August Is Ministry Month

This week we focus on many of our Prayer - Give - Serve Ministries - primarily those ministries that focus on our buildings and grounds, fellowship, finance, and community care. 

Love, Active Caring, and Servanthood are the core of who we are, and we share these with one another so well (and with our neighbors beyond Good Sam - focus on our Outreach ministries is still to come!).

Yesterday, you received an email with video (and written) reflections from those who are already participating in these ministries, sharing where they find joy in their service – and inviting you to do the same. Prayerfully consider where you might find your joy. You may sign up for any of this week's highlighted ministries HERE.

If you missed yesterday's Ministry Month email with the reflection videos, you may see it by going to: https://conta.cc/3ArcBTZ

In This Issue...

• NEW - August is Ministry Month for August 28
• Weekly Calendar
• TONIGHT!- Fun Friday Fiesta!
• THIS SUNDAY! - Party on the Pavement!
• NEW - Sunday School for All
• Rotation Sunday School Teachers & Helpers Needed
• Computer Gurus Needed
• Children's Ministry Registration
• Youth News!
• Cash in the Plate

Calendar

Saturday, August 27

• 4:00 PM - The Worship Email goes out

Sun., August 28 - 12th Sunday After Pentecost - Ministry Month!

• 8:15 AM - Holy Eucharist Rite I
• 9:30 AM - The Lectionary Class - church library
• 9:45 AM - Adult Choir Rehearsal
• 10:30 AM - Holy Eucharist Rite II - live-streaming
• 11:30 AM - Reception in Henslee Hall for the Tuckers
• 11:45 AM - Party on the Pavement!
• 4:00 PM - Prayer Shawl Ministry

Tuesday, August 30

• 10:00 AM - Holy Eucharist and Healing Service

Wednesday, August 31

• 10:30 AM - Staff Meeting

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COMING UP @ GOOD SAM:

• Christian Education & Formation for ALL Begins - Sept. 11
• Trunk or Treat - in October!

TONIGHT!

Join Us For:

Fun Friday Fiesta!

Friday, August 26

5:30-7 PM

Join us TONIGHT, Friday, August 26 from 5:30-7 pm for the first of our FOURTH FRIDAY FUN & FELLOWSHIP parties!

Each month, there’ll be a different theme. For August, we’re calling this inaugural event “FUN FRIDAY FIESTA”. Sangria, margaritas, and non-alcoholic drinks will be available, along with plenty of chips & guacamole, cheese dip, crackers, veggies, etc. We’ll even have music & games!!

Let’s get together and have some summer fun. If you can’t stay the whole time, that’s ok. On your way to dinner? Stop by on your way. Had an early dinner? Stop by on your way home….whatever fits your schedule. Come as you are – see you there!

Party on the Pavement

THIS Sunday, August 28

After the late service

REMINDER: after the late service - join us for Party on the Pavement!!

All children, youth, and their families are invited for an informal gathering, right after church. We encourage you to pack a picnic lunch, bring your bikes, scooters, or skates and we'll have some fun. More details will follow soon. Oh, and Popsicles will be served!

Christian Formation & Education for All

Begins Sept. 11

9:30 - 10:15 AM

The fall program year takes another leap forward on September 11 when Christian Formation and Education for all begins.

As you may know, the adult Lectionary Class has been in session for several weeks now, meeting at 9:30 am in the church library. But, on September 11, the Children's Rotation Sunday School gears back up as well as the Adult Henslee Hall Class. In addition Sinead, our Youth Minister, has some fun plans for Youth Christian Ed with the beginning of Coffee & Conversation in the Youth Suite.

Be on the lookout for more information in our weekly e-news and on the website. 

Register Your Child(ren) for Sunday School & Children's Ministries!

Are your children Sunday School aged? We would LOVE you to register your child(ren) so we can learn a little about them and have all contact information up to date.

Go HERE to register your child. Thank You!!

Youth News & Events!

A NOTE FROM SINEAD!

I am so excited to resume our Good Sam Youth Programming for Fall 2022-23.

We have all kinds of new ideas and events this fall, and I hope that you will find ways for your family to engage in the offerings. Please reach out to me ([email protected]) with questions, concerns, barriers to attendance, etc. I am here to help!

• Club 45 is for youth in grades 4/5. I am looking forward to our monthly events (lunch and activities following church)

• Good Sam Youth (grades 6-12) will meet 2-3 times a month, mostly for youth lunches following worship, but they will also have other activities like Operation Backyard service days, serving meals at Tyson House @ UTK Sunday evenings, etc. 

We will have Diocesan youth activities, which provide our youth a chance to connect with others from across Knoxville and East TN. These events include Happening (high school retreat), New Beginnings (middle school retreat) and various other retreats and events for youth. **The first one is Sept 9-11th for middle/high schoolers at Grace Point!

We will also have a few mission trips, both overnight and weeklong, that are typically open to youth 12+.

We will do Confirmation class for 9-12th graders over the course of the year, with a few meetings, designed to fit your busy schedules while providing a meaningful experience.

There will also be fundraising opportunities to help increase the funding we have for youth programming and mission work.

A very preliminary schedule of some highlighted events includes:

• August 28: Youth Mission Trip Team gives sermons! Picnic, popsicles, party on the pavement after worship! 11:30-1

• 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/ )

And SO MUCH MORE!

I look forward to seeing you all soon!

Sinead

Cash in the Plate

The Cash In The Plate For August 28 goes to United Thank Offering (UTO), a ministry of The Episcopal Church for the mission of the whole church,

UTO encourages people to notice the good things that happen each day, give thanks to God for those blessings and make an offering for each blessing. UTO uses 100% of collected donations to support vital projects in the US and around the world. Over the next three years, the United Thank Offering will focus on areas of ministry that serve those society has left out and left behind. The 2023 grant process will concentrate on the growing incarceration crisis with ministries that seek to prevent incarceration and support individuals who have been imprisoned. Thank you for your support.

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 "UTO" in the memo line).