Good Shepherd Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod

08/29/2026

The Good Shepherd ladies met for brunch on Saturday morning.

08/27/2026

Monica, the mother of St. Augustine, provides a model and encouragement for those whose family members no longer confess Christ.

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08/21/2026

Good Shepherd, Marion has members who attend three area schools: Marion, Carterville, and Herrin. Tonight Deacon Lane will play for Carterville in the big Marion vs Carterville game.

08/20/2026

Catechumens and Sponsors on the first night of Catechesis in the Catechumenate.Catechesis takes place in the setting of the Service of Prayer and Preaching (LSB pg 260).

08/18/2026

The nature of Holy Scripture reflects the One whom it reveals, the incarnate Son of God – Jesus Christ. We learn in the discussion of the Second Article of the Apostles’ Creed that Jesus Christ has two natures. He is true God and true man at the same time. In the same way Holy Scripture has two natures. It is truly divine and truly human at the same time. We can illustrate this in the following manner:

Jesus Christ (Word incarnate) True God True man
Holy Scripture (Word in Scripture) Truly divine Truly human

Holy Scripture is truly human in that just as Jesus Christ is a real human being who lived at a place and time, Scripture is a real human document written by people at a place and time (Scripture = something written). The writers were people with different skills and abilities who wrote in the different literary forms available to human communication.

However, Holy Scripture is also truly divine, just as Jesus Christ is true God. We describe Scripture as Holy because it is divine and comes from God. Holy Scripture asserts about itself that it was inspired by God. This means that the Holy Spirit guided men in recording what God has done and what it means. The Holy Spirit used men as the authors who wrote using their own skills and abilities. However, what was finally written was exactly what the Holy Spirit intended.

08/18/2026

If the Catechism is to serve as our prayer book for meditation, then it is necessary to take these texts in and make them part of us. This happens as we learn them by heart. This is not the same as memorization. Memorized items are forgotten. Items we have learned by heart are things that we use over and over until they become part of us. Once they are part of us, they begin to shape and form the way we think and speak. The Catechism is meant to function in this way. As we take this Word of God and allow it to work its way into us through continuous use, meditation and repetition, it becomes the means by which the Holy Spirit works in our life.

08/18/2026

The word “catechesis” is based on a Greek word that means “to teach.” However, catechesis is about more than teaching facts. Catechesis is the beginning of a life long process of formation in the Christian faith. It does, of course, involve new knowledge and information. However, of equal importance is the fact that this involves new habits and practices as a person’s life is shaped and formed by God’s Word and the catholic (universal) practices that confess and teach the faith drawn from God’s Word.

08/16/2026

This morning Leo, Rex, and Ara were baptized into Christ. We give thanks for the Spirit’s work through water and the Word.

08/09/2026

The visitation for Aleda Doelitzsch will take place at Good Shepherd on Wednesday, August 12 9:00-10:30 a.m., with the funeral service at 10:30 a.m. The committal will take place following the service.

08/06/2026

Chris and Abby Atlee and family at their vicarage congregation.