Join us in the sanctuary today, Thursday, December 9 at 2:00 PM for our Christmas Hymn Sing. Ms. Patsy Engles has put together a wonderful program of favorite seasonal songs. All we need is for you to join us! As usual, we'll enjoy some light refreshments after the music!

View online: https://youtu.be/JL5UEw2BiOA

This coming Sunday, December 12, is the final day to sign up for poinsettias for our Christmas Eve Service. An abundance of poinsettias adorning our Lord's Altar for our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service always beautifies the sanctuary and enhances our worship experience on such a special evening.

If you can help, each poinsettia is only $7 and you are welcomed to take your poinsettia home with you after the Christmas Eve service.

A sign up sheet is available on the bulletin board of the narthex. When paying for your order, please place your payment in the offering plate or mail it directly to the church office and mark the memo "poinsettias". 

Good Shepherd Church will again hold our annual Christmas Raffle this year. Tickets go on sale this weekend for $5 each. One lucky winner will win $500 Christmas Cash! The winner will be drawn at our Live Nativity on Saturday, December 18.

Please consider taking some tickets home with you to sell to friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, etc. And you may wish to purchase some to give as early Christmas gifts. All proceeds benefit the Good Shepherd Church general fund.

We wish to thank Sandy Graci of Graci Real Estate and Appraisal, LLC for her generous donation making our annual Christmas Raffle possible!

This Sunday, November 28, will be out last for collecting items for the UNO Finals Survival Bags we are preparing for students.

If you would like to donate to this cause, items still needed include:
Granola bars
Highlighters
Chewing gum
Sticky notes
Pens/Pencils
Individually wrapped snacks such as bags of pretzels and gold fish
(Please note: We are no longer in need of candy.)

We will also need a few volunteers to stay after the 10:00 AM service on Sunday to help put the bags together. If you are able to volunteer, please meet in the conference room immediately after church.

And please remember to keep our UNO Campus Ministry in your prayers, praying especially for Noah Huntley and Kristen Haynes as the Lord leads them in this important outreach of the church.

It's a longstanding yearly tradition at Good Shepherd Church whereby we kick off the holidays!

Join us on Saturday, November 27 at 10:00 AM in the sanctuary for the annual Hanging of the Greens!

This is always a joy-filled time for parishioners of all ages and certainly promises to get participants in the spirit for The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Come on out and help us decorate the sanctuary for the upcoming Advent and Christmas seasons! We'll even serve coffee, hot chocolate, and donuts for all volunteers as songs of the season play in the background to cheer us on!

A very BIG THANK YOU to all who have stepped up with donations for the "Finals Survival Bags" that we'll be handing out on the campus of the University of New Orleans.

We will continue to take donations through Sunday, November 28. Currently we do not have need for any more donations of candy.

Supplies that we DO need include:
Granola bars
Highlighters
Chewing gum
Sticky notes
Pens/Pencils
Individually wrapped snacks such as bags of pretzels and gold fish

If you can stay for a few minutes after the 10:00 AM Holy Eucharist Sunday, November 28, you can join Noah and Kristen as they work to put the bags together in the conference room. The bags will be handed out to students at UNO as a way of supporting them during a very stressful time (finals) and to show them the love of God through Jesus Christ and His Church.

Please pray as we actively work to build an Anglican Campus Ministry at this university. Colleges and universities desperately need the Light of Christ on their campuses today.

Good Shepherd Church will hold our annual Black and Gold Party this Sunday following the 10:00 AM Holy Eucharist.

We'll have TVs set up all around the fellowship hall. All you need to do is put on your black and gold, come to church, bring a potluck dish to share, and join your fellow WhoDats in cheering on our Saints to victory against the Titans.

The game starts at noon, but we'll have at least 45 minutes between the final blessing of the 10:00 AM service and kick off to warm up and set out the potluck dishes in the fellowship hall. What a GREAT DAY to bring a friend to church with you!

The last Sunday of the Church Year is time in the German Evangelical & Reformed tradition to prayerfully remember those in our family of faith who returned home to the Lord during the Church Year. At Good Shepherd Church, we continue this tradition known as Totenfest.

At the 10:00 AM service on November 21, we will remember each person in our family of faith that passed heavenward this year. If you would like a name included in that remembrance, this Sunday, November 14 is the final day to place the name on the list in the narthex of the church.