers in a garden,that have each of them the dew of heaven, which,being shaken with the wind, they let fall at eachother's roots, whereby they are jointly nourished,and become nourishers of each other.

-John Bunyan