October 16 - Women's Bible Study
Starts 7 pm; dinner 6 - continues on the third Thursday of the
month; based on the fruit of the Spirit
Click for information on our new Bishop Elect, Herman (Holly) Hollerith, IV
Click for Acolyte
Festival Photos
Pictures of Ralph
Wood Weekend
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Sunday morning Adult class will
be on The Mighty Acts of God by A. B. Rhodes
Upcoming Special Dates:
11/16 - Reenactment Service
(patterned after one from the 1500's)
11/23 Deadline for vestry nomination
11/26 Thanksgiving service
12/21 Nativity Pageant
4:30 Caroling & Supper
12/24 7:30 Christmas Eve Service
1/6 Epiphany Service
1/11 Choral Evensong & Dinner
1/18 Annual Meeting
Congratulations
to the Bowmans on the birth of a new grandchild, Jane Edwards
Good Shepherd 100th Anniversary
T-Shirts are still for sale. Price: $10.00. Location: Parish
Hall at Sunday coffee hour. All proceeds go toward the 100th
Anniversary event/mailing costs.
New Parish Directory available
in narthex and library
Do we have
your email address? Please be
sure that we have your current email, so that we can inform you
quickly with important news.
Harriet Henderson has been awarded the
Peggy Sullivan Award by the American Library Association, which
gives the award each year to public library administrators for
supporting services to children.
CD, With a Voice of Singing, by the Good Shepherd Choir
will be available for
$5 by Easter Sunday. Call Ann Boelzner or see a choir member.
Click for
Pictures from the Parish Dinner
and program with the Bishop to celebrate
Good Shepherd's 100th year.
Nov. 16 is the next date to celebrate
Welcome to Darlene Spires our new Admin. Secretary.
She will be in
the office from 9 to 1, Monday thru Thursday. She comes from All Saints where she has worked with the music program for 17 years.
Brunch group get together page designed
by one of our youth, Rob Simmons
The Pony Pasture Pedal Pushers, First Bicycling
Adventure, July 26 -Another ride will be
planned soon.....
Children's Chapel for ages 3-7: During the hymn
before the gospel reading, the children process with their teachers and then
return to the sanctuary during the Peace to join their parents for Holy
Communion.
"Life is short and we do not have much time to gladden
the hearts of those who travel with us, so be swift to love, and make haste to
be kind." Anonymous
Women's Thursday Bible Study - Call M. Coreth
for more information. Summer schedule is different
Windsor Report
Study Group <-- paper from Suzanne Reamy
Freedom House feeding ministry Volunteers meet in church kitchen at 11
on the third Saturday to prepare food and then deliver it. Contact Val Bowman to help.
Volunteers are needed to prepare bag lunches and serve at the Freedom
House. On the fifth Thursday dinner will be served. Freedom House
provides shelter, staff and support services for the homeless.
Jim Riddle voluntarily tends the grounds each week and
could use a bit of help - call him to volunteer at 232 2335 or sign up at the
43rd St. entrance.
Palm Sunday:
Friday, 6:45 am, Men's Morning
Bible Study- All
men are welcome. At Chuck Coreth's home - 232-1598
St. Anne's Guild - 10:45 am - 1st Tuesday of the month in
the church library
St. Monica's Guild - 7 pm, 1st Tuesday of the month in
the Springhill House Conference Room
Choir Practice - Wednesdays at 7 pm
"O taste and see that the Lord is Good; happy
are those who take refuge in Him."
Prints on sale of the church
for $20 - two views
Church Directory is being updated.
Information to Darlene Spires in the office.
Volunteers Needed!! Wondering
how you can serve here at Good Shepherd? Sign up to be an usher, coffee
server, children's snack provider, money counter, nursery worker, or lay reader by calling the
church office at 233-2278. Many positions open.
The cost of flowers for the
altar is now $25.
Gardeners - We are
trying to establish flower beds to use as cut flowers for the altar guild.
If you are separating perennials or flowering shrubs that you would like to
share, call Val Bowman at 232-7718.
Would you like to remember
loved ones or a special occasion with flowers? Contact Eleanor Bradford, 233-2715 or the church
office.
ICE - A campaign encouraging people to
store personal details on their mobile phones to help identify
victims of accidents and disasters has taken off since the bomb
attacks in London. Users are being urged to enter a number
in their phone's memory under the heading ICE - In Case of
Emergency. Paramedics or police would then be able to use it
to contact a relative.
Farmer's Market in Forest Hill
Park, Saturdays 8-12 - started May '08 - great turnouts
Forest Hill Neighborhood Website
Stratford Hills
Website
Friends of the
James River Park (FOJRP) - Provides citizen support for the
conservation, enhancement and enjoyment of the James River Parks
and their natural and historic environments, to include sponsored
events, volunteer coordination, signs and park publications.
