FORMATION FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH, & ADULTS BEGINS SUNDAY! 

Sept. 11

9:30 - 10:15 AM

Please join us at 9:30 am this coming Sunday (and in the coming weeks) as we kick-off the Sunday School/Formation year.

Children and Youth meet downstairs with offerings for preschool through 12th grade. A light breakfast will be available; nursery is available for children under three. 

Adults have three Formation offerings:

• Henslee Hall Class (see the class description in the article below)
• Lectionary Class (meets downstairs in the library)
• Parent Coffee & Conversation (meets downstairs across from the Youth Room) 

In This Issue...

• NEW - Formation for Children, Youth, & Adults
• Weekly Calendar
• NEW - Ministry Month Wrap-up
• NEW - Adult Formation - Henslee Hall Class
• NEW - Women's Bible Study Group
• Book Group
• NEW - Good Sam Work Day
• Youth News!
• Cash in the Plate

Calendar

Saturday, September 10

• 4:00 PM - The Worship Email goes out

Sun., September 11 - 14th Sunday After Pentecost

• 8:15 AM - Holy Eucharist Rite I
• 9:30 AM - Formation/Christian Education for Adults, Children, and Youth
• 9:45 AM - Adult Choir Rehearsal
• 10:30 AM - Holy Eucharist Rite II - live-streaming
• 11:30 AM - Club 45
• 4:00 PM - Prayer Shawl Ministry

Tuesday, September 13

• 10:00 AM - Holy Eucharist and Healing Service

Wednesday, September 14

• 10:30 AM - Staff Meeting
• 5:45 PM - Women's Bible Study - zoom

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COMING UP @ GOOD SAM:

• Trunk or Treat - in October!

Ministry Month Wrap-up Sunday

Sunday, Sept. 11 - 9:30 am

Please join us this Sunday at 9:30 am in Henslee Hall as we kick-off this Adult Formation class with a wrap up of Ministry Month.

We'll once more highlight our Worship - Prayer - Serve - and Give ministries, hear about the joy that others find in serving, and allow for any questions. We'll also share those ministries where we still really need more volunteers and give people the opportunity to sign up if they have not yet.

Finally, we'll share plans for training dates and times for the various ministries (mostly Worship) where that applies.

ADULT FORMATION HENSLEE HALL CLASS

Sunday, Sept. 11 - 9:30 am

We begin with a pause. .  . 

"When we pause, allow a gap, and breathe deeply, we can experience instant refreshment. Suddenly we slow down, look out, and there's the world." 

~ Pema Chödrön

Last spring, Krista Tippett wrote to the On Being audience and community to share that On Being would be evolving from a weekly public radio show to a seasonal podcast. 

She also shared that during this time of transition, from the end of the weekly show in June to the beginning of the podcast in early 2023, On Being would offer a weekly newsletter called "The Pause," an invitation to step into the space of transition and pause. . . reflect . . . and breathe deeply. 

We will do the same as we begin Adult Formation and follow along with "The Pause" to reflect together on transitions, our connection to the natural world, being lost (and maybe found), mystery, rituals, timelessness, and more.

No reading or preparation is required ahead of time. 

No expectation to subscribe to "The Pause" newsletter yourself (though if you have and have been following along, please let Mother Elizabeth know - your experience will help in planning discussion and reflection!).    

Please join us on Sunday mornings through mid-October in Henslee Hall at 9:30 am to pause. . . 

Women's Bible Study

The Women’s Bible Study group is gearing back up! Facilitated by Mother Elizabeth, this group will begin on Wednesday, September 14 at 5:45 PM.

We will continue meeting via Zoom each week, but the first meeting each month will be in-person at Good Sam. We will return to our normal Tuesday evenings in November; please reach out to Mother Elizabeth for the full September and October schedule.

All women are invited to be a part of this Bible study group; if you’d like to get the weekly email containing the zoom link, please email the office at [email protected] and we’ll get you added to the list.

Book Group 

Thursday, Sept. 15

6:00 PM

Please join us for Book Group on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022 at 6:00 pm (please note that, for only the month of September, we are meeting on the third Thursday). We will be reading Gilead by Marilyn Robinson--synopsis:

"Gilead is an account of the memories and legacy of John Ames as he remembers his experiences of his father and grandfather to share with his son. All three men share a vocational lifestyle and profession as Congregationalist ministers in Gilead, Iowa."

In October, we will be reading The Matrix by Lauren Groff and in November we will be reading Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Good Sam Fall Work Day 

Saturday, Sept. 17

9am - 1pm

Dear Good Samaritans,

We love our church home so much and it is time for us to put that love into action with a work day.

The 2022 Fall work day will be scheduled for Saturday, September 17 from 9 to 1. There will be indoor and outdoor tasks. Please bring your own work gloves.

Leaf blowers, weed eaters, hedge-trimmers, and chainsaws are also welcome, but not required. Questions? Contact the church at [email protected].

Youth News & Coming Events!

• Sept 9-11: ETNYouth Fall retreat (grades 6-12) at Grace Point (https://www.etnyouth.org)

• Sept 11: Coffee & Conversations will begin 9:30-10:15 for youth grades 6-12, and for parents of children/youth (both in Youth Suite rooms), Christian Education for all ages is running concurrently.
• Club 45 - 11:30-1 in youth suite

• Sept 18: Coffee & Conversation 9:30-10:15. Youth Lunch 11:30-1 in youth suite
• KEY (Knoxville Episcopal Youth)- 6 PM at Tyson House

• Sept 25: Coffee & Conversation 9:30-10:15. Youth Lunch 11:30-1 in youth suite

• Oct 30: will be a Trunk or Treat party after worship!

• Nov. 11-13 - Happening Retreat for High schoolers at Grace Point, led by our own Ellie Graham!(https://www.etnyouth.org/happening)

• Nov 20: Rise Against Hunger event after worship. 

• Dec 27-Jan 1: Winterlight Retreat for High schoolers @ Kanuga (https://www.kanuga.org/our-programs/youth-conferences/winterlight/ )

Contact Sinead Doherty at [email protected] if you have questions. 

Cash in the Plate

The Cash In The Plate For Sept. 11 goes to Good Sam FISH Ministry.

Through a county-wide church network, FISH volunteers at Good Sam feed the hungry by delivering groceries. Our Good Sam teams serve in multiple ways: purchasing and stocking the food items; packing groceries into bags; taking telephone calls and entering information onto forms for the deliveries; organizing the delivery teams; and driving or assisting in delivering the bags of food. Your donations will help fund this worthwhile effort. Thank you for your generosity. 

You can make an online cash plate gift to the cash in the plate on the Good Sam online giving page. There is an option on the giving page to give to the "Cash in Plate". As always, you may also send a check to Good Samaritan. (Please designate that it is for "FISH" in the memo line).