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Church Picnic:  Sunday, September 5th. Set-up starts at 3:00 pm, with games and activities for all ages, pre-school through adult, starting at 4:00 p.m., including some old-fashioned picnic games, like gunny sack races, relays and maybe Polish softball. Dinner is at 5:30 and a movie follows at 7:30. We will have a large tent, so the picnic is on, rain or shine. Feel free to come early and help with set-up and give Norlyn some pointers on barbequing (pork and burgers). Buns, condiments and soda will be provided. Please bring lawn chairs and a dish to share. A free will offering will be received to cover costs. If you have a favorite lawn game bring it along. The movies will be “The Incredible Adventures of Wallace and Gromit”, “A Grand Day Out” and “The Wrong Trousers”. If you have questions call Penny Sharp or Janice Devine-Ruggles.

Adult Bible Study, an 8-week study titled “See Through the Scriptures” beginning Sunday, September 26th at 9:00 a.m. This is a Bible summary course intended to give an overview of the Scripture and its message. It would be best to participate from the start of the series but if you miss any information we will be able to fill you in.

Directory pictures will be taken Wednesday and Thursday, December 1st and 2nd. Committee members are Tara Bartsch, Jane Wagner, Ione Miedema, Pam Mundt & Deb Stein. It’s possible to get an earlier sitting with Lifetouch Photography at Zion Lutheran in Stratford at the end of September. Contact a committee member for information.

Good Shepherd's Sunday School program starts with Rally Sunday on September 12th. Children ages 4 through 6th grade are welcome to join us! We already have a number of experienced teachers signed up for each class, but will be looking for additional teachers so that everyone gets at least one Sunday off per month. There is a sign-up in the narthex. For more information, please contact Nancy Tibbett @ 389-1557, Leslie Mader @ 384-9694, or the church office.

A representative from Thrivent Financial will be at Good Shepherd to present “Parents, Teens & Money Matters” at 9:00 am on Sunday September 19th. Learn how to talk with your teen about money and values. .This free educational workshop, designed for parents and their teens ages 11 to 14, can help you and your teen: · Increase your understanding of stewardship · Make intentional choices about sharing, saving and spending money · Talk about money and values in your family Call the church office at 715-387-2731 or contact Kevin Zogleman at 715-389-2278, ext 3 to register for this event. All Confirmation students and their parents are asked to attend this workshop.

Sunday School Teacher Installation is September 19th at both worship services.

Remember to drop off your Festival Foods receipts for July, August & September in the container in the church entrance.

The Quilting group will resume meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday September 18th.

News about landscaping! First, the council has decided to repair grass and build a terra lock edging. This project is ongoing. You can volunteer Tuesday evenings starting at 5:00. Second, we have plans for fellowship areas and general landscaping to accomplish over the next couple of summers. To fund the general landscaping ideas the council has opened a short term designated landscaping fund to receive donations for planting and other landscaping decorations. If you want to donate for a plant or a tree or in general for in honor or memory of someone we are ready to receive your gifts.

E-News: if you would like to receive the weekly e-news sent out on non-newsletter weeks please send your e-mail address to Cindy at gslc2@frontier.com.

An Offering Counter is needed: Teams of 2 people count the offering on Sunday after the second worship service which usually takes 30-45 minutes, you would be on a team with an experienced counter. There are 5 teams of counters so you would be asked to count every 5th Sunday. If you would like to volunteer please contact Cindy in the church office at 387-2731.

Remember to bring your used inkjet cartridges to church and place them in the box in the church entrance. For a list of items they take please see the list on the collection box in the church entrance.

Community Announcements During the week of September 6th-12th churches throughout the country will be showing the movie “To Save A Life” to youth - High School & Older: St. John’s Lutheran Church, B3750 State Hwy 13, Spencer, WI will host this free movie night, Sat. Sept. 11, 7:00 PM. Please RSVP to (715) 659-5158.

Attention Thrivent Financial for Lutherans members! Thrivent choice is starting. You will be given an amount of money to donate to organizations on a list, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is on that list. Watch for a letter from Thrivent in the first or second week of August which will explain the program and tell you how much you can donate. There is more information on the Thrivent choice at www.thrivent.com

Check out the Fall Classes presented by The Aging and Disability Resource Center of Central WI posted in the church entrance.

Fall Classes presented by The Aging and Disability Resource Center of Central WI posted in the church entrance.

More Community Announcements are posted in the church entrance