This Week At Good Shepherd

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 Emily Bondy and Britt Myers;

Reader Catie Roche

10:30 A.M.

Acolytes Ann Price Harris and Julianne Wilson;

Altar Guild Sallie Colston and Susan Folta;

Audiovideo Engineer Ron Sowers;

Eucharistic Minister Howard Weeks;

Flower Guild Sally Harris and Pam Larimer;

Greeters Al and Barbara Hicks;

Intercessor Brandon Higson;

Musicians The Good Shepherd Choir;Lawrence Goering, organist; Presider The Rev. Becky Zartman Carpenter;

Readers Kim Bayless and Mary Palmer;

Vestry Counters Barbara Hicks and John Tobias

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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This week at Good Shepherd

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.

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.

Morning Prayer

Will you join us Morning Prayer at noon on Wednesday in the library? It is a time of quiet devotion.

Join us to play Mahjong with fellow Episcopalians from St. Andrew’s and Good Shepherd. To begin, let’s meet on Wednesday, November 6th at 6 p.m. in the parish hall at St. Andrew’s. Be sure to bring your 2024 card!

Kindly respond to Sissy Dunton 252-883-3464, Boyd Harris 252-904-6647 or Terry Noble 252-813-4646

Could you help?

Here are some ways you can help our neighbors in need.

Thanksgiving Boxes

Would you be willing to help make Thanksgiving a wonderful day for some of our neighbors in need? The Outreach Committee is seeking donations to build boxes. Each box will cost $50 to fill. Please make out a check to Church of the Good Shepherd with a note of Thanksgiving Box, or use an envelope in the pew to put cash in and note Thanksgiving Box, or donate using the button on our website. Every donation, regardless of the amount will help us get to our goal. "

Some Church Family Photos

Do you have any photos you'd like to share? Please email them to Susan Folta at eshepherd@goodshepherdrmt.org Thanks to Barbara Mullen, Cheryl Coppedge, Corey Folta and Ron Sowers for the photos in this edition. It's been quite an interesting year!

Parishioners Celebrating Birthdays this week



October 25

Noah Seale

October 26

David Rose

October 27

Jerome Hodges

Jordan Harrison

Emily Dwight

October 28

Aurora Pajeau

What's Happening in the Diocese and Beyond

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

Click here to learn about how we can help the Hurricane response, youth formation, information about voting and more!

Parish Prayer List

For those in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity: especially Whitney Herbert, Randy Reid, Dinah Fowlkes, Bill Harris, Aileen Harris, Sarah Coppedge Phillips, Amy McCotter, Jeanette Belfield, Atticus Cooper, 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: Betty Mullen and 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