Our Shepherd Lutheran Church and School

09/10/2026

At a DivorceCare group, you’ll receive counsel and insights from respected divorce and recovery experts, as a time of sharing and support. Session topics include anger, loneliness, financial and legal issues, and navigating the relationship with your former spouse.
Sign up at https://find.divorcecare.org/groups/304721

09/10/2026

COMING SOON AT OUR SHEPHERD
We will begin hosting a GriefShare Support Group beginning October 6.
Meetings will gather on Tuesday evenings from 6 pm- 8 pm. Sign up at https://find.griefshare.org/groups/304722

09/07/2026

Our Shepherd MOPS is now MUMs (Moms Uplifting Moms)! We’ve separated from our national MOPS affiliation and will continue our monthly meetings, Moms Night Outs, and playdates.

Join us for our first meeting on Monday, September 14, at 9 am to discuss plans for the year. All moms of young children are welcome, regardless of church or school affiliation.

Childcare will be provided, but please RSVP by September 10 if you’re bringing your child(ren) by texting our mentor mom at 317-797-1805.

For questions, email us at [email protected]. We look forward to sharing this journey with you!

08/14/2026

Lutheran Singles Weekend - Ecclesiastes 4:9
"Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil."

Join Advent Lutheran Church in Zionsville, Indiana for a weekend of fellowship, worship, and connection with fellow Lutheran singles. This weekend-long event is open to any LCMS single adult ages 21-40.

Go to the link below or scan the QR code to RSVP and view a detailed schedule of events for the weekend:

🔗https://adventlutheran.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/81/responses/new

📩Questions:
Please contact Rev. Aaron Schultz: [email protected]

📆When:
Friday, October 9 to Sunday, October 11

📍Where?
Advent Evangelical Lutheran Church
11250 N. Michigan Rd. Zionsville, IN

🏢Lodging:
Out-of-town attendees needing low-cost or free lodging can indicate so on the registration form. We can help arrange accommodations or hotel cost-sharing with a same-gender attendee.

✳️Cost:
An optional $20 offering is suggested with your online registration to defray the costs of the weekend.

Advent Evangelical Lutheran Church and School
www.adventlutheran.org | 317-873-6318 | Zionsville, Indiana

07/18/2026

Summer check-in ➡️ More than 1,500 young investors earned extra credit last year with LCEF! Secure up to $25 for good grades and $25 for service hours for the 2025-2026 school year in your child’s Young Investors StewardAccount®.

📅 Deadline: Aug 31 | Ages 7-18
🔗 Submit: https://lcef.org/y-i-club-grade-service-hour-online-form/

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06/27/2026

THE HYMN OF THE WEEK: “LET US EVER WALK WITH JESUS”
(Lutheran Service Book #685)

“Let us ever walk with Jesus,
Follow His example pure,
Through a world that would deceive us
And to sin our spirits lure.
Onward in His footsteps treading,
Pilgrims here, our home above,
Full of faith and hope and love,
Let us do the Father’s bidding,
Faithful Lord, with me abide;
I shall follow where You guide.

“Let us suffer here with Jesus
And with patience bear our cross.
Joy will follow all our sadness;
Where He is, there is no loss.
Though today we sow no laughter,
We shall reap celestial joy;
All discomforts that annoy
Shall give way to mirth hereafter.
Jesus here I share Your woe;
Help me there Your joy to know.

“Let us gladly die with Jesus.
Since by death He conquered death,
He will free us from destruction,
Give to us immortal breath.
Let us mortify all passion
That would lead us into sin;
And the grave that shuts us in
Shall but prove the gate to heaven.
Jesus, here with You I die,
There to live with You on high.

“Let us also live with Jesus.
He has risen from the dead
That to life we may awaken.
Jesus, Your are now our head.
We are Your own living members;
Where You live, there we shall be
In Your presence constantly,
Living there with You forever.
Jesus, let me faithful be,
Life eternal grant to me.”

Sigismund von Birken (1626-1681) wrote this hymn in 1653, inspired by Luke 18:31-43 (Jesus’ response to a rich man asking what he must do to earn a place in heaven). While not the Gospel for this week, this passage does share a common theme with this week’s Gospel Reading (Matthew 10:34-42) in that Jesus calls us to follow Him, even to the extent that it puts us at odds with the world around us--as we sing in the hymn, to walk, suffer, die, and finally live eternally with Jesus.

The tune for this hymn was composed in 1788 by Georg Boltze, for a hymn by Paul Gerhardt, “Sollt’ ich meinem Gott nicht singen (I Will Sing My Maker’s Praises)” ( #977 in Lutheran Service Book). However, in 1790 it was paired with “Let Us Ever Walk with Jesus” and has become much more closely associated with this text since then.

Friedrich Reuter was a music teacher, organist, choir director, and composer in Germany until 1905, when he accepted a position at a Lutheran school in Winnipeg. In 1907 he came to the United States, serving at Bethlehem Congregation in Chicago for one year and then spending the rest of his career teaching at the Dr. Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota. His compositions include the following prelude based on this week’s hymn along with many other such organ pieces, choral works, and a few hymn tunes used Lutheran Service Book and other hymnals.

organist: Steve Hohnstadtorgan: 1971 Miller at Calvary Lutheran Ch...

06/20/2026

THE HYMN OF THE WEEK: “LORD OF OUR LIFE”
(Lutheran Service Book #659)

“Lord of our life and God of our salvation,
Star of our night and hope of ev’ry nation:
Hear and receive Your Church’s supplication,
Lord God Almighty.

“See round Your ark the hungry billows curling;
See how Your foes their banners are unfurling
And with great spite their fiery darts are hurling,
O Lord, preserve us.

“Lord, be our light when worldly darkness veils us;
Lord, be our shield when earthly armor fails us;
And in the day when hell itself assails us,
Grant us Your peace, Lord.

“Peace in our hearts, where sinful thoughts are raging,
Peace in Your Church, our troubled souls assuaging,
Peace when the world its endless war is waging,
Peace in Your heaven.”

A common theme throughout this week’s readings (Jeremiah 20:7-13, Romans 6:12-23, Matthew 10:21-33) is the conflict between Christ’s followers and the sinful world, both within our individual selves and between us and the surrounding world. This hymn describes that conflict and reminds us of the peace that ultimately comes through Christ’s victory over sin. While Lutheran Service Book lists this hymn as being written by Matthäus Apelles von Löwenstern (1594-1648) and translated by Philip Pusey (1799-1855), many hymnals consider Pusey’s “translation” to be an original hymn only loosely based on the original German text.

The tune “Iste confessor” comes from Poitiers, first appearing in 1746. It is one of several possible tunes that this hymn’s text could fit into, our hymnal has also used it for two other hymn texts--“Christ, High-Ascended, Now in Glory Seated” ( #840) and “Only-Begotten, Word of God Eternal” ( #916).

This contemporary piano arrangement of this hymn was published by CPH in 2016. We'll hear it as part of the pre-service music at Our Shepherd this weekend.

pianist: Steve HohnstadtConcordia Publishing House, 2016https://...

06/19/2026

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06/18/2026

Hark, the voice of Jesus crying,
“Who will go and work today?
Fields are ripe and harvests waiting;
who will bear the sheaves away?”
Loud and long the Master calleth;
rich reward he offers thee.
Who will answer, gladly saying,
“Here am I, send me, send me”?

If you cannot speak like angels,
if you cannot preach like Paul,
you can tell the love of Jesus,
you can say he died for all.
If you cannot rouse the wicked
with the judgment’s dread alarms,
you can lead the little children
to the Savior’s waiting arms.

If you cannot be a watchman,
standing high on Zion’s wall,
pointing out the path to heaven,
off’ring life and peace to all,
with your prayers and with your off’rings
you can do what God demands;
you can be like faithful Aaron,
holding up the prophet’s hands.

Let none hear you idly saying,
“There is nothing I can do,”
while the multitudes are dying,
and the Master calls for you.
Take the task he gives you gladly,
let his work your pleasure be;
answer quickly when he calleth,
“Here am I, send me, send me!”

(Christian Worship 745)

06/16/2026

Are you or someone you know ready for an amazing opportunity to teach faithful middle school students in mathematics and join a growing ministry? Contact Rachel Miller, [email protected] for more information.