Welcome Rev. Becky

The Church of the Good Shepherd

231 North Church St.

Rocky Mount, NC

eShepherd October 2, 2024

This Sunday at Good Shepherd

Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost

October 6, 2024

8:00 AM

Rite 1 Holy Communion

10:30 AM

Contemporary Language Service of Holy Communion

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;

Celebrant The Rev. Becky Zartman Carpenter;

Eucharistic Minister John Mebane;

Flower Guild Kathy Tobias and Jenny Williams;

Reader John Mebane

10:30 a.m.

Acolytes Sadie Meadows and Chydan Mullen;

Altar Guild Jeanne Shannon;

Audiovideo Engineer Ron Sowers;

Eucharistic Minister Will Pully;

Flower Guild Kathy Tobias and Jenny Williams;

Greeters Kenneth and Deborah Burnette;

Intercessor Susan Folta;

Musicians The Alleluia Choir; The Good Shepherd Choir;

Lawrence Goering, organist;

Presider The Rev. Becky Zartman Carpenter;

Readers Belinda Landis and Marzena Laszewski

Good things ahead!

Welcome Rev. Becky!

The St. Francis Day Service is this Sunday, October 6

- We will NOT have Children’s Chapel on Sunday since it is Rev. Becky’s first Sunday and pets will be in church.

- Children in the Cherub and Alleluia Choirs will sing this Sunday. Please arrive early if you plan to participate.

- Please bring your furry friends (on a leash or in a carrier) with you to the 10:30 service. Stuffed animals and pet photos are also welcome!

- Please plan to stay for a brief reception outside after church to meet Rev. Becky. Children are encouraged to bring homemade welcome cards for her!

If you would like to help those who were impacted by last week's hurricane in western North Carolina, please bring a check made out to Good Shepherd with a note "for Asheville Disaster Relief" on Sunday. We will send the money directly to the Rev. Scott White's discretionary fund at Trinity Episcopal Church, Asheville. You may also donate directly by using the button on our website, or clicking here

Choir Rehearsal Schedules

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.

- On Wednesday, October 2nd we will have a casual pizza supper in the Parish Hall following Cherub and Alleluia choir practice.

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.

Please contact Lawrence Goering at 252-442-1134, ext 5 or

lgoering@goodshepherdrmt.org, or click her e for more information about any of our choirs.

Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Hallelujah!

Psalm 150:6

Morning Prayer

Morning Prayer will resume on October 16 at noon in the library. Please plan to join us for a time of quiet devotion.

Tuesdays on the Town

Do plan to join us at the next Tuesdays on the Town, this Tuesday, October 8. We will meet in the usual location, between Hop Fly and Goat Island. In case of rain, we will meet inside just beyond Hop Fly.

Congratulations to Kathy Tobias and John Tobias, who were received into the Episcopal Church by Bishop Rodman last Sunday. Special thanks to Albert Ervin, Mary Palmer and Bob Hyatt who led Kathy and John through the journey to confirmation.

Below, the Right Rev. Samuel Rodman, Kathy Tobias and John Tobias.

What's Happening in the Diocese and Beyond

Want to learn more about events and information from the NC Diocese?

Click here for information about Keep Watch a mental health and suicide prevention program, Youth Confirmation Preparation Class, Cultivating Spiritual Sustainability with Bishop Marc Andrus, as well as new dates for 2025 Introduction to Dismantling Racism.

From The National Cathedral in Washington, DC:

Online Compassion Class

Tuesdays, October 1, 8, 15 and 22, 7 pm

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

Using the greatest commandment as a guide, we’ll explore how we love God, ourselves, and our neighbors with a grounded and compassionate heart. This class will combine teaching, personal reflection, spiritual practice and small group sharing as we explore the topic of compassion.

Learn more and register→

Parish Prayer List

For those in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity: especially Amy McCotter, Jeanette Belfield, Atticus Cooper, Hal Peck, Linda Mattocks, Chris Poole, Gregory Strickland, Bruce Biggs, 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:Reid McAuley.

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