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About Us
Our Mission Statement
A Community of Miraculous Expectation
A Community of Miraculous Expectation
Sharing the Love of Jesus! is Our Goal here at GSLC. (Artwork provided by Sue H. from recent paint night help at GSLC.)
A Community of Miraculous Expectation
A Community of Miraculous Expectation
A Community of Miraculous Expectation
As a community of believers, we are called to serve God through love and faithful service.
All Are Welcome
A Community of Miraculous Expectation
All Are Welcome
"Come Have a Life Changing Experience."
Pastor Ted Niemi
General Information
Services
Food Distribution
Food Distribution
Join us in person or live-stream on Facebook this Sunday. We have moved to one service at 10AM and will be live-streaming it.
If you have a Facebook account, click on the Facebook link on the home screen to access the videos. The videos are saved to the page so you can watch them anytime.
Click on the "Find Out More" button to download a transcript of the sermon, that will be available the Monday after the service.
Food Distribution
Food Distribution
Food Distribution
There will be a food distribution of the Lutheran Hunger Network's FREE Neighborhood Market at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church located at 2101 N. Fruit Ave., 93705, on Saturday, 1/08/21, from 9-11 a.m.
Central CA Food Bank will provide gloves, and you will need to bring your own mask. On 1/8, anyone planning to volunteer who is or has been feeling ill - especially if they have or have had a fever, cough or flu-like symptoms - is asked to PLEASE stay home. Volunteers will be encouraged to get food for their own household, too, just like usual. Please share this information with everyone you know who could benefit and with those who might want to volunteer. Questions can be directed to me @ 13jdixon13@gmail.com or 559-287-3457. Thank you for your ongoing support of this ministry! Julie W.
Upcoming Events
Food Distribution
Upcoming Events
HAPPY NEW YEAR!--time to clean out your closets, cupboards, shed or garage for our all-church " Rummage and Craft Sale". Date is Saturday February 19 from 8AM to 2PM in Jacobson Hall. Reserve your table to display your items. Mark prices on your items, set up on Friday, and staff your table on Saturday. You will not be required to handle money--we will have cashiers at the door. ALL PROCEEDS of the sales will be donated to the General Fund of Good Shepherd. The sale will be open to the public. If you are 'crafty' start planning and making items that you would like to sell as a donation. Procedure is the same as listed above. Dee Wright or Gloria Miller are available to answer your questions and provide more information. Dee 559-515-6467 and ollie471pop@gmail.com Gloria 559-431-2531 and millergreen1@comcast.net
Pastor's Note
A Word From Pastor Ted Niemi
Dear Friends,
Happy New Year! I would like to thank those who made the Advent and Christmas celebrations so meaningful. I would especially like to thank Dana Klein and all those who wrote devotions for our Advent devotional. It was a wonderful way to build up to Christmas. I would also like to thank Lori DeGiovanni and all those who helped decorate the sanctuary! Thanks to those who provided mittens and candy canes for the children at Roeding Elemetary. It was a beautiful Christmas at Good Shepherd!
I have been thinking about the significance of this New Year. In some ways it feels like the same old thing. We are still in a pandemic that is like riding a roller coaster. We are still having to isolate if sick, wear masks, and be careful that when we are in crowds. While the Bible doesn’t have anything to say about the Coronavirus Martin Luther did share his thoughts about how Christians should react to a pandemic. I shared one quote about a year ago where Luther talked about pandemics but here is another:
“It is even more shameful for a person to pay no heed to his own body and to fail to protect it against the plague the best he is able, and then to infect and poison others who might have remained alive if he had taken care of his body as he should have. He is thus responsible before God for his neighbor’s death and is a murderer many times over.” (Martin Luther, Luther’s Works, Vol. 43: Devotional Writings- “Whether One Should Flee From A Deadly Plague”)
Luther had a tendency not to beat around the bush. He said things straight up, as they were. People wanted to kill him because he told the truth.
I have hopes for 2022. One of them is that we are going to get past this pandemic. But it will take all of us making wise decisions. Thank you for your making socially responsible decisions! It is God’s will for us.
God’s Peace,
Pastor Ted
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