The pupusa truck is coming January 29th!
Experience the favorite Salvadoran food!
Support the El Salvador Scholarship Fund and bring your family the experience of delicious Salvadoran pupusas!!
Place your order by Monday, January 24. Come to pick up your order at the entrance of the church Saturday, January 29 between 5:00 and 6:00 pm. Pupusas are coming from Fuente de Vida, an authentic Salvadoran restaurant in Worcester.
Pupusa varieties include cheese, cheese and beans, cheese and chicken, cheese and jalapeño, cheese and pork, cheese and loroco (similar to summer squash). A typical adult serving is two or three pupusas (though people have been known to happily eat more!). Dinner comes with red sauce, slaw, and fried plantains.
Send your order— how many of each variety you want — to Kevin Gross by Monday Jan. 24.. Any questions? Call Kathleen Zawicki. See the recent eblast for contact information.
No set cost but free will offerings for the El Salvador Scholarship Fund to support our 8 students are gratefully accepted! (Please write ‘El Salvador’ in the memo on your check.)
The work of an immigration resettlement agency
On December 12th Christine Hellman from the International Institute of New England described to us the important work of resettling the many families that have fled to the United States from Afghanistan in the last few months. If you missed her talk, you can find it here.
Learn about the ways Good Shepherd is Supporting Afghan Refugees.
Adult Christian Formation Book Group Begins on January 16
Coming in January!
Love is the Way Book Group
Are you a fan of Bishop Michael Curry (the Presiding Bishop of the Eiscopal Church)? Join our Rector in a conversation about his latest book, Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times. We will meet in person (in the Library) and via Zoom at 11:30am beginning Sunday January 16. We plan to discuss three chapters per week. For January 16, please read the introduction through Chapter 3.
Love is the Way is available online and by order from the Silver Unicorn and other bookshops. Add it to your Christmas list!
Please contact Rev. Ellie if you have any questions.
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Supporting Afghan evacuees
Three ways you can support the resettlement of Afghan evacuees
During the month of December there are several ways that you can provide support to Afghan evacuees settling in the Lowell area:
Contribute gift cards for stores easily accessed in the Lowell area (Target, Market Basket, Walgreens) or to online vendors. Send your gift card to the office with a note earmarking it for Afghan refugees or bring it to church and put it in the designated basket.
Join a cooking team. We are hoping to prepare a meal for a group of families temporarily housed in hotels on a Saturday or Sunday in December. You can join a team at the church or add to the meal from your own kitchen. If you like to grocery shop or cook or have experience in the church kitchen contact Barb Magee.
Contribute a winter coat or outer wear in excellent condition for an adult or child. These families are arriving with very little. There is a big box in the narthex. We will bring them to Lowell each week.
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Celebrating our 20th anniversary with El Ocotillo
Good Shepherd celebrates its 20th anniversary with El Ocotillo, El Salvador
It's hard to believe that the first delegation from Good Shepherd to El Ocotillo was twenty years ago in 2001!! Some of today's scholarship students weren't born yet.
On Sunday, October 24th, during the morning services, we will celebrate our relationship with this beautiful village in the mountains with music, a video montage, poetry, and prayers. We hope that you can join us in person or via zoom.
Learn more about our relationship with El Ocotillo, El Salvador in this Boston Globe article.
News from the Pastoral Associate for Liturgy and Music
THANK YOU, everyone, for your warm welcome. I’ve been with you for a month now, and I’m so grateful for your good cheer, flexibility, and generous offering of yourselves to our corporate worship. We, the people, the gathered Body of Christ, do the work of liturgy, and it is a blessing to be in it with you!
SINGING WELCOME. Sunday Mornings 9:15-9:45am in the sanctuary. We do some fun physical and vocal warm ups, and go over the music for the 10:00am Eucharist. This is a great way to enliven body and soul, meet people, and learn a bit about how and why we sing at worship. All ages, all voice parts, all levels of choral experience welcome. No need to sign up in advance. Just show up and check it out! Drop in once or come every week. You do need to be fully vaccinated (if over age 12) and wear a mask over your nose and mouth.
MIXED CHOIR REHEARSAL. Thursday Evenings 7:00-8:30pm in the sanctuary. This group is for all voice parts (soprano, alto, tenor, bass), high school age and up. We are just getting this group going, so come and contribute your voice and vision. We’ll be developing our skills as vocal musicians, preparing anthems for the Sunday 10:00am Eucharist, and working toward special musical events. You need to be fully vaccinated and wear a mask over your nose and mouth.
LOOKING FOR PERCUSSION VOLUNTEERS for 10:00am Eucharist on Sunday October 24. Individuals, friend groups, and families welcome. No special experience required. We will be adding drums, shakers, and finger cymbals to the music for our celebration of the 20th anniversary of our relationship with El Ocotillo parish in El Salvador. You just need to come to church at 9:15 am on the 24th.
Ellen Oak
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