e-Bulletin | Sunday, June 5th
Hi friends, Here's this week's e-Bulletin! May it guide you in connecting with God, growing in faith and serving in love! Note especially two growth opportunities this summer...
Keep ReadingVenn Diagrams
I 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?...
One Step Toward Our 2030 Vision
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....
Mine!
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...
Start With Why
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....
A Day at CBS
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....
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VBS Week
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...
Thank You!
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...
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Rivalries
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...
Resident Aliens
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....
Counter Culture
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...
Love Wins (Or Does It?)
Hi friends, You may have already heard about a new book entitled Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived. It's causing quite a stir, with some...
Keep ReadingChildren's Promotion Sunday
Dear GSPC families, It’s hard to believe that the school year is speedily coming to a close. With that, we want to keep you informed with what that means for your children. On June 12th...
Keep ReadingStudy Guide | The Letter to the Hebrews 3.1-6
Hi friends, Pastor Jim and Connie are on vacation this week, enjoying some time with family in Northern California. Please pray for rest, relaxation and rejuvenation! Before he left, Jim prepared...
Keep Readinge-Bulletin | Sunday, May 29th
Here's this week's e-Bulletin! As always, it contains a number of great opportunities to connect with God, grow in faith and serve in love. One detail isn't included in our e-Bulletin about Tuesday...
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Strengthening Your Marriage
Married couples! I want to invite you to participate in a 4-week class that Good Shepherd is hosting this summer called “Strengthening Your Marriage." No matter how healthy our marriages...
Keep ReadingThe Danger of the Christian Bubble
Hi friends, Last night at our monthly session meeting, the elders and pastors began a new study based on the book They Like Jesus, But Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generations....
Keep ReadingStudy Guide | The Letter to the Hebrews 2.10-18
Greetings, The study guide for May 29th is attached. With it I would like to comment about the buzz around the recent prediction by Harold Camping that Jesus would return last Saturday...
Keep Readinge-Bulletin | Sunday, May 22nd
Hi friends, Here's this week's e-Bulletin. As always, it features a number of opportunities to connect with God, grow in faith and serve in love. Note especially our Campus Improvement...
Keep ReadingStudy Guide | The Letter to the Hebrews 2.5-9
Hi! The sermon-based study guide for May 22 is on Hebrews 2.5-9. This is an amazing - but challenging - passage in which the author exposits the meaning of Psalm 8, applies it to human...
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