The Rally Day Festival on September 7 will feature fun, food, and fellowship (and more!) for everyone in the parish.

Admission to Rally Day is free, but we hope that everyone will bring an item (or two!) for the Little Free Pantry.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! $$ All proceeds go to the Little Free Pantry- and proceeds are MATCHED! $$

An anonymous donor has said they will match dollar to dollar up to $1,000 for day of Rally Day earnings. Let's raise some money for a great cause! Learn more about the Little Free Pantry here.

Remember to bring…

• Supplies for the Little Free Pantry (see the Suggested Supplies here.)
• Cash or your credit card so you can
• Buy delicious homemade cookies
• Buy gently used books
• Take a chance at dunking one of our parish favorites!

4 W's

• What: Rally Day Festival
• When: Sunday, September 7, from 11:30 AM until 1:30 PM 
• Where: Right behind the church, in the Morgan Street parking lot
• Why: Our celebratory family reunion to 
• welcome everyone back to church after a long, lazy summer
• celebrate our parish
• re-energize and re-focus as we start our new program year
• learn about new opportunities to contribute, to grow, and to belong
• encourage and nurture our children 
• welcome newcomers
• support outreach efforts
• meet new friends
• socialize
• laugh, to play, to sing, to eat, to love! 

Bingo! This year we are hosting a Rally Day Bingo with some great prizes! Each festival attendee will receive a Bingo card to be completed by accomplishing specific tasks. Get two rows filled and return your card to the Annual Giving booth to be entered in a drawing a $250 Umstead Hotel and Spa Gift Card, $100 Umstead Hotel and Spa Gift Card, $50 Taverna Agora Gift Card, T-shirts, and more!!

Sway to the Music

What's a festival without music? The Hyde County Ramblers are going to keep us all swaying, bopping, and singing during our Rally Day Festival ... and yes, dancing is allowed! Come enjoy the music! 

Visit a Booth!

Learn more about opportunities at the parish, buy cookies or books, have some fun at the Dunking Booth, and more! All to support the Little Free Pantry.

• Pastoral Care
• Children and Family
• Green Team
• Outreach
• Buildings and Grounds
• Annual Giving
• Used Book Sale
• Cookie Bake-Off and Sale
• Dunking Booth (3 balls for $5 or a guaranteed dunk for $20)

Enjoy Lunch & Grab a Snack

What's a festival without fun festive food? Here's the menu: fresh off the grill hot dogs & hamburgers (yes, and veggie burgers and veggie sandwiches too) + the fixings! And you can look forward to chips, snow cones, Howling Cow ice cream, and cool beverages. We also have kids favorites including chicken fingers. And get this: absolutely no guilt if you're eating at a church function, so enjoy! 

Heartfelt thanks to all of our friends at The Shepherd's Table for their generous support of our Rally Day Festival. Thank you.

2025 Rally Day Dunking Booth Dunkees!

Check out these parish luminaries who have volunteered (or been pushed) to take a seat in the dunking booth this year to support Good Shepherd’s Little Free Pantry, a vital parish outreach ministry. Bring your cash and credit card—3 balls for $5 or a guaranteed dunk for $20!

• Rev. Imogen is returning to the Dunking Booth for her 3rd go-round! She says, “We’ve assembled an all-star cast of CGS enthusiasts ready to get wet. Now all that’s left is for you to bring your best throws so that we can make Rally Day 2025 a slam dunk for Outreach!”

• Callin Fee, George Hill, and Ryan Fee are issuing a challenge to all EYC’ers and acolytes: “dunk us if you can!”

• Esther Hall, the queen of stewardship, says… “I really hope you have bad aim.”

• Harry Johnson is making his initial splash in the Dunking Booth this year, and he’s challenging parents, bikers, and King Herod fans!

• Laura McArthur is excited to be getting dunked for outreach! She’s betting we have a bunch of noodle arms at Good Shepherd! Show her…

Please visit our website for more information, or contact David Baggett (919.831.2018).

News for the Week of Thursday, September 4:

Keep reading for this week's parish news:

• Announcements
• Adult Formation resumes
• Sunday School & EYC resumes
• Cheshire House Lunches
• Men's Lunch 9/11
• Out and About 9/14

• Worship With Us
• Sunday Schedule
• Service Livestream
• Service Bulletin
• Prayer List
• Support Our Parish
• Connect With Us

Announcements

Adult Formation Resumes Next Sunday 9/14 at 9 AM

• “Come and See What God is Doing!” (Room 323) On September 14 and 21, you are invited to “Come and See What God is Doing” at Good Shepherd, around the Diocese of North Carolina, and throughout the wider Episcopal Church.* On September 14th Rev. Imogen, along with class coordinator Lynn Hoke, will start off the fall with a spotlight on Godly inspiration in our midst. Join us to find out more about how God is at work among us individually and in our various parish groups and how our shared giving shapes and strengthens our life together.  

• Bible Study--The Gospel of Matthew (Room 303) Debbie Moyer will lead this class as they resume their study of Matthew.

Parents, Please Make Note!

• Kid’s Sunday School (4 yo-5th grade) resumes next Sunday at 9 AM.
• EYC (for youth 6th-12th grades) resumes next Sunday at 5:30 PM.

Cheshire House Lunches

Good Shepherd is signed up to feed the Cheshire House group (Episcopal Campus Ministry at NCSU) on a few Sundays this Fall Semester. We are responsible for providing a meal for 15-20 people, following their Sunday worship service. Please provide a vegetarian option. We are not aware of any other dietary restrictions at this time.  In addition to the meal, please include a bag of fruit and a dessert. No drinks or paper products are needed. Food must arrive between 11am-12pm. I listed two slots per Sunday in case you would like to buddy up. However, if you want to cover a whole Sunday just select both slots.  Questions? Email Karen Boyne . Thank you!

Sign up Here!

Monthly Men’s Fellowship Lunch – September 11

Men’s Fellowship Lunches take place on the SECOND THURSDAY of each month at 12 NOON at High Park Grill (625 E. Whitaker Mill Road). Come enjoy lively fellowship and a reasonably priced meal--no reservation is required and everyone is welcome! Contact: Jack Boyne (919.832.3641)

Worship With Us

Sunday, September 7

8 AM

• Holy Eucharist, Rite I

8:30 AM - 12 Noon

• Nursery Care Available (infant-4 yo)

10:15 AM

• Children's Chapel and Godly Play
• Holy Eucharist, Rite II
• Service Livestream
• Service Bulletin

11:30 AM- 1:30PM

• Rally Day Festival!

The Church of the Good Shepherd Prayer List

• Roy Wright
• Catherine and Bob Williams
• Janet Gilliam
• Ralph Sanders
• Pete Taylor
• Martha Bailey
• Peggy Hawks
• Janie Ward-Newton
• William Short
• Paul Hoch
• JoAnn Kistler Lattimore and Charles Lattimore
• Brinley Harris
• Don Caudill
• Janet Watrous
• Jerry Smith
• Margaret Park
• Lynda Terrell-Rea
• Susie Rahal
• Tamara Gregory
• Larry Phearse and Family
• Bob Kirchgessner
• Bob Wood
• Patricia Harris

• Diane and Gary Gabbard
• Randy Roberts
• Andrea
• Katie Beaudoin
• Ann and Afif Antoun and Family
• Mr. Dolando
• Jerry
• Molly Propst
• Smith Lingerfelt
• Maria
• The Rev. Sallie Simpson
• Carol Cato
• Regina Haggerty
• Peter Smith
• Nicholas Smith
• Perry
• The Moyer Family
• The Placa-Madsen Family
• The Riddle-Roberts Family
• the people of Israel and Palestine
• the people of Ukraine and Russia
• victims of gun violence
• those affected by drought, heat, floods, storms, and fires.

And we pray for those who have died, that they may have a place in your eternal kingdom, remembering especially Michael Riddle.

In the Diocesan cycle of prayer, we pray for Calvary, Tarboro; St. Luke’s, Tarboro; and St. Michael’s, Tarboro.

In the Anglican cycle of prayer, we pray for The Anglican Church of Southern Africa.

Prayer Requests: The people of The Church of the Good Shepherd are eager to join you in lifting your prayers to God. Please tell us how we can pray with you by CLICKING HERE to submit a prayer request. 

Prayer requests added to our public prayer list will be refreshed every month; please feel free to resubmit them if you would like them to remain on the prayer list.

Altar flowers from August 31, 2025. Photo courtesy Peter Jezierny.

Support Our Parish

If you are looking for meaningful ways to serve the parish, please consider the ministries listed below. The contacts listed will be excited to provide more information.

Connect with Us

Parish Office Hours

Monday-Thursday, 9 AM - 5 PM; Fridays by appointment

Pastoral Care Emergencies

Please call the Pastoral Care Support Line 919.831.2008

Prayer Requests

Please CLICK HERE to submit a prayer request. 

A Friendly Reminder…

Have you moved? Changed your phone number or email address? If so, please be sure to contact Parish

Administrator David Baggett (david.baggett@cgs-raleigh.org or 919.831.2018). Thank you!