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This has been a heavy week in the life of our extended Good Shepherd community. Many of you know Kayla Meredith, who led our Gladstone campus and served on staff at Good Shepherd for many years. On Saturday night, Kayla’s youngest son, Nate, died in an e-bike accident. Many of us are also grieving the […]

A few weeks ago, we celebrated something beautiful together. Through our Easter Offering, we set out with a clear and meaningful goal: to partner with Sleep in Heavenly Peace and provide 50 beds for children in the Northland who need a safe and comfortable place to sleep. That goal mattered because every bed represents more […]

This week we had our yearly staff retreat. There was time for dreaming, planning, and reconnecting as a team. But the moment I haven’t been able to shake wasn’t any of that. It was hearing from some of you. Stories of how serving at Good Shepherd has been meaningful—not just in what you do, but […]

Easter morning always starts a little early and a little chaotic—but this year, there was something different about it. Between services, I found myself having a series of small, almost ordinary conversations. I met a family who hadn’t been to church in years but decided to give it another try. I talked with someone who […]