News You Can Ewes. Newe Opportunities for ALL Sheep of the Good Shepherd See Page 2! Mark Your Calendar for August 20! All that s missing is You!

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1 GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH News You Can Ewes V O L U M E 6, I S S U E 8 A U G U S T HAPPENING NOW Worship Committee Meeting, 7 p.m., August 2 Sunday School Teacher Training, 7 p.m., August 2 Kathy on Vacation, August 3-7 Sunday School Teacher Training, 9 a.m., August 5 Two-Can Sunday, August 6 Yarn Angels, 10:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m., August 6 Sunday School Fair, 9:30 a.m., August 6 Pastor Paul Out of Office, August 7 11 Blood Drive, 8 a.m. 1 p.m., August 12 Needlework Friends, 11 a.m., August 12 Empty Nester Trip to Art Museum, 2 p.m., August 12 First Day of Sunday School, August 13 Confirmation Information Meeting, 11:45 a.m., August 13 Church Council Meeting, 7 p.m., August 15 Newe Opportunities for ALL Sheep of the Good Shepherd See Page 2! All that s missing is You! Mark Your Calendar for August 20! The High School Youth will go rafting on Sunday, August 20 after the 8:30 a.m. service. Cost will be about $50. See Cat to sign up and for more details ASAP! Continued on Back Page CHECK OUT GSLUTHERAN.ORG

2 Sunday School Resumes August 13 at 9:45 a.m.! The moment you have all been waiting for is almost here! Sunday School for ages four through Adult will start on August 13. Note our new start time 9:45 a.m. If you need directions to your class, there will be a sign in the entryway, and the lovely Bettina Miller will be pointing the way as well. If you have any questions about Sunday School, please see Janice Swinford, Sunday School Superintendent. We look forward to an amazing year! There is always room for more, so please join us! FX3 Begins August 27! Are you in 4th or 5th grade, or know someone who is? Then this is the program for you! Our FX3 group (which stands for Faith, Fun & Friends) begins again on Sunday, August 27. Grab a bite of lunch and meet us at 12:30 p.m. - we gather in the Fellowship Hall, and get ready for a year of fun outings, service projects, and fellowship! For more information, please contact Karen Epstein. Adult Sunday School & Bible Study Opportunities Word on Wednesdays Resuming Wednesday, August 16, we gather in the library at 9:30 a.m. for fellowship, study, and discussion. We will study 40- Day Journey with Martin Luther. As we continue to celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, this study will help us explore our own spirituality under the guidance of the man behind the ministry, Martin Luther. For more information, please contact Lori Peters at loriqpeters@gmail.com. Thursday Bible Study Currently studying Martin Luther s Commentary on Romans, the Thursday Bible Study continues to meet Thursdays at 10 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. All are welcome to join in! Coffee and Conversation Resuming Sunday, August 13, we gather in the library at 9:45 a.m. for study and discussion. Upcoming topics for the Fall include: God's Urgent Call and Covenant with God. For more information, please contact Lori Peters at loriqpeters@gmail.com. By Heart: Conversations with Martin Luther s Small Catechism Pastor Paul will lead a course exploring the Small Catechism this fall during the Sunday School hour. Our conversations will consider the biblical and historical context of the Small Catechism, its link to the church s faith, and its connection to Luther s life and your life today. The class meets on Sundays August 13, 20, September 10, 17, 24, October 1, 8, 15 and 22 at 9:45 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Please sign up at Sign- Up Central to participate in this Reformation 500 course. Sunday Small Groups for Adults (at 9:45 a.m.): 40-Day Journey with Martin Luther led by Mary Tucker continues in Room 117 Men in Mission led by Jaime Escamilla continues in Room 116 Calling All Confirmation students and parents!! A Parent meeting is scheduled for Sunday, August 13 at 11:45 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Please plan on attending as we will be giving out important information regarding the year. If you cannot attend please contact Cat by calling , ext. 104 or ing youthministry@gslutheran.org. We have lots of fun things planned for this year you don t want to miss out! The first Confirmation class is Sunday, August 27 from 12:30 2 p.m. Saints and Sinners is kicking off at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 30. If you re in High School, come join us for an evening of fun, fellowship and devotions and bring your friends! We will talk about what we want to do throughout the year. Check out our new logo and watch for it to indicate great events!

3 Middle School Mission Trip 2017 Thanks to everyone who supported GSLC Middle School youth before, on or after their trip to Savannah, and who made time to attend the special Share the Story presentation and slide show. Extra-special thanks to Mike McCoy, Kristin Brenneman, Carrie Escamilla and Tim Ferg for chaperoning! See you next year! Left, GSLC s group included, (left to right) Avery Corley, Jamerson Riva, Kate Letsinger, Madison Mathews, Wade Pirkl, Izzy Freeman, Will Brenneman, Mike McCoy, Carlie Epstein, Ryan Homer, Chris Tallon, Greta Pirkl, Katie Brenneman, Kristin Brenneman, Sebastian Escamilla and Carrie Escamilla. Middle left, Izzy Freeman, Jamerson Riva and Will Brenneman paint fence at Faith Equine Therapy. Middle Right, Tim Ferg and Kate Letsinger lead worship on the beach. Bottom Left and Right: A group of GSLC kids and those from Grace Lutheran Church in Waseca, Minnesota painted and mulched at a playground for a women s shelter. Left is before, right is after.

4 PAGE 4 High School Mission Trip 2017 Thank you to everyone who supported our youth before, during and after our trip to Chicago we couldn t take them without your help throughout the year! Special thanks to Tony Endozo, Mark Duclos, Mary McCoy and Donna Garges for taking the time to travel and work alongside our youth. Below, back row, left to right Mary McCoy, Donna Garges, Cat Ontiveros, Kaitlyn Hovda, Delaney Duclos, Emily Endozo, Alyssa Winnett, Haley Hutchison, Hailey Hovda, Peyton Brenneman, Shane Cassidy, Christian Adams, Grant Rea, Marc Duclos, Tony Endozo. Front Row, left to right Adrian Escamilla, Piper Malcolm, Alexis Swinford, Chandler Adams, Alec Morris, Pete McCoy, Grant Morris. Above, you can spot GSLC kids Emily Endozo, Pete McCoy, Shane Cassidy, Alyssa Winnett and Hailey Hovda as they re-lable water bottles. Above, Grant Morris, Chandler Adams, Christian Adams, and in the back, Alexis Swinford sum up the week we need sleep! Left, GSLC s Youth Ministry Coordinator, Cat, with her group who sorted clothing and even modeled some. The group included Adrian Escamilla, Alec Morris, Peyton Brenneman, Delaney Duclos and Haley Hutchison.

5 Wear Red for Reformation! We are currently taking orders for Reformation Tee shirts to be worn at events throughout the year including God s Work, Our Hands Day. Join us as we wear red to show that we are living out God s Grace in Action and, at the same time, supporting the good work of Unchained Movement. Unchained is a non-profit organization that raises awareness and works with victims of domestic sex trafficking. Unchained owns a screen printing shop where the residents gain job skills and the funds benefit the residential program. You can learn more about Unchained at Unchained Movement.org. Tee shirt order forms will be in the bulletins or you can find them in the church entryway. Checks should be made to Good Shepherd Lutheran with Reformation Tee on the memo line. REFORMATION TEE SHIRT ORDER FORM Number of Shirts at $15 each Total amount enclosed All Sizes are Adult! Xtra-Small Small Medium Large X-Large XX-Large Reformation Tee on the memo line. Please make checks payable to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and note Your Name Phone Please include check with your order. All orders MUST be received by Sunday, August 6. Please put your order, including check, in the slot outside the door of Kathy Gunn, Office Coordinator. Thank you! Thank You Everyone! Thank you to everyone who helped assemble sack lunches during our MUST Summer Lunch Assembly week. Once again, we were easily able to provide 2,500 lunches in one week s time. A very special thank you to all who donated toward lunches and VBS during the months of May and July. Your donations were very helpful in allowing us to focus our dollars on providing more healthy and abundant lunches. Attention all travelers!! Do you travel for work or just for fun? The youth are collecting travel size shampoos, conditioners, soaps, tissues, and lotions for a project later this year. If you stay in a hotel please collect them for us. There will be a basket in the entry way for collection. If you do not travel and wish to donate we would love your help as well. See Cat for details. Thank you! NEWS YOU CAN EWES

6 How Did You Spend Your Summer Vacation? Good Shepherd Lutheran Church members were busy this summer helping build a home with the Lutheran Coalition and Habitat for Humanity AND making lots and lots of lunches for MUST Ministries Cherokee. We couldn t do it without the work and monetary and prayer support of all of GSLC s members. Thank you! Far left GSLC members and community volunteers assembled 500 lunches every day in July! Left, Tammy Frink, Mitzi Cerlanek, Susan Epling, Barb Kidder and others along with Ray Smith (right), work to make the lunches! Bottom left, (left to right) Zoey, Angela and William Scheitlin are happy to move into their new Habitat home built in part by the Lutheran Coalition and GLSC.

7 PAGE 9 Save the Date! God s Work. Our Hands. Sunday is September 10 Caretakers of Community For the month of August GSLC will focus its Caretakers of Our Community collection efforts on MUST Ministries. Although we host year-round collection bins for MUST Ministries, we have not given specific, individual attention to this vital outreach program since the inception of Caretakers of Our Community began almost two years ago. Since we will be helping MUST with its summer lunch ministry this July we thought now is the perfect time to help them restock their food pantry for the upcoming school year. Here is a list of their most requested needs: Jelly Boxed Dinners Peanut Butter Coffee Canned Beef, Chicken, Ham, Salmon, Tuna Chili Beef Stew Pancake Mix Tea Canned/Dry Milk Canned Pasta Dry Beans Dry Potatoes Canned Baked Beans Sugar Mac & Cheese Flavored Rice Flavored Pasta Spaghetti Sauce Oatmeal Grits Bread/Muffin Mix All items can be dropped off in the blue designated MUST bins in the church entry way or Fellowship Hall during August. Council Update, July 2017 Discussions Financial Secretary, Jaime Escamilla, reported that our fiscal year to date income for January June 2017 is $18,461 ahead of budgeted figures. Our new fiscal year began July 1, Pastor Paul will be at an ELCA Rostered Leaders meeting August Due to his absence, Council has revised its meeting date for August to August 15. Accolades Thank you to everyone who helped sort snacks, make sandwiches & pack lunches, and drivers who delivered for the MUST summer lunch program. Many thanks to all who were involved in our High School mission trip adult leaders, parents who donated to the Share the Story breakfast and all the congregation members who attended and supported our youth in this ministry. Low Country Boil? Good, and Good for You! Grace House Campus Ministry, which provides campus ministry to Georgia Tech, Agnes Scott, Emory, and Georgia State, hosts a Low Country Boil on Saturday, August 26 from 4-7 p.m. at Living Grace Lutheran Church, 1812 Cooledge Road in Tucker. Tickets are $50 for adults and everyone under 21 is FREE! There will be food, spirits, music and a live auction. Find out more by contacting Devin Strong by at Devin@GracePeople.org.

8 Continued from Page 1 Ladies Night Out, 7 p.m., August 15 Word on Wednesday Resumes, 9:30 a.m., August 16 Staff Meeting, Noon, August 16 Saints & Sinners Rafting Trip, August 20 Pastor Paul on Vacation August 23 September 9 Confirmation & FX3 Resume, 12:30 p.m., August 27 Saints and Sinners Resume 6:30 p.m., August 30 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 1208 Rose Creek Drive Woodstock, GA gslutheran.org An Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Congregation serving North Cobb and Cherokee County Communities. Join us! 8:30 a.m. Traditional 9:30 a.m. Sunday School (on break for the summer) 10:45 a.m. Praise Welcome one another, therefore, as Christ has welcomed you. Romans 15:7 Facebook: GSLCWoodstock Good Shepherd Lutheran Church warmly welcomes people of any age, race, nationality, sexual orientation, life circumstance, and physical or mental capability. Empty Nesters Event The Empty Nesters travel to the Booth Western Art Museum in Carterville on Saturday, August 12. The day begins at 2 p.m. and features exhibitions such as Creating Camelot: The Kennedy Photography of Jacques Lowe ; Painting Red Rocks Country, Past and Present and Ansel Adams, the Masterworks. Dinner at The City Cellar in Cartersville will follow about 4:30 p.m. Contact Karen Yerkes, yerkesk@comcast.net, for info or to be added to the Empty Nester list. Office Hours: Cat Ontiveros, Youth Ministry Coordinator, is in the office Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday from Noon to 9 p.m.; and off on Friday. Check Out these Fellowship Groups! Yarn Angels meet Sunday, August 6 from 10:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. in Room 120. Needlework Friends invites you to join them Saturday, August 12, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the home of Susan Epling (260 Orchards Circle, Woodstock) for needlework and fellowship. Bring your projects, learn something new, teach or help another friend. Knit, Crochet, Cross-stitch, Embroider, Sew, etc. Light refreshments provided. Contact Susan at at susanfepling@hotmail.com. Ladies Night Out meets at Keegan s Irish Pub, 1085 Buckhead Crossing in Woodstock, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, August 15. Sign up at Sign-Up Central and leave your cell phone number. Call Sue Pence, for information. NEWS YOU CAN EWES