Third Sunday in Advent This weeks service, A service of Lessons and Carols, will be provided by the Chancel Choir under the direction of Kirk Averitt. The Dec. 1st Altar Flowers were given in loving memory of Ken Mallory b…
Third Sunday in Advent
This weeks service, A service of Lessons and Carols, will be provided by the Chancel Choir under the direction of Kirk Averitt.
The Dec. 1st Altar Flowers were given in loving memory
of Ken Mallory by his family.
Rev. Eva Thai-Erwin ~ Senior Pastor
Dr. Stephen Cook ~ Director of Music, Organist
Kirk Averitt ~ Director, Chancel Choir
Carolyn Noonchester ~ Director, Bell Choirs
Diane Lucas ~ Director, Children's Choir
Janice Clark ~ Director, Youth Choir, Children's Choir Accompanist
Franklyn Shen ~ Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries, Youth Choir Accompanist
Do your Christmias shopping at our market filled with meaningful gifts that will touch lives around the world and honor your recipients! Our market will feature Heavenly Treasures, beautiful crafts, Habitat for Humanity, Union Station, Heif…
Do your Christmias shopping at our market filled with meaningful gifts that will touch lives around the world and honor your recipients! Our market will feature Heavenly Treasures, beautiful crafts, Habitat for Humanity, Union Station, Heifer Project, Family Promise (see shopping list on page 4), and Church World Service. This year, Church World Service has timely gifts for Ukrainian refugees (a 2 week emergency food package) and gifts for the beleaguered people of Haiti (school supplies for 24 students and 200 mango seeds for farmers trying to make a living).
Your gifts can be purchased the first three Sundays in December. Your dedicated gifts come with a gift card and an insert. Start making your list and make Christmas a blessing for your family and friends and people around the globe.
Foothill Unity Center’s Christmas Angels will be generic. No specific names or ages will be on the angels. We will put up the Angel Tree and it will simply have the wish list printed on the back. You do not need an Angel to donate a…
Foothill Unity Center’s Christmas Angels will be generic. No specific names or ages will be on the angels. We will put up the Angel Tree and it will simply have the wish list printed on the back. You do not need an Angel to donate a gift. Simply bring your UNWRAPPED gifts to Jordan Hall. If you donate a gift card please drop it off in the Church Office. Thank you for sharing and caring!
You can also contribute to their Thanksgiving Food Drive by donating to them directly and see their wish list- Click Here
The Christmas Offering Letters have been sent out through email (or mailed to those without email access). Christmas offering envelopes are available in the church office or sanctuary entry- way. Your generous Christmas offering can…
The Christmas Offering Letters have been sent out through email (or mailed to those without email access). Christmas offering envelopes are available in the church office or sanctuary entry- way. Your generous Christmas offering can be returned in person on Sunday, Dec. 22nd, during our traditional Trek to the Tree event in worship. If you are unable to attend in person, feel free to drop off or mail the offering by Dec. 31st.
The 5:00pm Family Christmas Pageant will be here before we know it! We invite all children ages 3 and up to participate in the Christmas pageant, which will be a part of the Christmas Eve Family Service on Tuesday, December 24th, 2024. We w…
The 5:00pm Family Christmas Pageant will be here before we know it! We invite all children ages 3 and up to participate in the Christmas pageant, which will be a part of the Christmas Eve Family Service on Tuesday, December 24th, 2024. We will have one rehearsal on Sunday, December 22nd from 11:15am - 1:00pm (lunch will be included), and all members of the Children’s Choir, Youth Bells, and Youth Choir will be participating in the service. We would also like to accomodate children and youth coming from out of town after Decemeber 22nd for Christmas. If you let us know, you can still by participate by coming at 4:00pm on Tuesday, December 24th. You will need to wear the color of what you would like to be (white for angels, brown for shepherds, black or grey for animals.
If you are interested in participating, please contact Franklyn Shen via email (fnjshen@sbcglobal.net) by Sunday, December 15th so we can include your name in the worship bulletin.
Cause a scene for a good cause at Blaze Pizza! 815 W Naomi Ave Unit C (inside the Vons parking lot). The Good Shepherd’s Children Center is holding a Dine Out Fundraiser at Blaze Pizza on Wednesday, January 15th from 4pm – 7pm. You can eith…
Cause a scene for a good cause at Blaze Pizza! 815 W Naomi Ave Unit C (inside the Vons parking lot).
The Good Shepherd’s Children Center is holding a Dine Out Fundraiser at Blaze Pizza on Wednesday, January 15th from 4pm - 7pm. You can either bring the flyer into the restaurant or show it on your phone. Online orders must be placed via the Blaze Pizza App or blazepizza.com. Enter code “1333A” in the Promo Code field at checkout.
UWiF is having a fundraiser at the Panera’s on Huntington in Monrovia on Thursday, January 23, 2025 from 4pm – 8pm. Please put the date on your calendar and come and support local missions.
UWiF is having a fundraiser at the Panera’s on Huntington in Monrovia on Thursday, January 23, 2025 from 4pm - 8pm. Please put the date on your calendar and come and support local missions.
Book Group is starting our next book, All the Colors of the Dark. Join us on Wednesdays at 11:30 in the lounge!
Book Group is starting our next book, All the Colors of the Dark. Join us on Wednesdays at 11:30 in the lounge!
Adult Sunday School Class meets every Sunday at 9:00am-9:45am in the Church Library. All are welcome! Carolyn Iga and Don Thorsen will co-teach the class. Starting the first Sunday in November, the adult Sunday School class will hav…
Adult Sunday School Class meets every Sunday at 9:00am-9:45am in the Church Library. All are welcome! Carolyn Iga and Don Thorsen will co-teach the class.
Starting the first Sunday in November, the adult Sunday School class will have a new theme until Christmas entitled “Inspiring Women in the Bible.”
We invite you to meet with us in fellowship and prayer as well as in studying Scripture. For information about the class, contact Carolyn (carolyniga@gmail.com) or Don (donthorsen@alumni.stanford.edu)
Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Conversational English Classes have begun! The Beginning English class meets in the Adult Education Center (AEC) every Sunday from 9-10:30am. The Intermediate Class meets every Friday from 9-10:3…
Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced
Conversational English Classes have begun!
The Beginning English class meets in the Adult Education Center (AEC) every Sunday from 9-10:30am. The Intermediate Class meets every Friday from 9-10:30am on Zoom. These classes are taught by Rowena Zeng and Mike Johnson. For information and the Zoom invitation to the Intermediate class, please contact the Church Office, or Rowena Zeng and Mike Johnson at m.johnsonsmbel@gmail.com or rowezeng@gmail.com
The Advanced Conversational English class is held in person in the Church library every Friday morning from 9:30am - 11:00am. This class is taught by Sandra Jelinek and Carolyn Bowman. For more information about this class, please contact the Church Office or Sandra Jelinek at: sjelin2@aol.com
Give flowers “in honor of” or “in memory of” loved ones or to celebrate an anniversary, birthday, accomplishment or special event. The cost of the flowers is $65. 2024 Altar Flowers – The new cost for flowers beginning in 2024 is…
Give flowers “in honor of” or “in memory of” loved ones or to celebrate an anniversary, birthday, accomplishment or
special event. The cost of the flowers is $65.
2024 Altar Flowers – The new cost for flowers beginning in 2024 is $65. Payment is via check, cash or online. Checks should be made out to Church of the Good Shepherd, with
“Flowers” in the memo line. To place your request, please contact Suzanne Wright in the church office by phone, or email: swright@cgsum.org. Orders go to florist on Wednesdays.
1. Call the church office, 626-447-2181, and write a check payable to “Church of the Good Shepherd” with “Altar Flowers” in the memo line.
2. Use our church website to reserve flowers. You can pay online using our giving page HERE
The church office will place your order with ZuZu’s Petals of Arcadia. Your personalized message will be announced in church by Pastor Eva on the appropriate Sunday. The message will also be included in the Sunday bulletin and the next week’s newsletter.
After the 10:00 a.m. Worship Service that Sunday, you may
take your flowers home with you. If you are unable to pick them, call the office and we will have them in the church office on Monday morning after 9:00 a.m.
Thank you for helping to beautify our worship center!
Children’s Choir Children currently in elementary school are invited to “make a joyful noise to the Lord.” We meet Sundays in the Music Room (directly behind the Narthex at back of the sanctuary) after Sunday School from approximately 11:15…
Children's Choir
Children currently in elementary school are invited to "make a joyful noise to the Lord." We meet Sundays in the Music Room (directly behind the Narthex at back of the sanctuary) after Sunday School from approximately 11:15 to 11:45am. For information contact Diane Lucas, Children's Choir Director (dlucasarc@gmail.com)
Youth Choir
All current 6th to 12th graders are invited to join Youth Choir and Youth Group. Youth Choir rehearses from 12:30pm - 2:30pm in the Music Room. For more information about Youth Choir please contact Janice Clark (Youth Choir Director) at janiceclark@ausd.net
Bell Choirs
Adult Bells will start on September 13 and rehearses on Wednesday evenings in the Sanctuary at 6:30pm. Youth Bells will start on Sunday, September 10 after the service. No ringing experience is required, just bring an attitude of fun and your sense of humor! Please see Carolyn Noonchester at Church or email her at cgsbells@gmail.com.
Chancel Choir
Open to all Adults Rehearses Sundays before Worship at 8:30am in the Music Room Kirk Averitt, Director averittjk@gmail.com
All current 6th to 12th graders are invited to join Youth Choir and Youth Group. Youth Choir rehearses from 12:30pm – 2:30pm in the Music Room. No singing or dancing experience is required! Youth Group takes place in the loung…
All current 6th to 12th graders are invited to join
Youth Choir and Youth Group.
Youth Choir rehearses from 12:30pm - 2:30pm in the Music Room. No singing or dancing experience is required!
Youth Group takes place in the lounge inside Jordan Hall starting at 9:45am. For more information about Youth Choir or Youth Group, please contact Janice Clark (Youth Choir Director) at janiceclark@ausd.net or Franklyn Shen (Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries) at fnjshen@sbcglobal.net.
Sunday School for preschoolers and elementary grade children will meet in Jordan Hall following the Children’s Time in the Sanctuary. Also, Nursery care is available on Sunday mornings from 9:30-11:30 a.m. All are welcome – p…
Sunday School for preschoolers and elementary grade children will meet in Jordan Hall following the Children's Time in the Sanctuary.
Also, Nursery care is available on Sunday mornings from 9:30-11:30 a.m.
All are welcome - please join us!
Our United Methodist Women’s Crafts Group meet Wednesdays at 1:15-3:00 p.m., in the Church Library. All women are invited and all types of crafts are welcome with the proceeds from items made then sold at UMW Boutiques going toward m…
Our United Methodist Women’s Crafts Group meet Wednesdays at 1:15-3:00 p.m., in the Church Library.
All women are invited and all types of crafts are welcome with the proceeds from items made then sold at UMW Boutiques going toward mission projects.
Bring your own projects to work on or come on Wednesday night and see if there is something you’d like to help create. Sometimes there are group projects to work on, but most of the time everyone works on their own favorite craft.
We also encourage crafters to participate in the boutique sales with crafts they have made at home during the year.
The Church of the Good Shepherd has a dedicated group of people who pray for members and their friends when a request comes into the church office. If you have a need for prayer for yourself, family or friends, please call the chur…
The Church of the Good Shepherd has a dedicated group of people who pray for members and their friends when a request comes into the church office.
If you have a need for prayer for yourself, family or friends, please call the church office (626) 447-2181 or email Linda in the church office at ldoran@cgsum.org . The request will go out to the prayer chain and will also go into the church newsletter the next week, if requested.
Foothill Unity Center is still collecting egg cartons and plastic bags. During this PANDEMIC era we have a different location for dropping them off. Whenever you are in the vicinity of the church, they can be placed in the box locat…
Foothill Unity Center is still collecting egg cartons and plastic bags.
During this PANDEMIC era we have a different location for dropping them off. Whenever you are in the vicinity of the church, they can be placed in the box located near the entrance to the Church office.
Arrangements have been made to transfer the contents
of the box to Fellowship Hall for future delivery to the Center.