Mike Oldham’s Memorial Service
Mike’s service for Saturday, August 7 is being postponed. GSLC will let you know when it is rescheduled.
WORSHIP
Face Masks
Love your neighbor as yourself. – Mark 12:31
Please wear your mask to keep you and your neighbor safe from the spread of COVID19. Please wear your mask when you are inside the church building.
Masks are required for worship at GSLC. GSLC leadership monitors the health advisories for our area. Under the current conditions, health officials recommend wearing a mask indoors for everyone’s safety. This includes people who are fully vaccinated. Given the current rise in COVID19 cases in our area, we are requiring MASKS during worship at GSLC. You may remove your mask for Holy Communion and then put it back on to return to your seat. If you prefer not to wear a mask, please join us for worship online. From the CDC website: To maximize protection from the Delta variant and prevent possibly spreading it to others, wear a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission. Montgomery, Greene, Preble, Butler and Warren counties are all areas with substantial transmission from July 21-July 27.
Parking Lot Communion will be offered on the 3rd Sunday of the month from 12:00 pm -1:00 pm. August 15 will be the next time we have it.
Holy Communion
GSLC has already begun having Holy Communion around the communion rail again. Spaces will be marked around the communion rail for individuals or families to commune. Anyone distributing communion will be fully vaccinated. The Pastor and Assisting Minister will be wearing masks to distribute the hosts as well. If someone is not comfortable coming forward to the communion rail they can still commune in their pew with the prepackaged communion we have been using throughout the pandemic.
Worship With Us Online!
Good Shepherd will continue to offer online worship on Sundays and our parking lot Holy Communion on the first and third Sundays from Noon – 1:00 pm.
Please use the following links below to connect online to the Sunday Church Service:
Facebook click here: Facebook
YouTube click here: Youtube
Online Events Information
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will be doing a Streaming Devotional with Pr. Jamie Vannoy every Wednesday at Noon. We will also be including Read Aloud Stories with Don Bennett every weekday, Monday – Friday, at 2:30 pm. Please come, connect, and enjoy.
Please use the following links below to connect:
Facebook click here: Facebook
YouTube click here: Youtube
Altar Flowers Price Increase
Due to an increase in transportation and difficulty in getting flowers our Altar flowers are increasing to 45 dollars. We have not had an increase in the 8+ years I have been doing this commission. This is a meaningful way to remember a loved one, an anniversary, a birthday etc. If you want to sign up for a week, I have put a new flower chart in the narthex. All you have to do is put a check or money in an envelope drop it in the offering plate and mark it as weekly flowers, or mail it into the office. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at 937-510-4264. Michele Weyhrauch, Worship commissioner
OUTREACH AND SERVICES
Amazing Grace Daycamp
AMAZING! That’s what youth, campers, and adults said about the Amazing Grace Daycamp that was held at GSLC this week! THANK YOU to all who volunteered, donated food, housed the LMC counselors, and supported this important outreach ministry in our community.
Food Pantry News
Thanks for your on-going support for many needy families in our area who are serviced by the Neighbor to Neighbor Food Pantry. After our July 4 Food Pantry Sunday we were able to deliver 315 food items to the pantry.
The primary food pantry donation bin is back to the narthex; so if you are coming to church on Sunday morning you can bring your donations and place them there. During the week, if you are going by church, you can still place your donations inside the fellowship hall doors as we have been doing. Monetary donations may still be made by placing a check in the offering or mailing it to the church office payable to Good Shepherd with “food pantry” in the memo line.
The food pantry has told us that the following items are among the most needed and useful for donation: noodles and pastas, cereals, canned fruits and vegetables, kids’ canned pastas, boxed “helper” meals, canned meats, chicken and tuna, instant potatoes, canned soups (Campbell’s Chunky soups or Progresso soups – if on sale – are especially useful because they can be stretched by adding pasta and making a casserole meal).
First Lutheran Breakfast Update
When the weather gets cooler, the First Lutheran Breakfast will return to providing pre-pandemic hot meals indoors. (The anticipated change will be sometime in September or October). In order to continue serving meals twice a month (the first & third Sundays), we will need more people to volunteer. We need a minimum of 5 people, on each Sunday, to prepare and serve the meals. Would you please consider helping with this important mission, which serves approximately 100 guests each time? Please contact Lisa Connelly for further information or to volunteer. Thanks so very much! Sincerely, Lisa Connelly 937-361-9127 lisaaconnelly@yahoo.com
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Lifelong Learning
Learn more about God’s Word for us. Join us ONLINE to learn together.
Our ADULT Lifelong Learning Classes are ONLINE and in person! Everyone is welcome! Use the links below to join in the conversations. Discover the quality adult education we have at GSLC. Our Bible studies are open to ALL near and far. If you haven’t checked any of these out, please consider this invitation to join us now.
FRIDAY MORNING BREAKFAST BIBLE STUDY DISCUSSION for ALL
Topic: Lectionary for Sunday worship
Come on FRIDAY morning! Bring your own coffee and breakfast along with your BIBLE. The focus is on the Lectionary Lessons for the upcoming Sunday. Come join the discussion facilitated by Roger Bauser. Everyone (ALL ages and genders) is welcome! No prior experience is needed. Each week the study relates to the Scripture lessons for Sunday’s worship. Drop by and learn what’s behind the message on Sunday.
Facilitator: Roger Bauser
Time: 9:00 am – 9:40 am
For more information, please contact Roger at rebauser@me.com or call 937-299-5186.
SUNDAY MORNING ADULT BIBLE STUDY
Topic: Challenging QUESTIONS in Scripture
Facilitator: Roger Bauser
Time: 9:00 am – 9:40 am
For more specific information, contact Roger Bauser at rebauser@me.com or call 937-299-5186.
THURSDAY MORNING BIBLE STUDY for Men
Topic: Lectionary for Sunday worship
Facilitator: Roger Bauser
Time: 9:00 am – 9:40 am
Place: comfort of your home – connect online!
The Men’s breakfast Bible Study is ONLINE on Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. Bring your own coffee and breakfast along with your BIBLE. The focus is on the Lectionary Lessons for the upcoming Sunday.
Come join the discussion facilitated by Roger Bauser. Use the following link to join the conversation. If you experience any difficulty, please contact Roger at rebauser@me.com or call 937-299-5186.
SUMMER BIBLE STUDY for Women
The Jude Bible study has concluded for the summer. Thanks, Paula, for leading this Bible study.
MISCELLANEOUS
Offerings for last week: $3,666.05
The amount reported applies to contributions used towards the annual ministry plan which requires contributions of $5,243 every week.
Electronic Giving
Don’t forget to send in your weekly tithe/offering to the church at 901 East Stroop Rd, Kettering, OH 45429 or go to our online Electronic Giving:
Electronic Giving Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is now offering the option of electronic giving for regular offerings and special offerings. Giving is done using the company Tithe.ly which is the only one endorsed by the ELCA. There are three ways to give:
1. Via smartphone using the Tithe.ly app (download via the App Store or Google Play)
2. Online at Tithe.ly
3. Via the GSLC Website which has a link to the Tithe.ly website to give directly to GSLC
The process to create an account and give is simple because it is tied to a debit or credit card. There is also a processing fee of less than 3% that you can choose to cover if desired. Benefits of Electronic Giving:
1. Ability to give from anywhere including other countries – you only need an internet connection via smartphone or computer.
2. Ability to give 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
3. Ability to choose from a variety of options where your gift goes.
4. Can give more than one gift at a time with the “Add Gift” option.
Questions: Contact Martin Pierce (937) 287-4021.
CHURCH PROGRAM DONATIONS
AmazonSmile
It’s easy to do. Go to our website for Youth Donations, Good Shepherd Youth Donations, scroll down and you will see a little graphic labeled amazonsmile. Click on that and follow the directions. Once you’ve done that, instead of going to amazon.com to make an online purchase, go to smile.amazon.com and for every purchase you make, we will get 0.5% of that price donated to us. It’s still Amazon, with all the features of the normal site, we just get a small cut. Over time those 0.5% donations add up. Please consider supporting us in this way. The proceeds go to help with youth events. If you have any questions, please contact Don Bennett.
GSLC Lutheran Youth Corps (LYC)
Gift Card Program Did you know there is a way that you can financially support Good Shepherd at no cost to you? Through the LYC, you can order gift cards from a variety of merchants and restaurants at face value and a portion of each purchase is donated to the church to support youth programs and the First Lutheran Breakfasts. Although the percentage donated to the church may seem small, a few percent of our collective purchases can add up to a significant donation to Good Shepherd over time. Order forms are available in the Narthex. Orders placed on the weekend are normally available for pick up the following week, with the exception of some holiday periods and weeks where we do not reach the minimum threshold for placing an order. Please contact Don Bennett if you have any questions. What a great way to be faithful stewards of our resources!
A PLACE FOR NEWS
ELCA NEWS:
Lutheran Disaster Response Click here.
Lutheran World Relief Sustainable Development. Click here.
ELCA Global Links. Click here.
COMMUNITY EVENTS AND NOTICES
Optimist Kids Day in the Park
On Saturday, August 7 from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Optimist Club will be having Carnival Games, Prizes, and Face painting at Delco Park – 1700 Delco Park Drive in Kettering. Activities are designed for ages 5 – 12, kids must be accompanied by parent, grandparent, or guardian. Fun for the entire family! Lunch will be served at 11:30 am. For more information contact Ron Labatzky at 937-689-1021.
Join us in person at Walk to End Alzheimer’s
The Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s is full of flowers, each carried by someone committed to ending Alzheimer’s. Because like flowers, Walk participants don’t stop when something’s in their way. They keep raising funds and awareness for a breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. It’s time to add your flower to the fight. Join your community and show the world that Alzheimer’s isn’t stopping — and neither are we. Register today at https://act.alz.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=walk_homepage&autologin=true
Life Line Screening
On August 18 at Prince of Peace Church of the Brethren at 800 East David Rd, Kettering. 5 Vital Screenings: Carotid Artery Screening (Plaque), Heart Rhythm Screening (Atrial Fibrillation), Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening, Peripheral Arterial Disease Screening, and Osteoporosis Risk Assessment. Cost for 5 screenings is $149.00. Pre-registration is required, call at 1-800-395-3920.