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The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
in Lexington, Kentucky
E-News Edition for November 23, 2011
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From the Interim Rector
Greetings!
Thanksgiving may be a teachable moment, when we can connect the dots that form a picture of family life and family identity. If we are too busy to gather around the table - at home or at church - maybe we are just too busy for our own good and the good of those whose lives are closely linked with ours. At home and at church, we need that time together! READ MORE.
I'll see you in Church!
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Preparing for Worship
Sunday, November 20, 2011
The First Sunday of Advent
Collect
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Readings
Services
7:45 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I ~ Celebrant and Preacher, Ronald D. Pogue; Deacon, Dominic Moore; Lector/Intercessor, Joseph Jacobs; Usher, John Kingsley; Eucharistic Minister, Joseph Jacobs.
9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II ~ Celebrant and Preacher, Ronald D. Pogue; Deacons, Lauren Villemuer and Dominic Moore; Verger, Taylor Beegle; Acolytes, Liz Samuel, Mary Burton, Stacy Wilk, Sarah Elliott, Thomas Ward, Jackson Young; Eucharistic Ministers, Jim Johnson, Pat Johnson, Jim Willard, Taylor Beegle; Lector, Erin Young; Intercessor, Karen Furlow; Ushers, Mark Cross, Steve MacNeil, Scott and Sarah Smith, Bud Beegle; Greeters, Main St.-Deana Brashear; West Door-Charlotte Young, Alli Peoples; Children's Chapel, Cherie Flueck, Jesse Moore.
11:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite II ~ Celebrant and Preacher, Ronald D. Pogue; Deacons, Dominic Moore and Lauren Villemuer; Verger, Martin Woodford; Acolytes, Ellie Fogg, Lillie Kluesner, Sophie Kluesner; Eucharistic Ministers, Kevin Ellis, Barbara Messer, Shannon Messer, Martin Woodford; Ushers, Jim Carroll, Bill Cox, David Deaton, TBA; Greeters, Main St.-John and Alicia Landon; West Door-Kevin and Christy Ellis; Children's Chapel, no Chapel today.
Others Serving This Sunday
Altar Guild: Nancy Jackson
Vestry on Duty: Sarah Leer, Elizabeth Leppman
Music
Hymns
59, 76, 53, 57
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: Improvisation on MERTON
Closing Voluntary: Rhapsody on HELMSLEY ~ William Lloyd Webber (1912-1982)
Altar Flowers
The altar flowers are given to the glory of God by Stephen Crutcher in thanksgiving for Stephen Jackson Prewitt's 7th birthday and in thanksgiving for Stephanie, Tyler, Stephan Jackson and James Tyler Prewitt.
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 Thanksgiving Holiday Reminders
Morning Prayer at 10:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day.
The church office will be closed on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, November 23-25
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 Faithful Stewards of Thy Bounty
Thus far, 272 households have made commitments totaling $879,300. Thank you to those listed below who have recently returned their commitment cards:
Ben and Jennifer Allen, Susan Ware, Brendan and Meredith Yates.
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 HERE to 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 it HERE .
 | | 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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Deacon's Diatribe
by Lauren Villemuer
We all have different callings and different gifts. I am so grateful to God that He gave us different callings and especially different gifts. Nothing brings me more excitement than being in a room with people of different gifts and hearing them work together to create a beautiful idea, event or growth opportunity. It is through community that I can really feel the Holy Spirit moving. READ MORE. |
 Sunday's Music
Happy New Year! The First Sunday in Advent marks the beginning of another liturgical year, and today we switch to Year B in our three-year lectionary cycle. In observance of Advent, we celebrate with the annual Advent Procession at the 11:15 service. People who enter the Episcopal Church from other Christian denominations sometimes wonder why we do not sing Christmas carols throughout the month of December. Quite simply put, we do not enter the season of Christmas until December 24 at midnight (though we slightly bend the rules by having our Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols the afternoon of the Fourth Sunday of Advent). The express purpose of the season of Advent is to anticipate the season of Christmas, to prepare, to keep watch, and to cleanse our hearts and minds for Christ to enter in.
The Advent Procession symbolizes our movement from darkness to light, or to put it more crudely, our movement from ignorance to enlightenment through Christ. Music and poetry paint vivid pictures to aid in our understanding. After a distant beginning (I look from afar), we invite Christ's presence with "Come, thou Redeemer." Hymn 59 gives us a jolt: Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding. Pastoral imagery appears in "Christ hath a garden" and "Jesus Christ the Apple Tree." Mary receives the surprise of her life in an unexpected visit from the angel Gabriel, echoed by the choir with "Ave Maria." An organ chorale prelude accompanies the lighting of aisle and altar candles, symbolizing our collective enlightenment, to which the choir responds with the chorale "Glory now to God we render" (sung in German). The Advent Procession replaces the Liturgy of the Word today at the 11:15 service, and then we pick up with the Communion Service as usual.
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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, 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 Afghanistan--Sean, Matthew, James, Joshua.
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. |
 Wreaths for Sale
Sunday is your last chance to order wreaths from the Men's Group. Look for their table in the Loggia and place your order. Wreaths can be picked up on Sunday, December 4.
Sizes: 25", 28" and 36"
Cost: $25, $30 and $38
Bows: $5 each
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 Make Wishes Come True This year's Giving Tree has the names of 44 children referred to us by the Family Care Center. These infants and children will have no Christmas
gifts other than those given by our generous parishioners. You may take names beginning this Sunday, November 27 and concluding when all the names are taken. Names will be on the table in the Concourse near the church office. Just follow the directions on the table.
All gifts must be returned to the church office by Sunday, December 11. |
 It Makes Our Hearts Glad...
...that Reginald Smith Jr. was the first place winner in the Peterson Vocal Competition on November 12. Reggie competed against 23 other singers from colleges and universities all around Kentucky. This annual competition, sponsored by the Peterson Arts Fund and now in its third year, showcases high school and undergraduate singers. Reggie also received an Encouragement Award at the Met auditions on November 19.
...that Mary Burton will skate at the grand opening of the Unified Trust Company Ice Skating Rink in downtown Lexington on Friday, November 25 at 2:00 p.m. in Triangle Park.
"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. |
World AIDS Day
At the Holy Eucharist and Healing service on Wednesday, November 30, special prayers will be said for those with HIV/AIDS and their loved ones. Please join us for this service.
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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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 La Posada Good Shepherd will host La Posada on Sunday, December 4, at 5:00 p.m. Children, families, adults and other interested people will gather at the Day School entrance on Sayre Avenue at that time.
La Posada is a Spanish custom that celebrates Mary and Jospeh seeking shelter in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve. The word 'posada' means 'inn.' Everyone gathered will process around the Day School until the couple representing Mary and Joseph finds a safe place to stay. The event features carols and a story and concludes with a piñata, hot chocolate and traditional Mexican cookies.
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 Intergenerational Event: A Night of Storytelling
Join us on Friday, December 9, at 6:00 p.m. in the Undercroft for dinner and a Night of Storytelling. The youth will provide dinner to help supplement the cost of their pilgrimage to Scotland in summer 2012. The suggested donation is $10 (payable at the door), but donations of any amount will be gratefully received. Please sign up for the dinner by contacting the church office or on the sheet in the Loggia.
This evening for persons of all ages will feature stories of Angel Snakes, Dutch Legends, Legend of the Indian Paintbrush, Godly Play interpretation of St. Nicholas, and family stories about ancestors. Invite your friends and family members!
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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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 Christian Formation Classes ~ Adult Schedule
General Convention: Upcoming Issues
Led by the Rev. Ron Pogue
November 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 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?
New Classes start on December 4! Welcome to Anglican Spirituality Led by the Rev. Dominic Moore December 4, 11, 18 Location: Undercroft A brief survey of spirituality within the Anglican tradition. Jesus Here and Now: Makin' Room Led by the Rev. Deacon Lauren Villemuer December 4, 11, 18 Location: Library Through a group study we will look at the world Jesus was born into with all its flaws and then the world we live in today, especially our community and country. Where do we need to make room, make do, make up and and make time?
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 UTO fall ingathering continues through the month of November. Special blue offering envelopes are located in the pew racks. Each offering, no matter how large or small, is used for grants to fund projects to help those in need.
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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 Remember to clip boxtops and labels with the logo shown to the right and bring them to church office. The Day School gets 10¢ for every box top collected. Money raised this year will be used to fund improvements to our playground.
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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
Email
The Reverend Ronald D. Pogue, Interim Rector
859.252.1744 office
859.309.0488 residence
832.576.9019 mobile
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