Pastor Elisabeth continues walking us through this Advent season.

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The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together.

We’d love to meet you! Email us, check out our website, and come worship with us!

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Get your copy of Rich Villodas' book, which was the inspiration behind this devotional.

Glen Wagner, former Pastor at Good Shepherd, kicks off our Advent series, Waiting for Jesus.

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The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together.

We’d love to meet you! Email us, check out our website, and come worship with us!

We are moving forward in faith. Join us.

Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday November 30 in our Sanctuary and you can watch it here.

Pastor Tara Beth kicks off our Advent series Waiting for Jesus.

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The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together.

We’d love to meet you! Email us, check out our website, and come worship with us!

We are moving forward in faith. Join us.

Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday November 30 in our Activity Center and you can watch it here.

Pastor Elisabeth leads us through a reflection on waiting before the Lord.

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Join us this Christmas season at Good Shepherd.

Get your copy of Rich Villodas' Book, Waiting for Jesus, which helped guide this reflection.

Pastor Tara Beth wraps up our Forward Together teaching series.

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The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together.

We’d love to meet you! Email us, check out our website, and come worship with us!

We are moving forward in faith. Join us.

Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday November 23 in our Activity Center and you can watch it here.

We have a quick update for you today as we get ready for Advent 2025. At Good Shepherd we'll be walking through Waiting for Jesus by Rich Villodas, and on the podcast, released every Sunday during Advent, we'll have a reflection led by Pastor Elisabeth Lectka. Stay tuned and tell your friends! Thanks for listening.

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Get your copy of Rich's Book.

The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together.

We’d love to meet you! Email us, check out our website, and come worship with us!

We are moving forward in faith. Join us.

In a powerful call to faithful stewardship, Pastor Greg weaves together the dramatic story of the Israelites at the Red Sea with Good Shepherd Church's current Forward Generosity initiative. Drawing from Exodus 13-14, he illuminates how God's people faced what seemed like an impossible situation – trapped between Pharaoh's army and the sea – yet witnessed God's miraculous provision. The sermon connects the congregation's history of "Red Sea moments" – from the church's founding in cornfields to expanding during the 2008 recession – with their present challenge of raising $10 million for ministry expansion.

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The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together.

We’d love to meet you! Email us, check out our website, and come worship with us!

We are moving forward in faith. Join us.

Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday November 16th in our Activity Center and you can watch it here.

Have you ever felt paralyzed by an impossible obstacle? In a powerful exploration of the Israelites at the Red Sea, Pastor Tara Beth reveals how God makes a way when there seems to be no way. Through personal stories of wrestling with Verizon customer service and witnessing Good Shepherd's own "Red Sea moments" in construction projects, she illuminates how faith isn't forged in comfort, but on the shoreline of uncertainty. Whether facing financial decisions, relationship challenges, or church growth, this message reminds us that moving forward isn't about our courage—it's about trusting the God who still fights for us today.

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The Encounter Faith Podcast is dedicated to creating space to slow down and dive deeper into the critical conversations we’re having every week at Good Shepherd. We fundamentally believe that you cannot encounter the risen Lord unchanged, and through the replays of our Sunday Sermons and conversations with our pastors and community leaders, we are prayerfully pursuing the author and the perfecter of our faith, together.

We’d love to meet you! Email us, check out our website, and come worship with us!

We are moving forward in faith. Join us.

Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday November 16th in our Sanctuary and you can watch it here.