Events and Special Services SPECIAL SERVICES LIVE STREAM 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. No Tickets necessary 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 Register to attend Midsummer’s Music presents Passionate Perspectives Wednesday, July 29, 2026 @ 7:00pm This is music that will bore into your very soul. Even the most hardened heart will have to yield to these works. Two wonderful Czech Romantic composers and the great Argentinian Tango master bring back-stories to their pieces that overlay them with spine-tingling Amore. Purchase Tickets

Each year, Shepherd of the Bay church takes a short-term mission trip to help the Maya people of Guatemala. Guatemala Mission Trip March 2023 Shepherd of the Bay & Peace Lutheran Churches 2018 Mission Trip 2017 Mission Trip 2016 Mission Trip Why Guatemala? The SOTB Mission Team was will travel to Guatemala February 23 - March 3, 2026 for the tenth time. But why Guatemala? A 30 year civil war that ended in the mid 1990’s has left Chichicastenango and surrounding areas in a state of devastation. Many of the indigenous people, especially the men, were killed in their fields and homes or were “taken prisoner” and never seen again. As a result there were approx. 70,000 widows left in the area of Chichicastenango, Guatemala. Locals live in a great amount of poverty. They generally earn a living through farming or weaving goods to be sold in the market. Women and children are not considered equals as they are in the United States. Many children work from a very young age. It is difficult for a woman to make a living on her own. In Chichi alcoholism is a large problem. Many of the men are alcoholics and it is easily visible as you walk or drive through town. The hope of the ministry is to bring Christ to the people in Chichi to change the practice of abuse into a practice where men are caring for and loving their families, and respecting women and children like God does. Chichicastenango is the center of Mayan idol worship in Guatemala, although the country is listed as a Catholic nation. Pray America/Manos de Jesus is active in approximately 40 Mayan communities. The vision is to go deeper in these communities, moving them constantly closer to sustainability and more importantly into a relationship with Jesus. Relational trust that has been built by Pray America/Manos de Jesus over more than 10 years has been the key to reaching these communities through a series of weekly nutrition programs, widow house construction, water filtration systems, efficient vented cook stoves, solar powered audio bibles, and more. There is much work to be done. As always, we ask for you to pray for those going and for those with whom we will be sharing the love of God. Please pray about how you can participate in this mission activity…. Think about it….. Pray about it….. Join us ……. Inside new home with the cross. Building site of one of the widow houses Building a widow house Painting and repairing a widow house and installing a bathroom Sharing a Bible story with the family New efficient Stove installing a water filter One widow give us bread and soda in a baggie Sue with the market girls Alex & Jennifer washing the feet of the widow in her new house Mother and Child Mission Team 2017 Mission team 2018 Can you hold this board? Show the family how to use the solar lights