Now are the summer months when individuals and families generally take some well-deserved time and escape the rat race of everyday life.
Where is God when you go on vacation? Is He one of the relics that is left behind to gather some dust with the promise to clean Him off and return to Him as soon as the fun part of life is over? Or does God go with you in your heart and mind? It is so tempting to make excuses to refrain from worship while we’re away from home. The excuses are many and they make so much sense when we say them. At this point, I could give you a lot of LAW. I could attempt to “guilt” you into not skipping church and prayers and maybe some Bible reading while you travel this summer. But I’ll leave you with this: You are God’s adopted children, bought with a price – the precious
blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Give thanks daily for the mer-ciful and gracious God who has called you to be His own. Whether you are home or far away there is a reason to worship. When we worship we are strengthened and renewed in our faith so we can con-tinue to serve our Lord. Where you worship also makes a difference. Don’t be tempted into false worship or false doctrine. Remember: “Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith.” 1 Peter 5:8-9b
If you would like to find an LCMS church in the area where you are headed….ask your pastor or visit www.lcms.org and look for a church in the di-rectory.
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In His Service, Pastor Hindenburg
What If God Took A Vacation?
Late Summer (August) + In The Year of Our Lord + 2010
T H E G O O D S H E P H E R D L U T H E R A N C H U R C H
Whether you're going to
Punjab (above, note the LCMS
cross) or Cambridge (below),
there are Lutheran churches
and bodies in our fellowship
all over the world. Talk to
Pastor Hindenburg if you're
going out of town.
Schedule of Events
August 1 … Good Shepherd Lutheran School 2nd Annual Alumni Day. Special recognition will be
given by the alumni to former teacher Mary Flett and former school principal Norb Huber, City
Clerk in Hawthorne and son-in-law of Lena Jordan.
August 3 … begins our weekly Tuesday morning Bible study. We’ll meet at 10:00 in the Sanctuary
and we will take an in-depth look at Saint Paul’s letter to the Romans.
August 4 … begins our weekly multi-congregational Wednesday evening study.
We’ll meet at 7:00 in the Sanctuary. Feel free to invite your friends from other local
LCMS congregations. Our first series of classes will be taking a look at the Augsburg
Confession, that distinct confession of faith penned by the Church fathers which
clearly summarizes what Scripture teaches on a number of topics and answers the
question, “How do you know if you are a Lutheran?”
August 8 … The 75th Anniversary Committee will meet right after service.
August 15 … Rev. Mark Rabe here (see page 4 of this
issue)
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August 2010 S U N M O N T U E W E D T H U F R I S A T
1
8:45 Bible Class
10 Worship
2 3
10 am—Bible Class
4
7 pm—Bible Class
5
11:30 Trustees and
Charter School Mtg
6 7
8
8:44 Bible Class
10 Divine Service
9 10
10 am—Bible Class
11
7 pm—Bible Class
12
10 am—Elders
13 14
15
8:43 Bible Class
10 Divine Service
16 17
10 am—Bible Class
18
7 pm—Bible Class
19 20 21
22
8:42 Bible Class
10 Worship
23 24
St. Bartholomew,
Apostle
10 am—Bible Class
25
7 pm—Bible Class
26 27 28
9 am—Vanguard
(Men’s Study)
29 The Martyrdom
of St John the Bap-
tizer
8:41 Bible Class
10 Divine Service
30 31
While this sculpture, "St. Bar-
tholomew, Exquisite Pain"
(Damien Hirst, 2006), looks
repulsive at first, it takes on a
different meaning when we
remember that St. Bartholomew
was skinned alive for confess-
ing the faith.
Items noted in red are festival /
commemorative days of the
Church Year
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August 2010 S U N M O N T U E W E D T H U F R I S A T
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Ralph Prey
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
Royce Morton
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Birthdays are indicated by a single name. A birthday prayer when you remember your fellow congregants: “Watch
over your child, ___, O Lord, as his/her days increase; bless and guide him/her, wherever s/he may be. Strengthen
him/her when s/he stands; comfort him/her when discouraged or sorrowful; raise him/her up if s/he falls. Lead
him/her always to the Cross, where forgiveness may be found, and the peace which passes all understanding abide
all the days of his/her life. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.”
Anniversaries are indicated by joined names. An anniversary prayer: “O, Lord, we
give you thanks and bless Your holy name. You created man and woman in your
image and blessed their union. Remember ___ and ___ today. Protect them and
grant that their love may be in the image of devotion and love that Christ has for
His Church. Grant their life together be of joy and peace, devoted and forgiving
to one another. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.”
Your 75th Anniversary
Committee is working hard to
ensure a fun, memorable and
reverent event on October
10!
Invitations will be sent out by
the church office at the be-
ginning of August.
The day begins as every
Sunday at The Good Shep-
herd, with Bible Class at 8:45
and Divine Service at 10.
After service, Gayle is coor-
dinating a light luncheon be-
tween noon and 2:00 for
those staying for both ser-
vices, if they don’t want to
leave the church property.
The 75th Anniversary Cele-
bration Service begins at
3:00. The Rever-
end Donald A.
Jordan, Pastor at
Redeemer Lu-
theran Church in
Chico, CA, and
son of Lena Jor-
dan will be our
guest preacher.
At 5:00, there
will be a no-host dinner at
The Proud Bird in Los Ange-
les, and your invitations will
have all the details!
LCMS at Calvary, Oroville,
CA and will be leaving for
Kenya with his family mid-
September.
He will join us for Bible Class
on the 15th, and he will give
us a presentation after ser-
vice so that we may learn
more about this exciting and
important work of preaching
Christ in Kenya, where the
Gospel is being shared and
lived out through teaching
The Reverend Mark Rabe has
been called to serve at the
Matongo Lutheran Theologi-
cal College and as Chaplain
at Ringa Girls School in Ma-
tongo, Kenya. The college is
a seminary that trains pastors
and deaconesses to serve our
brothers and sisters in the
Evangelical Lutheran Church
of Kenya (ELCK). Rev. Rabe
has most recently been serv-
ing the CNH District of the
and works of mercy.
A freewill offering will be
taken.
75th Anniversary Celebration Update
Kenya Missionary to Visit The Good Shepherd on August 15
will hold joint membership
with Immanuel Lutheran
Redondo Beach. They
are usually upstairs in the
loft before service, so please
take a moment after service
to allow them to come down
from the balcony and greet
them!
For those who’ve wondered
when Karina is moving to
Inglewood and joining Pastor,
well, she is here and settling
in, getting to know her new
environs. She is also the edi-
tor of this newsletter, so feel
free to email her at
[email protected] with
newsletter submissions. Let
her know, too, if you’d like
this newsletter in full color via
email.
On Sunday, July 25, The
Good Shepherd received by
transfer and affirmation of
faith three new communicant
members:
Our very own organist, Kevin
Marquardt and his wife
Susan, and our pastor’s wife,
Karina Lindsey.
Say hello to these new mem-
bers, as you may not have
met them yet. Kevin and
Susan live in Lawndale and
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Schedule for 10/10/10
8:45 — Adult Bible Class
10:00 — Divine Service
12:00-2:00 — Light Luncheon
3:00 — 75th Anniversary Celebration Service
5:00 — No-Host Dinner at The Proud Bird
Above: Matongo Lutheran Theo-
logical College (to be renamed
Neemu Lutheran University) in
Sondu, Kenya near Lake Victoria
Below: Ringa Girls High School
Late Summer (August) + In The Year of Our Lord + 2010
Please take a look at the calendar on page 2
for a list of upcoming events in August.
Do any of you remember when The Good
Shepherd sent out its last newsletter? I don’t.
Thanks to Pastor and Karina we will again be
receiving monthly newsletters, starting with this
issue.
October 10 isn’t really that far away, and your
75th Anniversary Committee is hard at work to
ensure we are going to have a great celebra-
tion. (Ed note: see p. 4) As we get closer to the
big day, we will be asking for your participation
in the final preparations. If you would like to
help, please see one of the committee mem-
bers.
Pastor Hindenburg conducts a very informative
and interesting Bible Class every Sunday morn-
ing starting at 8:45 (soon to be 8:30). We aver-
age about 12 members in attendance and
plenty of seats are available. All members are
invited and encouraged to attend.
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September Newsletter deadline is
August 15 to
the Newsletter box in the church
office, or catch her at church
News from the Synodical Convention In the Synod’s triennial convention in Houston just
last month, the LCMS elected the Rev. Matthew C
Harrison as its new president.
See his acceptance speech here and a “10 Minutes
With” interview from Religious News Service taken
after his election here (For those not reading this online,
printed copies of the texts are available in the Narthex.)
Rev. Harrison has been for many years the Executive
Director LCMS-World Relief and Human Care, that
arm of the LCMS dedicated to exhibiting mercy in
action throughout the world.
He will be installed as President of the Lutheran
Church-Missouri Synod on Sunday, September 11,
2010 at the Chapel of Sts. Timothy and Titus on the
campus of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO.
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+August 1 Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 13)+
Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14;2:18-26
Colossians 3:1-11
Luke 12:13-21
782 “Gracious God, You Send Great Blessings”
698 “May We Thy Precepts, Lord, Fulfill”
795 “Voices Raised to You We Offer”
+August 8—Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 14) +
Genesis 15:1-6
Hebrews 11:1-16
Luke 12:22-34, 35-40
666 “O Little Flock, Fear Not the Foe”
750 “If Thou But Trust in God to Guide Thee”
663 “Rise, My Soul, To Watch and Pray”
+August 15—Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 15)+
Jeremiah 23:16-29
Hebrews 11:17-31-40; 12:1-3
Luke 12:49-56
655 “Lord, Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word”
587 “I Know My Faith is Founded”
643 “Sent Forth by God’s Blessing”
Please use the following readings during the week
to prepare yourself for worship:
Late Summer (August) + In The Year of Our Lord + 2010
+August 22—Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16)+
Isaiah 66:18-23
Hebrews 12:4-24
Luke 13:22-30
510 “A Multitude Comes from the East and the West”
508 “The Day is Surely Drawing Near”
526 “You Are The Way; Through You Alone”
+August 29—Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 17)+
Proverbs 25:2-10
Hebrews 13: 1-17
Luke 14:1-14
842 “Son of God, Eternal Savior”
804 “O Worship the King”
813 “Rejoice, O Pilgrim Throng”
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Join us for Liturgical Worship
Sundays at 10:00 a.m.
Adult Bible Class at 8:45 a.m.
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The Reverend Bruce J. von Hindenburg, pastor [email protected]
902 S. Maple St.
Inglewood, CA 90301
Royce Morton, Admin Asst
310-671-7644 (church office)
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The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church A member congregation of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
902 S. Maple
Inglewood, CA 90301
310-671-7644 office
2010—Celebrating 75 years in God’s Grace
T H E G O O D S H E P H E R D L U T H E R A N C H U R C H
They will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. -John 10:16b ESV