What’s Happening at Good Shepherd This Week
Bible Study All bible studies resume on Tuesday, April 26. Thank you for allowing the staff and ministry team this much needed rest.
Shepherd’s Bowl Community Dinner A Community Dinner is served every Thursday evening at 5:30pm in the parish hall, a fresh tasty meal served by cheerful volunteers. This is a welcoming, friendly atmosphere for church and community members to come and enjoy, regardless of income. Terry Ray leads a beginners Bible study at 6:00 and anyone is welcome to attend. Please find our page on Facebook, Shepherd’s Bowl Free Community Meal, and follow, like and share posts, and invite friends. It all helps!
As we try to regrow our attendance, we especially invite church members to come and eat and help welcome visitors. We are also in need of volunteers. If you’d like to join a team, can be available as a sub, or are even interested in being a cook, contact Martha Rice or Mary Schuster.
Concert of Hope Find the hope and comfort that music can bring in this concert featuring sacred classics, spirituals and Scripture-based anthems, plus instrumental solos and congregational hymn singing. The concert is presented by Brio Vocal Ensemble and Friends and takes place Sunday, May 1, at 3 p.m. at Endwell United Methodist Church, 3301 Watson Blvd., Endwell.
2019 BCP Last year Good Shepherd was gifted the money to purchase new copies of the 2019 Book of Common Prayer for the sanctuary. You’ll notice that each pew will have at least one copy of the BCP, and that some services may revert to a simpler bulletin now that we can utilize prayer books again.
Thank you for the generous gift that made this purchase possible!
Church Work Day Good Shepherd will be having a work day on May 21st from 10-1pm to tackle small projects, repairs, and some general cleaning. Lunch will be provided.
If you would like more information, please see Micah Lovell.
Long-Term Food Storage & Beginner Vegetable Gardening Classes Jenn Fowler, a newer member at Good Shepherd, is certified as a Master Food Preserver through Cornell Cooperative Extension and has offered to teach two courses for anyone interested, as we face uncertain times within the economic and food supply systems. A light lunch will be provided at each class.
The first class will be held on May 14th, at 10am. The class is roughly three hours, and will be focused on long-term food storage. Topics will include: different types of long-term food storage, what types of foods do well in storage, and managing food stores.
The second class will be held on June 4th at 10am. It will be about two and a half hours long, and will be focused on beginning vegetable gardening. Jenn will present information on soil health, how to plan a garden, choosing what to grow, different gardening styles, and much more.
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 our own Jonathan Groves will be ordained to the diaconate.
You can find more information about synod here. 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.
Morning prayer will resume on April 25th.
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 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: Acts 5:12a, 17-22, 25-29, Psalm 111, Revelation 1:1-19, and John 20:19-31.
Catching Up…
Last Sunday’s Sermon Last week Matt preached on Luke 24:1-12. You can find his sermon ‘Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead’ here.
You can find previous sermons here.
Christian Education If you missed Christian Ed on Sunday, we continued our discussion of the account of the resurrection, focusing on the account of the women finding the tomb empty. You can watch that class here, and previous classes at this link.
Preventing Grace Podcast Matt and Anne took the week off, but will be back with another exciting episode of the Preventing Grace Podcast next week.
Miss an episode? You can catch up on all of the older podcasts here.
Tuesday Morning Bible Study There was no bible study this Tuesday, due to the holiday. Bible study will resume on April 26, at the normal time.
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 the book of 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
| Monday | Psalm 129, 130, 131 Job 23 Heb 12:18-29 |
| Tuesday | Psalm 134, 135 Job 24 Heb 13 |
| Wednesday | Psalm 137, 138 Job 25, 26 Jas 1 |
| Thursday | Psalm 141, 142 Job 27 Jas 2:1-13 |
| Friday (Annunciation) | Psalm 143 Job 28 Jas 2:14-26 |
| Saturday | Psalm 145 Job 29 Jas 3 |
| Sunday | Psalm 147 Jas 4 John 1:43-51 |
Serving at Good Shepherd
| Serving at Good Shepherd April 3, 2022 | Serving at Good Shepherd April 17, 2022 |
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| 8am Celebrant: Matt Kennedy 8am Preacher: Jonathan Groves 8am Assistant: Matt Kennedy/Jon Groves 8am Reader: Joyce Carlson 8am Usher: Terry Ray 10:30am Celebrant: Matt Kennedy 10:30am Preacher: Jonathan Groves 10:30am Assistant: Anne Kennedy/Jon Groves 10:30am Reader: Scott Pineau 10:30am Crucifer: Silvan Pineau 10:30am Acolytes: Tal and Addie Pineau 10:30am Usher: Fred Urda Tellers: Niklas Boeker, Nick Restino Altar Guild: Christine Osgood Nursery: Anna and Timothy Dreher Shepherds Bowl: Jon Groves with Team 4 |
8am Celebrant: Matt Kennedy 8am Preacher: Bob Carlson 8am Assistant: Bob Carlson 8am Reader: Joyce Carlson 8am Usher: Terry Ray 10:30am Celebrant: Matt Kennedy 10:30am Preacher: Matt Kennedy 10:30am Assistant: Anne Kennedy/Jon Groves 10:30am Reader: Christine Osgood 10:30am Crucifer: Aedan Kennedy 10:30am Acolytes: Rowan & Gwendolyn Kennedy 10:30am Usher: Ben Murphy Tellers: Tom Dinnel, Eric Radman Altar Guild: Karen Berman Nursery: Kariah Manwaring & Addie Pineau Shepherds Bowl: Pete Putano with Team 1 |
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