Grace Good Shepherd Church
Seasons He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows
when to go down.
-Psalm 104:19
Volume 1, Issue 2 March 2015
What does the Lord require of you but to do
justice, and to love kindness, and to walk
humbly with your God. -Micah 6:8
Grace Good Shepherd
Church 1450 Hiller Road
McKinleyville, CA 95519 (707)-839-3726
Find us online!
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Pastors: Rev. Dr. Lynn Hubbard Rev. Deborah Hubbard
Sunday Schedule Worship 10:00 AM
Eucharist 1st/3rd Sundays
Sunday School 10:00 AM
Seasons Published monthly Deadline for copy:
23rd of the month prior
From the Pastors Desk
A Passionate Love
We Christians often speak of the unconditional love of God,
and
by that we mean that there is nothing that can separate us
from Gods love. As a matter of fact, throughout our history
God had often chosen the greatest misfits and rogues to lead
his people. King David, Moses, St. Paul, Martin Luther, were
all
flawed characters, filled with the many excesses which often
go
hand in hand with a passionate love.
Perhaps the lesson to be learned is that those who love God
passionately are often those who have most deeply
experienced Gods unconditional love. Or as Jesus taught us,
those who love God the most are those to whom God has
cancelled the greater debt.
During Lent, we realize once again, that Jesus was not just
a
sweet, loving and kind man. He was filled with the passion
of
one who loved God without condition. He called it like he
saw
it. He insulted people, offended them, and took a whip to
those who desecrated the house of his father. And all this
to
teach us how to love God with passion, and to risk the
conflicts
which will inevitably occur when the unconditional love of
God
meets the passionate longings of Gods people.
These are the teachings of Jesus: that we love God with all our
heart
soul, and mind. Following these teachings cost Jesus his life,
so may
we ever honor these teachings with the reverence and deep
passion
of those who follow in his Way.
May our future together be lived in the humility of Christ, and
in
acceptance of the great adventure given to those who follow in
the
compassion and mindfulness of his cross. Pastor Lynn Hubbard
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Whats Happening February 2015
Sunday 3/1 10:00 a.m. Worship 7:00 p.m. AA Monday 3/2 6:30 p.m.
Al-Anon Tuesday 3/3 11:00 1:00 p.m. Mck Food 6:3p.m.Mck Choir
Wednesday 3/4 12:00 p.m. APC 2:00 p.m. Tai Chi 4:00 p.m. Bell Choir
6:00 Lenten Soup 7:00 Lenten Study Series Thursday 235 10:30 a.m.
Womens Bible 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. WIC 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. WIC 7:00
p.m. NA Friday 3/6 7:00 a.m. Mens Breakfast 11:00 1:00 p.m. Mck
Food Saturday 3/7 Sunday 3/8 10:00 a.m. Worship
Daylight Savings Time Begins
Monday 3/9 6:30 Al-Anon
Tuesday 3/10 10:30 - 2:00 p.m. 11:00 - 1:00 p.m. Mck Food 6:30
p.m. McK Choir
Wednesday 3/11 12:00 p.m. APC 2:00 p.m. Tai Chi 4:00 p.m. Bell
Choir 6:00 Lenten Soup 7:00 Lenten Study Series Thursday 3/12 10:30
a.m. Womens Bible Study 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. WIC 3:00 p.m. 5:30p.m.
WIC 7:00p.m. NA Friday 3/13 7:00 a.m. Mens Breakfast 8:30 a.m. 1:00
p.m. WIC 11:00 1:00 p.m. McK Food Saturday 3/14 Sunday 3/15 10:00
a.m. Worship Monday 3/16 Presidents Day 6:30 p.m. Al-Anon Tuesday
3/17 11:00 1:00 p.m. Mck Food 6:30 p.m. Mck Choir Happy St.
Patricks Day Wednesday 3/18 12:00 p.m. APC 2:00 p.m. Tai Chi 4:00
p.m. Bell Choir 6:00 Lenten Soup 7:00 Lenten Study Series Thursday
3/19 10:30 a.m. Womens Bible 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. WIC 3:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. WIC 7:00 p.m. NA
Friday 3/20 7:00 a.m. Mens Breakfast 8:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. WIC
11:00 a.m. 1:00 p. McK Food Spring Arrives Saturday 3/21 Sunday
3/22 10:00 a.m. Worship
7:00 p.m. AA
Monday 3/23 6:30 Al-Anon
Tuesday 3/24 10:30 2:00 p.m. 11:00 1:00 p.m. Mck Food 6:30 p.m.
Mck Choir Wednesday 3/25 12:00 p.m. APC 2:00 p.m. Tai Chi 4:00 p.m.
Bell Choir 6:00 Lenten Soup 7:00 Lenten Study Series Thursday 3/26
10:30 a.m. Womens Bible Study 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. WIC 3:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. WIC 7:00 p.m. NA Friday 3/27 7:00 a.m. Mens Breakfast
8:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. WIC 11:00 1:00 p.m. McK Food Saturday3/28
Sunday 3/29 PALM SUNDAY
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News News News News
Lenten Schedule
Lenten Soup Suppers 6:00 p.m. Wednesday
Evenings
Lenten Theology Series In Honor of Marcus Borg
1942-2015 Wednesday Evenings (7:00 p.m.)
during the Lenten season, we will be studying: The Last
Week- What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesuss Final Days in
Jerusalem. by Marcus J Borg
and John Dominic Crossan.
Quotes for Reflection
The Artists Creed I believe that I am worth the time it takes to
create, and that my work is worthy of its own space which is worthy
of the name sacred. I believe that the time I spend creating art is
as precious as the time I spend giving to others. Jan Phillips
On Worship The worship of God is not a rule of safety it is an
adventure of the spirit, a flight after the unattainable. The death
of religion comes with the repression of the high hope of
adventure. Alfred North Whitehead
On Other Religions The fact is, Christians must permit the right
for other people that they have claimed for themselves. God was as
present among the tribes of Africa as god was present among the
tribes of America, as God was present among the tribes of Israel.
Consequently, we must be cautious about saying that God was unique
to any one people; God was in a special relationship to different
tribes or in a particular relationship with them, but never in an
exclusive relationship that shut out the rest of humanity. Bishop
Steve Charleston
Metaphors and Facts half the people in the world think that the
metaphors of their religious traditions are facts. And the other
half contends that they are not facts at all. As a result we have
people who consider themselves believers because they accept
metaphors as facts, and we have others who classify themselves as
atheists because they think religious metaphors are lies. Joseph
Campbell
Luther on Temptation Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the
company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some
other merry thing. Sometimes we must drink more, sport, recreate
ourselves, and even sin a little to spite the devil, so that we
leave him no place for troubling our consciences with trifles. We
are conquered if we try too conscientiously not to sin at all. So
when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink,
and right freely, just because you tell me not to. Martin
Luther
Article Submissions Friends, please feel free to submit your
news articles and thoughts for the Newsletter. Hopefully, we can
offer additional pages on new worthy happenings around our parish.
Please submit your offerings to me as early in the month as is
possible. Remember, the Deadline for copy is the 23rd of the month
prior to publication. - LDH
