Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd Reno, Nevada

What’s Happening - January 17, 2016 Second Sunday After Epiphany

Today’s Worship Leaders

Preacher: Shaun O’Reilly Organist/Pianist: Andrea Lenz AV Tech: Eric Doerr Altar Guild: Dan Ebner / Marcia Kringle

7:30am

Deacon: Lori Bigham Lector: Dan Ebner Communion Server: Damon Seamands Greeter: Damon Seamands Coffee Hostess: Laura Pierce

9:00am

Deacon: Lori Bigham Communion Servers: Todd & Carrie Mauldin Joe Pritchard Ushers: Carol Laube & Allan Mandell

11:00am

Deacon: Alyssa O’Hair Asst. Minister: Jennie Tibben Lectors: Ginny McBride, Monica Robertson Communion Servers: Grace Tibben-Lembke Madeline Ackley Greeters: George & Mary Aker Ushers: DeWitt Brown, Knute Knudson Coffee Hostess: Sue Beermann, Linda Shipley

Liturgical materials courtesy of Sundays and Seasons.com. Copy-right 2016 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved. Reprinted by per-mission under Augsburg Fortress Liturgies Annual License #28076.New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Divi-sion of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. CCLI License # 464858.

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Jacob Bender Jan. 17 Ian Flores Jan. 17 Dan Gustin Jan. 17 Joanne Hildahl Jan. 17 Jeanette Jones Jan. 17 Peter Lenz Jan. 17 DeWitt Brown Jan. 18 Chad Doerr Jan. 18 Chuck McCallion Jan. 18 Elizabeth Anderson Jan. 19 Marlene Swaffar Jan. 19 Andrew Solberg Jan. 20 Joanny Wilson Jan. 20 Cassie Phillips Jan. 22 Bruce Rodela Jan. 22 Jack & Shirley Ericson Jan. 22 Andrea & Robert Glover Jan. 23 Cavan Carl Burriss Jan. 23 Jenna Melton Jan. 23

This Week at Good Shepherd

Sunday, January 17 Second Sunday After Epiphany

• Preacher: Shaun O’Reilly

• 2nd Mile Offering—Rwanda Companion Parish

• NO Holy Communion Today

7:30am Traditional Worship 8:55am Earlybirds Class 9:00am Contemporary Worship 9:30am Choir Practice 10:00am Kids’ Community/Youth Groups 10:00am Journey With Christ: Welcoming the

Stranger—Luther Hall 11:00am Traditional Worship Mon. January 18—Martin Luther King Jr.

Day—Office is closed

Tues. January 19 Pr. Scott is in the Office 12:00pm Bible Class—Ministry Center

Wed. January 20 10:30am Bridge Club 5:00pm OWLS Dinner 6:00pm Budget Meeting

Thurs. January 21 3:00pm Bible Study—Ministry Center 5:30pm Personnel Team Meeting

Fri. January 22 9:30am Worship Setup

Sat. January 23

Next Week at Good Shepherd

Sun. Jan. 24 | Third Sunday After Epiphany

• Worship at 7:30am, 9:00am & 11:00am

• Shared Harvest Assembly at St. Luke’s

Looking Ahead

January 26—Project Homeless Connect

Jan. 31—RIC Sunday, Kent Kubista Guest Preacher

Jan. 31, 6-7pm—Prayer Service for the Healing of the Nations (Childcare is available.)

February 10—Ash Wednesday / Lent Begins!

Prayer Service for the Healing of the Nations

Sunday, January 31, 6-7pm Join us in the worship space from 6pm-7pm on Sunday night, Jan 31st for a service of sung, spoken and silent prayer. It is a style inspired by Holden Evening Prayer where we'll participate in imagining––and praying––God's good over the earth. Childcare is available.

Fellowship

Women’s Coffee Club—A NEW women’s group will be meeting on the last Friday of each month for coffee and conversation. The group will try out a different coffee bar each month. The first Coffee Club gathering is scheduled for Friday, January 29th at 9:15 am at the Coffee Bar (682 Mt. Rose St.) If you would like to receive group email re-minders about the monthly coffee gatherings, sign-up in the Welcoming Space.

The deadline for signing up for Tables of Grace and Game Nights has been extended to TODAY, so stop by the Welcoming Space table after worship services! You can also email Kristin@goodshepherdreno.org to express interest.

Project Homeless Connect The 8th annual Project Homeless Connect returns to the Reno Events Center on Tuesday, January 26th. This im-portant one-day event provides individuals and families experiencing homelessness with access to free services including medical care, social services, housing informa-tion, haircuts and cold weather donations under one roof. Good Shepherd is proud to support the efforts of Pro-ject Homeless Connect through:

Volunteers: Several volunteers are needed to help with set-up at the Reno Events Center on Monday, January 25th and to work at Project Homeless Connect on Tues-day, January 26th. See the Welcoming Space for sign-up sheets and details!

Clothing & Cold Weather Donations: Fill the tent and barrels! We are collecting clothing of all types, particularly cold weather items of coats, hats, gloves, scarves, woolen socks, undergarments, thermal wear, jeans, sleeping bags, blankets, tents and tarps from through Sunday, January 24 for distribution at Project Homeless Connect. Place donations in and around the tent display in the Welcoming Space.

Ministry Center (Church Office) Hours: M—Th, 9am-5pm; F, 9am-4pm

~ Today’s Events ~

Journey With Christ

Today, 10am, Luther Hall This year, Journey With Christ will be meeting at 10am on Sundays between the 9am and 11am services. We will be doing this in an open format where anybody can attend and discuss the topics that we'll be going through with the candidates. Here are the topics for the next few weeks:

Jan. 17 - Welcoming the Stranger Jan. 24 - Luther's Small Catechism Jan. 31 - Doubt and Belief

We hope that you all decide to attend a ses-sion or two when you can to welcome our candidates and see what Journey With Christ is all about.

~ This Week ~

The Church Office will be closed Monday, Jan. 18 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

OWLS Dinner Wed., Jan. 20, 5pm at Red Lobster

The 2016 dinner schedule will be decided at this dinner. If you are an Older Wiser Lu-theran Single (aka OWL), please RSVP to Linda Fearnley at 747-9867.

Shared Harvest Assembly Sunday, Jan. 24, 1pm at St. Luke’s

Our shopping list for January:

• Cold cereal (We need 41 boxes.)

• Canned fruit (We need 41 cans.)

• Powdered milk (We need 41 packets.)

• Deodorant & Bars of Soap (We need as many as possible of both.)

It’s VERY helpful to have your items the week before assembly, and you are wel-come to drop off items at the church office during the week.

A Reconciling in Christ Congregation

Welcome to the 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 inspire and empower you for Christian discipleship. We ask that you provide your name, address and phone num-ber 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 wel-come and encourage our little people to join us for wor-ship! Please reserve the rear seats for parents 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 navigate the information maze here at our church.

Shepherd’s Voice January Newsletter—Included are detailed calendars, upcoming projects, events, and ministries (available in print at church, 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 always report on in print. This is also where you will find sign-up sheets for various activities.

Our website is: goodshepherdreno.org.

Are you on Facebook? Like us at “Good Shepherd Lutheran, Reno” and receive regular inspiration, up-dates, 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, Mid-Week Interim Bridge Pr. Pr. Rick Mills, Sunday Morning Interim Bridge Pr. Pr. Susan Taylor, Sun. Morning Interim Bridge Pr. Deanna Gaunt, Director of Worship, Finance &

Communication Shaun O’Reilly, Director of Faith Formation Kristin Lessard, Programs Coordinator Maribeth Doerr, Office Coord. / Pastoral Care Asst. Marijo Rosevear, Financial Secretary Elizabeth (Dolly) Keller, Events Coordinator Jennie Tibben, Choir Director Andrea Lenz, Organist Iris Maytan, Organist Emeritus Eric Doerr, Audiovisual Specialist