A note from Cheryl, our Community Development Coordinator Community Garden – As mentioned last eNews the Floriade bulbs have been planted and tomorrow (30/6) the annuals will be picked up and we have organised a special planting session starting from 10am on Thursday. If you have a spare hour we would love to see you… Read more
News
LCANZ leaders have met to discuss and address the urgent church worker supply shortage confronting the church.
Over the next 10 years, half of our active pastors will retire from full-time ministry. Currently the LCANZ has 239 pastors in active ministry. Seventeen men are serving as Specific Ministry Pastors, and there are 15 Aboriginal pastors. Across the church, there are 65 Lutheran communities seeking a pastor to serve among them. However, over… Read more
June Community Update
A note from Cheryl, our Community Development Co-ordinator It seems a while since I have posted anything in enews so here is a brief update on some things that have been happening. Once again we have been successful in obtaining Floriade bulbs for our Garden out the front. The bulbs were planted last week by… Read more
The Queen’s Birthday 2022 Honours List
The Order of Australia recognises Australians who have demonstrated outstanding service or exceptional achievement. There are four levels of award. The Order of Australia also has a Military Division (awards in this division are recommended to the Governor-General by the Minister for Defence). Congratulations to Pastor Darren Jaensch from our congregation who has been awarded… Read more
Reconciliation message by Bishop Paul Smith
Reconciliation is all about God’s Heart A message by Bishop Paul Smith If we know that famous Bible verse, John 3:18, then we know what motivates a Christian’s contribution to Australia’s Reconciliation Week. ’For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that whosoever believes in him should not perish… Read more
Food pantry donation – Caroline Chisholm School Community
A note from Cheryl, Community Development Coordinator What a great blessing it was to receive last week the wonderful gift of donations for our food pantry here at Good Shepherd. A huge thank you to the Caroline Chisholm School Community (Primary & Senior campuses). Cheryl is pictured with Nicky Smith, Deputy Principal (Primary). Our pantry… Read more
March Community Update
An Announcement from Cheryl Turek Community Development Coordinator | Good Shepherd Community Church OUR GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE KITCHENETTE UPGRADE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL I am very happy to make this announcement and to thank Jacqui and Don and others who helped me with the writing of the application. Before we receive the funds formal paperwork… Read more
Maintenance Update from Hans
Maintenance updates from Hans Fallen Tree – Before Christmas, on one very windy day, part of the tree in the back yard of the church premises came down. Thankfully it did not cause any structural damage. Thank you to Richard Temme and co and Darryl who took away most of the tree that was on… Read more
February Community Update
A note from Cheryl, Community Development Coordinator We have had a busy few days here at the Worship Centre. We are seeing more people come on Bread Night and we are delivering to those who are in isolation or unable to drive. We also have new people coming along to the Community Garden (Tues) and… Read more
January update from Cheryl
A note from Cheryl, Community Development Coordinator Happy New Year Good Shepherd Members and friends The Community Garden kept going over Christmas/New year as the plants needing watering and those pesky weeds needed removing. During this time we had a weekly regular attendance of 6 people and once school resumes we hope this number will… Read more