Welcome

Civil Union Blessing

Good Shepherd recognizes that love is a gift from God. As a Christian congregation we celebrate with couples who have found a life-long partner and wish to make a binding commitment to one another. If you wish to undergo a formal Civil Union ceremony in accordance with Illinois Law please contact the pastor.

About membership

Do I have to join to be involved?

You are welcome to attend worship, take communion, and engage in ministry with us at Good Shepherd even without official membership, except for things such as serving on the board or in certain other elected positions or voting at officially called congregation-wide meetings.

How do I join?

A Welcome Message

Welcome to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, where our doors are wide open to people from all backgrounds.

We want to be a place of blessing. If you are just beginning to wonder about Christianity, this is a safe place to ask questions and explore possibilities. If you have been journeying with Christ for some time, this is a place to grow deeper in your walk as a disciple. If you have wandered here and there or up and down in your spiritual journey, this is a place to speculate, marvel, seek and find.

And, whether you live out your faith primarily through study, meditation, emotional experience or social activism, you can find others at Good Shepherd who share your spiritual temperament. This is a place of open doors, open minds, open hearts, open hands.

About Us

At Good Shepherd, we value diversity. Our mission statement, in its brief form, says it well: Embracing the diversity of God's creation and celebrating our oneness in Christ. We embrace diversity by welcoming all people regardless of race, gender, class, sexual orientation, physical ability, or family composition. In embracing diversity we seek to be a bridge of understanding among people, to live in the creative tension of differences, to be a blessing to a community and a world where dialogue, understanding and collaboration among diverse people is needed.

About our Church

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Good Shepherd is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
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Good Shepherd is also a "Reconciling in Christ" congregation.


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