	Service Schedule for Sunday April 6, 2014
8AM - Holy Eucharist, Rite I 10AM - Holy Eucharist, Rite II child care available ****** Office Hours Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and Friday 8 AM - Noon** closed Thursday ****** Meetings and Events Lenten Potluck Supper Thurs, April 3, 6:00pm --- Vestry Meeting Tues, April 8, 7:00pm --- Craft Night Wed, April 16, 7:15pm all are welcome! ---- Annual Parish Auction Cinco de Mayo theme Sat, April 26 ***** For events and meetings and church office schedule for the months ahead, see the calendar listed under"What's Happening" on our website! Click here to go directly to the church calendar

Outreach

Bargain Box Thrift Shop

Hours of Operation:

Friday: 10am - 3pm

Saturday: 10am - 1pm

Items may be dropped off during regular hours of operation or Wednesdays,

9am - 11:45am.

**please note: if you have items to donate, but cannot bring them during the hours listed here, please contact Martha Wishart to make other arrangements:

jacksnana1@verizon.net

DO NOT LEAVE ITEMS AT THE CHURCH

and

PLEASE -- NO TVs,
COMPUTERS OR OTHER LARGE ITEMS

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Bread of Life

Feeding Ministry

Next Date: Friday, April 4

First Baptist Church

493 Main Street, Malden

Volunteers needed:

4pm for food prep

5pm for food service

5:30 - 7pm for clean-up

Bakers also needed

Contact Tony Lopes for details:

978 710 6927

click here for more information

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Reading Food Pantry

Items needed for April:

canned fruit

6-packs of applesauce

or other fruit

salad dressing

canola cooking oil

Sunday

Service

Participants

Acolytes

Apr 6: Rachel Manzelli

Apr 13: Colin Hetherington

Ushers

Apr 6: Paul Dustin and Tim McLaughlin

Apr 13: Dave and Edna McDonald

Coffee Hour

April 6:

Hosts: Sheila Batchelder

Bakers: Sheila Batchelder

April 13:

Hosts: Spencer and Sue Dalby

Bakers: none yet

We need volunteers for April and May coffee hours -- please click here to volunteer to host or bake!

Sunday School

April 6 -- Our younger children will continue with the Godly Play lesson series "The Faces of Easter." Our older children will have the lesson "Jesus Enters Jerusalem" from Weaving God's Promises.

April 13 (Palm Sunday) -- Easter egg hunt and creating palm crosses for all Sunday School children

April 20 (Easter Sunday) & April 27 (school vacation) -- no Sunday School.

	From the Book of Remembrance
George Crouse Ella Watts Harriet Curtis Robert Knoettner

Good News

From the Church of the Good Shepherd

a welcoming and inclusive parish dedicated to growing in faith, spirit and community

April 6, 2014

Lenten Potluck Supper -- Tomorrow Night!

April 3, 2014

6:00 to 8:00

Casual dress

Please join in the fun and fellowship at our Lenten Potluck Supper! We would love to have everyone there who can make it. If you would like to contribute some food, there is a signup sheet online (click here) so you can RSVP and indicate what you will bring. If you have any questions, please contact Sheila Batchelder at sheilab411@comcast.net or (781) 587-1923.

Parish Directory

An updated Parish Directory is available on our website at www.goodshepherdreading.org (scroll down to the bottom right of the home page). The password is woburnstreet. Please check your listing and contact the parish office by April 6 at cgsreading@gmail.com or 781-944-7572 if you would like to make any corrections or changes. Once all changes are received we will post a new version.

Easter Flower Memorials and Thanksgivings

The deadline for submitting a memorial or thanksgiving request is Sunday, April 13th.

Donations are now being accepted for Easter memorials and thanksgivings. Yellow slips are on both exit tables in the sanctuary and on the table outside the church office. Please complete one and submit it with your donation. You may leave it in the offering plate on Sunday or in the basket on the counter in the church office. You may also mail your donation to the church; please include the names of the people to remember or blessings you wish to acknowledge as well as your name and phone number or email.

Annual Parish Auction -- April 26th!

Please mark your calendars for the evening of April 26th for our annual Parish Auction. Social hour begins at 6:00 with the Auction at 7:00pm. This year will feature a Cinco de Mayo theme, so start thinking about your festive attire now!

Donations of auction items are due to Merri DuRoss by April 12th. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer to help, please contact Merri at mduross6@comcast.net or 781-944-2268.

Mowers Needed!

Want to work outside volunteering a couple of hours every six week or so during the spring, summer and fall? Need volunteer hours for school? The church mowing team needs you! We supply the mower and gas. It is self-propelled, but the terrain of the church is not flat so it takes some energy. We dispose of our clippings in the compost pile.

The work takes about 1-2 hours and we think we'll have enough volunteers so you will only be scheduled every 6 weeks or so. There is some flexibility, but we usually target Friday, Saturday or Sunday -- you choose when based on your schedule and the weather. Please email Elaine Grosso at ecgrosso@ieee.org, call 781-942-1169, or text 617-909-5205 if interested. Thank you!

Cleaning Team

We also need a cleaning volunteer to work approximately 1.5-2 hours every six weeks. This would also qualify for school volunteer hours. The cleaner will primarily be doing the following chores:

emptying wastebaskets (taking the trash home and disposing with your own trash if you can)
removing cobwebs all around the church
cleaning and refilling supplies in bathrooms as needed
dusting baseboards, pews, & windowsills as needed

Our cleaning team saves the church thousands of dollars each year. If interested, please email Elaine at ecgrosso@ieee.org, call 781-942-1169, or text 617-909-5205. Thanks!

Opening for Church Fair Co-Chair!

Our FALL-iday Fair will be November 14-15, 2014. Yes, it's a long time from now, but by doing things well in advance it is fun and not a chore! I am looking for someone to co-chair the event with me. No experience needed -- I would love to get someone new involved!

If interested, please email Elaine Grosso at ecgrosso@ieee.org, call 781-942-1169, or text 617-909-5205.

Church of the Good Shepherd

Palm Sunday, 13 April

8:00am Palm Blessing & Holy Eucharist

10:00am Palm Blessing & Holy Eucharist

(childcare provided)

Maundy Thursday, 17 April

7:00pm Eucharist with foot washing

Good Friday, 18 April

12:00pm Community Worship at

Korean Church of the Nazarene, 900 Main Street, Reading

7:30pm Good Friday Liturgy

Holy Saturday, 19 April

7:00pm The Great Vigil of Easter

Our traditional joint service with Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Wakefield. This year the service is at Emmanuel, 5 Bryant Street, Wakefield

Easter Day, 20 April

8:00am Festival Eucharist

10:00am Festival Eucharist

(childcare provided)

For your prayers....

O God of compassion, at whose table all are welcome: draw near to homebound, hospitalized, or sick members of our parish family during the coming week, and to those who minister to them. May all our members always feel included at our table, strengthened in our friendship, renewed by bread and wine for their life's journey and always filled with your loving presence, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

The following members of our parish community have asked for our prayers. Please remember them this week when you pray, and let us know if there is anyone whose name you would like to add.

Christine Camper, Kevin Cellucci, Gerry Chagnon, Dick Ellis, Betty Fraser, Bernice Herrick, Linda Johnnene, Scott Johnnene, Thomas and Henrietta Kane, Debra Katt-Lloyd, Joe Lehman, Tony Lopes, Lynn McDonald, Rheta McKinley, Bishop Thomas Shaw, Kevin Smith, Hector Torres, Jake Torrisi, Scottie Wagner, Stephen Wagner, Michael Webb and Nickie Zitoli.

Contact Information

Church office: cgsreading@gmail.com or 781-944-1572

The rector: rectorgoodshepherd@gmail.com

Visit our website: www.goodshepherdreading.org

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