What’s Happening at Good Shepherd This Week
Christmas Schedule There are many schedule changes for the next two weeks as we observe Christmas.
Kennedy Christmas Rest: The Kennedy family will be taking the week after Christmas off. Please do not contact them unless there is an emergency. The office will still be open.
Mission Groups: Some of the mission groups are not meeting during Christmas week and the week after. Please contact your leaders or hosts to find out more info.
All Bible Studies: are cancelled for the weeks of Christmas and New Year. They will resume beginning on January 2nd.
Choir: There will be no choir practice on December 29th. Choir will resume on January 5th.
Morning Prayer: Morning prayer will break for the remainder of 2021. We will resume meeting on January 3rd.
Ladies’ Christmas Party and Cookie Exchange The Ladies’ Christmas ‘Adventure’ was a wonderful opportunity for the women (and young ladies) of Good Shepherd to get together, eat, talk, and celebrate. A hearty thanks to Ben and Ronnie Murphy for hosting at their lovely home.
Say Cheese! Good Shepherd is going to try adding photos to the 2022 church directory. If you’d like to have your family’s picture included, please forward a copy by email to Jonathan.
Mission Groups Some mission groups are choosing not to meet during the holiday weeks. Please check with your meeting’s leader or host for schedule information. There are currently three local mission groups, and one online group meeting by Zoom.
Large Print Bulletins are available upon request for both services. If you need a large print bulletin, please let the usher at the back of the sanctuary know, and they will get one for you.
Zoom Morning Prayer This service normally meets online by zoom at 7am Monday through Friday. The liturgy and readings are available each day at www.dailyoffice2019.com. Join the parish email list and look for a daily email invitation in your inbox.
Both the 8am and the 10:30 services are meeting in person.
The 8am service If you are high risk, or at all nervous to be in social gatherings, this service is designed for you. All those who attend are asked to wear masks and remain socially distanced throughout the service. The 8am service is not currently being live-streamed.
The 10:30am service New York State Mask Mandate Issued: The Governor issued a mask mandate for New York State requiring masks inside public venues regardless of vaccination status until January 15th. You can read about it here.
You can download the bulletin, including the scripture readings here. One of the joys of having a fully digital bulletin is that we are free to use color! You’ll find that some of the artwork and many of the directions are in full color. You’ll also notice that there are links in the offertory section to take you out to two different means of giving electronically. You can give online through Breeze or you can text a donation through Breeze at 607-882-6551. Good Shepherd also has a PayPal account. If you choose to give via PayPal you can avoid fees by paying directly from your bank. Be sure to uncheck the box that says, “paying for goods and services” at the bottom or PayPal will charge Good Shepherd a fee. As always, thank you for your great generosity and kind support.
The lectionary readings for this week are: Isaiah 61:10-62:5, Psalm 147:12-20, Galatians 3:23-4:7, and Luke 2:15-20.
Catching Up…
Last Sunday’s Sermon Last week Jonathan preached on Luke 1:39-45. You can find his sermon ‘Blessed Is She Who Believed’ here.
You can find previous sermons here.
Christian Education If you missed Christian Ed last Sunday, we are currently having a series for the Advent season called The Annunciation. You can watch the fourth class in the series here, and previous classes at this link.
Preventing Grace Podcast Did you know that Matt and Anne have a podcast? In this week’s episode, ‘Just Two People Talking’, Matt and Anne talk randomly about lots of things after three weeks away from the podcast: church, writing, Christmas, Covid and much more.
Miss an episode? You can catch up on all of the older podcasts here.
Tuesday Morning Bible Study There was no Tuesday morning bible study this week.
Miss a class? You can find all of the previous classes in this series and previous series here.
Thursday Evening Beginner’s Bible Study The Thursday evening study has resumed meeting in person at 6pm in the classroom area . This is a great place to connect with others and learn more about what God has to say to us through his word.
Men’s Breakfast and Bible Study The Men’s bible study meets at 6am each Friday morning.
Weekly Bible Readings
| Morning | Evening | |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Psalm 139
Rev 19 John 21:9-25 |
Psalm 141, 142
Song of Songs 4 Luke 22:54-71 |
| Tuesday | Psalm 140
Jer 31:1-17 Rev 20 |
Psalm 143
Song of Songs 5 Luke 23:1-25 |
| Wednesday | Psalm 144
Rev 21:1-14 |
Psalm 145
Song of Songs 6 Luke:23:26-49 |
| Thursday | Psalm 146
Rev 21:15—22:5 |
Psalm 147
Song of Songs 7 Luke 23:50—24:12 |
| Friday | Psalm 148
Rev 22:6-21 |
Psalm 149, 150
Song of Songs 8 Rev 22:13-21 |
| Saturday | Psalm 1, 2
Gen 1 John 1:1-28 |
Psalm 3, 4
Gal 1 Luke 2:8-21 |
| Sunday | Psalm 5, 6
Gen 2 John 1:29-51 |
Psalm 7
Jer 1 Gal 2 |
Serving at Good Shepherd
| Serving at Good Shepherd December 26, 2021 | Serving at Good Shepherd January 2, 2022 |
|---|---|
| 8am Celebrant: Matt Kennedy Reader (8AM): Pastoral Assistant Usher (8AM): Terry Ray Altar Guild: Karen Berman Nursery: Shepherds Bowl: Nick and Mary with Team 5 Reader (10:30): Brett Dewing Crucifer: Emma Kennedy Acolytes: Murielle and Elinor Kennedy Usher: Phil Nelson Teller: Tom Dinnel and Sub |
8am Celebrant: Matt Kennedy Reader (8AM): Pastoral Assistant Usher (8AM): Terry Ray Altar Guild: Christine Osgood Nursery: Shepherds Bowl: Pete Putano with Team 1 Reader (10:30): Pastoral Assistant Crucifer: Patrick Carlton Acolytes: Seth and Jonah Carlton Usher: Christopher Jones Teller: Scott Pineau and Sub |
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