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“Welcome one another, therefore, as Christ has welcomed you.” Romans 15:7

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church warmly welcomes people of any age, race, nationality, sexual orientation, life circumstance, and physical or mental capability.

P The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

C And also with you.

Gathering WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS

P Blessed be the holy Trinity, ☩ one God, whose steadfast love is everlasting, whose faithfulness endures from generation to generation.

C Amen.

P Trusting in the mercy of God, let us confess our sin.

Silence is kept for reflection.

P Reconciling God,

C we confess that we do not trust your abundance, and we deny your presence in our lives. We place our hope in ourselves and rely on our own efforts. We fail to believe that you provide enough for all. We abuse your

good creation for our own benefit. We fear difference and do not welcome others as you have welcomed us. We sin in thought, word, and deed. By your grace, forgive us; through your love, renew us; and in your Spirit, lead us; so that we may live and serve you in newness of life. Amen.

P Beloved of God, by the radical abundance of

divine mercy we have peace with God through ☩ Christ Jesus, through whom we have obtained grace upon grace. Our sins are forgiven. Let us live now in hope. For hope does not disappoint, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

C Amen.

GATHERING SONG “Holy Is Our God Medley”

PRELUDE "Beautiful Savior” Thomas Eisnor - Albin Whitworth

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TOS2 vs 2 & 3 Words and Music for ‘Holy is our God’ by Donna Hoefs,

© 1998 Wings of Grace, Inc. Traditional ‘Holy, Holy, Holy’ Words by Reginald Heber/

Music by John b. Dykes, ©Public domain

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Word

FIRST READING: Genesis 1:1-2:4a Tammy Frink At the conclusion of the reading:

L The word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

PRAYER OF THE DAY

P God of heaven and earth, before the foundation of the universe and the beginning of time you are the triune God: Author of creation, eternal Word of salvation, life-giving Spirit of wisdom. Guide us to all truth by your Spirit, that we may proclaim all that Christ has revealed and rejoice in the glory he shares with us. Glory and praise to you, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and forever.

C Amen.

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PSALM: 8 Max Epling

L O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

C Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger.

L When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established;

C what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?

L Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor.

C You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet,

L all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,

C the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

L O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

MEDITATION “All Authority” Pastor Paul Baumgartner

GOSPEL READING: Matthew 28:16-20

P The holy gospel according to Matthew.

C Glory to you, O Lord.

At the conclusion of the reading:

P The gospel of the Lord.

C Praise to you, O Christ.

GOSPEL ANNOUNCEMENT “Alleluia” Music by Jeff Kjellberg

©1997 Jeff Kjellberg

SECOND READING: 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Barb Kidder At the conclusion of the reading:

L The word of the Lord.

C Thanks be to God.

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HYMN OF THE DAY “This Kingdom” TOS2 223

Words and Music by Geoff Bullock ©1995 Word Music, Inc.

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*NICENE CREED

P With the whole church, let us confess our faith.

C We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God,

eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made,

of one Being with the Father; through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven, was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary and became truly human. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he

suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.

PEACE P The peace of the Lord be with you always.

C And also with you.

P Let us greet each other with Christ’s peace.

PRAYERS OF INTERCESSION Myra Rissmiller (As the Minister closes each petition with the words, “Lord, in your mercy,” worshippers respond with the words, “hear our prayer.”)

LORD’S PRAYER P Lord, remember us in your kingdom and teach

us to pray.

C Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and

the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

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Sending BLESSING

P Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ

Jesus. God, the creator, ☩ Jesus, the Christ, and the Holy Spirit, the comforter, bless you and keep you in eternal love.

C Amen.

POSTLUDE “All Glory, Laud, and Honor” Thomas Eisnor - Robert J. Hughes

DISMISSAL

P Go in peace. Christ is with you.

C Thanks be to God.

We are called, gathered and blessed to be a community and instrument of grace for all sheep of the Good Shepherd.

SUNDAY SERVICES: ONLINE AT GSLUTHERAN.ORG/SERMONS. SUNDAY SCHOOL WWW.GSLUTHERAN.ORG

Paul W. Baumgartner……...Pastor Thomas Eisnor………………………..Organist/Choir Director

Pam Weinelt ...................................... Praise Team Coordinator Cat Ontiveros .....................................Youth Ministry Coordinator

Janice Swinford .................................. Inreach Coordinator/Sunday School Superintendent Diane Moeller .................................... Office Coordinator Donna Garges……………………………...Media Coordinator

Aaron Frink ....................................... Custodian

We have a bin on the church front porch if you would like to drop off cards/notes for Pastor Paul and Debbie. We will continue to update you through Sheep Buzz with any additional news we receive If you would like to sign up for our Sheep Buzz email’s you can do that here or on our website home page.

REOPENING POSTPONED We will NOT be reopening Good Shepherd for in-person worship services or activities next week, as we had so hoped. In an abundance of love and concern, it is the consensus of our Congregation Council that we cannot provide the necessary safety measures to accomplish that at this time. The Council has appointed a COVID-19 Response Task Force to work through the very detailed guidance for reopening provided by our synod and by the CDC. We are not setting another target date for reopening at this time, as many things still change from day to day. We will be communicating with you regularly, so please stay alert for those messages. We will also continue to post Sunday worship services for you on our website.

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Must ministry Collection Available at GSLC Doorway MUST Ministries is coordinating a MUST FOOD Rapid Response program. Family food boxes will be distributed at several points around Cobb and Cherokee Counties beginning soon. They are accepting donations at their facilities seven days a week. Good Shepherd has placed a barrel outside the front doors of the church. Mike McCoy has

offered to deliver the non-perishable items to MUST. Please consider this way of supporting our community. The top items that MUST is collecting are: Beef Stew Canned Pasta Mixed Canned Veggies Canned Carrots Canned Meats (Tuna/Chicken) Canned Fruit Chunky Soup

Canned Potatoes Condensed Soup Canned Beans Tomato Products Canned Corn Spaghetti Ramen Noodles Bag of Pasta Mac&Cheese Rice

Words and music reprinted under the following licenses: OneLicense.net #A701921 ● CCLI License #1393631

●Augsburg Fortress License #SAS011614

Volunteer for the Lutheran Coalition for Habitat for Humanity 2020 Build

For any who wish to volunteer for the Canton build that was started back in February, is now in process again. Registration on line is required.

A link to volunteer is available on our website or click here to volunteer. Time will be the same: 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.

No meals will be at the site as in the past. Volunteers must bring breakfast and/or lunch with them. Water will be provided. The Habitat affiliate will be following CDC and Best Practice for hygiene and safety. The revised Saturday dates are: June 13th June 20th June 27th

There are only five (5) volunteer slots so it's first come, first serve.

Both Mike Dooley and Max Epling are available for any questions.

BACKPACKS FOR GIVE A KID A CHANCE Each summer, Give a Kid a Chance provides backpacks to underprivileged children in Cherokee County so they can start the new school year prepared with the essentials. GSLC has assembled some of the backpacks as a congregation for several years. While we won’t be

able to do that this year, we can still participate. Below is a link to the GAKAC website where you can sponsor backpacks directly. Please consider supporting this important work for our most vulnerable. The GAKAC organization will be distributing backpacks on July 18th, so please

make your donations before that date. https://gakaccherokee.bluschoolsupplies.com/

40 DAYS OF GIVING—ELCA World Hunger If you have participated in the ELCA World Hunger initiative during the Lenten season, WE WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN TO COLLECT THOSE BOXES. Please drop your boxes/donations off at the church between the hours of 9 a.m. -2 p.m., Monday—Friday, so a staff member will be present to receive the collections. We would like to have all boxes returned by June 15th. Thank you for your support for the ELCA World Hunger campaign.

GSLC REACHES OUT

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MAY YTD Budgeted Giving Summary *

Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Actual Income: $553,207.11 Budgeted Income: $561,980.35 Ahead/Behind: ($8,773.24) If you are behind in your pledge or giving, we ask that you please catch up! Thank you! This is a great time to use Simply Giving or GIVEPLUS. Click DONATE on our website. The work of GSLC cannot be completed without the support of the congregation! Thank you!

ONLINE GIVING AND GIVE PLUS Even though church services are not happening in the physical state, the work of the church and expenses of the church still go on. Members using envelope giving are encouraged to mail their offerings to the church

each week. Now would be a good time to sign up with either GivePlus or Simply Giving! You can do that by

going to www.gslutheran/donate.

Monday Lunch and Learn Bible Study is starting a new online study meeting on “Ruth: Loss, Love and Legacy” by Kelly Minter, beginning June 1st. We meet at 12:30 p.m. via Zoom. There is a workbook that can be ordered through Amazon. Please contact Cat at youthministry@gslutheran.org to be sent the link and password to join.

We would love to see your face! We miss you all and would love to have current pictures of our members to show during our worship services. If you could snap a photo, in high resolution, wherever you might be

these days, (it doesn’t have to be formal!) showing you and/or your family and send it to media@gslutheran.org, we will add you as we bring the faces of our congregation to you. Please include your full names, we will not publish children's names. This coming week, we are especially looking for photos with Dads for our service on Father’s Day!

Wednesday Bible Study - Word on Wednesday is currently meeting on Wednesday's via ZOOM at 10 am. We are studying Luke. If you would like to join us, please contact Lori Peters or the church office for a digital invitation to participate with us.

Good Shepherd Class of 2020-Cards are due THIS WEEK! With everything going on through this pandemic one of the groups being affected is our high school seniors. Since the closures and cancellations of schools, they are not able to have the traditional activities like parties, prom, senior awards, picnics, and most of all commencement. Each year we create a board that highlights our graduating seniors, as well as hold a blessing and presenting of GSLC blankets. Good Shepherd is still planning on having this recognition, however, we want to do a little extra for our seniors. In addition to showing a presentation/video that highlights these youth in the Fellowship Hall and Entryway TV's, another thing we would like to do is ask members of the congregation to send cards to our

graduates. We ask when sending cards to our graduates that you consider sending a card to all of our graduates and not one specific individual. Mail them to the church or drop them off and we will distribute them at our graduation recognition service when it occurs. Below are the names of our seniors. Please send or drop off your cards to the church this week. A bin is on the porch. Congratulations Good Shepherd Class of 2020

Caleb Heintz

Avery Hughes

Kristen Malencsik

Alec Morris

Grant Rea

Victoria Riva

Millenna Stone

Alexis Swinford

Alexa Tomlinson

Cooper Torres

Emergency Fund: We appreciate all of the support from our congregation members. We would like to ask if you are able, to please consider also a gift to our emergency fund. It is possible that we will have members in need of financial assistance as the current situation continues. If you are in need of assistance, please contact the office. You can donate to the fund through GivePlus on our website or by mailing/dropping off a check.

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2020 Good Shepherd Music Fundraiser Our musicians need your support! The music groups of Good Shepherd are teaming up to raise funds to update, refurbish and repurpose our equipment. Several of our instruments and equipment are over 20 years old.

Please make any checks out to GSLC, and note music in the memo line. We have a goal of $11,000 for the following:

Handbell Cases and hand carts for stor-ing and moving equipment from the Mu-sic Room to the Sanctuary

$1,500

Handbell tables and risers $2,500

Foam padding and muslin covers $1,000

New speakers and cabling for Praise Team

$3,200

New keyboard for Praise Team $2,300

Costs to repurpose the old keyboard for use in the Music Room

$500

Total to Date: $4,645

YOUTH NEWS Keep Our Youth Connected To GSLC at this time! A weekly family devotion with prayers and activities is available on our Youth page at www.gslutheran.org/youth. We are also showing a video Sunday School lesson on our Sunday School Page at www.gslutheran.org/youth/Sunday-school.

Middle and High School Sunday School Classes meet each Sunday. Middle School at 10:30 a.m. High School 8 p.m. Meeting links and passwords are sent via email. Please let Cat know if you have any questions or are not receiving the emails.

FLY Middle School Youth Group - Meets Tuesday's at 2 p.m. via Zoom. This Tuesday, June 9th grab your popcorn and favorite snack and join in for a movie time together. Following the movie, we will participate in a small discussion. Come join in on the fun. Meeting ID and password are sent via email. Please let Cat know if you have any questions or are not receiving the emails.

FX3 - Youth group for those in 3rd - 5th grade, meets next on June 11, at 4 p.m. via Zoom, Join us for a fun afternoon of games and conversation with each other. Meeting ID and password are sent via email. Please let Cat know if you have any questions or are not receiving the emails.

The Empty Nesters are taking a Trip! Our first trip as a group will be on Saturday, June 13th at 7:00 pm. Do you have the ZOOM app on your computer or phone? If not, you have 1 week to download it! Ask your grandkids… The zoom link is here. On June 13th we’ll be travelling. Where? Well, wherever you take us, whether it’s around the world, or in your backyard!! Once you’re on our zoom group chat, we’ll have fun just listening and asking questions about your trips! Get your pictures and souvenirs ready to show us on your computer! If you don’t want to show anything, please join in and watch what others want to share.