Annual Meeting The 149th Good Shepherd Annual Meeting will begin immediately following the 10:30 service today.
We will also have our annual coffee competition to decide the official coffee of Good Shepherd for the 2023 year.
The church will provide a lunch. Please see Steph if you’d like to help.
Change for Life It’s time for our annual collection to help Life Choices Pregnancy Resource Center.
Change for Life is an easy way that we as a church can help those in need at Life Choices Center. Simply pick up a baby bottle, fill it with cash, check or coins and return to the church. Checks should be made out to Life Choices. Life Choices hopes to raise $60,000 during this year’s Change for Life campaign- all to help women and men in our community before, during, and after unplanned pregnancies. Let’s support them and make this campaign a huge success! To learn more about Life Choices Center, visit LifeChoicesCenter.org. Any questions can be addressed to Christine Osgood.
Shrove Tuesday (known in some countries as ‘Pancake Day’ or ‘Fat Tuesday’) is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. This year it falls on February 21. ‘Shrove’ comes from the Latin word ‘shrive’, and means ‘absolution’. It is thought that the tradition started when families would eat all of the fatty, rich foods in the house so as not to be tempted during the penitent season of Lent.
Good Shepherd hosts a free pancake and sausage supper from 5 to 7pm to mark the day, there will be a short ceremony at 6:30 in which all of the palm fronds from Palm Sunday of the previous year are burned to produce the ashes that are used for Ash Wednesday. If you would like to help, please contact Steph Warner.
Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday is a day of reflection in the Christian tradition. On this day that begins the Lenten season, Christians all over the world come together and have ashes imposed upon their foreheads as a reminder that we are all sinners and to “remember that we are made of dust, and to dust we shall return”.
The ashes are imposed in the shape of a cross to remind us that Christ bore the weight of our sins on the cross and ultimately defeated death to offer salvation to all who would come to him. The Ash Wednesday services this year are on February 22nd at 7am and 6pm.
Children’s Department Party Everyone who works with children through nursery, Catechesis, Summer Sunday School, or the Christmas pageant, thank you!
You are invited to lunch in the classrooms at 12:15 after church on Sunday, February 26. Please come hear about 2023 plans and enjoy a short time with your fellow workers.
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Training Helpers
Anne is looking for people to help her with the practical details of the upcoming CGS training. The training will be meeting one weekend a month for almost a year, beginning in April, and there will be a good amount of setup, take down, meals, and logistical odds and ends to make it go smoothly. She would love help in big and small ways. If you’re interested, please email or text her or the office. Participants will be coming from all over the region, and we are looking forward to welcoming some of Good Shepherd’s diaspora. Anne promises a fun time for all helpers! Thank you!
Good Shepherd Food Pantry Did you know that Good Shepherd has a member food pantry? This pantry is a small room off the kitchen and is open to all members of Good Shepherd.
Please feel free to pick up a few items for the pantry when doing your household shopping if you have the ability. We are currently running low on soups, peanut butter, cereals, and general non-perishables.
If you are in need of food, please do make use of the supplies there.
Prayer Offered Good Shepherd has resumed offering Prayer on the side altar during Communion. Beginning this Sunday, you may notice a person standing at the side altar rail as you come forward to receive the bread and wine. That person is part of the newly formed Prayer Ministry-people trained to pray for any anxieties or troubles you may have. If you would like prayer for any reason, please feel free to stop as you pass.
Volunteers for Tech Team Are you a technologically capable person who would like to serve the church with your gifts? Good Shepherd is looking add a volunteer team to run sound and the livestream for our services. If this is a ministry that interests you, please reach out to Micah.
Home Groups Home Groups exist to glorify God and build up the church through weekly gatherings where members of Good Shepherd and non-members alike may come to grow in fellowship and discipleship around God’s word.
Sunday Worship and Holy Eucharist
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 remain socially distanced throughout the service. The 8am service is not currently being live-streamed.
The 10:30am service You can download a PDF copy of the service bulletin here.
This Sunday’s lectionary readings are: Exodus 24:12-18, Psalm 99, Acts 5:12-21, and Matthew 17:1-9.
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. As always, thank you for your great generosity and kind support.
Catching Up…
Last Sunday’s Sermon Last Sunday, Jonathan preached on Acts 5:1-11. You can listen or watch ‘Ananias and Sapphira’ here. You can find previous sermons here.
Christian Education This Sunday we continued our Christian Education series for adults built around Carl Trueman’s book, “The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self.”
You can watch that class here.
You can find previous classes here.
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 weekly email invitation in your inbox.
Preventing Grace Did you know that Matt and Anne have a podcast? In this week’s installment, ‘Satanism, Revivals, Reminiscences, and Anglican News’, Anne and Matt discuss the upswing in satanic imagery everywhere, the Asbury Revival, and Anne’s experiences with Revivalism. Finally, they talk about the Church of England’s Synod, sharing their reminiscences of the early days of the Episcopal Church’s apostatizing, and they read live breaking news about the Archbishop of Canterbury offering to remove his office from the Instruments of Communion.
Miss an episode? You can find many previous recordings here.
Tuesday Morning Bible Study This Tuesday we continued our series on the miracles of Jesus.
You can watch the recording 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 meets in person at 6pm in the classroom area. The class is working through the book of Judges. 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 Jeremiah.
Women’s Bible Study This study is meeting at 4:30 pm on Friday afternoons in the Parish Hall. Anne Kennedy is leading and they are studying the book of Daniel. 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.
| Weekly Bible Reading | |
| Monday
February 20 |
Psalm 119:129-152
Gen 50 Matt 8:1-17 |
| Tuesday
February 21 |
Psalm 118
Exod 1 Matt 8:18-end |
| Wednesday
February 22 |
Psalm 122, 123
Exod 2 Matt 9:1-17 |
| Thursday
February 23 |
Psalm 127, 128
Exod 3 Matt 9:18-34 |
| Friday
February 24 |
Psalm 132, 133
Acts 1:15-26 Matt 9:35—10:23 |
| Saturday
February 25
|
Psalm 136
Exod 4 Matt 10:24-end |
| Sunday
February 26 |
Psalm 139
Exod 5 Matt 11 |
| Serving at Good Shepherd February 19, 2023 | Serving at Good Shepherd February 26, 2023 |
| 8am Celebrant: Matt Kennedy 8am Preacher: Matt Kennedy 8am Assistant: Anne Kennedy 8am Reader: Terry Ray 8am Usher: Terry Ray 10:30am Celebrant: Bob Carlson 10:30am Preacher: Jonathan Groves 10:30am Supporting Clergy: Bob Carlson 10:30am Assistant: Jonathan Groves 10:30am Reader: Ronnie Murphy 10:30am Intercessor: Peggy Hughes 10:30am Crucifer: Jonah Carlton 10:30am Acolytes: Seth Carlton, Addy Pineau 10:30am Usher: Scott Pineau Tellers: Chris Jones, Bruce Layman Altar Guild: Christine Osgood Nursery: Kariah, Addy, Murielle Shepherds Bowl: Jonathan Groves with Team 4 |
8am Celebrant: Matt Kennedy 8am Preacher: Matt Kennedy 8am Assistant: Jonathan Groves 8am Reader: Assistant 8am Usher: Terry Ray 10:30am Celebrant: Matt Kennedy 10:30am Preacher: Matt Kennedy 10:30am Supporting Clergy: Bob Carlson 10:30am Assistant: Jonathan Groves 10:30am Reader: Liz Hull 10:30am Intercessor: Jenn Fowler 10:30am Crucifer: Silvan Pineau 10:30am Acolytes: Sophia and Selah Lane 10:30am Usher: Jason Carlton Tellers: Mark and Timothy Dreher Altar Guild: Karen Berman Nursery: Jaime, Annabeth, Gwendolyn Shepherds Bowl: Pete Putano with Team 1 |
| The Staff of Church of the Good Shepherd | The Vestry of the Good Shepherd |
| The Rev. Matthew Kennedy The Rev. Jonathan Groves Mrs. Anne Kennedy Director of Operations: Mr. Micah Lovell Director of Music: Mr. Michael Berman Admin. Assistant to the Rev. Kennedy: Mrs. Stephanie Warner Sexton: Mr. Mike Roseboom |
Senior Warden: Tom Dinnel Junior Warden: Scott Pineau Treasurer: Christopher Emmons Mary Restino Kariah Manwaring Christopher Jones (vacant) (vacant) |
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