Collect
8 Pentecost

Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

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9 Pentecost

Proper 12

Year B
RCL

2 Samuel 11:1-15
Psalm 14  

Ephesians 3:14-21 

John 6:1-21 


 

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Upcoming Events

 
Fish Fry
Food Bank Fundraiser
Friday, August 3 in the Parish Hall at 5:00 pm 

No August Vestry Meeting

WORKDAY
Saturday, September 8
8:30 am - 2:00 pm
 
Blessing of the Backpacks
Sunday, September 9 during the 10:30 am service 
 
Lay Eucharistic Minister Training
Saturday, September 22
10:00 am - Noon
Chapel and Church

   First MOPS Meeting
Tuesday, September 11
9:45 - 11:45 am
in the Parish Hall
(Moppets in Bride's Room and Children's Workroom and Nursery) 

Vestry Meeting  
Sunday, September 23
in Roberta's Hall after the 10:30 am service

Rummage Sale 
during the Maitland Arts Festival
Friday and Saturday
October 5-6 in the Parish Hall

Blessing of the Animals 
Saturday, October 6 in the Centennial Courtyard at 3:00 pm

Parish Retreat
Anointed by the Spirit
By Bishop John Howe
Saturday, October 13
times TBD 
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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

Summer Schedule
Noonday Prayer in Roberta's Hall 

      

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)

  

Order of St Luke
Summer Schedule - Call the office for details

 

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Church of the Good Shepherd

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"Are you the one to build me a house to live in?" 2 Samuel 7:5
"The Lord will make you a house" 2 Samuel 7:11
Dearly Beloved in Christ,

His battles fought through the might of the Lord, and his kingdom secure, David rests from his labors in his kingly home of cedar in Jerusalem and decides to build a house for the Ark of the Lord.  Until the Lord sends him word through Nathan the prophet: "Are you the one to build me a house to live in?"

On the face of it David's plans seem to be God-honoring, but David has not sought the Lord's will in this and there is a certain presumption in thinking that any human could design a dwelling place for the Lord.  Indeed the Lord reminds David that it is the Lord who has provided for him from the pasture to the palace.  Moreover, he has plans to make David a house, not one made out of bricks and mortar, but a lineage that will last forever, in fact a far greater house than David could ever have imagined building for the Lord.

Through Christ, great David's greater son, we are the fulfillment of that promise - a spiritual house being built on the foundation of the teaching of the apostles and prophets with Christ himself as the cornerstone - a dwelling place for God.

We are not the masons of this house, nor its carpenters.  We are the living stones. The Lord is the master architect, the master builder, the owner and resident.  Thanks be to God that he has chosen to tabernacle in us!

In the Peace, Grace, and Love of our Lord,

Rev'd Sarah+    

 

 
The Burial Service for Jack Hitchcock will take place at 11:00 am Saturday, July 28 in the Church with a reception following in the Parish Hall.  You are invited to come and celebrate Jack's life of witness to the Lord and his ongoing life in the nearer presence that same Lord.
 
Children singing
THE CHILDREN WILL BE SINGING
At the 10:30 am service on July 29
next Sunday!
 
PICTORIAL DIRECTORY 
We are in the process of updating the Parish Directory.  You can access the most recent directory information here.  The address and phone information pages are password protected. Please email the Parish Secretary, Terri here  if you would like to receive the password, or if you have an updated photo, or changes to your listing.  Thank you!
 

PASTORAL LETTER FROM BISHOP BREWER
Please click the link to access Bishop Gregory Brewer's Pastoral Letter dated July 18, 2012
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Fish Fry Aug 2012

 

 

prayer requestPARISHIONER PRAYER NEEDS 

Cristy, Michael, Charlotte, The Edmund Family, Cindy, Ethel, Althea, Tyra, Whaley, Sue, Doug, Mary Ellen, George, Marnay, Mary, Pete, Jim, Millie, Karen, Peggy, and Abbei.

LONG TERM PARISHIONER PRAYER NEEDS

Sue, Ival, Marion, Chet, Stan, Mike, Suzee, Brenda, Mary Jo, Elizabeth, Roy, Jim, Trena, Terri, Sallie, Linda Sue, Donna, Lillian, Keisha, Jamie, Jeanie, Jean, Frances, Meg, Joan, Sandy, Ramona, and Becky.

FRIENDS AND FAMILY PRAYER NEEDS

Diane, Lauren, Angela, Bennie, Vicky, George, Brian, Hazel, Jacki, Gordie, Caroline, James, Dyquan, Sonia, Irving, John, Cindy, Leann, Ayla, Tom, Germaine, Nancy, Victoria, Brandon, Emily, Eden, Natasha, Ben, Tyler, Jessie, Jim, Ed, Clara, Karin.

LONG TERM FRIENDS AND FAMILY PRAYER NEEDS

Joe, Deborah, Jeannean, Barbara, Daniel, Robert, Tasos, Jason, Kyle, Fr. Dick Grant, Lew, Kailee, Paul, Duncan, Alan, Debra  

MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMLIES

Kevin Waters, Geoffrey Noplis, Zachary Adam Copes, Christopher and Brigitt Kincaid, Justin Moye, Danny Graham, Ronnie Robison, Chuck Gitschlag, Rory Patrick Coleman, Dennis Glasgow, Duncan Hanton, William Underhill, and Taylor Lee

COLLEGE STUDENTS AND SEMINARIAN

Isaac John Copes, Michael and Ryan Guerdan, Lindsey Nicolle, Robert Borr, Matthew and Sarah Pierce, Robin Campbell, David Bumsted

THOSE CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS

Gina Callahan, Jamie Eshleman, Henry Spagn 

THOSE CELEBRATING WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

FOR SAFE TRAVEL

van Hissenhoven family, Jim and Jane Louttit, Barbara Rawls, Gloria Grant, Jim and Irene Burgess

REST IN PEACE

Mario Rivera, Jack Hitchcock, and Freddie Hester (Jim Burgess' sister)  

 

The burial service for Mario will be held in the morning of Saturday, August 4 in the Chapel  with reception following in Roberta's Hall.  The time and details will be noted in next week's email after they have been determined with the family.

 

AURORA - COLORADO 

We continue to lift up in prayer all those who are grieving the loss of family and friends in the shooting in Colorado.  We pray for the Lord's healing for the physical and emotional wounds of all concerned.  As we struggle with the why's of this tragedy I would encourage you to read this blog post from a mother who was there.  It is titled "So you still think God is a merciful God?" 

 

  

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