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Spiritual nature walks beginning July 5

Join members of Good Shepherd at Acton Arboretum

Weather permitting, join us for a spiritual nature walk on July 5, after the 9:00 AM service. We’ll drive over to the Acton Arboretum after coffee hour. This one-hour walk will feature a stop or two for readings and reflection. We hope to offer walks like these regularly in the fall.

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Showing our pride at the Acton-Westford pride festival

See photos from the Pride Festival!

The Acton-Westford pride festival was this past Saturday, June 27 at Nara Park in Acton. For the third year in a row, a group of Good Shepherd parishioners set up a tent and coordinated a rock painting activity and offered lots and lots of colorful swag to hand out. The tent was busy all day long with members of the community (including State Senator Jamie Eldridge!) stopping by to say hello, paint a rock, or pick out fun, pride-themed stickers, flags, bandanas, fans, and more. Thanks to Bev for shepherding people and supplies to make this a wonderful event. If you’re interested in helping out next year, let us know.

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The Rev. Melissa Buono

Gospel and Sermon for Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, June 28, 2026

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Bev Ridpath

Gospel and Reflection for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, June 21, 2026

2026-06-21 Gospel & Reflection, Bev Ridpath

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The Rev. Janie Donahue

Gospel and Sermon for Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 14, 2026

2026-06-14 Gospel & Sermon, Rev. Janie Donahue

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Memorial Garden stewardship

Join us after church service on June 14 to help clean up the Memorial Garden

Please don your gardening clothes and grab your to rake to honor and respect those who have gone before by being a good steward of our Garden. You can lend a hand to clean up the the leaves in and around our Memorial Garden by raking for a bit after either service on Sunday, June 14.

Our former Warden, Wendy Fedderson, will be leading us. This is an important first step as we bring our space to a place of beauty. By respectfully cleaning up the area we can see what we already have and then build upon that. Please help us put our prayers of stewardship into faith-filled action next Sunday.