Good Shepherd will celebrate All Saints Day on Sunday November 3, 2024. This is a day in the church year when we traditionally honor loved ones who have died. If you have loved ones you would like to remember on that day, please email their names to our parish administrator, Megan Kennedy at assistant@gsecmd.org. Names submitted by Wednesday October 30, 2024 at 5 PM will be printed in the service bulletin and read aloud during the service. You are also welcome to bring pictures of your loved ones to display in the narthex.
Wednesday Bible Study - 11:30 am in-person with Deacon Linda Mahler
Telephone prayer meeting every Thursday at 9:15 am. The number to call to join the prayer meeting is 508-924-2778. If you have any questions contact Lynette Clark at 301-357-1726.
Updating our Photo Board: We are updating the photo board in the hallway, spearheaded by Liz Cocke. Diane Janesko, and Eric Reiffenstein are taking new headshot photos of members of our congregation, to make it easy for newcomers and visitors to place names with faces. The images are about 2" x 3" and will be used for this purpose only. Please connect with Eric or Diane after church to have your photo taken in the Narthex. We hope to complete this project in October. Thanks for your cooperation.
Documentary Film: Join or Die: In the past year, how many of us have participated in a group or organization other than Good Shepherd? Chances are, many of us have not. The fact is, participation in all types of organizations – churches, civic groups, scouting, PTAs, etc. – has decreased by about 40-50% since the 1970s. Social scientist Robert Putnam of Harvard University has studied this phenomenon over the past 25 years and has come up with some reasons for this decline – and what we can do about it! His work is documented in the film, “Join or Die,” which will be shown at Good Shepherd on Wednesday, November 6th at 7:00 PM. Please join us for a great film and the lively discussion that follows. (Watch the trailer link.)
From the Worship Team:
The Rev. Natalie Tinner, a graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary, will be with us to celebrate the Eucharist and preach November 17. We will have an adult baptism on that date, as part of the regular service. You are invited to join us for that joyous occasion. The Rev. Ann Moczydlowski will be preaching and celebrating with us on November 3rd and Nov 24th, Christ the King Sunday.
We are hard at work to make sure that worship at Good Shepherd is both beautiful and meaningful. There are several ways you can let us know how we’re doing, share ideas about what would make worship more fulfilling for you, or ask us questions:
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Come to a worship team meeting. Email Linda (mahlerlindal@gmail.com) for the Zoom link.
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Use this online form to give written feedback: bit.ly/GSECworshipfeedback. We see your comment as soon as you post it.
- Talk to one of us at church on Sunday.
The conversation continues.… Ray, George, Debbie, Linda and Lynn
Donating through Servant Keeper: Good Shepherd continues to be blessed by all of YOUR generous support! Thank you!! The Vestry and the Finance Committee are faithful and committed stewards of our finances. We now have expanded our online giving capability through our existing Servant Keeper application. This allows you to add the processing fees to your donated amount so the church is not paying them, as we do for PayPal. (The church is currently paying PayPal fees up to $2,000 per year.) The link for donating through Servant Keeper is: https://giving.servantkeeper.com/good-shepherd-episcopal-church. In the upper right corner are 2 green buttons: click on "sign up" to start your account. Servant Keeper will find your prior history and you can then establish a personal account (name and password). There are 2 modes of payment (credit card or bank transfer (ACH). There will be a checkbox to indicate whether you want to pay the fees for the donation. If you have any problems with setting this up, call Debbie at 240-393-5614. The advantage of having this account is you will have direct access to all your donations!!
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