This Week At Good Shepherd

Serving this Sunday

8 a.m.

Altar Guild  Lalor Smith and Jeanette Belfield;

Celebrant The Rev. Lauren Kilbourn; 

Eucharistic Minister Al Hicks;

Flower Guild Betty Norman and Ashley Moss; 

Reader  Barbara Hicks

10:30 a.m.

Acolytes Jack McKellar and Ann Price Harris; 

Altar Guild Betty Norman;

Audiovideo Engineer  Ron Sowers; 

Eucharistic Minister  Ashley Moss;

Flower Guild  Betty Norman and Ashley Moss; 

Greeters  Bill and Millie Walker;

Intercessor  Marzena Laszewski; 

Musicians  The Good Shepherd Choir;

Lawrence Goering, organist; 

Presider  The Rev. Lauren Kilbourn;

Readers  Corey Folta and Emily Bondy; Vestry Counters  

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.

Could you help?

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

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

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. "

St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals

Congratulations to Kathy Tobias and John Tobias, who were received into the Episcopal Church by Bishop Rodman on Sept. 29. 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.

Parishioners Celebrating Birthdays this week



October 10

Caroline High

Betsy Fritschel

Gus Haley

Ben Folta

October 11

Andrick Martinez

Jack McKellar

Gary Williams

October 14

John Mebane

Dillon Rose

Lucy Turner

Philip Curtiss

Susan Folta

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.

Parish Prayer List

For those in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity: especially 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