Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Fresno, California
Sierra Pacific Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 

CONCORDIA CHOIR (MOORHEAD, MINN) IN CONCERT

Hear one of the nation’s finest college choirs perform Thursday, March 8 at 8:00 PM in Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall. Tickets: $30 Adults; $15 Students. Available December 1st. Buy online at ConcordiaTickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006. Sponsored by Ed and Jan Darden. René Clausen conducts the 72-voice a cappella choir in several spirituals and hymns. They have performed and recorded with The King´s Singers and Garrison Keillor calls the choir 'Exceptional!' Visit www.TheConcordiaChoir.org today for complete concert information!

BUCK-A-CHICK

This Easter, Good Shepherd will be joining congregations from across the country by having a “Buck-a-Chick” sale. Throughout Lent you can purchase and decorate a paper chick for yourself or in honor of a loved one for just one dollar!  A dollar is all it takes to provide a family living in poverty with a little chick. Soon enough, the chick begins producing eggs. Its eggs make nutritious, protein-rich meals, and can be sold at the marketplace for income – helping a family escape hunger for good.  At Easter we will send a check for the total raised by our congregation to the ELCA, and the chicks will be provided through ELCA Good Gifts.

Shrove Sunday

Our Shrove Sunday group this year was small but very enthusiastic!  We made masks and/or crowns, loaded up pancakes with all kinds of amazing toppings, and “pigged out” on Janet’s delicious ham.  It was Jimmy Sanborn this year who found the baby Jesus in his piece of King Cake.  Thank you to Woody Wilk and Sean Walker for flipping those pancakes, to Janet McQuillan for buying the food, to Jen Wilk for baking the yummy King Cake, and to everyone who stayed to clean up.

                            Jen Wilk & Jimmy Sanborn                            Chris Walker & Hannah Clay                                     King Cake

All Church Valentine's Lunch
Thank you to everyone who helped with the Valentine lunch on February 12th.  It was a wonderful time spent with one another!  Do check out the bulletin board with all the photo booth pictures in the hallway between Jacobson and the sanctuary.  Thank you to outgoing council members for providing food and organization, to Judy Smith, Elaine Koll, Jim Sanborn, Will Hayes, & Chris Trask for all their kitchen help, and most especially to Carol and Francis Sullivan for purchasing and serving the lasagna and for cleaning EVERYTHING up afterwards.

                             Kurt Niemi                                          Alexander, Kim & Jamie Frankian                                              Francis & Carol Sullivan

Easter Candy

As always, we are asking for donations of wrapped Easter candy for the children’s Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday.

Don’t Forget

Kids’ Sunday School is every Sunday from 10-10:45/10:50 in Julie’s office. 

We meet in Jacobson’s to get our snacks, and then we dig into the Bible!

Calling All KIDS!

We are having lots of fun very Saturday.  Our new time is from 3-5 p.m. in the Community Center,

 and everyone is welcome.  Bring your friends and we’ll have a ball!

ELCA Gathering News

           We have four high school youth registered to attend the National Gathering in July in New Orleans, and we have some upcoming fundraisers we wanted to let you know about.  We are currently working on a Good Shepherd congregational T-shirt.  We are hoping to get them ready and available this spring for around $10-$12.  We will also be applying for Thrivent matching funds.  If you have ideas or suggestions for the design or wording, please share them with Courtney or Kevin Bolm, Joshua Farr, Jimmy Sanborn, or Julie Dixon.  We will also be providing another car wash this spring or early summer and a bake sale for which we will need lots of your wonderful baked goodies!  Thank you so very much for your support and your prayers.

We will be following the ELCA curriculum as we get ready for this trip.  From their website, here is the description of our study: “The full six-month curriculum of the Getting Ready Materials are designed to engage the theme, citizens with the saints, and the Gathering program core practices — Discipleship, Peacemaking and Justice. Each session will focus on one of the truths that help us deepen our understanding of being made into ‘citizens with the saints.’"  We are so excited about this trip!

Youth Group
Saturday Play 3-5 p.m.

Most every Saturday the children and youth get together in the Community Center for some good quality bonding time!  We also take some time to play outside, sometimes walk to the park, and always have a good time together. Questions? Contact Julie @ 287-3457 or 13jdixon13@gmail.com.  We’d love to have you join us, too!

Louise Boyden, Sue Brisendine,

Dorothy Brechmann,

  & Zella Summers.

The Parish Nurses announce monthly FREE blood pressure checks between
church services at 10 am in Jacobson Hall each first Sunday of the month.

Sunday, 10:30 am & 11:40 am Bible Study in the Conference room (or the Parish house patio, weather permitting).

Our Food Pantry at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is truly blessed
by the kind food donations received from our congregation recently.
Needy clients referred to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church by LOVE In the Name of Christ
 will benefit by these food donations and loving our neighbors as ourselves will glorify God’s holy name.
 32 children, 1 infant and 44 adults were recipients of God's love through the Food Pantry in 2007. Bless you!

Thanks to the congregation of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church for providing

food for our food panty. 40 adults were served, including 4 disabled adults,

& 31 children in 2008.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Food Pantry

needed items:

Crackers, peanut butter, canned beans, canned beef stew, canned corn beef hash,

canned Vienna sausages (beef & chicken), packaged complete meals, cereal, dried fruit,

chicken helper with canned chicken, tuna helper with canned tuna, dried packaged pasta salad meals,

canned soups, canned fruit, spaghetti, spaghetti sauce, dry Kraft Parmesan cheese, breakfast cereal,

instant coffee, tea, rice, dried pinto beans, 2 lb packaged of rice, granola bars, beef jerky, nuts,

Top Ramen noodles, dried packaged milk. Thanks!

CELEBRATE MEMORIES OF LOVED
ONES OR HONOR SPECIAL PEOPLE

You can purchase flowers for the altar on a Sunday morning. 
The cost is $36.70 for these beautiful arrangements. 
You can take them home following the Traditional Worship service approximately 11:30 am.
Sign-up on the Flower Chart in the narthex.
Also, please inform the church office of the dedication announcement
for the Sunday church bulletin & flower color preference by the previous Wednesday. Thank you.

A rose bud & baby's breath in a glass vase
 announcing a birth are $14.50. Thank you.

Sunday bulletin announcement submission deadline is the previous Wednesday at 1:00 PM.

The 18th of the month!!!

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