Upcoming Worship

OUTDOOR WORSHIP UNDER THE TREES THROUGH SEPTEMBER 14

Enjoy Sunday Morning Worship all summer long under a beautiful “cathedral of trees,” and celebrate a season of beauty, welcome, and thanksgiving for the gift of the land and trees that hold us as we gather.

A play area next to the worship are will be available in for the youngest among us. A recording of the sermon will be posted on Sunday afternoon here on the website home page and on Facebook and YouTube. Hospitality & Fellowship coffee & treats immediately following worship.

NO 9 AM SUNDAY FORUMS DURING OUTDOOR WORSHIP SEASON

Sunday, September 7

  • 10 am Worship – Holy Communion, Blessing of the Communion Ministers to the Homebound, Guest Preacher — Vicar Anna Czarnik-Neimeyer

    • About the guest preacher: Anna Czarnik-Neimeyer (she/her) came to love the church by way of outdoor ministry in her home state of Wisconsin. Daughter of a camp director, Anna grew up living and working at camps for 22 years before becoming the national programs coordinator at Holden Village, 2012-13. She currently serves as the Climate Resilience Organizer for Design for Peace, a resource of the SW Washington Synod, which supports congregations as they discern how to repurpose their buildings & land. She is awaiting first call as a Minister of Word and Sacrament (Pastoral ministry), and lives in Tacoma, WA. Anna holds a B.A. in Communications, and an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies synthesizing management, religion, and social justice. She earned her Master of Divinity Degree from Luther Seminary.

Sunday, September 14

  • 10 am Worship – Final Outdoor Worship of the Summer Season, Holy Communion, Pastor Shelley Wickstrom preaching

WORSHIP MOVES INDOORS SEPTEMBER 21

9 AM LEARNING HOUR • 10 AM WORSHIP

Enjoy Sunday Morning Worship in Good Shepherd’s beautiful sanctuary.

A play area next to the worship are will be available in for the youngest among us. A staffed nursery is also available in Room 111. A recording of the sermon will be posted on Sunday afternoon here on the website home page and on Facebook and YouTube. Hospitality & Fellowship coffee & treats immediately following worship.

Overview of Worship This Fall

This fall, as we move inside for worship, we will once again be blessed with a rotation of three kinds of liturgies. Here’s an overview of these liturgies, by Nickolas Carlson:

A Legacy Liturgy: Classic and Ancient Gifts – In this liturgy, we draw upon some of the musical gifts of the Lutheran Christian tradition, including the Reformation and Renaissance eras, as well as older musical sources, and also some classic hymns from more recent centuries, including hymns of the American spiritual and gospel traditions.

A Liturgy of Renewal: Faith, Hope, and Love in These Days – This liturgy is designed to be a blend of old and new musical styles. We look to these diverse styles to invite us into a life of bold faith, enduring hope, and unbounded love as we live through these difficult times.

New Life Rising – New Life Rising is a liturgy built to engage all ages in modern, upbeat folk music and in the resurrection love we find in all our neighbors. Through worship practices, singing, and percussion that turns us toward one another, New Life Rising guides us to praise God with our whole body, mind, and soul!

Sunday, September 21

  • 9 am Special Event – Ministry Fair; the Fair continues after 10 am worship

  • 10 am Worship – First Indoor Worship of the Season, A Legacy Liturgy: Classic and Ancient Gifts, Pulling Out All the Stops: Giving Thanks for Organ Music, Holy Communion, Guest Preacher — Hannah Johnsrud

    • About the guest preacher: Hannah Johnsrud (she/her) grew up in Milton, WA, deeply shaped by church folks that felt like family and encouraged questions; her summers at Lutheran Summer Music, both as a student and a worship staff member; and her year as a Young Adults in Global Mission volunteer in Jerusalem and the West Bank, accompanying the Palestinian people. From these communities, she learned a love of music and worship, a commitment to justice and peace in the world, and a passion for storytelling and intergenerational learning. Hannah graduated from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago in May and is a candidate for the Ministry of Word and Sacrament, awaiting first call in the Southwestern Washington Synod.

Sunday, September 28

  • 9 am Forum – “Join Together to Sing: Harmonious Voices in a Discordant Time” A You-Pick-‘Em Hymn Sing

  • 10 am Worship – A Liturgy of Renewal: Faith, Hope, and Love in These Days, Holy Communion, Pastor Shelley Wickstrom preaching

Sunday, October 5

  • 9 am Forum – All Things ELCA:  Pastor Shelley on Important Basics, Pastor Carol on the Summer Churchwide Assembly

  • 10 am Worship – New Life Rising, Holy Communion, Blessing of the Communion Ministers to the Homebound, Pastor Shelley Wickstrom preaching

Sunday, October 12

  • 9 am Forum – Good Shepherd Town Hall Gathering: Updates on the Journey

  • 10 am Worship – A Liturgy of Renewal: Faith, Hope, and Love in These Days, Holy Communion, Pastor Carol Tomer preaching

Sunday, October 19

  • 9 am Forum – Holden Village: Come and learn about a possible Good Shepherd pilgrimage to this mountain retreat center next summer — A forum led by Cindy Spencer, John Masterson, Julie Hustoft, and Pastor Carol

  • 10 am Worship – New Life Rising, Holy Communion, Pastor Carol Tomer preaching

Sunday, October 26

  • 9 am Forum – “The 500 Year Flush: Reforming Ways in These Present Days” — led by Pastor Shelley Wickstrom

  • 10 am Worship – Reformation Sunday, Holy Communion, Pastor Shelley Wickstrom preaching

Sunday, November 2

  • 9 am Forum – “The Gift of Belonging” – led by Dr. Elizabeth Barton, clinical psychologist and assistant professor of counseling psychology at the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, and sister of Heidi Prince!

  • 10 am Worship – All Saints Sunday, Holy Communion, Blessing of the Communion Ministers to the Homebound, Pastor Carol Tomer preaching

Sunday, November 9

  • 10 am Worship – A Liturgy of Renewal, Holy Communion, Giving Thanks for Pastor Shelley Wickstrom, Pastor Shelley Wickstrom preaching

Sunday, November 16

  • 10 am Worship – New Life Rising, Holy Communion, Preacher — Bishop Keith Marshall, newly elected Bishop of the Southwestern Washington Synod