Christian Education Committee
This committee, in association with the pastor(s) and other professional staff, shall oversee the conduct and promotion of the schools and educational activities of all organizations within the congregation. One of the primary aims of the committee on Christian Education shall be to bring the call to the ministry of the Gospel and other full-time church vocations to the attention of qualified youth of the congregation.

Communications Committee
This Committee, in close association with the pastors, professional staff and/or all committee chairs will avail itself to act as consultant(s) and/or facilitator(s) of various visual communications projects. This would include, but not necessarily be limited to, concept development, implementation and production of brochures, flyers, banners, posters, ads and direct mail pieces/programs. It also would include the ongoing design, implementation and maintenance of the church web site. Each element would be developed with a specific goal or objective in mind to satisfy the needs of the various respective "clients". With this in mind, the committee's overall objective will be to help other committees with the many communications challenges each faces in the ever-expanding and deepening spiritual life within the church.

Endowment Committee
The function of this committee is to foster, receive, and administer bequests and donor gifts for the glory of God and for the ministries of Jesus Christ through Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. The committee consists of seven members from the congregation appointed by Congregation Council, each for a term of three years. Terms shall be staggered to insure continuity of performance.

Evangelism Committee
The committee shall stimulate and lead all members of the congregation in the continuous and, from time to time, concerted endeavors to reawaken the spiritually indifferent and to reach others, who are as yet unknown, with the Gospel and bring them into the fellowship of Christ's Church. To this end, the committee shall devote itself to deepening spiritual life and shall periodically study the congregation in the context of the surrounding community. This committee shall be divided into five subcommittees, each with its own distinct functions, in addition to the above.

1. The Visitor Follow-up Subcommittee shall give attention to making contact with those who have worshipped with this congregation, inviting them to return and providing such information as may be desired about the life and ministry of this congregation.

2. The New Member Integration Subcommittee shall be concerned with establishing strong and abiding ties with those who affiliate with this parish during the first year of their membership here. This subcommittee shall assign a sponsor to each new member who will make regular contact. This subcommittee shall also welcome new members through an official reception following the liturgy at which they are received into membership here.

3. The Shepherding Subcommittee shall oversee the Shepherding Program through which contacts are made to those identified by parish staff, including calls to those who are sick, absent, grieving, etc..

4. The Outreach Subcommittee shall prepare and enact advertising, plan efforts to reach out to those who have not visited our church, especially in the immediate community. This subcommittee shall give attention to issuing the invitation to life in the Gospel to those in our community who are as yet not a part of the Church.

5. The Inactive Member Subcommittee shall plan and enact regular contact with members who have not been in worship, attempting to awaken in them a desire to return to the means of grace and the fellowship of Christ's church. This subcommittee shall oversee computer tracking of attendance and recommend the removal of inactive members when appropriate.

Fellowship Committee
The responsibility of this committee shall be to provide opportunities and occasions for the members of the parish to gather in order to deepen the bonds that unite them as sisters and brothers in Christ. The activities of this committee shall be planned in such a way so as to appeal to the broadest cross section of the members of the congregation.

Finance Committee
The Finance Committee shall be charged with preparing a draft budget for the succeeding year, including the congregation's support of the wider ministry being carried on in its behalf by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Lower Susquehanna Synod. The committee shall submit such a draft budget to the Congregation Council for its action and later presentation to a meeting of the congregation. This committee shall exercise oversight of all the financial affairs of the congregation to make sure that they are being conducted efficiently and in accordance with proper accounting procedures, giving particular attention to the prompt payment of all obligations and to the regular forwarding of benevolence monies to the synodical treasurer. It shall, subject to the approval of the Congregation Council, be responsible for the congregation's total insurance program. It shall also provide for annual audits of the accounts of the treasurer as well as the accounts of the schools and organizations within the congregation.

Memorial Garden Committee
The function of the Memorial Garden Committee is to endeavor to make the Memorial Garden of Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd a quiet and beautiful outdoor sanctuary for those who seek peace therein. The Committee oversees the care and administration of the Memorial Garden including landscaping, edging, pruning and mulching; also ordering and securing the bronze plaques when a church member's cremated remains have been interred therein. The Committee of seven persons is also responsible for opening and closing the site of interment. Additionally, the Committee in conjunction with the pastors continually seeks ways to enhance the Garden.

Mutual Ministry Committee
The purpose of this committee is to affirm and strengthen the mission of the congregation and the ministry of the staff. The terms of office for this six-person committee shall be three years, two members to be appointed each successive year. Committee members will hold no other office in the congregation during their term. This committee communicates expectations and concerns between the congregation and staff, conducts annual reviews and affirmations of the staff, helps plan continuing education that will benefit congregation and staff, and assesses compensation and benefits provided for the staff. This committee is directly responsible to and reports to the Congregation Council. Committee members should have good listening and counseling skills, balance empathy with open and honest communication with staff, and maintain confidentiality of discussions with individual staff members.

Health and Wellness Committee
This committee shall seek to insure that the stewardship of health is experienced in worship, education, and networks of support and recreation throughout the congregation. Its responsibilities shall include, but not be limited to: sponsoring health-related changes in already existing structures, sponsoring health-related activities outside of existing structures, and working in a pro-active way to positively influence the health and well-being of the congregation's members and the congregation as an entity.

Property Committee
This committee shall recommend acquisition of property and equipment deemed necessary for the proper functioning of the church building and its various systems. The committee shall see to the proper maintenance and protection of the church building and its various systems. This committee shall see that the building is kept in a clean, neat and orderly manner through regular communication with those responsible for cleaning the building. In addition, the committee shall see to the care of the exterior grounds of all property owned by the church, including grass cutting, care for trees, and snow removal from parking lot and sidewalks. This committee shall work in concert with other committees when requests or concerns arise which relate to adaptation or change in any physical space inside or outside the building. This committee shall see to the regular maintenance of the church van.

Social Ministry Committee
The purpose of this committee shall be to extend Christian compassion and helpfulness to the ill, the aged, the orphaned, the poor, the imprisoned and, in general, to persons of all ages in need of aid in body or soul. It shall strive to enlist in these efforts as many as possible of the individual members and organizations of the congregation. This committee shall further have the duty to study social conditions primarily in the local community, in order to bring the cleansing and healing light of the Gospel to bear upon critical problems through thoughtful Christian discussion of facts and issues. It shall lay before the Congregation Council proposals for action issuing from each study and discussion.

As the Body of Christ, we are the hands and feet of Christ in the world, extending care and tangible help to many in need. We do this through assigned visitors for our homebound members, an active prayer chain, regular collections for the local food bank, an "Angel tree" at Christmas time, a prayer shawl ministry, and a monthly meal for the hungry of our city.

Stewardship Committee
The function of this committee is to evoke and promote the expression of Christian faith in daily living: to teach the Christian use of money; to diffuse knowledge of the congregation's local, churchwide and worldwide ministries; and to lead all members of the congregation to higher levels of proportionate giving for the Lord's work. This committee shall also be responsible for an annual Stewardship Emphasis and other congregational efforts which lead to informed and grateful giving by members of their time, talents and possessions. This committee shall maintain close communication with the Finance Committee to keep abreast of the financial condition of the parish. The committee will work in three subcommittees to accomplish: (1) year-long education on stewardship and the financial situation of the congregation; (2) obtaining, disseminating, and utilizing volunteers through time and talent information, with the assistance of a volunteer coordinator, and (3) planning and executing an annual pledging drive in the congregation.

Worship, Music, and Fine Arts Committee
This committee shall assist the Congregation Council in seeing that the services of God's house are conducted regularly and in accordance with the liturgy of Lutheran Church, that competent assisting ministers, acolytes, ushers, etc. are recruited and trained, and that hymnals and other devotional materials are provided and properly cared for. This committee shall strive to advance the welfare and effective service of the choirs and of the congregation. It shall arrange for the care of paraments, vestments, and musical instruments. It shall provide oversight for all congregational activities relating to the fine arts.

Youth Committee
This committee shall be engaged in planning and supporting a diverse and creative program of activities for all youth of the congregation. These activities should endeavor to foster fellowship, helpfulness, and involvement of youth in the total ministry of the church. This committee should serve as an advocate for youth and promote among the congregation the understanding that young people are full members of the church. This committee shall also endeavor to seek to bring the call to full-time ministry or vocations in the church to gifted young people.