CGS Announcements Archive

If you have a recipe for a casserole that freezes well or you like to bake yummy desserts, the upcoming ECW Auction can use your talents. We are looking for cooks willing to provide one or more months of "casserole of the month" and/or "dessert of the month" which are popular auction items for us. For more informaiton or to sign up, contact Kathy MacLeod at kemacle@yahoo.com.

The Adult Development Lab at NCSU is looking for interested volunteers to participate in their ongoing and new research projects. The studies involve one or more visits to their satellite office at 1033 Wade Avenue, Suite 104, to take a series of tests that measure general reasoning, decision-making, memory, and/or verbal ability. You also might be asked to fill out some questionnaires dealing with social attitudes and experience with technology.  The tests are designed to be low-stress and many people find the process interesting and enjoyable.

The primary benefactor of the research for more than 20 years has been the National Institutes of Health. The willingness of local people to volunteer and participate in the studies is very important. Over the years, several thousand people aged 18-90+ from our area have participated, and the lab is always seeking new volunteers.

To participate, please contact the lab manager, Carla Marie Strickland, (919) 515-9063 or e-mail: adult_dev@ncsu.edu.

You'll find a brochure about the Adult Development Laboratory in the main lobby of the Duncan-Giersch Center. 

For more information visit: http://www.ncsu.edu/psychology/graduate/conc/develop/adultdevelopment/index.php

 Welcome to the

"Here I am Lord.  Send Me!" Challenge

Summer 2010

Follow the instructions below to see how it works.

1. Call, e-mail, or see Janet Gilliam, Children's Ministries' Director, at church.  Tell her you accept the challenge.

2. She'll send or give you $5.00.  This is called seed money.

3. Invest your $5.00 anyway you can think.  Invest and reinvest. Pray and ask God to bless your efforts.

4. Return all monies to the Children's Ministries Director by August 15. 

5. The first $5.00, you return to Children's Ministries.  (After all, borrowed money must be paid back.)

6. The second $5.00 will be your pledge to Good Shepherd. (After all, the water bill must be paid and paper must be purchased.)

7. Any of the money that you make over this will be your out reach money.  (After all, this is what a church does.  Pray that God will show you the very best place for you to give your money.  Give it to that purpose.)

8. Write a paragraph stating where you gave the money and why.  Send it to the Children's Ministry Director.

9. Don't forget to thank God!

Training for both new and returning acolytes will be held Sunday mornings August 8, 15, 22 (no Big Cross) and 29 at 9:00am.

We invite any young person 6th through 12th grade to join us in this wonderful service to the Church of the Good Shepherd. Anyone wishing to join us for the first time this year is asked to contact Pattie Lamb for more information.

Three EYC announcements:

Sunday, August 15th (5:15pm - 8pm):  EYC will travel to Chapel Hill to hear and discuss Stanley Hauerwas's final presentation for youth, called, "Why We Believe in the Church."  E-mail Wren if you plan to attend.

Wednesday, August 18th (6:00 - 8:30):  EYC Babysits for Splash Dinner - Come ready to lend a hand with Good Shepherd's youngest members while their parents enjoy a cookout.  Dinner will be provided.

Sunday, August 29th (4:00 - 6:00 pm):  EYC Sneak Preview - for students 7th grade and older (we'll welcome rising 6th graders at our EYC Kickoff on Sept. 12th).  Come ready to catch up with friends and get wet as we play games and prepare for this year's EYC. Note:  we will not have dinner together on August 29th.

Questions?? Contact Wren Blessing, wren.blessing@cgs-raleigh.org

From James Deal

Just a few quick things:

• Correction:  The Groundbreaking Ceremony begins at 8:30am this Saturday, not 9am as previously stated.
• This Saturday is FULL!  Thanks so much to those of you who have signed up.  
• There are still a plenty of slots available for some of the remaining workdays.  Please check your schedules so we can get those days filled as well.
• You must log in on http://habitatwake.volunteerhub.com/ and indicate the days you'll be working (both morning and afternoon, if you're doing both).  The site stops taking signups about 24 hours before the build date.  
• Note: Due to a discrepancy between what I was originally told and what they put into the website, there are fewer slots on the website than on the signup sheet.  If you can't sign up, please come to the worksite anyway, because they should have a way to manually sign in.

The Groundbreaking Ceremony AND Our First Work Day will be Saturday, August 28, 2010 at 8:30 am.  The ceremony will last about 1 hour, and Volunteer Construction will begin immediately after the ceremony & refreshments.  The Groundbreaking Ceremony is open to all members of the congregation, not just volunteers, and it has no age limit.  Everyone is encouraged to attend.  The homeowner family will also be attending the groundbreaking ceremony:  Carolyn M. Melvin (single parent), Kelee U. Murphy (Daughter, DOB 11/15/1997), Breyonna M. Fryar (Daughter, 9/22/1994), Javeon R. Murphy (Son, 4/3/200)

The location is 1405 Ikes Pond Lane in the Augusta Crossing development (same as 2009).  Directions to the site:

• Take the I-440 beltline towards the southeast side of Raleigh
• Take exit #15 for Poole Road
• Go east (away from downtown Raleigh) one short block
• Before the bank, turn RIGHT on Old Poole Road (There is no traffic light)
• Take an immediate RIGHT on Dowling Road (There is no traffic light)
• Turn LEFT on Evans Dr
• Turn LEFT on Ikes Pond Lane.  Map.

I have put sign-up sheets on the table in the DGC lobby.  Please check your schedules and sign up as soon as you can.  View the full CGS schedule for your reference. Hope to see you at the groundbreaking ceremony!

Thank you to Bob Gilliam and Noah Duncan for allowing us to help spread the word about the ACCRF 5K competitive run and 1 mile fun run being sponsored by Century Care Management on Saturday, August 28th, at Campbell University in Buies Creek.  This event is being held to raise money for research to find a cure for a rare form of cancer, adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC).  Visit, http://www.accrf5krun.com/2010/ for registration, more information on the run and to learn about those living with ACC.

Thank you for prayerfully supporting our parish youth group as we served in Gaston, SC, last weekend. We spent Friday evening learning about those throughout the world who suffer from hunger, then awoke at 5:00am on Saturday morning and, together with groups from Massachusetts and Virginia, traveled to fields to glean over 12,000 pounds of watermelons. We delivered the melons to the Harvest of Hope Distribution Center in Columbia, SC, and spent the afternoon packaging more than 12,000 additional pounds of food for distribution throughout South Carolina. We had a great time together and look forward to sharing more about our trip. Please enjoy a piece of watermelon at "Lemonade on the Lawn" after the 10:30am service on August 22. Speak to our trip participants about our weekend together and about our plans to continue in service. Trip participants include Ainsley Seiger, James Kuhns, Erin Flynn, George Daughety, Seth Daughety, Matthew Russell, Jack Hart, Laura Hart, Wren Blessing, and our generous adult leaders, Tim Kuhns and Tim Hart.

In case you haven't noticed, our clergy, acolytes, lay readers, and chalicists are wearing a wonderful new gift.  They all have new, hand-made cinctures courtesy of the crocheting skills of May Sherrod, Kathy MacLeod, and Peg Dorer, all members of the St. Francis Guild.  The cincture is the rope worn around the waist to hold a cassock or alb in place.  Over the past year, 17 cinctures had been made by May, Kathy, and Peg for use in our services.  The thread for the new cinctures came from the Convent of St. John Baptist in Mendham, NJ.  We thank these ladies for their time, talent, and dedication to the lengthy project!

YOU ARE INVITED!
August Migrant Ministry Camp Visit

THIS SUNDAY, August 22!

Meet in front of the Parish Life Center by 4:50pm.
We leave the church at 5:00pm to arrive at the camp around 5:30pm.
Please bring prepared food to share, drinks and folding chairs.
Carpooling encouraged.

Monetary donations are greatly appreciated!  Checks (written to Church of the Good Shepherd and clearly specified for MIGRANT OUTREACH) should be mailed to: Church of the Good Shepherd, MIGRANT OUTREACH MINISTRY121 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, NC 27603.  Donations to the migrant ministry that are placed in the Sunday offering should be in a separate envelope clearly marked for MIGRANT OUTREACH.

Contact: Margaret Park, Migrant Ministry coordinator, mpark@pobox.com, 787-5557