Serving this Sunday

8 a.m.

 Altar Guild  Lalor Smith and Jeanette Belfield;

Celebrant The Rev. Becky Zartman Carpenter; 

Eucharistic Minister Al Hicks;

Flower Guild Sally Harris and Britt Myers; 

Reader  Barbara Hicks

10:30 a.m.

Acolytes Sadie Meadows and Lynden Meiring; 

Altar Guild Jeanne Shannon;

Audiovideo Engineer  Ron Sowers; 

Eucharistic Minister  Will Pully;

Flower Guild  Sally Harris and Britt Myers; 

Greeters  Kenneth and Deborah Burnette;

Intercessor  Mary Palmer; 

Musicians  The Alleluia Choir; The Good Shepherd Choir;

Lawrence Goering, organist; 

Presider  The Rev. Becky Zartman Carpenter;

Readers  Marzena Laszewski and Howard Weeks;

Vestry Counters  Britt Myers and John Tobias

This week at Good Shepherd

Adult Formation Class Sunday at 9 a.m. in the Parish Hall. "How to Bible" is the topic. Please come for a very fun and informative class.

Please join us for Coffee Hour after the 10:30 service. Coffee, donuts and good fellowship in the Parish Hall Foyer.

Choir Practice All choirs will rehearse this Wednesday. For specific information, please click here.

Mid-week Eucharist at Noon on Wednesday in the Sanctuary

Thursday, January 30, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

Celebration of New Ministry for the Rev. Les Carpenter, St. Andrews, 301 S. Circle Dr., Rocky Mount. The Rev. Becky Zartman Carpenter preaching.

Sacred Ground – Film and Readings about faith, race and justice. Would you like to join us in person in the Parlor to experience Sacred Ground, a program to help us to more deeply understand race and faith, together? Albert Ervin will be our guide as we work through the zoom sessions together. It's two Tuesdays a month, 11:30 – 1:00 PM, beginning February 4, 2025. (February 4 – June 17: Feb 4, Feb 18, March 4, March 18, April 1, April 15, April 29, (2 weeks in a row) May 6, May 20, June 3, June 17.) Yes, you can bring your lunch! If you are unable to make it in person, please join the Zoom session.

We are also planning to have a Friday late afternoon gathering between the sessions to gather to watch the films and discuss the readings.

Are you interested in joining us in person?

Please email us at eshepherd@goodshepherdrmt.org to let us know you're coming or if you have questions. Please register with the Diocese and and request the books to be sent to you. Click here to register.

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Join us to play Mahjong with fellow Episcopalians from St. Andrew’s and Good Shepherd. To begin, let’s meet on Wednesday, February 5 at 6 p.m. in the parish hall at St. Andrew’s. Be sure to bring your card!

Kindly respond. Sissy Dunton 252-883-3464 Boyd Harris 252-904-6647 Terry Noble 252-813-4646

The Church Of The Good Shepherd

Rocky Mount, NC

PRESENTS

Elisabeth von Trapp

Friday, January 31, 7:00 p.m.

Elisabeth von Trapp, whose vocal style has been compared to Judy Collins and Loreena McKennitt, will perform an eclectic program, accompanying herself on guitar. Her concert repertoire ranges from Bach to Broadway, Schubert to Sting, and a New York Times reviewer wrote that "her voice is hauntingly clear and her lyrics tender and romantic." Ms. von Trapp is the granddaughter of Maria and Baron von Trapp, whose real life experiences inspired The Sound of Music.

All are invited to this free concert and the reception that will follow in the parish hall. For more information, please contact Lawrence Goering at 252-442-1134, ext. 5, or lgoering@goodshepherdrmt.org.

Save the date:

 Ensemble Aubade

Sunday, February 16, 5:00 p.m. 

This Boston based chamber ensemble (Peter H. Bloom, flute and alto flute; Francis Grimes, viola; and Steven Sussman, piano) will perform Mozart and More, a concert that will take the audience on a fascinating tour, from the salons of Vienna and Paris to the concert halls of New York. The program will include works by Mozart, Farrenc, and Bennett. This will be the sixteenth Lynn Kroncke Memorial Concert.

2025 Annual Meeting

Thank you to everyone who participated in the annual meeting last Sunday. Special thanks to our outgoing Vestry members, Winston Lea and Gayle Edwards. Welcome to our newly elected Vestry members, Heather Seale, Corey Folta and John Tobias.

February 1

Betty Hodges

John Tobias

February 5

Lisa Barringer

John Ezzell

News and events from the

Diocese of North Carolina.

Click here for information about programs the Diocese is offering.

Parish Prayer List

For those in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity: especially Dorothy Sarti, Jude Elliot Vester, Shannon Sutton, Notie Vay Meadows, Florine McClain, Scott Sumrall, Fred Folta, Joyce Cuthrell, Whitney Herbert, Dinah Fowlkes, Bill Harris, Aileen Harris, Amy McCotter, Jeanette Belfield, Linda Mattocks, Chris Poole, Gregory Strickland, Bruce Biggs and Willie Skinner.

For continued health and healing: Bobbi Weeks, Bill Hudgins, Mary W. Dawson, Becky Bryan, Elizabeth "Sister" Cherry, Albert Ervin, Frances Gaither, Dwight Johnson, Boo White, and Brent Wilson.

For the blessings of this life:



For those expecting the birth of a child: Emily and Chris Dwight, Sidney and Westray Hicks, Morgan and Benton Moss



For those who have died: Anita Fortier, Dick Futrell, Odell Coggins, Norman Aamodt, Randy Reid



To add or remove people on the Prayer List please contact Cheryl Coppedge at coppedgecheryl@gmail.com. Please ask their permission before submitting.

A note about pastoral care emergencies: If you are experiencing a pastoral emergency (e.g. someone you love or you yourself are in the hospital, or you’re experiencing some distressing news) please call my cell phone (570-259-0671) and leave a message if I don’t pick up right away. I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. If in doubt, please call – I can’t support you if I don’t know you need support!

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