What’s Happening at Good Shepherd This Week
Potluck and Coffee Competition Results We had a wonderful turnout for the potluck, with more food than would even fit at the serving area! What a wonderful time to spend together and enjoy lunch.
The results are in! By almost double the votes of any other option, and much to the surprise of many of us, the overwhelming winner of the coffee competition was 8 O’Clock Coffee, Columbian. Beginning in April, we will serve this coffee as the official coffee of Good Shepherd for the next year. Thanks to all who voted!
Great Litany During the Lenten Season, each Friday immediately following morning prayer, Anne will stay on the call and pray through the Great Litany. If you would like to join her, please join the zoom call by 7:40am.
Lay Reader Training In the past few months we’ve been blessed with many new volunteers for lay reading. As part of the preparations for Holy Week and Easter, we would like to have a training session with all lay readers.
If you are a lay reader, or are interested in becoming one, please stay after the 10:30 service on March 20th for a short training session. Please see Jon Groves for more details.
Choral Evensong An Evensong service is a centuries old liturgy for evening prayer that is almost entirely sung, by both the choir and congregation. Join us for a service of Choral Evensong on Sunday evening, March 20, 2022 at 4:30pm. We are pleased to introduce this special evening service in 2022.
Music will include various styles of plainsong or chant, a short anthem, and congregational hymns.
Streaming During Holy Week Because of the heavy workload for all the staff during Holy Week we’ve made the difficult decision not to livestream the services since it involves a great deal of time and labor. Please join us in person as we observe the Passion of Jesus–his crucifixion, death, burial, and resurrection.
ADOLW Annual Synod Each year, much of the diocese comes together for a three-day meeting where worship happens, many interesting sermons are delivered, a choral evensong service is held, and new deacons and priests are ordained. This year’s synod will be held in Souderton, PA, on May 5-7 and I think there might be a familiar face at Good Shepherd being ordained this year.
If you’d like any information about synod, or if you’d like to go to synod, but would need transportation, please contact the office, as many of the folks required to go will have room to carpool.
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.
Sunday Worship and Holy Eucharist 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 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: Genesis 15:1-18, Psalm 27:9-17, Philippians 4:1-7, and Luke 13:31-35.
Catching Up…
Last Sunday’s Sermon Last week Mr. Jonathan Groves preached on Luke 4:1-13. You can find his sermon ‘The Temptation of Jesus’ here.
You can find previous sermons here.
Christian Education If you missed Christian Ed on Sunday, Mr. Scott Pineau lead a class looking at the Exodus, the historical event as a source of identity of God’s people, and how it is taken up in the completed work of Christ. You can watch that class 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, ‘On the Road‘, Matt and Anne discuss their trip to South Carolina and back, a visit to Kevin DeYoung’s church and his excellent sermon, evangelicals attempting liturgy, the Grove City College CRT controversy, the importance of parents and Christian reporters raising the alarm when conservative institutions begin going woke and, finally, we offer some marriage advice. Apologies for the sound quality. This was recorded on the highway.
Miss an episode? You can catch up on all of the older podcasts here.
Tuesday Morning Bible Study This Tuesday we continued our study of the book of 1 Thessalonians, but had technical difficulties with the audio. You can find that class here.
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. Mr. Terry Ray is leading the class through the book of Jonah. 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, and they are currently studying the book of 1 Peter.
Women’s Bible Study is back at a new time. This study is meeting at 4:30 pm on Friday afternoons in the Parish Hall. Anne Kennedy is leading and they are currently studying James. Children are welcome—as in, we hope to have some childcare available. If you’d like to join by zoom, please join the church email list and look for a link in the weekly update email.
If you’d like to come a little bit early to hang out for Friday Play (all the children play while their mother’s talk to each other), please let Anne know.
Weekly Bible Readings
| Morning | Evening | |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Psalm 34
Exod 21 Matt 21:1-22 |
Psalm 35
Prov 13 Col 2:20—3:11 |
| Tuesday | Psalm 32, 36
Exod 22 Matt 21:23-46 |
Psalm 38
Prov 14 Col 3:12-25 |
| Wednesday | Psalm 37:1-18
Exod 23 Matt 22:1-33 |
Psalm 37:19-40
Prov 15 Col 4 |
| Thursday | Psalm 40
Exod 24 Matt 22:34—23:12 |
Psalm 39, 41
Prov 16 Philemon 1 |
| Friday | Psalm 42, 43
Exod 25 Matt 23:13-39 |
Psalm 44
Prov 17 Eph 1:1-14 |
| Saturday | Psalm 45
Exod 26 Matt 24:1-28 |
Psalm 46
Eph 1:15-23 Matt 1:18-23 |
| Sunday | Psalm 47, 48
Exod 27 Matt 24:29-51 |
Psalm 49
Prov 18 Eph 2:1-10 |
Serving at Good Shepherd
| Serving at Good Shepherd March 13, 2022 | Serving at Good Shepherd March 20, 2022 |
|---|---|
| 8am Celebrant: Matt Kennedy Reader (8AM): Terry Ray Usher (8AM): Terry Ray Altar Guild: Christine Osgood Nursery: Anna and Timothy Shepherds Bowl: Steph Warner with Team 3 Crucifer: Patrick Carlton Acolytes: Jonah and Seth Carlton Reader (10:30): Ronnie Murphy Usher: Scott Pineau Tellers: Chris Jones, Bruce Layman |
8am Celebrant: Matt Kennedy Reader (8AM): Joyce Carlson Usher (8AM): Terry Ray Altar Guild: Karen Berman Nursery: Kariah and Addie Shepherds Bowl: Jon Groves with Team 4 Reader (10:30): Liz Hull Usher: Jason Carlton Tellers: Mark and Timothy Dreher |
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