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The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
in Lexington, Kentucky
E-News Edition for April 19, 2012
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 Reflections and Thoughts from Fr. Brian "See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are." 1 John 3:1a
The above passage from 1 John is included in the lessons for the third Sunday of Easter. In light of the accomplished work of the Resurrection of the Christ, humanity is invited to live as reconciled people, as children of God. In such a world, where the Christ has already expressed God's love through the Incarnation and the Resurrection, it is our response that God desires. Live as children of God. In the context of a gathered Christian community, we are given numerous opportunities to practice the faith and live out God's reconciliation now.
In the short time that Susan and I have been among you, we have met many individuals in the community who do not worship at Good Shepherd, but who shared with us their impressions of our parish. Mostly, we have heard positive comments about Good Shepherd's rich history of music and outreach and the good will engendered by the Day School. Others have commented on the beauty of our space, both the grounds and the architecture. All in all, Good Shepherd is described back to us as a "good church."
In this time, let me also encourage you to remember the Easter invitation we all have been given to remember our kinship to the Holy, our communion in the Body of Christ. The First Epistle of John goes to great lengths to remind us that love and the expression of Christ's love is the most important marker for a Christian community. Those other positive attributes connected to Good Shepherd or any healthy congregation mean nothing if they are not grounded in a Christ-like, sacrificial love. Such a foundation of love, a mature expression that is able to listen, to forgive, to endure with others in times of struggle and celebration, is given to us as a mark of Resurrection upon our lives.
God calls us children and expects us to live as children of God. God believes we are up to the task. In practicing the love of Christ with each other, our parish family matures and grows deeper into that kind of love.
You are a child of God. In a world able to find new ways to divide us from each other, live with the knowledge that God's love is eternal and it is the divisions made by us that will someday fall away.
Peace and prayers,
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Preparing for Worship
April 22, 2012 ~ The Third Sunday of Easter
Collect
O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Readings
Acts 3:12-19 / Psalm 4 / 1 John 3:1-7 / Luke 24:36b-48
7:45 a.m., Holy Eucharist Rite I
Celebrant: Brian L. Cole
Preacher: Jeff Howe
Eucharistic Minister: Joseph Jacobs
Lector/Intercessor: Terri Koontz
Usher: John Kingsley
9:00 a.m., Holy Eucharist Rite II
Celebrant: Dominic Moore
Preacher: Jeff Howe
Assisting Ministers: Brian L. Cole, Lauren Villemuer
Canterbury Choir and Treble Choir: John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster
Verger: Jim Willard
Acolytes: Clay Huguelet, Mary Burton, Katie Butler, Maddie Butler, Thomas Ward, MacKenzie Ward
Eucharistic Ministers: Liz Samuel, John Tarrant, Nancy Thompson, Jim Willard
Lay Eucharistic Minister: Elizabeth Leppman
Lector/Intercessor: George VanMeter, Ed Tipton
Ushers: Mark Cross, Steve MacNeil, Scott and Sara Smith, Bud Beegle
Greeters: Main St.-Robert and Margaret Foster
West Door-Jim and Pat Johnson
Children's Chapel: Cherie Flueck, Stella Goren
11:15 a.m., Holy Eucharist Rite II
Celebrant: Brian L. Cole
Preacher: Jeff Howe
Assisting Ministers: Dominic Moore, Lauren Villemuer
Parish Choir: John Linker, Organist/Choirmaster
Verger: Dorothy Van Meter
Acolytes: Grace Campbell, Jackson Campbell, Claire Campbell, Mason Deep
Eucharistic Ministers: Dan Primm, Lee Jenkins, Keila Thomas, Dorothy Van Meter
Lector/Intercessor: Lee Jenkins, Jesse Moore
Ushers: Bryce Franklin, Mathew Kluesner, John Thomas, David Fogg
Greeters: Main St.-Deana Brashear
West Door- Bill and Lucy Cox
Children's Chapel: Laurie Morton, Tia Matthews
Music
Hymns
182, 186, LEVAS 121 (9:00), 305 (11:15), 492
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: Praeludium pro Organo pleno, BWV 552 ~ J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Closing Voluntary: Fuga à 5, BWV 552 ~ J.S. Bach
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Support St. Mark's with Your Kroger Gift Card | | The People of St. Mark' |
Last summer Good Shepherd and St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Hazard, Kentucky, entered into a congregational partnership for the development of ministry and mission. We continue to be excited about the potential of greater outreach at Good Shepherd because of the presence of the Rev. Deacon Jeff Howe. We also look forward to increased involvement by Good Shepherd parishioners in the life of St. Mark's and their many ministries. We have agreed to support this by using funds generated through the Kroger gift card program. You can be involved byreloading your Kroger gift card often or by purchasing one to use if you aren't already doing so. Four percent of funds loaded onto Good Shepherd Kroger gift cards is donated back toGood Shepherd for the support of this wonderful ministry.
Cards that benefit Good Shepherd are available at the reception desk in the church office. Using the Kroger gift card is easy with no additional expense to you. Buy a preloaded card for $5 and "charge it up" at Kroger for an additional amount you expect to spend. Use it to purchase food, gas and household items. Thank you for remembering to use your Kroger card! |
 Altar Flowers The altar flowers are given to the glory of God by Judy Sanders in memory of Gladys Sanders. |
 Stewardship Report as of March 31, 2012 
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Call for Vestry Nominations
You may recall that we did not elect new Vestry members at last fall's Annual Meeting. Knowing that a new Rector was being called early in 2012, Bishop Sauls asked the current Vestry to remain in office through June 2012. It is now time to solicit nominations for Vestry candidates, whose terms will begin July 1 and run to January 1, 2015 (2½ years). Elections for five new Vestry members will be held on Sunday, June 10 at a special called meeting. Regular elections will be held in November at the Annual Meeting for another five Vestry members.
The office of Vestry is one of the most important ministries in the life of our church. The Vestry is responsible for the temporal affairs of the parish and serves to advance the spiritual life and mission of the church in cooperation with the Rector and clergy. Persons elected serve as active members of parish committees and other special positions of responsibility for the ministries of Good Shepherd.
Please give consideration to whether you feel called to serve on the Vestry and nominate yourself or someone else whom you feel would be a worthy candidate. Click HERE to download a Vestry nomination form. Nomination forms must be completed and returned to the church office no later than Sunday, May 13.
The church's bylaws require that 'members of the Vestry must be parishioners sixteen (16) years or older who are communicants in good standing and who are regular financial contributors to the parish.' The bylaws also require that one year lapse before a former member of the Vestry can be re-elected.
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 Prayers
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 for each name 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: Bill Matthews, Wendy Bell, Cassie Brown, Delores Smith, Ellie, Darrell, Mary. Ongoing Prayer Requests: Barb, Chrisie, Ginny Green, Virginia Elliott, Kelly, Stephen Crutcher, Cheryll Armstrong, Howard Palmer, Rick Elliott, Litsa Prather, Sherri McVay, Chris Brannock-Wanter, Art Hellebusch, Janie Catron, Bill Richardson, Patricia, Ann Maggard, Betty, Tommy, Susan, Jane Armistead, Carolyn, Hazel Sullivan, Cecilia Roberts, Katie Bolin, Pat G., Madeline, Jake. For the Departed: Gladys Sanders, Sharlene Bench (the Rev. Coke McClure's stepdaughter); Military members who died in Afghanistan-Ramon Kaipat, Philip Schiller, Abraham Tarwoe, Tanner Higgins, David Nowaczyk, Aaron Faust. 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; Shannon McDonnell and Jared Woodford; Natasha Osbourne and Ryan Zellar.
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 Come to Breakfast Men of all ages are invited to the monthly men's breakfast this Saturday, April 21 at 8:30 a.m. in the Undercroft. Come for a hearty breakfast and planning for future projects. . |
 Easter Flowers Live On Come help us plant some of the flowering bulbs from our magnificent Easter services. This quiet ministry began several years ago under the leadership of the late Carole Eastland.
We'll meet this Saturday, April 21 at 9:30 a.m. and will be working in the side yard under the dogwood trees. Bring your gardening gloves and favorite digging tool. Help us get the garden looking its very best. This area will be officially dedicated in memory of Carole on Sunday, April 22. Contact Barbara Groves at 859.619.4467 if you have questions.
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St. George's Day and Spring Festival at Cathedral Domain
Join your Diocesan family at the Cathedral Domain to celebrate St. George's Day and Spring Festival. Festivities and activities begin Friday evening and continue throughout the weekend. Come for the entire weekend or just the day; there will be something for everyone! Click HERE for complete information about the weekend.
If you are interested in caravaning to the Cathedral Domain, please contact Matt Elliott at mattadamelliott@gmail.com or on Facebook. |
 Choral Evensong
Please join us as the choirs sing Choral Evensong this Sunday, April 22 at 5:00 p.m. This service will feature festive music of the Easter season including Bairstow, Jesu, the very thought of thee and Wesley, Blessed be the God and Father. A reception follows in the Undercroft. |
 Good Shepherd's Seminarian As many of you know, Keila Thomas has been in the formation process toward ordination to the priesthood for several years. This is an exciting and busy year in that process. In January she took the General Ordination Exam and passed all seven areas. On May 12 Keila graduates from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Chicago. She becomes a hospice chaplain for the VA Hospital on May 21 and will assist as chaplain at St. Agnes House.
Please hold the date of Saturday, June 30 at 11:00 a.m. for her ordination to the diaconate at Christ Church Cathedral. In August she is required to take a monastic retreat so that beginning in September she will become a curate at a parish in our diocese. Her ordination to priesthood is planned for late December or January at the discretion of the seventh Bishop of Lexington. Please continue to hold her in your prayers as The Church of the Good Shepherd sends her forth to continue God's work. |
 Banns of Marriage We publish the Banns of Marriage between Jane Katherine Nelson and Charles Oldfield Landon. If any of you know just cause why they should not be joined together in Holy Matrimony, you are bidden to declare it. This is the first time of asking.
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 It Makes Our Hearts Glad... ...that our Outreach Ministry made a $500 donation to the diocesan tornado relief fund to help those in need in the affected areas. ...that so many members and friends came to help serve our minimally housed neighbors at Church Under the Bridge last Sunday afternoon. It was a glorious day in every way!
"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. |
 Be the Church! Make plans now to attend our annual Be the Church event on Sunday, April 29! Be the Church is a chance for each of us to live out our Baptismal covenant and share God's love with those around us as we serve the Lexington community. It's so easy to do! Simply sign up in the Loggia, show up in the Undercroft after the 11:15 service on the 29th, enjoy a delicious lunch together and then head out with your group to your particular service project. All of the projects will be coordinated ahead of time, so all you have to do is show up with a warm heart and hands ready to serve. There is something for all ages, from the youngest of children to veteran Good Shepherd parishioners. We can't wait to see you there! Questions? Contact Lauren Goodpaster, 859.321.7568. |
 Books For Eastern Kentucky
One of the side effects of the tornadoes that struck Magoffin and Johnson Counties last month is the loss of school libraries and textbooks. The people of the Diocese of Lexington are invited to join together to help rebuild libraries in the affected elementary and middle schools. Working with Reading Camp and groups like the International Book Project, both monetary and in-kind donations are needed. All monetary donations may be sent to The Episcopal Diocese of Lexington (P.O. Box 610, Lexington, KY 40588) and designated "Tornado relief book fund." To donate books appropriate for elementary and middle school libraries, visit this website. Books are especially needed for grades K-6 and reading levels 0.1 through 6.9. For more information or to arrange delivery of books please contact Bryant Kibler, 859.252.6527 ext. 113. |
Sunday's Music
Last week we heard the chorale Wir glauben all' an einen Gott from Bach's Clavierübung III, which in 1739 became Bach's first published organ music. Today's opening and closing voluntaries are the monumental prelude and fugue that form the bookends of Clavierübung III, the first and last pieces in the collection. Though Bach was not widely traveled, his music displays influence of various national styles. The Praeludium pro Organo pleno begins and ends in the French overture style using a dotted 8th-16th rhythm that characterizes this school. Italian influence is heard throughout the work with regard to form (ritornellos-a recurring theme played by the tutti ensemble pitted against duos and other textures) and the use of echo effects. German influence abounds with the use of fugue and with the simple fact that the feet keep so busy. No other national school demands more of the feet than the German school of this period. The word "pleno" in the title indicates the registration to be used: a plenum is the principal chorus of the organ, from the lowest principal stop through mixtures, to which reeds are occasionally added. The Fuga à 5 is one of Bach's most popular works today. Both the prelude and fugue abound with Trinitarian references. Both have three flats in the key signature. The fugue is in three sections, with the final being a rhythmically active, toe-tapping gigue in 12/8, the beat always divisible by three.
The text of Hymn 182 brings the reality of the Easter message into the context of the contemporary world. Brian Wren wrote the text in April 1968, ten days after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The acclamation "Christ is alive" opens several stanzas, affirming the historic event of the Lord's resurrection and emphasizes its timeless truth. The composer of the tune Truro has never been identified, but this name has adhered to the tune with unusual consistency, referring to the name of a city in Cornwall, though the tune has no known association with that place. Truro became the seat of a bishop only in 1876.
Hymn 492 is an old text matched with a new tune. The text first appeared in the 1892 edition of the Hymnal but was subsequently deleted until it appeared in Hymns III in the mid-70s. The tune was composed in 1966 by Christopher Dearnley on the date of birth of his youngest child. The tune name FINNIAN is derived from the name of a sixth century Irish saint, whose name was one of the names given to Dearnley's child. The descant and re-harmonization of the last stanza are by John Linker.
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 Adult Christian Formation
Rector's Forum: The Life You Save May Be Your Own Led by the Rev. Brian Cole April 22 - May 13 Location: Undercroft, 10:15 a.m. For five Sunday mornings, Fr. Brian will lead a discussion of this collective biography by Paul Elie that traces the writing lives of Thomas Merton, Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy and Dorothy Day. Their writings were each a testimony to the power that the written word has to shape meaning and experience for us and to deepen and form faith.
Welcome to the Episcopal Church, Welcome to Good Shepherd Led by the Rev. Dominic Moore April 22 - May 13 Location: Library, 10:15 a.m. Come to this casual discussion if you are interested in learning more about the Episcopal Church and Good Shepherd. Lectio Divina Led by Terry Samuel and Kim Edwards April 22 - May 13 Location: Bride's Room, 10:15 a.m. Latin for divine reading, spiritual reading, or "holy reading," Lectio Divina represents a traditional practice of prayer and scriptural reading intended to promote communion with God and to increase in the knowledge of God's Word. |
 Online Pictorial Directory Good Shepherd's 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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Calendar
The web page calendar has the most up to date information about everything happening at Good Shepherd.
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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. Be sure to include your name and callback number in the message you leave. |
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The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
 The Rev. Brian L. Cole, Rector
533 East Main Street
Lexington, Kentucky 40508
859.252.1744 phone
859.252.1745 fax
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