The Church of the Good Shepherd

231 North Church St.

Rocky Mount, NC


eShepherd August 29, 2024

This Sunday at Good Shepherd

Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost

September 1, 2024



8:00 AM

Rite 1 Morning Prayer


10:30 AM

Contemporary Language Service of Morning Prayer

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

Flower Guild Pam Larimer and Sally Harris

Officiant Larry Duffee

Reader  Barbara Hicks

 

10:30 a.m.

Acolytes Andrew Hedgepeth and Will Daughtridge

Altar Guild Pat Weeks

Flower Guild  Pam Larimer and Sally Harris

Greeter  Jim Mullen

Intercessor  Paula Stiles

Musicians  The Good Shepherd Choir; Lawrence Goering, organist

Officiant  Larry Duffee

Readers  Howard Weeks and Mary Palmer

Vestry Counters 


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 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!


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.


Tuesdays on the Town

Do plan to join us at the next two Tuesdays on the Town, September 24 and October 8. We will meet in the usual location, between Hop Fly and Goat Island.

Sep 15

Good Shepherd Church Picnic

Please join us after the 10:30 service for a fun time of food and fellowship.

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A message from Oscar Seale


My name is Oscar Seale, and I am a Life Scout in Troop 5 here in Rocky Mount and am fundraising for my Eagle Scout project, which is to build storage for the Day School to hold supplies.


On Saturday, September 21, I will be having a car wash at Good Shepherd from 11 am to 2 pm. I will be accepting any cash donations for supplies to build the cabinet or things to stock the cabinet such as donations of wipes, toys, diapers, books, gently used children's clothing, etc.


Thank you for any support you can show.

Let's all get a clean car and support this excellent project.



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 29

William Barringer

Rebecca Bryan

Elizabeth Adams


August 30

William Daughtry

Eliza Bowen


August 31

Belinda Landis


September 1

Susan Becky Michelfelder


September 2

Quintin Mangano



September 3

Mary Craig

Walker Farish



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 Gwynn Spahn, Amy McCotter, 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: Morgan and Benton Moss



For those who have died: Mandy Lamm Bailey, 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

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