YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS!
VOL. 54
MARCH
NO. 3
FROM THE PASTOR
Mary’s News – Christ is risen!
The minute the beloved disciple John hears that
Christ is risen, he jumps up to see what has
happened arriving at the tomb before Peter. His
actions seem perfectly understandable, since in
the Fourth Gospel he always represents the most
appropriate way to respond to Jesus and his
message. After all, he stayed with Jesus all the
way to the bitter end; why would he not want to
see what has happened now? Because the
Beloved Disciple serves as the faithful witness,
the source of the irreplaceable knowledge for
belief in this Gospel, he must see for himself the
linen cloths and the bodiless tomb. He instantly
believes without full comprehension or
explanation of what it all means.
We know people like this today; every church
needs them to survive. These are the people who
have no evidence to believe that the boy who
messes up the sound equipment in the sanctuary
will be anything but trouble, yet insist that he is
headed toward a brilliant career in sound
engineering. These are the people who see
service possibility in broken-down playgrounds
and faded fellowship halls. These are the people
who require no proof that eternal life trumps
death and smile inwardly every time they hear the
word “resurrection”. Although they may often
annoy us with their boundless optimism and
refusal to face facts as we see them, we secretly
cheer for them and draw strength for our own
faith journeys from their unwavering trust that
God will work good, even out of our Lord’s
suffering and death followed by the joy of
resurrection.
Christ is risen; He is risen
INDEED. Pastor Lowell
EASTER LILIES
With Easter fast approaching, on March 31, we
are making plans for decorating the sanctuary
with Easter lilies.
As in the past, you will have the opportunity to
dedicate a lily in memory, honor, or celebration
of a loved one or event. We encourage you to
stop by our table following the worship services
the three weekends before Easter (March 9 and
10, 16 and 17, 23 and 24). You and your
designee(s) will be listed in the Easter weekend
bulletins. Blessings to all during the Lenten
season. The Altar Flower Committee
Sunday afternoon March 10 at 4:00 we will be
seeing the movie, Wesley, A Heart Transformed Can
Change the World. Join us in the church sanctuary
for the movie, then, stay for Pot Luck dinner in
the fellowship hall. This screenplay is adapted
directly from the journals of John Wesley. The
film faithfully portrays the formative years of
Wesley’s ministry, from the Epworth rectory fire
in his childhood, to his disastrous mission and
romance in colonial Georgia, and to his pivotal
“heart-warming” experience in London, known
as the Aldersgate experience.
Come and experience the life of John Wesley,
1703 to 1791, and meet his brother Charles, his
brother Samuel and their mother Susanna. From
this beginning of the Methodist Societies, the
United Methodist Church today numbers in the
millions of members around the world.
Come, bring the family and friends.
For additional information, contact AJ at 719314-7083
STAFF PARISH RELATIONS
COMMITTEE – PASTORAL
APPOINTMENT PROCESS
What happens now? We know that Pastor
Lowell was sent to Good Shepherd to serve an
Interim Ministry for one year. He has now been
with us since July, 2012 so we are eight months
into the appointment year. We will have a new
pastor beginning July 1 but just how do we get
from here to there? In order to share the
process, I want to begin with a short version of
the organizational structure we are a part of.
The United Methodist Church is a connectional
system and that is very important in the clergy
appointment process. Good Shepherd UMC is
one church within the Mile High Pikes Peak
District of the Rocky Mountain Conference.
The Rocky Mountain Conference (Colorado,
Utah and most of Wyoming) along with the
Yellowstone Conference (the rest of Wyoming,
Montana and a corner of Idaho) are served by
one Bishop, Elaine Stanovsky.
The two
conferences are known as the Mountain Sky
Area. The Rocky Mountain Conference includes
six Districts and each District has a District
Superintendent or a “DS”. Rev. Dr. Melanie
Rosa is the DS of the Mile High Pikes Peak
District and provides guidance to church staff
parish committees as well as oversight for clergy
within the District, including appointments.
The Bishop and the six District Superintendents
work together as the Cabinet. This group is
responsible for praying, discerning, listening and
finally appointing clergy to each church in the
conference. Last year and again this year they
have determined that one way to create
opportunity and dialogue in the process is to
notify all clergy in the Mountain Sky Area of
churches with known openings such as the end
of an interim appointment or announced
retirements. Good Shepherd is on the list this
year as an available church.
Your staff parish relations committee has
completed a document known as the Church
Profile, which contains church and community
demographics; financial statistics of the church;
anticipated compensation for the pastor and
other needs of the congregation with regard to
spiritual leadership. The District Superintendent
has spent many hours getting to know our
history and congregational needs. As the Bishop
and the Cabinet meet during February and
March, they will work diligently to discern the
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best candidate for Good Shepherd based on all of
the available information.
Their work is
immersed in prayer. They are able to select from
a wide range of clergy throughout the Mountain
Sky Area. This is the connectional system
working to support all the churches and clergy
served by our Bishop.
Most likely by sometime in April or May the Staff
Parish Relations Committee will be introduced to
the selected candidate. This is not an interview in
the sense that we will have several candidates to
choose from. The discernment process by the
cabinet is taken very sincerely and the clergy who
is sent for this introduction is expected to
become our new pastor. Once the selection is
agreed upon both by the candidate and the
committee, announcements are made in both
churches (the church the pastor is leaving and the
church the pastor is going to) simultaneously. It
is also an expectation that the appointment will
be for a minimum of four years.
Each of you can play an active role in the process
by praying every day for Pastor Lowell and Lana
as he continues to lead us toward this new
appointment; for the clergy within our
Conference and Mountain Sky Area, for the
Bishop and the cabinet, and for our congregation.
We need to be prepared to show hospitality and
God’s love to our new spiritual leader. Blessings,
Elaine Johnsen, Chair
NEWS FROM LISA MAUPIN, OUR
COMMUNITY WORKER IN MISSION IN
OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
Her work received 1/3 of our Christmas Eve
offering: She writes: "Thank you so much for
all that you do to support missions and justice.
You are amazing and I carry you closely in my
heart!..".. About her work she reports that her
mission directed 600 volunteers during the
summer work. Also, the state UMW meeting
sent 120 women to do mission work, tour garden
sites and the thrift store. On January." MLK Day
of Service", they hosted 80 youth and adult
leaders. Her work is very involved with
Community Gardens, and they continue
to expand the program. New church sites are
encouraged to include community gardens.
A great project is to have a Blue Flamingo
fashion show featuring thrift store clothing from
their store and using Fair Trade accessories. They
partnership with a coffee shop/bookstore next
door to a new church. Models are community
partners, volunteers, gardeners and UMW
members.
We celebrate her enthusiasm for the work as she
responds to God's call to uplift the poor and
disenfranchised in rural and urban areas in the
U.S. Your Missions Committee requests your
continuing prayers for her mission. Thank You.
Mary
Stevens
Humphreys, mission
chairperson
HERE’S YOUR CHANCE!
You, too, can attend the Rocky Mountain Annual
Conference as a voting delegate, June 13-16 in
Denver.
Volunteer today to serve as an
equalization member! We have space for 33
people to serve in this way, and you could be one
of them.
We strive to have an equal number of clergy and
laity at the meeting and always need more lay
people to balance the number of active and
retired clergy in the Conference. Serving as an
equalization member is a great way to be a part of
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the action of the Conference. You’ll experience
varied worship services, legislative discussions,
business meetings, and social gatherings. You’ll
hear guest speakers and meet people from the
three-state area that makes up our conference.
This year’s theme is “Cultivating the Tree of
Life,” and the mission emphasis is “Imagine no
Malaria.” I’ve been attending annual conference
for years and always look forward to it. I love it!
See me right away for more information on how
you can become an equalization member to
annual conference! Mary Ann Tabor
ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT
Come and enjoy. Plenty of eggs for everyone
and prizes for all. If you would like to donate
individually wrapped candy, which will fit in
plastic eggs, please contact Shirley Greener, 3825841. Thanks for your support.
ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING
We will celebrate One Great Hour of Sharing on
March 2 and 3 at the worship services. Gifts to
this offering underwrite UMCOR's "cost of
doing business." This helps us keep our promise
that 100 percent of every other gift you make to
a specific UMCOR project can be spent on that
project--not on home office costs.
UMCOR with specialized ministries responds to
disasters, provides relief supplies around the
world, and offers hospitality to immigrants and
refugees and goes where the need is greatest.
(Think Health Kits, Birthing Kits, School kits
such as our own VIM team last fall assembled
in Salt Lake City.)
The envelopes we will provide for OGHOS will
give you an opportunity to read about
"Methodist Angels" from the perspective of a
recipient of help from UMCOR after a
Hurricane. She says" These volunteers not only
fix houses, they also fix people's lives by showing
up to help."
This is a way that most of can help even though
we can't go 'fix houses" by giving generously to
this special once a year offering. Your
Missions Committee
UMW’S FAIR TRADE SALE
Are you looking for a great way to support
independent artisans all over the world?
United Methodists Women’s Ten Thousand
Villages Sale will take place on April 19 from
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and April 20 from 8:30
a.m. to 2:00 p.m. You will be able to find gifts,
home décor items, art pieces, and fashion
accessories handcrafted by people in Africa,
Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. For
example, Liliana Perez in Guatemala makes hand
woven articles. Liliana feels her work elevates
her self-esteem and allows her to earn income to
meet whatever goals she sets. United Methodist
Women are proud to be able to support
individuals, especially women, who are trying to
better themselves in difficult circumstances.
Tell your friends and neighbors about our sale
and bring them along to participate in this new
event.
Your help is needed as well. If you would like to
help with unpacking and setting up the
merchandise on Thursday, April 18 or as a
cashier on April 19 or 20, packing up and clean
up on April 20 please call Joyce Nicholson at
390-6842.
LAY SERVANT MINISTRY TRAINING
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Lay Servant (formerly Lay Speaking) Ministry’s
spring training will be April 12, from 6:00 p.m. to
9:00 p.m. and April 13 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00
p.m., and the deadline for registration is March
28. We’ll meet at Central UMC, which is near us.
Lay Servant Ministry is for any lay person who is
currently a leader or is thinking of becoming a
leader by teaching a class, serving on a
committee, or simply participating in the life of
the church in an active role. Training classes—
which are based on spiritual foundations—are
offered twice a year and always start with the
basic lay servant class.
At the April 12 and 13 classes, Nancy Butler and
Rev. Sherry Ferriman will lead the basic course,
and Rev. Leanne Hadley will lead the advanced
course “Lay Servants Discover Their Spiritual
Gifts.”
Won’t you consider this great opportunity for
spiritual growth and service? Registration forms
are at the welcome center. See you there! Mary
Ann Tabor
CHILDREN’S MOMENTS
There will be a sign-up sheet at the welcome
center for any one who would be willing to do
Children’s Time in Sunday worship. See Shirley
Greener for information.
MARCH WORSHIP SERVICES
3/3
3/10
3/17
3/24
3/31
COME BUY AND EAT
Psalms 63:1-8
Isaiah 55:1-9
LOOK INSIDE – GET A FRESH
START
Psalm 32
2 Corinthians 5:16-21
TO ANTICIPATE AND HONOR
Psalm 126
John 12:1-8
A FREE AND FULL LIFE
Psalm 118:21-29
Luke 19:28-40
JESUS SAID “MARY”
Acts 10:34-43
John 20:1-18
HOLY WEEK SERVICES
3/24 Palm Sunday
Easter Cantata – Adult Choir
NO STONE COULD HOLD HIM
3/28 Maundy Thursday – 7:00 p.m.
In Remembrance of Me
I Corinthians 11:23-26
3/29 Good Friday – 7:00 p.m.
Psalm 22:1-8
John 19:26-30
3/30 RealLife – Easter 6:00 p.m.
3/31 Easter Sunrise 7:00 a.m.
Youth Lead and Breakfast follows
*Please note adult choir will present: No Stone
Could Hold Him on 3/23 at 6:00 p.m.
EASTER BASKETS
Good Shepherd’s share for Easter Baskets before
March 24 is box cake mix and pint bottles of
vinegar. Collection box by the window in Cooper
Hall.
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What a great month of February we had as a
youth group! We were able to collect a very large
amount of food for the Canned Food Drive! A
huge THANK YOU to the congregation
members of Good Shepherd United Methodist
Church! All the food will be delivered to The
Springs rescue Mission!
As March begins, we will participate in a 12
Hour Famine with the youth of Good Shepherd
and Stratmoor Hills. This 12 Hour famine is to
help show the youth of WIRED what it is like to
go without food for a prolonged period of time.
The youth will be able to pig out from 7pm-8pm
and then from 8pm-8am will only be allowed to
drink water or juice. Normally this would be a 32
Hour famine, but we will begin by holding a 12
Hour famine. This will be a lock-in and there will
be games, and fun throughout the evening! The
Youth of WIRED will also be having a Sunrise
Service again on Easter! We will continue to
meet every Sunday from 6-7:30pm and will enjoy
food, fun, and faith! The month of March looks
like this for the youth of WIRED:
-March 3rd: WIRED 6-7:30pm
-March 10th: WIRED 6-7:30pm
-March 17th: WIRED 6-7:30pm
-March 22nd: 12 Hour Famine @
GSUMC 7pm-8am
-March 24th: No WIRED 6-7:30pm due
to the lock-in
-March 29th: Laser Tag @ Laser Quest 68pm
-March 31st: Sunrise service @ GSUMC
6:40am-8am, NO WIRED 6-7:30pm due to
Easter Sunday
During the month of March there are
opportunities to get involved with the youth of
Good Shepherd and Stratmoor Hills UMC.
Volunteer opportunities are:
- Dinner for youth group on: 3/3,
3/10, 3/17 (Bring food and drinks for
10-15 people)
- Helping as a chaperone on 3/22 (12
Hour Famine @ GSUMC 7pm-8am)
and
3/29 (Laser Tag @ Laser Quest 68pm)
Thank you all for your continued support! If you
have any questions or concerns, please contact
Seth Hastings at wired1gsumc@gmail.com or
sethamus69@gmail.com . Also for continued
information about WIRED, please check out our
blog www.wiredgsumc.blogspot.com and our
NEW youth website www.fusion3umc.org .
Have a blessed month of March! Seth
LAY LEADER NOTES
As we approach Easter Sunday and all that
means to Christians everywhere, I always reflect
back to a special Easter Sunday that I
experienced as a young Marine in the spring of
1951.
Many of us in our teen-age years probably did
not really understand the true meaning of Easter
and the significance of the Resurrection. Sure,
we had most likely heard the story in our Sunday
school classes, but really didn't connect the
“truth” of God's plan for His son. I was one of
those who questioned just what Easter was all
about.
Stationed aboard a Navy ship along with 1500
other servicemen and sailing around the
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Mediterranean Sea as part of security forces in
that area, we jumped at every chance to get off
and visit the interesting cities and ports in that
part of the world.
As the Easter week-end approached, our ship was
scheduled to pull into port near Athens, Greece.
Very anxious to get off and see the sights around
Athens, we were given the opportunity to attend
a sunrise service led by one of the several
Chaplains within our group. Bus transportation
was provided and the service was held atop Mars
Hill just outside the city of Athens. We were told
that this was the exact spot where Paul had
gathered a large crowd and delivered the sermon
titled “THE UNKNOWN GOD”.
As the years went by, I grew to realize the true
significance of having stood on “holy ground”
during that particular Easter service.
Do you have a special memory of Easter
services?? Remember some sunrise services
during your youth?? Maybe you participated in a
special service. Soon we will all be shouting “He
has risen”!!! “He has risen indeed”!! Blessings to
all, Dick
FOOD PANTRY
Some or you are curious about how our food
pantry really works. First, let me say that we
actually have two types of service.
We dispense government commodities
to
authorized recipients two Thursdays a month.
On the second Thursday of the month, we serve
those people whose last names begin with letters
A-K. On the fourth Thursday of the month, our
clients’ names fall in the L-Z segment of the
alphabet. The Care and Share Food Bank supplies
all of the commodities and whatever fresh
produce is available at the time. Our volunteers
sort and box the food according to family sizes.
We also have an emergency food pantry service,
which is open during regular office hours. People
with a printed recommendation from the Walt
Fortman Center may pick up groceries—primarily
non-perishable canned goods or dry cereals and
pastas/rice. These food items are supplied by
Care and Share through a monthly allocation, by
local food drives, and also by monetary donations
from our church family. We always like to
provide some meat, milk, and eggs when we can.
Sometimes the meat can be frozen, but the milk
and eggs just about have to be purchased a little
at a time by Mary Humphreys, who oversees the
distribution of the emergency food supplies. We
are always very grateful to receive donations for
this purpose, and our clients look upon the gift of
food as “manna from heaven.” Good Shepherd,
your influence is felt in the region. You are
touching more lives with your generosity and
compassion than you realize. Thank you! Mary
Ann Tabor
MEMORIAL ANNIVERSARIES FOR
MARCH
Doris Matteson
3/21/80
Mary Wiley
3/02/86
Julia Russell
3/13/88
Jim Millar
3/28/89
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Minnie Moenning
3/19/95
Lucille Kester
3/22/95
Charles Hansen
3/13/97
Ruth Starr
3/01/98
Dick Turner
3/09/98
Lorna McCready
3/03/02
Beulah Harrison
3/13/05
Nicholas Wilmott
3/24/06
Audie Pfanenstiel
3/6/12
GSUMC Loved Ones
The Mark Nikirk Family, The Norman Nix
Family, The Pat Nyborg Family, The Steve
O’Donnell Family
PRAYER CONCERNS
Long Term Prayer Concerns
Eleanor Acklin, The L.D. Allen Family, Faye
Allgood, Nancy Bartell-Katrades, Sheri Bell,
Tony Bell and Family, Lila Cleaver, Betty Cohu,
Gwen Cooper, Len Dickson, Loretta Eckman,
Maynard Fullington, Ken Glennan, Rhonda
Harrington, Candy Hatton, Mabel Hawkinson,
Judy Henke, Ed Hines, Olga Hines, Jim Hodges,
The Brendan Hogan Family, Kayla Hogan, Jesse
Jaramillo, Sr., Natalie Lang, Clyde Lewis, Shirley
Lossing, Dave Martell, Norm and Jean Martell,
Tom
Minkler,
Alan
More,
Donna
Neumemacher, Jonathan Pino, Cap and Betty
Proal, Marketa Protzy, Shirley Pruitt, Betty
Quinn, Fred Shaw, Dewey Staatz, Barb Sterry,
Linda and Nick Thacker, Chuck Thacker, Zach
Waller, Hobert White, Gary Wright
Short Term Prayer Concerns
Brenda Martell, Dale Randquist, Ryan Winter,
Family Loss, Sandy Jones, Phyllis Trout, Sharon
Clayton, The Carrie Rose Family, The Gidley
Family, Dennis Dubbs, Peggy McCloud, The
Fongs, John and Janice Pengruber, Herman
Williams, Jamie Holt, Lee and Mary Britton, Jay
Hodges, Earl Sherwin, Belinda Ross, Evelyn
Bowers, Pat Castle, Chris Hake, The Christine
Corney Family, Char Bogren, Jane Haines,
Heather Dillard, Audrey Leeper, George
Keaines, Peggy McCloud, Victor Cano, The
Dave Felice, Sr. Family, The Robert Marsh
Family, The Amy Thacker Family, Beth
Cornmesser, Karla Pace
MARCH BIRTHDAYS AND
ANNIVERSARIES
Annabelle Clowser
Cheri Smith
Evelyn Bowers
Richard Decker
Orestes Pino
Emery Cihak
Randy Jones
Jeff Clemens
Bill Heintzen
Ian Bell
Byron King
Myleigh Gilham
Mary Ann Tabor
Ken Davis
Bill Lang
Mona Atkins
Matthias Franklin
Tara Lang
Ron Fex
Jason Wade
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STAFF
Ministers ..................................... Members of the
Congregation
Senior Pastor .............................. Pastor Lowell Karnes
Office Manager .......................... Loraine Scoman
Treasurer ..................................... Juli Gill
Director of Music Ministries.... Jennifer Montgomery
RealLife Worship
Coordinator ................ Ron Fex
Nursery Attendants ................... Marjorie vanTuil
Amidon Schar
Youth Coordinator .................... Seth Hastings
Lay Leaders................................. Dick Gilham
Shirley Greener
MaryAnn Tabor
Head Usher ................................ Dewey Staatz
Address: 1201 Leta Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80911,
Phone: (719) 392-5782, E-Mail: Office@gsumc-cs.org
Web Page: www.gsumc-cs.org.
OFFICE HOURS
Monday – Friday ..................... 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
In an Emergency, After Hours, please call Pastor Lowell
Karnes at (719) 287-9424
SERVICE TIMES
Saturday Evening .................... 6:00 pm
Sunday Morning .........................9:30 am
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