Verbal Announcements
Reformation Sunday
26 Oct 2025
19th Pentecost
19 Oct 2025
18th Pentecost
12 Oct 2025
17th Pentecost
5 Oct 2025
16th Pentecost
28 Sep 2025
15th Pentecost
21 Sep 2025
14th Pentecost
14 Sep 2025
13th Pentecost
7 Sep 2025
12th Pentecost
31 Aug 2025
11th Pentecost
24 Aug 2025
10th Pentecost
17 Aug 2025
9th Pentecost
10 Aug 2025
8th Pentecost
3 Aug 2025
7th Pentecost
27 Jul 2025
6th Pentecost
23 Jul 2025
5th Pentecost
13 Jul 2025
4th Pentecost
6 Jul 2025
3rd Pentecost
29 Jun 2025
2nd Pentecost
22 Jun 2025
Trinity
15 Jun 2025
Pentecost
8 Jun 2025
7th Easter
1 Jun 2025
6th Easter
25 May 2025
5th Easter
18 May 2025
4th Easter
11 May 2025
3rd Easter
4 May 2025
2nd Easter
27 Apr 2025
Easter
20 Apr 2025
Palm Sunday
13 Apr 2025
5th Sunday of Lent
6 Apr 2025
4th Sunday of Lent
30 Mar 2025
As We Gather
The saints remind us that we are not alone. We have been washed in the blood of the Lamb and brought into the fellowship of all the saints through Baptism. We live this new life by faith now, but then we shall see Him face-to-face and know Him as we are known by Him. When lonely or fearful, the company of the saints encourages us, and their devotion to the Lord inspires us to endure to the end that we might be saved. Whether known well or known only to God, the faithful are not forgotten and neither will we be.
Holy Communion
The Lord’s Supper is celebrated today with the confession that we receive the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, in, with and under (a way of saying that Christ is fully present in) the bread and wine. Christ's presence gives us the assurance that our sins are forgiven and to nourish our faith. This is a solemn celebration, “For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves” (1Corinthians 11:29). The Lord’s Supper is meant for our good, not to our judgment. But, before presenting yourself ask these questions:
1. Am I sorry for my sins and need forgiveness?
2. Did Christ die and rise to forgive my sins?
3. Am I receiving the very body and blood of Christ Jesus?
If your answers are yes, you are welcome. If you are not a member of a LCMS church, or have further questions about The Lord’s Supper, please speak with the pastor.
Stewardship
Matthew 5:6 – “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”
You only hunger and thirst for what you don’t have. Jesus has come to fill us up with righteousness – His own righteousness. He is the self-giving Lord whose sacrifice inspires us to be givers, too.
Lutherans For Life
“We know that there will always be changes in laws and politics, and we can only change that as best as we can. The comfort that we do know is that the Father does not change like shifting shadows. In today’s world, changes are swift and inevitable, but our faith and trust in our unchanging God are the comforts that sustain us!” Diane Albers, President of Lutherans For Life – A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life • lutheransforlife.org
Children Sunday School
This week in Sunday School, the children will study the efforts Abraham made to ensure that his son Isaac would marry a person who loved God in the account of "Isaac and Rebekah." As a family discuss, "Why is it important to marry someone who shares your Christian iaith? What are the blessings of sharing your beliefs with your spouse?
Mite Boxes
The Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) collects mites—small, voluntary offerings—to fund mission grants that spread the Gospel and serve people in need. Inspired by the biblical story of the widow’s mite (Luke 21:1–4), the practice encourages all to give sacrificially and joyfully. Together, these small gifts make a big impact, supporting missions locally, nationally, and around the world.
Sharing and Caring
A ministry supported by our congregation through donations of non-perishable food items, placed in the collection basket in the inner Narthex. Sharing and Caring serves individuals and families in need by providing food, clothing, and emergency assistance. It brings hope, encouragement, and practical support to those experiencing hardship or crisis.
Smokes and Jokes, a Christian Fellowship
Enjoy an evening of conversation and light refreshments as we relax together, share stories, and encourage one another in faith and friendship. Feel free to bring a snack or a joke to share, and come ready for a warm, casual time among friends. If you’d like to join, please contact Pastor Klemme directly.
Youth Group
The Way Cafe
An in-person devotion with Pastor Klemme to strengthen your relationship with God through Scripture, song, prayer, fellowship, and biblical insights. Come, be replenished, renewed, and fueled to live a life of faith. You are welcome just as you are. God is here, ready to connect with you in a fresh way. Meets by weekly in the Cafe.
American Heritage Girls Troop 1517
The American Heritage Girls (AHG) is a Christian Scouting-like organization. The organization has more than 52,000 members with troops or individuals ("trailblazers").The stated youth membership standard is that it is for "All biological girls of any color, race, national origin and socioeconomic status who agree to live according to the standards of the AHG Oath and the AHG Creed". Adult leaders must subscribe to a Trinitarian Christian statement of faith.
For more information contact Adrienne Cook.
5 Wishes and Palliative Care
Join Emerald Coast Hospice for the empowering "5 Wishes and Palliative Care" presentation by experts Sherry Richardson and Heidi Allen. Learn the 5 Wishes advance directive: 1) Decision-maker, 2) Treatments wanted/declined, 3) Comfort level, 4) How to be treated, 5) Messages for loved ones—plus palliative care benefits. Perfect for adults, families, caregivers, and anyone seeking peace of mind. Meets in the Cafe.
Military Love & Care Bags
As a church community grounded in compassion and service, we have a special opportunity to come together and make a real difference in the lives of local military families who are facing financial hardship. For the month of November, we are requesting baby formula. Monetary donations are also welcome.
Benevolence
Love seeks the welfare of all, (Romans 15:2), and works no ill to any, (Romans 13:8-10); love seeks opportunity to do good to all, and especially toward the household of faith, (Galatians 6:10). Please consider contributing to our benevolence fund. (Online to donate: https://www.shalimar.church/human-care)
Marionette Puppets
When Jesus and His disciples go for a boat ride, the disciples become frightened in the rough seas as Jesus sleeps. These seasoned fishermen are surprised when Jesus demonstrates that He has authority even over the weather.
Thanksgiving Dinner Food Drive
We are collecting canned goods and non-perishable food items for families that we are adopting for Thanksgiving by providing them a Thanksgiving Day meal in celebration of the gifts God has given us.
Items we are collecting:
• Canned Vegetables (Corn, Green Beans, Yams)
• Mashed potatoes
• Gravy (packets, jar, canned)
• Stuffing (boxed, bag)
• Cranberry Sauce
• Turkeys.
We are expecting to also have items from the Crop Drop (Potatoes, Corn, Peppers, etc.) to supplement what we are providing families.
If you don’t want to shop, we will monetary contributions and shop for you..
Jean
Council Meeting
Let us do everything with love. The Church Council is a gathering of elected advisers who serve and guide the ministries of the congregation toward our given mission. (Matthew 28:19-20). We meet in the library.

Thanksgiving Eve
November 26 – 6:30 PM
Thanksgiving Eve Worship
We Praise God for Sustaining Life in and through His Word
The nation resounds with thanksgiving for the earth’s bountiful harvest, crops of wheat and grains, all beneath the canopy of God’s almighty care. But “man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord” (Deuteronomy 8:1-10). The Church is the vessel through which the Word of God penetrates the world with its Law and Gospel. It is this divine Word that proclaims Jesus as the sole source of life, health and wholeness. It is Jesus who heals lepers with His Word: “Go show yourselves to the priests” (Luke 17:11-19). Of the 10 cleansed, only one expresses thanksgiving back to Jesus. But true gratitude proceeds from a heart sustained by faith. Jesus bids this one Samaritan to “rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.” So also, we are sent from the Worship Service, bolstered in our faith by baptismal and Eucharist blessing to be thankful in circumstances of plenty and hunger, abundance and need (Philippians 4:6-20).
Christmas Tree Decorating
We need your help. The Altar Guild is beautifying the sanctuary for Advent to include setting up and decorating the Christmas trees with handmade Chrismons.
For more information contact Ann Lienemann.
Chrismons (Christ monograms) are ornaments based on symbols of Christ including monograms of Jesus' name in Greek. The Chrismons Tree originated at Ascension Lutheran Church in Danville, VA in 1957.
Poinsettias
Help to provide poinsettias for the Sanctuary in celebration of Christmas by donating $10 for a poinsettia. We can receive you gift through an envelope in the offering plate or online at shalimar.church/give.
The poinsettias association with Christmas began in 16th-century Mexico, where legend tells of a girl who was too poor to provide a gift for the celebration of Jesus' birthday. So she gathered green foliage and place them in front of the church altar where red blossoms miraculously sprouted from the greenery. The plant was introduced to the United States by the first US Ambassador to Mexico, Joel Roberts Poinsett, in the 1820's.
The star-shaped leaf pattern is said to symbolize the Star of Bethlehem, and the red color represents the blood sacrifice of Jesus's crucifixion.
Poinsettias can be picked up after the last Christmas Eve worship service.
For more information contact Ann Liennermann
Advent Meals
The youth group is serving meals on Advent Wednesdays before the evening worship service. Dinner is served from 5:30 until 6:15 PM
Voters Assembly Meeting
It is that time of year to address our annual budget at a Voter's Meeting. We praise God and thank you for your faithful giving to Good Shepherd’s ministries. The purpose of the budget is to establish spending authority to dedicate resources toward our worship of God and for our proclamation of the Gospel.
AHG Christmas Party
The American Heritage Girls Christmas Party is a mystery dinner set in the North Pole. We are citizens of town, who, by-the-way, desperately need to hear the good news of the Savior's birth. See Curtis for your character assignment.
Lacey Kringel is once again hosting the annual Kringel’s Block Party in Holly Hills. The RSVP list for this year’s event has you on edge. Hollyberry Town’s rumor mill has been churning with scandals—blackmail, backstabbing, and deception have shaken this once-peaceful community. You’re certain drama is inevitable. With a few personal grudges of your own to settle, you’re eager to see what unfolds.
Congregational Christmas Breakfast
In the Fellowship Hall to celebrate the birth of our Savior by enjoying food and fellowship, (maybe some trivia and other games). Come, be known and encouraged.
Cookie Walk
Christmas Cookies Exchange/Walk is an opportunity to eat and take home delicious cookies made with love and maybe a few made by faceless bakers bought in a chain store. Satisfy your Christmas cookie appetite and help support the youth group.
Angel Tree
An Angel Tree is set up in the Narthex. We are supporting the same families from Kenwood Elementary that we did for Thanksgiving. Take an angel (or two) and put your name and phone number next to the angel number on the signup sheet. ALL GIFTS need to be returned, wrapped, and underneath the tree so we can distribute them to the families in time for Christmas. Contact Jean Grieve for more information:
Contact Jean.
Youth Christmas Party
The Youth Christmas Party is a mystery dinner set in the North Pole. We are citizens of town, who, by-the-way, desperately need to hear the good news of the Savior's birth. See Curtis for your character assignment.
Lacey Kringel is once again hosting the annual Kringel’s Block Party in Holly Hills. The RSVP list for this year’s event has you on edge. Hollyberry Town’s rumor mill has been churning with scandals—blackmail, backstabbing, and deception have shaken this once-peaceful community. You’re certain drama is inevitable. With a few personal grudges of your own to settle, you’re eager to see what unfolds.
Concert Series
4th in the 2025 concert series "Sheep May Safely Graze" featuring classical music groups. A community event to reach out and draw people in. For more information contact David Ott
Festival of St. James of Jerusalem, Brother of Jesus and Martyr
The Church honor's saints for showing us how living out faith can be done.
“A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household” (Matthew 13:57). James the Just was once offended at Jesus’ “wisdom and … mighty works” (Matthew 13:54). But he came to faith following His resurrection, when Jesus appeared to him (1Corinthians 15:7). He then became a leader of the Early Church in Jerusalem, present at the council recorded in Acts 15. There James recognized from the prophets that Jesus was the Lord “known from of old” and returned to rebuild David’s fallen tent and restore it, “that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name” (Acts 15:16-18). “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness” (James 1:2-3). Josephus and other historians record that James was martyred by stoning in the 60s A.D. “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him” (James 1:12).
Source: LCMS Calendar of Feasts and Festivals.
Commemoration of Dorcas, Lydia, and Phoebe, Faithful Women
The Church honor's saints for showing us how living out faith can be done.
These women were exemplary Christians who demonstrated their faith by their material support of the Church. Dorcas (also known as Tabitha) was well-known and much loved for her acts of charity in the city of Joppa, especially for her making clothes for the poor. When Dorcas died suddenly, the members of her congregation sent to the neighboring city of Lydda for the Apostle Peter, who came and raised her from the dead (Acts 9:36-41). Lydia was a woman of Thyatira, who worked at Philippi selling a famous purple dye that was so much in demand in the ancient world. She was also a “worshiper of God” at the local synagogue. When the Apostle Paul encountered her in prayer among other proselyte women, his preaching of the Word brought Lydia to faith in Christ. She and her friends thus became the nucleus of the Christian community in Philippi (Acts16:13-15, 40). Phoebe was another faithful woman associated with the Apostle Paul. She was a deaconess from Cenchrae (the port of Corinth) whom Paul sent to the church in Rome with his Epistle to the Romans. In it he writes of her support for the work of the early Church (Romans 16:1).
Source: Lutheran Calendar of Saints
Commemoration of Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann, and Paul Gerhardt, Hymnwriters
The Church honor's saints for showing us how living out faith can be done.
Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608) was a pastor in Germany during the Great Plague, which took the lives of 1,300 of his parishioners during a sixth-month period. In addition to his heroic pastoral ministry during that time of stress and sorrow, he wrote the texts for “Wake, Awake, for Night Is Flying” and “O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright,” known, respectively, as the king and queen of the Lutheran chorales. Johann Heermann (1585-1647), also a German pastor, suffered from poor health as well as from the ravages of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648). His hymn texts are noted for their tenderness and depth of feeling. Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676) was another Lutheran pastor who endured the horrors of the Thirty Years' War. By 1668 he lost his pastoral position in Berlin (for refusing to compromise his Lutheran convictions), and endured the death of four of his five children and his wife. He nevertheless managed to write 133 hymns, all of which reflect his firm faith. Along with Martin Luther he is regarded as one of Lutheranism's finest hymn writers.
Source: LCMS Calendar of Commemorations
Festival Of St. Simon And St. Jude, Apostles
The Church honor's saints for showing us how living out faith can be done.
“Speak to them; do not hold back a word” (Jeremiah 26:1-6). The Word is always repentance for the forgiveness of sins (Luke 24:44) — “great mercy” and “a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ” (1Peter 1:3). “If they kept my word,” says Jesus, “they will also keep yours,” but “if the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you” (John 15:18-21). In Jeremiah’s day, the people demanded he die, but they did not bring his “innocent blood” on themselves (Jeremiah 26:8-16). When the priests and people gathered around Jesus, they refused to hear (Matthew 27:20-26). Christ’s servants will not be above their master (John 15:20). According to tradition, Simon (the Zealot) and Jude (also known as Thaddaeus) worked to bring the Gospel to Persia, where they were martyred together. But even in this, God’s servants are “more than conquerors” (Romans 8:37). “Though … tested by fire” and suffering, we obtain “the outcome of [our] faith, the salvation of [our] souls,” and rejoice (1Peter 1:6-9). For as Jesus told Jude, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him” (John 14:23).
Reformation Day
The Son of God Has Set Us Free from Sin and Death by His Grace
“Wisdom is justified by her deeds” (Matthew 11:19), and the true Wisdom of God, Christ Jesus, the incarnate Son, justifies us by His deeds. He prepares His way by the preaching of repentance, but He has suffered the violence of the Law and voluntarily handed Himself over to violent men, that we might eat and drink with Him in His Kingdom and “remain in the house forever” (John 8:35). For He is “a friend of tax collectors and sinners” (Matthew 11:19), and He has rescued us by His grace from the slavery of sin and death. By the proclamation of His eternal Gospel “to those who dwell on earth, to every nation and tribe and language and people” (Revelation 14:6), “the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law” (Romans 3:21), “that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus” (Romans 3:26). And by hearing the Gospel of Christ Jesus, “whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith” (Romans 3:25), “you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31-32).
Commemoration of Johann von Staupitz, Luther's Father Confessor
The Church honor's saints for showing us how living out faith can be done.
Johann von Staupitz (ca. 1469-1524), vicar-general of the Augustinian Order in Germany and friend of Martin Luther, was born in Saxony. He studied at the universities in Leipzig and Cologne and served on the faculty at Cologne. In 1503 he was called by Frederick the Wise to serve as dean of the theological faculty at the newly founded University of Wittenberg. There he encouraged Luther to attain a doctorate in theology and appointed Luther as his successor to professor of Bible. During Luther's early struggles to understand God's grace, it was Staupitz who counseled Luther to focus on Christ and not on himself.
Source: LCMS Calendar of Commemorations
Commemoration of Martin Chemnitz, Pastor and Confessor
The Church honor's saints for showing us how living out faith can be done.
Martin Chemnitz (1522-1586) is regarded after Martin Luther as the most important theologian in the history of the Lutheran Church. Chemnitz combined a penetrating intellect and an almost encyclopedic knowledge of Scripture and the church fathers with a genuine love for the church. When various doctrinal disagreements broke out after Luther's death in 1546, Chemnitz determined to give himself fully to the restoration of unity in the Lutheran Church. He became the leading spirit and principal author of the 1577 Formula of Concord, which settled the doctrinal disputes on the basis of the Scriptures and largely succeeded in restoring unity among Lutherans. Chemnitz also authored the four volume Examination of the Council of Trent (1565-1573), in which he rigorously subjected the teachings of this Roman Catholic Council to the judgment of Scripture and the ancient church fathers. The Examination became the definitive Lutheran answer to the Council of Trent, as well as a thorough exposition of the faith of the Augsburg Confession. A theologian and a churchman, Chemnitz was truly a gift of God to the Church.
Source: LCMS Calendar of Commemorations.