Monthly Meetings
We typically meet on the first Monday or Tuesday of each month. Each meeting focuses on a monthly theme, which guides the selection of recipients for benevolence fund disbursements.
Activities & Opportunities
The Service Team at Good Shepherd is dedicated to sharing God’s love by demonstrating our Christian faith and serving the local and global community. Our mission is to utilize Good Shepherd’s spiritual gifts and financial resources to address the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs of others, especially those in greatest need.
Each year we raise funds for our FMSC MobilePack where kids and adults work together to hand-pack nutritious FMSC MannaPack™ meals specifically designed to improve the lives of undernourished children around the world. Food packing takes place in two-hour shifts, with adults and children (ages 5 and up) filling bags at workstations. Contact Bob Debolt
At Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, we believe service is most impactful when it is rooted in deep relationships. That’s why we partner with LifeWise StL as our primary local service ministry. LifeWise provides wrap-around support for people of all ages, including an early childhood center, after-school tutoring, and a summer literacy program for children; economic education and mental health programs for adults; college readiness support for teens; and companionship for seniors. Their impressive range of programs is designed not just to meet immediate needs, but to transform lives through ongoing relationships.
We support this mission through financial gifts, service projects, and hands-on volunteering. Our congregation regularly comes alongside LifeWise through events like the Freedom School Summer Literacy Camp, Back-to-School supply drives, and the Holiday Market, as well as ongoing volunteer opportunities both at Good Shepherd and on-site at LifeWise.
This partnership is more than a program—it is a growing relationship where we see God at work. Together with LifeWise StL, we are learning, serving, and joining the Spirit’s transforming mission of compassion and justice in our community.
Our community garden is located just off the south parking lot. The produce that we pick from the garden supplies food for hungry people in the area. The volunteers fertilize, plant, weed, water, pick the vegetables, and clean up the garden for the season. The garden is a ministry of Good Shepherd in order to share the bounty God provides us with those who are in need. It is also an educational ministry for the preschool children and for the congregation that we might see how our food is grown and participate in that process. The use of straw-bales for planting and compost has been a great success so far, and it still feels like cutting-edge experimentation in the science of gardening. You are always welcome to participate and be a gardener.
Contact Laura McCommis to learn more.
Good Shepherd supports ELCA World Hunger through the Good Gifts program every Advent by purchasing farm animals to help people move from poverty to sustainability
Each year Good Shepherd members donate food and funding to supply Thanksgiving meals for families in need. Good Shepherd partners with Wings of Love and Care Center in South St. Louis.
Members create blank greeting cards for the military to encourage the deployed to stay connected with family and friends.
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