Sunday Mornings at Good Shepherd

• 8:45am Breakfast for Everyone!
• 9:15am Classes begin for everyone! Nursery Open!

Our Nursery is open and welcoming of all infant through three year olds. Linda Garciga and Nadine West are our permanent caregivers in the nursery. From 9am through the 10am service.

Adult Gatherings Upstairs and Down on Sunday mornings- 9:15 to 9:50am:

Coffee at the Courtyard

Where the Headline News and the Lectionary Scripture Interact in our Lives.

Facilitator through May: Tracey Copeland.
(UPSTAIRS COURTYARD AREA)

Adult Forum
Engaging Our Gifts and Passions: From Genesis to Jesus

Adult Forum will take place in the Parish hall

• May 1: Tricia-The Transformation of Saul
• May 8: Walker Shivar- Thomas
• May 15: Keith Byers- Stephen
• May 22: George McPhee- Phillip and the Ethiopian
• May 29: St. John, The Divine- Rev. Robert Davenport

Embracing Faith

You are invited to revisit Christianity’s most fundamental questions: Who is God? What does salvation mean? What place does Jesus hold in contemporary Christian faith? In ten sessions we will ponder such big questions and reflect on how the Episcopal Church responds to them as we move together toward authentic answers. Some sessions will include a 10-minute presentation by Marcus Borg followed by group discussions. Space is limited and regular attendance is expected. Participants will be asked to purchase a ten dollar workbook. This is a 10 session series. Led by: Robert Davenport.

Children’s Classes on Sunday Mornings

Godly Play (4 through Kindergarden): Room 208

Godly Play is a wonderful place for children to hear the Scripture story and also live our story of worship and movement together. They are encouraged to wonder and ask questions, explore and listen to their spirit as they learn and listen to God’s presense in our lives.

Teaching Teams Include: Elizabeth Hope, Beth Williams, Martha Trapani, Will Lewandowski, Beth Parker, Caroline Meek, Laurie Marshall, Tiffany Hines, and Lucy Williams

Elementary Classes will follow Adult Forum in Engaging Your Gifts and Passions: From Genesis to Jesus. We are writing it in house and it will focus on a different Biblical personality each week. Teaching Teams include: John Meek, Jeff Parker, Lizzy Allen Davenport, Mary Crawford, Lang Williams, Dinky Winn, Jean Bryan, Michelle Dinsmore, Jennifer Trapani, Tricia Izard, Tom Berkley, Fletcher Pierce, and Taylor Short.

1st through 3rd Grade: Room 203

4th-5th Grade Group: Room 204

See the Youth Page for Sunday Morning News for Junior and Senior High

Adult Education throughout the Month
Weekly small group gatherings

Sunday evening Bible Study: Listening to  James and the Letters of John.  5 pm on Sundays in the Well (Across from the Kitchen)

The Knitting Group: Every Second and Fourth Tuesday at 6:30 to 8pm.

Adult Art Night: at 6:30 to 8pm on the first Wednesday of each Month, beginning October 6.  A place where mediums will be available for adults to experiment and create in their own design. The Art room upstairs. Clay, stained glass, collage all available.

What is your ministry?

The EfM program is preparation for the ministry to which we all are called. It is that vocation for which we pray at the end of the eucharist: “And now, Father, send us out to do the work you have given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord.”

Our EfM groups meet weekly for discussion and guided reflection on scripture, church history and theology. Through our group process, we also develop skills in theological reflection. The goal is to learn to think theologically. By examining their own beliefs and their relationship to our culture and the tradition of our Christian faith, participants can learn what it means to be effective ministers in the world. In coming to terms with the notion that everything we do has potential for manifesting the love of Christ, we discover that our ministry is at hand wherever we turn.

New EfM groups are forming now. To join a weekly class, please contact Robert Davenport at 423-3230 or robert.davenport@goodshepherdnorfolk.org or Carrie Short at 489-3032 or catshort@cox.net.