Happening this week at Good Shepherd

This Sunday



We welcome Rev. Bill Bennett to both services this morning. Children are invited to join Children's Chapel during the 10:30 service, returning in time for the peace.

Please join us at 5 p.m. for Advent Lessons and Carols. This much-loved annual candlelight service, sung by the Alleluia and Good Shepherd Choirs, will include traditional carols, hymns, and anthems. All are invited to this service and reception that will follow in the parish hall.

Wednesdays

• Morning Prayer at noon. This short service is a wonderful way to center your week on those things that matter most. Please join us.
• Cherub Choir Practice from 5:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
• Alleluia Choir Practice from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.
• Good Shepherd Choir Practice at 7 p.m.

We welcome the following priests to Good Shepherd through Christmas Eve.

December 17

Rev. George Greer

December 24

Rev. Bill Bennett, 8 a.m.

Rev. Shawn Schreiner 5 p.m.

Save the Dates!

Sunday, December 10- 5 p.m. Advent Lessons and Carols

Saturday, December 16- 2 p.m. Emily Baker Hyatt funeral service in the sanctuary. Online condolences may be made at www.davislittlefunerals.com

Sunday, December 17- 10:30 a.m. Children's Christmas Pageant, Annual Meeting following the Pageant

Sunday, December 24- 4:30 p.m.Prelude to the Five o'clock Christmas Eve Eucharist at 5 p.m.

The Good Shepherd Choir and soloists will sing favorite Christmas anthems and carols. The prelude will also include organ, trumpet, and violin music.

Sign-up for the Christmas Pageant!

We plan to have our annual Children's Christmas Pageant on Sunday, December 17th, at the 10:30 a.m. service. We will have a brief rehearsal in the church at 9:50 that morning and then will put on costumes in the choir area of the parish hall.

Volunteers have already signed up to portray Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. We still need volunteers for the roles of Angels, Shepherds, Wise Men, Isaiah, animals, and a star. We also need older youth to volunteer to read lessons at the pageant.

If your child would like to be in the pageant, please contact Lawrence Goering at lgoering@goodshepherdrmt.org or 252-813-0190. We would like to include as many names as possible in the bulletin that will be printed on Wednesday, December 13th.

Outreach Committee Update

Christmas Stars 

Did you sponsor a child this year? If so, please remember to bring your gifts this Sunday and drop them off in the Parlor.

If you haven't sponsored a child, and you would like to, please click the link above. If you would like to sponsor a child, but need elves to do the shopping, contact Gayle Edwards at 252.903.2782.

Star gifts should total $60-80 per child and be dropped off with name labels in the parlor by Sunday, Dec. 10th.

Every Member Response Pledge Campaign Update

We are pleased to report that more than 55 households have already made their pledge, with more than 70% increasing their giving for the coming year. We are 83% of the way to meeting our financial goal for Every Member Response and fully supporting our ministries in 2024.

We’re incredibly grateful for your generosity and enthusiasm, and we encourage those who have not pledged to consider joining us in making one now. You can pledge by clicking here.

Poinsettias in Memory or Thanksgiving

Each year the church is decorated with poinsettias for the twelve days of Christmas. You may order one in memory of or in thanksgiving for a loved one. The cost is $15.00 per plant. Order forms can be found in the pews and on the tables in the entranceways to the church. Orders are due by Sunday, December 17th.

Annual Meeting



Church of the Good Shepherd's Annual Meeting will be held following the 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday, December 17. After the Eucharist, the congregation will hear from the Sr. Warden and vote on the new slate for Vestry.

Parish Prayer List

For those in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity: especially Presiding Bishop Curry, Bobbi Weeks, Beth Oden, Debbie Dildy, Bill Hudgins, Randolph Reid, Ernest Jones, Martha B., and Roy Thompson.

For continued health and healing: Lib Blackburn, Becky Bryan, Elizabeth "Sister" Cherry, Albert Ervin, Frances Gaither, Dwight Johnson, Corrine Landis, Reid McAuley, Boo White, and Brent Wilson

For the blessings of this life:

For those expecting the birth of a child:

For those who have died: Pam Wells, Mason Moore, Butch Moss, Emily Baker Hyatt.

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