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11,000 Door Hangers Can’t Be Wrong
October 9, 2009 at 6:00 am 1

As you probably know, sermon series are important to us at Good Shepherd.

It's how we think and how we plan and how we pray.

And we've done a lot of thinking and planning and praying over this new one: The Fight Of Your Life.

The series is worthy of such effort because of its subject matter: household relationships with a real focus on interactions between parents and children.

The kind of interactions that can be so fraught with conflict and tension that people on both sides want to give up. To throw in the towel.

But those parent-child relationships are the glue that hold many of our lives together.

They are worth fighting for.

We believe in the subject and series so much that we encouraged the people of Good Shepherd to place invitational door hangers on homes in their neighborhoods.

And the people responded. Did they ever. 11,000 door hangers worth -- well done invitational pieces now gracing the doors of homes throughout Steele Creek, Fort Mill, Tega Cay, and Lake Wylie.

Come see what the fight is all about. And how to have victory in it.

It starts with an experience called Know Your Enemy.

Sunday. 8:30. 10. 11:30.
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Good Shepherd
Tongues In Speaking
October 2, 2009 at 6:00 am 3

I have loved researching, preparing, and then delivering the sermons for the Rubber, Meet Road series.

It's given me a new appreciation for that entire process.

More importantly, it's given me a new appreciation for the book of James.

What I previously thought to be a collection of insightful-but-unconnected comments I now see is a tightly structured, Spirit-inspired sermon that can shape our lives.

But as the cliche goes, all good things must come to an end. So it is with the series and our experience of James.

We'll zero in on the words James offers on the words we utter. Tongues In Speaking is the name of the message, and to get ready, take a look at James 3:1-12.

Sunday. 8:30. 10. 11:30.
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Good Shepherd
I’m Biased
September 30, 2009 at 5:00 am 0
I'm not objective when it comes to Pathfinder.

It's one of the best things we do at Good Shepherd, and I say that because I've been involved with it as a participant.

Pathfinder is our easy on-ramp to group life at this church. It's where community begins. It makes a big church feel small. You get the picture.

Our fall launch for Pathfinder groups is tonight at 7 p.m. There's still room to sign up, and child care is provided.

By the time the evening is finished, dozens of Good Shepherd people will have made new connections and friendships and they'll be anchored into a small group for the next six weeks. And what happens when those groups meet?

Well . . . it's not Bible study, though there is spiritual conversation, usually based on that week's sermon. It's not an accountability group, though people do pray for one another. It's not group therapy, though I've seen some amazingly therapeutic things happen in it.

To know exactly what happens, come out tonight at 7. You can pre-register here. There are a lot of you I want to get to know better, and I believe Pathfinder is the best way to make that happen.
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Good Shepherd
Rich Man, Poor Man
September 25, 2009 at 6:00 am 0
I like giving messages in which I know there are a couple of "I can't believe I'm gonna say this but I'm gonna say it anyway!" moments.

Week Three of Rubber, Meet Road has those moments.

It's called Rich Man, Poor Man and to get ready for it, read James 2:1-9.

And then help me say those things I have to say.

Sunday. 8:30. 10. 11:30.
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Good Shepherd
Faith Without Works Is Dead
September 21, 2009 at 6:47 am 2
We showed this yesterday to hammer home the idea that "faith without works is dead":



Fun to make, more fun to play on Sunday.

Thanks to Sonic for their inspiration.

And to WHAM for their timeless music . . .
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