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T h i s W e e k a t G o o d S h e p h e r d
O c t o b e r 3 1 s t t o N o v e m b e r 6 t h SUNDAY SCHOOL
IS COMING!
Homecoming Sunday!
Sunday, September 11- Registration & BBQ
Sunday, September 18 - First Day of Sun-day School with Youth
Fellowship for all our children- 10 AM
Blessing of our refreshed classrooms after Church!
Blessing of the Backpacks…
As a way of marking the beginning of a new school year, and recognizing all of Good Shepherd’s stu-dents and teachers, Mother Susan will be doing a “Blessing of the Backpacks” on Sunday, September 18th. Please make sure all the school age children bring their backpacks (or laptop computers or IPads) to church for this important opportunity to receive a blessing for the beginning of a new school year!
Women at the Well
The Women at the Well are hosting a “Get to Know Us” event on Monday, September 12th at 7 PM in the Parish Hall. Please bring your meeting ideas, favorite wine/beverage and cheese/snack to share!
RSVP on the Sign-up Sheet in the Parish hall.
The Food Pantry We are trying a new approach for collecting dona-tions for the Pitman Food Pantry. Each week we will be collecting a different item. Next week, September 17th & 18th will be cereal. So, please bring in your donations of cereal on the 17th & 18th. All donations
are greatly appreciated and accepted.
Free Computer
We are getting rid of our old Sunday School Office computer. If you are interested in it please let the office know or tell Mother Susan.
Welcome!
Welcome to Church of the Good Shepherd. We’re glad you’re here! Episcopal worship is participatory. We stand, we kneel, we respond vocally during parts of the service, sometimes with singing! Please join in at your level of comfort. If you’d like to learn more about what we as Epis-copalians believe and do, or if you have any questions, please fill out one of the yellow cards in the pew and give it to Mother Susan or one of our ushers. We hope you feel welcome here and that you will come back often to feed your faith.
Pitman – Glassboro CROP Hunger Walk
(Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty)
It's that time of year again. The air is crisp, the leaves are falling and CROP Walk is upon us. Sunday October 16th is the date. Hopeful-ly you will mark your calendar and join us for either a 1 mile or 5 mile walk in an effort to curb hunger. If you are unable to walk and would like to contribute to someone who is walking or to the Good Shepherd team that would be greatly appreciated too. If you Google on your computer or phone Pitman-Glassboro CROP Hunger Walk you can donate on line to either an individual or the team. It's an easy and quick way to contribute. Of course you can also always give a walker a check or cash. Let's set a goal of $3,000.00 this year and 27 walkers. Thank you in ad-vance for your participation. If you have any questions please contact Gail Morton or Con-nie Parent.
P.S. The annual cookie sale that supports the Crop Walk is September 17th. If you are will-ing to bake your favorite cookies they would be most appreciated. They are to be in sand-wich bags of four each and it would be very helpful if you would let us know what they are. (Not in every bag, just once) They can be put in the screened in porch in the back of Connie’s house the evening of the 16th. Thanks again for your help.
Gail Morton
A Word About Receiving Communion in the Episcopal Church
All are invited to the Altar to receive. You may stand or kneel. If you do not wish to receive, but would like a blessing, cross your arms over your chest. If you decide to receive in one kind extend your hand for the wafer and cross your arms over your chest to decline the wine. If you desire to receive the wine you may guide the chalice to your lips by placing your hand gently on the chalice’s base and guiding it. Or you can dip your host (wafer) into the wine. Or you can give the host to the Lay Eucharistic Minister, who will dip the host into the wine and place it in your mouth.
Gluten-free Communion Hosts
Gluten-free Communion hosts are available for those with allergies. Please let the priest know.
Bible Study
We are now looking at the Book of Acts. How did a rag-tag group of disciples become the Church? How did all of this get going? 7PM on Tuesday nights.
Inquirers’ Class
INQUIRER'S CLASS will meet on Sunday, June 5, following the morning service in the Conference Room. Our topic this month will be "Evil, Suffering & A Loving God." Mark your calendar for the next study of Up-pity Women of the Bible! We'll begin on Thursday, September 8 at 9:30 a.m. (following Morning Prayer). Our focus for this study will be the book of Judith. Watch for more details toward the end of summer.
A Word About Receiving Communion in the Episcopal Church
All are invited to the Altar to receive.
You may stand or kneel. If you do not
wish to receive, but would like a bless-
ing, cross your arms over your chest. If
you decide to receive in one kind extend your
hand for the wafer and cross your arms over
your chest to decline the wine.
If you desire to receive the wine you may guide
the chalice to your lips by placing your hand gen-
tly on the chalice’s base and guiding it. Or you
can dip your host (wafer) into the wine. Or you
can give the host to the Lay Eucharistic Minister,
who will dip the host into the wine and place it
in your mouth.
Gluten-free Communion Hosts
Gluten-free Communion hosts are available for those
with allergies. Please let Mother Susan know.
Contemplative Prayer Time Before Our Worship Services
Come for quiet prayer time on Saturdays and Sundays. Saturdays at 4:30 PM for the 5:30 PM service. Sundays at 9 AM for a quiet time from 9 to 9:45. We ask that all who come early to church hon-or these times for quiet prayer and contempla-tion.
Prayer Request Box
If you have a prayer request please fill out one of
the cards from the pew rack in front of you and
then, before you leave, please drop off your
prayer in our new Prayer Request Box on your
way out – or anytime! All Prayer Requests re-
main confidential.
T h i s W e e k a t G oo d S h e p h e r d
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Pentecost 17 September 10 & 11 Saturday 9/10 - 9:30 AM Saturday at the Movies 5:30 PM Holy Eucharist Sunday 9/11 - Homecoming Sunday 10 AM Holy Eucharist Sunday School Registration & BBQ Monday 9/12 - 7 PM Women at the Well - ECW Tuesday 9/13 - 9 AM Morning Prayer 9:30 AM Caring Hands Wednesday 9/14 - 7 PM Property Committee Thursday 9/15 - 9 AM Morning Prayer 9:30 AM Uppity Women of the Bible 7PM Choir Practice
Pentecost 18 September 17 & 18 Saturday 9/17 - 9 AM Altar Guild Meeting CROP Walk Cookie Sale 5:30 PM Holy Eucharist Sunday 9/18 - 9 AM Parish Breakfast 10 AM Holy Eucharist 10 AM Sunday School starts 11:30 AM Vestry Meeting 11:30 AM Page Turners Sunday School Teachers Training Tuesday 9/20 - 9 AM Morning Prayer Wednesday 9/21 - 6:30 - 8 PM Good Shepherd Quilters 7 PM Holly Fair Meeting Thursday 9/22 - 9 AM Morning Prayer 9:30 AM Uppity Women of the Bible 7PM Choir Practice
Photos and Photographers Needed!
We need photos for our newsletter and occasionally for this publica-
tion (the tri-fold). Do you have some recent photos of church events?
They can be from your phone or whatever. Just send them via email
to Maryanne, our Parish Administrator goodshepherdpit-
[email protected]. And take pictures! Thank you!
Holly Fair The first organizational meeting for Holly Fair is Wednes-day, September 21st at 7:00 PM in the Parish Hall.
Sunday School Teacher Training Sunday, September 18th after church
Monday, September 19th at 7pm
T h e E p i s c o p a l C h u r c h o f t h e
G o o d S h e p h e r d
Phone: 856-589-8209 Email: [email protected] Fax: 856-582-2306 Http://www.goodshepherdpitman.org/
The Rev. Susan E. Osborne-Mott, Rector [email protected]
315 Highland Terrace Pitman, New Jersey 08071
Parish Office Hours The Regular Business Hours of the
Parish Office are: Monday through Thursday
8:30AM to 2:30PM. Friday - 8:30AM to 1:30PM
Pentecost 17
September 10 & 11, 2016
Pastoral Emergencies
If a Pastoral Emergency should come up for you, hospitalization, death in the family, please call the Church Office 856-589-8209 or after Office hours please call Mother Susan at 732-759-4358.