The Church of the Good Shepherd

231 North Church St.

Rocky Mount, NC


eShepherd March 13, 2024






This Sunday at Good Shepherd

The Fifth Sunday In Lent




March 17, 2024


8:00 AM

Rite 1 Holy Communion


10:30 AM

Contemporary Language Service of Holy Communion

with choir and congregational hymns.

Live streamed at gslive.org


Happening at Good Shepherd



We welcome the Rev. Juliana Lindenberg to both services this Sunday.


Children are invited to join Children's Chapel during the 10:30 service, returning in time for the peace.


Do stay after the 10:30 service for Coffee Hour in the Parish Hall lobby!




Wednesday, March 20:


  • 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.


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Easter Lilies in Memory or Thanksgiving


Each year the church is decorated with Easter Lilies for Easter Sunday. 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, March 24, 2024.


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Coming up at Good Shepherd



Holy Week Schedule of Services:


March 24 Palm Sunday – services at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.


March 28 Maundy Thursday – Eucharist at 6:30 p.m. with foot washing and stripping of the altar


March 29 Good Friday – service at noon


March 31 Easter Sunday – services at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.




Sunday, April 14, 5:00 p.m. The Rocky Mount Flute Choir: Marvelous, Musical, and Broadway Moments

This candlelight concert, the fifteenth in memory of Lynn Kroncke, will feature vintage and recent music from Broadway and musical films. This program has been rescheduled from the previously announced February date.

For more information, please contact Lawrence Goering at 252-442-1134, ext. 5 or lgoering@goodshepherdrmt.org.



We welcome the following priests to Good Shepherd through the end of March:


March 24

Rev. Juliana Lindenberg


March 31

Rev. Juliana Lindenberg


April 7

Rev. Shawn Schreiner


April 14

Rev. Bill Bennett


April 21

Rev. Juliana Lindenberg


April 28

Rev. Bill Bennett

Vestry Update


The Vestry is pleased to announce that Britt Myers was voted to serve as Senior Warden. Thank you Britt for your willingness to serve in this important position during this time of transition.


From Around the Diocese


NEW: Learn the Art of Pysanky

March 30, 9:30 a.m., St. Mary's, High Point


Please join the Rev. Jim Melnyk and St. Mary's, High Point, on Saturday, March 30, as we learn the art of pysanky, Ukrainian Easter egg dying and decorating. We will begin at 9:30 a.m. Registration is required, and participants will need to pre-purchase some supplies. Please email Amy Campbell to sign up.


Pysanky is not suitable for small children. However, we will have materials for children to dye eggs they can take home, and have activities to keep kids having fun while adults and older youth learn and create.


Learn more and see the supply list.


Give Up Your Silence: A Lenten Invitation


The Diocese of North Carolina invites you into a reflective space this Lent, a space you can incorporate into the Lenten practice you've chosen. You are invited to discern ways you might give up your silence and lend your voice to uphold the values consistent with the teachings and example of Jesus. You are invited not into direct action (yet) but into a time to learn and think. How might you give up your silence to ensure the dignity of every human being?


Just as Lent can be honored in different ways, so, too, can giving up your silence take different forms. But before you take action, you must discover why it matters to you. May this Lenten season be one of learning and discerning.


Explore Give Up Your Silence.


Want to learn more about other

events and opportunities the Diocese is presenting?

Click here for information



Parish Prayer List


For those in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity: especially Debbie Freas, Mary W. Dawson, Bob Hyatt, Frank and Notie Vay Meadows, Presiding Bishop Curry, Ron Coone, Bobbi Weeks, Debbie Dildy and Bill Hudgins.


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: John Thomas Williams, Latanya Atherley, Jack King, Charlotte Battle Robbins, and Bonnie Tharrington Kane.

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

252-442-1134 churchofthegoodshepherdrm@gmail.com

www.goodshepherdrmt.org

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