Join us tonight, May 26, at church at 6:35 PM as we celebrate the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord.

In the Book of Acts, we see the apostles commit to prayer for the nine days between the Ascension of our Lord and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. This has been the model in Christianity for the nine day prayer devotion known as a novena (which means "nine" in Latin).

Beginning on Friday, May 27 (the day after the Ascension), volunteers from Good Shepherd Church will be praying a Novena to the Holy Spirit in advance of Pentecost (June 5). For those who sign up, each morning between May 27 and June 4 they will receive an email with the novena prayers to pray. The prayers will take about 9 minutes and to make it even easier, each email will not only include the prayers written out but will include a link to an audio file that the one praying can listen to and pray along with.

To sign up to receive these nine emails and be a part of our virtual novena team, please use the following link:
https://www.goodshepherdmet.com/holy-spirit-novena.html

Mother’s Day Celebration! All ladies of the church and their families are included in our Celebration on Tuesday, May 10 at 6:00 PM. We have a sign-up sheet in the foyer and request that you include your name and the number of guests you will have seated with you. We need this information by Sunday May 8 to prepare our seating. We ask that you please provide a covered dish to share with the group.

Reminder:  If you have taken a baby bottle to fill with change or would like to make a donation to the Woman's New Life Clinic, our campaign is wrapping up. Please bring you bottles or make a donation now so that we can receive and bless the final gifts on Mother's Day.

This Sunday, May 1, we will meet in the conference room immediately after the 10:00 AM Holy Eucharist to fill goodie bags for UNO students to be distributed during exams.

Please bring items for this project to church this Sunday. We are in need of:

• pencils
• pens
• note cards (3x5)
• gum
• candy
• bags to hold the goodies
• volunteers to fill bags on Sunday

For more information, please contact Noah by text or voice: 920.883.9952.

There will be a brief Christian Education meeting in the choir room immediately following the 10:00 AM Holy Eucharist this Sunday, May 1.

Sunday, April 24, 2022
Second Sunday of Eastertide
8:30 AM or 10:00 AM
View 10:00 AM online: https://youtu.be/TflTOjPkK_Y

Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Midday Midweek Prayer
12:15 PM
Online only: https://youtu.be/MRN5KRQUSYo

Calling all men! On April 23rd, at 8 am, there will be a donut breakfast at Noah Huntley’s house! Donuts will be provided, everyone else will bring questions and a friend (hopefully)!

Hoping for an opportunity to reach men within and outside of our congregation with this event. All ages (newborn to Methuselah) welcome.

See Fr. Randall or Noah Huntley for more information. If you could let either of us know if you are going to be coming it would help us to know how many donuts to get!

Noah's address is: 2618 Lepage Street New Orleans, LA 70119

If you are submitting an article for the May edition of the Shepherd's Voice Newsletter, please email it to Fr. Randall+ by noon on Friday, April 22.

As always, Easter Sunday at Good Shepherd Church was extra special. If you were one of the few who missed the celebration, you can watch a recording of the 10:00 AM service on our YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/YomMyl83XEs

Help us create our Flower Cross! It's an annual tradition at Good Shepherd Church. The children and adults gather in between the 8:30 AM and 10:00 AM services in the conference room and create our Easter Flower Cross which is then part of the 10:00 AM procession.

Please bring a bouquet of Spring Mix flowers with you to church on Easter Sunday, April 17. The Flower Cross will be assembled in the conference room between 9:30 and 9:50 AM. All are invited to participate!