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March 29, 2020 Online Worship Service

The Fifth Sunday in Lent

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“Welcome one another, therefore, as Christ has welcomed you.” Romans 15:7

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church warmly welcomes people of any age, race,

P The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

C And also with you.

Gathering

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS

P Blessed be the holy Trinity, one God, who is present, who gives life, who calls into existence the things that do not exist.

C Amen.

P If you were to keep watch over sins, O Lord, who could stand? Yet with you is forgiveness, and so we confess.

Silence is kept for reflection. Kneel or sit.

P Gracious God,

C have mercy on us. We confess that we have

turned away from you, knowingly and unknowingly. We have wandered from your resurrection life. We have strayed from your love for all people. Turn us back to you, O God. Give us new hearts and right spirits, that we may find what is pleasing to you and dwell in your house forever. Amen.

P Receive good news: God turns to you in love. “I will put my spirit in you, and you shall live,” says our God. All your sin is forgiven in the name of Jesus Christ, who is the free and abounding gift of God’s grace for you.

C Amen.

Word

SECOND READING: Romans 8:6-11 At the conclusion of the reading:

L The word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

GOSPEL READING: John 11:1-57

P The holy gospel according to John

C Glory to you, O Lord.

PRAYER OF THE DAY

P Almighty God, your Son came into the world to free us all from sin and death. Breathe upon us the power of your Spirit, that we may be raised to new life in Christ and serve you in righteousness all our days, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

C Amen.

FIRST READING: Ezekiel 37:1-14 At the conclusion of the reading:

L The word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

SONG “It is Well - Bethel Music” Alyssa Winnett I am Brave: © 2013

PRELUDE “There Is A Balm in Gilead" - Roger C. Wilson” Thomas Eisnor

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APOSTLES’ CREED

P With the whole church, let us confess our faith.

C I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was

buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION (As the Minister closes each petition with the words, “Lord, in your mercy,” worshippers respond with the words, “hear our prayer.”)

MEDITATION “The Spirit Is Life” Pastor Paul Baumgartner HYMN OF THE DAY “Spirit Song - John Wimber” Pam Weinelt (c) 1979 Mercy/Vineyard

LORD’S PRAYER P Lord, remember us in your kingdom and teach

us to pray.

C Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and

the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

DISMISSAL

A Go forth into the world to serve God with gladness; be of good courage; hold fast to that which is good; render to no one evil for evil; strengthen the fainthearted; support the weak; help the afflicted; honor all people; love and serve God, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

Sending

BLESSING

P Now is the acceptable time. Now is the day of salvation. Holy God, speaking, spoken, and inspiring, bless you, unbind you, and send you in love and in peace.

C Amen.

At the conclusion of the reading:

P The gospel of the Lord.

C Praise to you, O Christ.

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We are called, gathered and blessed to be a community and instrument of grace for all sheep of the Good Shepherd.

SUNDAY SERVICES: 8:30 AND 10:45 A.M. (ON HOLD UNTIL APRIL 5) SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:45 A.M. (CHECK OUT OUR ONLINE LESSONS)

Paul W. Baumgartner……...Pastor Thomas Eisnor………………………..Organist/Choir Director

Pam Weinelt ....................................... Praise Team Coordinator Cat Ontiveros .................................... Youth Ministry Coordinator

Janice Swinford .................................. Inreach Coordinator/Sunday School Superintendent Diane Moeller .................................... Office Coordinator Donna Garges……………………………...Media Coordinator

Aaron Frink ........................................ Custodian

FEBRUARY YTD Budgeted Giving Summary *

Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Actual Income: $398,762.92 Budgeted Income: $403,111.79 Ahead/Behind: ($4,348.87) If you are behind in your pledge or giving, we ask that you please catch up! Thank you! The work of GSLC cannot be completed without the support of the congregation! Thank you!

Easter Brunch Sign-up Is now available online.

Make your plans to attend and bring something to

share.

At this time, we are still asking you to plan for our Easter Brunch. We are looking for items to bring like decorated hard-boiled eggs, breakfast casseroles, juice, fruit and baked goods. You can sign-up for those items here.

Holy Week Worship Servants We remain hopeful that Holy Week and Easter Services will go on as regularly scheduled so we are looking for members to sign-up as worship servants for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and our 3 Easter services. You can sign-up online here. (Please note that if you have signed up in the Entryway at church, you will not see that on our online version, but we have you confirmed for that servant role.)

Must ministry Collection Available at GSLC Doorway MUST Ministries is coordinating a MUST FOOD Rapid Response program. Family food boxes will be distributed at several points around Cobb and Cherokee Counties beginning soon. They are accepting donations at their facilities seven days a week. Good Shepherd has placed a barrel outside the front doors of the church. Mike McCoy has offered to deliver the non-perishable items to

MUST. Please consider this way of supporting our community. The top items that MUST is collecting are: Beef Stew Canned Pasta Mixed Canned Veggies Canned Carrots Canned Meats (Tuna/Chicken) Canned Fruit Chunky Soup Canned Potatoes Condensed Soup

Canned Beans Tomato Products Canned Corn Spaghetti Ramen Noodles Bag of Pasta Mac&Cheese Rice

Easter Lilies Due to the nature of collecting money and the need to pre-order Easter lilies, we will not be ordering lily flowers to decorate the sanctuary for Easter at this time. We are currently considering some alternative ways to decorate the sanctuary for Easter and will let you know as soon as that information becomes available.

Keep Our Youth Connected To GSLC at this time! A weekly family devotion with prayers and activities is available on our Youth page at www.gslutheran.org/youth. We are also showing a video Sunday School lesson on our Sunday School Page at www.gslutheran.org/youth/Sunday-school.

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Lent 2020 During our forty-day preparation for Easter, we will spend the season of Lent in “self-examination and repentance, prayer and fasting, sacrificial giving and works of love—strengthened by the gifts of word and sacrament.” [Sundays and Seasons] To help us achieve those worthy goals, we will provide weekly worship each Wednesday through online worship video. Our theme for our Wednesday services will be “GO FORTH,” based on the Ash Wednesday Dismissal:

Go forth into the world to serve God with gladness; be of good courage; hold fast to that which is good; render to no one evil for evil; strengthen the fainthearted; support the weak; help the afflicted; honor all people; love and serve God, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Each Wednesday we will consider these aspects of who we are called to be and what we are called to do as followers of the crucified and risen Lord Jesus.

40 DAYS OF GIVING—ELCA World Hunger GSLC will be participating in the ELCA World Hunger 40 Days of Giving campaign during the Lenten season. Continue to save your coins. Information will be coming soon in response to these collections.

Wednesday Lent Schedule

Services Online at gslutheran.org/sermons

WEDNESDAY 5 (April 1) Love and Serve God, Rejoicing In the Power of the Holy Spirit Ephesians 3:14-21 1 Thessalonians 1:2-7 Philippians 4:8-9

2020 Good Shepherd Music Fundraiser Our musicians need your support! The music groups of Good Shepherd are teaming up to raise funds to update, refurbish and repurpose our equipment. Several of our instruments and equipment are over 20 years old.

Please make any checks out to GSLC, and note music in the memo line. We have a goal of $11,000 for the following:

Words and music reprinted under the following licenses: OneLicense.net #A701921 ● CCLI License #1393631

● Augsburg Fortress License #SAS011614

Handbell Cases and hand carts for stor-ing and moving equipment from the Mu-sic Room to the Sanctuary

$1,500

Handbell tables and risers $2,500

Foam padding and muslin covers $1,000

New speakers and cabling for Praise Team

$3,200

New keyboard for Praise Team $2,300

Costs to repurpose the old keyboard for use in the Music Room

$500

Total to Date: $4,620

Volunteer for the Lutheran Coalition for Habitat for Humanity 2020 Build

PLEASE NOTE: Good Shepherd will not be providing lunch on April 5th for this habitat build, we will also not be in need for any Thrivent Choice Dollars for this initiative. We hope that we will be able to continue with our following schedule: Build dates are all on Saturdays:

April 25, May 2, May 30. Join us on one or more of these dates and help us provide affordable, quality housing for families in our community needing a helping hand. This year we will be building a house in Canton at 160 Garrison Trail. Registration is on-line and a link for registration can be found in the Habitat for Humanity portion of our church website. Contact Mike Dooley, Max Epling or the church office for more information.

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Child and Youth Protection Class (CYP) is scheduled for Sunday, March 29th at noon. We will be holding this class virtually through Zoom. Please let Cat know if you are attending so we can make sure we have adequate materials and link to join the meeting. This class is required for anyone who would like to work with VBS or any of our children and youth programs.

ONLINE GIVING AND GIVE PLUS Even though church services are not happening in the physical state, the work of the church and expenses of the church still go on. Members using envelope giving are encouraged to mail their offerings to the church each week. Now would be a good time to sign up

with either GivePlus or Simply Giving! You can do that by going to www.gslutheran/donate.

FX3- Join us virtually on Tuesday, March 31 at 4 p.m. as we prepare for Easter. We will be creating Resurrection Eggs and talking about the Easter story. All supplies needed were dropped off to your house. The link to join the meeting can be found in your email. If you have any questions or need any help please let Cat know.

FLY Middle School Youth Group will meet virtually on Tuesday, March 31 at 2 p.m. We will be checking in with each other and watch a movie. Check your email for the link to join the

meeting. See you soon, virtually!

Saints and Sinners High School Youth Group will meet virtually on Thursday, April 2 at 2 p.m. We will be checking in with each other to see how things are

going. Check your email for the link to join the meeting. Can’t wait to see you all virtually.

Emergency Fund: We appreciate all of the support from our congregation members. We would like to ask if you are able, to please consider also a gift to our emergency fund. It is possible that we will have members in need of financial assistance as the current situation continues. If you are in need of assistance, please contact Pastor Paul.

Palms for Palm Sunday If you plan to celebrate with us from home with a palm, they will be available later this week. We will notify you through the Sheep Buzz e-mail with a date when they will be available, and you may stop by the church at a time convenient to you to pick up a palm(s) outside of the church doors.

Keep Our Youth Connected To GSLC at this time! A weekly family devotion with prayers and activities is available on our Youth page at www.gslutheran.org/youth. We are also showing a video Sunday School lesson on our Sunday School Page at www.gslutheran.org/youth/Sunday-school. Middle and High School classes will meet via zoom. Middle school at 10: 30 a.m. and High School at 8 p.m. These meetings will be via Zoom. Check your email and text messages for links to join the meeting.

Join Mike McCoy each Sunday evening, at 6 p.m. for a new class for all ages. The topic will be Contemporary Music and the Bible. Each class will revolve around a song(s) or part of an audio story (i.e., podcast story). We will listen to the song/story, then have a conversation about it and the how it relates to a story from the Bible. This class will be held via Zoom. To join in, visit our website home page and click the link to “Stay Connected Online” section and find the sign in link under Sunday Lessons.

Monday Lunch and Learn Bible Study is starting a new 7 week study called “Seemless”, by Angie Smith. Seamless covers the people, places, and promises of the Bible.

We meet at 12:30 p.m. Starting Monday, March 30th via Zoom. There is a workbook that can be ordered through Amazon. Please contact Cat at youthministry@gslutheran.org to be sent the link to join.