Events
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Friday, April 26 – Sunday, April 28 at R Shaefer Heard Campground
We worship together at the Common area, site & time TBD.
Theme: Ballpark Classics
Calling all campers! Maybe you’ve been camping for years. Or maybe you’ve always dreamed of getting into camping but haven’t ever tried. Either way, this is the group for you! Our COS camping ministry hosts organized camping events twice a year, in the spring and the fall, at our beautiful and very nearby R. Shaefer Heard Campground just about an hour south in West Point Lake. There is plenty of time for food, fun, and fellowship with some shared meals and other activities including a very special outdoor worship time on Saturday. Then there is also time for just “getting away from it all” and enjoying God’s fantastic creation. All types of campers are welcome – tents, campers and RV’s. Get out and enjoy it all!
It doesn’t matter if you have a Class A rig, a tent or something in-between. Just reserve your site, then come for the weekend. We want you to enjoy the fun, fellowship, food and worship! Hope to see you at the lake. For more information, please contact COS Camping Ministry Coordinator, Sara Turk [email protected]
https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232683
R. Shaefer Heard Campground is a waterfront facility on the southern shore of West Point Lake, which spans parts of Alabama and Georgia. This man-made lake has 525 miles of shoreline that provide excellent opportunities for fishing, camping, boating and other recreational activities.R. Shaefer Heard Campground offers 117 sites with electricity and water hookups. Other amenities include a dump station, coin laundry facilities, hot showers, a boat ramp, and hiking trails.
Friday Fella-ship gets together on the first Friday of the month to promote fellowship among all men at Christ Our Shepherd. Each month will feature a different activity, so the location may change as well. Check here or in the weekly email for updates, and be aware that plans may change if weather threatens to ruin outside events. The next meeting is:
Saturday, May 4, 2024: 411 Palmetto Road, Tyrone
In May we will meet on SATURDAY, May 4th, 9am-noon, at Palmetto Road in order to help clean up and prep the area for the Mother’s Day service at the property the following weekend. BBQ lunch to follow.
This will be a large effort, so every set of hands will be welcome! If you can’t work outside, we’ll still need help organizing the camp store a bit or even working the grill to prepare lunch.
Tools needed: chainsaws, weed eaters, shovels, limb cutters, etc.
Please RSVP to Eric Jakubowski at 858-248-5940.
Future events include:
- June 7, 2024: Grills and Gills at Palmetto Rd
- July 5, 2024 (no meeting due to July 4th holiday)
- August 2, 2024: Pool hangout or axe throwing
- September 6, 2024: High school football game
- October 4, 2024: Fire pit at Palmetto Rd
- November 1, 2024: Dinner out
- December 6, 2024: Christmas social
If you have ideas for a great fellowship event, please let Eric know!
Join in and explore your artistic spirits in this fun fellowship group, which meets the first Monday of the month. No artistic skills needed for this mixed-media art group. All supplies are provided. Bring a friend!
ROMEOS (Retired Old Men Eating Out) is a men’s Fellowship Group that meets each month.
- A takeout meal from Chick-Fila ($8) can be reserved
- Please RSVP with Paul Talbott or call the office for more information.
Do you love to read? Have you always wanted to be part of a book club? Join a great group of COS friends for monthly discussion of assigned books. Book topics include a wide range of topics and there is always lots of interesting conversation. Meetings are held September through May on the second Thursday of each month in the conference room at 6:30pm.
This COS Book Club has been meeting for more than 20 years and is a fellowship group that gathers monthly. The list of upcoming books is posted below:
2024
- May 9 The Book of Names by Kristin Harmel
- September 12 The River We Remember by William Kent Kruegar
- October 10 The Boys by Ron Howard and Clint Howard
- November 14 Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford
- December 12 Christmas Party
2023
- January 9 Summer Skies: A Novel by Jenny Clogan
- February 13 The Glass Ocean by Beatrix Williams
- March 13 Table for Two by Amor Towles
Ladies, gather for lunch and fellowship at noon on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Bring your own lunch!
Save a life! According to the Red Cross, someone in the US needs donated blood every 2 seconds. Patients in need include trauma and burn patients, surgical patients, and those with diseases such as cancer and sickle-cell disease. Use code ‘COSL” to make an appointment at www.redcross.org.
A new adult discussion group called “Speed Bump” will be meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, 6-7:30pm.
“Let’s slow down and get real. Tackling tough topics and Christianity: sexuality, grief, suicide, racial equality, divorce. All are welcome. And we mean all, y’all!”
In May, Speed Bumps will host a Suicide Prevention Workshop which will be open to any adult, up to the class size limit of 35:
Where: Right here! Christ our Shepherd Lutheran Church for rising 1st – 6th graders.
June 3-7, 2024 Monday—Thursday, 9am to 4pm, Friday 9am to 12:00pm.
Cost: $165 per camper.
Additional Information:
- Campers bring lunch daily
- Snacks provided by the church
- Health and Permission forms will be mailed out prior to camp.
Registration is available online at https://onrealm.org/ChristOurShephe/PublicRegistrations/Event?linkString=YTVlNzcwMzQtZmRjMS00NTdiLTk2NGEtYjEyYTAxMGU2YWE3
Contact Ingrid with any questions at [email protected]
