Update for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, October 17-18, 2026

The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost

Worship this Weekend

Saturday, 5:30 pm – Holy Eucharist: bulletin • livestream

Sunday, 10:00 am – Holy Eucharist: bulletin • livestream

Read this week's readings

Review this week's announcements

Explore this month's Connector

This Week at Good Shepherd

Saturday

5:30 pm – Holy Eucharist

Sunday

10:00 am – Holy Eucharist

11:00 am – Fellowship Picnic & Lunch

5:30 pm – Adult Zoom Small Group

Monday

10:00 am – Small Group in Adult Classroom

6:00 pm – Outside Group (Fellowship Hall)

Tuesday

6:00 pm – Vestry Meeting (Meeting)

Saturday

1:00 pm – Outside Group (Fellowship Hall)

5:30 pm – Holy Eucharist

Sunday

10:00 am – Holy Eucharist

5:30 pm – Zoom Adult Small Group

Confirmation 2027

If anyone is interested in receiving Confirmation in early 2027 please contact the office. 316-721-8096

Fall Grief Series: Finding Meaning

This fall, Good Shepherd will offer a grief series based on David Kessler’s Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief. The series will explore how we find meaning following the death of someone we love.

Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Good Shepherd Adult Classroom

Enter through the doors by Starbucks

You are welcome to attend one, several, or all of the sessions.

October 27: Making Room for Meaning

November 10: Meaningful Clues

November 17: Meaningful Changes

December 1: Meaningful Next Steps

Stewardship Pledges

Groups & Fellowship

Ladies Night Out – Wednesday, October 21st at 6:30 pm

@ Carlos O'Kelly's, 527 S Ridge Rd.

(Questions? Contact Danette)

Men’s Group Breakfast – Will be meeting on October 10th @ Fellowship Hall.

All men of the parish—and friends and family—are welcome.(Questions? Contact Bill)

Lunch Bunch – Wednesday, October 14th at 11:30 am

@ Applebee's, 320 S. Ridge Rd.

(Questions? Contact Morghan)

Laundry Love – Second Tuesday of each month at 5:30 pm

@ Spring Clean Laundromat, 416 N. Ridge Rd.

Helps provide laundry support for those in need. Donations welcome. Next Opportunity to volunteer - September 8.

(Questions? Contact Anne)

Your Financial Support Makes All the Difference

Throughout the year, your financial support makes a difference. Your vestry leadership, the parish staff, and clergy want to express our deep thanks to everyone who has been able to continue their pledge or regular financial contribution throughout the last three years. We can't do it without you!

Pledge payments, contributions to general operating, special seasonal offerings, memorials, and support for Outreach, the Operating or Outreach Endowments, the Rector's Discretionary Fund, or Youth can be sent to the parish office by mail or given online through Realm, our secure online-giving platform, by clicking the green button below.

If you haven't turned in a pledge card or would like to know more about how pledging helps support the church, please contact Parish Financial Office.

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A Prayer for the Week Ahead

Collect for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost

Book of Common Prayer, Page 234

Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us the gifts of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain what you promise, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.