December 4

Christmas spirituals, pageant, funeral ordination las

Beloved of Good Shepherd Church,

Grace to you and peace in Jesus Christ our Lord!

The church is alive! This weekend’s schedule of events at Good Shepherd makes that abundantly clear. On Thursday at noon our Artist-in-Residence, Alicia Helm McCorvey, will offer a lecture-recital on Christmas Spirituals. On Friday at 3:00 p.m. we will host a visitation for the family of our beloved, Barbara Groves, who died last Sunday. On Saturday morning 54 Good Shepherd kids and a host of volunteers will gather at the church for a Christmas Pageant rehearsal. On Saturday at noon we will have Barbara’s funeral service, followed by the ordination of Emily Badgett at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Then on Sunday morning at the 10:00 a.m. service we’ll have our annual Christmas pageant. Directly following that service the design and architecture firm, Lord Aeck Sargent, will enter the worship space to make a presentation of preliminary ideas in our strategic plans for buildings and grounds. What a weekend it will be! From stories and songs about the birth of Christ, to the burial of our beloved Barbara, to the blessing of Emily for ordained life, to conversation about our dreams for the future we’re going to go on quite a journey together over the course of the next few days. Come join us! All are welcome!

I pray that this Advent and Christmas season is for you a trip into the depth dimension of your own spiritual journey. Good Shepherd is here for you, to serve, among other things, as a vehicle into a closer relationship with God and your neighbor in love. Come join us.

Remember this always - God loves you, and I love you too!

Love is all,

Hendree+