CONNECTING TO OTHERS
Shepherd of the Hills offers a wide variety of opportunities for spiritual growth that serves adults, college students, teens, and children.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMING UP AT SOTH
Schedule Update: Our fall schedule has started! Please join us after the service for Adult Bible Study, Sunday School, Youth Group, and Music Ministry. Adult Bible Study will meet in the Fellowship Hall. Sunday School children should meet their teachers in the back of the Fellowship Hall; they will go to their various classrooms or music time from there. Youth Group will meet in the conference room. Confirmation Class will also started; students should meet in the Fellowship Hall after the Bible Study/Sunday School hour.
Adult Choir: Our new season of choir has started! We will be meeting on Sunday mornings at 8:00am up in the balcony. We’re happy to welcome back those that have sung before as well as anyone new who would like to join in singing our Savior's praises. Any questions, please contact Becky Miller or Laura Metcalf.
Women’s Bible Study: Please join us as we continue studying the book of Amos on Tuesday, September 22 at 6pm at Kiersten Nash's home (5569 Lilac Hill Rd, Duluth, MN.) We would love to have you join us for Christian fellowship, snacks and time in God's Word together!
Youth Group Campfire: Students in 7th–12th grade are invited to a Youth Group Campfire on Friday, September 25th, from 6:30 to 8:30pm. Join us behind the church for s’mores, yard games, and a devotion around the fire!
Meals for Campus Ministry: If you’d like to sign up to provide a meal for the Campus Ministry students, please sign up here.
Blueprint School Update: We will be having the congregation meeting to go over the results of the Blueprint Schools survey on Sunday, September 27th during the Bible Study hour. Please plan to join us! During the meeting, the Sunday School children are invited to gather in the sanctuary for a brief introduction to the Children's Christmas service.
Women's Book Group: Please join us as we read "The Body Teaches the Soul: Ten Essential Habits to Form a Healthy and Holy Life" by Justin Whitmel Earley. This book discusses the relationship between our physical and spiritual health and provides simple steps to improve both. We will start this book on August 10th and join together for dinner and a review on Thursday, October 8th at 6 :00pm at the church. Please let Kely Dunsmoor know if you are interested.
Camp Croix Women’s Retreat: Registration is open for the Women’s Retreat, which will be October 2nd-4th at Camp Croix. Several women from SOTH have attended this in previous years and highly recommend it! You can register at
https://campcroix.org/womens-retreat
Alter Flowers: The 2026 sign-up sheet is posted on the bulletin board across from the mailboxes. The flower program provides an opportunity to give God glory while beautifying the sanctuary; members can also indicate if the flowers are in memory of someone or a special occasion. If you have any questions, please speak with our flower coordinator, Renee Graen.
Offering Envelopes: Please remember to pick up your 2026 offering envelopes, which are available by the mailboxes.
Prayer Chain Update: The Prayer Chain Committee has discussed some changes to the current prayer chain. Moving forward, prayer requests will be distributed to the entire congregation via email. If you would prefer to receive prayer
requests via phone/text instead of email, please complete this contact form.
Questions? Please speak with one of the Prayer Chain leaders: Jolene Shult, Wanda Altiere, Karen Chui, and Becky Miller.
Prayer Requests: A new contact form has been created for the purpose of easily submitting prayer requests. You can view the form here. This form is available on our website. You are also welcome to submit prayer requests to your Prayer Chain leaders, email to contact@dulutheran.org, or speak with church leadership.
Women’s Facebook Group: If you haven’t already, join the DuLutheran- Ladies Fellowship Group on FB. You can easily connect with other ladies at SOTH. There are opportunities for fellowship including hikes, berry picking, retreats, book group, event reminders and more.