News & Updates

Thirty-five pairs of winter gloves, along with 26 warm winter hats, 14 pairs of socks and an assortment of scarves, headbands and throws, adorned the “Winter Warmth Tree” at Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church throughout Advent and the 2021 Christmas season. On January 10, those items–74 in all–were bundled up and delivered to New Reach Life Haven Shelter, an… Read More "“Winter Warmth Tree” Donations Bundled Up and Delivered to Women’s Emergency Shelter"

More than 40 gifts of toys, shoes and clothing were collected at Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church from November 7 through December 5, in support of the Salvation Army’s “Angel Tree” program. The congregation’s continued support of this program, which provides new clothing and toys for families in need, put Christmas Day smiles on the faces of 10 area… Read More "“Angel Tree” Gifts Helped Make the Season Bright for Area Children"

As the cold weather quickly approaches, members of Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Hamden, are resuming a tradition of collecting cold-weather outerwear to help warm those in need. Throughout Advent and the 2021 Christmas season, we will be decorating a “Winter Warmth Tree” in the Narthex with gloves, mittens, scarves, hats, socks, slippers, throws, and other related items to… Read More "“Winter Warmth Tree” Returns to Support Local Emergency Shelter"

Nearly 200 pounds of frozen turkeys—13 in all—along with hundreds of pounds of trimmings and other non-perishable food items were transported from Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church to the Hamden Food Bank in November to help fill Thanksgiving Day Meal Baskets for local families in need. Among the items donated from Christ the Good Shepherd were eight bags of… Read More "Turkeys and Trimmings Helped Fill Local Thanksgiving Day Meal Baskets"

This Christmas, you don’t need wings to be an angel. As the holiday season quickly approaches, the Salvation Army is once again looking for local “angels” to help provide Christmas gifts for children of families in need. Thanks to community support, the Salvation Army served 169 families through its “Angel Tree” program last year, bringing smiles and Christmas presents to… Read More "Calling All “Angels” to Support Our “Angel Tree” Project"

Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will be joining local efforts to feed the hungry this holiday season by participating in the Hamden Community Services Thanksgiving Food Drive. The Hamden Food Bank, located at the Keefe Center, 11 Pine Street, will be accepting donations to fill and distribute Thanksgiving Meal Baskets to local families in need. Each year, Hamden Community… Read More "Food Donations Needed to Fill Thanksgiving Meal Baskets"

You could say the results were heartwarming. In less than two weeks’ time, the congregation of Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran, Hamden, rallied in generous support of the United Way of Greater New Haven’s “Week of Caring,” October 10-17. The church project, chaired by Leo Goodrich of Christ the Good Shepherd, garnered the following items for the United Way’s Cold-Weather… Read More "Cold-Weather Supply Project Yields Heartwarming Results"

The Rev. Joshua N. Sullivan was installed as the first pastor of Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Hamden, Connecticut, in an afternoon Installation Service held Sunday, October 3. The Rev. Chris Files, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Milford, and Dean of the Greater New Haven Conference of the New England Synod, ELCA, led the worship service attended by family… Read More "The Rev. Joshua N. Sullivan Installed as First Pastor of Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran"

Updated 9/27/2021: Team Christ the Good Shepherd–a small but mighty team whose members included a canine companion named “Cello”–“walked the walk” this summer in support of Calumet, an outdoor Lutheran ministry of the New England Synod (ELCA). The eight-member team representing Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran, Hamden, Connecticut, joined about 1,800 people and pets from across New England to raise… Read More "Team Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran “Walks the Walk” for Calumet"