Serving this Sunday

8 a.m.

Altar Guild  Lalor Smith and Jeanette Belfield;

Celebrant The Rev. Becky Zartman Carpenter; Eucharistic Minister Lalor Smith;

Flower Guild Sally Harris and Britt Myers; 

Reader  Catie Roche

10:30 a.m.

Acolytes Noah Seale and Oscar Seale

Altar Guild Jeanne Shannon

Audiovideo Engineer  Ron Sowers

Eucharistic Minister  Ashley Moss

Flower Guild  Sally Harris and Britt Myers

Greeters  Kenneth and Deborah Burnette

Musicians  Julianne Wilson, soprano; Lawrence Goering, organist

Presider  The Rev. Becky Zartman Carpenter

Vestry Counters Kenneth Burnette and Emily Dwight

This week at Good Shepherd

Christmas Pageant This Sunday January 5

We plan to have our annual Christmas Pageant on Sunday, January 5th, at the 10:30 a.m. service. We will have a brief rehearsal in the church at 9:50 that morning and then will put on costumes in the choir area of the parish hall.

If possible, please contact Lawrence Goering at lgoering@goodshepherdrmt.org or call 252-813-0190 if your child would like to be in the pageant and let us know what role your child prefers. We would like to include as many children's names as possible in the bulletin.

That said, ALL children are welcome to participate in this memorable and fun pageant.

Coffee Hour Please join us for coffee and goodies in the Parish Hall after the 10:30 Service

Choir Practice for all choirs and Mid-week Eucharist at Noon on Wednesday both resume Wednesday, January 8.

Please support this important fundraiser that helps people in dire need in Rocky Mount.

Please RSVP to Nan Bayless at 252-908-3087.

Parishioners Celebrating Birthdays This Week

January 2

Jeannette Belfield

January 5

Deborah Anne Fryar

Eleanor Haley

January 8

Ennis Pearce IV

Parish Prayer List

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

For continued health and healing: 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: Samuel Barden Rosenbower, son of Allie Laughery Winstead Rosenbower and Alex Rosenbower



For those expecting the birth of a child: Morgan and Benton Moss



For those who have died:

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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