KIRK’S LOG
Stardate:
Focus Scripture –
Acts 17:22-31
Then Paul stood in
front of the Areopagus and said, “Athenians, I see
how extremely religious you are in every way. For as I went
through the city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I found
among them an altar with the inscription, ‘To an unknown god.’
What therefore you
worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The God who made the world
and everything in it,
God who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines
made by human hands,
nor is God served by human hands, as though God needed anything,
since God gives to all
mortals life and breath and all things. From one ancestor God made all nations
to inhabit the whole
earth, and God allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries
of the places where
they would live, so that they would search for God and perhaps grope for God
and find God — though
indeed God is not far from each one of us.
For ‘In God we
live and move and have our being’; as even some of your own poets have said,
‘For
we too are God’s offspring.’ Since we are God’s offspring, we ought not to think that
the deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, an image formed by the art and
imagination of mortals. While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance,
now God commands all people everywhere to repent, because God has fixed a day
on which God will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom God has
appointed, and of this God has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
Minister: The Rev. Dr. Sue Gallagher Usher/Greeter Team:
Guest Preacher: Marilyn Levine
Lay Reader: Mendy Brown Terry Owen, Jon & Karla
Mitovich,
Music: Marilyn
Levine, Director Hospitality: Wanita Eberhardt
Kate Sauer, organ; Dorenda
Morse, piano Lock Up: Gene Johnson
Adult Ed: Richard Mitchell, Floyd Coppage
The members of
the Church of the Good Shepherd would like to extend our sympathy to: the family and friends of Traves
Griffin, who was killed in
Our members:
Nancy Eberhardt, Anis Johnson, Jeri Smith, and Michelle Tang;
Our homebound members and friends:
Fran Doty (Amy Homicz’s mother) and Fred Luft (Bobbi Luft’s husband);
Our extended
family: Mary Jo
Colegrove (Dorenda Morse's mother), Tammy Diaz (Paula Paul’s friend), Michelle
Feng (Patrick Xavier's cousin), Ted Feng
(Patrick Xavier’s uncle), Brian Festa (Lori Festa’s brother), Madeline Katribe Hanna (Linc Nagle’s
former spouse’s mother and grandmother of his two daughters), Preston
Herrington (Mercy Martinez- Nunnally’s
brother-in-law), Roger Hogeboom (Don & Barbara Mitchell’s
nephew), Andy
Hurst (Linc Nagle’s cousin, serving in Iraq), Anna Belle Mohr (wife of our
founding pastor Paul Mohr), Addison Montgomery (Linc Nagle’s granddaughter), Justin Zel Montgomery (Linc Nagle’s son-in-law, serving in
the Police Department), Amy
Mueller (daughter of Susan Olson-Phillips & Det Phillips), Donald Peterson
(Shirley Puariea’s friend), Jane Tutolo (sister
of Judy Kneebone, friend of COGS), for others for
whom we have been praying, and for those whose names are known by you and God.
Announcements
Cards for Michelle Tang – You are invited to send funny cards to
Michelle Tang, as she is about to begin a long period of isolation do to her
bone marrow transplant. Her address is
Ordination of Marilyn Levine – The
ordination to ministry of our Music Minister and Assistant Pastor, Marilyn
Kennedy Levine, will take place on
Ft. Berthold Indian Reservation, New Town and
Making quilts for veterans – We would like to make lap-quilts for our
veterans again. Please put the following
dates on your calendar — we will meet in Fellowship Hall on these dates:
May 7 and 21, from
Everybody can cut, sew, and quilt. Let's see how many blankets we can get
done! If you have any questions, call
Christa Manning at 332-8671. – Christa Manning
COGS
Adult Ed
Adult Ed
classes run from
and meet in the
Contemporary Theology Class
The
class has begun a new book, A New
Christianity for a New World, by Bishop John Shelby Spong. Books are
available at all the major bookstores. – with
Floyd Coppage in Classroom 1.
Biblical Studies
The
Ancestry of Jesus as Chronicled in the Old Testament: from Abraham to David! A little history, a lot of mystery! – with Richard Mitchell in Classroom
2.
John Shelby Spong in
Santa Fe on May 16 and 17 – John Shelby Spong, noted author, theology scholar, and lecturer, will
be in Santa Fe speaking on "How the Synagogue Shaped the Jesus Story"
on Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17. It is FREE, but you must sign up by May
9, as space is limited. Details and contact information are available at www.faithandreason.org/seminars. Please call Paul or Barbara Carpenter at
508-1211 or 379-7130, if you want to carpool. – Barbara and Paul Carpenter
Remembering our Vets – During the month of May, we are
collecting items for some of our veterans housed in VA hospitals and
homes. Many of our vets have very few
resources, and we can help them out with new underwear, socks, and any of the
items listed below. As we approach
Memorial Day, think of a veteran who served you and our country. Let's make a HUGE stack of good stuff! Here is a list of items appreciated by
Veteran inpatients:
ó Personal items:
· Toothbrush &
Toothpaste
· Alcohol-free
mouthwash
· Shampoo
· Deodorant
· Women’s comfort
items, i.e., sandpaper nail files, nail clippers, etc.
ó
Telephone calling cards
ó
Canteen booklets
ó
White socks
ó
New underwear
ó
Puzzle books (word puzzles)
ó
Small hand-held games, electronics, etc.
For help, call 246-9240. State Hotline:
1-800-773-3645; National Hotline: 1-800-799-7233; Statewide Legal Resources
Hotline: 1-877-974-3400. Services are
FREE and confidential.
Church Meetings for the Week of April 27 to
All morning Coffee
Monday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
All morning Coffee