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This Week at Good Shepherd
8:00am: Men’s Breakfast Group
Sunday, July 24
8:00am: Holy Eucharist (HE)
10:00am: HE with Blessing of the El Ocotillo Delegation and Children’s Chapel
Nursery Available
Guest Minister - The Rev. Michael Dudley
7:00pm: Taizé Prayer and Healing
Thursday, July 29
Shepherd’s Staff Mailing
8:00am: Men’s Breakfast Group
Sunday, August 1
8:00am: Holy Eucharist (HE)
10:00am: HE and Children’s Chapel
Nursery Available
Welcome Reception for Priest in Charge,
The Rev. Gareth Evans and his family
Reception for Gareth Evans, Our New Priest in Charge!
On August 1, Gareth Evans will officially become Good Shepherd’s Priest in Charge. We are hoping to have a reception for him, his wife Fran, and their new baby (still yet to be born!) in the Parish Hall following the 10am service. Please help us to make this a wonderful welcome party for Gareth and family. If you can help with set up, refreshments and/or clean up, please contact Sara Kilkenny,
The Not Too Serious Book Group
Book: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Meeting: August 5th at 7:30pm
N2S Book Group will meet August 5th at 7:30 PM in the Library/Music room of the church. Our book to enjoy and discuss will be The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. It has been on the best seller list for 50 plus weeks but is easily requested from the Library (I got a copy in one day). The novel presents a dogs-eye view of the human condition from a dog of great discernment and strong opinions as his man (a race car driver) makes his way through life. A wise, witty and moving novel. Join us. Contact John Link with questions.
A Great Opportunity —
Join the Coffee Hour Committee
Every Sunday our parish family shares simple snacks, juice, and hot beverages after the 10:00 a.m. service. We have set up a calendar (from now until June 2011) on a scheduling website called “Doodle” which allows you to see what dates are open and indicate your choices — feel free to volunteer for as many Sundays as you want, whenever it is convenient for you. To visit Doodle you can type this link into your Internet browser or check your parish-wide weekly email to just click on it: www.doodle.com/22tqt9ct7qu5m6sb
The Diocese of Haiti and other partners are actively responding to the situation on the ground in Haiti with critical support from Episcopal Relief & Development. Please pray for those impacted and donate to the Haiti Fund. The most up to date information is available on the Haiti Crisis page.
BRING YOUR PLEDGES UP TO DATE!
Our treasurer, Noelle Dattilo, advises us that the church operating account is short of funds. If you are able to bring your pledging up-to-date, please mail a check today. If you can manage to make an additional donation on top of your planned pledge, this is the time to send that check. Any amount you can contribute will be very helpful. If you would like to contribute to a specific bill, please contact Noelle directly. This is the time to be generous. Together we can all keep Church of the Good Shepherd up and running. Thank you in advance for your support.
The Vestry
Children's Chapel: Preschoolers will be cared for in the Nursery.
Our Playground: Barbara Keane is seeking a person or team to update the wooden play sets. We need new swing seats and a bit of repair on the wood of the houses. Donations of sand toys would also be nice. Please contact Barbara if you can help:
Do you like to make music? We have musical programs for people of all ages and all experience levels. Click on "Worship" and then "Music," above right.
Questions? Contact Casey Hannan at the church.
From the Music Minister -
The choir is not meeting or performing on Sundays throughout the summer but I'd really like to continue to present offertories and service music in collaboration with members of our congregation. A number of you have expressed interest but I would ask everyone to get in touch with me now that summer is upon us and as our summer calendars become a little more clear. It would be a lot of fun for me to vary the people and styles of music involved. Thank you,
Casey Hannan
Spiritual Oasis, the Church of the Good Shepherd blog
http://www.goodshepherdacton.wordpress.com
What is a blog? It is a web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer. Unlike the church web site, however, a blog is more dynamic and made for readers to participate by adding their responses to the posted content. Users can start a dialog or conversation that others may see and extend. Having a blog would help the parish with its spiritual outreach, enhance educational programs like Connect, and foster greater communication and understanding within the parish. We hope to have discussions threads dedicated to parish seminars, hot topics, and the Youth Group. Right now the daily Advent meditations and prayers from parishioners and Rector Gale are displayed and available for comments. Pretty soon other topics of interest to Good Shepherd folks will be popping up so bookmark this link. If you lose it, you can always find it again under the Resources-Links page on this website.
Good Shepherd Parish Prayer
Universal and unchanging God,
We are one, unalterably one,
With all the human race.
Grant that we
who share Christ's blood, may,
through your unifying Spirit,
Break down the walls
that divide us.
Amen.
NZPB page 637
Request for Furniture Donations
The Household Goods Recycling of
goods to agencies, such as Community Teamwork, Inc. (CTI) in Lowell, who are transitioning
homeless families out of shelters and hotels. We are in dire need of box springs, mattresses,
bureaus, dining tables and chairs. Of course we take all kinds of furniture. Please consult our
website: www.hgrm.org. Our drop-off times at
