OPEN FOR SERVICE @ 10AM ~ SHARING THE LOVE OF JESUS
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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
Service
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.
Food Distribution
Food Distribution
Food Distribution
There will be a food distribution of the Lutheran Hunger Network's FREE Neighborhood Market at Hope Lutheran located at 364 E. Barstow Ave. on Saturday, 8/06, from 9-11 a.m. Central CA Food Bank will provide gloves, and you will need to bring your own mask. On 8/6, 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.
Thank you for your ongoing support of this ministry! Julie W.
Upcoming Events
Food Distribution
Upcoming Events
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
7/31, 8/7 & 8/14.
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God. —Ephesians 2:8
THIS truly changes EVERYTHING!
God's generous gift of grace to each of us has the power to change everything in our individual lives and also everything in our life together as the Church. We hope everyone will find the time to join together on these upcoming summer Sundays to be nourished and encouraged through God's Word to us.
Dinner will begin at 5:30pm and Closing music and snacks will be from 7:30-8pm in Jacobson. Mark your calendars for 7/31, 8/7 and 8/14. Please contact Julie @ 559-287-3457 with any ?'s.
Come and let your heart - your whole identity - be changed by God's grace! Bring your friends and family, too!
Save the Date
God’s Work, Our Hands 9/10.
Our congregation will be participating again this year in the ELCA's countrywide service project. The Lutheran Hunger Network will take place here and Sewing Saints will be working on Personal Care Kits. If you have any ideas, please see Janet Mc, Art, Sharon, or me. Start making your plans now as to how you'd like to participate. We hope to see everyone involved in some way. Thank you! Shalom, Julie
Pastor's Note
A Word From Pastor Ted Niemi
Dear Friends,
My parents are members of Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Surprise, AZ. Their pastor, Pastor Steve, shared the information below. It is about the importance of being together. This is from his article:
“Research shows that attending faith-based services four times per month will add 4-14 years of life expectancy. From a purely pragmatic point of view, that’s reason enough to belong to a faith-based community. Increase your life expectancy by 10%? That’s a big deal! Think of all the ‘wonder drugs’ that claim to help you live longer. And, of course, we don’t just want to live longer, we want to live better. We want to be happy, health and whole.
How does belonging to a faith-based community help with that?
Well, let’s think about what it means to belong. The Oxford English dictionary defines belong as being
1. In the right or suitable place and
2. comfortable and happy in a particular situation or with a particular group of people
When a person ‘belongs’, it doesn’t mean that his/her situation is necessarily good. Life isn’t a bowl of cherries. We experience ups and downs, good times and bad. Ecclesiastes says that there is a time for everything, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.
Who wants to laugh and dance alone? And who wants to weep and mourn alone? Life is better when we experience it together. We can be comfortable in any situation when we know that we are not alone; when we know that we belong to God and to a community of faith.
Our sense of belonging changes as we age. Living longer may mean that we outlive our spouse, siblings and friends, the people with whom we have the closest relationship. And then we may withdraw, spending more time at home, alone.
When that happens it’s vital for the church to continue reaching-out to renew that sense of belonging. If you notice that someone is absent or alone, here are some things you can do:
· offer a ride to church, the store, or medical appointment
· invite the person to dinner
· call or visit regularly
· sit together during worship and happy hour
· alert the pastors if the person needs a visit, telephone minister or eucharistic minister
Marines have a saying that I have always like: ‘we started together, we finish together.’ In other words, we take care of each other and leave no one behind. We belong together.
That’s a good motto for the church, as well. We belong to God and to a community of faith. We all want to live better, longer. Happy, healthy and whole. Together.
God’s Peace,
Pastor Ted
Help us spread the love of Jesus
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