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Acts 8:26-40
Psalm 22:24-30
1 John 4:7-21
John 15:1-8
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OSL Induction
Sunday, May 13
during the 10:30 service
Joe Small will be inducted as a full member in the Order of St Luke the Physician
Fellowship Under the Word
Home Groups
We have two (and possibly three) host homes and discussion facilitators and a wonderfully engaging study on Romans designed for "everyone" by NT Wright. This is a very "user-friendly" study - no prior Bible study experience needed. A great way to deepen our fellowship with each other, to pray for each other, and to have an easy conversation with the Apostle Paul. More information will be forthcoming on dates and locations.
Spaghetti Lunch and Basket Auction Fundraiser
Sunday, June 10
after the 10:30 service. Do you have a novel idea for a basket for our auction? Join the fun donate and bid! We have had kid's party baskets, pampering baskets, sailing trip baskets, cooking baskets, quilting baskets ... do you have a favorite pastime you could make into a basket?
Jerusalem Marketplace
A new kind of VBS
Saturday July 21 & Saturday July 28
This year we have set aside two Saturdays for our Jerusalem Marketplace VBS. Instead of the normal week-long VBS we will extend the Jerusalem Marketplace over two Saturdays giving working parents the opportunity to enjoy a journey back in time to 1st century Palestine with their children.
Mark the dates and look for more information in the next few weeks
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Upcoming Events in the Diocese
RESTORING THE SOUL HEALING CONFERENCE at
The Canterbury Retreat & Conference Center
May 3-5
with Pastor Sharon Lewis
and the Amazing Love Healing Ministry
Register early
Click here for flyer
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Weekdays
Monday thru Friday
Food Bank
open
10:00 am - noon
Wednesdays
Tabitha's Treasures
10:00 am
in Roberta's Hall
Prayer Shawl Ministry
Morning Prayer
2nd and 4th Wednesdays
in Roberta's Hall
at 12:00 noon
Holy Eucharist
1st, 3rd, and 5th Wednesdays
in Roberta's Hall
at 12:00 noon
Thursdays
Men's Bible Study
7:30 am in the Library
Choir Practice
7:00 pm in the Choir Room
(once per month during the Summer)
Weekends
Saturdays
Holy Eucharist
5:00 p.m.
(Chapel)
Sundays
Holy Eucharist
8:00 a.m.
(Chapel)
Breakfast
9:00 a.m.
(Parish Hall)
Christian Formation
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Adult program
in Roberta's Hall
Holy Eucharist
10:30 a.m.
(Church)
Sunday School
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
K thru 4th grade -
Alleluia Chapel Program
in the Children's Chapel
Order of St Luke
Full Members meet on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month in the Prayer Ministry Room after the 10:30 am Service Associate Members meet on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month in the Bride's Room after the 10:30 am service Intercessory Prayer Team
meets in the Prayer Ministry Room on the 2nd and 4th Sundays after the 10:30 am service
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 Church of the Good ShepherdRevealing Christ's Love Caring for the sheep. Searching for the lost.331 Lake Avenue, Maitland, Florida, 32751407-644-5350 www.goodshepherdmaitland.com
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"This is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another."" 1 John 3:23
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Dearly Beloved in Christ,
The repeating refrain in the Scriptures is that of love: God's love for us and the requirement that we should love each other. In John's first epistle there is a very stark contrast drawn between those who love and those who don't: those who don't love their brother are children of the devil (1 John 3:10); "whoever does not love abides in death .. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer." "We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers." (1 John 3:14)
Last year, at our vestry retreat, we reflected upon our DNA. What was the reason for which God planted Church of the Good Shepherd all those years ago? His original design must still hold true for us all these years later - we were of one mind - Church of the Good Shepherd exists to reveal Christ's love. In the words of that wonderful hymn: "The King of Love my Shepherd is." We are called by his name, and believing in his name we are to be his people who reveal his love.
What are some of the characteristics of that love? First of all it is sacrificial. It is a love that costs the giver, a love not given out of our excess but out of our poverty: "We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us - and we ought to lay down our lives for one another." (1 John 3:16) Secondly, it is a love that is not of human origin: "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God" (1 John 4:7) "In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us ... beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another." (1 John 4:10-11). We can only love to the extent that we first drink from the wellspring of God's great love for us. Thirdly, it is the Holy Spirit within us whose work it is to reveal Christ's love through us: "he has given us his Spirit ... whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God ... by this is love perfected in us." (1 John 4:13-17)
We are to love not just in "word or speech" says John, "but in truth and action." In our individual lives and in our common life, this must be the measure: Are we revealing Christ's love? Every ministry in the life of the church must be measured against this plumbline, for "this is his commandment: that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he commanded us." A sacrificial love, drawing deeply from the wellspring of the Father's love, poured forth through the working of the Holy Spirit as that love is perfected in us, and all in the name of the only One who brings wholeness, the King of Love, the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Thanks to Joy Sutton and Stan Higgins Volume II of Magnify The Living Lord is now available. Copies can be found in the narthex of the Church and Chapel, and in the Parish Office. A weekly Friday email containing one of the stories per week will be sent out starting the week after Pentecost.
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This was our last week of our Bible Study Basics class and we looked at Lectio Divina - how to read the Bible devotionally. I mentioned a couple of websites and have included the links below:
For a directed Lectio Divina, Jesuit Media Initiatives has a wonderful daily podcast that can be accessed through their website or through iTunes:
For those who would like to hear the Daily Office of Morning Prayer, including the daily Scripture readings there is a daily podcast from The Episcopal Church in Garrett County:
Morning Prayer
For iTunes Podcasts go to iTunes and search for "Pray as you Go" and "Morning Prayer"
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 The Parables of Jesus
Next Sunday we begin a new Adult Christian Formation class on the parables of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. This is a DVD series of lectures by Kenneth Bailey. Bailey is a world-renowned Bible scholar who brings a depth of experience to the interpretation of the parables through his time spent living in the Middle East.
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 Good Shepherd Sunday Lunch
It was a wonderful time of food and fellowship and honoring all those involved in the Food Bank ministry and especially The Committee! Thanks to all who contributed, and a special thanks to Joann for her leadership! Did anyone take photos?
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PARISHIONER PRAYER NEEDS
Kenny, Marie, Junior, Chris, Elisha, Josephine, Jim, Sue, Bev, Mary Jo, Rebeka, Sheila, Mario, Karen, Doug, Daniel, Sandy, Randolph, Michael, Peggy, Gloria G, Becky, Joan, Abbei, Meg, Brenda, Frances, Marcia, and Ramona
LONG TERM PARISHIONER PRAYER NEEDS
Ival, Marion, Chet, Stan, Jack, Mike, Suzee, Elizabeth, Roy, Terri, Sallie, Linda Sue, Donna, Lillian, Keisha, Jamie, and Jeanie
LONG TERM FRIENDS AND FAMILY PRAYER NEEDS
Jennean, Robert, Tasos, Jason, Kyle, Fr Dick Grant, Lew, Kailee, Paul, Duncan, Alan, Debra
NON-PARISHIONER FRIENDS AND FAMILY PRAYER NEEDS
Sherry, Pat, George, Russel, Mark, Deacon Barbara, Sheila, Bonni, Claire, Brian, Paul, Lowell, Michael, Daniel, JoJo, Brooke, KP, Snuffy, Brooke, Tom, Barbara, Natalie, Robert, Geoff, Paul, Donna, Helen, Mary, Betty, Melissa, Ardith, Richie, Elizabeth
MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES
Kevin Waters, Zachary Adam Copes, Christopher and Brigitt Kincaid, Justin Moye, Danny Graham, Hugh Darville, Chuck Gitschlag, Rory Patrick Coleman, Dennis Glasgow, Duncan Hanton, William Underhill, Taylor Lee. and Geoffrey Noplis OUR COLLEGE STUDENTS AND SEMINARIANS
Michael and Ryan Guerdan, Lindsey Nicolle, Allen Booker, Robert Borr, Matthew and Sarah Pierce, Robin Campbell, Isaac John Copes, Judith Warren-Brown, and David Bumsted.
THOSE CELEBRATING THEIR BIRTHDAY
Beka Bumsted, Justin Moye, Lillian Williams-Petersen, Sandy Giles,
THOSE CELEBRATING THEIR ANNIVERSARIES Bob and Althea Evans, Jim and Irene Burgess SAFE TRAVEL Jim and Jane Louttit, Josephine Okoronkwo
PRAYER REQUEST LINK: click here for link
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