Blessings abound this late summer week

The Church of the Good Shepherd

231 North Church St.

Rocky Mount, NC

eShepherd August 22, 2024

This Sunday at Good Shepherd

Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost

August 25, 2024

8:00 AM

Rite 1 Holy Communion

10:30 AM

Contemporary Language Service of Holy Communion

with choir and congregational hymns.

Live streamed at gslive.org

This Week At Good Shepherd

Serving this Sunday

8:00 a.m.

Altar Guild Lalor Smith and Jeanette Belfield;

Celebrant The Rev. Bill Bennett;

Eucharistic Minister Lalor Smith;

Flower Guild Emily Bondy and Britt Myers;

Reader Lalor Smith

10:30 a.m.

Acolytes Julianne Wilson and Andrew Hedgepeth;

Altar Guild Sallie Colston and Susan Folta;

Audiovideo Engineer Ron Sowers;

Eucharistic Minister Bob Larimer;

Flower Guild Emily Bondy and Britt Myers;

Greeters Bill and Millie Walker;

Intercessor Howard Weeks;

Pianist Lawrence Goering;

Presider The Rev. Bill Bennett;

Readers Susan Folta and Mary Palmer;

Children's Church this Sunday! Children are invited to follow the cross after the Collect and return during the peace. A lesson and activity will help our children grow in faith and grace. Please contact Brenning Daughtridge if you are interested in volunteering to help teach this important ministry for our children.

Nursery is available during the service for the very little ones. Please see an usher for information.

After the 10:30 service, join us for Coffee Hour in the Parish Hall lobby and enjoy a donut and some good fellowship.

We welcome the following priests to Good Shepherd through the end of September:

September 1

Morning Prayer led by Larry Duffee

September 8

Rev. Bill Bennett

September 15

Rev. Eric Tuttle

September 22

Rev. Bill Bennett

September 29

Rt. Rev. Samuel Rodman, Bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina

Good things ahead!

Ripe for Revival Mobile Market is in our parking lot today, Thursday, August 22 from 11 to 1. All are welcome to shop at the Market. You will be buying fresh, local produce, thereby supporting local farms. Your purchase helps sustain this vital ministry.

Adult Confirmation Class The class will meet from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the Parlor each Sunday until the Bishop's visit on Sept. 29. If you are interested and want more information, click here

Choir Rehearsals Begin on September 4th -- Come sing with us!

Wednesday choir rehearsals will resume on September 4th.

The Cherub and Alleluia Choirs will rehearse together on Wednesdays for thirty minutes beginning at 5:15 p.m.

The Alleluia Choir will rehearse for another thirty minutes after the rehearsal with the Cherub Choir, finishing at 6:15 p.m.

The Cherub Choir (for children ages three through first grade) learns fundamentals of music and liturgy and sings at the 10:30 a.m. service several times throughout the year, including at the St. Francis Day service, and on Christmas Eve.

The Alleluia Choir (for children in second through eighth grades and first graders with excellent reading ability) learns about music and liturgy and sings at the 10:30 a.m. service several times from September through May, at the St.Francis Day service, at Lessons & Carols, and on Christmas Eve.

The Good Shepherd Choir rehearses on Wednesdays from 7 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. and is open to all adults and high school students. The choir sings at the 10:30 a.m. service each Sunday (with a pre-service rehearsal at 9:45 a.m.), at a few evening services throughout the year, and on Christmas Eve.

Please contact Lawrence Goering at 252-442-1134, ext 5 or

lgoering@goodshepherdrmt.org for more information about any of our choirs.

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Hallelujah!

Psalm 150:6

Morning Prayer

Morning Prayer is on hiatus until Wednesday, Sept. 11. Please plan to join us then.

Lemonade Stand Update

Capson, Walter, Lake, and Harry Tobias raised $660.00 with their lemonade stand project and donated the proceeds to the Church of the Good Shepherd Pantry Box in memory of Corinne Landis. Yes, you read that correctly! These young people did an awesome job and the folks who use the Pantry Box are blessed by their wonderful work.

August 22

Janet Bethune

Mary Louise Kasper

August 23

Lauren Tedford

August 24

Martha Daniel

Kristin Mangano

August 26

William Daughtridge IV

Molly Wilson

August 28

Andrew Mitchell

Charlotte Mitchell

Blessing of the Backpacks

Thank you, Father Eric, for blessing

our backpacks last Sunday!

Summer Youth Fellowship and Fun

for Grades Pre-K to 5

Please join Youth from The Church of the Good Shepherd, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and First Presbyterian Church for a pool party at Benvenue Country Club!

Sunday, August 25th 2 - 4 p.m.

Grades PK - 5th grade

Drinks and snacks will be provided for children

RSVP to brenningj@gmail.com by August 19th

Around the Diocese and Beyond!

Want to learn more about

events and opportunities

the Diocese of North Carolina is presenting?

Click here for more information about:

Grand Opening: The Pauli Murray Center

September 7, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., 906 Carroll St, Durham

The ECW Harris Evans Conference

September 6, 7-8:30 p.m. via Zoom

Parish Prayer List

For those in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity: especially Jeanette Belfield, Richard Hunter, Atticus Cooper, Hal Peck, Linda Mattocks, Chris Poole, Gregory Strickland, Bruce Biggs, Don Fish, Reid McAuley, Willie Skinner, Debbie Freas, Bobbi Weeks, and Bill Hudgins.

For continued health and healing: 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:

For those who have died: Corinne Landis and Logan Barnes.

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

In case of illness, a death in the family, for other pastoral emergencies, or to request a pastoral visit please contact church leadership via email at churchofthegoodshepherdrm@gmail.com

252-442-1134 churchofthegoodshepherdrm@gmail.com

www.goodshepherdrmt.org