The Church of the Good Shepherd

231 North Church St.

Rocky Mount, NC

eShepherd October 23, 2025

This Sunday at Good Shepherd

The Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost


October 26, 2025


8 a.m.

 

Altar Guild  Lalor Smith and Jeanette Belfield;

Celebrant The Rev. Becky Zartman Carpenter; 

Eucharistic Minister Al Hicks;

Flower Guild Emily Bondy and Jenny Williams; 

Reader  Barbara Hicks


10:30 a.m.

 

Acolytes Sadie Meadows and Will Daughtridge; 

Altar Guild  Jeanne Shannon;

Audiovideo Engineer  Ron Sowers; 

Eucharistic Minister  Howard Weeks;

Flower Guild  Emily Bondy and Jenny Williams;

Greeters  Jim Mullen, Doreen Facile, Kathy and John Tobias; 

Intercessor  Kim Bayless;

Musicians  The Good Shepherd Choir; Lawrence Goering, organist;

Presider  The Rev. Becky Zartman Carpenter;

Readers  Howard Weeks and Lance Daughtridge;

Vestry Counters  John Tobias and Jack Miller


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This Week at Good Shepherd


Friday, October 24 at 11:00 a.m., funeral service for Janet Bethune.


Saturday October 25 at 11:00 a.m. funeral service for Ron Williams.


Saturday October 25 at 2:00 p. m. funeral service for Harriet Moss.


Sunday, October 26th at 9:00 a.m, we will be holding a (pre-planned) “Leaving a Legacy” workshop. Led by Becky+, we’ll be looking at the funeral service theologically through liturgy and music, along with other practicalities both spiritual and temporal.


Fall Gathering Sunday, October 26 5 p.m. at Reuben and Boyd Harris' home. See below for details.


Choir Rehearsals This Wednesday-- Come sing with us!

The Cherub and Alleluia Choirs will rehearse Wednesdays with Cherub Choir starting at 5:00 p.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m. Alleluia Choir rehearsals will begin at 5:15 p.m. and end at 6:15 p.m. The two choirs will rehearse together from 5:15-5:30 p.m.


Mid-week Eucharist noon. All are invited to attend this healing service held in the Sanctuary.


Coming Soon!!! Fall Gatherings! Don't Miss Them!

Please RSVP today to srollings@goodshepherdrmt.org

October 22

Lily Dwight


October 24

Rebecca Moore


October 25

Noah Seale


October 26

David Rose


October 27

Jerome Hodges III

Oliver Harrison

Emily Dwight


October 28

Aurora Pajeau


Did we miss your birthday? Please email us at eshepherd@goodshepherdrmt.org



Parish Prayer List

For those in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity: especially Mac Martin, Ann Burke, Janet and Brian McMaster, Donna Andrews, Joyce Greening, Hart Wiggins, George Vargha, Helen Sharpe, Jim Poole, George Townsend, John and Irene Groobey, Jim Facile, Shannon Sutton, Florine McClain, Scott Sumrall, Joyce Cuthrell, Whitney Herbert, Dinah Fowlkes, Amy McCotter, Chris Poole, and Gregory Strickland.


For continued health and healing: Brent Wilson, Jeanette Benfield, Notie Vay Meadows, Bill Harris, Aileen Harris, Bill Hudgins, Mary W. Dawson, Becky Bryan, Albert Ervin, Frances Gaither, Dwight Johnson, and Boo White.


For the blessings of this life:



For those expecting the birth of a child: Mark and Sara Burnette and Kathryn (Hicks) and Jackson Bowen.



For those who have died: Harriet Moss, Ron Williams, T. Harris III, Janet Bethune, and Jane Bruce.



To add or remove people on the Prayer List please contact Cheryl Coppedge at coppedgecheryl@gmail.com. Please ask their permission before submitting. Please include an address in your email to Cheryl so that the Encouragement Committee may send a card.


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!

BZC+

252-442-1134 churchofthegoodshepherdrm@gmail.com

www.goodshepherdrmt.org


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