You’re invited
Come worship with us on Sundays at 10:30 a.m., where we sing, pray, listen to a message from Scripture, or hear from guest speakers. If children are present, they join the adults for the first half of worship and a special storytime before joining their Sunday School teacher. Throughout the year, we offer adult Sunday School, and you can visit our Worship page for the schedule and more info.
The mission of Good Shepherd Baptist Church is to be a supportive, open, growing Christian community that reaches out to all in a spirit of unconditional love. We respectfully acknowledge that our services are being held on the traditional lands of the Snohomish and other Coast Salish tribes.
Have you been absent from church a long time or new to church entirely? Many of us have been in your position! But we’ve seen how just showing up—once—can bring a sense of purpose and a fresh outlook. Download our newcomer guide for quick answers to the most common questions.
Neighborhood news
New Lynnwood Neighborhood Center
Have you seen the new building going up next to Trinity Lutheran Church, just three blocks from Good Shepherd? It’s set to open later this year, and here’s a list of services they’ll be offering:
- Volunteers of America (VOA) Community Resource Center
- Medical, Dental & Behavioral Health Clinics
- Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) Preschool
- Boys & Girls Club
- Technology Lab
- Adult Day Programs
- Community Events & Gatherings
- Culturally-Specific Programs
- Refugee & Immigrant Assistance
- Commercial Kitchen & Café
- Classes, Trainings & Workshops
If you’re interested to find out more you can visit their webpage. Looking ahead, perhaps Good Shepherd can explore opportunities to partner with the Volunteers of America to better serve our community. It would also be a blessing to refer individuals to these valuable resources.
The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom
During Spring Break this past week, I had time to read an entire book. What a luxury! The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom starts like a family album of genealogy as she shares what she learned while researching her recent ancestors. Her story became more personal as she reached the year she was born, 1979, and delved into her own life experiences. Her reflections on the trajectory of her African American family in eastern New Orleans center around their physical home, “the Yellow House”, but are also a deeper meditation on “what is home?”. What made the story deeply engaging to me was how it allowed me to delve into a life experience that was starkly different from mine. As she described major events in her own life and those of her eleven siblings, she also illuminated the history of New Orleans and many of the causes of its particular vulnerability to floods as well as its social and economic challenges. If you want a feel-good story about “The Big Easy,” this isn’t it. Spoiler alert: Life isn’t easy for many of its residents. But if you are seeking understanding and empathy for Americans in a different part of the country, this is an enlightening narrative.
–Jennifer D.
Leading with Curiosity
New York Times bestseller The Chaperone, by Laura Moriarty, takes us back to 1920s America. With its captivating story, it reminds us that we are often unaware of how strongly cultural and societal influences shape the way we feel and act. In the early twentieth century, U.S., Cora, a middle-aged woman, ventures from Kansas to New York City as the chaperone for a fifteen-year-old girl. She finds herself challenged in spaces where Blacks and Whites mix, and by the behavior of urban women. Most of us would find the situations she faces normal these days. As I read this book, I reflected on what people and circumstances make me feel uncomfortable, due to unfamiliarity or prejudice. While one hundred years have passed, we still find it easy to cast judgment on people or situations we don’t understand. In many situations, it might serve us better to be curious before we are critical.
–Jennifer D.
