Good Shepherd

Welcome to the Chapel of the Good Shepherd!

Good Shepherd is both an Episcopal Church in the Anglican Communion and a ministry of the Diocese of Indianapolis to the campus community at Purdue University. We have just about all the things you would expect an Episcopal Church to have: “Ritual, Communion, and Free Food!”

Worship Schedule

This Sunday
29 January 2012
Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
10:00 am & 6:00 pm

Readings
Deuteronomy 18:15-20
Psalm 111
1 Corinthians 8:1b-13
Mark 1:21-28

Good Shepherd e-bulletin for 1/23/12

Next Vestry Meeting: Our next regular vestry meeting will be this Thursday, January 26, here at the church. Food and business both begin at 6:00 pm.

Outgoing vestry members are reminded to submit their committee reports from 2011 as soon as possible; please e-mail reports to Mark in the church office, sheep@goodshep.org

Congratulations to Sarah Mesrobian for being the winner of this year’s Angela Falzone Award!

Thank you to Carol and Jack Warner for volunteering to prepare the meal for the LUM shelter this coming Wednesday.

The Tuesday Meditation Group will not be meeting this Tuesday, January 24, due to conflicts with basketball parking. We’ll resume our normal schedule on Tuesday, January 31.

Evening Prayer on Thursdays! Mario Melendez has volunteered to lead services of Evening Prayer, on Thursdays, 8:00 pm, here at the church.

Wednesday Evening Book Group: Our current book is So Help Me God: The Founding Fathers and the First Great Battle Over Church and State, by Forrest Church. We’ll discuss the second half of the book (chapters 8-14, pp. 223-449) this Wednesday, January 25, 7:00 pm, here at the church. Our February book will be Did My Neurons Make Me Do It? Philosophical and Neurobiological Perspectives on Moral Responsibility and Free Will, by Nancey Murphy and Warren S. Brown. February meeting dates TBA; two copies of the book are available for borrowing at the church. Questions? Contact Mark Thomas at the church, 743-1347, sheep@goodshep.org

2011 Contribution Statements: If you would like a statement of your contributions to Good Shepherd for 2011, please contact Mark in the parish office, sheep@goodshep.org We can print out a copy of your statement for you to pick up at church, or we can convert it into an Excel spreadsheet and e-mail it to you.

Happy Birthday to Karen Lauterbach, January 22; and Aimee Jacobsen, January 29. Want to be included in our birthday list? Be Good Shepherd’s Facebook friend . . .

RITUAL

+During the school year, Sunday services are at 10:00 am and 6:00 pm.+ Child care is available at the 10:00 am service.

Meditation Group: No meditation on January 24. Please see complete announcement above.

Evening Prayer: Thursdays at 8:00 pm, here at the church.

Please take a moment to sign up to read the lessons, count the collection, distribute Communion, put out the candles, or pass out bulletins. It helps Sunday mornings go just a little more smoothly. The sign-up sheets are on the bulletin board in the foyer.

COMMUNITY

Sunday School/Godly Play: Our Christian education program for children, during the 10:00 am service. For more information, contact Meg Foley, mfoley410@hotmail.com or Don Lynam, dlynam@psych.purdue.edu

Wondering what to do with that old cell phone? Why not donate it to a good cause? Any old cell phones donated to the Lafayette YWCA will be programmed to dial 9-1-1 and given to at-risk individuals to be used in times of emergency. It could save a life! A box for donating old cell phones is located in the church foyer. Thank you to Ruth Dowden for the donation box!

ESA (Episcopal Student Association) Facebook Group: See the link on our ESA page: http://goodshep.org/newsite/purdue-esa/esa-on-facebook/

Good Shepherd Facebook Group: The link is on our home page: http://www.goodshep.org

FREE FOOD

Wednesday Lunch, with sandwiches from Jimmy John’s! Wednesdays, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, here at the church. Call or e-mail us with your sandwich order by 11:30 am, and we’ll make sure it’s included in the order: 743-1347, peter@goodshep.org

“KitchenArt” Coffee & “Mary Lou” Donuts before and after each Sunday morning service!! We have a copy of the New York Times, too

September 2011 Newsletter

Click here for the September 2011 newsletter in PDF format. If you didn’t receive a paper newsletter (mailed September 28) and would like to get on our mailing list, click on the “Contact Us” link in the right sidebar of our home page.

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