What’s Happening—June 7, 2015 Second Sunday after Pentecost

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

Today’s Worship Leaders

Presider/Preacher: Pr. John Handrich Organist/Pianist: Jeff Tilley AV Tech: Eric Doerr Altar Guild: Karen Hensel / Dee McCallion

7:30am

Deacon: Maribeth Doerr Lector: Nicole Guyette Communion Server: Barbara Gruenewald Greeter: Greg Doerr Coffee Hostess: Barbara Gruenewald

9:00am

Deacon: Maribeth Doerr Communion Servers: Barbara Gruenewald Vic & Emelie Williams Greeters/Ushers: Kay Harbeck

11:00am

Deacon: Mel Cone Assisting Minister: Ron Lembke Lectors: Robert Schmidt, Grace Schoenfeld Communication Servers: Augie & Joanne Kaufmann Greeters: Bill & Barbara Reese Ushers: Craig Hill, Al Nelson Coffee Hostess: Gale Lundquist

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Birthdays & Anniversaries June 7 Sun: Chip Hobson, Chelsey Spencley Lori Williams June 8 Mon: Noah Tibben-Lembke June 9 Tue: Paul Campbell June 10 Wed: Paula Lenz; Jackie & Ken Parry

Todd & Linda Shipley June 11 Thur: Jackie Parry; Dolly & Wes Keller

Carrie & Todd Mauldin Gary & Sherise Smith

June 12 Fri: Sue Savage, Todd Shipley Susan Hammed & Daniel Garza Joann & Richard Hemp Christina & Josh Martin June 13 Sat: —

This Week at Good Shepherd

Sunday, June 7 Second Sunday after Pentecost

Presider/Preacher . . . Pr. John Handrich

7:30am Traditional Worship 8:40am Earlybird class – Luther Hall 9:00am Contemporary Worship 9:55am NO Kids Community / Youth

Groups (off for Summer) 10:00am NO Adult Faith Formation 11:00am Traditional Worship Mon. June 8 Tues. June 9 12:00pm Bible Class—Ministry Center 5:00pm Bible Class—Ministry Center Wed. June 10 1:00pm Rebekah Circle—Ministry Center 4:00pm Finance Review Team Meeting Thurs. June 11 2:30pm Hearts & Hands Quilters—Luther

Hall 3:00pm Bible Study—Ministry Center Fri. June 12 10:00am Worship set-up Sat. June 13

Next Week at Good Shepherd

Sun. June 14 | 3rd Sunday after Pentecost

Worship at 7:30am, 9:00am & 11:00am

Pr. Brent Hoy-Bianchi preaches

Services of Healing

NO Holy Communion

8:40am Earlybird Class—Luther Hall

~ Today’s Events ~

Congratulations to our High School Graduates!

Today’s Coffee Hour Treats have been given by Dolly & Wes Keller in honor

of their 10th anniversary.

NO Healing Stations Today Next Sunday there will be Services of Healing at all three services. Please see the informa-tion in the next column.

Today is the Last Day to Reserve your seats for the Reno Aces game

The game is June 26 but we need to send in our deposit this week! Sign-up forms are on the Welcoming Space table. Your payment needs to be at the office by Monday morning. You can put your check in the office mail slot anytime after church Sunday until 9:00am Mon-day morning.

~ ANNOUNCEMENTS ~

Services of Healing - June 14

A Healing Service is a worship experience that focuses on our individual needs for restoration of mind, body, and soul. This corporate wor-ship service invites participants to receive an anointing (blessed oil placed on one’s fore-head made in the name of God) through the ancient rite of laying on of hands after time spent in prayer with the pastor/leader. The ser-vice is more meditative and self-reflective and seeks to unite the healing power of Christ with our wounded selves. People attend the service often for themselves or for a loved one whom they are concerned about. Renown Chaplain, Pr. Brent Hoy-Bianchi will lead us through this special worship day. There will be no Holy Communion on June 14.

Shared Harvest Our shopping list for June:

Peanut butter (41 jars) Chili (41 cans)

Canned vegetables (82 cans) Toothpaste (82 tubes)

Toothbrushes (82 brushes) Try to bring by June 21 (okay to bring by the 28th). Assembly is at Holy Cross at 1pm on June 28.

Congratulations to these LCGS Members who won prizes in the

ACTIONN raffle: Debbie Leone, Matt Leone, Carolyn Cramer, and Cara Paoli. ACTIONN thanks all of you who purchased tickets and donated prizes. ACTIONN has also received grant funding through the Ford Foundation and will be hiring a full time Organizer position. If you’re inter-ested in applying, see their website for more information (actionn.org).

Silver Sage Manor Groundbreaking Ceremony

Monday, June 8, 11am

Silver Sage Manor is building their third low cost housing for seniors facility. Please join them for the groundbreaking ceremony for this new pro-ject! For more information, contact Grace Schoenfeld (825-8355) or Jerry Mullen (852-1849).

Contact Information for Pr. Paul Pr. Paul & Cherie Bodin

2800 Ironwood St. Gillette, WY 82716 paul@paulbodin.net

June Guest Pastors Today, June 7, Pr. John Handrich, a familiar face, will preach at all services. We also congratulate our high school graduates. Summer begins for Good Shepherd as the choir and Kids Community are on hiatus. On June 14, Pr. Brent Hoy-Bianchi will preach. He is an ELCA pastor, a member of Good Shepherd and is currently the chaplain at Renown Medical Center. We will have a full Service of Healing (see other page for details.) There will be no Holy Communion. On June 21 Pr. Mike Zurek is a former member who was confirmed by Pr. Ruth Hanusa in the early 1990’s. He has become a pastor and is called to a church in Visalia. His family still lives in Reno and he was thrilled to be asked to come back and preach here! On June 28, Susan Palwick, a UNR English Professor will preach. She preaches regularly at the Episcopal church in Sparks and some will remember her from Lenten worship and Faith formation classes last year.

TODAY’S READINGS IN THE BIBLE Genesis 3:8-15 This section of the Yahwist narrative in Genesis 3 probably functioned as an etiological (explains an ori-gin) myth about the Israelite rejection of the Canaanite goddess Asherah, who was imaged as a snake in a tree. That public nakedness is shameful indicates something of the mores of the Israelites who told this story. Many ancient cultures tell a story in which the woman is at fault for human unhappiness. The creature—a snake with legs—may have been imagined as a kind of primordial dragon. The explanation for human sorrows and sins as told in Genesis 2:4b—3:24 contrasts theologically with the later composi-tion found in the positive poem in Genesis 1:1—2:4a. 2 Corinthians 4:13—5:1 Paul writes to the Christians in Corinth of his confidence in the resurrection: our incorporation into Christ means that we will share in his destiny, which is eternal life with God. Our current condition is called “our outer nature” and “an earthly tent.” The quotation (v. 13) is from the Septuagint of Psalm 116:10. The “house in the heavens” fits with the Greek Platonic idea —not one original to Judaism—that what is truly “real” is the ideal that is beyond this earth. Mark 3:20-35 Mark’s intent in this section is to establish the authority with which Jesus acts to heal, teach, and gather disciples. The idea is that human power must come from either God or Satan. “Satan” became in intert-estamental Jewish angelology the leader of the forces of evil. The accusation of insanity was to the origi-nal readers identical with that of demon possession. Beelzebul, a reference to an episode in 2 Kings 1, is the name of a Philistine god of Ekron, originally Beelzebub, altered in ridicule to become “lord of the flies.” To blaspheme is to dishonor the divine. Part of the disquieting picture that Mark gives of Jesus is his disregard for his natural family. The doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary, popularized by Jerome in the fourth century, is not based on Mark, who narrates nothing supernatural about Jesus’ birth and speaks of Jesus’ siblings. The reference to blaspheming the Holy Spirit is obscure but perhaps indi-cates an honoring of the Spirit of Christ.

Welcome Pr. Scott Trevithick

The Governing Board is pleased to announce that we have hired Pr. Scott Trevithick to serve as our ¼ time mid-week pastoral minister. He will be in the office on Tuesdays and will:

Provide pastoral care to all members of the congregation including hospital visits, funerals and pastoral counseling

Participate in the key leadership including attending Governing Board meetings as scheduled

Lead mid-week Bible studies teaching the word of God (Tuesdays at Noon and 5pm)

Provide support to the staff by attending weekly staff meetings and as requested by key staff

If there are other pastoral needs in the week, he will be on call to assist Good Shepherd. It is our plan that Pr. Scott will be with us until our permanent pastor is in place sometime this sum-mer. Pr. Scott will not be here on Sunday mornings but we have scheduled guest pastors for each week who will share the good news from their perspective.

prscott@goodshepherdreno.org Tuesday: 329-0696 Ext. 102

Cell: 775-247-2679

New Pastor Timeline: Where are we on this journey?

Governing Board Selects 6 Call Team members completed

Congregation Approves Call Team completed

Call Team holds congregational event to receive input for Ministry Profile completed

Congregation completes a survey completed

Call Team meets with staff and key leaders for input completed

Call Team completes Ministry Profile reflecting the personality of our congregation and the kind of new pastor we are looking for completed

Synod Office approves Ministry Profile completed

Call Team waits for Synod to send names of candidates

Call Team researches the candidates

Call Team recommends a candidate to the Governing Board

Congregational “Meet and Greet” is held to meet the pastoral candidate

Congregational Meeting is held to approve the calling of the pastoral candidate and the compensation package

New Pastor arrives to Good Shepherd!

Welcome to Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

357 Clay Street

Reno, NV 89501

775-329-0696 staff@goodshepherdreno.org

GoodShepherdReno.org | facebook.com/goodshepherdreno

Welcome, Guests

We’re glad you’re here! May your worship here in-spire and empower you for Christian discipleship. We ask that you provide your name, address and phone number in the blue Friendship Register at the end of each row. We promise not to pester you!

Child care is available in the nursery; however we welcome and encourage our little people to join us for worship! Please reserve the rear seats for par-ents with small children and latecomers. Activity bags for kids are also available in the hallway.

Assisted Listening Devices are available for those with difficulty hearing. Please inquire at the AV Booth in the rear of the Worship Space.

Keeping In Touch

Whether you are here for the first time today, or have been here for ages, we want to help you navi-gate the information maze here at our church.

Shepherd’s Voice June Newsletter —Included are detailed calendars, upcoming projects, events, and ministries (available in print at church and via email or online on our website—goodshepherdreno.org—go to News for the current issue.)

Information Tables in the Welcoming Space—There is a lot of good information that we don’t al-ways report on in print. This is also where you will find sign-up sheets for various activities.

Our website is www.goodshepherdreno.org.

Are you on Facebook? Like us at “Good Shep-herd Lutheran, Reno” and receive regular inspira-tion, updates, and connection throughout the week.

Where to Park:

On Sundays and Weekdays after 5pm: Good Shepherd Parking Lot (behind

church) including two handicap spots and four Senior parking spots

527 California (Geoffrey Giles, Attorney)

490 California (Wells Fargo Bank lot)

505 S. Arlington (West of Professional Bldg

299 S. Arlington (Washoe Legal Services)

Parking lot between 522 & 530 California

On-the-street parking any day: California Ave., Arlington Ave., Nixon St.

Ridge St. EAST of Clay St.

City of Reno requires that we NEVER park on: Lee or Ridge St. WEST of Clay St.

Staff of Good Shepherd

Pr. Scott Trevithick, Summer Bridge Pastor Deanna Gaunt, Director of Worship, Finance &

Communication Shaun O’Reilly, Director of Faith Formation Kristin Lessard, Programs Coordinator Maribeth Doerr, Office Coordinator

Marijo Rosevear, Financial Secretary Patzy Martinez Perez, Student Ministry Elizabeth (Dolly) Keller, Events Coordinator Jennie Tibben, Choir Director Andrea Lenz, Organist Iris Maytan, Organist Emeritus Eric Doerr, Audiovisual Specialist

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