Vacation Bible School 2011
Cowabunga Dudes and Dudettes!!! Can you believe it's almost that time of year again!? It's almost time for our annual Vacation Bible School! This year we'll be cruising on down to a SonSurf...
Keep ReadingI love Venn diagrams. The visual representation of all logical relations between a finite collection of different sets is just the coolest. Don’t you think?...
As we enter a new year of “inviting all people to grow into a Christ-centered life in God’s family” Good Shepherd staff members have brainstormed three key areas vital to living out that mission....
Every year at this time, the Weekly is filled to the brim with various opportunities in the life of our church. By my count, there are 23 opportunities this week alone! A recent member of the Good Shepherd family recently e-mailed me to share of the fun...
Next Saturday, August 25th, our elders are meeting for a bi-annual retreat day. We do so every January and August, and they have become two of my absolute favorite days of the entire year, not only because we have a lot of fun together, but also because I learn so much from each one of the leaders on the team....
Last week we welcomed over 220 kids for VBS. This week, our Middle and High School students are on Catalina at Campus by the Sea for a week of summer camp. Different settings, to be sure, but the same goal....
VBS week is like no other week on campus. It’s not even close. All week, over 220 Pre-K through 5th graders have been making crafts, engaging in science experiments, playing games, watching skits and singing. And singing. Then, a little more singing...
When we discovered Jen was pregnant with our first child we were still in Princeton, NJ, entering the last year of our seminary adventure. It was the summer of 2000. In the fall of that year we traveled back home to southern California. We celebrated Jen’s birthday...
The Red Sox and the Yankees. Tom and Jerry. UCLA and USC. Batman and the Joker. Coke and Pepsi. The Hatfields and the McCoys. Classic rivalries are all around us. Here's one you may have never thought of: 9am Classic and 10:45am Modern...
Stanley Hauerwas and Will Willamon’s book Resident Aliens opens with these words: Sometime between 1960 and 1980, an old, inadequately conceived world ended, and a fresh, new world began. We do not mean to be overly dramatic....
In 1926, the United States Supreme Court made a well-intentioned ruling that affects our everyday lives - perhaps for the worst. The justices ruled that the town of Euclid, Ohio could bar the development of land which had been slated for an industrial-use...
Cowabunga Dudes and Dudettes!!! Can you believe it's almost that time of year again!? It's almost time for our annual Vacation Bible School! This year we'll be cruising on down to a SonSurf...
Keep ReadingGreetings, I am always so amazed by how quickly the weeks pass - we're already to the end of March. The sermon-based Bible study is available here. It covers Jesus' trial before Pilate from...
Keep ReadingHi friends, A bone marrow drive is being held for our very own eight year old Kai Quinonez on Saturday, March 26th at the corner of Pine and Florista in Los Alamitos from 11am to 3pm....
Keep ReadingHi friends, Here is Pastor Jim's study guide for this Sunday, March 20th. We continue our journey through Mark, this week in 14.66-72. May it be a blessing to you as you seek to follow Jesus...
Keep ReadingHello, Church Family! Saturday, April 2nd, we will have a special spring cleaning day for our church facility. The event will give us all an opportunity to pitch in and really give our campus a...
Keep ReadingGreetings, Tomorrow begins the season of Lent, a special time to devote ourselves to drawing near to God and focusing on the events of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection. Our Ash...
Keep ReadingHi friends, This week's e-Bulletin noted that it's not too late to buy tickets and raffle tickets for an upcoming We Care fundraiser "From the Heart" next Saturday, March 12th at 6pm. Here's...
Keep ReadingIt was about 10 years ago that I, as a student, walked from the Student Ministries room into the Sanctuary one Sunday morning to join the rest of the church family in celebration our...
Keep ReadingHi friends, We continue in the Gospel of Mark this Sunday at each of our gatherings, studying Mark 14.26-52, a difficult passage where Jesus is betrayed by one of his own and seized by a...
Keep ReadingGreetings Good Shepherd Family, We are approaching a special season of the Church year - the season of Lent that leads us once again to the events of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection...
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