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Understanding the Holy Trinity by Kelli Mahoney Updated November 01, 2017 Understanding the Holy Trinity. Many non-Christians and new Christians often struggle with the idea of the Holy Trinity, where we break up God into the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is something very important to Christian beliefs, but it can be hard to understand because it seems like a total paradox.

Celebrating Armed Forces Day Celebrating Armed Forces Day. President Harry S. Truman led the effort to establish a single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in support of our country. On August 31, 1949, Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson announced the creation of an Armed Forces Day to replace separate Army,

PEACE OFFICER’S MEMORIAL DAY. Peace Officer’s Memorial Day. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15 as Peace Officer’s Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week. Currently, tens of thousands of law enforcement officers from around the world converge on Washington, DC to participate in a number of planned

The Celebration of Pentecost Sunday The service in celebration of Pentecost Sunday service will begin at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. What is the Christian Celebration of Pentecost All About? The celebration of Pentecost Sunday. Not all Christians recognize the Pentecost holiday (holy day). But it is generally honored in liturgical churches

Meet Roger of Good Shepherd. Meet Roger of Good Shepherd. Roger was born during the depression, on June 3, 1931, and was raised in Long Prairie, Minnesota. His family initially lived on a farm where his mother’s mother lived, but when he was three, his family moved into town. His father was a pressman for Hart Press, the largest employer

Happy Mother’s Day! Happy Mother’s Day! Mother’s Day is a holiday honoring motherhood that is observed in different forms throughout the world, and Mother’s Day 2018 occurs on Sunday, May 13, in the United States. The American incarnation of Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914. Jarvis would later denounce

‘Celebrating Life’s Stories’ Selected as 2018 Theme for National Skilled Nursing Care Week Observance to be held May 13-19, 2018 ‘Celebrating Life’s Stories’ Selected as 2018 Theme for National Skilled Nursing Care Week. We will be celebrating National Skilled Nursing Care Week here at Good Shepherd May 14 - 19. We will be doing something fun each day to have

Following a couple from diagnosis to the final stages of Alzheimer's Following a Couple from Diagnosis to the Final Stages of Alzheimer's. For 10 years, Dr. Jon LaPook has been checking in on Carol Daly, a woman diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and her caregiver husband, Mike. After a decade, the disease has had a devastating impact on each of them. Watch