January 2012

9:00 A.M.
Choir Practice

10:00 A.M.
Worship

6:30 P.M.
Bell Practice
7:00 P.M.
N/A

Ria Eckstein's Birthday

7:00 P.M.
Un-Decorate
Church

6:30 P.M.
Girl Scouts

Janice Palmer's Birthday

6:30 P.M.
"Food for the
Fun of It"
at Bravo's

9:00 A.M.
Choir Practice

10:00 A.M.
Worship

6:30 P.M.
Bell Practice

7:00 P.M.
N/A

Paige Johnson's Birthday

1:45 P.M.
ReadUp Voluntteers
meet to Carpool
to School 69

7:00 P.M.
Council Meeting

Erika Spinks' Birthday

9:00 A.M.
Choir Practice

10:00 A.M.
Worship

Dottie Lehigh's Birthday

6:30 P.M.
Bell Practice

7:00 P.M.
N/A

1:00 P.M.
WELCA

1:45 P.M. ReadUp
Volunteers meet to
Carpool to School
69

Marian Schulz's Birthday

Nancy & Russ Cook's Anniversary

9:00 A.M.
Choir Practice

10:00 A.M.
Worship

6:30 P.M.
Bell Practice

7:00 P.M.
N/A

1:45 P.M.
ReadUp
Volunteers meet to
Carpool to School
69

9:00 A.M.
Choir Practice

10:00 A.M.
Worship

11:00 A.M.
Annual Meeting

6:30 P.M.
Bell Practice

7:00 P.M.
N/A

Carol & Tom Richard's Anniversary

1:45 P.M.
ReadUp
Volunteers meet to
Carpool to School
69

• GOOD SHEPHERD CONGREGATION
• I/K SYNOD AND THE ELCA
• JOE DUNCAN and family Kopel's babysitter
• DEE AND DAVE GARRETT
• IRENE—MOTHER OF Denise Walker
• BRENDA JACKSON
• PAT JAMES – Pastor & Carol's sister-in-law - cancer

• DOROTHY LINKE – Westminster
• BEVERLY MORGAN – Carol Richards' sister
• RALPH OBERLANDER
• KIT PYRITZ
• MARIAN SCHULZ
• WORTHMORE ACADEMY

Announcements

Health Ministry Corner

RESOLUTIONS/GOALS
To keep resolutions =fail-proof' do the following.

1. Keep goals realistic. Don't set yourself up for failure

2. Be specific about your goals. Instead of ?I'll lose weight? try ?I will lose 2 pounds a week until I reach my goal.?

3. Develop a plan for how you will reach your goals. Write it down. Use prayer, bible study, working with others.

4. Find a partner. Moral support can be a big help. Don't forget that Jesus makes an excellent support partner.

5. Keep track of your progress. That way you see progress every day.

6. Think of each day as a new beginning. You don't have to keep your resolutions for 365 consecutive days, but just one day at a time.

7. Do your best; the rest, leave to God. The Lord is your partner and He will bless your efforts at growth.

8. May you and your loved ones experience wholeness and joy in this new year!!

-Louise Bellon

Please Save Your Christmas Cards!

Please keep your Christmas cards for next year's prayer socks.  I'll be collecting them in the Red Basket Room.

- Jill Speraw

Scrip Orders

We will be going to a modified scheduled in January to avoid a long time between orders. We will order on January 8th and deliver them on January 15th. Then we will order again on January 29th and deliver the first Sunday in February. We will then go back to the regular order of once a month by ordering on the last Sunday and
delivering on the first Sunday. Marsh cards are available anytime from Louise.

Prayer Socks

Thank you to everyone who sponsored and prayed for children in our ―Advent Prayer Sock‖ program. We were able to deliver a little stocking with the note and $1 to each of the 56 preschool children at The Shepherd Community.

-Jill Speraw

Can You Help?

Worthmore is collecting used cell phones, empty ink cartridges (not toner cartridges),
Campbell's Soup Labels, and Box Tops for Education. You'll see collection boxes in the
fellowship hall and front entrance for these different items. Thank you for your help.

A New Year's Benediction

"Grant us, O Lord:

The hope to envision new dreams;

The strength to rise above our limitations, our fears and whatever holds us down;

the courage to stand on our own, to stretch our imagination and to experience being fully human, fully alive;

The faith to live our lives in your image and likeness.

Guide us, O Lord, this New Year, every way, every day.

Amen."

-Fr. Brian Cavanaugh
Steubenville, OH

Good Surch and Good Shop

Please make every gift count this year. More than 1,600 top stores including Amazon, Toys R Us, Best Buy, Apple, Gap and more will donate a percentage of virtually every sale to the"GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH".

Just go to GoodShop.com, designate us as the cause you support and then click over to your favorite store. You pay nothing extra - and you can even save money as GoodShop lists thousands of money-saving coupons and free shipping offers.

We are getting a check for $255.81 this year! And that was from 5 families using this. Just think what we could get if EVERYONE used it!!

Or, add our toolbar to your browser at http:// www.goodsearch.com/toolbar - and your purchases will count even if you forget to go to GoodShop

Words from Worthmore

Happy New Year everyone!!
Worthmore is looking forward to a good second half of the school year. We begin the year with a field trip in January to Disney on Ice!! We ended the year 2011 with a visit from Santa (our very own Hank Schull!!) and a fabulous Christmas program which made the parents very proud. Many of these children never get to experience being a part of something like this so it was a shining moment for all. Thank you to all of you who attended the program. Your continued support and encouragement means so much to our families. We hope everyone has a Blessed New Year!!

Brenda Jackson

Paper Recycle

\Remember that every month we get money for your old papers. Just remember—no cardboard, no phone books and no cereal boxes. Offer to bring your neighbor's paper to our bin!

I am going to brag on you a bit now!

We rank 199 out of all 1,112 bins in Indianapolis.
We rank 247 out of all 1,449 bins in Indiana.
We rank 3,199 out of all 20,868 bins in the whole United States.

For our little church, I think you can be very proud!!

Life at Good Shepherd

Dear Friends and Family,

CA
Dad says that there is an AA and SA, therefore there should be a CA at least for some dogs. Of course what he is referring to is MY cookie problem. He has checked the phone books and the internet and talked with the lady at the Information Desk at the Mall and I
don't know what all. He swears he has heard of Cookieholics Anonymous some where.

Dave Schaaf's dog, Bob Well, I hope he never finds anything like that because I DO NOT
have a problem with cookies. Except I don't get enough of them! Little dogs do need lots of cookies to keep going. I keep telling Dad that ALL the time. Cookies come right after belly rubs in importance to dogs (and some pigs I know). I would say that Sophie (the pig I am referring to) probably would put belly rubs first ONLY after any kind of edibles which would include not only cookies, but a lot of things even I would not consider putting in my mouth. She is not very, shall we say, discerning? At least when it comes
to food: and I use the term loosely. But I digress.

This cookie thing is getting a little out of hand. We have discussions on the subject continually. Let me put that a different way. He talks about it all the time as he goes right on giving me more cookies. We go to Petco twice a week, about, to keep replenishing my supply of cookies. He is the one that fills his pocket full of cookies for me every night as we prepare to go to bed. Here is how it goes down: He pushes me out the front door and while I bark to come right back in, he is fixing my dinner and water (I have always eaten my dinner at my leisure anytime during the night after all possibility of further treats is over) then he puts a goodly supply of my cookies in his pocket. He then finally lets me back in and we finish turning off the lights and go to our bedroom. He puts the cookies on the bookcase. He lifts me into the bed. I of course expect and get a cookie each time he passes between the bookcase and me while he
gets ready for bed. Then after he gets in bed he reads for a few minutes. . . more cookies then he turns the lights out and I go eat my dinner. Or, I take a nap then go eat.

Now, does that sound like I am a cookie addict? Or does that sound like my Dad is a habitual enabler? Huh? Huh?

OK! I hear nothing but YES! YES! I hear you! Dad, we both seem to have problems that need to be resolved. I will cut back on my cookie intake if you will not give me as many. . . as many. . . as many cooooo. . . cooo. . . I just can't finish that sentence.

I can't get it out right now, but maybe by the time New Years rolls around Dad and I will be able t resolve to . . . to. . . to ,you know. Do what needs to be done!
HAPPY NEW YEAR

-Bob

(Picture 1: Dave Schaaf's dog, Bob)

Editor's Note

Do you have something to put in the newsletter?

If so, put it in my mailbox or e-mail it to me at lbellon@ bellonsales.com. We are always looking for information to include! Deadline for January newsletter is December 20th.

Note from Editor: When you submit your articles, please send them as attachments
to your email.

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Annual Meeting

The Pleasure of your company is requested on January 29th immediately following the worship service!! Your presence is wanted and needed as we discuss the business of the church. There are important items to be discussed.

Worship for Shut-ins

Dec. 4 2 Pet

Undecorating for Christmas (Is there such a word)

We will be taking the Christmas decorations down at the church on January 3rd, Please come and help do this job. Many hands mean a quick job. We will start at 7:00 P.M.

-Dottie Lehigh

Thank You

We all owe Sally Flint a huge thank you. She took the three figures that were broken from the nativity scene and restored them. They look as good as new—maybe better. Anyway you can not tell they were broken. THANK YOU, SALLY.

Missionary

It is time to start thinking about renewing our commitment to support our missionaries, David and Kathryn Wunsch in South America. We will need to send $1000 for the next year's covenant. It is really a testament to our small congregation's
zeal for the lord's work, that we have been able to support our missionaries' work for almost five years now. We still do not have quite enough. I hope that we can continue for next year as well. Please place your gifts, marked ―missionary‖ in the offering plate. Thank you!

Have You Heard?

Three of the figures from the nativity scene were broken including a wise man
who was broken in several pieces. Sally Flint restored them and they look like
new!

A wonderful time was had by all at the Christmas Party this year. You will notice
that there are no pictures of the party—what happens at the Christmas
party stays at the Christmas party!!

Gladys Brown is moving into an assisted living community in Avon.

Dorothy Linke Reception

AYou are cordially invited to a reception honoring DOROTHY "Dolly" LINKE
for her support of local, national, and international missions through her efforts with the Red Basket.

Saturday, January 14, 2012
2 to 4 o'clock in the afternoon

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
3535 Kessler Boulevard E. Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46220

Be sure to plan to come for Dorothy's Recognition Day. If you would like to write something to put in the memory book, please do so soon and give it to Ann Wilkerson.

Important day!!!

Letter from our Missionaries

Dear Friends Good Shepherd Lutheran Church:

"Saludos" or greetings from your missionaries in Argentina. Kate and I are writing to you because as we began planning our 2011-2012 home assignment, we realized that we will only be able to visit about half of the more than forty congregations that sponsor us. We are very disappointed that we will not be able to visit your congregation this time around because we need to prioritize congregations that we have never visited. This is a difficult decision for us to make. Many of you have been sponsoring us for four and even six years and it has been a joy and a pleasure to visit you in past years. We give thanks to God for your faithful support! A visit to your congregation will be a priority for us in 2013-14.

We share the following information to give you a fuller sense of the time crunch we are facing with our home assignment. Our children's school calendar and mid-February 2012 work responsibilities in Argentina are limiting our home assignment to less than sixty days. School in the Southern Hemisphere starts in late February and ends in mid-December. In February we lead a retreat for the Young Adult in Global Mission (YAGM) program. Besides visiting sponsoring congregations, during home assignment we are also asked to get medical check-ups, meet with colleagues to plan next year's work, and lead a workshop at an ELCA Glocal mission event in North Carolina. Additionally, we make time to visit with our siblings and parents who then care for Emily (11) and Matthew (8) while we travel.

We have entered our seventh year of service as ELCA missionaries in South America. What a privilege it has been to participate in God's mission to and for the world in this way! It has been deeply transformative and we pray that our presence and work in the region has helped to strengthen the mission and ministry of our companion churches in Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru and Chile. We are also thankful for the opportunity to accompany ELCA young adults through the YAGM program. Without your support we simply would not have been able to engage in these ministries. The image that stays with us always is that of the Emmaus walkers. You all, the two of us, all of us together, walking along and encountering the stranger in our midst who challenges us, lifts our spirits and opens our eyes to Christ's Kingdom project. Together we become the hands and feet serving God´s reconciling mission to the world!

Please drop us a note and let us know how you are doing.

Blessings,
David and Kate

Refreshments

Thanks to all who provide refreshments so generously each Sunday.

-Nancy Cook

Senior Citizens

The Senior Citizens group has decided to take a winter
break during January and February so they don't
have to get out during bad weather.

Food for the Fun of It

It's hard to believe but 2012 is here. The first food for the fun of it in the new year will be at Bravo's, 8651 Castle Creek Parkway on Friday January 6th at 6:30 PM. Please sign up if you plan to attend.

Flowers

Our flowers on the altar are now being furnished by a friend of Brenda Jackson. She furnishes them to us at no cost. She has a shop called Kathy's Kloset. The shop is located at 3335 W. 58th Street and the phone number is 291-7767. They are open weekdays from 10-5 and on Saturday from 10-4:30. Think of her when you have flower needs.

WELCA

The Sharing Place

Lutheran News

A good web site to check regularly is www.iksynod.org.
Also, Indianapolis Conference: www.indplsconf-elca.org.
And the ELCA is www.elca.org