Church of the Good Shepherd

For children in grades K-6, August 3rd-7th from 9 am to 12 noon, $25 per child, $40 maximum fee per family. Led by Carol Brady and Barbara Kean. The theme this summer is inspired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s children’s book, God’s Dream, which expresses the Archbishop’s belief in the unity of all people and the call to love one another. We will heed that call by learning about, donating to, and visiting the Heifer Project’s farm in Rutland, MA. In addition to animals, the farm has a Global Village exhibition. Bible stories will be shared in the Godly Play style with time for prayer and song. Activities such as toasting marshmallows (on a safe hibachi), parachute games, nature hikes, crafts, playing chimes, bubble wands and water play (sprinklers) and more will round out the program.  Come join us and bring a friend!  VBS fliers with details about the week are in the parish hall, along with registration sheets.  12 children maximum.  Click here to download a registration form.

 Acton Food Pantry Needs Help this Summer!

The Acton Food Pantry goes dangerously low on food and supplies during the summer months. To avoid this problem, Good Shepherd will have a food drive during the month of June to build up their reserves for the month of July. This means weekly food collections in June instead of just the first Sunday. We've been given a list of items most needed, which you can select from. Between 175 and 225 people come per week for groceries. This is a substantial increase from last year, which means our help is greatly needed.

The list of needed items includes:

• infant, baby and toddler diapers

• infant and baby formula

• rice: boxes or bags of plain and boxes of rice pilafs, rice-a-roni, etc.

• canned beans

• canned meats: chicken breast, salmon, sardines deviled ham, meaty chili, corned beef hash, etc. (but NO TUNA — they have plenty of that)

Families, please consider having the children help select the items from the list and help carry the bags to church. It is a way they can know that they as individuals, you as a family, and we as a church, are helping those in need and, as such, are following in Jesus' footsteps.

We will collect food and supplies on June 7, 14, 21, and 28.

During the week of June 15th please feel free to drop things off during the week since Sunday the 21st will be Worship in the Park — but you are also welcome to bring bags to the park and Ed Stockbridge or Barbara Claire will make sure they get to the pantry!

WELCOME

RODERICK PHIPPS-KETTLEWELL!

Roderixk Phipps-Kettlewell has been hired as our Interim Musician. Roderick was born and raised in England and trained in both Britain and France. He attended Julliard for 4 years where he received his masters. He lived in Minnesota for over 20 years, where he served several churches - Catholic, Episcopal and UCC primarily and was the conductor of the Bach Society Chorus in St. Paul. He loves working with singers especially. His personal interest is in studying and writing about Spirituality and Music.