What’s Happening at Good Shepherd
Christmas Party and Cookie Exchange Ladies, mark your calendars for this year’s Christmas party and cookie exchange! Open to all women, cookie exchange optional. Saturday afternoon, December 21st at 1pm in the parish hall. If you have questions or would like to be a part of the planning, please contact Ronnie.
Marriage Class Matt and Anne have been teaching a series on marriage during the 9:15 Christian Education hour. This class is an overview of the topics that they cover in premarital instruction, with a special emphasis on communication. A great book to read before the class is Tim Keller’s The Meaning of Marriage. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
CHE Rummage Sale Collection Anne Thompson is collecting for the Christmas Rummage Sale to support Community Health Evangelism, Nicaragua. Please email her if you have items to donate. They can be available for pick up on Sundays. Thank you.
We are in need of strong people to help unload everything for the CHE Rummage Sale on Wednesday, December 4th, in Montrose. If you can help, please email Anne Thompson. Thank you!
CHE Rummage Sale Collection Anne Thompson is collecting for the Christmas Rummage Sale to support Community Health Evangelism, Nicaragua. Please email her if you have items to donate. They can be available for pick up on Sundays. Thank you.
We are in need of strong people to help unload everything for the CHE Rummage Sale on Wednesday, December 4th, in Montrose. If you can help, please email Anne Thompson. Thank you!
Ongoing Ministries
Women’s Bible Study The Women’s Bible Study meets every Saturday morning from 10 to 11AM. Women of various ages join together to study the bible, moving book by book, and verse by verse. All women are extended a warm invitation to attend. The ladies are currently studying the book of Psalms. The Psalms express so much from praise, forgiveness and gratitude for God’s grace and so much more. Join us while we study this ancient collection of songs and poems that has been woven into our worship services for centuries. Please contact Christine Osgood for more information.
Women’s bible study is cancelled from Nov 30 through Dec & plans to resume Jan. 4, 2020.
Good Shepherd Youth Group Youth Group meets on Sunday night from 6:00 – 7:30pm at Good Shepherd. All youth between the ages of 12-18 are welcome to join as the youth group continues to study the book of Romans. Please contact Tyler Van Fossen if you’d like to know how to help or be involved in the Good Shepherd Youth Group in any way. Email: tvf.arrowhead@gmail.com.
Upcoming activities and info
Dec. 1: Thanksgiving (No Youth Group)
*Dec. 15: Christmas Party during Youth Group @ 6PM
Dec. 22 & Dec. 29: Christmas Break (No Youth Group)
Jan 5: Start-up Youth Group Sunday Evenings @ 6pm
*Feb. 7-9: Arrowhead Camp Service Project Weekend
*Christmas Party on Sunday (Dec 15th @ 6PM)
– Inviting parents and kids to bring Christmas cookies or treats, GS will have pizza and drinks covered.
*Arrowhead Camp Service Project (Feb 7-9)
– Please RSVP and let me know if your child(ren) can attend.
– No Youth Group that Sunday night (Feb 9th)
Bread and Wine Is a monthly supper and discussion for women. Please contact Liz Hull if you are interested.
Nurse’s Station Dolly, the parish nurse, will be available for blood sugar readings, blood pressure, BMI numbers, and to provide scale weights. This will occur after the 8am service during Christian Education on the first Sunday of every month.
Good Shepherd Food Pantry With Christmas slowly creeping up upon us, our food pantry is extremely low in good healthy foods. Please consider buying a little extra so that those who use the pantry can have a bountiful holiday meal.
Items needed: canned ham, turkey, or chicken, instant or scalloped potatoes, canned stews (meat/bean stews), canned corn, green beans, peas, and carrots, baking mixes, canned fruit, stuffing, powdered milk and coffee creamers, rice, tomato sauce, macaroni and cheese, and anything else you’d like to bring.
Cleaning, personal hygiene, and paper products and are always greatly appreciated!
Last Week
Last week’s sermon ‘Jesus, Remember Me’ was based on Luke 23:35-43. You can listen or download it here.
Christian Ed Matt and Anne Kennedy lead a course on marriage beginning with a discussion of its biblical foundations. This is the 8th class we discuss children, discipline, and the Gospel. You can listen or download the recording of the class here.
You can catch up on any of the class sessions that you missed at this link.
Preventing Grace Podcast This week’s podcast is called ‘A Very Special Thanksgiving Episode’. In this podcast Anne and Matt discuss Thanksgiving and food and cooking and Thanksgiving in Africa. Available here.
You can listen to past podcast episodes here.
This Week
This Sunday Matt will be preaching on John 12:20-26.
Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
This Sunday’s Lections are Isaiah 2:1-5, Psalm 122, and Romans 13:8-14.
Team Corinthians is working on the altar this Sunday.
Christine O. is serving on altar guild.
Nursery Karen C. and Gwendolyn K. are in the nursery.
Steph W., Tina S., and Kcaarin P. are on coffee hour.
Shepherd’s Bowl Team 1 will be cooking.
You can find a PDF version of the 10:30 bulletin for this Sunday morning available to download at this link.
Have an item for the Update or an Announcement?
Email the secretary at:
gs.binghamton@gmail.com by Monday night.