Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church
The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod

PO Box 576, Callao, VA 22435
Church Office 804-529-5948
pastormikeramming@yahoo.com

Michael E. Ramming
Pastor

WELCOME!
Sunday Worship   :  9:00 AM
Sunday School During The Sermon
Sunday Bible Class    10:30 AM
Wednesday Sack Lunch
Bible Class Noon-1:45 PM

Vision Statement


Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church-LCMS, Callao, Virginia -
"Proclaiming, serving and nurturing
in the Gospel of the Lord Jesus in the
Northern Neck of Virginia."

Good Shepherd is "A Small
Church With A Huge Heart"

Everyone from the community and those traveling through the area are more than welcome to worship with us. Its always a joy to welcome new faces. We strive to be a true house of the Lord where all can hear the Gospel of salvation through faith in Jesus and draw near to Him.

Worship is a vital part of our shared faith life. We work at making it relevant and full of stimulating variety. Worshiper participation is welcomed (choir, lay readers, drama) and we make the experience user friendly by printing the entire order of worship.

We also want to bring children to the Lord: each service has a "Kid's" Sermon, as well as available youth activity pages. A combined Sunday School is conducted during the second half of the Sunday service. Even though our numbers are small, children are treasured and our teachers dedicated!

Sunday and weekday Bible studies are a regular part of our fellowship. Join in! Good Shepherd members are also deeply involved in community projects and use such as witness and welcoming opportunities. If you desire to volunteer and make a difference in the community, the Good Shepherd Family can help you find a way.

What is the Good Shepherd Family? It is a faith community where you can live and enrich your relationship with the Lord Jesus and others, as well as invite your friends to find a warm welcome also.

"Pastor Mike" Ramming

Pastor Ramming has served the Good Shepherd Family since 2002. He is a native of Austin, TX; a graduate of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO; a retired Navy Chaplain, and has served churches in Memphis, TN, San Francisco, CA, and Killeen, TX.

WE ARE A REGIONAL
CHURCH
(Members Live In A Radius of 45 Miles
Of The Church)

SO, WE ARE DEPLOYED IN
MINISTRY IN THE
COMMUNITY IN THE FOLLOWING:

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY   A community organization building homes with local, low income families. Work days take place on a schedule. Time commitments are adjustable.

HOSPICE   Provides care and assistance to terminally ill persons and support to their families. Time commitments can be tailored to the volunteer.

INTERFAITH COUNCIL   A Northern Neck coalition of churches & charities responding to local needs. A variety of opportunities with adjustable commitments.

NORTHERN NECK ANGEL CARE MINISTRY Monthly quality food boxes offered at low cost without restrictions. Clothes closet and other community services located at the Hague Distribution Site (HDS). "Hands on" ministry with adjustable commitments.

PRISON MINISTRY   The Women of GS (WOGS) provide Bibles to the Regional Jail in Warsaw. Commitments adjustable.

THE HAVEN   Is the Richmond Co. shelter for battered women (800/22-HAVEN). Women of Good Shepherd (WOGS) do continuous intake of non-perishable food, personal care items, childcare items, books & toys and monetary donations to help during crisis.

1. Proclaim the Gospel to call the lost and nurture believers by group and individual witness, welcome and service;
2. Nurture the local Lutheran Body of Christ with Word and Sacrament ministry through vital worship opportunities;
3. Always be ready to provide ministry to children;
4. Provide a variety of regular Bible study and fellowship opportunities;
5. Actively participate in and support the cooperative ministries of our Circuit, our Southeastern District and our Synod;
6. Provide Christian human services to our community through participation in local service organizations;
7. Since the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula areas of VA are the fastest growing retirement areas in the USA, focus on and respond to the needs of seniors through innovative elder ministry;
8. Remain alert to and ready to respond to the ministry needs of any age, ethnic, social, or economic group;
9. Use the local media outlets as aggressively and effectively as possible to spread the Gospel and advertise congregational ministries;
10. Pursue every means to interpret Lutheranism to the local community.

Other links at that same web site deal with Lutheran beliefs on moral and ethical issues, describe Lutheran beliefs on the inerrancy of the Bible, discuss denoninational differences, etc.

Do you have any questions? Please contact us.