The Messenger The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

Olney, Maryland December 2017

I was at the beach for vaca Nancy said, to her “babe” she was giving birth,

Fishing, clamming, friending and face booking So, inspiration, articulation, orchestration I must find,

Trust me, for the Newsletter, not looking For your hearts and minds to stir and store,

When on my computer there arose such a clatter So, you this Advent I don’t bore

But move you to your very core.

“Expectation and Expecting!”

Are you expecting? Are you in labor? Sure, you are. You are perhaps giving birth to some kind of financial scheme.

Maybe you are expecting a child and haven’t broken the news yet. I’m anticipating a couple of new fishing trips this

year and building a plan. Andrew is birthing a sermon for December 24 at 10 a.m. I know two couples who are initiating

plans for marriage in the Spring. The ladies of the church are getting together a plan for decorating the church for

Christmas. We are literally always expecting, anticipating, preparing, and laboring over something new.

The world finds itself in labor too. Sometimes that labor is prolonged and painful. The birth of a new health plan is

still laboring because we can’t get it done. We wonder if delivery will happen and what kind of child it will be. The

new Tax Plan isn’t in the delivery room yet. We are all laboring more than we would like over sexual misconduct,

world hunger, and gun violence.

In the midst of all this, many in the world anticipate, expect and prepare for the celebration of the birth of God’s Son,

Jesus. Even as the 500th Anniversary of Luther’s revelation, “by grace you are saved through faith” reverberates among

us, we are being born anew. I hope that your awareness this Advent includes more than the simple veneer of trees,

balls, bells, bags, bangles and bills. There is frankly too much of that.

A new thought! Like Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth, and others in the Advent-Christmas love drama, it, this thought, might

perplex, trouble, even make you afraid. It’s a Nicodemus thing, and it can be found in I Peter and I John; it’s “to be

born again.” It’s about me, you, and everyone else who is called “child of God.” It means that we are constantly by

God’s Spirit dying and rising, turning around and heading home, and growing up into the child of God he has called

us to be.

Not unlike a pregnancy, being born again has its inconvenience, its morning - and perhaps evening sickness, the stares

of others, the hopes and fears and the joyful/troubled feelings of a necessary delivery.

How might you, by God’s Grace, be being born again this Advent and Christmas? Might it be the heart of a

pastoral candidate being moved to accept a call? Could it by chance be a song of the heart, like Mary’s Magnificat, or

Zechariah’s Benedictus, or the Angels’ Gloria, or Simeon’s Nunc Dimittus springing up in your heart? Could it be the

birth of a new mission effort to the community by Good Shepherd? Perhaps you are opening your heart to a new call

for justice among the poor, the sick, or the immigrant? Perhaps you are being born again by giving up a prejudice, or

a bad habit, or a grudge against someone.

It is sure that however you labor, no matter how long the gestation, or whatever the change, your new birth involves

God’s Spirit working in you.

He will deliver as promised, in his Son our Savior, Jesus, and you will be born again to the living hope which is ours

through him.

Peace,

About People . . .

We continue to pray for:

. . . God’s care for our Good

Shepherd family: Bill Plitt for continued healing; Jim Ruspi, recovering from heart procedure on

November 1, and John Maisel who had hip replacement surgery on November 6; Alex Predoehl, shoulder injury from a fall on November 25.

. . . God’s care for our relatives and friends: Vicki Gregory (Marc’s sister-in-law) awaiting kidney transplant surgery from her brother Dennis Leatherman who will be the donor; Eleanor Weindorf (friend of Kim & Nancy Wald) who is losing her vision; Mike Cosca (Jim & Kathie Taylor’s son-in-law) heart attack; Logan (Pastor Dave’s grandson) broken leg; Duart Crabtree &

family (Jackie Schulten’s brother) stroke; Molly

Mullen; Baby Carson Vidler (Carl Schulten’s grand-nephew) healing. . . . For those rejoicing and giving thanks: Birth of Jason Richard Hillhouse (9#, 3 oz.) on November 15 to David and Lisa Hillhouse. Mike and Robie Hillhouse are the proud grandparents. Birth of Kaiden Jacob Pritchard on October 13 to Holly Pritchard, Mel Wald’s cousin.

. . . for moms-to-be: Michele Bauer (Nancy Wald’s nephew’s wife) due March 5.

. . . military serving our country: John Berle stationed in Georgia (Ruth Blackburn’s grandson); Austin Ivkovich stationed at Fort Campbell, KY (Marion Ivkovich’s grandson); Justin Kubu is stationed at Ft. Sill, OK; Richard Daniel Kubu (Ken and Joyce Kubu’s nephew) is also stationed at Fort Irwin, CA; Seth Maxfield stationed in Ft. Riley, Kansas (Darlene Maxfield request); David J. Wald (Kim & Nancy Wald’s grandson) is with a detachment in Technical Communications in Cherry Point, NC; Trevor White stationed in Okinawa (Brianna Hoffman request); Libby Shoefly stationed in Ankora, Turkey, friend of Jeanne Berger.

. . . those who mourn: family of Martha Boku’s brother (Lourenco family friend); Tony Colandreo, (friend of the Brunetto family).

*Names used with permission

YOU’RE INVITED BACK TO THE MANGER!

This new event will be an evening of inspiring musical offerings, live performances with audience participation, and surprises for all. Experience seeing a live nativity at 6 p.m. with Joseph, Mary and Baby Jesus in the Manger, the 3 Wise Men, choral singers, and our traditional cookies and cider. No admission fees. Donation box for hats and mittens is in our Church Narthex. A free-will offering for hats and mittens will be collected to benefit the Hats and Mittens Organization. Hats and Mittens Organization (hatsandmittens.org) has a goal to collect 52,000 pairs of mittens and hats for children for this winter season for more details on this worthy charity. www.olneygoodshepherd.org/back-to-the-manger/

Heartfelt thanks for all who are sharing their artistic gifts with us, and for all the volunteers who are helping make this event a huge success!

From Joyful Noiseletter, Nov-Dec. 2016

Join the Good Shepherd Family in Worship and Praise during the Holidays.

Invite friends and relatives!

Wednesday Evening Advent Services

December 6, 13, and 20 7:00 p.m.

These non-Eucharist services will allow a moment for reflection and prayer.

“Back to the Manger” Holiday Musical Show

Saturday, December 2 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

No Admission fee but a free-will offering for hats and mittens will be collected to benefit the Hats and

Mittens Organization

Children’s Christmas Program Sunday, December 10 at 10:00 a.m.

During the service (Children are invited to breakfast at 8:30 a.m. in the Family

Life Wing followed by a final rehearsal.)

Fourth Sunday in Advent

Lessons and Carols Worship Service December 17 – 10:00 a.m.

A special service of music and scripture readings which will focus on the birth of Christ.

Worship/Eucharist

Christmas Eve Services Saturday, December 24

Praise Candlelight/Eucharist – 7:00 p.m.

Candlelight/Eucharist – 10:00 p.m.

Christmas Day Sunday, December 25 – 10:00 a.m.

Eucharist/ Worship to celebrate the birth of Christ.

First Sunday after Christmas Sunday, December 31 Worship - 10:00 a.m.

Christmas Poinsettias

Poinsettias may be purchased to beautify our sanctuary during the Christmas celebrations. A signup

sheet is available on the table in the narthex for placing orders. Please be sure to indicate your name, the number and color of plant(s) you wish to purchase and in whose honor or memory you would like them to be. The cost is $14.00 per plant for a 7" pot with 8-12 blooms in red, white, or marble. Place your payment in the offering plate, indicating that it is for poinsettias. Sunday, December 3 will be the last day to order.

Advent News

WEDNESDAY Mid-Week

7:00 Worship Services

Theme: The Gifts of Advent!

Wednesday, December 6 – The Gift of Patience Wednesday, December 13 – The Gift of Silence Wednesday, December 20 – The Gift of Hope

MID-WEEK ADVENT SERVICES

God’s Word continually gifts us as we read it, hear it, pray it, and work it into our lives and relationships. God will add the leaven of his Spirit to our worship bringing forth fruits of faith and life. Join us for these brief interludes of waiting as we anticipate the celebration of our Lord’s birth among us, Christmas 2017!

From Joyful Noiseletter

Shepherd’s Care Children’s Center

Diana Izrailova-Canarte, Director 301-570-7566

Dear Members of LCGS, The Holiday Season is upon us! It is amazing how three months can fly by so fast. We have settled into our routine and the children have become comfortable in our classrooms and have made many new friends. Thanksgiving has come and gone and now we are patiently awaiting Christmas time. Our preschoolers are enjoying the theme, “We Prepare for Jesus” and busy with Christmas themed activities. This month we will be working on letters J and K. The practicing has begun for our annual Christmas Program. The show is set for December 20, 2017 at 10 a.m. We look forward to seeing everyone. A big thank you to Ms. Sandy from “Little Hands” for helping us with all the wonderful songs. May your Christmas be merry, may it fill your hearts with cheer, and may all of you be happy throughout the coming year!

Sandra Pernie SCCC Director

2017 Flower Chart for Altar Flowers)

Thanks to all of you who have this year provided flowers to

beautify our chancel! Coming soon, the 2018 Flower Chart located in the administration wing hallway. The cost is $25.00 for each vase. If only one family signs up the cost will be $50.00. If no one signs up, there will be no flowers for that week. There are envelopes made up and beside the current flower chart. Please make check payable to LCGS, mark for Altar Flowers, and place in the offering plate. Thank you also to all the people who have served as flower arrangers this past year, namely, Matt Quinn, Rachel Vincent, Connie Strachan, DeEtte Gabriel and Pat Maisel.

The deadline for the January newsletter is Friday, December 15. Please email articles to nancy.wald@olneygoodshepherd.org. or leave them in the newsletter mailbox in the copier room

Thanks, Nancy Wald

Voters Meeting

Sunday, December 3, 2017 11:15 a.m.

immediately following the 10:00 church service.

Latest News Call Committee News – 11/19/2017

As we’ve celebrated Thanksgiving and near the Advent season, we would like to update you with encouraging news following the receipt of the new list of pastoral candidates from the Southeastern District (SED) on September 11, 2017.

1. Pr. Ken Carlson (Circuit Visitor) has completed his outreach to the candidates and received confirmation from four of the eight on the list that they are open to a call at this time.

2. The Call Committee met on September 27th, October 8th, and November 5th. We reviewed the Personal Information File (PIF) and Self Evaluation Tool (SET) for each candidate and agreed to extend an invitation to all four to participate in a phone interview at their earliest convenience. E-mails were sent this past week to each candidate with links to our Congregational Profile (CP) for their review and notice that we will be calling them shortly to schedule an interview. Note: As of 11/19/17 we have received three responses. Two pastors accepted our invitation for an interview and one declined due to having accepted a call at another church.

3. As a reminder from our first round of interviews in early 2017 the SED stipulates that the names of the candidates remain in strict confidence, only to be shared among the Call Committee (CC), Sister Robie, and Pastor Dave. We will honor this request and understand its reasoning and importance. The consequences of a congregation discovering that their Pastor may be considering a call could be dire. The CC appreciates your understanding and patience. We will continue to send out announcements concerning our progress and as new information becomes available.

4. At the conclusion of each interview the CC will deliberate and decide whether to extend an invitation to the candidate for an onsite visit. We will immediately begin work on compiling summaries of each interview to be distributed to the congregation as soon as they are completed. PIF and SET document sets will then be made available in the church office. Note: They are not to be removed from the church office at any time as the forms contain private and confidential information.

For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently. In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:24-28

Your Call Committee: Cory Baumhardt, Colette Carter, Marc Gregory (Chair), Sandy Langer, Kathy Nicholson, Susan Otto, and Matt Quinn.

OGSLY Olney Good Shepherd Lutheran Youth

(High School)

FINK and

FaithInKubators (Grades 7 & 8)

OGSLY

Upcoming Events

• December 2nd – Back to the Manger

• December 10th – Christmas Decoration Sale 9:00-12:30 in the Narthex

• December 23rd – 6:00 p.m. OGSLY Christmas Party at Colette’s house. Bring a side dish to share and a homemade gift or a $10.00 or less gift for the gift exchange game.

• December 26th – Frederick Church tour - details TBD.

• December 31st – College students’ lunch with Pastor Dave – details TBD.

FINK

Upcoming Events

• Sunday FINK classes begin at 8:45 a.m.

• December 2nd - Back to the Manger

SUNDAY SCHOOL

Upcoming Events

• December 2nd - Back to the Manger

• 9:00-11:00 Dress Rehearsal, Saturday, December 9, followed by pizza for lunch.

• 8:30 a.m. Sunday, December 10 - Breakfast before final run through for annual Christmas program

• Sunday School begins promptly at 8:45 on Sunday mornings in December (none on the 24th).

December 2017

Christmas is coming, and our Sunday School kids are getting ready! Students who are participating in Back to the Manger need to watch for communication for Rehearsal times and arrival times for the 6:00 live manger scene at church on December 2, prior to the 7 & 8 p.m. performances.

Kids are encouraged to invite neighbors and friends to come and see!

The annual Christmas Program will happen on December 10, so we will have dress rehearsal on Saturday, December 9 (9-11 a.m.), with pizza lunch to follow – see details on the Sunday School Calendar. Sunday School will begin promptly at 8:45 in the month of December, except for December 10, when we ask that kids arrive at 8:30 for breakfast before final run through of our play “Christmas in a Box." This Advent, students will learn about the Advent of our Lord, using scripture inspired Advent Coloring Posters as learning tools in studying the significance of the season. Look for them weekly outside of the Sunday School Room in the All-Purpose Room.

Cindy King

SUNDAY

SCHOOL

Do You Like to Decorate for Christmas?

Please Come and Help

The Worship Team invites you to help us transform the nave (*the part of the church where we sit), into a beautiful hall of worship as we celebrate the birth of our King with the Lessons and Carols Service. We will meet at 12:00 noon on Saturday, December 16, immediately following the choir rehearsal. Jobs will include hanging pine garlands, placing candle arrangements in the windows, and arranging the poinsettias. Please join us if you can.

Bible Verse to Remember

Isaiah 9:6

“For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.”

IN DECEMBER

2 - Tammy Cecil, Tim Leydig 4 - Kathie Taylor 7 - James Maxfield 8 - Shelley Brown, Kyle Escobar, 10 - Anthony Baker 11 - Taylor Dye, Kathy Ehrlich, Jacob Wald 14 - Laura Holder, Sarah Seggel 15 - Michelle Sloan 16 - Bernd Langer, Jennifer Leydig, Patti Zimmerman 17 - Sammy Weinberg 18 - Glenda Egan 20 - Robert Buran, Kevin Wilson 23 - Jean Hanson, Greg Cook 25 - Lora Birch, Jay Taylor 29 - Christina (Fowler) Cullen, Adam Howard

IN DECEMBER

18 - Nathan & Dawn McCann 22 - Carlos & Kyle Escobar 27 - Mark & Cindy King 30 - John & Cheryl Malina

Congratulations

C.A.R.E. (Caring and Respecting Everyone)

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(Saturday Morning LCGS Men’s Group)

The Men’s Group will meet at Oakdale Emory Church on Saturday, December 2 at 7:30 a.m.

Day Trippers Upcoming Events

Start your celebration of the Christmas Season at the Congressional Botanical Gardens. Not only see the newly developed poinsettia varieties but also the model rail show that will chug around attraction as the Texas’ Cadillac Ranch, South Dakota’s corn palace and many more. We will leave church at 10:00 a.m. on December 20. In January take a trip to Jerusalem via the National Geographic Museum to see the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for an immersive 3-D experience. In February see the new Museum of the Bible.

Please contact Bob Wolters at robertjwolters@gmail.com) or at 301-774-6169 OR Dorothy Hughes at 301-437-8906

Game Night

Usually at Lynn and Mary Kay Dean’s Home, but at church this month.

The Game Night CARE Group that meets monthly on the third Friday will be decorating the Christmas tree in the sanctuary on Friday, December 15 at 7:15 p.m. Newcomers are always welcome! If you are interested in joining us, call Andy Carpenter at 301-774-8298.

The Good Shepherd

Book Club

will meet on

Sunday, December 10, 2017

in the Family Life Wing at 6:00 p.m.

“The Bean Trees”

Written by

Barbara Kingsolver No young person ever escaped rural Kentucky until Taylor Greer did, or so she thought. Taylor got in her '55 Volkswagen bug and drove until she ran out of gas which happened to be in the middle of the Cherokee Nation. While she was sipping coffee, a baby was put in the front seat of her car and the adventure begins. She names the baby "Turtle" because she clings to everything like a mud turtle. Eventually the pair makes it to Tucson, Arizona where Taylor meets Lou Ann, another Kentuckian and finds a job at the "Jesus is Lord Used Tires" shop. To find out what happens to this amazing family, join us in the Family Life wing and bring along a little of your favorite Southwestern food to munch and crunch with our fellow bookers.

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Will meet the second Wednesday each month in Room 104. December 13 at 12 noon is when we meet again. Join other seniors for this event and enjoy time together.

Lessons and Carols

This year’s Lessons and Carols service is on December 17, at one service at 10:00 a.m. The program will have a variety of reading parts and small group singing. So be sure to be a part of this exciting service.

Christmas Holiday Baskets,

Gifts & Food

Good Shepherd is a growing family of faith

bringing Christ to the community and the

community to Christ.

We will be serving seven families in need of food and gifts this year. See the Christmas family display board and signup sheets in the Narthex for details about where to place the gifts. Please have all items in by Sunday, December 17. The seven boxes are designated by family number and are located in the Narthex.

If you would like to contribute cookies or candy, please put them in the Christmas goodie box sitting in the Narthex marked for these families.

The Christmas families will receive a prepared, purchased dinner delivered to them along with the gifts.

Any other forms of contributions such as cash or gift cards should be given to Bob Wolters, Elsie Stevick, Joyce Teske or Bob Gill.

SOCIAL MINISTRY

The Food Pantry still

needs your help

We thank you for continuing to support Good

Shepherd’s active Food Pantry. Below is a list

of the things we put into the bags. Please help

when you can.

Peanut butter Soup Macaroni & Cheese Cereal Spaghetti Rice Spaghetti Sauce Jell-O Canned Meat Canned Fruit Canned Beans Tuna Canned Vegetables Jelly

Thank You for your generosity!

Pete and Janet Stadler

CLOTHING CENTER

Donations: If you are donating clothes, please leave them in the designated area in the Family Life Wing. PLEASE, PLEASE make sure the clothes are placed in BAGS or BOXES that are STRONG ENOUGH to withstand movement from place to place and are not too heavy for senior volunteers to lift. Thank you for your donations.

Volunteers have filled the rest of the year to transport the clothes to IWCC. The sign-up sheet for January-June 2018 will soon be on the Social Ministry bulletin board in the hallway across from the administrative office.

The IWCC is located at the former Broome Middle School, 751 Twinbrook Parkway in Rockville. Clothing should be picked up at the church during the second and third weeks of the month. The days and hours of donation drop-off are Tuesday through Friday from 9:00-4:30 p.m., and Saturday 9:00-2:00 p.m.

IWCC is open year-round, except for the first two weeks of July, Yom Kippur, Thanksgiving Saturday, the last week of December and the Federal holidays. Snow policy follows that of the Federal Government.

If there are any questions, please email Pat Maisel at triciamase@msn.com or call her at 240-632-0601. Thank you, volunteers, for transporting clothes to the IWCC Donations: If you are donating clothes, please leave them in the designated area in the Family Life Wing.

December 2017 Schedule of Church Helpers

If you cannot make it on your scheduled Sunday, please trade with someone or find a substitute (adults and teens alike) and notify the church office at 301-774-9125 of any changes.

Date

Elders Communion Assistants

Ushers Readers Greeters/Sellers Acolytes Altar Guild

December 3 10:00 a.m.

Worship/Eucharist

Wor. Asst: Marc Gregory

Karin Wuertz Schaefer Janet Mullen

Colette Carter Kathy Nicholson

Rich Boyd Don Nortrup

Tom Wilk

Linda Dye Vicki Wilk

G/Eric Wald Melody Wald

(S/Ann Wolters) Silas Reinhold

Set Up: Barb Hayleck Clean up: Ken &

Joyce Kubu

December 10

10:00 a.m. Praise Worship

Eucharist

Wor. Asst: Sister Robie

Martin Predoehl Sasha Miezis

Karin W. Schaefer Marc Gregory

Doug Dye Charlie Loehr Ann Sprague

Ann Sprague Kathy Ehrlich

G/ Mary Raynik Nancy Wald

(S/Ann Wolters) Hannah Ehrlich

Set Up: Kelly Groff Clean up:

Marianne Compton

December 17-10:00 Lessons & Carols Worship/Eucharist

Wor. Asst: Marc Gregory

Matt Quinn Bella Lourenco

Kathy Nicholson Steve Gordon

Mark Hardcastle Don Nortrup

Multiple Readers G/Sherrie Dean

Marianne Compton (S/Ann Wolters

Brett Fossum Set Up: Nancy Wald

Clean Up: Sherrie Dean

Sunday, December 24 10:00 a.m.

Praise/Candlelight 7:00 p.m.

Candlelight 10:00 p.m.

Wor. Asst: Janet Mullen

10:00 a.m. Jim Taylor Deb Harman

Alex Predoehl Marc Gregory

7:00 p.m. Steve Gordon Bella Lourenco Sandy Langer Jean Krueger

10:00 p.m. Tim Leydig

Kathy Nicholson Steve Gordon

10a – Jim Strachan

Connie Strachan

7p Anthony Hoffman Paul Fowler

10p-Gaetan Brunetto

Andy Carpenter

10a–Kathy Ehrlich

Debbie Harman

7p–Sandy Langer Cindy Miezis

10p-Steve Gordon

Kelly Groff

G/Debbie Harman

(S/Ann Wolters

G/Charles and Dolores Falck

G/TBD

10:00 a.m. Benjamin Moses

7:00 p.m.

Eli Reinhold

10:00 p.m. Lena Wilson

Set Up: Ann Sprague Clean Up: Dolores Falck Set Up: Barb Hayleck Clean up: TBD Set Up: TBD Clean Up: Karen

Howard

Mon, December 25 Christmas Morning

10:00 a.m.

Wor. Asst: Marc Gregory

Alex Predoehl TBD TBD TBD Elder

Set Up: Karen Howard Clean up-Nancy Wald

December 31 10:00 a.m.

Worship/Eucharist

Wor. Asst: Janet Mullen

Mark King

Bella Lourenco Sandy Langer

Debbie Harman

Pat Colacicco Ann Sprague

Ann Sprague Vicki Wilk

G/ Sherrie Dean Debbie Harman (S/Ann Wolters

Kevin Moses Set Up–Barb Hayleck Clean up – Dolores Falck

The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd4200 Olney-Laytonsville Road l PO Box 280 l Olney, MD 20830 December 2017

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9:00a-

1:00p

8:30p

SCCC Conferences

A.A.

7:30a

12-3p

7:00p

8:00p

Men's Group @

Oakdale Emory

Church

Mongolian Language

Class

NEW IN 2017!

“BACK TO THE

MANGER”

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8:45a

10:00a

11:15a

Adult Bible Class /

FINK Class / SS

Worship - Eucharist

Voter's Meeting

8:30p A.A. 6-9p Christian Academy

Concert (Sanctuary)

11:30a

5:45p

7:00p

7:00p

SCCC Chapel

FINK Class

Ministry Team Mtgs

Advent 1 Mid-week

Service

10:00a

6:00p

6:45p

8:00p

Women's Bible Study

Brownie Troop Mtg

Shepherd's Bells

Chancel Choir

8:30p A.A. 9-11a

12-3p

Dress Rehearsal SS

Christmas Program

Mongolian Language

Class

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

8:30a

8:45a

10:00a

11:15a

6:00p

SS Breakfast

Adult Bible Class /

FINK Class / SS

Praise Worship -

Eucharist

SS Christmas Play

Townhall Meeting

Book Club

8:30p A.A. 9:30a

7-9p

6-9p

SCCC Chapel

Special Needs

Parents of Greater

Olney

Christian Academy

Concert (Sanctuary)

11:30a

12:00p

5:30p

5:45p

7:00p

7:30p

SCCC Chapel

Sr. Lunch Bunch

Supper: Baked Ham

FINK Class

Advent 2 Mid-week

Service

Board of Elders Mtg.

10:00a

6:45p

8:00p

Women's Bible Study

Shepherd's Bells

Chancel Choir

7:15p

8:30p

Game Care Group

(Church)

A.A.

9:00a-

Noon

12-3p

12:00p

Chancel Choir &

Shepherd's Bells

Rehearsal

Mongolian Language

Class

Decorate Sanctuary

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

8:45a

10:00a

Adult Bible Class /

FINK Class

Worship: Lessons &

Carols - Eucharist

8:30p A.A. 9:30a SCCC Chapel 10:00a

10:00a

11:30a

5:45p

7:00p

7:30p

Day Trippers

SCCC Christmas

Program

SCCC Chapel

FINK Class

Advent 3 Mid-week

Service

Board of Trustees Mtg

10:00a

6:00p

6:45p

8:00p

Women's Bible Study

Brownie Troop Mtg

Shepherd's Bells

Chancel Choir

8:30p A.A.

12-3p Mongolian Language

Class

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10:00a

7:00p

10:00p

Worship - Eucharist

Service:

Praise/Candlelight

Service: Candlelight

10:00a

8:30p

Christmas Day

Service

A.A.

9:30a SCCC Chapel 5:30p SCCC Board Mtg 10:00a

6:45p

8:00p

Women's Bible Study

Shepherd's Bells

Chancel Choir

8:30p A.A.

12-3p

1:00p

Mongolian Language

Class

Chase Shelter

31

8:45a

10:00a

11:45a

Adult Bible Class /

FINK Class /SS

Worship - Eucharist

College Luncheon

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The Messenger Is published monthly by

The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

Olney, Maryland 20830-0280 Telephone: 301-774-9125

FAX: 301-774-9649 www.olneygoodshepherd.org

Vacancy Pastor: Rev. David Betzner pastor@olneygoodshepherd.org

Deaconess: Sister Robie Hillhouse sister.robie@olneygoodshepherd.org

Office Secretary: Jasmine Berg office@olneygoodshepherd.org

Newsletter Editor: Nancy Wald nancy.wald@olneygoodshepherd.org

The deadline for the January issue is

Friday, December 15, 2017