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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

June 29, 2025

We have no good apart from God. That makes Jesus’ call to follow him an invitation to freedom. This is freedom to revel in the Spirit’s fruit: love, joy, peace, and patience. This is freedom to not be imprisoned by anything that would keep us from the fullness of the life God has given us. This is the path of life.

Today’s worship service will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel at 10:30 am. Join us live, or watch the video here at a later time.

The bulletin for the service can be downloaded here.

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time

June 22, 2025

June is a significant month for important social emphases in our country. Yesterday was National Indigenous Peoples Day and this whole month is Pride Month. We will recognize these two emphases in our worship today. And what a stroke of luck that our gospel and our second reading speak to us of God’s will for human community, with a little exorcism thrown in for drama! Because it turns out there’s a few demons standing in the way of that community becoming a reality.

Today’s worship service will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel at 10:30 am. Join us live, or watch the video here at a later time.

The bulletin for the service can be downloaded here.

Vacation Bible School 2025

June 20, 2025

Together with our partners at St. Laurence Anglican Church we are again offering Vacation Bible School this summer mornings from August 11-15 (mornings from 9am to noon). Our program this year is called “Road Trip.”

Kids ages 4-11 are invited to join together at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church for a thrilling road trip adventure, exploring exciting destinations with the Navigator and their pup, Scout! Through engaging Bible stories, interactive games, scrumptious snacks, dazzling science experiments, and engaging crafts, we’ll discover that God is always with us – whether we’re off course, joyful, alone… or anywhere.

Have any friends or families you know that might be interested? Feel free to invite them, and join us for the journey of a lifetime!

Hope you can join us!

You can register your kids for Road Trip VBS at: https://tinyurl.com/RoadTrip25VBS

Or by clicking the button below:

Register Here!

Holy Trinity Sunday 2025

June 15, 2025

A Sunday like Holy Trinity that focusses on a theological doctrine maybe makes us think about truth. But to quote a famous Bible bad guy, “What is truth?” Is it eternal, written in stone, unchanging, and immutable? Or is it more dynamic, nimble, and responsive to our changing lives than that? We go back to hear Jesus’s last words to his disciples as he gives them one last lesson in the life of the Spirit of truth.

Today’s worship service will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel at 10:30 am. Join us live, or watch the video here at a later time.

The bulletin for the service can be downloaded here.

“Sugar and Sprice” Coffee House Fundraiser

June 11, 2025

Come and enjoy an evening of great music, tasty coffee & treats, and good company at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (1504 Sprice Ave) on June 13, from 7 to 10 PM! The evening will include performances of folk-rock, jazz, and singer-songwriter selections.

Admission and concession by donation. All funds raised go to ignYte, the joint youth ministry of Good Shepherd Lutheran and St. Laurence Anglican churches to help fund their trip to the National Youth Gathering this summer.

Pentecost Sunday (Joint Service)

June 8, 2025

No service will be taking place at Good Shepherd today.

We are celebrating Pentecost Sunday in good Holy Spirit fashion by gathering with our friends from St Laurence Anglican Church for a joint service. You can find the service live-streamed and recorded on their website which is saintlaurence.ca We will reflect together on how life with God is as natural as breathing, despite its challenges and struggles.

Seventh Sunday of Easter: Ascension of Our Lord

June 1, 2025

Up, up, and away! That’s usually what we think the story of Christ’s Ascension is all about. And in a sense it is. But it’s also a story that points us in some other directions. It asks us to look down and take notice of the place where we are planted. It asked us to look around at those with whom we share that place. And it points us forward to where God is calling us to go. Maybe it even asks us to look behind us to consider what exactly propels us forward on this journey of faith we’re on.

Today’s worship service will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel at 10:30 am. Join us live, or watch the video here at a later time.

The bulletin for the service can be downloaded here.

Sixth Sunday of Easter

May 25, 2025

What’s the one thing that gets in the way of you receiving new life and following Christ’s call? Maybe it isn’t just one thing. Our readings today give us a few options. And draw us back to the truth at the heart of this Easter season. We are a resurrection people. So what does that mean for life in a world as crazy as ours is right now?

Today’s worship service will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel at 10:30 am. Join us live, or watch the video here at a later time.

The bulletin for the service can be downloaded here.

Yard Sale!

May 21, 2025

Good Shepherd’s annual Yard Sale is happening this Saturday from 9am to 2pm! The sale is always a great opportunity to interact with the community and help raise money for some worthy causes. We appreciate any help you can provide.

Fifth Sunday in Easter

May 18, 2025

Praise the Lord! It’s a phrase that rolls off our tongue as Christians easily and (usually) joyfully. But is the tongue the only part of our body that is involved in giving praise? And is church the only place where praise is appropriate? And can praise even, at times, make us uncomfortable? Maybe there’s more to that pious little phrase than we realize, as our readings today teach us.

Today’s worship service will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel at 10:30 am. Join us live, or watch the video here at a later time.

The bulletin for the service can be downloaded here.