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Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church

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August 8, 2018

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Join us tonight for...

WEDNESDAY NIGHT LIVE!!!

Hamburgers & Hot Dogs

and Fun & Games!

Senior Shepherd's Luncheon

August 16 @12:45pm in the Matthew Room

Anyone interested in learning the history of Gwinnett County is invited to this month's Senior Shepherds Luncheon. We ask that you make your reservation with Criss Crissman 770/651-7771 or Helen Wooldridge 770/564-2994. Invite your friends, neighbors, and bring a dish to share.

Our speaker is Elliott Brack, a native Georgian, a graduate of Mercer University, and who holds a Master's Degree from the University of Iowa. For 13 years he published a weekly newspaper in Jesup, Ga., and for 12 years he was Vice President and General Manager of Gwinnett Daily News, in Lawrenceville, Ga. For 13 years, he was associate publisher of the Gwinnett section of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Living in Gwinnett since 1974, he has written columns extensively about that fast growing county.

He now publishes GeorgiaClips, an executive news digest of Georgia each business day, and, GwinnettForum, a public commentary site, and is the author of a modern history on Gwinnett County, an 850 page book, entitled Gwinnett: A Little Above Atlanta. It is now available only online. In 2017, he has just completed a small book for the Gwinnett Bi-Centennial, 366 Facts about Gwinnett.

You are cordially invited to the

LADIES KICKOFF LUNCHEON

A WOC Event...we have been planning, preparing and praying for this fall and kicking it all off on Sunday, August 19th at 12:15pm in the Fellowship Hall. This is a potluck lunch and we are excited to have our very own Kristy Gordon share with us. Please plan on joining us for a beautiful event and learn about our Fall Retreat and other plans for the fall. We can't wait to see all you ladies.

WOMEN'S WEDNESDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY
Our first study starts Wednesday, August 22 @ 6:30

Hope can be hard to find and easy to lose. Living the Christian life without it is unthinkable.

Through this four-part series, Hettie Brittz wants to take us on a journey to find personal hope in the person of Christ.

No book to purchase...we hope you will join us as we take this journey together thru Hettie's teaching and the musical portions presented by her husband Louis.

Church Picnic
J.B. Williams Park
4935 Five Forks Trickum Rd SW, Lilburn, GA 30047
Sept. 16, 2018

Please join us for the annual church picnic! It will be held at J.B. Williams park this year, right after church on September 16.

The Church will provide the hamburgers, hot dogs, toppings, and buns, as well as paper products, cutlery, napkins, and water. Look for sign up sheets in the Fellowship Hall to bring your favorite chips, side dishes, and desserts for all to enjoy!

Come and enjoy a fun afternoon with your Church Family! We hope to see everyone there!

Haiti Book Drive, Sundays, August 19th and 26th, Fellowship Hall:

It's back to school all over the world and book drive time for the school in Haiti that GSPC helps to sponsor along with North Decatur Presbyterian and Emory Presbyterian, otherwise known as the Haiti EcoVillage School Partnership. The three churches will be holding drives in August and September to supply books for the Haiti school. You can help by making a donation in any amount. No amount is too small or too large. Bring cash or checkbooks and look for the EcoVillage book display in Fellowship Hall before and after worship on Aug. 19 ^th and 26 ^th . For more information about the book drive, contact jcalia@comcast.net . For more information about the school, see the webpage www.haitiecovillageschool.org.

GSPC "FOCUS" MISSIONS - An update from MO&E

MO&E is tasked with ensuring the "focus" missions for our church make the most of our time, talents, and financial support. We prioritize missions that enable people to be involved in ways other than giving money and where members are passionate about the mission. Connection to PCUSA is also taken into consideration for selecting mission opportunities.

Our church has a long standing involvement with the Lilburn Cooperative Ministry. At this time, MO&E has re-affirmed GSPC's commitment to Clifton Sanctuary Ministries, Stand Up for Kids, Haiti Ecovillage School Partnership (formerly Seeds of Hope), Thornwell Home for Children and Operation Christmas Child. However, we have not re-affirmed GSPC's commitment to the Lilburn Co-op because we still are in need of someone with a passion for the Co-op's mission that will be the MO&E sub-team lead for this mission. For details, please speak to Roxanne Lau, Chris Calia, Ginger Stapley, or Kim Adcock.

Good Shepherd Preschool

Under the direction of Janet Martin, our preschool director, Good Shepherd has gained quite a reputation for providing the best preschool and after school care program around! Because of the high demand for our school, Janet is adding 3 new classrooms and is expanding the After School Care program this year! And we are already close to having full enrollment! It's nice to be able to serve our community with such an excellent program and to reach so many children with Christian instruction. We are grateful for the leadership Janet has provided that has led to this success.

The start of the school year with additional classrooms has created some needs for assistance. Do you like to browse thrift stores? The school is desperately in need some used clothing: anything for toddlers ages 12 months to 24 months, and pants, shorts and underwear for sizes 2T to size 6, both girls and boys. Children do have "accidents" at school and require a change of clothing. The school also needs some volunteers to help label and organize some books in the preschool library, as well as sorting and organizing some toys and art supply closets. If you could spend even an hour or two helping with this, please contact Susan Jones at susanjones7@comcast.net or 678-787-1305.

Thank you for your assistance with this,

The Preschool Board