Sunday, October 24 @ 8:30 AM or 10:00 AM
Sunday Morning Holy Eucharist
View 10:00 AM online: https://youtu.be/em22rlNvlkw

NOTE: Governor Edwards has reinstated a mask mandate for all indoor activities within business, schools, and churches. You must wear a mask at all indoor events, including worship services, at Good Shepherd Church. Thank you.

On Saturday evening, October 30, beginninga t 5:00 PM, Good Shepherd Church will host Trunk or Treat in our parking lot.

We are in need of people who wish to decorate their vehicles for this occasion and also in need of other volunteers to greet visitors, operate the popcorn machine, serve as ambassadors from the church, and more.

Even if you cannot be with us that evening, please consider bringing in a bag of Halloween candy to church for us to share with kids who will be coming to the event.

If you can volunteer in any capacity for this fun event, please see Joe & Patty Deibel or Mel & Margaret Aucoin.

If you will be submitting an article for the November edition of the Shepherd's Voice Newsletter, please email your article to Fr. Randall+ by noon on Monday, October 25.

Lectionary readings for Sunday, October 24, 2021 (Year B Proper 25)

Old Testament: Isaiah 59:9-20
Psalter: Psalm 13
Epistle: Hebrews 5:11-6:12
Gospel: Mark 10:46-52

You may download a copy of the readings here:
https://bcp2019.anglicanchurch.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/B60-After-Pentecost-Oct-23-Oct-29-October-26.pdf

Earlier this month, Good Shepherd Church was able to secure approximately 500 pounds of frozen chicken and placed them in the two new deep freezers we secured last week as part of our diocese's Hurricane Ida Relief efforts.

This Saturday, October 16, we will be sending a team of volunteers from Good Shepherd to Norco, LA.  There we will meet up with volunteers from Holy Cross Anglican in Baton Rouge, Trinity Anglican in Lafayette, and members of the diocese who are coming in from Texas. Together, we're going to grill the chicken and with the assistance of Trinity Anglican's mobile kitchen truck, we'll also prepare various sides and serve meals to the good people of that area that have been so dramatically impacted by Hurricane Ida. 

If you would like to help with this event, you can:
Meet at Sacred Heart Church in Norco at 8:30 AM to assist with cooking.
Meet at Sacred Heart Church in Norco at 11:15 AM to assist with serving.

The address is Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, 401 Spruce Street, Norco, LA 70079.

Good Shepherd Church will hold our annual blessing of the animals on Saturday, October 9 at 10:30 AM in the parking lot of the church. In case of inclement weather, we will move the event inside the fellowship hall.

This year, we are asking that participants consider bringing unopened pet food (especially canned dog and cat food) to the pet blessing so that we can get pet food into the hands of pet owners in some of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Ida. In the River Parishes right now, many stores are still not opened and those that are open are not able to adequately stock certain items, including pet food.

Download the October edition of the Shepherd's Voice Newsletter or pick up a copy in paper format in the narthex of the church.
https://www.gschristian.com/news/2021-10-newsletter.pdf

Earlier this week, Good Shepherd Church was able to secure approximately 500 pounds of frozen chicken and placed them in the two new deep freezers we secured last week as part of our diocese's Hurricane Ida Relief efforts.

On Saturday, October 16, we will be sending a team of volunteers from Good Shepherd to Norco, LA.  There we will meet up with volunteers from Holy Cross Anglican in Baton Rouge, Trinity Anglican in Lafayette, and members of the diocese who are coming in from Texas. Together, we're going to grill the chicken and with the assistance of Trinity Anglican's mobile kitchen truck, we'll also prepare various sides and serve meals to the good people of that area that have been so dramatically impacted by Hurricane Ida. 

If you would like more information on this October 16 event or know that you would like to volunteer to help us cook and/or serve the meals Norco, please let Fr. Randall or Fr. Jim know.

On Saturday evening, October 30, Good Shepherd Church will host Trunk or Treat in our parking lot. We are in need of people who wish to decorate their vehicles for this occasion and also in need of other volunteers to greet visitors, face paint, operate the popcorn machine, serve as ambassadors from the church, and more. Even if you cannot be with us that evening, please consider bringing in a bag of halloween candy to church for us to share with kids who will be coming to the event. If you can volunteer in any capacity for this fun event, please see Joe & Patty Deibel or Mel & Margaret Aucoin.

Our Hurricane Ida relief efforts continue at Good Shepherd Church. On Tuesday, we took delivery of yet another 26 foot truck filled from front to back with supplies including cleaning supplies, hygiene kits, diapers, and other necessities. We are working diligently to get these into the hands of people in our immediate community and into the hands of other ministries, especially those on the ground in St. Charles parish.

Two Ways You Can Help

Cooking
In the coming days, we will be receive two deep freezers that will then allow us to receive food to be cooked. We believe we will have a literally hundreds of pounds of chicken coming our way for those freezers. When that happens, we will need volunteers to help us cook those birds and get them distributed into the hardest hit sections west of us where houses are completely destroyed, people remain in shelters, and power still has not returned. If you feel called to help us cook, please let Fr. Randall or Fr. Jim know.

Distributing
We have been working with officials in the Emergency Operations Center of St. Charles parish. They are preparing to be able to bring in teams of volunteers from around the country to help clean up and begin rebuilding St. Charles parish. As this is being written, a team of chefs from the New Orleans area are coming together to form a coalition of cooks. At that point, Good Shepherd Church will be looking to send parishioners from our church into St. Charles parish to help distribute meals cooked by the chefs. This will be similar to our operations that we conducted in our parking lot from September 4 through September 14 with the only difference being the distributing will take place at a site in St. Charles parish. Again, if you feel called to help with this, please let Fr. Randall or Fr. Jim know.