Good Shepherd United Methodist Church

11/07/2023

Now it sits empty…

11/03/2023

It is with a heavy heart I must inform everyone that this Sunday will be the last Sunday for Good Shepherd United Methodist Church. 😭🙏🏻⛪️

08/08/2023

Come on by Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

03/08/2023

Lent is the period of 40 days leading up to Easter (note: Sundays don't count). It is a time of preparation and focus, reminiscent of Jesus' time in the wilderness before he started his public ministry (See Mark 1, Matthew 4, or Luke 4)

03/08/2023

Why is Lent 40 days long?
Mentioned 146 times in Scripture, the number 40 generally symbolizes a period of testing, trial, or probation.

Moses lived 40 years in Egypt and 40 years in the desert before God selected him to lead his people out of slavery. Moses was also on Mount Sinai for 40 days and nights, on two separate occasions (Exodus 24:18, 34:1-28), receiving God’s laws. He also sent spies, for 40 days, to investigate the land God promised the Israelites as an inheritance (Numbers 13:25, 14:34). The prophet Jonah powerfully warned ancient Nineveh, for 40 days, that its destruction would come because of its many sins (Jonah 3:4).

In the New Testament we find the number 40 is significant in the life of Jesus: Jesus fasted 40 days and nights (Matthew 4:2); Jesus was tempted 40 days by Satan (Luke 4:2, Mark 1:13); Jesus remained on earth 40 days after Resurrection (Acts 1:3).

03/08/2023

Why do people give things up until Easter Sunday? Millions of people do this during Lent as a sign of sacrifice and to test their self-discipline. Christians believe that this is to represent Jesus Christ's sacrifice when he went into the desert to pray and fast for the 40 days before later dying on the cross.

03/05/2023

12/19/2022

Christmas Eve Services to be held at Good Shepherd UMC at 6 pm
( Dec 24th 2022)

12/09/2022

The Nativity Scene made from stones on a beach! Absolutely beautiful!!

Credit: Beach4Art