After the death of a spouse, child, family member or friend, no matter the circumstances, grief recovery is a painful and often lonely process. Maybe you are experiencing this now. You are not alone! You can find biblically based, Christ-centered support and encouragement through the Shepherd of the Hills GriefShare ministry. 

During each of the 13 weekly sessions, you will meet with a small group of other people who are also on this grief journey. Groups are facilitated by caring trained leaders who have experienced grief as well. You will view insightful 40-minute video presentations; share in (or just listen to) a time of discussion, and be guided through daily journaling, Bible study and more, using a helpful GriefShare workbook linked to the videos. 

Register at GriefShare.org.

Loss of a Spouse Meeting | Saturday, February 1 | 10am-12pm

Regular Meeting | Saturdays, February 8-May 10 | 10am-12pm (no meeting on April 19)

It's time once again to see whose chili reigns supreme! Join us for our 11th Annual Chili Cook Off and enjoy a night of chili and entertainment by Infinite Grace. Your ticket into the Chili Cook Off includes voting tickets. You can purchase more voting tickets on site. Funds go toward SHYP (High School) trip to the LCMS Youth Gathering this summer. Questions? Contact Sina swilliams@sothfamily.org or 707-326-8666.

Presale tickets are available below or can be purchased in the Gym between services. 

Tickets:

5th Grade and Older | $15 per person (pre-sale); $20 at door (10 voting tickets)

Kids 4th grade & younger | $5 (5 voting tickets)

Family of youth & adults | $50 (max 5 people) (40 voting tickets)

Chili Cook Off Tickets

Chili Entries:

We are looking for at least 20 chili entries for our competition. Prizes will be awarded and entry is free; bragging rights are priceless! To enter your chili in the cook-off, please register below.

Chili Entry Registration

Kickoff Super Bowl Sunday with this intergenerational event! For grandfriends and kids/youth from preschool to 12th grade. Even if you don’t have a grandfriend that you connect with through the year come and participate as we eat, share, and have a time of devotion together! For this brunch we’ll have a bit of “show & tell” at the tables so we ask both the younger & older folks to bring an item of importance to you so we can learn a little more about one another! If your item is too large to bring in please bring a photo of your item to share with your story! Questions? Ask Sina Williams (swilliams@sothfamily.org), Jodie Stoltenow (jstoltenow@sothfamily.org) or Connie Rosel (rosel_connie@yahoo.com).

We’re so close to meeting our goal of becoming debt free, Shepherd! We have met nearly 81% of our goal. Please consider giving or pledging to the Debt Free Shepherd Campaign by January 31, 2025. Pledge forms can still be picked up in the front of the Sanctuary or in the Church office. Thank you for your support in helping us become debt free!

'Shepherd Giving - 'Debt Free Shepherd'.

As Breakfast with Baby enters its 7th year, we have served hundreds of families. We have a dedicated group of members who help every 2nd Saturday. If you are not able to join us but would like to participate, we can always use additional help making and delivering a casserole. The recipe is simple and can be made ahead of time and frozen. For questions, contact Sandy Garberding or Tad Deering.

BwB Casserole Recipe

Starting January, the Youth and Young Adults will kick off a new schedule that will see each group meeting monthly. This will also allow flexibility in planning other events, such as joining with other youth groups in the Rocky Mountain District.

• 1st Sunday of the month: SHYP (grades 9-12) 12:30-2:30pm
• 2nd Sunday of the month: Xtreme (grades 5-8) 12:30-2pm
• LAST Sunday of the month: Young Adult (HS grad-30s) 12:30pm

Xtreme and SHYP Events will include lunch and will meet in the Parish Hall until the Youth Room renovation is done. Young Adults will meet at a lunch spot (TBD each month). ***If you would like to be on a team that helps plan, organize, and execute events for any of these 3 groups, please contact Sina: swilliams@sothfamily.org.***

You can find schedules, details and up coming events for each group on their respective webpages on our website.

• Xtreme
• SHYP
• Young Adults

How often do you get the opportunity to change the world? Playing a vital role in forming the minds of young children allows you to do that! The education that a child receives at a young age has a huge impact on their future success in school and well into adulthood. Please joins us and become instrumental in that formative education! 

Shepherd’s Early Learning Center is hiring full and part time teachers. Our job is rewarding, and collaborative and we get to have fun, get our silly on, and along the way meet our goal of teaching and nurturing children in a safe and loving environment.

Our work environment includes: 
Casual work attire 
Lively atmosphere 
Working with some pretty sweet kids! 

We are seeking teachers to work in our growing program. It takes a special kind of person to work with young kids every day. The right candidate will have a heart for children and a collaborative approach to working with other adults on our team. If you are energetic, dependable, and passionate about working with children, we would love to talk to you. 

$20 - $24 /hr. Full or Part Time
Contact Kristen Hatton: 303-707-4379 ext. 379 
Email: khatton@sothfamily.org
Apply at Zip Recruiter : https://www.ziprecruiter.com/job/af74e9f1

Many people no longer have a land-line phone in their homes. While we love the convenience of our cell phones, you may not get important alerts from police and fire in your area in case of emergencies. Counties have set up a service so they have your cell phone number in case of an emergency and the need for a reverse 911 call. We have included links to the Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson County sign ups below. You can sign up for any county you travel to/from, but it is important that you at least sign up for the county in which you live. **Each cell phone number needs to sign up.



• Arapahoe County

• Douglas County

• Jefferson County