Dear Friends in Christ, Last Friday we held a celebration of the life of June Houghton. She was such a faithful lady and it was great to share memories of her life. At the funeral several of her family members spoke about how she had been guided by her faith and how she had shared Read more
Dear Friends in Christ, Last Tuesday, at our Church Council meeting, Curtis Madding was elected our congregational president for 2012 and Al Baumgarten was elected our Vice-President. Our Preschool Director, Ulla Bennett, told the Church Council that Southern California Edison will provide a Preschool energy efficiency program at no charge. This may include changing out Read more
LISTEN TO HIM GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH, TEHACHAPI, CA JANUARY 29, 2012 – TEXT: DEUTERONOMY 18:15-20 Grace, peace and mercy be unto you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus. My sermon text today is where Moses told the believers that God will raise up a great prophet. Dear friends in Christ, There are Read more
Dear Friends in Christ, On Saturday about a dozen men got together for a delicious breakfast and some Christian fellowship. We looked at what the Bible says concerning the birth of Jesus and discussed what it means for our lives today. Next month, on February 11th, we will hold another Men’s breakfast and Bill Nardini Read more
THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH, TEHACHAPI, CA JANUARY 22, 2012 – TEXT: MARK 1:14-20 Grace, peace and mercy be unto you from God our father and our Lord Jesus Text: As Jesus was calling His first Apostles, He told Peter and Andrew, “Come, follow me.” Dear friends in Christ, Last week Read more
A TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH, TEHACHAPI, CA JANUARY 15, 2012 – TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 6:12-20 Grace, peace and mercy be unto you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus. In today’s sermon text we are told that our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. Dear friends in Read more
WE WORSHIP OUR KING GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH, TEHACHAPI, CA JANUARY 8, 2012 – TEXT: MATTHEW 2:1-12 Grace, peace and mercy be unto you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus. The text is the Gospel lesson which tells of some men who were led to worship the baby Jesus. Dear friends in Christ, Read more
Dear Friends in Christ, The current Loop newspaper includes an advertisement about our church. It is on page 19 and gives information about our church and our preschool and includes the Missouri Synod’s cross. Also on that page they printed an article that I wrote called, “Regular Worship is Important.” I hope many people will Read more
Dear Friends, Last week Malinda and I had a wonderful trip to our daughter’s new house in Las Vegas. We were able to spend from Sunday evening until Tuesday morning with our daughter and her family. It was great to see what a beautiful home they now live in and to see their five children Read more
