We are excited to welcome Pastor Sarah Ruch (said like "book") to Sheridan! Pastor Sarah will be directing our Local Outreach and Missions ministries as well as taking part in worship leadership and other general duties of our pastors. Pastor Sarah will be serving here as a Transitional (Interim) Pastor for the next six months and if mutually agreeable, may be fully called to our congregation in the future.

Pastor Sarah lives in Lincoln with her husband Miles, and children; Hannah, Caleb, and Aaron. Hannah has just recently begun her college experience at Doane University in Crete. Caleb is in grade 10 and Aaron is in grade 5.

Most recently Pastor Sarah has served as a Transitional Pastor to congregations in Rising City and Swedehome. Prior to her time there she served in Aurora and a dual point congregation in Concord and Allen.

We look forward to getting to know Pastor Sarah and her family more over the coming weeks! Please take the time to introduce yourself to her when you see her next.

We are excited to welcome Pastor Martin Russell, former Assistant to the Bishop of the Nebraska Synod, and current Director of African Operations for Opportunity Education. Martin helped Sheridan establish our mission partners and has dedicated his ministry life to the support of education of students and development of communities through education. 

This weekend we will be receiving a special offering for our Tanzanian partnership schools. Pastor Martin has asked that, in lieu of a preaching honorarium, we raise funds to offset the extra financial burdens from drought and the war in Ukraine that the Lutheran schools in Tanzania have faced.

Help us prepare for this year’s Angel Tree project by filling out this very short interest survey! This will help us gauge how many children we’ll be able to support this holiday season.

Join Pastor Sarah during Wednesdays @ the Well once a month to explore the organizations we partner with in ministry! We’ll be asking ourselves the tough question, “Why do we do what we do?” when it comes to our mission and outreach work, and learning about one organization each time we gather. This month we’ll be looking at Barnabas Community. See you there!

At this month’s Sheridan Community Night on Wed., Sept. 28 we’ll be making ‘plarn’ that is then used to crochet mats for the homeless in our community. We need all the plastic bags we can get for our plarn, so please bring yours in to the church office.

In September and October we are collecting baby care kits and personal care kits for Lutheran World Relief in the donation bins in the Great Hall.

You do not have to fill a whole kit; any items are appreciated. Gently used, clean items can be substituted for new ones.

Throughout the month of October we’ll be gathering new or gently used coats that will be given to individuals in need of winter gear at Barnabas Community. We’ll take winter hats and gloves too! Look for the coat rack in the Great Hall to drop off your donation.