What’s Happening at Good Shepherd This Week
Lay Reader Training The lay reader training session has been postponed until immediately after the 10:30 service on March 27th. Please contact Jon Groves for more information.
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.
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 this 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.
A Note about the Daily Lectionary Good Shepherd has been using a one-year cycle of the daily lectionary for a few years. The morning prayer meeting is using a two-year lectionary reading cycle, which has caused some confusion. To make everything uniform, we are changing the bulletin readings to match. We will still have the same readings, just spread over two years, eliminating the evening readings.
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: Exodus 3:1-15, Psalm 103:1-12, Philippians 4:4-7, and Luke 13:1-17.
Catching Up…
Last Sunday’s Sermon Last week Matt preached on Philippians 4:1-3. You can find his sermon ‘Agree in the Lord’ here.
You can find previous sermons here.
Christian Education If you missed Christian Ed on Sunday, we continued our discussion on Carl Trueman’s ‘Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self’. 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, ‘Believe Us Too‘, Matt and Anne discuss the new testimony from victims of sexual abuse in the Diocese of the Upper Midwest who say that the survivor group “ACNAtoo” has misrepresented and omitted information and wrongly accused Bishop Ruch and others of not properly caring for or protecting victims in order to serve ideological purposes and, in the words of one ACNAtoo leader “ruin” the ACNA. Here’s a link to the testimony from the group of victims calling themselves, “Believe Us Too.”
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. 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 | ||
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| Monday | Psalm 50
Prov 19 Eph 2:11-21 |
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| Tuesday | Psalm 52, 53, 54
Prov 20 Eph 3 |
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| Wednesday | Psalm 56, 57
Prov 21 Eph 4:1-16 |
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| Thursday | Psalm 59
Prov 22 Eph 4:17-32 |
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| Friday
(Annunciation) |
Psalm 113, 138
Prov 23 Eph 5:1-17 |
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| Saturday | Psalm 61, 62
Prov 24 Eph 5:18-33 |
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| Sunday | Psalm 68:1-18
Prov 25 Eph 6:1-9 |
Serving at Good Shepherd
| Serving at Good Shepherd March 20, 2022 | Serving at Good Shepherd March 27, 2022 |
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| 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 |
8am Celebrant: Matt Kennedy Reader (8AM): Terry Ray Usher (8AM): Terry Ray Altar Guild: Karen Carlton Nursery: Ronnie Murphy and Talitha Pineau Shepherds Bowl: Mary Schuster with Team 5 Reader (10:30): Christine Osgood Crucifer: Aedan Kennedy Acolytes: Rowan and Gwendolyn Kennedy Usher: Ben Murphy Tellers: Tom Dinnel and Eric Radman |
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