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NEW WINDOW INSTALLATION FOR ADVENT INVOKES ANTICIP

NEW WINDOW INSTALLATION FOR ADVENT INVOKES ANTICIPATION

ANTICIPATION is the theme word for Church of the Good Shepherd’s newest window installation in Norfolk. We’re all in the frenzied season of “getting ready for Christmas.” We can feel the time pressure, the need to check things off our to-do lists. We’re fighting the stress of ever-growing demands that absorb more of our time and energy than we hoped they would.

Our Advent windows are a visual conversation about this high-pressure season: One window is full of an imposing collection of clocks painted purple, mixed in with Christmas greens. The opposite window is empty except for a beam of yellow light focused on an empty manger.

During Advent we are invited to turn our gaze from checklists and schedules and demands. We are invited to take time to be still. We can choose to slow down, to breathe, to renew our faith in the simple gift of God’s goodness.

The clock is ticking. How will we choose to live each day as we count our way to Christmas?

Please take a moment to visit or view this video for more information.

https://youtu.be/fHu7Ub-TwZA (linked also in IG bio)

It's the first day of December! Be sure to mark y

It's the first day of December! Be sure to mark your calendar for our favorite Christmas Party!

GINGERBREAD & JAZZ WELCOMES ALL AGES FOR FUN, JAZZ, AND GIVING BACK

Get ready to swing into the holiday season with the Church of the Good Shepherd in Norfolk for our annual Gingerbread and Jazz Christmas Party on December 10th at 3:30 PM! This year, we're turning up the fun with loads of activities for the kids, including a barrel train that will have your little ones laughing all the way! While you're there, get into the holiday groove with live jazz by Hampton Roads' favorite, RaJazz !

But that's not all - unleash your creativity in our Gingerbread House Contest! Join the friendly competition and help us raise funds for a great cause. All proceeds from the contest benefit the H O P E Foundation Shelter for the Homeless, a Norfolk organization supporting our neighbors experiencing homelessness. Visit goodshepherdnorfolk.org to enter the contest!

Bring the whole family for a festive afternoon of delicious treats, jazzy beats, and holiday joy. Let's celebrate the season together and make a difference in our community!

NEW WINDOW INSTALLATION HONORS ALL SAINTS The Al

NEW WINDOW INSTALLATION HONORS ALL SAINTS

The All Saints service at Church of the Good Shepherd this year brought the community together to reflect on where we’ve been, who we are, and who we are becoming.

As the reading from 1 John from All Saints Sunday reminds us: Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. The service was a time to remember those we’ve lost and to look ahead to the future. Worship included the lighting of votives and the reading of names.

This year, through a sidewalk sandwich board invitation, the church invited nearby neighbors to add the names of their loved ones to our own parish list. A new All Saints window was unveiled featuring architectural-size photos of days gone past and the names of all those we remembered aloud during the service.

The new window installation is labeled with a single, thematic word: REMEMBER. An accompanying video collage of the All Saints service and a brief explanation of the Communion of Saints is accessible through a QR code posted on the window, or the link available below. Please take a moment to watch.

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/4b6X7Seix2g

#gsnorfolk #gsnorfolkwindows #gsnorfolkremembers #rememberance #allsaints

During our All Saints service last Sunday we celeb

During our All Saints service last Sunday we celebrated the communion of saints.
Our service was taken from the Book of Common Prayer, known as Rite I.

We turn to the old language and to the traditional prayers as we remember those who are no longer with us.

Even as we remember those we have lost, we give thanks that we remain united with them and they with us, in the body of Christ.

The children learned about the lighting of the votives in honor of those we have lost during Children’s Chapel. When they returned to the service for communion, many of them joined their parents in sweetly lighting the memorial candles.

#gsnorfolkkids #allsaints #remember

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