Collect
12 Pentecost

Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Next Sunday  

13 Pentecost

Proper 16

1 Kings 8:(1, 6, 10-11), 22-30, 41-43
Psalm 84
Ephesians 6:10-20
John 6:56-69

    

 

Upcoming Events

  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 and Lector Training
Saturday, September 22
9:30 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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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

Revealing Christ's Love

Caring for the sheep.  Searching for the lost.
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"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; those who act accordingly have a good understanding." Psalm 111:10
Dearly Beloved in Christ,

We often confuse wisdom with intellectual acuity.  The "wise owl" of children's literature is often depicted with a monocle and mortar board, signifying academic knowledge.  However, our Sunday readings* reveal a different understanding of wisdom.  The psalmist tells us that we begin to have wisdom when we contemplate in awesome wonder the character of our holy God.

Saint Paul writes to the Christians at Ephesus that they are to live as wise people.  People who understand what is the will of the Lord. 

King David's son, Solomon, when he ascends the throne of Israel, asks that the Lord grant him the ability to discern between good and evil, and subsequently word of the wisdom of Solomon spreads throughout the world.  So delighted is God with this request rather than one for wealth or power the he grants these to Solomon also.

The Second Person of the Trinity is known both as the Word (Logos) of God, and the Holy Wisdom of God.  This wisdom comes to us in the person of Jesus.  As Christ dwells in us through the power of his Holy Spirit so we receive this wisdom; the ability to discern between good and evil.  However, it is our choice as to how we act on that wisdom.

May we be careful how we live, acting wisely and not foolishly, and in so doing we will be transformed into the likeness of the One who is Holy Wisdom.

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

Rev'd Sarah+    

 

* 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14; Psalm 111; Ephesians 5:15-20 

 

 
!WORKDAY! 
Saturday, September 8 from 8:30 am
Come and join the fun on our beautiful campus as we work at weeding, trimming, digging, cleaning windows, cobwebs, playground, etc....  Bring your own gloves and tools and a yard refuse garbage bag or two.
 
CHRISTIAN FORMATION CLASSES 
For all ages resume on September 9

Also on September 9
Commissioning of all Christian Formation teachers
 during the 10:30 am service 
Educator in Christ
Blessing of the Backpacks
during the 10:30 am service
(bring your schoolfriends, we'll bless their backpacks as well!) 
Backpacks
Hot Dog and Ice Cream Lunch
in the Parish Hall after the service. 
Hot dog
CHRISTIAN FORMATION CLASSES
For all ages resume on September 9


 

prayer requestPARISHIONER PRAYER NEEDS 

Barbara, Rodney, Etienne, Marie, Charlotte, The Edmund Family, Cindy, Mary, Millie, Karen, and Michael 

LONG TERM PARISHIONER PRAYER NEEDS

Ival, Marion, Chet, Stan, Suzee, George, Brenda, Mary Jo, Elizabeth, Roy, Pete, Sue, Marnay, Abbei, Gloria, Althea, Trena, Terri, Sallie, Donna, Lillian, Keisha, Jamie, Jeanie, Frances, Meg, Joan, Sandy, Ramona, Becky, Jim and Irene 

FRIENDS AND FAMILY PRAYER NEEDS

Jane, Kristine, Beverly, James, Kenny, Mike, Genevieve, Matthew, Betty and Family, Jimmy, Stan, Angela, Bennie, Vicky, Dinia, Frank, Brian Rita, Caroline, Vicky, Jacki, Gordie, Caroline, James, Dyquan, Nancy, Victoria, Brandon, Eden

LONG TERM FRIENDS AND FAMILY PRAYER NEEDS

Adam, 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

John Brim, Ramona Pietkiewicz, Ethel Copes, Rachel Pierce, Betty Campbell, Stan Higgins  

THOSE CELEBRATING WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES

FOR SAFE TRAVEL

Rev'd Sarah, Gloria Grant, Mary Ellen Appleton, Jan-Marie Waters, Gordon Sims  

REST IN PEACE

Chester "Chet" Burley

 

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I am the Good Shepherd.  The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep ... I am the Good Shepherd.  I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10:11, 14-15