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Advent opportunities in 2024

Advent Word

This is the "global advent calendar" begun several years ago.  Each day of Advent has a word prompt taken from the lectionary.  You're invited to look for places that word shows up in your daily life and then share it on social media with #adventword.  For more information and the word prompts see: https://adventword.org/#about.

Advent Calendar and daily meditations

The Rev. Tom Mousin and Merry Waters collaborate to create an Advent calendar and daily meditations.  Find out more at: https://thomasmousin.com/.

All ages are welcome to participate, however a few of the stories may be disturbing, as they present the reality of pollution, poaching, and sickness of creatures. Please contact Caleb Redick at calebredick@gmail.com for more information.

Living Well Through Advent by Living Compass

A daily devotional created by Living Compass is available in hard copy at the church (limited number of copies) or the digital PDF can be downloaded in English and Spanish here: https://www.livingcompass.org/advent.  They will also send daily emails (English only) if you subscribe at the link.

Wednesday Evening Book Group

At this time, the Book Group is meeting in a hybrid with the on-line portion via zoom at this link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87328732734?pwd=dWlUdHFNU2t2L1V2WFpoQmlqcGVDZz09

December: End-of-semester movie night!  December 11, 6:30PM.  Title TBD.

We usually have a small number of copies of the current book here at the church for lending out, but encourage you to support our local bookstores if you prefer to purchase a copy for yourself.

Questions about the book group? Suggestions for future reading? Contact Mark Thomas at the church office, 765.743.1347, sheep@goodshep.org

For a list of books that our group has read (a list going back to 2006), click here (Word format) or here (PDF).

Last updated 2/9/24

Children and Youth

Children of all ages are welcome to join us in worship. Youth Group for youth in grades 6 through 12 meets twice a month during the school year.  The Youth Group includes youth from both Chapel of the Good Shepherd in West Lafayette and St. John’s in Lafayette. Check the church calendar or contact the church office for more information.

Weekly Meditation Group

The Meditation Group meets weekly.  We follow the practice set by the World Community of Christian Meditation (WCCM).  We begin by listening to a brief teaching from WCCM, then we have 20 minutes of silence, and we end by saying noonday prayers from the Iona community.  We offer meditation in a hybrid fashion.  For those wishing to join us on-line, the link can be found at the Online Worship page.