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Parish Office Hours

Monday-Thursday, 9 AM - 5 PM; Fridays by appointment

Please note: the Parish Office will be closed Good Friday and Easter Week

Pastoral Care Emergencies

Please call the Pastoral Care Support Line 919.831.2008.

Prayer Requests

Please CLICK HERE to submit a prayer request.

THURSDAY, MARCH 21st

Palm Sunday Liturgy

Since the introduction of the “new” prayerbook in 1979, it has been the practice of many churches, including The Church of the Good Shepherd, to combine the traditional Palm Sunday service with aspects of the Good Friday liturgy, most notably, the reading of the Passion narrative. This joint observance was a response to a decline in attendance at Good Friday services. While this change ensured that most people heard the Passion narrative at least once before Easter Sunday, it also resulted in a somewhat diminished Palm Sunday liturgy.

This year at The Church of the Good Shepherd we will be making a small adjustment to the Palm/Passion Sunday liturgy in an attempt to restore the prominence of the Palm narrative while also making room for the Passion.

The Liturgy of the Palms will begin outside the church at 10:15 AM with a palm procession that will lead us into the Sanctuary (this year, we will joined for this outdoor portion of worship by Raleigh Mennonite Church, who have also invited us to take part in their longer procession around the city block at 10:00 AM).

Instead of hearing the Passion narrative in the middle of our liturgy, the account of Christ's suffering and death will be read at the end of the service following the post-communion prayer. The congregation will then leave the sanctuary in silence. We hope you find this “inverted” approach compelling and meaningful. See you in church.

Holy Week and Easter Worship Schedule

March 24 || Palm Sunday

8 AM Liturgy of the Palms and Holy Eucharist
9 AM Sunday School and Adult Formation
10 AM Palm Procession with Raleigh Mennonite Church (outdoors)
10:15 AM Liturgy of the Palms and Holy Eucharist* with Children’s Chapel

March 27 || Holy Wednesday

12 Noon Holy Eucharist

March 28 || Maundy Thursday

7 PM Holy Eucharist with Foot Washing and Stripping of the Altar*

March 29 || Good Friday

12 Noon Solemn Liturgy*
7 PM Taizé Service

March 30 || Holy Saturday

7 PM The Great Vigil of Easter*

March 31 || Easter Sunday

7 AM Holy Eucharist at Sunrise (in the church)
9:45 AM Children Gather for Easter Egg Dash
10:15 AM Festival Eucharist with Flowering of the Cross* and Children’s Chapel
11:45 AM Fellowship Time

* Service to be livestreamed

Parking for Holy Week & Easter

Please note that the owners of 200 W Morgan Street (former Diocesan House) and First Baptist Church have graciously offered their respective parking lots to the parishioners of Good Shepherd as indicated below:

The parking lot at 200 W Morgan Street is available*:

Palm Sunday morning until early afternoon
Maundy Thursday evening (6:30-9 PM)
Good Friday for both noon and evening services (11:30 AM-1:30 PM and 6:30-8 PM)
Holy Saturday for The Great Vigil of Easter (6:30-9 PM)
Easter Sunday morning until early afternoon

*Parking at 200 W Morgan Street at other times may result in ticketing.

The parking lot at First Baptist Church is available:

Good Friday for both noon and evening services
Holy Saturday for The Great Vigil of Easter

On-street parking is complimentary from 6 PM and on weekends.

Top Of Mind

It's Not Too Late! Final Lenten Fellowship Supper

Our final Lenten Fellowship Supper will be held tomorrow evening, Friday, March 22, 6-8 PM, at the home of Beth Hahn and James Joslin (2512 Hinton St, Raleigh 27612). Our Fellowship Suppers have provided wonderful opportunities to strengthen our community by making new friends and deepening relationships. To sign up for tomorrow evening's supper PLEASE CLICK HERE. Contact: Peg Dorer

The Easter Bunny Needs a Hand!

The Easter Bunny is in need of 200 plastic easter eggs and goodies to stuff them! Please avoid goodies that contain nuts or may melt in the heat. The eggs will be used for the Good Shepherd Easter Egg Dash on Easter morning! Please drop off your donation of eggs and goodies at the Parish Office by this Sunday morning. Thank you!

Save the Date!

Celebrate Good Shepherd Sunday, April 21

Mark your calendars for our Homecoming, Sunday, April 21st, Good Shepherd Sunday. We will welcome everyone home as we joyfully celebrate 150 years of The Church of the Good Shepherd. Join us after the 10:15 worship service for a potluck luncheon and art expo where we will recognize and rejoice in the talents and treasures of parishioners both past and present. Contact: Peg Dorer

Can You Help with Fellowship Time?

Please consider signing up to bring snacks for Sunday Fellowship Time or (if you are not able to host a Fellowship Time) to donate some snacks for the Fellowship Time Pantry. Please note that there is now an entry to add an "In Memory/In Honor Of" slot. This will also appear in the Sunday Bulletin. Please CLICK HERE to sign up. Thank you! Contact: Peter Miller

Love Letters to Good Shepherd

As part of our 150th Anniversary celebration, we are collecting memories, fun moments, thoughts and calling it Love Letters to Good Shepherd. Be sure to drop your letter in one of the two special boxes: you’ll find one on the table in the east transept (as you travel between the church and the Parish Life Center) and one in the Parish Life Center in the first-floor bookcase display spot. The “letters” will be part of our 150th Homecoming event on April 21st. Contact: Elizabeth Gant

Congregation in Conversation during Lent

Here's this week's quote for consideration:

“But if the world is watching, we might as well tell the truth. And the truth is, the church doesn’t offer a cure. It doesn't offer a quick fix. The church offers death and resurrection. The church offers the messy, inconvenient, gut-wrenching, never-ending work of healing and reconciliation. The church offers grace."

This Sunday during Adult Formation at 9, we’ll be reflecting on the next two sections of Searching for Sunday, Confirmation and Anointing the Sick. Whether you’re nearly finished with the book, or never started please join us for a lively discussion!

As part of our Lenten journey this year, we are inviting the whole congregation to join in reading Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans. In this book the author relates the story of her own concerns and frustrations with the church, as well as those of her Millennial generation. By exploring her own relationship and understanding of the sacraments of the church, Rachel Held Evans helps us explore our faith and our mission as the church.

From the Parish Register

Welcome the West Webb Family!

We offer thanks to God for bringing the West Webb Family to The Church of the Good Shepherd!

Peter Webb (formerly of United Church of Chapel Hill (UCC)) and Jessica West (formerly of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Westfield, New Jersey) have two daughters. Abigail (Abby) is 5 and attends Renaissance Montessori in Cary. Nora is 2 and attends the Infant and Toddler Center at First Baptist Church. Jessica and Peter are both attorneys and live in Boylan Heights. The whole family enjoys trips to the beach and Raleigh's many parks. They can't wait to make lots of friends at Good Shepherd.

Prayers and Cards for Rev. Andrew

Please continue to hold Rev. Andrew and his family in your prayers. If you would like to send Andrew a card, his home address is

1409 South Street

Durham, NC 27707

Save the Date

Summer Retreat at the Beach!

Friday, July 12- Sunday, July 14 at Trinity Center in Salter Path, NC

Stay tuned for details!

Please keep reading...more news follows!

A Note to Parents, Grandparents, and Caregivers of

Our Youngest Beloved

Are you receiving emails and updates about childrens activities and events? If not, be sure to CLICK HERE so we're able to be in touch. Thank you!

Sunday, March 24

8:30 AM - 12 Noon || Nursery care available (infant to 4 yo)

9 AM || Sunday School (Preschool through Fifth Grade) -- On 3/24 we’ll be using washable markers and water to make butterflies: wear play clothes please! Join Justin+, Ms. Elizabeth, and Mr. Cliff for our Lent Sunday School series as we move "From Caterpillar to Cocoon to Butterfly." Through games, stories, art and music, we follow the Monarch butterfly's life cycle, as each stage serves as a symbol of the process of spiritual growth which happens to us during Lent and culminates on Easter in joy and new life.

To register for future classes (to be sure we have enough supplies), please EMAIL TARA SUMANASENI! For more information/questions please contact Imogen and Justin. We would love to hear from you!

10:15 AM || Children's Chapel

Sunday, March 31 || Easter Sunday

9:45 AM || Please meet for the Easter Egg Dash

10:15 AM || Flowering of the Cross & Children's Chapel

Save the Date!

June 24-27 || Vacation Bible School

Rev. Imogen recently announced plans for Vacation Bible School this summer: "we'll provide a half-day program this summer from June 24th through June 27th. You can expect all the beloved elements, including Elizabeth Gant's art and Ian Finley's storytelling. But this year there will also be a VBS musical, Oh Jonah! courtesy of our Music Director Clifford Badgley. And our goal is to have 30 children participating in this year's VBS. Here's how adults can help:

1. Share your excitement with all the preschool through 5th Grade children (and their parents/caregivers) in your life. They do not need to be related to you, live in Raleigh, or join Good Shepherd. We want to introduce as many people as possible to the unconditionally loving and creative community at Good Shepherd. Your word-of-mouth invitation can help us do that more than you know!

2. Pencil in those dates and consider if you would like to be an adult or youth volunteer. Children's ministries don't just shape and change the lives of little ones. They change and shape the faith of adults. I have seen it happen, and I know it will happen this summer. "

Questions or want to be involved in our VBS planning process? Please EMAIL REV. IMOGEN - she would love to hear from you!

Contact: Rev. Imogen

Episcopal Youth Community

Sunday, March 24

EYC Bowling Trip || 5:30-7:30 PM

Join the elite athletes of the Episcopal Youth Community for a night of bowling at the stylish Kings Bowl in North Hills (141 Park at North Hills St). We’ll meet at Kings at 5:30 PM and pick up will be at 7:30 PM. The cost of this event is $25 but feel free to pay what you can. Dinner will be provided. Retro attire encouraged. See you on the lanes!

Upcoming Dates

April 7 EYC: Group Building
April 13 Enloe High School Production of Les Mis
April 21 EYC: Movie Night
April 28 EYC: Defining My Values

For more information about the Episcopal Youth Community at The Church of the Good Shepherd, EMAIL THE REV. JUSTIN GABBARD or give him a call at 859-630-2835.

To receive text messages about upcoming EYC events, CLICK HERE to be added to the list.

Celebrating 150 Years

The Church of the Good Shepherd

150th Anniversary

Honoring Tradition, Growing in Faith, Building Community

Stay tuned for opportunities to celebrate!

Coming Up

Friday, March 22

12 Noon || Stations of the Cross

Church, Contact: Richard Netherby

6-8 PM || Lenten Fellowship Dinner

PLEASE SIGN UP HERE, Contact: Peg Dorer

Palm Sunday, March 24

The Sunday of the Passion

8 AM || Liturgy of the Palms and Holy Eucharist, Rite I

8:30 AM-12 Noon || Nursery Care Available

9 AM || Christian Formation for All Ages

Kids

Sunday School (PLC 2nd Floor) -- Please see Kid's Corner, above, for more information.

Adults

Bible Study with Debbie Moyer (Room 304)

Lenten Formation Offering with Jon Stoddard (Ennis Suite) -- Come discuss Rachel Held Evans’ Searching for Sunday in which Evans explores faith through the lens of the sacraments and shares her “thorny relationship with the church.” This Sunday we’ll be reflecting on the next two sections of Searching for Sunday, Confirmation and Anointing the Sick. Whether you’re nearly finished with the book, or never started please join us for a lively discussion! Please see Top of Mind, above, for more information about our Congregation in Conversation initiative during Lent.

10 AM || Palm Procession with Raleigh Mennonite Church

10:15 AM || Liturgy of the Palms and Holy Eucharist, Rite II, with Children's Chapel

Please gather outside the church

Please note: There is no Fellowship Time on Palm Sunday

5:30-7:30 PM || EYC

See EYC News, above

Contact: Rev. Justin

Holy Tuesday, March 26

10:30-11:30 AM || Bible Study with Rev. Nancy

Ennis Suite

5:45-6:45 PM || Bible Study with Rev. Nancy

3110 Belvin Drive, Raleigh 27609

Holy Wednesday, March 27

8:30-9:30 AM || Bible Study

Ennis Suite

12 Noon || Eucharist in the Church

30-minute Eucharist with anointing

"I choose to attend the noon Eucharist service on Wednesdays because it is a rare midweek gift of peace, reflection, and communion. Led by Rector Imogen, the 30-minute service is a small, intimate gathering, so the experience feels personal, poignant, and powerful. The stillness and beauty of the sanctuary at that hour simply deepen the experience and its lessons — to remember who we are, and our purpose, and to renew our faith." Todd Cohen

6-7 PM || Handbell Choir Rehearsal

Contact Cliff Badgley

7-8 PM || Choir Rehearsal

Contact Cliff Badgley

Maundy Thursday, March 28

8:30-9:30 AM || Books & Bagels

Chanticleer Cafe & Bakery at 6490 Tryon Road in Cary. This is a lovely congenial spot with great food and plenty of free parking. We would love to have you join us. Contact Jean Knepley (586.216.2369).

7 PM || Holy Eucharist with Foot Washing and Stripping of the Altar

This service will be livestreamed

Parking is available at 200 W. Morgan Street (6:30-9 PM)

Good Friday, March 29

12 Noon || Solemn Liturgy

This service will be livestreamed

Parking is available at 200 W. Morgan Street (11:30 AM - 1:30 PM) and at First Baptist

7 PM || Taize Service

Parking is available at 200 W. Morgan Street (6:30-8 PM) and at First Baptist

Holy Saturday, March 30

7 PM || The Great Vigil of Easter

This service will be livestreamed

Parking is available at 200 W Morgan Street (6:30-9 PM) and at First Baptist

Easter Sunday, March 31

7AM || Easter Eucharist at Sunrise

8:30 AM-12 Noon || Nursery Care Available

Please note: there is no Sunday School or Adult Formation today

9:45 AM || Children Gather for Easter Egg Dash

10:15 AM || Festival Eucharist, Rite II with Flowering of the Cross and Children's Chapel

11:30 AM || Fellowship Time

Parish Life

Our altar, last Sunday, the Fifth Sunday in Lent

Photo courtesy of Peter Jezierny

ONEWake's 2024 Strategic Goals

Contributed by Jeff Whittaker

In last week's newsletter I reported on the 2023 accomplishments shared at ONEWake's Annual Meeting on Thursday, March 7th. This week I'm excited to share ONEWake's strategic plans for 2024. For more information, please contact Jeff Whittaker.

Episcopal Coalition: Habitat for Humanity

Good Shepherd's next date to support Habitat for Humanity is April 6th. That's the day the Good Shepherd team will work on site and help provide lunch for the team. Hearts, hands, enthusiasm and energy are wanted to build a community where everyone feels valued. You will be working with a team to build a safe and affordable home in our community. Where? 24 Kelley Meadows Drive, Knightdale.

To sign up for a shift to work, please CLICK HERE. You're welcome to sign up for any date/shift available, but please keep in mind that April 6th is the date assigned to Good Shepherd to support. Contact: Don Blankenship

To sign up to help provide lunch for the team on April 6th, please CLICK HERE. Contact: Karen Boyne.

Ways to Serve

If you are looking for meaningful ways to serve the parish, please consider the ministries listed below. The contacts listed will be excited to provide more information.

Acolytes: David Roten
Altar Guild: Caryl Fuller
Chalicists: Jennifer Tlusty
Flower Guild: Judi Mathis
Lectors: Jennifer Tlusty
Livestream: Ed Sharp

Update!

Parish Finances

PLEASE CLICK HERE for a budget update (through February 29). Thank you for your faithful financial support of our church and our ministries.

Meet Our Partners

Learn More about Good Shepherd's Partners

From The Diocese

Be sure to check out the latest news and Information from the Diocese.

The Church of the Good Shepherd Prayer List

Roy Wright; Carolyn Owens; Janet Gilliam; Ralph Sanders; Pete Taylor; Martha Bailey; Peggy Hawks; Ginny Byrd; Mitchell Lawrence; Darrell Dennis; Janie Ward-Newton;

William Short; Catherine and Bob Williams; Fran and Paul Hoch; Carolyn Watson;

Brinley Harris; Don Caudill; Shirley Caudill; Larry Bledsoe; The Most Rev. Michael Curry; The Rev. Andrew Phillips; the students, faculty, and community of St. Augustine’s University; Carter Halloran; Stephanie Rivers; Watson Pugh;

Barbara Cato; Pat Moser; Pat Harris; Arlene Loder; Mary Best; April Roberts;

Charlotte Netherby; Virginia Musselman; Paul Henry and The Henry Family;

The Pias Family; The Netzer Family;

Logan Miller and Justin Williams and The Miller Family;

Beth Hahn and James Joslin and The Hahn Family; The Lylerly Family;

The Zomorodi and Gambrell Family; The Cook Family;

the people of Israel and Palestine; and the people of Ukraine and Russia.

And we pray for those who have died, that they may have a place in your eternal kingdom, remembering especially Joe Eddie Gambrell, Jr., and Gwen Cook.

The people of The Church of the Good Shepherd are eager to join you in lifting your prayers to God. Please tell us how we can pray with you by CLICKING HERE to submit a prayer request.

Prayer requests added to our public prayer list will be refreshed every month; please feel free to resubmit them if you would like them to remain on the prayer list.