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Next Sunday's Lections
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Acts 1:15-17, 21-26
Psalm 1
1 John 5:9-13
John 17:6-19
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Upcoming Events in the Diocese
WORSHIP CONFERENCE at
The Canterbury Retreat & Conference Center
June 21 - 23
Bishop Greg Brewer will be one of the conference speakers
Register early
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Regularly Scheduled
Worship Services
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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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"The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles, for they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God."
Acts 10:45-46
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Peter's sermon to all the Gentiles gathered in the centurion Cornelius' house begins with a very new revelation to Peter: "Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him." This message of salvation in Jesus Christ that he shares with his Gentile audience is not just for his own people, the Jews, it is for them as well! "Everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins." And in that moment as hope grows in the Gentile heart the Holy Spirit is poured out on them, and this anointing is manifested, as it was with disciples, by unrestrained worship of God.
We received this same anointing of the Holy Spirit at our baptism: "you are sealed by the Holy Spirit in baptism, and marked as Christ's own forever." At that time we became the temple of God the Holy Spirit, and he gave us his gifts. Some have received the gift of tongues, others the gift of mercy, still others the gift of hospitality, and others the gift of leadership, there are many gifts, and they are given for one purpose: the building up of the Body of Christ, the Church.
Even if you don't know what your gift is the chances are that you are already walking in your giftedness. Is there something that you find you love to do, something that blesses you so much when you do it? Something that perhaps for someone else might seem a duty or a burden, but for you it is just joy? It might be praying for others. It might be a behind the scenes ministry of getting things ready for others. It might be encouraging others. It might be teaching God's truths. Whatever it is we are to make sure that we are doing it in the power of the Holy Spirit. When we try and run on our own battery power we eventually run out of energy, but when we are plugged into the life force of the Holy Spirit within us, who first bestowed the gift on us, we can run without tiring.
May we pray for our hearts to be set on fire, to blaze with the power of the Holy Spirit as did those first Gentile converts.
In the Peace, Grace, and Love of our Risen Lord, Rev'd Sarah+ |
From small beginnings .... our thriving community garden. These veggies taste out of this world!
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Fellowship Under the Word Home Groups
 Roy and Bev Lassiter will be hosting a group in their home and Gavin Lee will facilitate the discussion. Sue Burley will also host a group in her home and Sharon Graham will facilitate the discussion. The groups will be following along with a wonderfully engaging study on Paul's Letter to the Romans designed for "everyone" by NT Wright. This is a very "user-friendly" study - no prior Bible study experience needed. These home groups are great way to deepen our fellowship with each other, to pray for each other, and to have an easy conversation with the Apostle Paul. If you are interested in participating in a group please contact Terri Sims in the church office or by email her here
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 Spaghetti Lunch and Basket Auction Fundraiser
Sunday, June 10
after the 10:30 service
Mark your calendars for our annual Spaghetti Lunch and Basket Auction Fundraiser. 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? Contact Wayne Waters if you can help in the kitchen or if you have a basket to donate: phone 407-491-1957 or email here
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PARISHIONER PRAYER NEEDS
Mary, George, Pete, Kenny, Marie, Junior, Chris, Elisha, Jim, Sue, Bev, Daniel, Michael, Peggy, Gloria G, Abbei
LONG TERM PARISHIONER PRAYER NEEDS
Ival, Marion, Chet, Stan, Jack, Mike, Suzee, Elizabeth, Roy, Terri, Sallie, Linda Sue, Donna, Lillian, Keisha, Jamie, Jeanie, Frances, Meg, Joan, Sandy, Becky
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
Dean, Jan, Jana, Josh, Abby, Shamus, Bill, Creed, Matthew, Leslie, George, Sherry, Russell, Mark, Natalie
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, Robert Borr, Matthew and Sarah Pierce, Robin Campbell, Isaac John Copes, and David Bumsted. THOSE WHO GRADUATE THIS YEAR Allen Booker, Paul Lambert THOSE WHO ARE TO BE ORDAINED THIS YEAR Judith Warren-Brown THOSE CELEBRATING THEIR BIRTHDAY
Beverly Lassiter, Marie Edmund, Barbara Rawls, Jan Baril
THOSE CELEBRATING THEIR ANNIVERSARIES SAFE TRAVEL Jim and Jane Louttit, Charlotte Everbach, Geri Rybeki, Susan Burley, Whaley and Trena Lorenz REST IN PEACE: Robert Stewart, Millie Dzurus' brother and Ellen Smith
PRAYER REQUEST LINK: click here for link
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