Thanksgiving Eve Service, 7 pm, tonight November 25 via Zoom. Link will be sent via email announcement. Join Happy Hour Thanksgiving Evening November 26 at 5 pm. link
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
:  Mail in ballot applications have now been m
ADULT FORUM - Join me Monday, November 30th via Zoom in working together to create personal household Advent calendars. We will start with a short video from Episcopal Relief and Development. Then I will share some ideas for creating your own calendar to approach Advent intentionally and with hope. Bring any art supplies you have an also if you would like to include treats in your calendar!  Supplies you might have around the house: tissue paper, sandwich bags, paper towel/toilet paper roles, cardboard boxes, old ornaments, old little Christmas bags! On the next three Mondays (Dec. 7th, 14th, and 21st) we will watch more short videos and discuss the experience of making and interacting with an intentional Advent Calendar. We will meet at 6:30pm to 8pm and I will send out a Zoom link. Lara Case, Seminarian.

Looking for a family activity for Advent? Heifer International provides Fill the Ark, a four-week family devotional with a focus on gratitude for our blessings and a generous spirit of giving to our neighbors in need. This resource is free to download. Bringing family together during this hectic time of year is an excellent way to prepare our hearts for the celebration of our Savior’s birth.

Is your 2020 pledge up-to-date? If not, we ask that you bring it up-to-date as soon as possible. Please also consider pre-paying your November and December 2020 pledge payments. Do you make a plate offering? Not physically being in church these past eight months has significantly reduced our plate offerings. Would you consider making a financial donation to Good Shepherd to offset the shortfall? You can either send in a check to the church office, or go to the Good Shepherd website to donate online. Thank you for your continued and faithful support. Pledge on-line! Make your 2021 pledge on-line by clicking on this link. Or with your pledge card mailed to you in the Stewardship packet. 

Telephone prayer meeting every Saturday 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. 
SOCIAL MINISTRIES
New Partnership: Deacon Kathryn presents food collected by Good Shepherd to Luther Rice Memorial Baptist Church, our neighbor on University Blvd. Luther Rice operates a free food pantry the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month.

Next Food Drive December 5.

Good Shepherd! It is that time of year! Crossways Community Outreach Program.
There are no paper gift tag ornaments from which to choose but you can pick your gift from this online sign up venue, click
here " sign-up" for the gift(s) you will purchase. Drop your unwrapped gift off at GSEC parking lot on Saturday December 5 at 11 am during the Food Drive or Saturday Dec 12 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.  Please email me or call me if you have questions.  I am happy to sign you up for your gift and/or pick up your gifts if you are not able to drop them off. Nina and Phill Scott (301-588-1660).

New Blankets for Shepherd's Table - New blankets, not too large, please, are preferred. There are a number of stores where blankets do not cost an arm and a leg. Some of these offer "sales" and coupons. For suggestions, contact Lynn Wood or Debbie Beebe. Debbie is our coordinating link with Shepherd's Table. Please know that Shepherd's Table, MCCH, Bethesda Cares, and other such groups work tirelessly to move all their clients into warm, secure housing. None of them thinks that blankets to keep people warm who sleep outside is a permanent solution. Despite their best efforts, however, they still have clients who for their own reasons spend their nights outside. These folks are children of God. We as their brothers and sisters see in them the face of Jesus and respond as we are able. In the cold weather to come, blankets are essential.  

Shepherd's Table Wish List - A second way to respond to the needs of Shepherd's Table is through the WISH LIST link on their website:  https://shepherdstable.org.
Dear Good Shepherd family, 
Under the guidance and with information from the Bishop and Diocese, your leadership team (Clergy, Wardens, and Vestry) has begun discussions regarding reopening the church building. The Diocese has provided a phased approach to gathering for church worship and building use.

As always I am available to you in Spirit even as it is not possible to be physically together. Remember that my mobile number is 202-491-4340 and my email is rector@gsecmd.org and feel free to be in touch via text, phone or email if you have questions, need someone to pray with or someone to talk to. I am celebrating the Eucharist and discussing the readings on Facebook Live on Wednesdays at 11:30 am.  I encourage you to join these virtual worship opportunities as way of remaining connected to one another and the wider Church. Finally, we continue to provide updates via email and on Good Shepherd's website and Facebook page. (Link Below)
LESSONS AND CALENDAR
The First Sunday of Advent 
First Lesson: Isaiah 64:1-9
Psalm: 80:1-7, 16-18
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1:3-9
The Gospel: Mark 13:24-37

The Week of November 29, 2020
Sun 11/29 Virtual Eucharist via Zoom for Good Shepherd at 10:30 am
Live webcast: 11:15 am @cathedral.org, Manantial de Vida 2:30 pm Church
Mon 11/30 Adult Ed. 6:30 am.
Tues 12/1
Wed 12/2 Virtual HE via Facebook 11:30 am.
Thur 12/3
Fri 12/4
Sat  12/5 Telephone Prayer Meeting 9:15 am, SDA 9:30 am Church , Food Drive 11 am
Sun  12/6 Virtual Eucharist via Zoom for Good Shepherd at 10:30 am. Live webcast: 11:15 am @cathedral.org, M de Vida, 2:30 pm.
OFFER PRAYERS INTENTIONALLY TO GOD FOR ALL HIS PEOPLE: Irene Fletcher, Barbara Young, Oscar Mujica-Martorell (friend of Lillian Luksenburg), Winetta Moses, William Kocian, Stacy Scott (friend & family of the Scotts), June Samuelian (family of the Campos), Patrick and Tony Callahan (family of Susan Callahan), Scott DeMoss (family of Joan DeMoss).
Zoom Readers:
Nov. 26 Susan Womack, Donna Clemons-Sacks
Nov. 29 Florence Walters, Diane Russell
Dec. 6 Greg Wood, Laura Meissner-Denmark
Dec. 13 Lillian Luksenburg, Liz Cocke
Birthdays and Anniversaries:
November 29 - December 5: Sam Janesko, John Rees, Donna Clemons-Sacks.
Clergy & Staff
Rector
The Rev. David C. Wacaster
rector@gsecmd.org

Deacon
The Rev. Kathryn McMahon
deacon@gsecmd.org

Organist & Choirmaster
George Drumwright
music@gsecmd.org

Parish Administrator
Lynn Hutcheson
assistant@gsecmd.org
Vestry & Delegates
Senior Warden
Deena Groshong

Junior Warden
Jennifer Hendricks

Rosemond Cole
Shaun Hardy
Lillian Luksenburg
Joe Burckle
Boma Fubara
Jose Obando
Lynette Clark
Nina Scott
Vanvisa Sivali

Delegates
Cecily Thorne
Ray Groshong
Counters & Recorders (All serve on a rotating schedule, two counters and one recorder each Sunday)
Counters: 

Ray Battistelli
Frank Desmond
Kirk Franklin 
Becky Parks
Vanvisa Sivali
Adrienne Womack
Greg Wood
Jim Woodhams
Allen Wyrick
GOOD SHEPHERD EPISCOPAL CHURCH
818 UNIVERSITY BLVD. WEST SILVER SPRING, MD 20901
gsecmd.org