Vacation Bible School is coming up! Registration opens this week for Jonah and the Big Fish! On August 15 through 17th, from 5:00 to 7:30, we will be praying, playing, singing and practicing a play about Jonah. If you know any kids ages 5 to 12 who might like to join us, please invite them! You can register here https://www.goodshepherddecorah.org/2016-vbs-registration/ or call the church office or ask one of the members of the Education Committee (that’s Megan, Heather and Anna) for more information. On the last night we are inviting adults to join us for the performance of our play, and an ice cream social. Thanks!

Congregation member Jane Jakoubek will preach on  Sunday, July 17, at Good Shepherd. Pastor Marion Pruitt-Jefferson will preside at the worship service. Jane received her PhD. in Psychology from the University of Arkansas.  She retired most recently from Monmouth College in Illinois where she had been a Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Psychology and also held the same positions at Hanover College in Indiana.  She was Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean of the Faculty at Luther College before that.  She recently completed a Graduate Certificate in Spiritual Direction from the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri.

On Wednesday, July 13, we will worship outdoors and have a cookout beginning at 5:30 pm. Bring a dessert or salad to share. Everything else for the meal will be provided (grilled brats, chips, beverages, dinnerware and utensils).  Mike and Sue Blair will provide special music.  You are invited to bring lawn chairs.

• Students in Kindergarten – 6th grade are invited to attend (including those who have finished 6th grade).
• Camp is open to all students in Decorah and the surrounding area, so invite friends!
• Cost is $52/student (Good Shepherd has funds to support Good Shepherd members attending this camp).
• Students arrive between 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. each day with programming starting at 9.
• Each day ends at 3:00 p.m.
• Students will bring their own lunch each day.
• Thursday night there will be a final program at 6:45 p.m. in the First Lutheran Sanctuary

The registration form for the camp can be requested from the Good Shepherd office.

Tuesday, July 12
12:00 p.m. – Stewardship Committee
2:00 p.m. – Pr. Larson @ Wellington Place
7:00 p.m. – Council Meeting
7:00 p.m. – Band Rehearsal

Wednesday, July 13
10:30 a.m. – Pr. Larson @ Aase Haugen
3:30 p.m.- Education Committee
5:00 p.m. – Come and Try Handbells
5:30 p.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
6:15 p.m. – Cookout and Potluck

Thursday, July 14
5:00 p.m. – Kids’ Lunch Club packing

Saturday, July 15
11:00 a.m. – Staron-Mott Wedding

Sunday, July 17 – Ninth Sunday After Pentecost
9:30 a.m. – Worship with Holy Communion
10:30 a.m. – Fellowship Hour