Church Office Phone: 515-573-3174
Lyle Hansen: Pastor, Home: 515-576-1676
Pastor office hours: Monday – Wednesday, Friday 8:30 - noon
Brad Niemeyer: Director of Christian Education
Please call the church office for e-mail addresses

The Day of Pentecost
 May 11, 2008

We extend a special welcome to all who
worship with us in God’s House today.
If you have no church home, we invite you to
make Good Shepherd your church home.

The Sunday School Superintendent is looking for a good used computer - not very old - Pentium 4 with a CD-RW drive. Contact Brad if you have one to donate.

Flowers Gracing our Chancel given by Wayne & Rita Lussman in Honor of their 19th anniversary.

Life Notes sponsored today by Roger & Andrea Peterson in honor of Andrea’s birthday.

There will be no Bible Class on Sunday, May 25th.

Change in schedule: Summer Bible Class will be at 8:30 am for the summer.

SERVICE NOTES: We will be going to a Saturday 6:00 pm and Sunday 9:30 am service beginning on May 24 - 25th.

Ushers are needed for 6 pm services: If you would like to sign up to usher on Saturday night, please see the sheet on the table in the Overflow - Thanks.

It is lawn mowing season again. If you wish to sign up, please do so on the sheet in the Church Overflow. We usually mow on Thursday or Friday.

Sarah Circle will meet on Tuesday, May 13. Hostess is Mary Winterboer with Bible study by Jolene Allers.

Ruth Circle will be on Thursday, May 29th. Note the date change.

"Not About Mothers" A Mother's Day sermon that's really not about mothers? A mother's sacrificial love and work is another way of understanding all that God has done for us in Jesus Christ. Hear about it on the Lutheran Hour KJYL (100.7) 6 pm. Sunday, KTLB (105.9 FM) at 8:00 am Sunday, KHBT 97.7 FM 12 pm Sunday, WHO-1040, 7:30 am Sunday. Log on to www.lhm.org for other stations & details. Hear Woman-to-Woman on Saturdays over Boone station 1260 AM at 1:30 Life Notes aired from 9:05-9:10 a.m. Sun on KWMT 540 AM

"LFL strives to connect moms to the promises of God’s presence in Christ—the presence of His strength to those hard-working and sometimes struggling and questioning moms, the presence of His power and forgiveness to teenage moms, the presence of His love and comfort to moms who have miscarried, the presence of His love, comfort, and forgiveness to those moms who have aborted, the presence of His hope for all the above, and His presence to help yet-to-be moms see the importance of chastity and marriage . . . when you help moms you've gone a long way in promoting the sanctity of human life." Rev. Dr. James I. Lamb, executive director of Lutherans For Life. A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life / www.lutheransforlife.org / 888-364-LIFE.

Missionary Corner: Pray for LCMS international educators serving at Sekolah Pelita Harapan School, Indonesia: Phil and Carol Hedemann, Matt and Kim Myers, Eric and Karin Semler, and Darrell and SueZann VanLuchene. Ask the Holy Spirit to keep their faith in Jesus strong in a country where only a small minority know Him as Lord and Savior.

LWML Needs: As a fund raiser for the national convention in Des Moines in 2015 (and to help the environment), LWML is collecting the following recyclable items: (Acceptable items and exceptions) Ink jet printer cartridges with a metal print head (no Epson or Canon BCI) , Laser jet printer cartridges (not toner cartridges), Cell phones without cords or direction books, Pagers, PDAs (Palm Pilots and Blackberrys), MP3 Players/I-Pods, Digital cameras, DVD Video Games/Players, and Laptops, all with cords and accessories Please place these items in the top drawer of the library file cabinet or give them to Jolene Douglas. Also needed for mission trips for eyeglass clinics are used single vision glasses and sunglasses. Place any of these items in collection box in narthex.

Building Healthy Families: In addition to sharing your faith in Christ, one of the most precious gifts we can give to our children is the experience of being loved for who they are as children of God. Today, on Mother’s Day, pray a prayer of thanksgiving for God’s gift each mother you know who reflects His love to her children. Happy Mother’s Day! Lutheran Family Service of Iowa 573-3138.

The Good Shepherd Endowment Fund has a scholarship available to current & former members of Good Shepherd who are going into church work such as teachers, DCE’s, Pastor, etc for the 2008-2009 year. Contact the office for forms. Deadline is July 1.

Vacation Bible School: The dates will be June 22nd - June 26th. We have many positions open and could use your help. Please call Brad at 573-3174 or my cell at 571-1640 if you are interested in reading, teaching, cooking, or playing with the kids for a week. Thanks.

VBS meeting on Wednesday, May 28th at 6:30 pm for all people teaching and helping this year.

Please check your mailboxes. We have information on a new project in the parsonage kitchen. If you wish to donate, please mark your envelope “Cabinets in Parsonage” along with your name or envelope number. Thanks.

Thrivent and Congregational members are invited to participate in a “Treat for Troops” event during the month of May. Needed are nuts, snack mixes, girl scout cookies or snack bars are some suggested items to donate. The local Thrivent Chapter is providing $50 for postage and will be packing and shipping the items.

Mark your Calendars for August 10-16. Camp Okoboji – Family Retreat II has engaged Dr. Paul Maier as special topic leader for the week. Dr. Maier is Second Vice-President of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. He is a renowned author and speaker. Additional information will be coming.

Check out the Good Shepherd Library. The fictional Million Dollar Mysteries Series is now in the library due to a recommendation by Barb Schulze. This series features sleuth Callie Webber, a private investigator and attorney who works for a mysterious philanthropist named Tom. Callie’s job is to investigate charities and, if they are on the up and up, donate money on behalf of her employer’s J.O.S.H.U.A. Foundation. Of course, along the way, murder and intrigue always seem to complicate the picture! Praised for its complex characterizations, gripping plots and breakneck pacing, the Million Dollar Mysteries series set the bar for Christian mystery fiction and has earned tens of thousands of fans around the world. Look for these books at the end of the adult fiction shelf, numbers 270-274.

It’s gotta warm up - be ready! Plan ahead for summer camping. Join us for the inaugural "Good Shepherd Outdoor Adventurers" camping event. We are planning to host three camping weekends for members of our congregation to facilitate fellowship, fun, and of course, food! Whether you camp in a tent, trailer, or sleep under the stars, you are welcome to join us. Put the second weekends of June, July and August on your calendars and plan to attend any or all. The first event is scheduled for June 14, 15 at Kennedy Park. We invite all campers and congregation members to join us. We will be hosting a potluck and campfire devotions for everyone, not just campers. More details will be forthcoming as the weekend gets closer. If you have questions, please feel free to call or e-mail Glen and Vickie Emery, 955-6811 (gemery@frontiernet.net) or Loren and Lynn Wittmeier, 227-7206 (llwitt@mchsi.com).

Little Lambs Preschool is still participating in the Hy-Vee SHOPnSHARE PROGRAM. We average $20 - 30 per month that goes directly to the Preschool. Just take your card with you when you shop at Hy-Vee and have the clerk sign it. When it’s full, turn it in to Hy-Vee. It’s that simple. Please pick up your pink card on the guest stand in the back of the church.

Please note if you have something to put in the bulletin over the weekend, please email the information or write it on the white board on the door of the closet in the church office. Information that is verbally given on the way in or out of church may be missed due to church service activity.

If you are admitted into the hospital, please call the Church Office or have someone in your family call and let us know. We do not always get the information from the hospital.

Fall 2008 for Little Lamb Preschool: Three year olds will meet on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9 to 11:30. Four year olds will meet on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 9 to 11:30. Cost is $58 for 3 year olds and $76 for 4 year olds. Tuition assistance is available. Call the church office at 515-573-3174 if you wish to sign up your child. Check out the preschool page at www.goodshepfortdodge.org.

WANTED by Christian Outreach: Names of people to call on. If you know of someone, please fill out the form in the attendance folder. Please contact one of the committee members. They are Joleen Allers, Irene & Merlyn Gutz, Jeri & Walt Licht, Pat Niemeyer and John & Loraine Pogge.

LWML has designated the last weekend of each month as MITES weekend. Based on the biblical story of the widow’s mite (Luke 21:1-4). LWML promoted giving MITES to fund mission projects. At the back of the church is a mite box that explains a mission project that delegates to either the district or national convention have voted to support to further God’s kingdom. Seventy-five percent of the MITES collection stays with the district for our mission projects and twenty-five percent is sent to national projects. Information on the mite box this month explains the mission project of HOPE Christian Family Counseling Center in St. Petersburg, Russia: $36,000.

Help the church: Learn to save with K.I.D.S. LCEF’s K.I.D.S. Savings Stamp program is a family’s opportunity to help their children learn how to save before they get into unmanageable debt as young adults. Contact Carole White 877.439.5233 or carole.white@lcef.org for more information.

There are lots of openings on the Life Notes sheet for 2008 located on the bulletin board in the Church Lounge. The 2008 Flower Chart is on the bulletin board in the front lobby.

Council and Congregation Members: Go to reporter.lcms.org to keep up on the Synod news. Paper subscriptions are available for $15 per year at REPORTER Subscriptions, P O Box 771669, St Louis, MO 63177-9902.

The Lord’s Cupboard has special needs for the following items: bath soap, canned vegetables, canned fruit, catsup, cereal, crackers, dishwashing liquid, jelly, macaroni & cheese, mashed potato mix, pancake mix, peanut butter, shampoo, soup, spaghetti pasta, spaghetti rings, spaghetti sauce, syrup, toilet paper, and tuna. Donations can be left in the basket in the church lounge.

For those of you who search the internet through Google or Yahoo, instead try www.goodsearch.com You can register for LWML and for every search we receive one cent. You can go to the site to see how much has been raised since the beginning of the year. Just like our MITES, every penny helps.

Do you use bill pay to pay your bills? If you do and wish to submit your offering to Good Shepherd via bill pay, we have set up an account with the Merchant Account Retrieval System which allows your payments to be submitted electronically if your bank is a participant. Just use your envelope number for the account number. They will e-mail and let us know who the donation is from so that you are credited for that amount.

Endowment Fund -“A gift that keeps giving.” The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Endowment Fund is a permanent fund that allows our Church to expand its ministry in many different areas. Only the interest and growth from the principal is spent. No part of the Endowment Fund can be used for regular operating expenses of the Church. By making a gift to the Endowment Fund it allows us to carry on the work of the Lord after we are gone. Any type of gift will be accepted. Gifts may be made in memory of friends, relatives and loved one. In addition, a gift to the Endowment Fund is an excellent way to acknowledge a birthday, anniversary or other special event. Some people remember the Endowment Fund each year on their birthday and give $1 or $2 for each year of their life. This is an excellent way to help the Endowment grow. Examples of ways that the interest from this fund will be used are for education, missions, evangelism, scholarships, family counseling, youth programs, church music, building fund and new technology. Any contribution or help you can give the Endowment Fund will be greatly appreciated. - The Endowment Fund Committee

Please note that your mail box is ABOVE the number, not below it, when you pick up your mail.

PLEASE NOTE: If you have a meeting in the church and need to be in after 5:00 pm, please call Brad Niemeyer a minimum of 2 days prior to your event to make arrangements for the door to be open.

Anyone who wants to leave a gift to the Good Shepherd Lutheran Endowment Fund can make arrangements to have a free Last Will and Testament done by a local attorney. Simply call Karen at the Church Office at 573-3174 and she will make the arrangements. Our Endowment Fund helps further the ministry of Jesus Christ in two important ways: (1) The majority of the principal is invested with the Lutheran Church Extension Fund which means the money is used to help expand and build new churches across the country, and (2) the interest earned on the fund can be used for a broad variety of ways to help our Church such as for scholarships, technical improvements, music department and missions. This fund is perpetual which means gifts to this fund keep on working long after we are gone.

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