Friday, January 22 @ 9:00 PM - Office of Compline (online only)

Sunday, January 24 @ 8:30 AM or 10:00 AM - Sunday Holy Eucharist

Tuesday, January 26 @ 12:15 PM - Service of Midday Prayer (online only)

Wednesday, January 27 @ 12:15 PM - Service of Midday Prayer (online only)

Friday, January 29 @ 9:00 PM - Office of Compline (online only)

NOTE: The GSC TV-GUIDE will be in your email box on Friday morning. It will include the online schedule of worship services with links to each live-streamed service listed above.

Please mark your calendars for some upcoming special worship services.

On Tuesday, February 2, Good Shepherd Church will celebrate the 40th day after Christmas with a special Candlemas service at 6:30 PM in the sanctuary. This service is designed to be contemplative in nature and will feature Taize style music to aid in worship. Each person attending will be offered a prayer candle to take home with them for use in their own personal prayer and devotion time.

On Wednesday, February 17, the Christian Church will enter into the penitential season of Lent by marking Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday services for the imposition of ashes will held at GSC with times for those services being announced in the coming weeks.

Louisiana is currently in Phase 1B of administering COVID-19 vaccinations. This means that vaccinations are available by appointment for the following residents:

• Persons 70 years or older
• Outpatient clinic providers and staff
  
• Urgent care clinic providers and staff
• Community care clinic providers and staff
• Behavioral health providers and staff
• Dialysis providers and patients
• Home health service providers and recipients
• Dental providers and staff
• Students, residents, faculty and staff of allied health schools (if not already receiving vaccine or in a plan to receive from their respective schools)
  
  

If you are a patient of an Ochsner provider, you may call 1-866-521-2710 to make an appointment for the vaccine.

If you are a resident of Jefferson Parish, you may make a vaccination appointment at East Jefferson Hospital by calling 504-454-4164.

Other available providers of the vaccine, including participating pharmacies, are listed by parish on the Louisiana Department of Health website at https://ldh.la.gov/covidvaccine-locations/.

Please be reminded that the annual congregational meeting of Good Shepherd Church will be held on Sunday, January 31 immediately after the 10:00 AM worship service. Also, please note that because of the meeting, we will not hold our 8:30 AM worship service that day. We are asking that all attend the 10:00 AM service and remain after so that we can smoothly and quickly transition into our meeting at the conclusion of worship.

Good Shepherd Church will hold the funeral service for Mr. Thom Kolesa on Saturday, January 16, 2021. Visitation will be held from 9:00 AM until 11:00 AM. The service will begin in our sanctuary at 11:00 AM and will also be live-streamed on our YouTube channel on the following link: https://youtu.be/CHAIAKXMlvY

Any Louisiana resident age 70 or older is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination under the phase of administration. In our area, at least two facilities are offering appointments for the vaccine.

If you are a patient of an Ochsner provider, you may call 1-866-521-2710 to make an appointment for the vaccine.

If you are a resident of Jefferson Parish, you may make a vaccination appointment at East Jefferson Hospital by calling 504-454-4164.

To all Men’s Club members who have NOT paid their annual membership dues for 2021. They are now overdue.

Our club dues are $25.00 annually. Please make your check out to “G.S.C., Men’s Club”. Place your check in an envelope and write G.S.C. Men’s Club Dues on the outside and either place it in the collection plate on Sunday or give it to our Treasurer, Brother John Falanga or just mail your check to the church at “Men’s Club, C/O Good Shepherd Church, 5122 West Esplanade Ave., Metairie, Louisiana 70006-2552”.

Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated.

If you are not a member of the Men’s Club, I encourage you to become one.

D. J. Estopinal
G.S.C. Men’s Club President

Good Shepherd Church will hold our annual congregational meeting on Sunday, January 31, 2021 immediately following the 10:00 AM worship service. Please make every effort to attend the meeting so that we can conduction the important business of the church.

If you are a leader who has not yet turned in your annual report for inclusion int he meeting, please make certain you do so as soon as possible by emailing it to Fr. Graf.

As a reminder, we will NOT hold a service at 8:30 AM that morning.

The January edition of the Shepherd's Voice Newsletter is now available for download with hard copies available in the narthex of the church.

Sunday's 10:00 AM service will be a special service of scripture and song, telling the Christmas story.

Many times we feel that there are simply not enough opportunities to sing the carols that mean so much to us. Our 10:00 am service will be focused on music and scriptures. I look forward to seeing you all then. If you prefer a traditional Holy Eucharist service, our 8:30 AM service will provide this opportunity.

Rinda Coleman
Music Director