Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church

Get in Touch Shepherd of the Bay Luthern Church ELCA PO Box 27 11836 State Highway 42 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 920-854-2988 First Name Last Name Email Message or Prayer Request Send Thanks for submitting!

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Ministries Shepherd of the Bay offers many ministry optons for all ages in our community. Klaud's Food Pantry Klaud's Pantry began as a little free Food Pantry box and has grown to include shelf-stable, fresh, and frozen food, and personal hygiene and cleaning products. The pantry works on an honor system and is open daily from 7 am to 9 pm. Project Name This is your Project description. A brief summary can help visitors understand the context of your work. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start. Project Name This is your Project description. Provide a brief summary to help visitors understand the context and background of your work. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start. Stephen Ministry ThSometimes it takes more that a parka or a blanket to keep another person warm. Sometimes it takes the presence of a caring Christian friend. Project Name This is your Project description. Provide a brief summary to help visitors understand the context and background of your work. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start. Project Name This is your Project description. A brief summary can help visitors understand the context of your work. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start.

Planning Your Wedding at Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church Information for the bride and groom Wedding Coordinator: Carol Omernick (920) 854-2988 Contact the Wedding Coordinator. She is required to assist at all church weddings involving more than 30 people (including invited guests). She will be present at your wedding rehearsal and at your wedding to provide information about church procedures and assistance with unforeseen problems that may arise. Non-members of Shepherd of the Bay may schedule weddings beginning Sept. 1 of the year prior to their wedding. Church Policies Regarding Weddings We ask that all who use the church respect it as a place of worship. Young children must be under adult supervision at all times. All furnishings including wall hangings and altar paraments are to remain in place. No alcohol except for communion wine is allowed in the church building or on the church grounds. . No rice or bird seed can be tossed on church property. Fees for Services The Church requires that all fees be paid in full at or prior to the day of your wedding rehearsal. For non-members, the church usage fee is required as a deposit in order for the wedding to be placed on the church calendar. All remaining fees will be collected by the Wedding Coordinator at the wedding rehearsal. Send deposits to Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church, PO Box 27, Ellison Bay, WI 54210 and note the date of the wedding on the check. Wedding Fees Applicable to All Weddings We dding Coor dinator's fee $250. Principal Organist's/Pianist's fees $200. I ncludes a wedding music consultation and attendance at the wedding rehearsal. If outside musicians are part of the ceremony, rehearsals with those musicians will be $50/hr., with a one-hour minimum. If outside musicians will be using our piano or organ (with our musicians' permission) there will be a $100 fee for our musicians to come in and set up the instrument. If no music is desired for the service, the musicians fee does not apply. A/V Operator $1 50 . Additional Fees for non-members of Shepherd of the Bay Church Usage Fee $300. Pasto r's fee $250 Church Office Fee $150 Custodial Fee $100 Please contact us for more information or to check on a Wedding Date. Contact us

Events and Special Services Here you will find information on upcoming events and concerts. Midsummer’s Music and Griffon String Quartet Present the Musical Museum Featuring Neuroscience Researcher Clara Takarabe Wednesday, January 21, 2026 @ 1:00pm Midsummer’s Music, in collaboration with its affiliate ensemble the Griffon String Quartet, proudly presents The Musical Museum, a unique and deeply engaging musical experience that blends live performance with insights from neuroscience, poetry, and conversation. This is a free, public event at Shepherd of the Bay. Special guest Clara Takarabe – violist, neuroscience researcher, and co-director of the Northwestern Music and Medical Program – joins the Griffon String Quartet for this innovative program. Takarabe is a clinical music researcher at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, where her work explores the powerful connections between music, brain health, and human connection. Musical performances are thoughtfully interwoven with commentary and discussion around sound, music, memory, and poetry—inviting audiences not only to listen, but to reflect and connect. Audiences are warmly invited to attend and experience how music, science, and conversation come together in the Musical Museum—a program that celebrates curiosity, connection, and the enduring power of music. Vacation Bible School June 8 - 12, 2025 FREE Community Event The community wide Vaction Bible School is a colaboration of Northern Door Churches. It is held at the First Baptist Church in Sister Bay from 9-Noon the Week of June 8-12. This year's theme is Holy Week The Bible Stories take us through Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday are told thru Skits, Games, Crafts and Storytelling. Everybody, Everybody, Everybody is Welcome

Join us for worship Worship Services All Service are in-person, drive-in and live streamed. Check our home page or call the church office for the latest updates. Sundays 9:30 a.m. Worship Live-Streamed, In-Person & Drive-in 10:30 a.m Coffee and Fellowship 10:15 a.m. Pancakes and Praise Third Sunday, Sunday school (Families join together for a Sunday school lesson, Pancakes, and fun!) Special Services Wednesday Evening Lenten Services Ash We dnesday - February 18, 2026 5:30pm Soup and Bread Buffet 6: 15pm Ash Wednesday Service with Communion and the Distribution of Ashes. 2/25 - 3/25 5:30pm Lenten Meal and Service Wednesdays in Lent, beginning February 25th, we will gather at 5:30 pm for a meal and devotion together. As we enjoy our warm meal, we will have an informal and simple devotion that will spark conversation around the table. Please join us and invite your friends and neighbors. A free-will offering will be collected for a different mission of the church each week. Holy Week Palm Sun day - March 29, 2026 9:30 a.m. Worship Service Good Friday - April 3, 2026 7:00 p.m. Worship Service Easter Day - April 5, 2026 9:30 a.m. Worship Service Children's activities after the service. Christmas Services Thursday, Dec. 24, 2026 Christmas Eve Servic e s 3:45 p.m. Prelude 4:00 p.m. Family Service 6:30 p.m. Prelude 7:00 p.m. Candlelight Service Friday, Dec. 25, 2026 10:00 a.m. Christmas Day Worship

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Join us for worship Noontime Prayer Shepherd of the Bay Lutheran Church Holy God, holy and mighty, holy and immortal, have mercy on us. Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Save us from the time of trial and deliver us from evil. For the kingdom, the power, and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen. I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead.* On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. Show us your mercy, O God, and grant us your salvation. Give us the joy of your saving help again, and sustain us with your bountiful Spirit. Give peace in all the world; for only in you can we live in safety. Keep the nations under your care, and guide us in the way of justice and truth. Let your way be known upon earth; your saving health among all nations. Let not the needy be forgotten, nor the hope of the poor be taken away. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and sustain me with your Holy Spirit. Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come before you. The Lord be with you. And also with you. Let us pray. (Here Pastor will pray several prayers, concluding with the following:) Gracious Jesus, our Lord and our God, at this hour you bore our sins in your own body on the tree so that we, being dead to sin, might live unto righteousness. Have mercy upon us now and at the hour of our death, and grant to us, your servants, with all others who devoutly remember your blessed Passion, a holy and peaceful life in this world and, through your grace, eternal glory in the life to come; where, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, you live and reign, God forever. Amen. Let us bless the Lord. Thanks be to God. Almighty God bless us, defend us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen. From sundaysandseasons.com. Copyright © 2020 Augsburg Fortress. All rights reserved.

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