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Home Page This site last updated 2-3-2012
Welcome to First Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church & Schools
Missouri Synod
A Stephen Ministry Church
If you're living in Las Vegas or just visiting, we would love to have you worship with us. We have three worship times to fit your schedule.
We are located at 301 South Maryland Parkway on the corner of Bridger & Maryland Parkway between Charleston & Fremont Streets. The physical address is 301 S Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas NV 89101. Our church phone is 702-384-6106. Our school and preschool phone is 702-382-8610. Our fax is 702-384-2080. Directions and map
Who we are
When the city of Las Vegas was incorporated as county seat for Clark County, Nevada, in 1905, there were fewer than 800 residents in a county larger in land area than half a dozen states, including Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Thirty years later in 1935, following the completion of Hoover Dam, the population had grown to just over 8,000, and the California-Nevada district of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod determined that the time was right to establish the preaching station which would become First Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.
Why the funny name? The congregation was incorporated in 1940 as The First Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. When we added a school to our ministries in the 1950s, we officially shortened our name to First Good Shepherd, figuring that First Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and School was as long a moniker as most people would be able to handle.
Established as a mission start, First Good Shepherd has always understood that part of her mission is to start missions, so that now she is the happy mother of a large family of daughter congregations in Las Vegas, southern Nevada and western Arizona, as well as the home base for African Immigrant Ministries of Las Vegas.
God has blessed this downtown location with a congregation that is progressive in attitude but traditional in worship, conservative in theology yet entrepreneurial in spirit.
Order of Service
First Good Shepherd Lutheran Church uses the Lutheran Service Book for Divine Service Settings and hymns. An outline of the Order of Service is included below.
Order of Service-Fifth Sunday a. the Epiphany, February 4-5, 2012
Selected Sermons
Pastor Toby Joeckel:
"Defining the Relationship-DTR", John 17, Thirteenth Sunday a. Pentecost, Sept. 11, 2011
"Unity in Community", John 17, Fourteenth Sunday a. Pentecost, Sept. 18, 2011
"The Story of David and Nathan", 2 Samuel 12:1-15, Nineteeth Sunday a. Pentecost, Oct. 23, 2011
"Blessed are the Poor in Spirit", Matthew 5:3, All Saints' Day, November 6, 2011
"QUESTION MARK", Matthew 25:31-46, Last Sunday in the Church Year, November 19-20, 2011
"Give Thanks All the Time", Psalm 100, Thanksgiving Day, 2011
"Stirred But Not Shaken", Mark 1:1-8, Second Sunday in Advent, December 3-4, 2011
"Identity", Matthew 1:1-17, Christmas Day, 2011
"What's In The Name", Luke 2:21, New Year's Day, 2012
Pastor David Wobrock:
"Transfiguration of our Lord", February 2-3, 2008
"When Good Is Not Good Enough", February 16-17, 2008
"Blind Man's Bluff", March 1-2, 2008
"Living Hope", March 29-30, 2008
"Will Just Any God Do?", May 18, 2008, The Holy Trinity"What...Me Worry?", May 24/25, 2008
"Mercy Not Sacrifice" June 7/8, 2008"Fear Not!", June 21/22, 2008
"The Cost of Discipleship", June 28-29, 2008
"Weeds and Wheat", July 19-20, 2008
"In All Things God Works for the Good", July 26-27, 2008
"The Word of the Cross-Folly or Wisdom", Holy Cross Day/Rally Day, Sept. 13-14, 2008
"You're Cordially Invited to a Wedding", October 11-12, 2008
"Reformation Sunday", October 25-26, 2008"And So We Wait", November 8-9, 2008
"The Return of Christ", November 22-23, 2008
"The True Light of Christmas", December 14, 2008
"How Far to Bethlehem?", Christmas Day 2008
"You Are the Christ!", January 18, 2009
"The Conversion of St. Paul", January 25, 2009
"The Authority of Jesus" February 1, 2009
"If You Will, You Can", February 15, 2009
"Facing Temptation", February 28-March 1, 2009
"Rejoicing In Our Sufferings", March7-8, 2009
"God So Loved the World", March 21-22, 2009
"How's Your Attitude?", Palm Sunday-The Sunday of the Passion, April 4-5, 2009
"Left Hanging on the Resurrection", Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009
"You Shall Make Response", Stewardship Sunday, April 19, 2009
"Good Shepherd" Sunday, Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 3, 2009"
"In the World but not of the World", Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 23/24, 2009
"The Kingdom of God", Second Sunday after Pentecost, June 13-14, 2009
"Faith Not Fear", The Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 20-21, 2009
"And They Took Offense at Him", The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, July 4-5, 2009
"On Tearing Down Walls", The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 18-19, 2009
"Eating Living Bread Together", The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 15-16, 2009
"We Are the Program", The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 12-13, 2009
"Including Not Excluding", The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 26-27, 2009
"What Must I Do?", The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 10-11, 2009
"This I Believe", Reformation Sunday (observed), October 24-25, 2009
"What Shall I Render?", Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, November 7-8, 2009
"Advent Means He's Coming! First Sunday in Advent, November 28-29, 2009
"'Tis The Season...To Be Jolly", Third Sunday in Advent, December 12-13, 2009
"Christmas Day", The Nativity of Our Lord, December 25, 2009
"The Baptism of Our Lord", January 10, 2010
"The Authority of Jesus", Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, January 30-31, 2010
"Mend Your Ways and Obey the Lord", Second Sunday in Lent, February 27-28, 2010
"Easter-Past, Present, and Future", The Resurrection of Our Lord, April 4, 2010
"Heaven's Song", The Third Sunday of Easter, April 18, 2010
"The Gift of the Holy Spirit", Acts 2:1-21, Pentecost Sunday, May 23, 2010
"Called By God", Galatians 1:11-24, Second Sunday a. Pentecost, June 6, 2010
"Traveling with Jesus", Luke 9:51-62, Fifth Sunday a. Pentecost, June 27, 2010
"Fully Fulfilled", Colossians 2:6-15, Ninth Sunday a. Pentecost, July 25, 2010
"By Faith", Hebrews 11:1-16, Eleventh Sunday a. Pentecost, August 7-8, 2010
"Godly Discipline", Hebrews 12:8-24, Thirteeth Sunday a. Pentecost, August 21-22, 2010
"Discipleship 101", Luke 14:25-35, Fifteenth Sunday a. Pentecost, September 4-5, 2010
"Lifting Holy Hands", 1Timothy 2:1-5, Seventeenth Sunday a. Pentecost, September 19, 2010
"Fan into Flame the Gift of God", 2 Timothy 1:1-14, Nineteenth Sun. a. Pentecost, October 3, 2010
"King Jesus", Luke 23:27-43, Last Sunday of the Church Year, November 21, 2010
"Wishing and Hoping", Romans 15:4-13, Second Sunday in Advent, December 5, 2010
"The Scandal of the Gospel"' Matthew 1:18-25, Fourth Sunday in Advent, December 19, 2010
"The Greatest Christmas Gift Ever Given", Christmas Eve, December 24, 2010
"Isaiah 9:2-7", Christmas Day, December 25, 2010
"Jesus-God's Son and Servant", Matthew 3:13-17, The Baptism of our Lord", January 8-9, 2011
"Come and Follow", Matthew 4:12-25, The Third Sunday a. the Epiphany, January 22-23, 2011
"Don't Worry, Be Happy!", The Eighth Sunday a. the Epiphany, February 26-27, 2011
"Born of the Wild", Second Sunday in Lent, March 20, 2011
"I Was Blind but Now I See!", John 9:13-17, 34-39, Fourth Sunday in Lent, April 3, 2011
"What kind of King is this Jesus?", Palm Sunday-Sunday of the Passion, April 16-17, 2011
"The GREAT Good Shepherd", John 10:1-10, The Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 15, 2011
"A Chosen People", 1Peter 2:4-10, The Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 21-22, 2011
"Jesus Makes Us One", John 17:1-11, The Seventh Sunday of Easter, June 5, 2011
"If Anyone Is Thirsty", John 7:37-39, The Day of Pentecost, June 11-12, 2011
"Weeds Among the Wheat", Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43, Fifth Sunday a. Pentecost, July 16-17, 2011
"Walking on Water", Matthew 14:22-33, Eighth Sunday a. Pentecost, August 6-7, 2011
"Can't We All Just Get Along", Matthew 18:15-20, Twelfth Sunday a. Pentecost, Sept. 4, 2011
"Like-Minded", Philippians 2:1-5, Fifteenth Sunday a. Pentecost, Sept. 25, 2011
"Being with Jesus-Living on the Edge", LWML Sunday, October 2, 2011
"A Place for David", John 14:1-6, David Peters Memorial Service, October 13, 2011
"Things for Caeser-Things for God", Matthew 22:15-22, Eighteenth Sunday a. Pentecost, Oct. 16, 2011
Reformation Day (Observed) October 29 & 30
"The Bottom Line", Matthew 25:14-30, Twenty-Second Sunday a. Pentecost, November 12-13, 2011
"Be Alert - We Need More Lerts", Mark 13:33-37, First Sunday in Advent, November 26-27, 2011
"Joy-Filled", 1Thessalonians 5:16-24, The Third Sunday in Advent, December 10-11, 2011
"More Like Mary", Luke 1:26-38, The Fourth Sunday in Advent, December 17-18, 2011
"The Search for Something More", The Epiphany Of The Lord", January 7-8, 2012
"Making Good Choices", Life Sunday, Deuteronomy 30:11-20, January 21-22, 2012
Our regular Service times are Saturday 5pm, and Sunday Morning at 8:15am & 11am.
Sunday School & Bible Class for all ages 9:45am Sunday
Wednesday Morning adult Bible Study 10:30am
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