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The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
in Lexington, Kentucky
E-News Edition for November 17, 2011
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From the Interim Rector
Greetings!
We are coming to the Last Sunday After Pentecost. Many liturgical churches also celebrate this as The Feast of Christ the King. In our continuing efforts to make our language more gender inclusive, the term Reign of Christ is gaining acceptance as the designtion for this Sunday. I really prefer Reign of Christ because the emphasis is on what Christ is doing throughout the cosmos and throughout eternity - reigning! I had an experience years ago that caused me to have to sort out what I truly believe about the part of Christ's reign that involves our accountability to him. READ MORE.
I'll see you in Church!
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Preparing for Worship
Sunday, November 20, 2011
The Last Sunday after Pentecost ~ The Reign of Christ
Collect
Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in your well¯beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Readings
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 / Psalm 100 / Ephesians 1:15-23 / Matthew 25:31-46
Services
7:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I ~ Celebrant and Preacher, Ronald D. Pogue; Deacon, Dominic Moore; Lector/ Intercessor/Usher, Wilson Eastland; Eucharistic Minister, Tom Grunwald.
9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II ~ Celebrant and Preacher, Ronald D. Pogue; Deacons, Lauren Villemuer and Dominic Moore; Verger, Amanda Stark; Acolytes, Clay Huguelet, Maddie butler, Kate Samuel, Katie Beal, Lucy Beal, Alison Beal; Eucharistic Ministers, Jim Green, Al Greenfield, Laura Greenfield, Amanda Stark; Lector, Cynthia Matthews; Intercessor, Jim Willard; Ushers, Bill Farmer, Guy Huguelet, Steve Branham, David Jones, Hunter Lyle; Greeters, Main St.-Graeme and Nancy Wilson; West Door-George VanMeter; Children's Chapel, Cynthia Lee, Cherie Flueck.
11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II ~ Celebrant and Preacher, Ronald D. Pogue; Deacons, Lauren Villemuer and Jeff Howe; Verger, Dorothy Van Meter; Acolytes, Katherine Wright, Jackson Campbell, Anna Stahlman; Eucharistic Ministers, Allissa Ferguson, Lee Jenkins, Juanita Peterson, Dorothy Van Meter; Lector, Judi Woodford; Intercessor, Allissa Ferguson; Ushers, Bryce Franklin, Mathew Kluesner, John Thomas, David Fogg; Greeters, Main St.-Sheri Thingstad; West Door-Martin and Judi Woodford; Children's Chapel, Whit Whitaker, Elizabeth Beal.
Others Serving This Sunday
Altar Guild: Janice MacNeil
Vestry on Duty: Chuck Goodpaster, Sarah Charles Wright
Music
Hymns
494, 483, LEVAS 96 (9:00), 481 (11:15), 555
Click HERE for a link to an online index to the 1982 Hymnal that will allow you to read the texts and listen to the tunes for Sunday's hymns.
Organ
Opening Voluntary: Vater unser im Himmelreich ~ Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654)
(Our Father in Heaven)
Closing Voluntary: Praeludium in C, BWV 547 ~ J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
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 Thanksgiving Holiday Reminders
No Wednesday service on November 23.
Morning Prayer at 10:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day.
The church office will be closed on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, November 23-25
November 27 ~ First Sunday of Advent
Holy Eucharist at 7:45 and 9:00
Advent Procession and Holy Eucharist at 11:15
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 Faithful Stewards of Thy Bounty
Thus far, 269 households have made commitments totaling $877,930. Thank you to those listed below who have recently returned their commitment cards:
Doris Benson, Steve and Renee Branham, Phyllis Campbell, Wilson Eastland, Jim and GinnyGreen, Robert and Brenda Johnson, The Rev. Charles Lawrence, Marty and Katherine Marchaterre, Patrick and Beth McGee, Karl and Anne Peschke, Morrow and Carson Richards,Solly Van Meter, Brian and Susan Wright, George and Kerry Zack.
Almighty God, whose loving hand hath given us all that we possess: Grant us grace that we may honor thee with our substance, and, remembering the account which we must one day give, may be faithful stewards of thy bounty, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Messages From Fellow Parishioners  | | Phil and Carlisle Farmer |
Phil and Carlisle Farmer spoke to worshipers on Sunday, September 25. Listen to their message HERE.  | | Keila Thomas |
Keila Thomas wrote an article for The Shepherd's Voice about what Good Shepherd means to her. Read it HERE. Click HERE to read Brenda Riddle's reflection about what Good Shepherd means to her. 
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Hans and Cherie Flueck and family
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Hans and Cherie Flueck spoke to the congregation on Sunday, September 18. Listen to their message .
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Nancy Davis
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Nancy Davis wrote an article for The Shepherd's Voice, "What does Good Shepherd mean to me?" Read it HERE.  | |
Erin Young and Family
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Erin Young spoke to the congregation on Sunday, October 2. Listen to her message HERE.
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Nancy Stephens and Family
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Click HEREto read what Good Shepherd means to Nancy Stephens.
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Liz Samuel
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Liz Samuel wrote an article forThe Shepherd's Voice telling what Good Shepherd means to her. Read itHERE .
 | | Doris Barnes |
Click HERE to read what Good Shepherd means to Doris Barnes.
 | | Katherine Bihl |
Click HERE to read what Good Shepherd means to Katherine Bihl.
 | | Curtis Montague |
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 St. Timothy's Needs Your Help! St. Timothy's will sponsor a work day to install a heat stove, repair a roof and assist with other work for a family between Irvine and the Domain. Come and join us and Bishop Chilton this Saturday, November 19, at 10:00 a.m. to provide heat for Nancy and her son Eddie for the winter. For directions and information, contact Bryant Kibler at or call 859-252-6527.
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 Sunday's Music
As Sunday is Christ the King Sunday, several of our musical settings feature imagery as Christ as monarch. Hymns 494 and 555 as well as the Anthem and many other pieces based on this theme are celebratory in nature, which is somewhat ironic since Christ was first only mockingly referred to as "King of the Jews."
Hymn 494 dates from 1851 in the second edition of Matthew Bride's Hymns of the Heart, and the Sir George Elvey composed the tune Diademata for this text in 1868. The tune name is derived from the Greek work for crowns. Richard Proulx composed the descant in 1970 for a festival anthem setting based on this tune. Hymn 555 is a case where the tune came before the text. The tune Lancashire was composed in 1836 for the text "From Greenland's icy mountains" for a missionary service in Blackburn, Lancashire, where Henry Smart was the young parish organist. It was not published until 1867 when the composer returned to his birthplace of London, and contributed, by invitation, to the Presbyterian collection Psalms and Hymns for Divine Worship (London, 1867). Editors of Presbyterian hymnals in North America set Smart's tune to a variety of texts, thereby securing it wider usefulness than in Britain, where neither Hymns Ancient & Modern nor the Church of Scotland Hymnary has ever granted it space. This text and tune entered the American Episcopal Hymnal in 1916.
The Anthem King of Glory by T. Fredrick H. Candlyn sets a text by Anglican priest George Herbert, which was first published in 1633 and entitled "Praise." Though such verbal precision ("utmost art") may seem at odds with the homely image such as "the cream of all my heart," Herbert's achievement here is not consistency but comprehensiveness, resulting in an almost Romantic exuberance of feeling and a quite cerebral intensity of thought. English-born Candlyn was organist at St. Thomas Fifth Avenue in New York from 1943 until his retirement in 1954. His setting of this text is in ABA form, with the B section modulating to the relative minor for the second stanza of text.
The organ voluntaries today are from the German Baroque era. Samuel Scheidt studied in Amsterdam with Sweelinck, and composed many chorale-based works. Vater unser im Himmelreich is a setting of nine verses of the Lord's Prayer (not all nine are heard this morning, however), and is found in Volume I of his 1624 publication Tabulatura Nova. Bach's Praeludium in C, BWV 547 (known as the 9/8) was likely written during his Leipzig tenure after 1723. There are three melodic/rhythmic motives throughout the Praeludium (possibly honoring the Trinity), which are heard within the first three measures of the piece: rising scale motive, quarter-eighth note motive, and running sixteenth note motive.
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Calendar
The web page calendar has the most up to date information about everything happening at Good Shepherd. Click the Image >
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 Prayers
This is the Good Shepherd Prayer List. Each day at noon, the persons on this list are lifted up in prayer. On Sundays during the Prayers of the People, the Intercessor pauses while we pray aloud or silently for each of those on the prayer list, which is published in the bulletin. You are also invited to add these names to your personal prayer list. For Healing ~ Darren, Lola, Kathleen, Mary, Janet, Betty, Karla, Kathleen, Betty, Sandra, Daniel, Mary, Joe.
Ongoing Prayer Requests ~ Tommy, Susan, Bill, Elizabeth, Jane, Carolyn, Hazel, Cecilia, Kelly, Bill, Michael, Jay, Sherri, Dan, Nathan, Mike, Lisa, Bill, Katherine, Jawanda, Rick, Doug, Katie, Pat H., Pat G., Joyce R., Madeline, Jake.
For the Departed ~ Military members who died in Iraq--David--and in Afghanistan--Cody, Theodore, Calvin, Johnathan.
For Those Preparing for Holy Marriage ~ Katie Nelson and Charles Landon; Alice Bell and Peter Little Jr.; Stephanie Case and Townsend Miller; Inga Ryles and Robert Hardman; Natasha Osbourne and Ryan Zellar.
Prayer For The Election Of A Rector ~ Almighty God, giver of every good gift: Look graciously on your Church, and so guide the minds of those who shall choose a rector for this parish, that we may receive a faithful pastor, who will care for your people and equip us for our ministries: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. |
December Book Club
Come join us for Book Club on Thursday, December 1, at 6:30 p.m. in the Library. The book to read for December is An American Gospel by Erik Reece.
Erik Reece's grandfather was a Bible-thumping, fire-and-brimstone Baptist preacher. He loved to hunt and fish and explore the Kentucky woods, but for him, existence on this earth was about denying the pleasures of this life in preparation for the next. Erik's father was
a Baptist minister, too. But at the age of 33-not coincidentally, Jesus' age when he was crucified- Erik's father violently took his own life, and Erik ended up spending much of his childhood in the care of his grandparents.
So, while Erik grew up with a conflicted relationship with Christianity, he also grew up with an acute awareness of a part of the country suffering ongoing economic, environmental, and even spiritual collapse.When he himself neared age 33, he found unexpected comfort and guidance in his intellectual hero Thomas Jefferson's famous Jefferson Bible, especially when he began to track similarities between it and the Zen-like message of the Gospel of Thomas. Inspired, he undertook what would become a spiritual and literary quest-to identify an "American gospel" coursing through the work of both great and forgotten American geniuses, from William Byrd to Walt Whitman to William James to Lynn Margulis.
Blessings in a Backpack community service immediately follows. We will be finished by 8:00 p.m.
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 Advent Storytelling Evening
Storytellers of all ages are needed to share their talent with us at the Advent Storytelling evening on Friday, December 9 at 6 p.m. Stories can be anything appropriate for a group of all ages. If you have an exceptional story, please send an e-mail to Deacon Lauren at lauren@goodshepherdlex.org.
Plan now to join us for this fun event for all ages. A meal will be served. More information coming soon!
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 Ladies Holiday Tea
All Good Shepherd Ladies are invited to attend a holiday tea on Saturday, December 10, at 12 noon at Greentree Tea Room, 521 W. Short Street. The tea will be an opportunity to relax during the holidays and take a break from the hustle and bustle. The cost is $24.75 per person which includes tax and gratuity. Payment (either cash or credit card) will be made directly to Greentree that day.
To register, contact Christy Ellis or call her at 859-256-0042. Space is limited so register as soon as you can. The deadline to register is Friday, December 2.
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 Wreaths for Sale
The Good Shepherd Men's Group will be taking orders for live wreaths beginning this Sunday, November 20, and concluding on Sunday, November 27. Look for the table in the Loggia before and after each service.
Sizes: 25", 28" and 36"
Cost: $25, $30 and $38
Bows: $5 each
All proceeds from the wreath sales are used to fund Good Shepherd projects that are not or cannot be included in the operating budget. The wreaths will be available for pickup on Sunday, December 4. Contact Bill Cox at 859-227-6435 if you have any questions.
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 Altar Flowers
The cornucopia is given to the glory of God by Martin and Judi Woodford in thanksgiving for their becoming American citizens on November 18.
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 It Makes Our Hearts Glad...
...that Martin and Judi Woodford are becoming American citizens on November 18.
...that the Good Shepherd Day School board, at its November meeting, extended Penny Bass's contract through the 2012-2013 school year.
...that Evelyn Hinz and her Destination ImagiNation (DI) team from Rosa Parks Elementary were featured in an article about creative learning in the September 2011 issue of Kentucky Living magazine.
"It Makes Our Hearts Glad" provides a way for members and friends to strengthen the fabric of our community by sharing good news or offer affirmations. The word "glad" is derived from Old and Middle English words meaning shining or bright. Add to the weekly "Glad Report" by email or by calling 859.252.1744. |
 Provide a Thanksgiving Basket It is a Good Shepherd tradition to give monetary gifts to God's Pantry to help provide Thanksgiving baskets for Kentucky families in need. If you want to help provide a meal, a gift of $40 will provide a turkey and all the trimmings, but any amount will be gratefully received. Special envelopes will be available at church through the month of November. Make your checks payable to Good Shepherd with God's Pantry on the memo line.
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 Christian Formation Classes ~ Adult Schedule
General Convention: Upcoming Issues
Led by the Rev. Ron Pogue
November 20, 27 Location: Undercroft
Learn about the issues our General Convention will be facing and voting on next summer.
The Prophecies of Isaiah
Led by the Rev. Dominic Moore and Mr. Kevin Ellis
November 20, 27 Location: Library
What are the prophecies of Isaiah that led to the revelation that Jesus is the Messiah? How did Jesus fit them? What were the people expecting?
Additional weekly offerings Women's Bible Study ~ meets on Thursdays at 9:30 a.m. in the Library. Led by the Rev. Lauren Villemuer.
EfM reunion group - EfM graduates are invited to meet together on Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 8:30 for study and reflection. Location: second floor of the conference center, the brown house behind the church closest to the day school. Contact Kathy Bihl (859-967-9818) or Kim Scott (859-433-8747) for more information. |
 United Thank Offering The combined offering of thanks for the many blessings God has given us and donations to United Thank Offering are a powerful force for good. We in the Diocese of Lexington can attest to the power of thankful hearts. This year St. Philip's Church in Harrodsburg will continue their
ministry, The Community Meal, as they were awarded a $17,900 grant for kitchen renovations required by the Department of Health. This is the fourteenth grant received in the Diocese of Lexington since 2001.
November is the fall in-gathering month for UTO. Please put your offering in one of the blue envelopes that are located in the rack on the back of the pews. Each offering, no matter how large or small, adds to the help we can give in our united effort to help those in need.
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Diocesan Holy Conversations
The final regional Holy Conversation sponsored by the Nominating Committee for the election of the 7th Bishop of Lexington will be held as listed below:
Tuesday, November 29, 6:00 p.m.
Lexington, Christ Church Cathedral
Registration deadline ~ Wednesday, November 23
Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend this last session. A simple supper will be served and child care will be available. Click HERE to register.
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 Connect with the New Online Pictorial Directory Good Shepherd's new online directory is up and running. This exciting new platform allows you to edit and customize your own information, search for information on other members and connect with the rest of the Good Shepherd family. If you're already received an invitation and setup your account, you can click HERE to login or find the link under the "About Us" menu on the church web site.
If you failed to receive an invitation, please contact the church office and we will make sure you gain access to this valuable resource.
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 Box Tops for Education Good Shepherd Day School is participating in the Box Tops for Education fundraiser, and would like your help. The program is all about the difference one person can make. This logo above can be found on the box tops of hundreds of everyday products you probably use. Just clip them off, bring them to church, and deposit them in the special collection box that is in the church office. The Day School gets 10¢ for every box top collected. It's that simple! Money raised this year will be used to fund some additions to the playground, so it also benefits the church children as well. Thank you for your support!
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Contribute Online
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Everything is now in place to contribute online by credit card or bank account. You can even use your smart phone to scan a QR Code (image
to the right) and be linked to the Good Shepherd online contribution page. You'll need an app for that, but most QR Code Reader apps are free from your phone maker's app store. No smart phone? No problem, just click on the QR code. |
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Pastoral Emergencies
If you have a pastoral emergency at night or on the weekend, please call the church number (859-252-1744), press 3 when prompted and your call will be forwarded to the mobile phone of the clergy person on call. Remain on the line through ringing, periods of silence and a second dial tone before your call is answered or goes to voice mail. If you leave a message be sure to include your callback number. |
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The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
533 East Main Street
Lexington, Kentucky 40508
859.252.1744 phone
859.252.1745 fax
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The Reverend Ronald D. Pogue, Interim Rector
859.252.1744 office
859.309.0488 residence
832.576.9019 mobile
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