Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

LCMS • 2101 Lor Ray Drive, North Mankato, MN • 507.388.4336

About - 50th Anniversary

Sharing Jesus from Generation to Generation

• A History of the Early Christian Church (PDF)
• A History of the Church in the Medieval Period (PDF)
• A History of the Lutheran Church (PDF)
• A History of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (PDF)
• A History of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd (PDF)

• Good Shepherd Timeline
• Pictures Through the Years

• See the Good Shepherd church and school float during the parade

• Rev. Steve Bongard will preach at the 9:00 AM service of worship and afterward visit about his ministry.
• Rev. Bongard is serving as Senior Pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Valparaiso, IN.
• A 10:30 a.m. potluck brunch will be followed by root beer floats in celebration of Pastor Becker’s anniversary.
  

• Rev. Gerald Boldt will preach at the 9:00 a.m. service of worship and afterward visit about his ministry.
  • Rev. Boldt is serving as Pastor of St. John Lutheran Church, Winsted, MN.
  • A 10:30 a.m. pot-puck brunch follows.
• Pictures
  

• Resumption of Sunday Bible classes,
  • 7th year of Little Lambs Preschool and
  • 3rd year of Good Shepherd Lutheran School. Teacher induction will be part of the 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. services of worship.
  • Rev. Tom Olson will preach at a special 2:00 p.m. service of worship and afterward will visit about his ministry.
  • Rev. Olson is now serving as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Tyron, NC.
  • A catered turkey dinner will be served at 4:00 p.m. with a free will offering. Offerings in surplus of $6 per person will go toward the sanctuary building fund. (Groundbreaking for the sanctuary was 2 years ago this weekend. Dedication was last year, Oct. 1.)
  

• Rev. Dr. Douglas Rutt will preach at the 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. services of worship and afterward will visit about his ministry.
  • Rev. Rutt is serving as Associate Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Missions and Dean for Distance Learning at Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, IN.
  • A 12:00 noon pot-luck dinner follows.
  

• Construction Pictures of Ground Breaking, New Sanctuary, Dedication
• Construction of New Church Location - 1999
• Virtual Tour Construction
• Charles Avenue (former church location) Sunday School Rooms

• What About the Missouri Synod (PDF)
• Moving Frontiers (book)
• Heritage in Motion (book)