What’s Happening at Good Shepherd This Week
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.
Beginner Vegetable Gardening Class 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 was last Saturday and was packed full of helpful and useful information on how to practically think about food storage for your family in a spirit of wisdom. Lunch was served as part of the class, and every part of the menu was made, at least in part, with food that was part of a long term food storage system.
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.
Youth Group End of Year Party Next Sunday, June 5th will be the last meeting of Youth Group for the summer. Jon will be meeting with the kids at Rec. Park for games and pizza at 5:30pm. Choir End of Year The last choir practice of this season will be on June 1. The choir’s last Sunday will be June 5th. Choir will resume in September. If you would like to be involved in the music ministry in any way, please contact Michael Berman, music director. Potluck Next Sunday is the first of the month, so it’s time for another potluck! This month we’ll be having two competitions: BBQ and Pies. The BBQ categories will be:
- Pork
- Poultry
- Beef
- Veggies.
The pie categories will be:
- fruit
- cream
- icebox.
Please limit your entries to one per competition, although you’re welcome to bring as much food as you’d like, and have all submissions labeled and in the kitchen before the 10:30 service to allow the organizers time to get the judges plates prepared.
Kennedy Modified Sabbatical As many of you may remember, the Kennedy family is supposed to take a sabbatical break every seven years. So far, in their twenty years of service at Good Shepherd, they have always graciously denied taking that time. Last year, the vestry and the congregation insisted that they take their sabbatical this year, and began setting aside money to make that possible.
While they will still be in town for part of the time, they will be out of the country for most of June and July. We have some great supply priests, and even a bishop coming to fill in, and many familiar faces will be preaching and teaching in their absence. The Kennedy family is so grateful and humbled that Good Shepherd is allowing them time to study, write, and recharge.
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 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. 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 1:1-11, Psalm 110:1-5, Ephesians 1:15-23 , and Luke 24:44-53.
Catching Up…
Last Sunday’s Sermon Last week’s sermon was on Revelation 21:1-4 by Rev. Matt Kennedy. You can find ‘The Former Things Have Passed Away’ here. You can find previous sermons here.
Christian Education If you missed Christian Ed on Sunday, we continued our Christian Education discussion series built around Carl Trueman’s book, “The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self.” You can watch it here. You can find previous classes here.
Preventing Grace Podcast There was no podcast this week, but Matt and Anne will be back with a new episode next week. Miss an episode? You can catch up on all of the older podcasts here.
Tuesday Morning Bible Study This Tuesday Morning we continued our series on The Parables of Christ. You can watch here. We’ll move through the parables chronologically, beginning with the earliest recorded ones and finishing off with his last parables in Jerusalem before his crucifixion. 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. Mr. Terry Ray is leading the class through the book of Esther. 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 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 77 Ezek 4 Acts 7:17-34 |
| Tuesday | Psalm 79, 82 Ezek 5 Acts 7:35—8:3 |
| Wednesday | Psalm 78:19-40 Ezek 6 Acts 8:4-25 |
| Thursday | Psalm 80 Ezek 7 Acts 8:26-end |
| Friday | Psalm 83 Ezek 8 Acts 9:1-31 |
| Saturday | Psalm 85 Ezek 9 Acts 9:32-end |
| Sunday | Psalm 88 Ezek 10 Acts 10:1-23 |
Serving at Good Shepherd
| Serving at Good Shepherd May 29, 2022 | Serving at Good Shepherd June 5, 2022 |
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| 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: Scott Pineau 10:30am Crucifer: Tal Pineau 10:30am Acolytes: Cadence Radman & Addie Pineau 10:30am Usher: Fred Urda Tellers: Niklas Boeker, Nick Restino Altar Guild: Karen Berman Nursery: Kariah and Addie Shepherds Bowl: Pete Putano with Team 1 |
8am Celebrant: Matt Kennedy 8am Preacher: Matt Kennedy 8am Assistant: Anne Kennedy 8am Reader: Terry Ray 8am Usher: Terry Ray 10:30am Celebrant: Matt Kennedy 10:30am Preacher: Matt Kennedy 10:30am Assistant: Anne Kennedy 10:30am Reader: Christine Osgood 10:30am Crucifer: Aedan Kennedy 10:30am Acolytes: Abigail Radman & Gwendolyn Kennedy 10:30am Usher: Ben Murphy Tellers: Tom Dinnel, Eric Radman Altar Guild: Karen Carlton Nursery: Jaime and Annabeth Shepherds Bowl: Joyce Carlson with Team 2 Potluck: BBQ and Pie Contest |
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