For the people of Good Shepherd, southwest Charlotte, northern York, and eastern Gaston Counties: Million Meal March FAQ  Fed Up With Hunger SundayFrequently Asked Questions What Are We Doing On March 30 at Good Shepherd?We are harnessing all our Sunday morning people and energy to prepare and package over 250,000 Meals Ready To Eat (MREs).  Read the full article…

You know what a cliché is, right? A word or phrase that has been used so often, and in so many different settings, that it has lost its original meaning.  Assuming, of course, it ever had an original meaning . . . which many clichés never did. Good communicators, then, want to avoid clichés like Read the full article…

My sermon yesterday needed to do two things:  1) serve the normal function of a Sunday message in terms of teaching, evoking, exhorting, and encouraging the people gathered for worship; and 2) drum up awareness of and enthusiasm for next week’s Million Meal March. It was in a sense a teaching-oriented promotion of the centerpiece Read the full article…

I’ve never done a “two-part” sermon before. Series, yes. Two-parts to get to the one whole?  Never Until this weekend. You’ll see what I mean.  In a big, bold, radically impactful way. Completely Incomplete Sunday. 8:30.  10.  11:30.   Food For Thought Promo from GSUMC on Vimeo.

Last night, I led the third of our four session Next Step group, which we promote as a “membership exploration class at Good Shepherd.” This particular group has about 25 people in it, spanning in age from 17 to 70 and in experience from biblical novices to people who have studied for the ministry.  In Read the full article…