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The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
in Lexington, Kentucky
E-News Edition for June 28, 2012
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 Reflections and Thoughts from Fr. Brian
Susan and I took two friends from Asheville on a day trip to the Abbey of Gethsemani in Nelson County on Monday. Of the four of us, I was the only one who had previously visited Gethsemani, the monastic home of Thomas Merton from 1941 to his untimely death in 1968. On Monday, like every previous pilgrimage to the Abbey I had made, it was very hot. By now, I have grown accustomed to associating Merton's life at the Abbey to great spiritual insights given to someone suffering from heat stroke. Each time I visit the monastery, I make a mental note to be sure and return again sometime in late fall or early spring so I can be on the grounds there during a "normal" day, when the sidewalk doesn't bake my shoes.
It would be nice to believe we can control the climate in which we live our lives, especially our life in faith. I would welcome receiving wisdom about myself and the faith community in which I live somewhere in the emotional neighborhood between 68 and 72 degrees. Rarely, however, do we find out much about anything in the terrain of a controlled climate. More often, it is in those extreme landscapes where we discover a new truth or are confronted by a new place for growth. Both the sweaty brow and the fingers made numb by a chilly air have figured large in the lives of the saints as they encounter the Holy One in the most inhospitable places.
During July in Lexington, I have no doubt we will have many days when we daydream about crisp autumn air and "normal" weather. Still, I would invite you to the practice of treating each day as an opportunity to learn more about God's reconciling love in a world mostly made up of extremes. If we waited for normal days in order to learn about the love of the Christ, we would miss many lessons in the interim.
In the heat of July, stay awake to the love of the Christ. When the next ice storm descends upon the Bluegrass, stay awake to the love of the Christ. Every day, stay awake.
Peace and prayers,
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Preparing for Worship
July 1, 2012 - Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
Collect
Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone: Grant us so to be joined together in unity of spirit by their teaching, that we may be made a holy temple acceptable to you; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Readings
Music
Hymns
717 My country, 'tis of thee
292 O Jesus, crowned with all renown
718 God of our fathers
Organ
Opening Voluntary: Voluntary in A - William Selby (1738-1798)
Closing Voluntary: The Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
Flowers
The altar flowers are given to the glory of God in thanksgiving for the pastoral care ministry of the Rev. Deacon Janie Catron. Service Assignments Click HERE to see if you are scheduled to serve this Sunday or any time in July. |
 Come to a Church Cookout Everyone is invited to a church cookout following the 5:00 service this Sunday, July 1. Our master grillers will be cooking hamburgers, hot dogs and veggie burgers provided by the Parish Life Committee. Buns, condiments, potato salad, drinks and table service will also be provided. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. Come enjoy a wonderful summer evening filled with good food and good friends. |
 Bluegrass 10K and Holiday Reminders
You are invited to join with other members of the Good Shepherd family on the front lawn of the church around 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 4 to watch the Bluegrass 10,000. Bring your lawn chairs. If you are planning to participate in the race, please contact parish secretary Cindy McKee or call the church office at 859.252.1744 so we will know who to watch for. Fr. Brian Cole and Senior Warden Winn Stephens are participating, so be sure to watch for them!
The church office will be closed on Wednesday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day. The 12:05 Holy Eucharist and Healing service will not be held.
The church office will be closed on Thursday, July 5 for a staff retreat. |
 Support St. Agnes House in July
This is the third year that Good Shepherd has supported the needs of St. Agnes House for a full month. There are so many ways to support this ministry from driving patients to treatments to helping them with household chores. However, providing all the basic needs plus monetary donations to pay operating costs is an easy and very effective way for our church to help. St. Agnes House, a ministry of the Diocese of Lexington under the direction of Susan McDonald, is for very seriously ill patients and their caregivers who have traveled to Lexington for medical treatment. The house is located within walking distance of the UK Medical Center and of course fairly close to the other hospitals in the area. It's a house with a homey atmosphere and is accessible to anyone who needs a place to stay for the miniscule charge of $7 per night. No one is turned away because of the inability to pay.
During the next few weeks, please stop by the display in the Loggia to find out how easy it is to help. Pick up a Post It Note, put it in your purse or pocket and on your next trip to the grocery store, put an extra item in your basket for St. Agnes House. If it's easier, write a check to Good Shepherd with St. Agnes House on the memo line and drop it in the alms basin when you come to church.
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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: Bob Burton, Jim Oldach, Bob Horrine, Jessica, Baby William, Dorothy Van Meter, MaryAnn Overturf, Dava Hauser, Carroll Luby, Campbell Doty, Randy Clark. Ongoing Prayer Requests: Bill Matthews, Ginny Green, Cheryll Armstrong, Howard Palmer, Rick Elliott, Litsa Prather, Sherri McVay, Chris Brannock-Wanter, Art Hellebusch, Janie Catron, Ann Maggard, Susan, Jane Armistead, Carolyn, Hazel Sullivan, Cecilia Roberts, Katie Bolin, Pat G., Madeline Shore, Jake Trainor. For the Departed: Howard Palmer; Military members who died in Afghanistan: Jose Rodriguez, Ryan Rawl, Matthew Thomas, John Meador II, Eugene Mills III, Steven Stevens II, Paul Voelke, Hunter Hogan, Niall Cotisears, Matthew Leach. For Those Preparing for Holy Marriage: Shannon McDonnell and Jared Woodford; Lauren Damron and Jesse Yannelli; Natasha Osbourne and Ryan Zellar. |
 It Makes Our Hearts Glad... ...that a group of 40 from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin spent the night in our youth house last Saturday and worshiped with us at the 8:00 a.m. service on Sunday. They were on their way to a mission project at Union College in Barbourville with Appalachian Service Project. ...that 15 people gathered Monday evening for worship, shared fellowship and information about Education for Ministry. ...that Keila Thomas will be ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons this Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Christ Church Cathedral. "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. |
 Camp Time at the Domain
Lucy Beal, Katie Butler, Maddie Butler, Thomas Priest and Jackson Young will be attending Junior Conference from July 1-7 at the Cathedral Domain. Please keep these members of our parish in your prayers. Campers love to get mail! If you want to send a note or card, send it to:
Camper's Name
c/o Cathedral Domain
800 Highway 1746
Irvine, KY 40336
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 Schwan's Products for Sale
Between July 1 and 15, the Choir program is taking orders for Schwan's food products, from their signature ice cream to pizzas and everything in between. It's very simple: fill out an order form at church, return it to the church office, then pick up your orders on Friday, July 27 between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Choir's 2013 pilgrimage to Italy and France. |
 Summer Christian Formation Did you ever wonder what it's like to be the Bishop of Lexington? Here is your opportunity to find out! Join us in the Undercroft on Sunday mornings, July 8 and 15 at 9:00 a.m. for "The Next Bishop of Lexington," a video series featuring Interim Assisting Bishop Chilton Knudsen. This class is especially timely as the Diocese of Lexington enters into the final phase of preparing to elect a new bishop on August 18.
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 Summer Youth News
Youth programming is already gearing up for the next academic year, but it is summer and time for some summer fun! The following activities/events are for youth entering grades 6-12.
Youth Summer Get Together
Sunday, July 8
1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Deacon Lauren's house
RSVP to Deacon Lauren
End of Summer/Back to School Pizza Party
Sunday, August 12
11:15 a.m.
Bring either two drinks or a dessert to share.
Parents of Youth: Please come to a meeting on Sunday, July 22 at 11:15 a.m. (immediately following the 10:00 a.m. service). This is a chance to express what you as parents want for youth programming at Good Shepherd, what you want to support, your expectations, wishes and dreams, and any other topic you would like to share. This meeting of the parents of youth in grades 6-12 is open to all who are interested in our youth programming. If you cannot attend but wish to share your thoughts, please either contact Deacon Lauren or call her at 859.252.1744. She can also set up an alternate time to meet with you.
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 Church Under the Bridge Picnic in July Mark your calendars for Sunday, July 15 at 3:00 in the afternoon at Mission House, 203 E. Fourth Street. There's a festive summertime picnic with a menu including hot dogs and fresh corn on the cob planned for our guests--homeless and minimally housed persons in Lexington. Tthere are plenty of ways you can help. As always, servers, simple desserts and money are needed. But this time we also need corn shuckers! If you have an hour free in the late morning on Friday, July 13, come to the Undercroft and help get the corn ready. Stop by the Church Under the Bridge display in the Loggia to find out more ways you can participate and sign up on a sheet that appeals to you. |
 Sunday's Music
by John Linker
In Sunday's liturgy, ecclesiastical life meets national life as we celebrate Independence Day this week. Both opening and closing voluntaries are by American composers. Born in England, William Selby immigrated to Boston and organized the first music festival in the colonies. He was organist at Trinity Church, Newport, Rhode Island and in addition to his music vocation he managed a grocery and liquor store. Typical of Voluntaries of this time, this work is in two parts consisting of a slow introduction followed by a fugue. Selby was active in the colonies roughly the same time Mozart was active in Austria. John Philip Sousa's name is synonymous with American patriotic celebrations. His great march The Stars and Stripes Forever is played for the Closing Voluntary. Composed in 1896, this march is the National March of the United States, and is arguably the most famous march in the world. The text of Hymn 719 was altered three times by the poet in response to criticism, and was revised yet again for inclusion in our Hymnal to make it more responsive to contemporary attitudes of justice. The original version was written in the summer of 1892. Following a summer school at Colorado Springs, Katherine Bates and other instructors celebrated with a trip to the top of Pike's Peak. As Miss Bates recounted in 1918, "it was then and there, as I was looking out over the sea-like expanse of fertile country spreading away so far under those ample skies that the opening lines of the hymn floated into my mind." The tune Materna was originally composed for the text "O mother dear, Jerusalem" by Samuel A. Ward. In 1912 Materna was matched with "O beautiful for spacious skies," which gained great popularity during World War I, and the matching has been inseparable ever since. Hymn 718 gained widespread popularity within the first decade of its publication in the 1892 Hymnal and now enjoys ecumenical acceptance and still ranks high in the esteem of many congregations. Although American in origin, this hymn of praise and prayer for peace does not refer to a specific nation; it can be sung by any person of any country. This majestic tune was composed for use with this text by George W. Warren for use in 1892 in New York's St. Thomas' Church where he was organist. Prior to this tune, the text "God of our fathers" was sung to the tune Russian Hymn. This morning's Anthem, though English in origin, also pays no reference to a specific country and therefore can be sung by any person on God's Earth. Cecil Spring Rice initially wrote this text in 1908 and then revised it in 1912 while serving as English ambassador to the United States under President Woodrow Wilson. In 1921 Gustav Holst "fitted" a theme from The Planets (Jupiter) to this poem, and thus a great patriotic work was born. "Another country" that is mentioned in the second verse is in reference to heaven. |
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Reading Camp at Mission House
The Good Shepherd congregation came through in a big way to support Reading Camp at Mission House last week-from providing and preparing food for the campers and staff on Monday (with leftovers for Tuesday) to serving as Camp Director, teachers, photographer and more. 
Terry Graves, Ann Plummer, Juanita Peterson and Katherine Wright making sandwiches for campers and staff.
Shannon Deep listening to a camper read a story.
Mary Ann Harper teaching sight words and vocabulary.
Camp Director Joyce Roth talking things over with C.C. Johnson.
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 Congregational Partnership with St. Mark's, Hazard
Reload and use your Good Shepherd Kroger gift card often! Good Shepherd receives 4% of the total funds loaded which is used to support our congregational partnership with St. Mark's, Hazard.
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. |
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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. |
 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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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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