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Message from our Pastor

For What It’s Worth…PCOGS

Over the past two months, your Session has identified five core ministry areas at Good Shepherd and has chosen to organize the work of the Session into five Ministry Teams. Ministry Team, instead of Committee, we feel is a better way to speak of the work of the church. These five Ministry Teams will take effect in 2011 and will supplant our current seven Committees. The five Ministry Teams are as follows:

2011 Ministry Teams

The Ministry of Praising - Helping people worship God.

The Ministry of Connecting - Helping people bond with God,

each other and the environment.

The Ministry of Organizing - Helping unite all ministry areas

in common focus, caring for our campus and finances.

The Ministry of Growing - Helping people mature in knowledge and faith.

The Ministry of Serving - Helping people communicate God’s love

in Word and Deed beyond the church campus.

You will notice the first letter of each Ministry area begins with P-C-O-G-S. This lettering now, not only represents, “Presbyterian Church of the Good Shepherd,” but also reminds us of who we are called to be as a church “Praising, Connecting, Organizing, Growing, and Serving.” I believe these 5 ministry areas will help us focus our efforts and help us take another step in Good Shepherd’s the long journey as a witness of God’s love and grace in Melbourne.

Pastor Scott

In a statement of faith, Scott says, “I trust in the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver of life. The Spirit justifies us by grace through faith, sets us free to accept ourselves and to love God and our neighbor, and binds us together with all believers in the one body of Christ, the Church.”

When one sees the grounds of the Presbyterian Church of the Good Shepherd, with the sheltering oaks, it suggests slow hours in the shade and a person enjoying Florida’s particular beauty. Once inside the church,a person will be welcomed by warm-hearted caring people, believer or searcher, can find a place here.

Worship reflects the histories of the people who are here. There is a lot of movement during the worship service. We have lay leadership, dramas, special offerings and different types of music. Our congregation is welcome to show their talent with playing an instrument, singing a song, or joining the choir. Beyond worship, there is a growing number of opportunities for mission, fellowship, and study. The people of this congregation are intellectually and spiritually curious and respectful of one another’s points of view. Mission opportunities go from within the church and community to the far reaches of the globe (Madagascar and the Amazon River, along with others).