Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
1180 Lynwood Drive
Novato, CA 94947
Phone: (415) 897- 2123
Introducing our Interim Pastor, Rev. Marcus Hess
Pastor Marcus is serving as our Intentional Interim Pastor as we transition to calling a new pastor after the long and fruitful ministry of Pastor Paul Gravrock. His ministry is equipping us to discern from God how to build on all the best we are so that we may call the right new leadership for our mission in Christ.
Pastor Marcus has long experience in this specialized ministry, transitioning many congregations in California, Illinois and Indiana. His experience includes long term pastorates in Minnesota, mission appointments in South Africa, and administrative and teaching responsibilities in our church seminaries.
Pastor Marcus is somewhat peculiar in that he often retreats for long periods of time to his wilderness home overlooking the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northeastern Minnesota. There with his old tractor and chain saw he built his hand-scribed log cabin, sauna, does conventional carpentry, cabinetry, stone masonry, blacksmithing, forest management, is an avid wilderness canoe tripper and practitioner of nature patience and play.
He studied at The University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. He graduated from St. Olaf College, Northfield, and Luther Theological Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Pastor Marcus loves us, shepherds us, and his passion is for us to be the best Christ is calling us to be; affirming and proclaiming God’s radical grace for all peoples, and the costly discipleship of following Jesus into new life through his cross.
Website: http://www.goodshepherdlutheran.org/gslc/index.html
Main Email: church.office@goodshepherdlutheran.org
The Rev. Marcus P. Hess, Pastor marcus.hess@goodshepherdlutheran.org
Justin Bayne, Youth Director justin.bayne@goodshepherdlutheran.org
SUNDAY WORSHIP SCHEDULE – FALL/SPRING SESSION
MORNING SERVICES AT 8:30 A.M. & 11:00 A.M. – Sunday School is offered during worship services on the 1st & 3rd Sundays
ADULT FORUM AT 9:45 A.M.
SUNDAY EVENING WORSHIP AT 5:00 P.M.
SUNDAY WORSHIP SCHEDULE – SUMMER SESSION
MORNING SERVICE AT 9:30 A.M.
- NO ADULT FORUM OR SUNDAY SCHOOL DURING SUMMER SESSION
CHRISTMAS WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Christmas Eve – 5:00 P.M. Family Carol Service & 11:00 P.M. Candlelight Communion Service
Christmas Day – 10:00 A.M. Festival Service
1st Sunday after Christmas – 10:00 A.M. Worship Service
LENTEN WORSHIP SCHEDULE ash wednesday – 1:00 P.M. & 7:15 P.M. Worship Services
- Midweek Lenten services (next 5 Wednesdays) – 6:15 P.M. Lenten Soup Supper followed by 7:00 P.M. Evening Worship Service
HOLY WEEK
MAUNDY THURSDAY – 1:00 P.M. Worship Service & 7:15 P.M. Meal In The Upper Room
GOOD FRIDAY – 1:00 P.M. Worship Service & 7:15 P.M. Tenebrae Service
EASTER SUNDAY – 8:30 A.M. & 11:00 A.M. Worship Services
Youth Ministry
We have two youth groups: CLI – is our high school ministry SURF Squad is our middle school ministry
Contact Justin Bayne, Youth Director justin.bayne@goodshepherdlutheran.org
Our Mission Statement
As a community formed by God's grace, guided by His Holy Word, the Bible, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, our mission is to:
GROW in faith and discipleship,
SHARE the good news of Jesus through word and deed,
LOVE others as Christ loves us, and
CELEBRATE life in Christ through worship, sacraments, and service.
Good Shepherd Lutheran School