Events today at Good Shepherd
8:30 AM Morning Prayer
About Good Friday
Please note that Stations of the Cross is offered at noon. The Good Friday liturgy will be offered at 7:30 PM.
HOLY WEEK AT GOOD SHEPHERD
April 2, Maundy Thursday
6:30 PM Agape Dinner: Mediterranean Potluck
7:30 PM Celebration of the Lord’s Supper (aka Maundy Thursday Liturgy)
April 3, Good Friday
12:00 PM Stations of the Cross
6:30 PM Soup & Bread Potluck Dinner
7:30 PM Sung Celebration of the Lord’s Passion (aka Good Friday Liturgy)
April 4, Saturday, Easter Eve
4:00 PM Setup and Cooking for Pizzafest
6:30 PM Pizzafest
7:30 PM The Great Vigil of Easter
April 5, Easter Sunday
7:40 AM Morning Prayer
8:00 AM Said Holy Eucharist
10:00 AM Sung Holy Eucharist
11:00 AM Easter Egg Hunt & Festive Coffee Hour
Collect of the Day
Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave his body to be whipped and his face to be spit upon: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident of the glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Office Readings for Year 1
JEREMIAH 17:5-10, 14-17
Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his arm, whose heart turns away from the LORD. He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.” The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt; who can understand it? “I the LORD search the mind and try the heart, to give to every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.” Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved; for thou art my praise. Behold, they say to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come!” I have not pressed thee to send evil, nor have I desired the day of disaster, thou knowest; that which came out of my lips was before thy face. Be not a terror to me; thou art my refuge in the day of evil.
PHILIPPIANS 4:1-13
Therefore, my brethren, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved. I entreat Eu-o’dia and I entreat Syn’tyche to agree in the Lord. And I ask you also, true yokefellow, help these women, for they have labored side by side with me in the gospel together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let all men know your forbearance. The Lord is at hand. Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, do; and the God of peace will be with you. I rejoice in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me; you were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. Not that I complain of want; for I have learned, in whatever state I am, to be content. I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound; in any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and want. I can do all things in him who strengthens me.
JOHN 12:27-36
Jesus said: “Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify thy name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” The crowd standing by heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not for mine. Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the ruler of this world be cast out; and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.” He said this to show by what death he was to die. The crowd answered him, “We have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can you say that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?” Jesus said to them, “The light is with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said this, he departed and hid himself from them.
Coming Events at Good Shepherd
April 25, Saturday – Saint Mark’s Day
5:00 PM Said Holy Eucharist
May 1, Friday – Saint Philip’s Day
6:00 PM Said Holy Eucharist – The Reverend Andrew C. Mead, Rector Emeritus of Saint Thomas Church, New York City, will be celebrant and preacher.
May 3, Sunday
The Reverend Andrew C. Mead, Rector Emeritus of Saint Thomas Church, New York City, will be preacher at the 8AM and 10AM services today.
May 8, Friday
7:00 PM Wine Tasting
May 14, Thursday, Ascension Day
6:00 PM Sung Eucharist
7:00 PM Steak & Wine Dinner
May 17, Sunday,
Sunday School Concert.
May 24, Sunday, Pentecost Father Matt’s last Sunday as Rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd.
May 29, Friday,
Relay for Life
May 31, Trinity Sunday,
Relay for Life
June 13, Saturday
TAG SALE
June 14, Sunday
Sunday School Graduation