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For April

All Tuesdays – Bible Study 7 – 8:30pm
April 2nd  – Brotherhood of Saint Andrew 7pm
April 3rd & 17th – Fun With friends
All Thursdays – Adult Choir Practice
April 4th  -- 7pm – Property Committee Meeting
April 6th – Easter II
Inquirers’ Group – 11:30am
April 7th – Ruth’s Children, 7:30pm
April 13th – Easter III
Parish Breakfast – 9am
Vestry Meeting – 11:30am
April 14th – Women at the Well –7pm
April 16th – Good Shepherd’s Quilters – 6:30pm
April 19th – Church Clean-up Day – 8:30am – noon
April 20th – Easter IV
Prayer Chain Meeting – 9am
Brotherhood of Saint Andrew – 11:30am
Page Turners
Supper Group – 2:30pm
April 22nd – ECW meeting at Paulsboro
April 27th Easter V – Good Shepherd Sunday
Health & Wellness Presentation – 11:30am 

For May 

May 1st  – ASCENSION DAY
Holy Eucharist – noon & 7pm
Fun With friends 1 – 3pm
All Thursdays – Adult Choir Practice
May 3rd – 8:30 to 11:30am  Vestry Retreat

May 3rd  & 4th  – Easter VI
United Thank Offering Weekend
Sunday School Recognition Day
Inquirers’ Group – Sunday at 11:30am
May 5th  – Ruth’s Children – 7:30pm
All Tuesdays – Bible Study – 7pm
May 7th -- Brotherhood of Saint Andrew 7 – 8:30pm
May 10th -- PARISH YARD SALE, 8 – 1pm
May 11th THE FEAST OF PENTECOST
9am – Mothers’ Day Breakfast
May 12th  – Women at the Well – 7pm
May 13th -- UTO Ingathering at the Cathedral
May 15th  – Fun with Friends, 1 – 3pm
May 17th – ART AUCTION – doors opening 6:15pm
May 18th – TRINITY SUNDAY
11:30 Brotherhood of Saint Andrew

2:30 Supper group
May 21st Good Shepherd Quilters – 6:30pm
May 25th – Pentecost II
Page Turners – 11:30am

 

 

ART AUCTION

In an effort to find ways to decrease our deficit for 2008, we proudly announce that we will be holding an ART AUCTION. The Marlin Art Gallery from Long Island, NY will be offering a wonderful selection of paintings and art works for auction. Wine and cheese and desserts will be served as well.

Please put on your calendars, Saturday evening, May 17.  The doors will open at 6:15 pm, the Auction will begin at 7 pm.  It will be a wonderful evening, come join us.

Tickets are $15, two for $25.  Come, bring a friend.  Help reduce our deficit.
 

SCHOLARSHIP FUND

To all our graduates going on to college, there is still time to apply for the Nancy H. Wasilnak/Good Shepherd Scholarship.  Also if you attend Pitman High School you can also apply for the Pitman Council of Churches Scholarship.  Please see Mother Pat+.
 

BIBLE STUDY

Our Bible Study discussion is now on the Nicene Creed.  We are looking at its origin and history, and considering how this document from 325AD impacts on our lives and the life of the Church in 2008.  Please join us on Tuesday evenings, 7 – 8:30pm


YARD SALE COMING

Saturday, May 10th, 8 am – 1 pm is the date and time.  Good Shepherd’s Parish Hall is the place.  Start your Spring-cleaning early.   We will begin to accept items for sale from April 27th on.  Some suggestions for donations would be household items, jewelry, (easily movable) furniture, bicycles, knick-knacks, and collectibles.  Please don’t bring books, clothes, shoes, towels or sheets.  

This is an important even which will benefit our Scholarship Fund.  This Fund helps our students going on to college with some of their expenses. 

Any questions, please see Lindsay Dmytro or call the Church Office 589-8209.
 

UTO

It's time again for the UTO drive!  The people of The Church of the Good Shepherd are known for their generosity and willingness to help those who are less fortunate.  I remind you that the UTO drive requests money from all Episcopalian Churches all over the world.  Those who are in great need prepare grants that outline how they will be better able to improve their ministry and thus request monies to carry out that need.  Every penny given goes to the grantees.  The Church absorbs administrative costs. 

We will be having our drive on April 26th & 27th and also May 3rd and 4th.  We thank you in advance for your generous support of this ministry!
 

 

 THE BISHOP’S VISITATION 

We are blessed to be having our new Assisting Bishop, the Rt. Rev. Sylvester Romero be with us at Good Shepherd on Sunday, September 7th at the 10am Holy Eucharist.  On that day, Bp. Romero will celebrate the Eucharist and Confirm and Receive into the Episcopal Church new parishioners. Please see Mother Pat if you would like to be part of the Confirmation Program starting in June..


 

FUN WITH FRIENDS

Fun with Friends continues to play on the first and third Thursdays from 1-3.  We have a varying group of from 10-20 each week who gather to play games and share a laugh or two.  If your schedule has changed and you want to try us out, you are welcome. 

No commitment here, come when you can.  We always welcome someone new (and someone "old.")

PITMAN PANTRY

Good Shepherd participates with several other Pitman churches in providing food for the needy through the Pitman Pantry.  The pantry is now located in the basement of the parish house of the first Baptist church of Pitman.  There are times when certain necessary items are in short supply.  Currently peanut butter is needed.  Also needed is additional help in filling the bags of food to be given out. 

Good Shepherd's dates for manning the Pantry are the even numbered Tuesdays of each month.  The Pantry is opened for recipients between 6 and 7 p.m.  Anyone interested in helping should arrive between 5:30 and 5:45 p.m.  Dress casually.  Thanks in advance. - Hal Johnson

WOMEN AT THE WELL

Memories from long ago, great ideas for the future, surprise at each woman's involvement through the years was just a small portion of the interesting evening we spent at Women at the Well.  As a newcomer, it was delightful to listen to the four "elder" parishioners as they walked down memory lane each in turn bringing a new event at the table.  It was refreshing to hear discussions from the seventies on and to realize that many women continued to be involved in the church of Good Shepherd.

BOOK GROUP

The PAGE TURNERS, aka, Good Shepherd Book Group meet once a month to discuss books from their current reading list of topical books.  During the next few months we will be reading & discussing:

 April 20th: Digging to America by Anne Tyler

May 25th: Tess of the Durbervilles by Thomas Hardy

June 22nd: Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maughn

July 20th: Double Blind by Michael J. Vaughn

August 24th: Schultz and Peanuts by David Michaelis 

Please join us.

THE GOOD SHEPHERD STIMULATION FUND

Just by looking at today’s stock market report, one can see how businesses are suffering.  It is nothing to see the Dow drop 300 points in a single day.  Much of the blame is being put on the housing market and the number of mortgages up for foreclosure.

Well, The Church of The Good Shepherd is also very much a business.  Our church depends on donations from its parishioners to support it.  As we all heard at this year’s Annual Meeting, we are working in a $13,000 deficit.

Now the US Government is giving the taxpayers an economic stimulation in the form of a tax rebate this coming May.  Our church treasurer, Lee Braidwood, suggested that if we tithe our rebate to the church, we could overcome our deficit.

 

CHURCH FLOWERS

Please remember your loved ones by dedicating the flowers on the Altar in their memory or in thanksgiving of special events.  Write a check for whatever you care to give (usually $40) and place it in the alms basin with a note attached or mail it to the Church office.  After the 10 AM service you may collect the flowers to take home with you. Many thanks to all of those who have participated in making our Altar look so beautiful.

 

RUTH'S CHILDREN

"Wherever you go, I will go," the widowed Ruth told her aging mother-in-law.  She chose to stay with the older woman and care for her even though it meant moving to a strange land.  Now that Bible story is relived in many forms as adult children of the elderly face the inevitable role reversal.  How do we offer care and maintain our relationships?  How do we know if we are making the correct choices?  How do we cope with feelings of guilt and anger?  Who will care for us?

This organization is a support group for children of senior parents.  This group is opened to the entire community, and will meet on the first Monday of the month.   It is a free flowing conversation in which we offer support and comfort to all who are facing the difficult task of caring for our aging parents. There is complete privacy and no judgment is ever made.    Not all participants are members of Good Shepherd.  

We may not have all the answers, but together we can explore the questions from a Christian perspective.  Call 856-589-8209 for more information.

Meetings of Ruth's Children will take place at Good Shepherd on the first Monday of each month from 7:30 to 9:00 PM.



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