WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR THE WEEK OF ​JANUARY 4, 2026
OUR FATHER’S BUSINESS THIS WEEK
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Sunday, January 4 8:00 A.M. Worship Service with Communion
9:15 A.M. Education Hour
10:30 A.M. Worship Service
Monday, January 5 5:30 P.M. Bell Choir
6:30 P.M. Adult Choir
Tuesday, January 6 6:30 P.M. Elders Meeting
6:30 P.M. Fellowship Meeting
Wednesday, January 7 10:30 A.M. Adult Bible Study
5:15 P.M. Confirmation Class
Thursday, January 8 6:30 P.M. Worship Service with Communion
Saturday, January 10 7:00 A.M. Men’s Group
9:00 A.M. Women’s Group at Parkview
Sunday, January 11 8:00 A.M. Worship Service
9:15 A.M. Education Hour
10:30 A.M. Worship Service with Communion
*1st Saturday of each month, Women’s Bible Study meets at Parkview Health Center, 725 Butler Ave, 54901 from 9:00 -10:00 am.
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2025 & 2026 Contributions: If you’d like to receive your 2025 giving statement electronically, please email Chris Feutz (chrisfeutz@yahoo.com) or Diane Flouro (flourodi@yahoo.com). This helps save paper and mailing costs. If you no longer need offering envelopes, please let Chris or Diane know as well. Envelopes will still be available for special offerings such as Mission money. Thank you - Chris Feutz and Diane Flouro
Day by Day Shelter Meal: We have the opportunity to serve our neighbors by providing a meal at the Day by Day Shelter on Friday, January 16. A sign-up sheet for bringing food and helping serve the meal is posted on the Atrium bulletin board. This is a meaningful way to live out our faith, share God’s love in a practical way, and begin 2026 by serving others. Thank you for prayerfully considering how you can help.
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SAVE THE DATE! January 11, every year, is Human Trafficking Awareness Day! Come, shine a light on evil that lives in the darkness. Come, make some noise to bring awareness to a subject evil wants kept quiet. Come, join us, and the Damascus Road Project, in partnership with the Oshkosh Police Department, on Sunday, January 11, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at Opera House Square (by the sundial), 315 N. Main Street, Oshkosh for the "Make Some Noise, Stop the Trafficking" Rally to bring awareness to the evil of human sex trafficking that is happening in our own backyard! We will hold Awareness Day signs (provided), you may come and go as needed, dress warm, all are welcome! No training is required for this service event. You may sign up at damascusroadproject.org, or email Dawn@damascusroadproject.org to plan for enough signs for Rally attendees. (The last 2 years we ran out of signs!) The point is, just come, and let's work together to fight against this evil. The next life saved may be someone near and dear to you.
THEY'RE HERE! If you purchased a picture package, you may pick it up in the church office during regular office hours: Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. If these times do not work for you, please contact Jan at 920-216-6230, and we will work out a convenient time for you to pick up your picture package. Thank you for your participation in the Church Directory!
Super Sundae Sunday: Next Sunday is Super Sundae Sunday! Please consider bring non-perishable food items for our Good Shepherd grocery cart in the atrium and after worship service, enjoy an ice cream sundae as a “thank you” for helping meet the needs of people in our community.
Mission of the Month: You are the light of the world! Damascus Road Project, Inc. is a local, non-profit organization run mostly by volunteers and is Good Shepherd's January Mission of the Month! Damascus Road is a light in the darkness of human sex trafficking and a soft, safe place to land for victims of sex trafficking. These women and their children must flee their unsafe residence, usually on the spur of the moment, without preparation, and only the clothes on their back. They are terrified, feel alone, and have nothing. Damascus Road reaches out to these victims, brings them in, and provides them with basic needs, education, and training that teaches them Jesus is their Lord and Savior and He will be with them as they learn to lift themselves out of the depths of darkness. We can help by praying for their rescue and healing, providing (full-size) personal hygiene products, and offering financial support. Mission Donation Envelopes are available on the Mission of the Month Bulletin Board and on the table in the atrium. Please visit the Mission of the Month Bulletin Board and damascusroadproject.org for detailed information. Jeremiah 30:8: "It shall come about on that day," declares the Lord of Hosts, "that I will break his yoke from off their neck and will tear off their bonds; and strangers will no longer make them their slaves." Thank you for your prayerful consideration and generous support of these, God's children, that He wants to love through us!
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CHRIST FOR YOU this week on KFUO AM850 & kfuo.org: A blessed New Year and Happy Epiphany! This week on Sharper Iron (weekdays at 8 a.m. CT), we're launching into a new study of the book of Genesis. Tune in to Thy Strong Word (weekdays at 11 a.m. CT) as we begin "The Magnificent 37", a new series on the miracles of Jesus! On the Coffee Hour this week (weekdays at 9 a.m. CT), we have some fun things to share, including a new series on the history of the Augsburg Confession with Dr. Cameron MacKenzie and an introduction to this year's Searching Scripture theme! Find your favorite programs on demand at kfuo.org or in the KFUO Radio app.
Winter Warm Up: Thank you, members of Good Shepherd, for your generous donations in the month of December! For the month of January, our food drive theme will be “Winter Warm Up.” Please donate items that will help keep the recipients warm: soups, stews, instant ramen, hot cocoa, coffee, or tea! Thank you for your help!
Last Week at Good Shepherd…
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Attendance: Christmas Eve: 108/335/129 Christmas: 92 Sunday: 8:00: 93 10:30: 108 Total: 865
Offerings For Week of 12/28:
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General Fund: $11,723.00
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Missions: $362.00
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Strategic: $50.00
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Total Offerings: $12,135.00
Weekly Budget Needs at Good Shepherd: $8,400.00
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(“…So it is with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in gifts that build up the church.”) -1 Corinthians 14:1
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Please remember in your prayers:
Church Members:
Josiah Charles; Cody Skadahl; David Doan; Shirley Radloff; Don Davis; Bev Zink; JoAnn Meier; Dorothy Roehlig; Joanne Behm; Jim Purath; Pastor Meier; Frank Jarvenpaa; Donna Gohlke; Shirley Radloff; Dian Sheldon; Gary Schmude; Jim & Sharron Ziemer; and Louise Gabert
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Friends & Relatives of Church Members:
Nicole Schroeder’s father, Ray; Glen & Iris Lienhard’s friend, Pastor Bob Benke; Pastor G’s neighbor, Paul; Erlinda’s friend, David; Tim & Liz Hoversten’s friend, Monty; Anne Fogtman’s sister, Jane; Brian Luethy’s mother, Cindy; Barry & Linda’s niece, Jenni Fuhrman; Gary Bunke’s daughter, Brielle; Barry & Linda Brehmer’s friend, Jeff Freund; Lee Paris’ son, Andy; Pastor Koepsell’s mother, Lorraine; Jan Peterson’s sisters & niece & son, Scot and daughter, Paula; Ron & Chris Feutz’s grandson, Logan Feutz; Janet Weier’s son, Adam & family; Gene & Donna Gohlke’s nephews, Kirk and Michael, granddaughter, Karley & friend, Paul.
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Those Who Want to Worship with Us But Aren’t Currently Able:
Bev Zink; Bonnie Wenzel, Verna Butt, Joann Behm, Shirley Radloff, Jane Nowicki, Manette Flouro, Pastor & JoAnn Meier, Bill & Louise Gabert, Jim & Sharron Ziemer, Lee Paris, Emily Brunner,
Jean Stauber, Vicki Beck, Bill Zorr, Marge Bolding & Milt & JoAnn Haskins.
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Military/Overseas Members & Their Families:
Malayna Brehmer (granddaughter of Barry & Linda Brehmer), Ryan Weber (son of Tim & Liz Hoversten)
*Please let Lynn Paulus, our Prayer Chain Coordinator, know when we can take you or your loved one off the prayer list lynn@travelleaders.com