What’s Happening at Good Shepherd
Book Study of Generation to Generation The fourth meeting of the Generation to Generation book study on zoom, will be Saturday, November 12 at 4:00pm. If you would like more information or an invitation, please contact Anne or Steph at gs.binghamton@gmail.com.
Thanksgiving at Good Shepherd During the week of Thanksgiving (November 21-26), all bible studies, morning prayer, and community events are cancelled. All studies will resume the following week.
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Next Sunday for Adult Ed Anne will be joining us to talk about Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. As many of you know, CGS is the program we have used in our Sunday School for the whole time we have served at Good Shepherd. It is not the sort of program many churches are used to, and Anne has been working on bringing an official training for this program to our area for many years. She will talk about the program–where it comes from, how it works, what we love about it–but also our overall approach to Children’s Ministry. Bring your theological questions, your queries about Childhood Development, and all your complaints about everything on the 20th.
St. Nicholas Fair and Bake Sale Saturday, December 10th, from 10am-3pm, Good Shepherd will be having a Christmas Bake Sale in the Parish Hall! Come and enjoy coffee, cider, hot chocolate, cookies, games, and other festivities! If you would like to bake something delicious for someone to buy, please let Jonathan know. All proceeds will be used to help fund training for Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. We hope to see you there!
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.
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 on Sunday evening, November 20, 2022 at 5:00pm.
Music will include various styles of plainsong or chant, a short anthem, and congregational hymns.
Giftable Jams and Jellies Good Shepherd will be hosting a beginner canning class on jams and jellies.
There will be a small fee associated for supplies, and each participant will take home some of the items made in the course. Please see Jenn Fowler or Steph for more details.
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.
Please see the paper bulletin for more information on times and places!
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 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: Malachi 3:13-4:6, Psalm 98, Acts 3:11-16, and Luke 21:5-19.
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 3:1-10. You can listen or watch ‘What I Do Have I Give to You’ here. You can find previous sermons here.
Christian Education If you missed Christian Ed on 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.
Morning prayer will not be meeting during the week of Thanksgiving.
Preventing Grace Did you know that Matt and Anne have a podcast? Most weeks they cover topics like church polity, raising children, current events, and baking bread. In this week’s installment, ‘Discernment‘, they talk about turning the clock back, the upcoming election and inflation, why Generals Patton and Macarthur were right about the Soviet Union and China, and how so much of the present divisions within evangelicalism stems from those without discernment deciding not to listen to those who do.”
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. The second miracle Jesus performs is The Healing of the Royal Official’s Son from John 4:46-54. You can watch 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.
The Men’s Breakfast and Bible Study will not be meeting on November 25th. They will resume meeting on the following week.
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 discussing the book of Proverbs. 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.
The Women’s Bible Study will not be meeting on November 25th. They will resume meeting on the following week.
| Weekly Bible Reading | |
| Monday
November 14 |
Psalm 37:19-42
Isa 27 Luke 1:57-end |
| Tuesday
November 15 |
Psalm 39, 41
Isa 28 Luke 2:1-21 |
| Wednesday
November 16 |
Psalm 44
Isa 29 Luke 2:22-end |
| Thursday
November 17 |
Psalm 46
Isa 30 Luke 3:1-22 |
| Friday
November 18 |
Psalm 49
Isa 31 Luke 3:23-end |
| Saturday
November 19
|
Psalm 51
Isa 32 Luke 4:1-30 |
| Sunday
November 20 |
Psalm 55
Isa 33 Luke 4:31-end |
| Serving at Good Shepherd November 13, 2022 | Serving at Good Shepherd November 20, 2022 |
| 8am Celebrant: Matt Kennedy 8am Preacher: Matt Kennedy 8am Assistant: Anne Kennedy 8am Reader: Assistant 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: Liz Hull 10:30am Crucifer: Silvan Pineau 10:30am Acolytes: Sophia and Selah Lane 10:30am Usher: Jason Carlton Tellers: Mark and Timothy Dreher Altar Guild: Christine Osgood Nursery: Jaime, Annabeth, Gwendolyn Prayer: Jenn Fowler Shepherds Bowl: Steph Warner with Team 3 |
8am Celebrant: Matt Kennedy 8am Preacher: Matt Kennedy 8am Assistant: Anne Kennedy 8am Reader: Colleen Kenny-Kuk 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: Scott Pineau 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: Carrie, Murielle and Tal Prayer: TBA Shepherds Bowl: No Shepherd’s Bowl, Thanksgiving |
Have an item for the Update or Announcements?
send an email to gs.binghamton@gmail.com by Monday evening.