Family Cookout  

Many of our young families have expressed an interest in getting together socially. They have organized a cookout, open to anyone, this Saturday, September 22 at 5:00 p.m.The playground will be open for the kids while the adults get to fellowship on the back parking lot. Bring a side dish or dessert to share. RSVP to Winn Stephens or 859-229-1180.

Choral Evensong THIS SUNDAY
The Good Shepherd choirs sing their first Choral Evensong of the year this Sunday at 5:00 p.m. This will also be Reggie Smith's last time to sing with the choir. Please come and bring your friends and neighbors! A reception will follow in the Undercroft.  

Senior Lunch Bunch

If you are a senior, think you might be a senior, want to be a senior, can't help being a senior--you are invited to a catered lunch in the Undercroft on Friday, September 28 at 12:30 p.m. Fr. Brian will offer a presentation on "Why Thomas Merton Still Matters." Sign up in the Loggia on Sunday or call the church office at 859-252-1744.   

Pastoral Care Team Meeting welcomes Pastoral Leadership Professor from Lexington Theological Seminary
On Wednesday, September 26 at 7:00 p.m. in the Library, Dr. Barbara Blodgett will speak on the topic of appropriate boundaries and confidentiality in pastoral settings. Dr. Blodgett has written and lectured widely on a variety of topics related to ethics in ministry. She is an engaging speaker and we welcome all to come hear her. Please join us. For more information contact Dianne Griffith. 

Support Important Outreach Ministries  

Next Sunday, September 30, we hope you will pick one of these two outreach ministries to support. Church Under the Bridge, a ministry to the homeless and minimally housed in our city, meets at 3:00 p.m. at Mission House, 203 East Fourth Street. Those attending are served a nutritious meal and hear a sermon and music. Contact Pam Noyes or 859-873-5230 for more information.The 2012 Crop Hunger Walk also takes place next Sunday, September 30 at 3:00 p.m. beginning at Second Presbyterian Church. A bus will be available for those who either can't or don't want to walk but wish to participate. Twenty-five percent of donations go to God's Pantry. Make donations online (go to the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church team). For more information contact Alice Dehner or 859-223-9117.

Preparing for Worship - September 23, 2012
Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost   

Readings for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost  

Altar Flowers

The altar flowers are given to the glory of God by Nancy and Will Stephens in thanksgiving for Winn Stephens' birthday and for his leadership at Good Shepherd.

Liturgical Minister Assignments  

Click HERE to see if you are scheduled to serve on September 23.    

We publish the Banns of Marriage between Lauren Elizabeth Damron and Jesse John Yannelli. 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.

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.  

 ...that a large and enthusiastic group of people enjoyed lunch together last Sunday and then received training in various aspects of our many lay ministries. Look for new faces serving in the coming weeks.

...that Mission Lexington Medical Clinic, a project of Good Shepherd and other Lexington churches, will be moving to its new building this Saturday, September 22. Breakfast will be served at Calvary Baptist Church, 150 East High Street, at 8:30 a.m., followed by moving from the old quarters on Trent Boulevard to the new building at 230 South Martin Luther King. Help will be needed to load vehicles at Trent Boulevard, drive to the new location, and unload.

...that Good Shepherd was well represented at the Walk to Defeat ALS at Rupp Arena last Saturday, supporting the Armisteads and remembering Deacon Janie Catron.

Jane Armistead with Scott and Sarah Armistead

at the Defeat ALS Walk.

Necial Harkless in the News 

Children and Youth 

Godly Play  

       3 - 5 year olds - Room 201(upstairs)

       Kindergarten through 2nd graders - Rooms 204 and 206 (upstairs)

Living the Good News

       3rd - 5th graders - Room 254 (upstairs)

Episcopal Youth Curriculum  

        6th-8th graders - Room 021 (Youth Suite, downstairs)

High School Class  

        9th-12th graders - Room 020 (Youth Suite, downstairs)

Adults  

Rector's Forum                                                                               Location: Undercroft  

Join Fr. Brian for the third class in a four week series on the Rule of St. Benedict and its application for our daily lives in the 21st century. You may already be a Benedictine and not know it!  

Current Events and the Christian Life                                        Location: Library   

Events currently in the news are examined through Scripture and Christian tradition, informing our engagement in the world. This is a discussion based class led by Kevin Ellis and others. A current event in the news is read, then questions for discussion are introduced followed by Bible verses and stories.   

We want to significantly add to the number of photos we have of our members and friends in the Courtyard online pictorial directory. A photographer will be set up in the Loggia/Concourse area Sunday morning to take pictures for anyone who doesn't currently have their image in Courtyard.