Coffee Competition During the annual meeting last week, we had our annual coffee competition. We had four contenders this year, two Columbian coffees, and two French Roasts.
Congratulations to everyone who voted for option D, which won by a landslide! Our official Good Shepherd Coffee of 2023 is Peet’s French Roast.
Annual Meeting Minutes The minutes of the 149th Annual meeting have been transcribed and are available by email request from the office in PDF format.
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.
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.
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 The Food Pantry is available to all members of Good Shepherd, and is also used by the church staff occasionally for community outreach. The pantry is located in a small room off the kitchen. Please bring food to donate when you are able, and please utilize the pantry when in need.
We are currently in need of canned meats, spaghetti sauce, peanut butter, and heat and eat meals like ravioli and canned soup.
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: Genesis 2:4-9, 15-17, 25-3:7, Psalm 51:1-12, Acts 5:21b-32, and Matthew 4:1-11.
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, Matt preached on Acts 5:12-21a. You can listen or watch ‘Speak to the People All the Words of This Life’ 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, ‘On the Anglican Communion Reset and the Goings On at Asbury”, Anne and Matt discuss the dramatic news coming out of the Global South Primates meeting in which the primates of the most numerous Anglican provinces no longer recognize the authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury and call for a Communion Reset. We also revisit and discuss the goings on at Asbury and the relationship between emotionalism and the work of the Holy Spirit.
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 27 |
Psalm 140
Exod 6 Matt 12:1-21 |
| Tuesday
February 28 |
Psalm 144
Exod 7 Matt 12:22-end |
| Wednesday
March 1 |
Psalm 146
Exod 8 Matt 13:1-23 |
| Thursday
March 2 |
Psalm 148
Exod 9 Matt 13:24-43 |
| Friday
March 3 |
Psalm 1, 2
Exod 10 Matt 13:44-end |
| Saturday
March 4
|
Psalm 5, 6
Exod 11 Matt 14 |
| Sunday
March 5 |
Psalm 9
Exod 12 Matt 15:1-28 |
| Serving at Good Shepherd February 26, 2023 | Serving at Good Shepherd February 26, 2023 |
| 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 |
8am Celebrant: Matt Kennedy 8am Preacher: Matt Kennedy 8am Assistant: Anne Kennedy 8am Reader: Colleen Kenny-Kuk 8am Usher: Terry Ray 10:30am Celebrant: Bob Carlson 10:30am Preacher: Matt Kennedy 10:30am Supporting Clergy: Bob Carlson 10:30am Assistant: Jonathan Groves 10:30am Reader: Scott Pineau 10:30am Intercessor: Anne Thompson 10:30am Crucifer: Tal Pineau 10:30am Acolytes: Abigail and Cadence Radman 10:30am Usher: Fred Urda Tellers: Niklas Boeker, Nick Restino Altar Guild: Karen Carlton Nursery: Anna, Timothy, Tal Shepherds Bowl: Jim Hull with Team 2 |
| 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 Bill Lane Sarah Dreher |
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