Pastor Greg wraps up Advent by talking about finding peace through the different storms in our life.

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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.

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Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday December 22nd in our Worship Center and you can watch it here.

Pastor Pamela wraps up Advent talking about the peace we can find in ourselves when we put our trust in 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!

The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.

Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday December 22nd in our Sanctuary and you can watch it here.

As we wrap up 2024, host Ross Cochran takes a moment to thank those who listen and encourages those in the Naperville area to check out Good Shepherd this Christmas Eve.

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Good Shepherd Christmas Service Times

• December 23rd
  • 5:00pm & 7:00pm Contemporary Worship Services
• December 24th
  • 12:00pm Family Service
  • 3:00pm & 5:00pmp Traditional Worship Services
  • 3:00pm & 5:00pm Contemporary Worship Services
  • 7:30pm Traditional Worship Service
  • 11:00pm Acoustic Worship Service
• December 29th
  • 9:00am & 10:45am Family-Oriented Service "Christmas at the Movies"

A few programming updates for the rest of 2024.

• There will be no new interview next Wednesday due to Christmas.
• There will be a new interview, with Pastor Tara Beth, posted on New Years Day.
• We will post a replay of our Christmas Eve Services prior to December 30th.

Thanks for listening!

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!

The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.

Pastor Greg continues our Advent series by reflecting on Zaccheaus and the difference between "joy" and "happiness."

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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!

The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.

Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday December 15th in our Sanctuary and you can watch it here.

Pastor Tara Beth continues our Advent series by sharing the story of Zacchaeus that we can read about in Luke 19. She also reflects about the difference between "joy" and "happiness" and why we often get them confused.

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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!

The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.

Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday December 15th in our Worship Center and you can watch it here.

Pastor Jake Roberts returned to the podcast with host Ross Cochran to reflect on how the woman at the well that we meet in John 4 is not the person we've heard sermons about, she's actually the "embodiment of Advent."

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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!

The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.

Check out the sermon this conversation is based on from Sunday December 8th, 2024.

Pastor Jake walks us through week two of Advent by giving an often overlooked perspective about the woman at the well that we meet in John 4. He also talks about how love breaks down barriers, how we as the church are called to do the same, and how we can practice that kind of love through prayer.

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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!

The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.

Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday December 8th in our Worship Center and you can watch it here.

Pastor Tara Beth leads us through the second week of Advent by diving into what boundary breaking love looks like, and how we're called to live that out as individuals and as the church.

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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!

The best way to support the podcast is to support Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Naperville Illinois.

Today’s message was originally delivered on Sunday December 8th in our Sanctuary and you can watch it here.