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Upcoming Events
· 8/16 - 8/26 Parish Administrator away
· 8/25 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost 9:00 AM
· 8/25 Farewell Celebration for Nick Pothier
· 8/26 Contemplative Prayer 11:30 AM (Every Monday)
· 8/26 Brown Bag Lunch Book Discussion: 12:00 PM (Every Monday)
· 8/28 Wednesday Morning Prayer 9:30 AM
· 8/28 Recovery Dinner Church 5:30 PM
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· 8/28 - 9/2 Pastor Kathy on Reading Week
· 9/01 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Morning Prayer 9:00 AM
· 9/04 Wednesday Morning Prayer 9:30 AM
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· 9/8 Homecoming Sunday 9:00 AM
· 9/10 Contemplative Prayer 11:30 AM (Every Monday)
· 9/10 Brown Bag Lunch Book Discussion: 12:00 PM (Every Monday)
· 9/12 Wednesday Morning Prayer 9:30 AM
· 9/15 Two services begin again 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM
· 9/24 Aging & Spirituality begins
· 9/29 Nissitissit String Quartet returns, 4:00 PM
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Homecoming Brunch
When it's time to reconnect after the long summer, of course we do it with food! As is our tradition, we will be having our Homecoming Brunch on Sunday, September 8th at 10AM. Please follow the link to sign up and help out with our set-up, clean-up and donating food.
Sept 8th Homecoming Sunday Brunch - Donate
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Aging and Spirituality
Sep 24 - Nov 12, 2024
Tuesdays, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Back by popular demand. This class, taught by Deacon Nancy Meyer and guest experts, takes a deep look at Aging and how it can become one of the most profound spiritual practices of your life. In this class you will explore myths around aging, discover your Spiritual Gifts and more fully understand your Spiritual Needs. Through small group discussion, videos, and fun exercises you will learn how to make the most of every day, move from role to soul, and tap into your own natural wisdom.
When: Tuesdays September 24 to November 12 12:00 PM—3:00 PM
Class Leader: Deacon Nancy Meyer.
Cost: $35 for class materials
Any questions, please reach out to Deacon Nancy at deacon@cgsnashua.org
REGISTER HERE
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CGS Women's Group News!
Sunday SEPTEMBER 15
CGSW will host the Christmas Ornaments Painting Workshop to support the Stroll and Ginger Bread House Display and Fundraiser. This is new and a lot of thought and hard work have gone into it! Good Shepherd will make and sell wooden "gingerbread" ornaments to sell at the Nashua Holiday Stroll. Hopefully we'll have new designs every year and our friends and neighbors will make a tradition of collecting them just as they make a tradition of visiting our Gingerbread Village during the Stroll.
SO if you have a steady hand (and even if you don't) come to the painting workshop in the hall after the second service where you will find everything you need - unpainted ornaments, instructions and paint pens - to have fun and help the fundraising committee. For any questions please contact Mary O'Reilly at moreilly@cgsnashua.org or 603 424 2432.
CGS Women will provide the hospitality for both Coffee Hour and the Painting Workshop on September 15
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End 68 Hours of Hunger
These donations fill the weekend and summer gaps in food for elementary students and families.
In July CGS supplied 147 cans of soup and 17 cans of extra tuna! Keep up the good work, folks!
Aug - instant oatmeal only
Sep - canned vegetables
Drop your items in the basket as you enter the sanctuary and Sandy Desharnais will deliver them at the end of the month.
Thank you!
Louise Bessler
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Rector’s Discretionary Fund/Local Non-Profit Offering
On the last Sunday of each month the Offertory Plate gifts that are not pledges will be split between the Rectors Discretionary Fund which supports individuals in need with gas cards, grocery cards, rent assistance, etc. and a local non-profit.
The non-profit for August will be The Day Cafe @ St. Patrick's Parish.
Please consider giving a gift above your normal pledge on Sunday, August 25.
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Save The Date: Sunday September 8th
9:00 AM is our Homecoming Service to kick off the Program Year!
Save The Date: Sunday September 15th
After the second service there is a work session to paint ornaments that will be sold this year at the Holiday Stroll.
Save The Date: Sunday September 29th
Nissitissit String Quartet returns!
Save The Date: October 18th
Our Comedy Show Fundraiser is back!
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Honoring loved ones through Memorials
If you wish to honor a family member or friend on a special Sunday, you could donate money for the Altar Flowers ($60) or Wine, Wafers, and Candles ($25). Please contact Peg Wehner at 603-889-5067 or pegwehner44@gmail.com to discuss your wishes.
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Fellowship and Coffee:
Many people have been enjoying our fellowship time on Sundays, but we need your help to make it happen! We need some new faces and some of our parish groups to step up and host coffee hour. Please sign up below to help. New Summer signup available!
Coffee Hour Signup
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As Episcopalians we celebrate several church seasons every year—Advent, Lent, Easter... Each season has one or more special liturgical elements. These differences help direct the flow of our worship and draw us closer to the season's theme. For example, in Easter (a time of redemption,) we leave out confession. In Advent we light candles and look to Christ as our light in the darkness.
This year, we join the wider church to introduce the "Season of Creation" which runs from September 1st to St. Francis Day, October 4th.
As with other seasons you will notice some variations in our worship service. These changes are drawn from resources provided by the Episcopal Church to help us deepen our relationship with God’s Creation. We look forward to worshipping with you this "Season of Creation."
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One-Day Workshop with Music That Makes Community
St. Andrew’s Church, New London
Saturday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Offering paperless music, and skills to build congregational singing and community building. Open to all, especially choir directors, music leaders, any lay people who love to sing, and churches who want support in singing. Childcare will be provided.
Registration for this event will be distributed in July by St. Andrew’s Church via diocesan communications.
Contact office@standrewsnl.org with questions.
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Standing Up to Racism
Wednesdays, Sept. 4 - Oct. 9, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., on Zoom
The Reparations Task Force encourages participation in this four-week online course, led by anti-racism educator Anne Romney. Participants will look at racism in all of its forms—internalized, interpersonal, institutional, and systemic. Topics will include white privilege, white grievance, understanding the toll of micro-aggressions, and what it means to be an ally/accomplice in the fight for social justice, with emphasis on concrete actions people can do, small and large. Learn more and register here.
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Please consider joining "Team CGS" for the Nashua Water Walk on Saturday Sept 14th at Greeley Park at 9am or sponsor us with a donation. Kathy Cormier and Marcie Byrd will be available on Sunday Sept 8th after the service to answer any questions. Thank you! | |
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Tri-Dio Sacred Ground Circles Begin Again This Fall
Are you interested in joining others from the Episcopal Dioceses of Northern New England (and beyond) in a film-based dialogue series on race and faith? The third round of Tri-Dio Sacred Ground dialogue circles will start this fall and will include others from the wider Episcopal church and other denominations. There will be at least three circles that will meet at different times and on different days.
View the Sacred Ground Invitational video “We Bless You” by the Union of Black Episcopalians and Sacred Ground staff and learn more about Sacred Ground here. (Now with correct link.)
Representatives from each diocese are: Mary Provo of Maine, Betty Lane of New Hampshire, and Franci Vinal Farnsworth of Vermont.
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This week’s community prayer intentions for
Healing and Special Concerns
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Keith Adams
Aunt Joan & Family
Amanda
Jerry Armstrong
Rev. Kate Atkinson
Jerry Balcom
Becky
Jayme Bellafatto
Janet Boduch
Judy Boss
Brandi
Ella Brown
Leo Brunk
Adrienne Buckley
Martin Burboa-Reese
Brian Burgess
Brody Campos
Cindy Caradis
Charlene Core
Charlotte Davis
Heather Duquette
DeLuca Families
Julie Dunning
Robert Duquette
Roxanne Dwyer
Kathy Eckels
Jessica Emus
Charles Freiburger
Chuck Fitzpatrick
Fred A.
Jeanne Gregoire
Jacqui & Brian Hollenbeck
Chip & Sally Hulten
Marcy Klamka
Peter Langlois
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Friends & Family of
Pete Larochelle
Stephen Leather
Ken Lombard
Dawn Marie Long
Sandra Long
Colby Jean M.
Maddie
Hannah Malik
Philip Marinucci
Jane Metcalf
Virginia Mills
Elissa Morin
Jim Mutherbaugh
Myranda Newton
Susan Nutting
Tina Ostrowski Lincoln
Edith Pack
James Pelham
Shirley Phillips
Kevin Rebello
Kathie Rousseau
Samantha Rousseau
Heather Rossbach
Danil Shapovalov Family
Nicole Silvaria
Dawne Sosa
Katherine Swisher
Richard Tan
Terry Toland
Chris Walsh
Bonnie Whalen
Carroll White
Jennifer Zeleneski
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For Those Deployed in the Military
Alyssa Dyer, Alan James Epstein, Johnathan Epstein, Samuel Epstein, Robert Herendeen, Bryan Laliberte, Devon Lambert and Josh Lentz.
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Vestry - vestry@cgsnashua.org
Sue Corman (Sr. Warden)
Don Yelton (Jr. Warden)
Amey Fuller (Treasurer)
Susan Nutting (Clerk)
Vestry Members: Thom Arpin, Amanda Blair, Kathy Cormier, Mark Crepeau, Michael Engelsen, Doug Liles, Sarah Patton, Denise Thompson-Coutu, and Jane Wilkins.
Office hours Monday thru Friday 9:00 am. - 4:00 pm
Announcement submissions are due every Tuesday by noon :-)
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The Rev. Kathy Boss, Rector
The Rev. Nancy Meyer, Deacon
Church of the Good Shepherd Episcopal
214 Main Street
Nashua, NH 03060
603-882-5352
www.cgsnashua.org
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